"Sophie, right? I'm your other roommate, Quintessence Llelwyn. You can call me Quin, but I noticed your condition early this morning. I think I can be of some help, being a caretaker and all."
Sophie instinctively looked down to her stomach. Could she already be showing halfway into her first trimester? Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Nick shooting her strange looks, and her face instantly burned red. Then, she mentally shook herself. If she wanted to keep her situation a secret, then she wasn't doing a very good job at all. Then again Quin's arrival wasn't helping, either.
"Yeah, yeah," she said quickly. "This space sickness is really getting to me. I would really appreciate your help."
Turning her back to her friends, she threw a pointed stare in Quin's direction. Eventually, she would build up the courage to tell Konako and Nick everything, but first she wanted to establish friendships with them. She couldn't stand the idea of spending her time on the Pioneer I isolated, regarded as "that one pregnant girl." Simply by being in the Pioneer Program, she was leaving behind almost everyone she had ever known; she needed someone to talk to or she would go crazy.
As Sophie approached the doors to the Dining Hall, she looked again at Quin. She didn't necessarily want to sit with the girl out of fear that she may slip up and say something revealing, but to avoid an awkward situation, she muttered, "Hey, Quin, do you want to eat with us?"