I was the coldest I had ever been and I could smell sick in my hair. My back was killing me from all the piano practice and sleeping on the sofa.It was May, almost June, but I put on the central heating and because it was light now and the house seemed normal I went upstairs and ran a bath. I wanted to get warm and it helped my back as well. I lay there for ages, topping up the water, and I was scared but surprisingly calm.I could hear the traffic in the street and the world waking up and carrying on. I stared down at my stomach, my belly button was flat and big and it looked weird. I touched it, then I touched my stomach. I put both hands on it. It felt tight and hard and I wanted you to kick for me. I hated the bath usually, because that was when you moved, but you didn’t now.There was no hot water left when I tried to top up again, so I pulled myself out and felt this sting in my back… and suddenly I wanted to be sick again. I pulled my wet hair off my face and was sick in the sink.
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