TWENTY TWO

It was early and i was already wide awake, truth was i hadn't slept for long last night, and i had simply lay on my bed staring into the darkness as i thought about what my life would have been like at the moment if my baby were here. Perhaps I'd be up trying to keep her from crying, or perhaps we'd both be asleep napping cozily in the comfort of each other's warmth.

My baby.....

What would i have named her anyway? I had thought about names, and i only remembered that now. I recalled how i had been sitting dejectedly on a couch in the living room and Micheal and April had come to visit.

*flashback*

"God, Alexa, you're pregnant not dying, quit looking like this". April had said with a subtle roll of her eyes.

Of course i had ignored her. I was pregnant, yes, but it felt lile i waa dying, felt i was slowly but surely drifting away, felt like i was slowly but surely losing my mind.

"April". Micheal said her name quietly to probably stop her from being mean or something,i didn't