Nervous laughter ripped free. “You do know I can’t pee with you all watching right?”
Smiles lit up their faces. “We’ll just wait out here,” Gemma said.
I nodded and moved the final distance into the restroom. Somehow I managed to pee on all three sticks and placed them all on the back of the toilet. Looking at them, I shook my head. I probably didn’t need three but I adored Gemma for being thorough.
There is no way I can stand here.
When I emerged from the bathroom, everyone was still standing there with questioning eyes.
“I can’t just stand there and wait, it will drive me crazy.”
It probably sounded a little bit silly since it was only a couple of minutes but I needed a distraction. All of a sudden the music in the living room was cranked up and everyone made their way out to where the sound was coming from.
Summer stood there, a cute smirk on her face. “Distraction time, lady.”
She had read my mind. Shania Twain’s, ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman!”blared from the speakers. Ruby grabbed my hand and twirled me around. In seconds every woman was dancing their asses off.
When the song died down, I took a deep breath and walked back to the bathroom. My gaze landed on all three tests and my heart began to race. And then I screamed. If everyone could have fit into the bathroom they would have, but there was not a chance of that so I grabbed all the sticks and moved into the hall, holding them in the air.
“I’m going to have a baby!” I screamed.
We made our way back into the front room and all the ladies were screaming along with me, hugging me, and jumping up and down. We were startled once again for the second time that night when someone started pounding on the door.
“What the hell happened? Open the door!” Kace bellowed.
Oh shit.
I bet we scared the shit out of them, but there was no way I was telling them why we were so hyped up. All my girls knew, but the next one to find out would be my husband.
Alley managed to get rid of the guys once again and the party was back in action. Some did shots, we all ate way too much junk food, we watched movies, played games, and we talked.
Throughout the night everyone was peppering me with questions like what names I liked, how was I going to tell Bronson, would Stormi be too disappointed if it was a girl, andso on. Their rapid-fire questions made my head spin, but it was okay because I was high on life.
At one point, more shots were handed out and Gemma ended up doing the toast. “To our overprotective men.” She paused to throw back her whiskey and everyone followed her with whatever they had in their glass, thinking she was done, but then she added. “The same guys who’d probably pee on us to mark their territory if they could!”
Sparkling cider spit from my mouth and blew out of my nose, I laughed so hard. At least I wasn’t the only one. The night carried on much like that. Wild and with us roaring with laughter.
It was two in the morning and things were finally winding down. We were all camped out around the living room. The couches plus chairs were taken, along with every imaginable floor space.
I laid there thinking about everything the ladies had shared that night, especially Patience. She’d actually opened up about missing Jett after his few days in town after New Year’s, how much her son adored the man, and how earth-shattering the kiss they shared had been.
“I’m so excited that we will be pregnant together,” London whispered from beside me.
Although she couldn’t see me in the dark room, I smiled at my newest friend. “Me too. It’s going to be so much fun.”
My baby was going to have a lot of fabulous aunts that was for sure. Uncles too.
I thought about my sister, River, and wished she would have joined us but she had declined again. Somehow though, I knew she was going to be excited to hear my news. She was watching Stormi in just a few weeks, on Valentines, part of her little Christmas gift, and to get to know her better, but maybe I wouldtell her the news before that. Had she been at the sleepover she’d have known.
How am I going to hold off telling my husband for that long?
To wait two weeks to tell Bronson about the baby seemed like an eternity, but I really wanted to do it on our first Valentine’s date.
“Night, Lake, congratulations again,” London said softly so as not to wake those asleep, which I think was most everyone by then.
I closed my eyes and soaked in the happiness I was feeling. I wanted everyone around me and that I cared about to also feel the same way Including, River and Patience. One day, I thought. It would happen for them too.
Grabbing my phone from beside me, I pulled up the last text from Bronson and sighed. We’d texted many times throughout the night and there was no shortage of how many times he’d told me he loved me. Or that I’d said it back.
