“Maybe I have a virus or something.” I rarely got ill though. My diet was good and I didn’t overindulge, I still exercised and touring had built up my immunity.
Fleur frowned again. “Are you feeling sick?”
“A bit. I haven’t been though.” I was rarely sick. Only the occasional migraine had me talking to god down a one way phone.
“Boobs sore?”
“How did you know?”
“You flinched when I hugged you. Have you done a pregnancy test?”
That made me sit up. “I can’t be pregnant.”
“Have you been having sex?”
I nodded.
“Then you can be pregnant. Trust me – Seren and Flora were very, very unexpected. I think I got caught the second time we had sex. I’d let my contraception lap - ”
I burst into tears.
“Oh, fuck, Zoey, you might not be, and if you are, it isn’t the end of the world. I know they do irritating things like dye their hair and trash your make-up, but the rest of the time makes up for it. Usually.” She threw her arm around me, sitting next to me on the sofa.
“I forgot to sort my jab – the contraceptive jab. I told Caleb we were covered. He’s going to hate me.” I was blubbering now, my face feeling hot and my heart rate speeding up as I started to panic. “We hadn’t planned for this.”
“You might not be. Do you want to do a test or wait until Caleb’s back – it’s only another few days, isn’t it?” She hugged me a little tighter. “I have some tests in the bathroom.”
“Really? You have a stock of them?” I looked up at her rubbing away the tears that wouldn’t usually have fallen. This was the sixth time I’d cried this week.
Things were starting to click together.
“You’d be surprised how much panic a day late period can cause.” She stood up, taking a deep breath. “You know there’s no lose in this situation, don’t you? This is me reassuring you, by the way.”
“What do you mean?”
“If you’re not pregnant, you carry on as you are, maybe get to the doctors before Caleb gets home. If you are, everything will be okay.”
“I’m not sure Caleb wants kids yet.”
She smiled. “I’m sure he’ll be over the moon. You know he’s easy going and he adjusts to anything thrown at him. And he’s amazing with children and babies. You’ll have so much support and help and you’re lucky – you have the finances covered so no worries there.”
“True. I – we – didn’t expect this.” I hadn’t done the test yet but I knew the result. “Can I do a test?”
“The bathroom in my bedroom – let’s go up there while Thane’s got the monsters – I mean little darling angels.” She rolled her eyes. “I need to sell motherhood a bit better, don’t I?”
“The twins are fine, just a bit wild. And your son’s just an angel.” He really, really was.
Fleur nodded. “That’s because the twins take after me and Matty’s just like his dad. Please don’t tell Thane I’ve admitted to that.” She led the way up to her bedroom which was like something from a magazine. Fleur was an interior designer and she loved colour, so the whole house was just a feel good medicine. “Here. Go pee on a stick.” The pack she took out of a drawer had already been opened.
“Who used the other one? You?” I was curious.
She shook her head. “Absolutely not. Flora and Seren are the best contraceptives ever. Matty was considered at length before I let Thane knock me up again. The other one in this pack’s been used by Clover. It was negative, which meant that Gray didn’t have a heart attack. Go wee.”
I went into the ensuite bathroom, not locking the door, pulled down my jeans and underwear and sat on the loo, unable to pee for at least a minute.
“Try turning the tap on,” Fleur called in. “That might help.”
“I think I’m put off knowing you can hear me trying to pee.”
