“Maybe.” I shrug. He’s always driving me nuts, so I should return the favor.
“Oh my, you’re going to give him a run for it.”
“I thought you said boys should always chase.”
“Your Felipe is no boy.” My heart gives a small flutter when she calls him mine. “What about you, Amelia? Do you need testing?”
“Mom.” My face starts to warm.
“It’s a serious question.” Well, damn.
“I’m still a virgin,” I huff, and she knows this.
“That makes you mad?” She stares at me with curiosity.
“I’ve always thought sex was for love. I know I'm being silly and that’s outdated and all, but…”
“It’s not outdated. It’s your body, Amelia. If you don’t want to share it, then you don’t have to. That said, just because you’re a virgin doesn’t mean you can't catch something. Including a baby.”
“Wait. What?” I must have missed something she said or she skipped some steps.
“You want to know a secret? One only your father and I know?”
“Yes, obviously.”
“You’re so much like your father sometimes.” She laughs. “He loves good gossip.” She’s not wrong.
“Out with it.”
“All right. I was pregnant with your brother when I walked down the aisle.”
“You little hussy,” I tease her. “You always told me you were a virgin when you married Dad. Both of you.”
“I was.” I stare at her, a bit lost. “Your father and I were madly in love from the moment we saw each other.” She lets out a happy sigh. “We met two months before the wedding. We had to wait two long months! And I’d made the mistake of telling your father I wanted to save our first time for our wedding night. So then when I told him I changed my mind, he still held out on me. Bastard.” She grumbles the last part.
“Mom,” I laugh. “I’m not shocked because Dad is a man of his word. If he thought that meant something to you, he would have held strong.”
“Yes, that’s your father and one of the many reasons I love him. But he also showed me there were other things we could do.”
“Okay, I think I’m good with the story ending here,” I say, my mind flickering to last night and how I’d almost let Casanova do so many dirty things to me. I'd lost my mind. Or maybe I hadn’t, because even today I’m sad we didn’t get to follow through.
“I just know you’re not on birth control and thought you should know that a man being fully inside of you isn’t the only way to get pregnant. If any of the man’s release gets near your opening, you could end up pregnant.”
“No.” I shake my head.
I’m sure my face is bright red now, and I hope my mom is only thinking I’m a bit embarrassed talking about sex with her. The reality is I’m wondering if I could be pregnant right now, and I’m beginning to freak out a bit.
“I would know, Amelia.”
My head starts to spin as I go through the events of last night. Casanova came all over me. After he’d left I could still feel and smell him on me. I was so turned on from the smell of him I’d touched myself, not even bothering to wash him off me.
“Do men know this?” I find myself asking.
“Trust me on this, Amelia. A man knows, and typically they’re doing one of two things. Making sure they don’t get you pregnant.” She pauses when her phone dings. “Oh, we’re here.” She goes to open the door, but I grab her arm to stop her.
“What's the second?” I suddenly need to know and need to know right now.
“Oh.” She smiles. “They’re trying to get you pregnant.”