‘What?’
‘Go on. Just do it.’
Robby closed his eyes.
‘Hold out your hand.’
Robby held out his hand and Nina put the test in it. ‘Now open.’
Robby opened his eyes and looked down at the test. He screwed up his face. ‘What? Oh, well, never mind. I didn’t think you were… It’s not like we’ve been trying much.’
‘No, it’s not.’
‘What?’
‘You have the wrong end of the stick. Literally.’
Robby looked down again and then up. As the realisation dawned on his face, he frowned and shook his head. ‘Sorry. What do you mean? What does this mean?’
Nina smiled. ‘This means... what do you think it means?’
‘Oh my god, are you pregnant?’ Robby swore.
‘Yes, I am. We are.’
‘Bloody hell! Sorry, how do you know?’
‘Ha! That, of course!’ Nina laughed.
‘I can’t believe it!’
‘Well, I’ve done three tests, and all of them are positive, so I’m taking that as a win for the team.’
‘Oh my God,’ Robby said again. ‘I’m absolutely gobsmacked!’
‘Me too.’ Nina laughed and giggled. ‘I’m so happy!’
‘Sorry, I didn’t even think that we were actively thinking about this since you’ve been unwell. How did it happen?’
‘Umm, I thought you knew that bit. I didn’t do it on my own. You played a part in it.’ Nina laughed. ‘That’s the way it works.’
‘Sorry, I’m saying really stupid things.’
‘You are.’
‘I know it’s a bit overwhelming. We've been thinking about it for so long, and then it happens out of the blue.’
Nina nodded. ‘Don’t they say that’s what happens, anyway?’
‘Yes, yes, I knew it. I knew this was going to happen.’ Robby said. ‘Wow!’
‘Yeah, I know. You kept saying that.’
‘So, when did you find out?’
‘Today. There were loads of them in the bathroom cabinet at the house I was in. Remember I told you how bad it was when I did the quote. There were loads of them. Before I knew what I was doing, I’d done one, not expecting to find what I did, of course. And then I did another one, and that one was the same.’
‘Weird.’ Robby shook his head over and over again.
