Page 33 of Unexpected Forever
“I know you have questions, so ask away,” I say.
“Nah. If you want to talk about it though, I’m here. I’ve got all night.”
I turn my head to see her hazel eyes watching me.
Would my baby have those same hazel eyes?
My head spins as it dawns on me that my best friend will be my baby’s aunt.
I can’t decide if I’m thrilled or scared.
I can’t decide if Megan will be happy or hate me for sleeping with her brother.
I look back at the ceiling. “You know what’s crazy? I wasn’t a slut or anything, but I’d had my fun with the guys. And never had a false alarm. I’m still trying to figure out how this happened. I mean, we used condoms. And I’m on the pill. We should have been double covered.”
I don’t tell her about the one time we didn’t use a condom. It feels like a private moment between Nate and me. It isn’t something I want to share with my best friend, even if she is his sister.
We also thought we’d be okay since I’m on the pill.
“Weren’t you on some antibiotics a while back?”
I frown. “Yeah, for a sinus infection. Why?”
Megan sighs. “Charley, antibiotics can make the pill quit working.”
I sit straight up. “Are you fucking kidding me?! Why didn’t anyone tell me?”
She sits up next to me, her eyes wide. “Didn’t Doc tell you?”
I think back to my appointment with Doc, the town’s primary physician and my uncle.
“I vaguely recall him mentioning it. But I didn’t pay much attention. I was on my man sabbatical so I didn’t worry about it. There was no one around here I was going to break that for.”
“Yeah, what about that anyway? You’d been man free—dating and otherwise—for a while.”
“Right at a year.”
“That’s a long time.”
Truthfully, it hadn’t been hard not having sex or dating.
Until Nate.
The spark between us was more like an explosion. The intimacy I’d felt with him was unexpected and rattled me more than I care to admit.
“What are you going to do? Are you keeping it?” Megan asks gently.
I swipe at the tears falling on my cheeks. I’m not a crier, but ever since those seven sticks told me my life has taken a major detour, the hormones started raging in the form of my eyes leaking constantly.
“Yeah. I mean, this isn’t how I’d pictured myself having a family. I thought I’d be older, married, and have an established career.” I rub a hand over my still-flat belly. “But there’s no doubt I’m keeping it.”
Megan’s smile lights up the room and she grabs my hand. “Oh, I’m so glad. That baby is going to be so loved.” She pauses, her lips pursed. “So, the million-dollar question. Who’s the daddy?”
A sharp pain hits my chest. It feels wrong to tell anyone but Nate first. Even if he doesn’t want anything to do with the baby, he’s the father and should know first.
“Um, well. I kinda want to tell him first. So please, don’t say anything to Aidan yet either, okay?”
She nods her head side to side. “I understand. I’d be the same with Aidan.” She shifts on the bed, leaning closer. “Can you give me a hint?”
