Thank you to Frannie & Dani!
Day 44: April 26, 2020
Edward
9:03 PDT
Los Angeles, California
Bella comes into the living room holding a giant mug of coffee. "Hey," she says, settling next to me on the sofa. I reach for the remote, pausing the TV.
"Hey."
There is a moment of awkward silence between us. How the fuck are we supposed to talk about things like pregnancy? We still barely know each other.
Bella sips her coffee. "So, I took five pregnancy tests this morning."
Fucking, Christ. Just like that. Of course, she would.
I swallow hard. Fine. I can do this.
"Five?"
She nods. "One of the first ones showed an abnormal response."
My eyebrow goes up, and my breathing gets a little shallow. "You're pregnant?" Great, my voice is fucking cracking like I'm a twelve-year-old.
Bella rolls her eyes. "That's why I needed the other three. To verify," she says cryptically. When I stare at her, she rolls her eyes. "I'm not pregnant."
I let out a long breath. Christ. I feel like I've just aged ten years.
"Oh, okay, that's good."
Bella eyes me, and I wonder if I've said something to offend her. Does she want kids? "Good?"
This feels like a trap, but I guess I'm too much of an idiot not to fall for it. "Yeah, I mean, we still barely know each other, and there is this fucking pandemic and all that," I wave my hands in front of myself vaguely. "I mean, fuck, we're having a lot of fun, but you can't tell me you're ready for kids right now."
Bella smirks around her mug. "No. I'm glad as hell I'm not pregnant."
I nod, relieved. "Right."
Bella pokes my side. "But I think because of this close call, we should probably abstain for a while."
I frown. "Uh, how long is a while?" If she wants to abstain, then I'll agree because obviously, I'd never make her have sex. I might complain about it in my head, but I'd agree.
Bella folds over as a peal of laughter escapes her. "Oh my god, your face!" she squeals. "Fuck abstaining, are you kidding me?" she snorts. "I'm ready to mount you right now."
At her words, I have to shift my dick through my sweats. How the fuck can she turn me on with a single sentence? I clear my throat. "I'm not doing anything important," I point out. She snorts.
"Good. Let me finish my coffee," she takes a long sip, and I laugh, nodding.
"Yeah, fair enough."
Bella pulls the mug from her lips, tapping it with her nails. "I do have two stipulations," she says slowly. I frown, nodding for her to continue. "One, we should probably use a condom, at least for a while until I stop panicking about getting knocked up," she says, holding up one finger. I laugh. Condoms, I can deal with. We stopped using them a few weeks ago, deciding to trust her IUD but it's not like it's all that much of a hardship to use them again.
"What's the other stipulation?"
She grins. "Make me some nachos after."
