66. Reveal

Isabelle

"You've been so tired lately," Periwinkle observed. "What have you been doing?"

"Nothing," I attempted to dismiss her with an eye roll.

"Is that what we're doing? We're going to lie? I'm just going to keep asking until you tell me," Jennifer urged.

"Nothing," I said again.

"Monday, you were okay. Tuesday you were half-okay. Yesterday? You were napping in between classes and in another world at lunch. Today? You fell asleep while I was talking to you!"

"Maybe I'm just stressed." I argued as I repacked my belongings.

"You wish," Jennifer persisted. She squinted her eyes at me before dusting herself off and then reaching out to me. I took her hand and helped myself up.

She begged, "Please tell me. You know you can."

I scoffed as I beat the dirt from my skirt. "You wouldn't even believe the things I'd say."

"Try me," she said with folded arms. When I didn't say anything, she took it upon herself to guess the problem. "Are you pregnant?" She asked.

"No," I dismissed the thought q