A/N: Disclaimer! U should read the epilogue of THROWN IN before you read this. But yeah here's Riley, Lexi (now Lexi POOLE instead of Lexi GALLO), Maddie, Ben, and Abigail, at CIBOLA! First chapter is from Riley's POV:
Lexi Poole was avoiding me. Every once in a while now she'd make up an excuse to leave for a little while. I was getting worried now. I was afraid of the one suggestion. Affair.
I hated it more than anything else, but it seemed to be the only solution. It was a rainy afternoon today and I knew I'd have to say something about it. She came in the house, and I frowned at her from the top of the stairs. "Lexi, is there something going on?" I blurted before I could say anything else. "Not really, no. Why do you ask?"
"Why do you keep leaving me?" I asked.
"Leaving you? No. You don't actually think-"
"Are you having an affair?" I interrupted. She seemed angry of the accusation, but she shouldn't blame me, I didn't know. "No Riley I am not having an affair." She said struggling to keep her voice level. "Then what is going on? Why would you do this to me don't you see what we share-"
"We share a child Riley. I'm pregnant." She seemed upset.
"Wh-what?" Was all I could say. She was saying that I'd be a father. Oh, shit no.
"You didn't tell me." It wasn't a question. "I was scared! I didn't know what to do; I wasn't sure on-anything! Riley I'm sorry!" She cried. I pulled her into a tight hug where she continued to cry into my shoulder. "It's okay. I'm sorry I accused you-"
"No, no you had every right to I had to sneak around to doctor's appointments, and maternity class stuff and it- I'm glad it's over. Well the sneaking around part, the rest is still all there." She said. "Okay. What do you say we…order Chinese for dinner and get me caught up on everything, baby?" I whispered. "Ok." She breathed. For the next hour that's all we could do. She was four months in! Well here's what she said. "I'm three months in, but in a week it will have been four and we'll be able to determine the gender!" She sounded really excited by this news. "That's great! What do you bet it's a boy?" I asked. "I've got motherly instincts and I know it's a girl." She seemed pretty confidant. "Oh yeah? I bet you 5 bucks it's a boy." I challenged. "Really? You're on." She said. "So what do you think will be your favorite part in the process? The constant attitude change or the odd food cravings?" She laughed, as did I. "I think my favorite part in the process, meaning when the baby's growing not yet born, will be the naming. That will be interesting." I said. Her eyes got a sudden gleam in them. "We have to find the perfect list of names!" She exclaimed. Here's what we came up with by the end of the night:
Girls:
Isabella
Kelly
Celina
Bianca
Caitlyn
BOYS:
Jason
Logan
Nicholas
Owen
Aidan
They were all Celtic, Greek, Irish, or Italian. We decided if it was a girl her middle name would be Annmarie after Lexi's grandmother (Italian), and if it was a boy his middle name would be Otis after her grandfather (Greek). "Let's go to bed. I have the book signing tomorrow. You said you were meeting Maddie for lunch, right?" I wasn't sure if that was a doctor's appointment or not. She laughed and said, "Yes. I will be going to Maddie's apartment and we'll be going out to this new place a few blocks away from her building."
"Who all knows that you're pregnant?" I asked.
"Only Maddie, and my sister. That's it." She promised, yawning. "Okay. Good night, angels. You're coming to the store after lunch right?" I asked. "Sure, sure…do I look bigger?" she was barely staying awake. "Just a bit, yeah. Baby's growing." I replied turning out the light. I couldn't help but think about what my child would be like though. I couldn't help it. I really hope it's a boy I mean I've got five bucks in the running here!
Kinda short I know but I need to get to the first scene so yeah…review plzles! I'll have Maddie in the next chapter! PROMISE! Haha bet you didn't see that coming! Well maybe you did but you know…REVIEW!