Yeah. Right. But I kept the smile on my face.
"You do look beautiful." Reed's smile matched Lexi's. I decided to twirl around to give them both the full view.
"THE WEDDING was absolutely beautiful." I smiled as I felt him stir beneath me. "Lexi looked happier than I've ever seen her."
"Yeah, she really is happy.” Reed sighed and pulled me closer. "So what do you think about us walking down the aisle one day?" he asked, causing my heart to leap into my throat, like it did all the other times he asked me anything on that subject.
He started hinting about us getting married a few months ago, but I'd tried my hardest to avoid the subject. I knew I wanted to marry Reed Alexander one day. One day when I wasn't nine months pregnant. Over the past few months, especially after I decided to let go of my apartment and move into the condo on a more permanent basis, I knew it was a discussion that would happen sooner or later. I mean, we were having a child together and we loved and cared for each other. It was inevitable, but I’d been doing a really good job of sidetracking the questions every time he would ask them.
"Where are you going to run now?" He secured his arm a little tighter around my back. "I think you may have to actually answer me this time." I could hear the smile in his voice. His free hand moved up my arm, to my neck and landed on my chin, tilting it up until my eyes met his.
"Do you not have an answer for me yet?" He smiled smugly. "Don't you think it's about time we started talking about this seriously?"
I wasn't sure what to say. I knew it was time, yet I wasn't sure why I was so nervous about talking about it. Maybe because I was afraid. Sometimes I felt like Reed was too good to be true. That one day I would wake up from this dream and my happy, little bubble would pop.
At that moment, I felt a strong ache in my stomach. Biting my lip, I closed my eyes and waited for it to pass. I'd been having these pains the last couple of days. I chalked it up to standing so much and working non-stop for the wedding.
Then another wave of pain came and I wondered if it was time. Opening my eyes back up, I found Reed staring at me.
"Everything okay?"
I nodded. "Yeah, I think it's time."
"Really?” He sounded excited, happy. “You never want to talk about getting married."
I shook my head. "No. I mean, I think it's time." I gestured down to my stomach.
His eyes grew wide. I couldn't hold my smile back now. He looked so cute terrified. "Like time, time? Time for the baby?"
"Yeah, I think so," I said, keeping my voice calm. Reed looked like he was about to go into panic mode.
"Okay." He hopped out of bed. "Just remain calm. Everything is going to be all right."
My smile grew wider. I was calm. He, on the other hand, not so much. It wasn't very often I saw him not under control. Usually, he exuded calm.
"You stay here, and I'll call for the car and bring our stuff down. We have bags packed, right?" He was already pacing the room.
I nodded and sat up in bed. This was going to be interesting.
"Are you okay? Are you in any kind of pain?" he asked, coming toward me. His face suddenly changed from panic to worry.
"I'm fine." I smiled. "Everything is perfect."
THE END