Chapter 33 – Definitely Pregnant
One Week Later – Friday – October 27, 2023
Ash
I swiveled my chair toward Chastity and took a deep breath. “I’m pregnant.”
She kept typing on her computer.
“I’m serious this time.” I’d told her every day for the past week, but she never believed me.
“Girl, how can you even know? It’s only been...” She brought up her calendar. “A week.”
“The test said so!” I fished around in my purse for one of the dozen pregnancy tests I’d taken. I pulled it out and showed it to her.
“That’s just a negative test that you wrote PREGNANT on in Sharpie.”
“I know! I was helping the test do its job because it was broken or something. And I’d never actually carry around a stick that I’d peed on. It’s unsanitary. But I’m definitely pregnant. I feel different.”
“How do you feel different?”
“Here are all my symptoms: I have a headache. I’m nauseous. I’ve been having twinges in my uterus. And cramps when I walk too quickly. I’m exhausted...”
“Because you’re thinking about this too much.”
I ignored her. “I smell cigarette smoke even though no one is smoking indoors.”
Chastity laughed.
“My right foot hurts. And sometimes my left. My vision is blurry. I’ve been very into saltines. I’ve been drinking more water than usual. And peeing way more....”
“Those last two go hand-in-hand. And I’m not sure any of those other things are pregnancy symptoms.”
“Everyone’s fertility journey is different. Oh! And my nipples are dark as hell.”
“Show them to me.”
“What?”
Chastity pulled the front of my blouse forward, pushed my bra down, and stared at my nips. “False.” She let my bra snap back into place.
How would she know? “And my breasts are so sore.” I cupped them where the bra had just slapped them. Ow.
“That’s probably from them bouncing around so much while the Supernova Six ran train on you.”
“Shhh!” I looked around the office. Thank God no one had heard. “Okay. Here are the rest of my symptoms: My throat hurts. I’m hearing a ringing sensation in my ears. My upper left jaw hurts. And I have gastrointestinal distress.”
Chastity laughed. “In which way? Are you having trouble going or are you going to much?”
“Both I think.”
“Either way, it’s way too early to know. You probably haven’t even implanted yet.”
“What’s implantation?”
“I thought you’ve been doing tons of pregnancy research? ”
“I didn’t get that far yet! I was focused on making the perfect womb. But I made it too perfect. Now I’m pregnant with six babies! I just know it.”
“That’s not how anything works.”
“Isn’t there a test I can take?”
“No. Like I’ve said every day this week, it’s too early.”
“Gah. I hate everything.”
“Have you told Tanner yet?”
“No.”
“But that was Rule #3. You have to always tell him what you do.”
Why was Chastity so good at remembering rules?! “I mean...he was there when I chose to fuck Orlando during Fuck, Marry, Kill. Does he really need all the little details?”
“That argument would be sketchy even if you’d only fucked Orlando. But you went for the whole shebang. Can you tell me about it again? Which one was the best? God, I’m so jealous, you little cum dumpster.”
“Would you stop calling me that?” Every time I told her I was pregnant, she eventually called me by that new nickname that I hated. “I’m never telling anyone that story ever again.” And I didn’t want to ruin the week Tanner and I have been having. The game of Fuck, Marry, Kill must have made Tanner sufficiently jealous, because we’d been ordering in and snuggling on the couch every night this week. It was the best thing ever. The only thing that would have made it better was if he’d gotten free. But alas... Chastity and I had thoroughly inspected Tanner’s lamp, and the name Cooper was nowhere to be found.
And...now I was pregnant with ten babies. I wasn’t sure why it kept going up, but I could feel all ten of them inside of me right now. Despite whatever the fuck implantation was.
“But the story is so hot!” said Chastity. “You have to tell Tanner. Just make sure he’s in his masturbatorium when you tell him about it so he doesn’t light anything on fire.”
I sighed. “Fine. But not until I have confirmation that I’m pregnant. Hopefully he’ll be so distracted by the news that he’s going to be a dad that he won’t pay attention to the other stuff. Are you sure there’s no test that I can take yet? Someone must have one. Oh! What about Tanner’s friend Rob? He has access to all the Hunter Tech tech, right?”
“I don’t think pregnancy tests are really their field of expertise. They just came out with a car battery made of salt.”
“That’s basically the same thing! What’s his number?”
“Who cares when you can go ask him yourself?” She pointed across the office.
Mason and Rob had just stepped off the elevator. If that wasn’t a sign, I didn’t know what was. I got up and ran over to them.
Rob smiled when he saw me. “Hey. High five for the most passionate Supernova Six fan.” He raised his hand for a high five .
“WHAT?! How’d you know about that?!” Had he seen a gif? Did everyone know?! I looked around the office frantically.
Rob gave me a funny look.
“Oh right. You’re talking about the prank.”
Mason laughed. He must have heard about the prank too.
“Yeah,” said Rob. “But now I’m curious about what you’re talking about.”
“Can we maybe talk in private?”
Rob shrugged. “Sure.”
I grabbed his arm and pulled him into an empty conference room.
Rob sat down in a chair and put his feet up on the table. He started whistling as he put his hands behind his head and leaned back. He seemed as content as Tanner at a fertility clinic. How could Rob possibly look so relaxed at a time like this?!
“I was wondering if you have any pregnancy tests?” I asked.
Rob raised his eyebrow. “Why would I have a pregnancy test on me? Did Daphne say something?”
“No, this isn’t about you. I need a pregnancy test. But not a normal one. A super early detection one. Like way early. Before implantation, whatever that is. I think I’m pregnant and I’m freaking out!”
“Yeah, I can understand why. I wouldn’t want Tanner’s baby in my belly either.”
“It’s not his.” I clapped my hand over my mouth. “I mean…”
Rob pulled his feet off the table and leaned forward. “You fucked someone behind Tanner’s back? I love that. Thanks for telling me. I could really use this for something good.”
What?! “It’s not like that.”
“It’s fine. He deserved it after being shady as hell. Walking all over the city in his man buns and weird suits on Tuesday and Thursday nights.”
Oh, he knew that Tanner was also Ryder Storm? Rob had made some comments about Tanner’s secrets on football Sunday, and I’d thought maybe he knew Tanner’s other secret...
“He’s been lying to all of us for years about everything . And I for one, am sick of everyone defending him. And sick of him calling me Young Robert like I’m a million years younger than him just because he’s being extra.”
Right, because Rob was only a few hundred years younger than Tanner, not a million. Ah! I’d suspected that Rob knew everything! But now I was sure of it. Ha. And Tanner always pretended the two of them weren’t friends. I guess they were actually besties. “I swear I’m not a slut...”
“I never said you were. I’m glad you did it to Old Tanner. That’s right, I’m calling him that now.”
Makes sense, because Tanner is old AF. “Right, I did it because I had to. Because of his condition. It’s the only way to get him free. Obviously I’m in love with him. But I don’t want to be burned by his flaming genie penis. I wish his only secret was that he was Ryder Storm in the Society. But we both know the truth. He’s a 343 year old genie. And as you know, he originally had to find 1001 women find true love. Which is freaking hard, by the way. I tried my hand at it and...well...he probably told you about the carnival orgy mayhem. Either way, I’m getting off topic. I snuck into his genie council hearing and got him in trouble. And some actual slut changed his freedom requirements to him having to find only me true love. He can’t be free from his genie curse until my name appears on his magic lamp. So I have to whore around town and find a lesser true love so Tanner can be free and we can live happily ever after.”
“I knew that fucker was hiding something!” Rob stood up and slammed his hands on the table. “But this is better than I could have ever imagined.”
“Wait! I thought you knew?!”
“I didn’t know a damn thing. I knew he was a lying asshole, but a genie? This is too good! And I should have guessed that he was a member of the Society. Makes sense.” He shook his head.
He didn’t know any of it?! No. No! “I wasn’t supposed to tell you any of that. Promise not to tell anyone.”
“But…”
“Promise!”
Rob sighed. And then he smiled slowly.
“Why are you smiling like that?”
“No reason,” he said. But his smile just grew.
“Promise me you won’t tell anyone?”
He shrugged. “Sure.”
“Say the words.”
“What words?”
“Say you promise, Rob.”
“I promise, Rob,” he said .
What? “No. Promise me you won’t tell anyone that Tanner is a genie. It’s dangerous, Rob. I know you’re smiling, but this is serious business! Please, I’m begging you.” I can’t believe I told him!
He kept smiling. “Okay, I promise. Anything for the biggest Supernova Six fan.”
“Stop calling me that! It was just one gangbang!”
“What?”
“Nothing!!!” But...oh thank God. He’d promised not to tell. “So do you have a pregnancy test for me?”
“I think we do have something in the works. I’ll arrange for it to be delivered tomorrow.”