Author's Note: Sorry, here's a short one. I'm wicked not feeling good and the Sox just lost to the Chokers. Enjoy. Review.
Dedicated to Lucie
Michael:
We performed the next night, as Lilly says, the best show we've ever done. We didn't treat one another any differently on stage than we did before. But we did more intimate acts up there, which drove Orlando nuts. We did what we all refer to as, guitar sex. During a guitar solo I stood in back of her and she put her arms away from the guitar. I played her guitar while she was still holding it.
MIA:
"What are you doing?" Lilly asked a few weeks later.
"Working on a song," I replied. "What's up?"
"I need to get a test," she replied.
I looked at the guys, who were all playing Grand Theft Auto. The bus was stopping for lunch and gas. "For what?"
"Mia…"
"You mean you still haven't gotten…"
"No."
I sighed. "Have you even thought about it since….well, a month ago?"
She shook her head. "I've been kind of…sort of hoping that I was just stressing out too much and that was why I hadn't gotten it."
"Do you even have any other symptoms?"
"I'm starting to get weird cravings…and snapping at Manny."
"But you've always been like that," I replied easily. "You always snap at him over nothing-"
She gave me a death glare. "Okay, fine. Let's go," I replied.
"We'll be back," I said tapping Michael on the head. He tapped me on the bottom to get out of the way of the TV.
"Where ya going?" Manny asked.
"Out," I replied.
"Out where?" Michael specified.
"To do girly things," I replied.
"No need for manly protection?" Michael teased.
"She'd ask me for that," Kevin piped up.
He got a punch in the shoulder for that.
"Bye guys," Lilly said waving.
We poured over the dozens of different tests. "Well, this one gives you immediate results," I said pointing to one in a purple box.
"I don't like purple," she replied.
"Lill, you need to be tested no matter what color the box is. It'll have the same result either way."
"You pick it out. It's making me sick."
I rolled my eyes and took the purple box to the counter and paid for it. "Aren't you Mia Grimaldi…from Glass of Water?" the clerk asked me shyly.
"Yeah," I said quickly. "This is for my friend," I added.
"Suuure, your friend."
I rolled my eyes and tossed a twenty on the counter. "Keep whatever change."
Lilly and I returned to the bus and went directly to the bathroom. "Hey, whatcha doing?" Michael asked, following us to the back of the bus.
"Nothing," I said quickly, handing Lilly the bag. "Nothing."
He looked at Lilly skeptically. "Mia…"
"What?" I asked innocently. I wrapped my arms around his neck, "Nothing is wrong at all," I said sweetly. "Wait in bed for me, okay?"
He nodded unsurly.
I helped Lilly take her test and then went back to Michael in bed. "Hey handsome," I said smiling.
"What's going on? What was that in that bag? Did I see E.P.T?"
I tried not to laugh. "Yes you did."
His face went blank. "What do you mean? Are you…I mean…are we…." he asked, putting his hand on my belly.
"What if I was?" I asked, testing him.
"That'd be…well, kind of awesome."
"Sorry to disappoint, but it's not me."
He seriously did look disappointed. "Then- wait..." he looked at the bathroom. "Lilly? Man… Manny is gonna totally-"
I nodded. "And my brother."
He shook his head. "We really need to start dating outside our twisted circle."
I gave him a look.
"I mean, Lilly does. We don't," he corrected himself by pulling me close to him.
"You wouldn't care if we…you know, were going to?"
"To have a baby?" he whispered, as if saying it out loud would cause an immediate conception.
"Yeah."
He shook his head. "It'd be great, I think at least. We'd be proving to everyone that we were for real. This isn't a fling, ya know?"
"We've only been together, officially, for a month," I replied.
"Not in my mind," he whispered.
I smiled. "Let's go do something crazy," I said.
"Like?"
"Prove we aren't just a fling," I said standing up.
"Mia, I'm good. But I don't think I could do it standing up with such limited space. Not good enough to make a baby."
I laughed, "No. I'm not ready for that. Come on."
