On a Friday morning three months later, a very tired Jen scrambled out of bed, cursing school that forced her to get up so early. Yawning, she got her underwear from her drawer. As she struggled to close her bra, Alice returned from the bathroom.
"Wanna go to the mall after school? I definitely need some bigger bras, my breasts really hurt in those." Jen said
"Yeah, they're clearly getting bigger. Makes me jealous, maybe I should get pregnant too." Alice answered jokingly. Jen threw a pillow at her and hit.
"Haha. Well, of course I'm the better-looking twin - until I have to wear maternity pants, at least. Still, will you be my shopping sidekick, basking in the glory of my ample bosom?" Jen asked
"Okay, I'll come along. If you promise not to puke over the edge of the escalator or something." Alice teased
"Shut up! I didn't feel queasy all day yesterday, maybe I'm finally done with morning sickness."
"Nice, I hope it won't come back. Hurry up a bit in the bathroom, we'll be late for school."
Brushing her teeth, Jen wondered when everyone at school would figure out she was pregnant. At the moment Joey, Alice and Samantha, Joey's younger sister were the only ones who knew. Even after she'd suddenly thrown up in the classroom rubbish bin in front of everyone during math class last week, everyone believed her explanation about bad sushi. But in another month or two, she'd probably have a visible bump and soon, her predicament would be obvious. She wouldn't be the first teen mom at her high school, every year a student or two got pregnant, still she wondered how people would react and expected to be called irresponsible and stupid.
Of course, letting your new boyfriend cum inside you unprotected the first time you had sex wasn't usually the smartest or most
responsible thing to do, and when her period had been overdue, Jen had considered using the Chronivac for a painless abortion, but she'd quickly decided against it. She was much too excited about her body's ability to grow a tiny human inside it, way too curious about what it would feel like to be pregnant, to give birth, to be a mother. And she would still be able to use the Chronivac to alter reality if the situation got too unpleasant. Knowing this had given her strength and optimism to face yelling parents (who were quickly coming to terms with becoming grandparents early), morning sickness, mood swings and sore breasts, and at the moment her biggest worry wasn't anything pregnancy-related but today's french test.
The sisters quickly ate breakfast and drove to school. Joey was waiting for Jen at her locker. "Good morning, darling!" he said, quickly embracing her. They shared a short but passionate kiss, like every morning since the end of summer vacation.
"How do you feel?" Joey asked, concern visible on his face.
"Tired, and my breasts hurt. But fine otherwise." she replied with a little smile.
"No more nausea? That's great. Will you come with me after school?" he asked
"Not right away, I'll go to the mall with Alice first and come to yours for dinner, ok?"
"Ok. I'm really happy it's finally Friday." Joey said. The bell rang, mercilessly ordering students into their classrooms.
"Yeah, me too. Wish me luck for that shitty french test."
"Bonne chance, chérie!" Joey responded with a laugh.
Later during the test, Jen looked forward to the weekend with Joey while struggling with the French language. Since they had told their parents of the pregnancy, they had spent every weekend at Joey's house, sharing his room and his bed - as the "damage" was already done, nobody tried to control them any more.