"Stop feeling her up, man," Mason said. "She's basically your sister."
"Oh, no, I wasn't." Matt immediately dropped his hand from my stomach.
"I'm just messing with you." Mason punched his brother's arm and leaned down to hug me. "How you feeling, Penny?"
The Caldwell brothers were so sweet. Which was hilarious because when I met them I never thought I'd use that adjective to describe them. "I'm good," I said as Mason released me from his embrace. "Matt just wanted to feel the baby kick."
"Oh." Mason sat down on the other side of me. "In that case, do you mind if I feel it too?"
"That's fine."
He put his hand on my stomach. I felt the baby kick and Mason smiled.
Bee laughed. "Well, I never thought I'd see the day. For someone who claims to be terrified of children, you sure are excited about this one."
"I'm not terrified of children. I'm terrified of having children. So many things could go wrong." Mason immediately dropped hishand. "I mean, the odds are small. Medicine and technology are so good now. It's very rare for pregnancies to be dangerous."
"And I'm the one harassing her?" Matt said. "Nice one."
"I just meant...Penny, you know what I meant," Mason said. "I'm sorry. Of course everything will be fine with your pregnancy."
"Mason," Bee hissed.
God, everyone was being so weird.
"I feel like I'm missing something," Hailey said. Tyler, Daphne, and her were sitting on the couch on the other side of us. It didn't look like any of them knew what we were talking about.
Daphne put her hand protectively on her stomach as she stared at me. She looked as confused as Hailey and Tyler. It definitely didn't seem like Rob had told her. The Caldwell brothers may have been sweet, but they were way worse at keeping secrets than the Hunters. I couldn't fault them for that, though. It was probably a good thing.
"Seriously, Penny, is everything okay with the baby?" Daphne asked.
What was the point of keeping a secret from half of my friends? Now I just felt guilty for thinking they shouldn't know.
"Of course everything's fine," Rob said from behind me and put his hands on my shoulders. "Don't you dare say anything, you're going to get me in so much trouble for keeping it from her," he whispered under his breath.
I awkwardly cleared my throat. "Everything's fine."
"You're lying," Tyler said.
Hails gave him a sideways glance.
Tyler shrugged. "I can tell when she's lying. She's always been a terrible liar." He took a sip from his drink.
Hailey laughed. "I guess that's true."
"It really is true," Matt said.
You are not helping.
"Are you going to tell us or are you going to make us guess?" Tyler asked. "I've found that ripping the Band-Aid off is a lot easier than slowly pulling it off."
I bit the inside of my lip.
"Really, Penny. You have to tell us now," Hailey said. She shifted slightly forward on the couch.
God, I really don't want to have this conversation."It's not a big deal whatsoever. At my last checkup the doctor found out that I had a heart murmur. Which is pretty common. It's moderate so it's not mild but it's not severe either. So, I mean, it's okay. Everything's okay."
"Damn it, Penny," Rob said from behind me.
