Telling Samantha.

It was 2 days after I got home from Planned Parenthood.

I called Samantha. She was my best friend.
I say "I bought a purse at the mall."

Code speak, of course. We had all sorts of code words. Pillows on the bed, couches in the mall. Going shopping at the mall, with plastic, paper or nothing.
You don't need to know.
All that matters to you, is that I bought a purse at the mall.

She stopped dead. "YOU WHAT?! -
You mean you literally BOUGHT A PURSE RIGHT?! -
Not the... other one?!"

"No, I -cough- Bought a purse at the mall."

"OMFG KATIE!!!!!!"

Buying a purse at the mall is code for "I'm pregnant"

I sent her a pic of the pregnancy tests, I sent her pics of the papers from Planned Parenthood.

And then -
She does something wonderful.

She sends me a link to a website, called Babycenter.