Miracles happen (when you least expect them)
She was thinking about all her friend’s unusual behaviours when suddenly she put together the information she had gathered in the last few minutes. She stopped mid-movement and, without any warning, asked, “Do you and Thijs use protection?”
“Protection?”
“Yeah, I mean during sex.”
Rebecca was used to Keeley's weird queries after years of friendship and didn't question the reason for that one.
“Well no, actually we don't. We had stopped after a few weeks of dating since we weren’t seeing other people. And I stopped taking the pill some years ago when I divorced.”
Keeley looked at her without saying anything. She could only think about one thing and couldn’t understand how Rebecca hadn’t considered it even for a second.
“Why are you asking?” Rebecca prompted her when the silence started to feel uncomfortable.
“Babe… I think you should take a pregnancy test,” Keeley finally said.
Rebecca almost choked on her own saliva as her eyes opened wide, “Keeley, you know I can't…”