"You can leave, though. I can't even leave this room..."
"And go where? Nowhere good. School starts soon, and guess who has to learn?" She finishes her food and then pulls out some hash browns.
Panic hits me. "You're going back to boarding school?"
She sighs. "Worse. Much worse."
"What's worse?"
"Tutors." She shudders. "They're going to be punishment. They're school sanctioned."
"No violin?"
She grins. "Lots of violin. That's the one saving grace." Then she peers at me. "Are you okay? You look?—"
I burst into tears, to my horror and to hers. I can't find the off switch and manage to blurt out between the fits of tears, "P-pregnant?"
"Whoa." Lyndall rears back and then suddenly grabs me, pulling me close. "Lola. Did you just say the P word?"
"No." I sniff and wipe my face on the quilt, but she smacks it from my hand.
"OMG, you totally did." She shoves her hand to my stomach. "I don't feel a baby."
I scramble away, breasts tender. Or they seem tender as I think about them.
Shit.AmI pregnant?
"You don't justfeela baby."
"They kick."
"Did you even do sex ed at school?"
She rolls her eyes. "Sure. But I don't know how long you've been boning my brother, which is gag, by the way. Gross."
She stares at me for a few seconds. "It's his, isn't it?"
"Yes! No. I mean, I don't even know if I am. I just...emotional. I'm late, but I've been through a lot, and?—"
"I was kidnapped, thrown around, threatened, and then locked up when he found out who I am. If anyone's been through a lot, it's me."
"It's not a competition."
"I know that. I just mean..." She blows out a breath. "I don't think it's just stress. Shit, we need to find out."
"You're fifteen. You can't go and ask for a test from Enzo."
Her eyes go big and round. "Hell no. I just...I can get a delivery. There's a pharmacy near the station that delivers. McDonald's delivers, so..."
Lyndall slides close and pulls me into her arms and hugs me tight.
"Oh God," I moan.
She lets me go. "I know... Are you sure?"
"No, I don't know a thing. Just I'm like clockwork."
Then Lyndall smacks her head. "Which is why you want a pregnancy test."
