Much liked to think he was winning, but Leila was very wriggly and kept getting her limbs free. He was convinced he could have bested her if he could just stop thinking about the fact she could be pregnant, cos everytime he was hit with the thought he'd pause and she'd start to get away.
And then the alarm went off and he froze. "Shit," he said, then "I mean, not shit. Okay. That's what I meant, okay." He released her, scrambling to his feet to turn the alarm off, then looked down at her. "Okay I'm gonna go look at the things now. Okay?"