When Fate Decided to Play its Part

Prologue

Pitter, patter.

The raindrops fell one by one, clattering against the glass window. Not long after, the sky cried fully,  obstructing the person inside the room to see the outside through the window.

Yet, the person was not bothered by it at all. The sound of rain did not even reached her ears as she stared intently on the her phone that was lying silently on her pale palms, her thumb anxiously rubbing against its edge.

Moments later, Althea moved her fingers to type on the phone. She hesitated for a second before sending the text.

:Tyler? 

She typed. 

:Can we meet?

Althea sucked in a rather large amount of air and letting it out through her mouth shakily, while waiting a reply from that person. She waited expectantly.

But seconds, minutes passed, and Tyler has yet to reply.

'Again,' Althea thought inwardly. 'He did not replied to me again.'

Her heart tighten and her tears are on verge of falling, but Althea stubbornly hold it in, making her eyes looks glassy.

It's been like this for a couple months now. She did not know the reason, but Tyler suddenly gotten cold and indifferent. They have been together for 3 years, and now, in their 4th year, he suddenly become like this.

Althea can't understand. She asked, but Tyler did not bothered explaining. He just shrugged it off with a few words.

"You're just being paranoid."

--

Morning came.

purple jacket. She was going

she needs, she headed out for the small store

winter is, after all, approaching. Althea did not hate winter, in fact,

blanket on her body and cup of steaming hot chocolate with marshmallows floating on it at hand, together with Tyler. They

memories seems so

and paid everything. She then headed towards the nearest Pharmacy. And after some hesitation,

to stop again after seing the familiar figure.

"Tyler..."

at her before greeting

"Althea, hey..."

silence envolped them. It was understandable, they had not, after all, seen each other for a month now. And Tyler never spend any effort to reply

the bag that contains the foods and 'that'

are you free

group study tonight. You know that the finals

her gaze and pursed her

pass the exams with flying colors even

her true feelings. Instead, she nooded and tried to ask if she can join. As expected,

the way, what are

opened and closed her mouth, doesn't know what to say. She wanted to tell him, but she was still unsure. So, she

just bought, uhm, medicines. I, I was running out of them." Althea is a bad liar. Everyone knows

Tyler said, unconvinced. But he

bid goodbye to each other just like that and Althea unwilling watched Tyler's back that

heart aching, Althea went home,

she brought out the pregnancy test kit.  Followed the procedure and

Hours later.

street lights. Almost all of the apartments in a certain building turned their lights on

the result for ten hours now with eyes puffed. But no matter how she looks at it, the result of the

She's pregnant.

did not want to tell him via text because of the seriousness of the matter. So, she texted him, asking where

did not replied, so Althea bolted out of the bed, grabbed her wallet and jacket, and went