“B…you’re pregnant.”

  (Excerpt of
Small Fry Chapter 1)



   3rd
November 2363



            We
sat at the dining table in a tense manner, nursing our coffees.  Declan sat on one side as I sat on the
other.  Our legs jiggled nervously and I
think together we stared into our beverages, rather than consumed them.

            A
thick silence filled the living room, as I sensed my husband was trying not to
look at