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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
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«I told you, I don't want anyone toknow until I know for sure.»
She looked up at the ceiling, closed her eyes, and sighed. «Anita, you live with two of them. You sleep over with two more of them. You are never alone. When are you going to have time to run in and get a test, let alone have the privacy to use it?»
«I can pick one up at work on Monday.»
She stared at me. «Monday! It's Thursday. I'd go fucking crazy if I had to wait that long. You'll go crazy. You can't wait nearly four days.»
«Maybe my period will start. Maybe by Monday I won't need it.»
«Anita, you wouldn't have told me if you weren't pretty sure you needed a pregnancy test.»
«When Nathaniel and Micah get back, they'll jump in the shower, we'll get dressed up, and go straight to Jean-Claude's. There won't be time tonight.»
«Friday, promise me that Friday you'll get one.»
«I'll try, but…»
«Besides, when you start asking your lovers to use condoms, won't they figure something out?»
«Jesus,» I said.
«Yeah, I heard you say if you'd used condoms you'd be safe. Don't tell me that you're not going to want to use them for a while. Could you really have unprotected sex right now, and enjoy it?»
I shook my head. «No.»
«Then what are you going to tell the boys about this sudden need for condoms? Hell, Micah had a vasectomy before you even met him. He's like super-safe.»
I sighed again. «You're right, damn it, but you are.»
«So pick up the test on the way to the thing tonight.»
«No. I'm not going to rain all over Jean-Claude's meeting. He's planned this for months.»
«You didn't mention it to me.»
«I didn't plan it, he did. The ballet isn't really my thing.» Truthfully, he hadn't mentioned it to me until they were coming to St. Louis, but I kept that part to myself. It would just give Ronnie another reason to say that Jean-Claude was keeping secrets from me. He'd finally admitted that the Masters of the City all coming here had been something he hadn't planned, at least not from the beginning. He'd just negotiated it so the vampire dancers could cross many different vamp territories without problems. Jean-Claude agreed the meet was a good idea, but he was also nervous about it. It would be the largest gathering of Masters of the City in American history.
And you don't bring that many big fish together without worrying about shark attacks.
«And how will Mr. Fang-Face feel about being a father?»
«Don't call him that.
«I told you, I don't want anyone toknow until I know for sure.»
She looked up at the ceiling, closed her eyes, and sighed. «Anita, you live with two of them. You sleep over with two more of them. You are never alone. When are you going to have time to run in and get a test, let alone have the privacy to use it?»
«I can pick one up at work on Monday.»
She stared at me. «Monday! It's Thursday. I'd go fucking crazy if I had to wait that long. You'll go crazy. You can't wait nearly four days.»
«Maybe my period will start. Maybe by Monday I won't need it.»
«Anita, you wouldn't have told me if you weren't pretty sure you needed a pregnancy test.»
«When Nathaniel and Micah get back, they'll jump in the shower, we'll get dressed up, and go straight to Jean-Claude's. There won't be time tonight.»
«Friday, promise me that Friday you'll get one.»
«I'll try, but…»
«Besides, when you start asking your lovers to use condoms, won't they figure something out?»
«Jesus,» I said.
«Yeah, I heard you say if you'd used condoms you'd be safe. Don't tell me that you're not going to want to use them for a while. Could you really have unprotected sex right now, and enjoy it?»
I shook my head. «No.»
«Then what are you going to tell the boys about this sudden need for condoms? Hell, Micah had a vasectomy before you even met him. He's like super-safe.»
I sighed again. «You're right, damn it, but you are.»
«So pick up the test on the way to the thing tonight.»
«No. I'm not going to rain all over Jean-Claude's meeting. He's planned this for months.»
«You didn't mention it to me.»
«I didn't plan it, he did. The ballet isn't really my thing.» Truthfully, he hadn't mentioned it to me until they were coming to St. Louis, but I kept that part to myself. It would just give Ronnie another reason to say that Jean-Claude was keeping secrets from me. He'd finally admitted that the Masters of the City all coming here had been something he hadn't planned, at least not from the beginning. He'd just negotiated it so the vampire dancers could cross many different vamp territories without problems. Jean-Claude agreed the meet was a good idea, but he was also nervous about it. It would be the largest gathering of Masters of the City in American history.
And you don't bring that many big fish together without worrying about shark attacks.
«And how will Mr. Fang-Face feel about being a father?»
«Don't call him that.