After hours

Chapter Twenty-One

**Ryan's POV

Daniel's slumped backwards against his desk. "W-what?"

"I'm late." I repeated and crossed my arms over my chest feeling silly and self-conscious now.

"T-to work...you were late getting to work." He tried reasoning with me. Offering me the chance to take my words back.

"No, that would be you. You're the one who is always late to work." I rolled my eyes.

"H-how did this happen..." Did he really need a biology lesson? "I mean, you said you were on something!"

"I was." I shot back suddenly on the defense.

"So what! You just decided to get off? To not even tell me?" He stood upright and crossed the distance between us with a tone just a tad too loud and I immediately took a step backwards. He opened his mouth and I saw pain in his eyes but a moment later they changed. His eyes widened. "You were trying to trap me." He accused suddenly.

I couldn't stop the cold laugh the escaped my lips at this. "To trap you?"

"Well what the hell else is this? I would have bought condoms, or paid for your birth control, for God's sake Ryan you should have told me. You're so unbelievably dishonest-"

This caused an even louder laugh followed with an unattractive snort. "Says the guy having an affair."

He blanched suddenly. "You should have told me."

I poked him hard in the chest. "I didn't stop taking my birth control you over reactive pompous buffoon."

"Then how?"

"Shut up you knuckle dragging sleaze ball, I'm not done insulting you yet!"

"This is serious Ryan." He snapped. I crossed my arms over my chest. I knew that. "Did you..."

"No I haven't tested yet. I just realized I was late today when-"

"Great." He clapped his hands together. "Then you're not very late!" He exclaimed happily.

I rolled my eyes. "When I was wrapped around the toilet puking my brains out." I finished my sentence. "I thought at first I was getting sick again but then I realized I was almost two weeks late."

"That's not too bad."

"Daniel!" There was a knock at the door.

"Damn it! That must be Frank. Okay listen, I've got to deal with him, but tonight after work we'll go together and get a test alright?" He gave me a quick peck and then pulled the door open before I got the chance to take the stapler to his head.

This would be the longest day of work ever.

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I sat in the car while Daniel was in the drug store feeling even more sick than I had before.

Daniel crawled back into the car. "There were so many brands!" He exclaimed passing me the plastic bag. I peered inside. "So I just bought one of each."

"I'm never going to have enough pee for all of these!" I gasped peered into the full bag.

"I got a couple bottles of Gatorade too." He said without missing a beat. "Plus, we only need one negative."

I closed the bag and rolled my eyes. "Then why did you buy so many?"

"Well, I mean, you're a girl! I figured you'd know which one was best!"

"Well I don't!" I yelled and immediately covered my face with my hands.

We drove in silence the rest of the car ride, only once did Daniel speak to quietly ask if I still wanted to come back to his place. I lied and said no, but then broke into tears and admitted that I did very much want to.

I didn't want to be alone in this.

It was shit that I couldn't even enjoy spending time in Daniel's actual house. This was the first time I was getting to come here, just the two of us. Instead of cuddling up under his comforter together and watching a scary movie we came home and I chugged two bottle of gatorade and had been sitting in the bathroom trying to go ever since.

"It's going to be okay." Daniel yelled, his voice muffled by the bathroom door.

"Quit talking you're giving me stage fright!" I yelled back. I had the worst stomach ache from drinking so much Gatorade and I knew in an hour I wouldn't be able to stop peeing but right now I was still trying really hard for a little tinkle!

"Hurry up!" He yelled back.

"I can't!" I groaned.

The door opened. "Daniel!" I yelled and tried to cover myself.

"Here, I'll take one with you." He offered holding one up and climbing into the shower.

"Daniel this is serious."

"Oh I know." He agreed and I heard the zipper of his fly come down. "I've been having the weirdest craving and my boobs-" He popped his head out of the shower. "I mean, have you even seen them? They're about to explode I swear!"

I stifled a laugh and forced a pout.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry this is really serious." He said.

"Thank you." I was just getting ready to focus again at the task at hand when I heard his stream hitting the shower floor. I burst into a fit of laughter. My boyfriend, or whatever the heck he was right now, was seriously taking a pregnancy test right next to me.

"Come on Ryan, don't leave me hanging!" He called out to me.

If he could do it, I could do it too.

We lined our tests up side by side on the sink counter. His one, to my three. I had done three because I mean, we had to be sure!

"I set a timer on my phone. What can we do that takes two minutes?"

I opened my mouth to suggest some quick and nasty fun but instead turned abruptly and puked into the toilet. Puking is apparently something you can do for two minutes. Who would have ever guessed?

Daniel held my hair back and rubbed my back while I puked trying his best to offer a soothing shushing. Shushing that was pointless because it sounded as though some sort of exorcism was going on in here but he didn't let on that he was horribly disgusted with me.

When I was done puking the first thing I asked was "How much time has passed."

"We're good to look." He replied back.

We held hands tightly and he helped me climb to my feet. We turned around to look at the tests but I couldn't, I kept my eyes tightly closed. He squeezed my hand and I peeked one eye open.

We both leaned over in unison to look at the tests.

"Well alright then." Daniel remarked.

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A/N this is later than I had intended. I was planning on updating Thursday or Friday but I got really wrapped up. So here is your late update.

Show of hands, who thinks Ryan is pregnant? Yes or no?

If she is can we expect Daniel to stick around or stand up and admit it to his honey?

Vote and Comment (: