I quickly dried out my hair before  changing into a floral print knee length  dress. Once again, I caught myself  staring at my reflection in the mirror, my  hands lying flat against my stomach.

I closed my eyes took a deep breath  and finished off getting ready. If it  wasn't his parents coming to dinner, I'd  have been in either fresh pjs or a pair of  sweats, but I wanted to make a little  effort.

I frowned when I heard a knock at  the front door.

They were early.

My bedroom door opened; Alanna  walked in like she owned the place  collapsing onto our bed. The be d I had  not long made. I loved her like a sisterbut sometimes I could throttle her.

"What?". I sighed when I caught herstaring.

"I'm here for dinner". She grinned.

Of course, she was.

"Joking". She winked."Can I borrowyour black jacket?”.

I had no idea which jacket she was  talking about. I had a few black jackets.  Short and long.

"Help yourself". I pointed to my closet."Where are you going?".

"Drinks with the girls. There's acocktail bar in town I've been dying to  try. It only opened a few months ago.  Plays live music to".

Right. I didn't like the feeling that rosein my stomach. The feeling of being left  out. Pursing my lips,I grabbed my  phone off the floor. "You'll find one in  there and don't touch my shoes".

"Love you". She yelled as I made myway downstairs.

It shouldn't but I was annoyed. I was  annoyed that they were going out and I  wasn't. I couldn't drink but I could still go  out and have fun. Jake was in the living  room a beer in his hand the tv on in the  background.

He looked up from his phone.

"Wow babe you look beautiful".

"Yeah". I opened the fridge andgrabbed a bottle of water. "We need to  start locking the doors". I huffed.

I was being petty, but I couldn't help  it. I didn't even get an invite."What's wrong?". He asked.

"Nothing". I closed the fridge doorbefore disappearing into the pantry. I  wanted a snack. I opened a new bag of  lays and grabbed a bag of Hershey  kisses.

Was this how it was going to be from  now on? I wasn't going to get invited  places because I was pregnant? They  were real shitty friends if that was the  case.

"Babe". He stood at the pantry dooras I stood in the corner stuffing my face."What?".

"You'll ruin your dinner".

"Don't care". I shrugged.

"Has something happened?". Heasked just as I heard the front door  close.

"No".

"Babe".

"They're going out without me". Evensaying the words,I felt stupid. If I had  been asked,I'd have probably said no  anyway but it wasn't the point. I was an  emotional mess most days and this  wasn't making me feel any better.

"Do you want to go out?".

"No". I made a face."Then what's the issue?". He frowned."They didn't invite me that's the issueand they didn't invite me because I'm  pregnant. I'm going to be pregnant for a  whole nine months. I feel left out and  it's not a nice feeling".

"I'm sure that's not true Leah".

"Yeah, then why wasn't I invited?".

"I don't know baby, but can we getout of the pantry and go into the living  room? My parents will be here soon".

I sat on the couch scrolling through  my phone. It wasn't bad enough that I  didn't get invited I now had to see  pictures plastered all over my Facebook.  Turning my phone onto do not disturb I  crossed my arms over my chest and  tried to focus on the tv.

Jakes parents hadn't arrived yet butbefore they did,I had to try and change  my mood. If I glared any harder, I'm sure  my face would stay like this.

"Leah?".

"Hm?".

"Baby, are you really that annoyedthat you didn't get asked to go out?".

"Yes, yeslam". I never once took myeyes off the tv."My friends are out  having a good time and I'm". I paused. I  had to think about what I was going to  say next."You know what it doesn't  matter I have to pee".