Presently nestled against her husband as they sat together on the bed while they waited to find out if the home pregnancy test was positive or not, Bubbles met his gaze.
"If I am pregnant, would you be happy if I end up giving you a son?"
"I don't care if it's a boy or a girl, honey. I'll be happy with either one because the woman I love would be carrying my child," he replied.
She smiled up at him before she left the bed and his warm arms in order to head into the bathroom and retrieve the pregnancy test. From his position on the bed, Boomer could easily see his wife as she just stared at the pregnancy test she held in her hands.
"Well, what does it say?" he asked.
She finally faced him, a downcast expression clearly evident on her face.
"Negative," she told him.
He got off the bed and walked towards her, only to wrap his arms around her. She leaned into his embrace and began to sob.
"Oh, Boomer, what's the matter with me? I'm a horrible wife because I can't give you a child of our own," she cried.
He pulled back from her slightly so he could look at her.
"Hey now. You're not a horrible wife. Just because this pregnancy test turned out to be negative doesn't mean we can't be parents. We'll just try again, honey."
"But we've been trying to conceive for five months, Boomer, and nothing's happened so far."
He cupped her face between his palms.
"Don't worry. It'll happen for us, I promise. You were meant to be a mom."
But neither Bubbles or her husband were aware that her pregnancy had already begun.
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Three days after the negative results of the home pregnancy test, Boomer was awoken by the sound of his wife retching into the toilet. He got out of bed and padded into the bathroom before he knelt beside her and gathered up her hair so it wouldn't get in the way. As Bubbles retched yet again into the toilet, he couldn't help but silently wonder if she had taken the home pregnancy test too early and it had come out negative as a result.