Title: Scare
Rating: Teen
Pairing: BonneyKid + Law
Warning(s): Practice safe sex kids.

Part 6 of 8

It's the first time something like this had happened.

It didn't feel real - not Bonney quietly telling them, not going out to buy 'necessary items', not the awkward and rather invasive questions from whatever pimpled faced idiot rang the items up.
Not even sitting in the small hallway in front of the bathroom with Kid.

Law wondered if he was in shock - he certainly felt a lot like he had several months ago.

Kid looked horrible. His hair wasn't in it's normal flame (tulip) like style, instead hanging limp, and he had bitten and sucked on his bottom lip from nerves so much that it was starting to swell a little.
His eyes flickered between the bathroom door and everything else in the vicinity, and he was bouncing his leg like someone with a caffeine addiction.

Law wanted to reach out and grab his knee, hold it steady and reassure him.
But he knew there was really nothing he could say to Kid in this situation that would be reassuring, so instead he continued to flip the box in his hands around and read snippets of text.

It was a digital test - ninety-nine percent accuracy, a three to six minute wait, no confusing lines or circles to decode just straight text.
Or so the box claimed anyway.
How long had they been in the hallway, anyway? It certainly didn't feel like between three to six minutes; it felt more like hours.

There had been more than one test, so perhaps she had used them both. Best way to avoid false positives (even if the small pamphlet said that while false negatives happened, true false positives were rare).
Maybe Bonney just didn't want to tell them what the tests said.
That thought sent a chill of worry down his spine.

Apparently Kid felt the same, as he got to his feet and gently knocked on the bathroom door. "Bonney? You alright?"
It wasn't very tactful, but it was the most delicate he could manage to be.

There was no answer from inside, and Kid glanced back at him.
All Law could do was shrug helplessly and mime knocking again.
Apparently Kid had no better ideas because he knocked again.

Again there was no answer.
But Bonney did open the door.
"What-" Bonney just handed Kid the test, not letting him finish his sentence.

"Oh." He looked at the test in his hand, then back to her. She had started to cry. "Oh. Babe." Kid pulled her into a tight hug. Bonney let him, crying openly into her shoulder.

Law wanted to say something - but everything he thought of sounded wrong.
He remained quiet, and seated.