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"Ruth," he spluttered a little more angrily than he meant to. "Where are you?"
"Well after you left this morning I decided to pack my trunk and run away to the circus. Where the hell do you think I am?" She wasn't in a good mood, that much he could tell.
"I've been waiting to brief the team for almost and hour and you're still not here. Your over 2 hours late."
"I know Harry I know" She shouted slamming the phone down on him.
She had been irritable for the past few days. Harry was growing slowly used to her mood swings. Thankfully they didn't happen that often, only every few weeks. She hadn't been this bad though, in fact they had spent the last three mnths in almost perfect harmony! Three months, was a long time for him not to annoy Ruth, maybe he was finally doing something right. He was happy and given their record he thought she was too. This morning however seemed to be different. Her mood was fierce and she never missed work. Maybe something was the matter. He picked up the phone again, but dropped it before he could dial.
Irritable every few weeks.
What usually made women irritable?
Three months with no irritation.
Shit.
Harry spun out of his chair.
Shit.
"Adam," he called across the grid, "I've got to go. Your in charge."
"Is Ruth coming in then?" Adam shouted back.
"Not today" Came the muffled reply. He was already in the pod, impatiently waiting for it to turn.
His car drew up outside her house; he fell out in his desperation t get inside. Turning the key in the door his heart began to beat faster. What if he was right? At his age? No? They had been careful?
"Ruth" He called. She was sat in her pyjamas on the bottom step of the stairs. She looked so fragile, she was holding a little white stick. In Harry's experience little white stick only meant two things and he was pretty sure she hadn't take up smoking. "Your ..um late aren't you?" He struggled to say the words.
"For work?" She shot back at him.
"No your…. You know little friend." Her face softened slightly, amused by his choice of words.
"For a high ranking spook you really do take your time working thing out." He sat down next to her, she handed him the pregnancy test. A smile spread slowly across his face as he too in the sight of two little blue lines.