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Adira's hands trembled with anxiety as she clasped the test strip in her quivering grasp. Alone in the bathroom, her heart pounded in net chest, its rhythm echoing through the silence.

She never thought she'd be so nervous with a pregnancy test. The first time she had been pregnant - Lancelot - carrying out the test was the happiest thing for her. And when it came out positive, she could never forget just how limitless her joy had been.

But this - this right here was different.

She inhaled a lungful of air and finally inserted it inside of her. Her anxiety increased, her legs had gotten cold.

She watched with wavering breath, not knowing when to expect. Not until the big positive signed popped up on it.

"Oh, my God..." She grazed her fingers over her mouth to stifle her gasp.

Her heart summersaulted in her chest, the entire place rotated in her head.

She lost balance and helped herself to sit on the toilet surface before she'd reach for the floor. Shaky breaths left her chest, and her