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“Baby, I told you not to stress yourself out,” Zavier scolded gently, handing it to me. “Find out now, and whatever it says, we’ll be fine.”

I felt frozen in place, terrified of what the answer could be, and Reid carefully took the bag from my hands and steered me towards the bathroom. The others hung back as he locked us inside, pulling the small box out.

“You’re not watching me pee,” I said flatly as I reached for it, and he handed it over.

“It’s just pee.”

“Yeah, my pee. You have your own,” I grumbled, giving him the stink eye until he turned around to face the wall.

I quickly pulled the stick out and took the cap off, sitting on the toilet to pee on it, and making sure to replace the cap when I was done.

I grabbed some toilet paper and quickly wiped so I could put my panties back on, placing the stick on the counter and flushing the toilet.

Anxiety filled me as we waited, and Reid pulled me against him and grabbed my chin, making me look up at him. “I’m with you one hundred percent. No matter what.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.”

“Why are you quiet? What’s happening?” Logan asked through the door, rattling the handle.

“Give us a minute,” Reid barked, thankfully holding me up or my shaking legs definitely would’ve given out from under me.

Zavier scolded Logan, but I ignored them and took a small step forward, peeking at the test.

“What does it say?” Reid asked, his voice getting more panicked when I instantly started crying. “Raven?”

“I’m okay,” I choked out, the single line being the best thing in the entire fucking world right now. I could see the relief on his face, and he pulled me back towards him and gave me a quick kiss.

“Now we know the answer to that, can I please feed you? You’ll feel better, and then we can go to bed and snuggle.”

“Raven?” Logan’s voice was tight, and I moved to the door to open it, finding him right on the other side waiting.

“Negative,” I rushed out, not expecting to see a pained look cross his face.

“Oh.”

“Oh?” Reid asked, stepping past me into the living room. “This is a good thing, dude. We’ll have our chance another day, but right now, Raven’s nine months out from starting college. We have people after us. We might have more money now, but broke is still broke.”

“I know,” he mumbled. “Does this mean we have to start using condoms again?”

They all seemed to be looking at me for an answer.

“No. I was worried Zav or Ander had managed to knock me up prior to the birth control kicking in properly, that’s all. I’ve been on it for a month now, it should be fine, right?”

“Remind me to buy ovulation kits so we know when not to do it,” Ander muttered, earning a swat from Reid.

“Food,” Zavier said as he stepped forward, taking my hand and gently pulling me towards the kitchen, putting me on a bar stool and grabbing a bowl of pasta out of the microwave for me. It was still pretty warm, telling me the guys had made it fresh.

He grabbed his as well, sitting down to eat with me since it seemed the others had eaten when we were in the shower, and I barely remembered going to bed.

I woke up at some point to Logan’s body shaking slightly next to mine, so I snuggled into him and kissed his shoulder, hearing him sniffle as he took my arm and held it across his chest tightly.

Reid was on his other side facing the wall, but he rolled over and encouraged him to come closer, both of us holding him together so he could fall apart in peace.

CHAPTEREIGHTEEN

LOGAN

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