"Well, it could be worse." Tino said abruptly after a moment terrified silence.

"What do you mean?" Tish asked, beginning to freak out, "How could this possibly be worse?"

"We could be in this with someone else…" Tino explained trailing off as he imagined hearing this from the only other girl he knew well; Lor.

"You're pregnant?" Tino asked, shocked.

"I'm pregnant?" Lor yelped back.

"Ah… you can't act surprised Lor. You were the one you just told me."

"Oh yeah, right. Sorry."

"Dog pile on Lor!" A male voice from out of nowhere shouted just before all of Lor's brothers appeared out of nowhere to jump on her.

"Carver… I have something we need to talk about. I'm pregnant!" Tish explained.

"Do you think this shirt goes with these pants?" Carver asked, ignoring Tish's announcement.

"Carver, are you listening?" Tish asked.

"What, of course!" Carver replied.

"Then what did I just say?"

"I don't know… something about a mole rat?"

"Ok, I can see your point though it's not very comforting." Tish told Tino.

"Well, what if I told you you're cute when you're scared?" Tino asked.

Tish simply stared at Tino, unable to believe he just said that.

"That didn't help anything, did it?" Tino asked.