Cam clambered out of her car and came over to us. "Were you just at Doc Stubens' office? How's the baby? Everything look good?" Then, she stopped and stared at us with wide eyes. "Wait, you're sixteen weeks now, right? Did she tell you the baby's sex?"
"First of all, how do you know when the doctor can tell the baby's sex?" J.J. asked. "And second, how did you know we had a doctor's appointment this morning?"
Cam nudged J.J. to the side with her elbow so that she stood between the two of us, her back to him. This also meant he had to let go of my hand, which I immediately missed.
"For your information, Lee is my friend as well as sister-in-law. She's also an employee. I'm privy to all sorts of information regarding her, which you should honestly be the one to tell me since this baby is my niece or nephew. Also, I've been doing some research on pregnancy so I can be helpful if I need to be."
J.J.'s pained expression over her shoulder was enough to make me smother a laugh.
"Do you have pictures?" she asked me, effectively blocking her brother as he tried to scoot around her.
I reached into my purse and pulled out the small envelope of ultrasound prints, taking them out to show her.
"Wow, what am I looking at?" she asked, turning the first picture a couple of times.
J.J. leaned over her shoulder for a better look. "My daughter's vagina," he deadpanned.
Cam twisted the arm not clasping the pictures to swat him in the belly with the back of her hand, making the air whoosh out of his lungs. "Not funny—" Then, she stopped talking and whirled around to face him. "Your daughter? You're having a girl?" she squealed.
She started jumping up and down and tried to hug him at the same time.
"Oh, my God, I'm having a niece! A niece! I'm so excited. I'll buy her all the pretty dresses and teach her to take down the patriarchy. I can't wait!"
I laughed and found myself enveloped in Cam's strange bouncing embrace as well.
"I'm so happy for you guys!" She released us and took a step back. She grimaced at J.J. when he took the ultrasound pictures out of her hand and carefully placed them back in the envelope. "Have you told Mom yet?" she asked.
J.J. sighed. "We just found out ourselves. We haven't had a chance to tell anyone else. Now, if you don't mind, I was taking my wife out for a late breakfast before you brought us to the attention of the entire town."
Cam made a face at him, which I barely acknowledged because my stomach was all shivery at the sound of J.J. calling me his wife. Now that we were sleeping together and spending every waking minute together, those words affected me. In a good way, but they still affected me.
"Well, you know how Mom is. As soon as she finds out, she's going to want to get everyone together."
J.J. glanced at me as if he wanted help, but I just shrugged. "My mom will want to do the same thing."
"We'll call the moms later," he decreed. "Right now, I just want to celebrate with Lee." When Cam opened her mouth, he lifted a hand. "Just the two of us."
She pouted but it was so obviously fake that I had to laugh.
"Fine," she said. "I have things to do anyway." Turning away from J.J., Cam gave me a hug. "Congrats again. I'll be sure to schedule us a day off soon so we can go shopping for girl things."
I hugged her back. "Thanks, but let's wait just a bit before we do that." I met J.J.'s eyes over her shoulder. "I think we'll be looking for a new place to live soon so I need to focus on that."
She released me and frowned. "But you love your house. You said you always wanted to live there."
My answering smile was sad. "I do, but it's only two bedrooms and tiny. We won't have enough room for the baby and her things if we stay there."
"I'm sorry," Cam said, squeezing my hands. "I'll ask around, see if anyone's planning to sell and let you know."
"Thanks."
She released me and faced her brother. "No hug for you. You're mean to me."
He grinned and grabbed her in a bear hug anyway, lifting her off her feet. She yelled and smacked him on the shoulder.
When he dropped her back onto the sidewalk, she socked his shoulder one more time for good measure.
"You're the worst big brother ever," she huffed.
