Rhys walked into the bathroom to gather the trash that needed to be taken out tonight. It wasn't too terribly full, but Rhys hated leaving stuff in it for more than a week. He dumped the small waste basket's contents into a larger bag, two pink and white sticks falling on top of the pile. Rhys's heart started beating quickly in his chest. Mady had been over a few days before, and the whole time his sister had been acting weird, spending quite a bit of time in the bathroom before dinner. Fuck. Was Mady pregnant? Or did she think she was pregnant? Hand shaking in anticipation and worry, Rhys flipped the first stick over. '+'. Pregnant. Maybe it was wrong? He flipped the other one over, heart pounding in his throat now. '+'. Pregnant.
The bag of trash slipped from his hand and smacked the floor, scattering everywhere. His sister was pregnant, and she had only been with her boyfriend (who he couldn't stand) for two months. He thought she would be more careful than this. Without realizing what he was doing, Rhys called mady up,r ather furious with her lack of carefulness. "Hello?" Mady answered. "You'e pregnant?" he asked, cutting straight to the chase. "I'm- Rhys what are you? Pregnant? Oliver and I haven't even had sex yet!" He could tell she was furious at being accused, and he felt horrible. "I... I'm sorry. I just- I found two pregnancy tests in the bathroom and you were over a few days ago and I just assumed." Rhys was sure he could hear her eyeroll through the phone. "Did you never stop to think that it might be your boyfriend's?" she asked.
Shit.
Rhys shook his head, and sighed. "No." he hadn't thought that it could be Kaspian's because they hadn't had unprotected sex in the past few... wait. There was that one time a few weeks before when they had a quick round of sex before Maya woke up and Rhys went to work. They hadn't used a condom, not wanting to spend the time looking for one. "Rhys? Rhys? You still there?" Mady asked. "Yeah, sorry. Look, I have to go. Sorry I accused you. Love you! Bye!" he hung up before she answered, starting to clean up while his mind worked at a hundred miles a minute. Kaspian was pregnant. And he hadn't told him? It hurt.
After all of the trash had been gathered, Rhys went down to the kitchen where Kaspian was, pregnancy tests in hand. "Babe? Can we talk a minute? It's rather important," he said quietly. The pregnancy tests were held so tightly in his hand the knuckles were turning white. He was glad Maya was at a friend's house, not wanting her to be exposed to them fighting if it were to come to that.