“What are you going to do?”
“Pub with Jake, Grace and Ava.” He kissed me hard, ending the conversation. I dug my fingers in his back, pulling him closer.
Me, Lucas, Ava, Grace and Jake sat in the lounge watching Dirty Dancing – Ava’s choice. I cuddled up to Lucas’s side. My eyes were getting heavy and I kept drifting in and out of light sleep. “Tegan, your phone.” I opened my eyes looking at Lucas.
“What?” I rubbed my eyes, trying to wake myself up. He handed me my phone. I answered the call without looking at who it was. “Hello” I said sleepily.
“Hey.”
“I’m sleeping, Kai.” Out of the corner of my eye I could see everyone glaring at me. Jake was looking at Lucas. Back. Off.
Kai chuckled. “You’re talking.”
“This better be good.”
“It is. I just wanted to see if you were okay and to tell you to keep my t-shirt, it looks better on you.”
“I know and I was planning to.” He laughed down the phone. “You can keep mine, too, pink will suit you.”
“Is that your subtle way of telling me I look gay?”
“You don’t have to be gay to wear pink.”
“I know, I was kiddin’. So, you cuddled up with the smurf?” he asked, changing the subject.
“I thought you said this was gonna be good?”
“That hurts, princess.”
“Okay, I’m going, you’re being boring.”
“Alright, but before you go I need to tell you something, Holly’s pregnant.”
“What!” I sat straight up. “Why the hell wasn’t that the first thing you said? All that t-shirt crap you were going on about.” He laughed again. “How? When?”
“So I’ll leave you to it, you’re tired.” I could practically see him smirking.
“No, don’t go! How pregnant is she?”
“I don’t think there are different levels, Tegan, you’re either pregnant or you’re not.”
“You’re killing me,” I replied sarcastically.
“She’s four months.”
“Really? Shouldn’t she be fat by now?”
I heard another low chuckle. “I don’t know. I wouldn’t mention that to her, though.”
“I won’t. Did they only just find out?”
“Yeah, apparently she still had periods. I could have lived without knowing that.”
The blood drained from my face. I jumped up and walked quickly to the kitchen. “Tegan, you there?” I looked at the calendar. Shit, shit, shit. I was two days late. “Tegan?”
“Yeah?” I whispered. My head felt light. All of me felt light. Shit!
“You alright?”
“Yeah, sorry, I spaced out a bit. I’m gonna go, I need my beauty sleep.”
“No, you don’t. I’ll pick you up tomorrow.”
“Okay. Night, Kai.”
“Night, princess.”
I held the phone to my head for a while after he hung up. My limbs refused to work and lower the phone. I couldn’t be pregnant. There were only a few nights when me and Kai weren’t as safe as we should have been, I didn’t even think about it at the time.
Oh God, I was gonna be sick. My eyes stung. I took deep breaths to force the tears back.
“Tegan?” I spun around, plastering my I’m fine face on. “Everything okay?” Lucas asked.
I nodded and grabbed him, holding him tight and breathing in his scent. “Everything’s fine,” I lied. He kissed the top of my head and stroked my hair.
I was just a little late, I’d been a few days late before. Women were late all the time; it didn’t mean I was pregnant.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Kai
“Hello,” Tegan said down the phone.
“Hey, princess. You ready?”
“Yeah, I’m ready whenever you are?”
“Alright, I’ll leave now, see you in ten.”
“Cool, see you soon.”
I hung up, trying to control the fucking annoying thudding of my heart. I looked forward to seeing her a lot more than I should. She was important to me, that much I could admit, but I didn’t want to have any real feelings for her yet. I wanted her to get better and then see if anything happened. Now she was with that prick and I was feeling jealousy again for the first time since Isaac died and I saw two brothers kicking a ball together in the street. After that I locked everything away for so long.
After texting Holly back, telling her I was on my way, I got in the car and drove to Tegan’s. I wasn’t to wait down the road anymore, which I half liked – it was great that she didn’t want to hide me away but at the same time there was some serious tension when I was around.
Taking a deep breath, I rang the doorbell and Tegan’s mum answered.
“Hi. Is Tegan ready?”
“I think so. Come in.” I stepped into the house and Alison turned to the stairs, shouting “Tegan, Kai’s here.”