"Jackie what's wrong?" He asked as he raced up the stairs.
He found Jackie wide eyed in the bathroom.
"You were right." She said barely above a whisper.
"What?" He asked.
"You were right."
"About what?"
"I am pregnant."
Nick's eyes got wide.
"Get out of here." He said in complete shock.
"It's true, there's the test."
Nick picked up the at home pregnancy test that was laying on the bathroom counter.
"That's the side I peed on."
Nick gently threw the test back on the cupboard and hurriedly washed his hands.
He then picked up the test from the other side and looked at it, it was definitely positive.
He looked at Jackie and smiled broadly.
She didn't return the smile.
"How did this happen?" She asked quietly.
"Well Jacks, you see when two adults love each other they…" He started but she cut him off.
"Oh shut up Nicholas, I know how it happened but how did this happen, I had my tubes tied."
Tears stung her eyes.
"Hey, it's going to be fine, this is an awesome surprise, once that little one gets here we won't know what we did without him, or her." He told her as he took her in his arms.
"I know." She said as a tear slid down her face and got on his shirt.
She pulled herself together and then stepped back and smiled at him.
He returned the smile and gave her a comforting kiss on the forehead.
"Thank you for your support, it means everything."
He just smiled at her again and gave her another hug.
"Does this mean I can eat all the ice cream I want?" She asked him with a playful smile.
"You bet, if you want I'll go to the store right now and buy every carton of ice cream they have."
She laughed.
A few moments passed and neither of them said anything, he just held her hand and smiled at her.
"I'm going to go call my doctor." She said before giving his hand a squeeze and leaving the room.
She made her phone call and then hung up.
"Nick." She called, fear obvious in her voice.
"What's wrong Jacks?"
"Doctor Wilson said that we need to get down to the clinic right now, she said any pregnancy resulting after a tubal ligation has a much higher risk of being an ectopic pregnancy and if that's the case and it's not treated I very well could internally bleed to death."
TBC…
