Toni opened her eyes wearily, feeling movement in her room.
"You're not staying?" She brought her bed sheets up to her bare chest, as if it were wounded.
"I don't want to get either one of us in trouble." Cheryl answered, slipping on her sweater, the last item of clothing needed to fully cover her.
"Come on Cher. Both of our parents know that you and I are having a baby together. I don't think us having a little sleepover is going to be that big of a shock now." Toni reasoned. She patted the empty side of the bed next to her hopefully, and angled her head downwards, allowing her pink hair to fall down around her shoulders, in as alluring of a pose she could muster, given her current state of sleepiness.
"My parents will still be pissed if I don't come home. And I really don't want to deal with your father again in the morning." Cheryl shuddered at the thought, and grabbed her shoes from the floor decisively.
"Send your parents a text now, saying you're staying here tonight to take care of me, your pregnant girlfriend, and don't worry about Dad. He won't be up yet when we leave." Toni laid back down against her pillow, and when Cheryl didn't immediately join her, she added with a whine, "Come on!"
"Fine." Cheryl hooked her thumbs into the button of her jeans and let the slide back down her hips and then pulled her sweater off next, leaving her in briefs and her sports bra. She grabbed her cellphone off of Toni's nightstand and quickly sent a text message to her mother's phone:
Staying at Toni's tonight. She needs me. See you tomorrow. Love you.
She slid in next to Toni again, admittedly happy to be incased in the warmth once more. Toni let out a happy sigh of content, and snuggled her body into Cheryl's, nestling her head in the crook of her neck.
"It's nice to have you stay the whole night." She murmured.
Cheryl kissed the top of her head in response, and reached down to her unclothed stomach, rubbing it softly.
"Can you feel anything?" Toni asked.
"Not really." Cheryl admitted.
"Me either." Toni frowned, and let one of her hands wander down to join Cheryl's. "Everything seems so hypothetical right now, I mean with our parents, and living together, and marriage when the only proof I have that a baby even exists is a couple of sticks with little plus signs on them."
Cheryl shifted down the bed, so that her head was in line with Toni's stomach. She kissed it, making Toni giggle, then pressed her ear up against it.
"You hear anything?" Toni asked after a moment, "A heart beat or something?"
"No." Cheryl answered with a frown, "Sorry."
She left one more kiss on her tummy and resurfaced face to face with her again. She wrapped her arms around her, cradling her against her.
She yawned loudly, "That's okay. I'm too tired to worry about that right now anyway. Goodnight Cher. I love you."
"Love you too." Cheryl replied back, as her eyelids fluttered off.
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At six a.m. Toni's alarm rang, and Cheryl barely managed to hold open her heavy eyes as Toni stirred and silenced it. She groaned loudly, sitting up in bed, and letting out a mock cry.
"No!" She moaned.
"Let's go back to bed." Cheryl answered with a yawn.
"We have school." Toni pointed out with a huff.
