“She so is…” Nate pauses. “We beat the asshole. You guys are together. I’ve gotten my girl back, and I can fire Francois. Everything is perfect. So we should celebrate. Let’s go to Finlay’s for a round of Guinness on me?” Nate offers, and I bounce up on my toes and nod.
“God, yes. Here’s cheers to the frothy parts.” I take delight in my words, and Nate chuckles as Matt looks at me with nothing but love and adoration in his eyes.
I stare back at him, lean up, and press my lips to his tenderly.
One and a Half Months Later
It’s later in the evening when we pull up at the hospital and rush inside. Paparazzi are camped outside the emergency department, and we have to push our way through the swarm as they frantically take our photographs. Matt shields me from them, and we scurry through. They’ve obviously heard the news, too, but Matt and I are late.
We were busy experimenting with ice cream, and well, I have a new fondness for the dessert. But it wasn’t until we finally came up for air that we saw all the missed calls from Nate and a few text messages.
Hoping everything’s going okay, we rush frantically through the halls of the hospital, trying to find the right ward. Eventually, we run into Danger and Lunar, who are pacing the floor.
“Oh my God, where have you been? Nate’s been trying to call you for like three hours,” Danger yells as we rush up to him, and Lunar visibly relaxes seeing me.
I run and hug her as Matt shakes his head and sighs.
“Sorry, we were distracted, had our phones off, and had no idea what was happening. Any news?” Matt asks, looking around for Nate.
Danger shakes his head. “No. Ria’s in full labor, though. When Nate last came out, he said she was fully dilated or some shit. I don’t even know what that means, but it sounds fucking painful.”
Lunar nods and places her hand on her tummy, looking a little pale. I furrow my brows as Danger looks at her, wincing as if to apologize.
I open my mouth wide and let out a shocked laugh while staring at Lunar. “Oh, my tittie loving God!” She looks at me and freezes, dropping her hand as Matt glares at me. “Are you…?” I ask Lunar, and she looks to Danger, and he rolls his eyes and shrugs.
“Go on, Ryan is supposed to be here, but I have no idea why he’s so freaking late too. So he can find out when he arrives,” Danger says.
I turn back to Lunar, and she smiles and nods.
I race forward, taking her into a giant hug while I giggle and rock her from side to side.
Matt murmurs to himself, “Um… what just happened?”
“Lunar’s pregnant,” Danger clarifies for a very slow Matt.
He laughs and high-fives Danger as I slide into Lunar’s side, cuddling her.
“Wow! Danger a father. The world’s gone batshit crazy!” Matt says.
I chuckle as Ryan and Tillie race in. They’re dressed rather strangely. Well, not strange, but Tillie’s wearing a really lovely white dress, and Ryan’s in dress pants and a white shirt.
“What the hell’s with all the fucking paps out there, man?” Ryan asks, coming in and looking around at us all.
“You know… celebrity power couple having their firstborn. Seems like big news and all that. Even though Ria isn’t acting anymore, she’s still a major celeb, so this is big news, and the paps want the first glimpse of baby Levine,” Danger says.
“I can’t believe they went the whole pregnancy without finding out the baby’s gender. I need to know as soon as I can, so I can buy all the clothes in the right color,” Lunar says, and I smirk.
“I pity you if it’s a girl, Lunar. Danger having a princess? Can you imagine what will happen when Danger’s princess brings a boy home?” I say, and Lunar laughs as Danger’s face turns into a scowl.
“My daughter isneverdating. Period. You know that, right, Lunar? Tell that tadpole in there to be a boy, ’cause I can’t handle the head fucks of her being a girl,” Danger says, and Ryan’s head jolts back as he looks to Danger.
“Wait! What? Tadpole in there…” He points to Lunar’s stomach. “You telling me you knocked up my Aussie girl?” Ryan asks.
Tillie gasps, smiling so wide, looking at Lunar as Lunar and Danger both acknowledge the baby news.
“Yep, my man junk officially works,” Danger says, and Lunar scoffs, throwing her hand out and slapping Danger upside the head, making us all laugh.
Tillie rushes forward, taking Lunar into a hug, and Ryan leans into Danger for some sort of man hug, back-slapping, uncoordinated thing.
