“Yeah, we really are,” I said softly.
He peeked down at me, and I giggled when I saw a tear streak his cheek. He smiled as he kissed my forehead again, and his smile filled me with hope. He wasn’t angry with me. How was that even possible?
I reached up and brushed his tear away as he dried my cheeks with his own fingertips. I nestled tightly against him, feeling him pull me steadily closer. I took a chance and kissed the crook of his neck, seeking the smallest bit of his warmth for myself.
Then, his fingers gripped my chin before pulling my gaze upward. “We need to get you that ultrasound,” he said.
And before I could speak, his lips fell against mine.
My heart stopped in my chest. My heart rate monitor settled to almost nothing for a brief second, and I heard the door to my room slam open. That doctor outside started murmuring orders to his staff of nurses, asking them to get an ultrasound machine in the room and to fetch the OB on-call. I lost myself in the way Gavin’s tongue massaged the roof of my mouth. I reveled in the way he sucked on my lower lip. I turned into him, ready to take him into my arms and make love to him right in that damn hospital bed until one of the nurses cleared her throat.
“I hate to interrupt, but we can make it quick,” she said.
I giggled as Gavin nodded. “Of course. Let me get up. Will we be doing it in here?”
An unfamiliar face slipped into the room. “My name is Dr. Emilia Johnson. I’m the OB on-call this week. I’ll only be doing this particular ultrasound, and then from here, the two of you can talk about who you might want to book regular appointments with. And I promise this hospital uses the utmost discretion. We take our confidentiality agreements very seriously.”
Gavin stood up and held my hand. “I appreciate it, thank you.”
I nodded. “Me, too. Thank you very much.”
I watched as everyone got set up and readied all of the ultrasound equipment. The OB turned off the overhead lights, and the ultrasound technician asked for permission to roll up my shirt. The crystal-blue goop she squirted onto my stomach made me shiver from head to toe. But, the warmth of the ultrasound wand slowly warmed me up. Gavin held my hand, our fingers intertwined as the probe got pushed around and shoved into my abdomen as tightly as I could stand it.
Then, right there in the middle of the screen, it happened. A small black and white circle popped up.
“There’s the little guy,” the technician murmured.
She started taking multiple pictures and measuring things on the screen, but I was shellshocked. Holy shit, I really was pregnant. I looked down at my stomach before I looked back at the monitor and wondered when I’d feel activity on my own. It made me smile at the idea of having a little miniature Gavin bouncing around before too long.
“Wow,” he murmured.
I looked up into his face.
He looked down at me with a great big smile on his face. “I bet he’s just like his momma.”
“Hey, what makes you think it’s a boy?”
He grinned. “I just know these things. I knew Asia was a girl after only two months. Just call it ‘father’s intuition.’”
I giggled. “Pretty sure that’s a Mom thing, too.”
He shrugged. “Eh, it’s a fifty-fifty shot either way. But it would be nice to have a boy and a girl running around. Don’t you think?”
I swallowed hard. “Does that mean… we’re really doing this?”
His brow ticked with confusion. “I’m honestly shocked anything else ever occurred to you.”
“So—everything’s okay?”
He nodded. “Uh-huh.”
“And… I’m not losing my job?”
He smirked. “Nope.”
“And… you’re not kicking me out of the house?”
He bent forward, gazing into my eyes. “You’re actually very stuck, so I hope you can deal with that.”
