Zac
"Hello?"
"Umm, hi, Zac?"
"That's me..."
"It's Wendy."
"Oh hey, how are you?"
"I'm good. Well..."
"Well, what? Something wrong?"
"Depends on your perspective..."
"Oh?"
"Well, you might remember... or maybe you won't... sometime in January, Keith threw that party?"
Zac considered.
"I remember going. I think I got pretty high on the antifreeze though, because that's about all I remember."
Wendy chuckled.
"Yeah... I wondered about that... Well, ahh... Tony and I were kinda having problems about that time, and I... well..."
"What?"
"You and I, sorta, kinda, slept together."
Zac groaned.
"Lemme guess, you're pregnant, and it has to be mine because the timing is wrong for it to be Tony's."
"That's about the gist of it. Sounds like you've heard the story before."
"Effectively. So, what's your plan? I mean, lemme see, January... so you'd be in your second trimester right now... You probably have a plan?"
Wendy laughed.
"Well, Tony thinks the baby is his, and I'm... I'm happy to keep him thinking that."
"That's a little mean."
"Well, maybe... but you and Tony have never gotten along and if he knew it wasn't his, let alone yours, we'd be over. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you. Y'know, so you knew."
"You tell me, and you don't tell your own fiancee?"
"I... I'll probably tell him one day."
"I smell a huge fight brewing."
"Thanks for your assurance."
"Sorry. So what do you want me to do?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, do you want me to help look after the baby in some way? Am I allowed to be a part of my child's life?"
Zac was getting this sense of deja vu.
"I, ahh, I didn't think you'd want to."
"Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, you have those other kids. And besides, like I said, Tony thinks the baby is his. Don't you think it would be kinda awkward for you to... to..."
"Hmm, I see your point. Well, seeing as you feel so strongy about Tony not knowing, mind if I did something in secret?"
"Like what?"
"If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret."
Wendy laughed, and soon thereafter they hung up.
Zac started at the phone in silence when they did, then started counting off on his fingers:
"Julie, Dez, Nyx, Rach, Shannon and now Wendy," Zac shook his head. "Maybe I should just give up trying to control myself - I'm obviously failing miserably."