“The hospital, quickly please. My waters have just broken.”
He nods and sets the car into traffic. He watches her in the rear-view mirror. She puffs away in the back seat. Does he know her?
“You look familiar” he says, “Have we met before?”
In between deep breaths she takes a moment to really look at him. A wry smile crosses her lips.
“Yes, we’ve met. We went out on a date once.”
“Wow, small world”, he grins, “When was that?”
She grimaces.
“Oh, about nine months ago…”