Jake
After Griffin and Skylar both left - Griffin to get back home, and Skylar to go to work - Lilith and I were alone in the apartment. She was content to nap in the pile of clothes on the floor, which I reminded myself I shouldreallyclean up when she woke. I’d only left them scattered to make it seem like I hadn’t put a lot of effort into making the house look nice for Griffin’s sake.
I frowned. The atmosphere when he’d been here was light and fun, even after the stressful adrenaline of the cat-capture wore off. It was almost like we were genuinely friends and not just… whatever we were.
A softmrowpstirred my attention. Lilith had woken up and was stretching. Her claws flexed out and I saw her little pink tongue as she yawned. When she finished, she glanced at me with big yellow eyes, her tail swishing gently from side to side, unsure of what to make of me.
“Hi, sweetie,” I said. “How was your nap?”
She blinked, then loosely pawed at the side of the bed.
“You want up?” I asked. “Okay, but I’m gonna have to touch you. Don’t freak out, all right?”
She mewled and sat patiently, like she was waiting for me to get it over with. I reached down and carefully scooped her up, making sure to support her weight - and there was alotof it.
“Geez, we should have called you Preggers after all,” I muttered.
Lilith plopped down on the bed and started sniffing it.
“Donotpee,” I warned her. “You know where your box is.”
She flicked her tail at me as if to say,stuff it, human.
Instead of peeing, she made a tight circle and laid down. But this obviously didn’t please her, as she stood up and circled a few more times, testing out spots, unable to get comfortable. Then again, how could she, when her belly was practically the size of a basketball?
Slowly, I reached out with my hand and hovered by her head. I didn’t want to touch her first. She ended up making the first move by gently headbutting her ears into my grasp. I smiled and scratched her head. She meowed again, almost like she was thanking me.
“Poor girl,” I mumbled. “I don’t envy you. If I was a cat and I got knocked up by some dude cat, I’d be so pissed off.”
Then I sucked in a sharp breath.
Memories of the previous night flashed through my mind, vivid and intense. I remembered the thrill of Griffin fucking me, of his cock in my ass, and the lack of a condom -
My eyes snapped to Lilith and her swollen belly. Dread filled me like freezing cold water.
I’d forgotten to take the morning-after pill.
My breath quickened with panic.
“Shit. Shit, fuck, shit.”
Lilith watched me curiously.
“Ohh, my god,” I mumbled. My body wouldn’t move. I felt like a deer in headlights of the realization that Icouldbe pregnant at this very moment.
No,I told myself quickly.It doesn’t happen that fast.
I imagined myself swollen and pregnant, just like Lilith, and suddenly I felt like crying. A wave of intense emotions hit me, conflicting and overwhelming, and I couldn’t parse any of them. I wanted to melt into the bed and disappear.
“The pills,” I gasped to myself.
I launched out of bed, much to Lilith’s annoyance, and bolted to the top drawer. An open box of morning-after pills greeted me and I exhaled shakily with relief. But the relief was short lived. I threw the box and emptied the pill container into my hand only to find that it was completely empty. I had used them all, and now I had zero left.
I stared in utter disbelief.
“No,” I mumbled. “No, no, no…”
The logical part of my brain kicked into overdrive. I had to get tested. Fast. That was the only way to know for sure. That was the only way to squash these panicked feelings and to know the truth - and onlythenwas I allowed to freak the fuck out.
