Should I ask him if he’s pregnant?
You can, or you can just wonder for weeks and weeks, and when he starts to swell up like a giant balloon, you’ll know.
He rolled his eyes.I really don’t like you very much.
I know, I love you too. If there’s a reason for a celebration, holler. Don’t forget, the midwife is very nice. Rowan is his name.
Thanks. I think.Talon found a sleeve of saltines and a Sprite before returning to the bathroom, where Mercury seemed to be dozing, leaning against the sink counter.
“Hailee?” He didn’t want to just lift Mercury in case it made him sick again.
Mercury blinked up at him. “Oh, I’m sorry. I just woke up and I felt so queasy.” He rolled his eyes. “I brushed my teeth, so I’m not gross. Is that something cold and bubbly? I could totally use something a little cold and bubbly.”
He handed the drink over, and Mercury took a few sips and then stood, took his hand and led him from the bathroom. “I’m sorry if I scared you. I didn’t mean to. It was very sudden.”
“Well, I’m sorry.” He looked at Mercury, trying to decide if he was going to ask the question that Kami had brought up. “Are you okay?”
“I think so. I feel better now. Obviously, I got whatever out of my system.”
“Are you sure that’s it? Are you sure that’s all?”
Mercury frowned at him. “What are you talking about?”
Talon hemmed and hawed and finally just asked. “Do you think you’re pregnant?”
Mercury’s eyes went wide, so wide he could see himself reflected in their mirror depths. And those lips dropped open wide, Mercury staring at him like he’d lost his mind. Then he took in a deep breath. “Do you think I might be?”
“Well, when I was panicking on the way to the kitchen because you were throwing up, I did ask Kami what could possibly be wrong with you, and he told me to ask you if you were pregnant.” He didn’t think Mercury would be upset at the idea that he’d asked Kami for some advice.
“Huh.” Mercury tilted his head. “Is there a test I can take? Do tests work for us?”
“If I remember correctly, from Kami and a couple of the other guys who’ve gotten pregnant since we’ve been here. It’s more of a magical thing. Why don’t I get a hold of Rowan, who’s the midwife, and see if he can come examine you?”
“Can I have my crackers and fizzy drink first?” Mercury crawled back into the bed and sipped his drink again, humming at the taste.
Talon opened the sleeve of crackers to hand a couple of them over, watching carefully as Mercury ate them, making sure they didn’t seem to cause any kind of distress.
“Oh, it’s not fair how good those taste. Because usually I think they taste like cardboard with salt on it.” Mercury’s lips curved in a wry smile. “I think you should definitely call the midwife.”
“You got it, baby.” That was something he could do that was concrete, actiony, and alpha-like. He left Mercury with his crackers and Sprite and headed out to the front room to use the house phone to call Rowan because otherwise he wasn’t sure how to get a hold of the man.
It was Rowan’s assistant who answered, and he couldn’t remember her name to save his life. But when she asked what he needed, he identified himself and said his mate needed to have an exam. His heart was just pounding with the very idea, and he kind of heard a ringing in his ears for a minute.
She made an appointment for later in the day, and he took a deep breath and let it out after he hung up.
They went back to the bedroom; Mercury was clutching his can of Sprite and still had crackers in the other hand, and he was sound asleep.
Talon smiled and took the can and crackers gently from Mercury’s hands, setting them on the bedside table. Then he gently covered up his mate with a light blanket, not wanting himto get too hot and get sick again. He could rest, and then when the midwife came, they could sit through the exam together.
In fact, he loved the idea of going through this entire pregnancy together, so he was going to have to talk to Cain about not disappearing on a lot of jobs with Kami while this was going on.
After all, he really didn’t want to do anything dangerous with their baby on the way. He hoped it was real because Mercury seemed so excited—not that he wasn’t, of course he was—but this was something Mercury needed desperately, that he wanted so badly.
So, is he pregnant?Kami’s mental touch made him jump.
Hush, aren’t you supposed to be asleep?
Are you kidding? I have a child. I never get to sleep. Sleep is for the weak.Kami’s chuckle floated into his brain, warming him.Besides, you’re the one who woke me up. It’s only fair.
