It was incredibly strange to Rick that a supposed 5-year-old was driving him to lunch. But then he wasn’t used to 5-year-olds that appeared and acted 16 or 17 either. Rick couldn’t figure out why he seemed to be the only one noticing the time acceleration.
Rick kept also stealing glances at himself in the visor mirror. He looked very close to what he assumed he would look like at 30. He didn’t like that his hair line seemed to be thinning and receding. He did, however, consider growing a beard.
Darcy took Rick to a popular diner in the area. Rick knew a girl in his science class named Charlotte worked at the hostess stand. And sure enough, she was there. But instead of the gangly teenage girl he saw at school two weeks ago, she instead looked like a young mother closer to 30 or 31.
“Hello Rick, how’ve you been?” She asked in a very adult cadence. “Is this your wife?”
Rick was about to answer no when Darcy said “fiancée. Good to meet you. Rick’s mentioned you before.”
Rick was really confused now. But he realized that the car ride was roughly equivalent to a year or two, which put Darcy physically over the age of 18. Reality compensated for the time spent together by making them a couple. She was even somehow wearing an engagement ring! She also had a trendy arm sleeve tattoo on her left arm that wasn’t there when he left the house.
Lunch was interesting. Rick could notice grey hairs slowly coming in on a man across the way. He also saw a couple come in with a girl who appeared to be age 13 or 14. He overheard Charlotte ask how old she was and the girl replied “3 months” as if it were normal.
After lunch, the two headed back to Darcy’s car. She however drove in a direction not toward Rick’s house.
“Where are we going?” He asked.
“You’ll see, she replied. Rick noticed the curvy, busty woman appeared to be about 20 now, meaning Rick appeared to be in his early 30s.
Darcy parked the car at a secluded lake. She unhooked her seatbelt and pulled off her formerly My Little Pony (but now floral) dress to reveal a black bra and thong.
“Fuck me Rick. Right. Now.”
Of course, Rick was happy to comply.
The two made love and then redressed. Darcy had an odd look on her face.
“I think we’d better go straight to the hospital babe,” she said.
“Hospital?” Rick asked. “Why?”
“Because,” Darcy said, “I think this baby will be born any hour now!”
Rick’s jaw dropped. He looked down and sure enough, Darcy had what appeared to be a four-month pregnancy.