“I want to be involved as much as I can be. I want to experience everything with her. Like we’re a couple, without the couple part. For the sake of Blueberry.”
“And I’m sure you can. You two just have to talk and set boundaries,” Camille replies.
“Sorry, hold on,Blueberry?” Ryker raises a brow.
“It’s what she’s calling the baby,” I explain, my lips tugging upright as I pull my wallet out and show them the sonogram.
Camille moves toward me and pulls my wallet closer to her. A soft smile erupts and then she looks at me and says, “I can’t wait to see you be a dad.”
I blow out a breath that turns into a chuckle. “Not sure how great I’ll be, but thank you.”
“Q, you’ve taken care of me my entire life. Iknowyou’ll be great at it,” she says, her eyes going glossy.
Fuck. I hate when my sister cries, because it’s the easiest way to make me tear up as well.
“If you two are going to cry, I’m going to cry. Please don’t,” Ryker pleads as he pinches the bridge of his nose.
“I love how soft she makes you,” I tease.
“I should make a joke about it that will make you want to puke like you’ve made me want to tonight, but I won’t,” Camille says, and I instantly catch on to where she’s going with this, making me feel sick.
“All right, I’m getting out of here. I know Liv starts school early tomorrow–which speaking of, please don’t tell her until we announce it.”
“Of course,” Ryker replies.
“Thank you, and thanks for having me over. I appreciate it,” I tell them, grateful to have them in my life.
“Not a problem, Q. Get some sleep, because once the baby is here, you won’t know what that is anymore,” Camille jokes.
I laugh as she walks me to the front door and we say good night.
Back in my bed at home, I toss and turn all night, unable to quiet my mind.
Because no matter how hard I try, I can’t stop thinking about her. Even though I know I shouldn’t be.
Chapter 16
Teagan
My morning training session with the seniors finished an hour ago, and I’ve yet to get up from my chair in my office. I intended to get work on my training plans for my classes, but Blueberry has other ideas, because all I can do is yawn and kick my feet up. Pregnancy fatigue in the first trimester is no joke, because I swear I’ve never been so exhausted in my entire life. It makes sense why I was feeling so tired a few weeks ago. I thought it was just work catching up with me, but now I’m thinking that it’s been Blueberry this entire time.
It’s already been a week since I gave Quentin the news. There’s so much to decide together, but for right now, I’m taking things one thing at a time. We have our first appointment today and I’m feeling excited to see Blueberry again.
I must drift off a bit because when there’s a knock on my door, my eyes shoot open and I nearly jump out of my seat.
“Teagan?” Quentin’s voice calls out from the entryway.
Before I can even answer him, he’s crouching down to be eye level with me as his hand brushes a lock of hair out of my face, staring at me with concern.
My body that was once tired is now suddenly alert when I process how close his face is to mine. I suck in a breath quietly, all too aware of how his fingers brushing against my cheek are making my body flush.
I pull my head away from him as I lean over to my desk and grab my purse. “I fell asleep, that’s all. We can get going.”
Quentin insisted on picking me up today for my nine-week ultrasound and the results of the paternity test. I wanted to reassure him after what he shared with me at dinner that night, so we went to the clinic earlier this week to do the test.
I argued with him all day yesterday, though, about picking me up, but he was persistent and I was exhausted, so I gave in. The guy’s been texting me every day since he found out I was pregnant, always asking if I’m okay, if I’ve eaten, or if there’s anything I need.
It’s nice, but it’s overwhelming at the same time. I’m not used to having someone check in on me like this all the time, so it’s different for me to have to update someone constantly. I’ve been honest with him that I haven’t been eating a whole lot due to my nausea lately, which is part of the reason why he wanted to drive so badly today.
