child. He moved to her, close enough to
touch, but he kept his hands to himself and he asked, “Have you
taken a test?”
“ No.” Her voice sounded
small.
“ Why not?”
A single shoulder lifted and then
dropped. “I didn’t want to get my hopes up and it came back
negative and I was just running late this month.”
“ If that’s the case, we’ll
deal with it.” Needing to touch her and lend her his strength, he
cupped her shoulders.
“ Okay.”
“ Do you need me to go to
the store and get one?” He rubbed up and down her arms. Her skin
felt cool and he didn’t know if it was from nervousness or the air
conditioner.
“ No, I have a package in
the bathroom.”
“ How about you go take it
and I’ll be here when you come out.”
She nodded and headed towards her
bedroom. Stopping she turned back to him. “Thank you,
Neal.”
Before he could say anything, she was
gone.
Sitting on her couch, he stared out
the glass doors leading to her balcony and waited. On the short
drive there, he had made a decision and regardless of what the
result on the stick was his actions would be the same.
~YH~
Amana gripped the stick and crossed
the floor of her spacious master bedroom. It was past the minutes
for the indication markings to show up on the test, but she hadn’t
looked. She didn’t want to find out by herself. Neal had come all
the way to her condo and he deserved the right to know at the same
time she did. It confounded her how she had been so ready to do
this baby thing alone with a donor and in one night, she had
decided to conceive with a friend. Not just any friend but her
boss. Her confidante and, as he’d proven again today, her number
one supporter.
She didn’t fool herself into believing
that she would have hopped in the bed with any single male friend
who’d made the offer. Just Neal. There had always been something
about him from the first day she’d met him. Her honor had allowed
her to fight off her attraction to him, because she was married to
her best friend and loved Kevin too much to hurt him. However, over
the last two years it had become harder and harder to keep her
emotions at bay. Now they had possibly taken the first step into
parenthood and she couldn’t dream of anyone else she’d rather go
through the experience with.
“ What was the reading?”
Neal rose from the couch as soon as she walked into the front
room.
“ I didn’t want to look at
it without you,” she confessed.
“ Then we’ll do it
together.” He walked over to her.
Raising the item between them, she
took a deep breath and then turned it face up.
“ A plus still means
positive on those things, right?” He asked seeing the same bold
cross in the center of the little screen.
Lifting her head, she said,
“Yes.”
“ We’re going to have a
baby!” His arms surrounded her and he picked her up off the floor
and kissed her.
All she was aware of was the passion
in Neal’s kiss and her feet floating through the air. Gripping the
back of his neck, she pressed her body against his and allowed him
to command her mouth. Her heart swelled in her chest and everything
she’d been attempting to hide and trying to fight flooded her
soul.
“ I love you.” The words
tumbled from her mouth before she could stop them as the kiss
ended.
“ What?” His light green
eyes shifted from right to left, searching as they stared into
hers.
As her feet returned to the floor, she
considered the option of spinning her words and pretend she hadn’t
said those three. However, she didn’t want to. Even if her
confession complicated things more than they were now and she lost
her job, she wouldn’t take them back.
“ I love you.”
His arms went slack and she stepped
out of his embrace, feeling cold and unsure of herself. Seeing him
standing there quiet, she figured she’d stunned him speechless.
Deciding to continue with honesty so that her conscious would be
clear, she began, “I’ve probably loved you for
touch, but he kept his hands to himself and he asked, “Have you
taken a test?”
“ No.” Her voice sounded
small.
“ Why not?”
A single shoulder lifted and then
dropped. “I didn’t want to get my hopes up and it came back
negative and I was just running late this month.”
“ If that’s the case, we’ll
deal with it.” Needing to touch her and lend her his strength, he
cupped her shoulders.
“ Okay.”
“ Do you need me to go to
the store and get one?” He rubbed up and down her arms. Her skin
felt cool and he didn’t know if it was from nervousness or the air
conditioner.
“ No, I have a package in
the bathroom.”
“ How about you go take it
and I’ll be here when you come out.”
She nodded and headed towards her
bedroom. Stopping she turned back to him. “Thank you,
Neal.”
Before he could say anything, she was
gone.
Sitting on her couch, he stared out
the glass doors leading to her balcony and waited. On the short
drive there, he had made a decision and regardless of what the
result on the stick was his actions would be the same.
~YH~
Amana gripped the stick and crossed
the floor of her spacious master bedroom. It was past the minutes
for the indication markings to show up on the test, but she hadn’t
looked. She didn’t want to find out by herself. Neal had come all
the way to her condo and he deserved the right to know at the same
time she did. It confounded her how she had been so ready to do
this baby thing alone with a donor and in one night, she had
decided to conceive with a friend. Not just any friend but her
boss. Her confidante and, as he’d proven again today, her number
one supporter.
She didn’t fool herself into believing
that she would have hopped in the bed with any single male friend
who’d made the offer. Just Neal. There had always been something
about him from the first day she’d met him. Her honor had allowed
her to fight off her attraction to him, because she was married to
her best friend and loved Kevin too much to hurt him. However, over
the last two years it had become harder and harder to keep her
emotions at bay. Now they had possibly taken the first step into
parenthood and she couldn’t dream of anyone else she’d rather go
through the experience with.
“ What was the reading?”
Neal rose from the couch as soon as she walked into the front
room.
“ I didn’t want to look at
it without you,” she confessed.
“ Then we’ll do it
together.” He walked over to her.
Raising the item between them, she
took a deep breath and then turned it face up.
“ A plus still means
positive on those things, right?” He asked seeing the same bold
cross in the center of the little screen.
Lifting her head, she said,
“Yes.”
“ We’re going to have a
baby!” His arms surrounded her and he picked her up off the floor
and kissed her.
All she was aware of was the passion
in Neal’s kiss and her feet floating through the air. Gripping the
back of his neck, she pressed her body against his and allowed him
to command her mouth. Her heart swelled in her chest and everything
she’d been attempting to hide and trying to fight flooded her
soul.
“ I love you.” The words
tumbled from her mouth before she could stop them as the kiss
ended.
“ What?” His light green
eyes shifted from right to left, searching as they stared into
hers.
As her feet returned to the floor, she
considered the option of spinning her words and pretend she hadn’t
said those three. However, she didn’t want to. Even if her
confession complicated things more than they were now and she lost
her job, she wouldn’t take them back.
“ I love you.”
His arms went slack and she stepped
out of his embrace, feeling cold and unsure of herself. Seeing him
standing there quiet, she figured she’d stunned him speechless.
Deciding to continue with honesty so that her conscious would be
clear, she began, “I’ve probably loved you for
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