’ ‘Well, you know you asked me a couple of weeks ago when my period was due?’ I nodded. ‘I remember you telling me that was why you were a bit...‘right now’ about our lovemaking.’ Laura smiled. ‘Well, that was one reason.’ She reached out to take my hand. ‘So guess what? It hasn’t happened, and I think…’ My eyes widened, and I held her hand tightly as she continued. ‘Tim, I think I’m pregnant.’ A jolt like an electric shock went through my whole body, and I felt tears welling up in my eyes. ‘So. Rayna lies down and Lacey quickly crawls on after her. She straddles Rayna’s belly, sits down gently and takes Rayna’s hands into her own to kiss each of the fingers. She looks down and whispers, “I’ve so fucking missed you.”Rayna smiles up at her, their eyes locking and speaking volumes. Lacey scoots back so that she is straddling Rayna’s knees rather than her stomach and leans in and kisses her belly button. She swirls her tongue around it, causing Rayna to squirm and giggle.Lacey glances up. And my biology lab is good now that Angie replaced Sally. I do have to watch out for Dean Parker, though.”“It’s not likely she’s going to have anything to hang on you, right? Just follow the rules. That’s your nature, anyway.”“Four years of her gunning for the department? Ugh. Did you decide on August for sure?”“Yes. Dad already talked to both Purdue and Taft. Because of the accident, Purdue refunded everything except my application fee. And I’m admitted to Taft for next Fall.”“I’m glad,” I. The midwife asked my parents if they wanted the time ‘adjusted’ so I was born on a particular day rather than in between as it were. Dad wanted to change the time to 00:01 29 February, his reasoning being that it would save a fortune on birthday presents. He was joking, or at least he always maintained that he was. Apparently mum went fucking ballistic. Hardly surprising I suppose, after thirteen hours of labour and a rather difficult delivery, she had a bit of a sense of humour failure. Dad.