After the events of the previous night, the gang hadn't had much sleep and were up early. After agreeing to solve the mystery, Thorny had told the gang they could just work a couple hours a day at the country club, considering the number of guests had been dramatically halved, so they had a while until they were needed for a shift. Fred was showering and Daphne had just gotten dressed. Shaggy, Scooby and Velma had knocked on the door and she let them in. Shaggy had filled Velma in on the nights events and they wanted to have a discussion about it before work. Fred emerged from the shower and came out wearing his shorts for the day, but no shirt and a towel around his shoulders. His hair was still damp, Daphne couldn't help but admire him.
"So we should arrange where to investigate first to solve this mystery." Fred suggested, putting on a white polo shirt. "I did a little research before I came over. It looks like the only known person to have photographed the lake monster is a man named Elmer Uggins." Velma explained, pulling up the details of the man on her trusty laptop. "Sounds good Velms, we also need to check out if there was any camera footage of the attack last night." Fred added, suddenly remembering that due to the expensive country club, it was likely many cameras covered the grounds. "I'll be right back." Daphne quietly said as she jumped up and dashed into the bathroom. Everyone looked in her direction confused, and Fred got up and knocked on the closed bathroom door.
"Daph are you okay?" he called. After a few seconds of silence she replied. "Yeah I'm fine."
"You don't sound fine Daph. Let me in." he pleaded after trying the door and finding it was locked. He heard the sound of retching coming from inside. After a few moments, she opened the door looking pale. "Babe is everything ok?" Fred asked again. Daphne went over to their king sized bed and lay down. "I'll be fine I just need a minute. I was just a little sick that's all." The other three made their way over to be closer to the bed, as the room was so big that they were sat at the table by the window at the other side and wanted to check Daphne was okay.
"Like Velma threw up yesterday at the beach, there must be something going around." Shaggy offered explanation and Velma agreed. Fred sat down next to Daphne and kissed her forehead. "Do you want some breakfast?" he asked.
"Reah, reah rets go!" Scooby excitedly exclaimed.
"Scoob I was talking to Daphne." Fred said, and couldn't help but smirk at the Great Dane.
"You guys go for breakfast I'll be fine here." Daphne ushered the others to go which eventually they agreed to. Velma however, insisted on staying with Daphne.
"Why don't you want any breakfast Velms?" Daphne asked, taking a sip of water that Fred gave her before he left with the guys. "I'm not hungry. Plus Daph, I don't think your throwing up is the same reason as mine." Velma took a seat on the bed next to her redhaired friend.
"What do you mean?"
"Well I realised, you said you and Fred had been… you know…. Doing it." Velma was quite shy when it came to talking about sex so she felt awkward trying to explain it. Daphne nodded, not really knowing her point. "Well did you use protection?" Daphne realised now what she was getting at. "Yeah of course we did!"
"Every single time?" Velma asked trying to make sure nothing was forgotten. Daphne thought long and hard about it. She and Fred weren't stupid, they knew the risks and knew to use protection every time so she couldn't recall a time when they didn't. "Yeah Velms I can't remember a time where we didn't-" Suddenly it hit Daphne like a kick in the teeth. She flashbacked to one of their cases around 2 months ago.
The gang stood in the hallway of a local high school where there had been reports of a vampire terrorising the students. It was night, the school was empty aside from the gang and they had decided to search for clues.
"Velma, Shaggy and Scooby you go that way. Daph, you and I will go this way." Fred explained. "Call us if you need us okay?" The gang nodded in agreement to the unofficial leader of Mystery Inc and went their separate ways.
Daphne tugged Fred's arm and laughed "Freddie you are so obvious you know. You can't pair us off alone every time, they're bound to catch on!"
"I know I'm sorry but I thought since we haven't really had any alone time in like two weeks we could…" Fred began, pulling her against one of the rows of lockers and kissing her neck, up to behind her ear. Daphne got goosebumps under his touch. This wasn't the first time they were up to no good when they were supposed to be looking for clues, but they had never gone the whole way during a mystery, only when they had sneaked out of their house and met up. Daphne knew what Fred was suggesting and they found one of the classrooms unlocked. Fred pulled her inside, instantly picking her up. She responded by putting her legs around his waste and kissing him passionately, running her hands through his jet black hair.
All of a sudden, they were pressed against the teacher's desk, Daphne sitting on it and Fred standing. It wouldn't be so tricky considering Daphne was wearing a skirt….
Velma snapped her fingers in front of Daphne's face. "Daph, hellooooo!" Daphne snapped back into the present and realised she had drifted off. "Oh my God Velma. You're right. When we were hunting down the Vampire, you know the one who turned out to be the gym coach. Freddie paired us off and we… well we you know. But we didn't have any protection with us. We just got lost in the moment and I-I said I'd take the morning after pill Velma but with that whole case being so hectic I guess I forgot!" Daphne suddenly started panicking and a few tears rolled down her face. Velma pulled her into a tight, friendly hug. "It's okay Daph, we don't know for sure yet okay! We have to get you a test."