Page 35 of Wait for the Dream

“Fuck” I groan before picking up the pace. She meets me thrust for thrust as I continue to play with that little bundle of nerves. Looking into her eyes, I see so much shining back at me. Love, lust, trust, disbelief all flashing through her eyes with each thrust of my hips.

“I’m so close! Don’t stop!” My movements become erratic and she cries out my name as I feel her come. Her pussy squeezes my cock with a vice grip, and I come so hard I swear I nearly black out.

Once we both have come down from the intense high I pull out of her and flop down next to her. “Fuck.” I say breathlessly. We lay there in silence, slowing our breathing.

I turn my head toward her, and there are tears in her eyes, “Are you okay? I didn’t hurt you or the baby did I?”

“I didn’t know it could be like that. Not just the sex itself, which was incredible, but the connection. I’ve never had that.” She turns her head toward me, looking in my eyes.

“It’s us, Blue. Of course it was different.” I press a kiss to her lips, “I’ll be right back.” I get up, go into the bathroom, dispose of the condom and run a wash cloth under warm water. I clean her up when I get back to the bed before tossing the rag into the hamper across the room. I climb in bed, kiss her on the lips, and fall asleep in the arms of the love of my life.

Bailey

20 weeks pregnant

Sitting on the couch after a day spent doing homework and growing a tiny human who, according to the pregnancy tracking app I downloaded, is the size of a mango right now, was exhausted. I have She’s the Man playing in the background while I work on a paper for Nursing Ethics. Aiden should be home any minute. I texted him a little while ago, and asked him if he could stop at the store on his way home to pick up Oreos, peanut butter, apples, and blue popsicles. My current craving is the Oreos and peanut butter, but Bear keeps telling me that I need to eat healthier, so I told him to grab the apples. We will see if I actually eat them. He is always good to me, but since I found out I was pregnant, he has been especially amazing.

Aiden has kept his promise to be there every step of the way. He has come to every doctor’s appointment, helped me take my blood pressure every morning when we first wake up, and every night before we go to bed. He sends me a text every day to make sure I’ve taken my medications. There are always plenty of snacks in the apartment. He has spent more time than I have researching all the things I am going to need for Rowan. The man is obsessed with having top of the line everything for this little girl. She is going to be so fucking spoiled and that’s just from her daddy, it still feels so weird to think that word, still feels too good to be true.

Aiden walks into the door of the apartment and kicks his shoes off, “I’ve got the goods,” He says as he holds the grocery bag out for me. When I reach for it, he pulls it out of my reach, leans over the back of the couch and kisses me breathless. When he pulls away, I hold my hand out with the bag, but he side steps me and heads into the bathroom.

“What the heck, Bear?” I pout, I walk follow him into his room with my arms crossed over my chest.

“You need to eat dinner before I let you eat a bunch of cookies.” He says with a stern look on his face. I wonder if he has been practicing that look in the mirror for when Rowan is an angsty teenager.

“Are you really trying to take cookies from a pregnant woman?” I glare at him. “That is extremely unwise Aiden Matthew.”

“Don’t ‘Aiden Matthew’ me, Blue. You know you need real food and not just cookies. I already ordered a pizza with pepperoni and olives and it should be here in 10 minutes. You can wait that long to eat real food. You can have all the cookies you want after you’ve eaten pizza and maybe a few apple slices.”

“Fine, Dad!” I roll my eyes and stomp my foot before walking back into the living room. I’m aware I’m acting like a toddler, but I need those cookies.

“I don’t think the Daddy kink is really my thing, but we can try it if you’re really into it,” he says as he approaches me, I give him an exaggerated eye roll. He flops down on the couch next to me and asks, “How are my girls today?"`

“We are good.” I say as butterflies erupt in my belly when he says my girls. I’ve been feeling those a lot lately, I’m not sure if it’s Aiden and his sweet words he has been throwing my way or if it’s possibly the baby moving around. I heard that the first few weeks of feeling the baby move it kind of feels like butterflies, so it’s really a toss up on which it is. “Today has been a good day. I got ahead on Pharmacology and Human Development, I was working on my Ethics paper when you walked in. I just need to write a bit more on my paper and take a quiz for my Nursing Theory class then I’ll be done for the night.”

“I’m so proud of you, Blue. You’ve worked so hard this semester to keep your grades up, all while being pregnant and not feeling well.” He places a hand on my belly and starts rubbing circles on it

“Thanks, I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you and your parents.” I say looking straight into his pretty honey eyes. “This girl is so lucky to have you and the whole Baker clan in our lives.”

“We are the lucky ones, Blue. You have brought so much joy into our lives, and I know Rowan is going to do the same thing. You’ve been wrapped around my little finger since the day we met, and I know that Little Bear is going to be just as bad if not worse than her momma.” He says, leaning over to kiss me on the lips before kissing my belly.

The doorbell rings just as he is sitting back up, “That must be the pizza.”

Using the remote, I navigate around until I find the next episode of Love Island. This show is so trashy, but so entertaining at the same time. Aiden pretends to hate it, but he gets just as into it as I do. We find ourselves yelling at the TV whenever we are watching it. Telling people not to fall for other contestant’s bullshit and lies. I think the best part of watching this show is watching it with Aiden.

“Are you excited about game night tomorrow?” Aiden asks when he finished the last piece of pizza.

“Of course I am. I love our game nights. It will be fun next year to have everyone plus Rowan and Charly. I can’t believe all of us got into the same university.” I say as I snuggle into his side.

“She’s so excited about next year. It will be good for her to be here too. Built in friends, but also an opportunity to make her own.” He responds.

“I’m excited for her to be here.” I say before turning back to the TV. We snuggle together for the next hour occasionally yelling at the people on the show for whatever nonsense they got themselves into.

“Ugh, I really need to do more homework.” I say as I switch the TV to New Girl, “will you grab me the cookies, so I can snack while I work on this damn paper? I want to try and get a good amount done before I work on my quiz.”

Aiden gets up off the couch to grab the cookies and his backpack. Once he sits down with everything in hand he grabs a book and highlighters out of his bag. I eat my cookies and peanut butter and get to work on my paper. Aiden begins to read his book and takes notes on what he reads. We stay exactly like this until my eyes get droopy and my brain no longer works. I’m asleep before my head hits the pillow.

I’m sitting at a table in Sugarplum Cafe a couple weeks later, my favorite bakery slash coffee shop on campus, waiting for my order to be called, fighting a yawn. I didn’t sleep very well last night. A couple weeks ago I started to feel Rowan move. It’s taken some getting used to, but last night she was wiggling around all night. I love feeling her move, but if she could do it during normal business hours, her momma would appreciate it.