He tossed the controller down and bolted to the front door. Theo glanced uncomfortably upwards to the sky. “Hurry, it’s overcast now but it won’t stay that way for - “
Theo suddenly let out a hiss. I leapt back and pulled him inside with a hard yank, then slammed the door.
“Shit,” Theo muttered.
“C’mon, we have to go!” Caleb said. “What happened, Theo?”
I scowled. “It’s the sun.”
“But - it’s grey outside.” Caleb pressed his face anxiously against the window. “Oh. Crap, I see it. That one little piece of sunlight coming through the clouds.”
Theo groaned. “I hoped I could get here and back fast enough to avoid it…”
“It’s all right,” I assured him, then turned to Caleb.
Caleb sighed and paced around the front hall. “I can’t believe Benji’s having his baby! And I’m not there.”
I put my hands on Caleb’s shoulders. “Caleb, don’t wait for us. You go. We can catch up with you later on when it's safe.”
Caleb’s expression wavered in consideration, then he shook his head. “No, I don’t want to go by myself.”
“Afraid of Margaret?” Theo asked.
“Well… Not just that, but,” Caleb murmured, leaning closer to me, “I don’t want to go without you, Adriel.”
I smiled and nodded. “Labor can take quite some time. I know you’re eager but I doubt you’ll miss much. We’ll be there soon enough.”
Theo’s gaze darted frantically between the two of us. “Wait a second. Are my eyes deceiving me or is there something going on here?”
Caleb blushed. “Uh. Maybe?”
“Oh, you didn’t know?” I said, raising a brow teasingly. “Caleb and I are a couple. Keep up, Theo.”
Both of their jaws dropped. Caleb started laughing. Theo just gaped like a fish.
“You - “ He pointed at us. “You? Holy shit! How long has this been going on?”
“It’s a recent development,” I admitted. “Though with all the excitement of Benji’s pregnancy, I understand we’ve slipped under the radar a bit.”
Theo tried to wrap his brain around everything. “Wait, then, Caleb, you’re not pregnant too, are you?”
“Oh, uh, no,” Caleb said, with a bit more hesitation than I expected. “I mean, we’re dating, but we haven’t done anything like… that.”
My heart lurched with mild panic. There was no way Caleb could be pregnant. We already logically knew that.
“You haven’t had sex?” Theo asked.
Caleb blushed harder. “That’s not what I meant.”
“Not good at minding your own business, are you, Theo?” I said.
“Hey, can’t blame a guy for being curious,” he replied with a shrug. “Especially since you’re my brother, and you’re dating my other brother’s date, who is your date’s brother - “
“We get it,” Caleb interrupted, pressing a finger to his temple. He groaned and glanced up at the sky again. “Oh! The sun’s gone again! Come on!”
Theo and I risked a peek through the tinted window. The sun had retreated behind the dark clouds for now, and it might be the only opportunity to reach the mansion until sundown.
“Let’s go,” I ordered.
