"WHAT?" Nny asked, staring at Devi, his eyes extremely wide.

Devi looked at her feet. "I...shit Nny I'm pregnant," Devi said.

(please excuse the all caps words here and there in here. The bold/italic thing won't work for me with my computer)

Devi walked a few feet backwards and sat down on the couch. She let fall her head into her hands. And then she looked up again.

"I'm pregnant, and YOU just happen to be the father," Devi said. Something her voice sounded slightly amused at that.

Nny, however, was not amused.

"ME? A father?" he asked, realizing the full realization of what was happening, falling to the couch a few feet from Devi.

"Now do you understand?" Devi asked, rubbing her temples.

"Yes."

"So we're in some pretty deep shit," Devi said, holding her head again.

"Wait a minute....maybe I'm NOT the father. Maybe it's..someone else?"

"Sorry to burst your bubble, Nny, but I haven't exactly been boned by anybody else in this lifetime," Devi said.

"Oh," Nny said, looking quite embarrassed.

"Mighty fuck I...I know I should be being stronger about this but..I'm terrified," Devi said, clutching her skull.

Nny wasn't going to come right out and say it, but he was sort of scared too. The whole prospect was overwhelming. And it was frightening the way Devi had just shown up and broken this extraordinary piece of news to him without so much as a warning phone call.

"So, I didn't just com to tell you about it you know. We have to discuss some things. What am I supposed to do about this..baby?"

"What do you mean?"

"Should I get an abortion or what?"

"That's like killing the baby, isn't it?"

"I wouldn't think YOU would be too concerned about that, Nny."

Nny was hurt.

"Devi, do you seriously think I would kill a child?" he asked.

"No. I suppose not. But still, what should I do?"

"I don't know."

"Well, we should probably rule out abortion," Devi said. Nny sighed in relief.

"So you're going to actually HAVE this baby?"

"Yes. I think so. We can decide whether to put it up for adoption or whatever after it's born," Devi said. She sure didn't LOOK as sure of herself as she sounded, but she was trying to be brave. She couldn't do this on her own. Nny finally took a deep breath.

"Devi, I'm behind you 100%. I'll be here for you if you need anything at all. It is, after all, half my fault," Nny said.

"Really?"

"Yes. I think I'm to blame for the whole ting anyway."

"No. It doesn't work like that, Mr. Genius. It's a two person operation. And we were both drunk. So it's equally both of our faults," Devi said, which eased his guilt a bit.

"I can't believe we got ourselves into this mess," Nny said.

"We're going to be OK. Whatever happens will happen. You can't change that," Devi said knowingly. Nny nodded.

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