"Did you take the tablets?"
"Um. em..No."
"Are you kidding me!? Do you want to keep doing this forever? Why cant you do the bare minimum? "
"Aww. C'mon. I want it..as much as you do..."
Raised eyebrows.
"Did you check your temperature?"
"No."
"Did you log the symptoms? I can't believe you! Do you want to go through that torture again?"
"I don't knowwww! I don't feel ready yettt. I know you feel the same too. And you don't even have to go through anything. I have to give up everything I like doing...I am not ready for this phase yet.. I dont knoww...Every month, I suppress my deepest fear --- what if the wriggly little thing made it this time?"
"Look, I understand, but we cannot let this go on forever. Things will only get complicated. Lets just decide. Do you wanna be, or not?"
Thank you for dropping by :) The theme of my posts this year, for the A-Z challenge, is To Show, Not Tell. I hope you enjoyed this piece.