Nope! You are NOT invited. Any of you. Girls’ day.
I laugh at the guys and put my phone away. Adrianne storms into Elsie’s bathroom, and I look at Elsie but she shrugs and starts to open the ice cream. “I have a set of pjs on my bed for you.”
Elsie’s room looks like it vomited up a unicorn’s playgroup. Shit is fluffy and pink and purple. She has so many pillows in here, and I’m unsure why someone needs that many. Adrianne walks out of the bathroom in a green Care Bear onesie and I giggle.
“Don’t you laugh, there is one for you.” Elsie informs me with a chuckle of her own.
“I thought you said PJs?”
“Close enough. Now go and get changed.”
I take the blue onesie off her bed, go to the bathroom and strip out of my uniform to put it on. I’m not actually hating it. It’s lovely and warm at least.
By the time we’re all changed, Elsie has the room set up with – somehow – even more pillows and blankets. She also has a show ready to go. I don’t question what she’s chosen to watch, but Adrianne has a little moan about chick flicks.
We all sit and Elsie hands us all spoons. Turns out that it is mint choc chip ice cream. We spend hours watching Gilmore Girls reruns, and even Adrianne seems to be having a good time.
We take a bathroom break before we continue our marathon, the ice cream has long since melted and now the tub is sitting in Elsie’s shower.
“Just to warn you, I plan to prank Kalen back. He has it coming,” Adrianne announces out of nowhere.
“So long as you don’t mess with his face, his hair, or his junk, it’s all good with me.” I laugh and Elsie snorts.
“It’s not like you don’t have plenty of dicks.”
“Hey, I happen to really like his too. Not that I get to seeanyof them very often anymore. All this Order stuff has me way too busy.”
“I heard about a party this weekend…it could be a good way to blow off some steam and you can get some time with your guys,” Adrianne suggests.
“I’ll see what I have on and get back to you.”
Elsie starts to cry again, and Adrianne curls her nose up in distaste.
“I’m late,” she blurts out and my eyes bug out of my head.
“Late?” Adrianne questions.
“Yeah.Late, late.”
“Are you not on birth control?” I ask, because this is something readily available to us all here. The nurse will check in and make sure girls can get the pill.
“It never crossed my mind, because I have only ever slept with girls, remember?”
“Okay, let’s launch operation ‘break into the nurse’s office’!” Adrianne hoots, clapping her hands together in excitement. I go to shake my head no but Elsie starts speaking.
“One case of breaking and entering removed from your file for one day should be enough.”
“Amelie, live a little, it isn't like we’re technically stealing anything. We’ll just get a pregnancy test and come back up here.”
Pregnant.
Shit.
I won’t be able to let her initiate if she is, and then I’ll have to keep shit from her. Worse, Elsie will end up feeling alone and excluded – her biggest fear. Anger surges through me as I wonder why the fuck wasn’t Jasper more careful.
“Does Jasper know?” I ask and Elsie shakes her head.
We all head out into the hallway. The new security guy takes one look at us and cocks his head to the side. We ignore him, knowing he’ll follow, and run down the stairs and out towards the admin building.
