Flaky woke up the next morning to the sound of a soft purring. She wondered how a cat got into her house for a minute as her eyes reluctantly opened, then she remembered the previous night's events. She glanced over to the over weight in the bed that she just happened to notice then. A green lump was snoring and purring at the same time, and Flaky knew right away it was Flippy. She'd heard him sleep before when he fell asleep to a movie once when she was over at his house.
She thought back to the night before and blushed, thinking about how perfect it had been, despite them both being virgins and going purely on instinct. It hadn't lasted long, and they fell asleep almost immediately after, but it was so much better than she could have ever imagined. All of her paranoia concerning anything with Flippy had vanished, and for one moment, she could feel them become closer than they'd ever been before.
Now she was sleeping in his bed, listening to his snoring and breathing and storing that sound away for when he was away and she needed to remember him in some way. As he shifted slightly, she held her breath, not wanting him to wake up yet. Thankfully, he was still dead asleep, so she took her chance. She wriggled up closer to him and wrapped her arms around his chest, sliding the bottom arm as sneakily as she could manage. As she snugly hugged him, she pulled him closer and felt his warmth. She was careful about her quills, and tried not to poke him, but she still got as close as possible.
If she could have looked at Flippy's face, she would have seen a sleepy, dreamy smile cross his lips.
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Flaky smiled as she hummed around her house, bouncing around and trying to contain her excitement. She had another date with Flippy, and she couldn't be happier about it. They'd been continuing their sexual activity for a few weeks, and she loved it. Every chance they got they were as intimate as they allowed themselves to be, and in any way possible. It was amazing, considering that they hadn't had the nerve to do more than hold hands or share a milkshake for two whole years, and now they were nothing more than a couple of rutting rabbits.
Flaky took a shower and washed her face, delicately putting on her mascara and lip gloss, trying to pull off the "cute but simple" look Petunia had suggested for her. She found that it fit perfectly, and she used it more than five times already. She knew Flippy liked it as well, because she had done it at least twice in the last few weeks, and he couldn't keep himself from pecking at her glossy lips. She loved his reaction, so she vowed to do it more.
As she leaned over to get some toilet paper to fix a smudged mascara mark, she noticed that the toilet paper on the roll was empty. She reached into the cabinet under the sink to grab a new roll, and then she saw an unopened box of pads. This made her realize that she hadn't had her period in a while, maybe not since before her first time with Flippy. A small flash of fear rushed over her as she thought about what could be happening to her.
She was mainly scared because she was never late on her period. It was the only thing she had on record that she could count as regular or normal. Now, she was suddenly late, and she hadn't had her period since before she had sex. She then tried to calm herself down by assuming she and Flippy had been using protection, and that they hadn't been so foolish.
Then she realized that they hadn't.
She ran for her house phone and quickly dialed Flippy's home number, silently hoping he was home. To her relief, he was.
"Hello?" he asked. Flaky both loved and hated hearing his voice. It made her relieved and nervous at the same time.
"Oh, uh, hey, i-it's me," Flaky stammered, already wanting to hang up.
"Hi Flaky!" Flippy replied happily. She wanted to cry. "What's up? I thought we weren't going out for another half hour."
She finally smiled. Him and his punctuality.
"Actually, th-that's why I'm calling..." she couldn't bring herself to say it, so she figured lying about it would be easier. "I'm actually not f-feeling too well, so I-I think we need to ca-cancel for today."
"Are you sick? Do you need me to come over or something?"
She really had to hold back the tears now. "N-no, I'll be f-fine on my own. I j-just didn't want you to leave and think I st-stood you up."
"Alright, thanks for calling me about it," Flippy said with a tiny sigh and a hint of disappointment in his voice. A tear fell down. "I'll see you later, then."
"Mhm," she couldn't say anything else.
Then he hung up, and then she put the phone back in its place. She struggled to control herself before picking up the phone again. She wanted to call Flippy and tell him the truth, but she couldn't. She couldn't bring herself to tell him that she may be...be...
She dialed Giggles's number and waited for her to pick up. One she did, she felt a little better to hear Petunia's voice as well.
"Hey, Flaky, we were just planning on going to the park or something, you in?" Petunia asked.
"Yeah, we may even be able to pack a picnic," Giggles said, her voice chipper.
"Um, actually, I can't..." Flaky said. Her voice cracked and she immediately braced herself.
"What's wrong?" Petunia asked right away, her voice stern.
"Did you get hurt?" Giggles demanded.
"No, no, nothing like that," Flaky said. "It's just..." she struggled to find the right words. Then she figured being bold would be easier. "I think I may be pregnant."
Silence. Both of the other girls hung up right away. Flaky wondered if their phones shut off or if they pressed the wrong button, because this seemed a little too serious to just hang up. She tried to call the both of them again, but they didn't pick up. She wanted to cry again. Were her best friends abandoning her now?
She sat on the couch and tried to watch TV, but everything seemed to involve babies or kids in some way. She couldn't bare to watch. Then, someone was knocking at her door. She nearly jumped out of her skin, then she began to panic as she thought that maybe Flippy had come over after all. It wasn't like he hadn't done something similar before, so what would be different now? He was stubborn when it came to her, and it was cute and annoying at the same time, though she was more annoyed than endeared at that particular moment.
"Flaky!" Petunia called out, knocking a bit more. "Are you still home?"
"Maybe she left," Giggles added.
"No, it hasn't been long enough."
"But she moves quick when she wants to."
Flaky got up and opened the door wide, smiling at her two friends and hugging them tight. They smiled and greeted her. She let them in graciously, then shut the door. She whipped her head around again when she heard the sound of plastic bags landing on her table. Petunia and Giggles pulled out a couple boxes of pregnancy tests and quietly bickered to themselves which one would be better to try first. Petunia looked like she was winning (her argument was that using the cheaper ones before the better ones would at least give them all an idea of how the better ones would respond) until Flaky cleared her throat to get their attention.
"Why did you guys get so many tests?!" she asked. She knew that there were some pretty expensive tests, so she wanted to chastise them for buying so many.
"We got one of each, so you could be sure," Giggles responded easily. "Though it was kind of hard to come up with a good excuse when we were checking out. We got looked at like we needed them."
"Yeah, but we lied anyways," Petunia giggled with a smile. "And we did it for our widdle Fwaky!"
She felt a sense of nausea come in waves. "Please, anything but baby talking right now."
"Ah, right. Let's get this party goin' then!"
So, as Flaky thanked whatever cruel deity was watching over her that Flippy went on a fishing trip with Russel and Lumpy for the day instead, they tried every test, with a lot of water drinking and waiting. Flaky wanted to scream when every single test showed positive. Turns out Petunia's theory had been right, the cheap tests showed a pretty good implication of what the good tests would say. The porcupine held her head in her hands and fought back tears. Petunia inspected all of the tests carefully, asking herself quietly how all of them could come back positive.
"You know, Flaky, we could find out for sure, if you wanted," Giggled offered. "I mean, even the most expensive test could be wrong. We could get you to a doctor, and they could tell you for sure. I know a doctor who owes me a favor anyways, we could get you checked out today."
Flaky lifted her head up slightly, letting her hopes jump up a bit. Giggles was right, they could get it confirmed for sure. She agreed to go, with her head held high. She would need confidence, or else who knows how she would be once they got there. Naturally, her practically forced confidence was withered away at the sight of the hospital. As she stepped in, got a room, and waited for the doctor to come in and check her out, the nausea she had felt before came back with a vengeance.
It didn't help that the doctor found that she was, in fact, pregnant.
She sobbed right in the stirrups.
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