But I wish I could feel it all for you.
I wish I could be it all for you.
If I could erase the pain,
Maybe you'd feel the same.
I'd do it all for you.
I would, I would, I would, I would.

Ellie Goulding – Gun and Horses

May 2017 - Nine Weeks Pregnant

"So are you going to tell Grandma Louise about the baby?" asked Will. He is extremely easy-going for a ten-year-old but he really likes his own company. The relationship between Wendell and Will was rather good as Wendell treated Will as an adult, even when Will was five-year-old.

"We haven't actually thought about this." said Carlie.

"To be fair it is my mother. The risk of a miscarriage is lower after the eighth week." said Wendell.

"How are we going to mention it to her though?"

"I thought 'we're having a baby' would be helpful." said Will.

"It isn't as simple as that Will." said Wendell. "With mothers you have to approach the subject delicately."

"Why have you had any experience?" asked Carlie raising her eyebrow at Wendell.

"No." said Wendell with a small laugh in his voice. "It's just that you don't know how she will react."

"Maybe she'll bring the subject up by asking us when are we are going to get married and when are we planning to have kids." said Carlie.

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"Have you done something to your hair Carlie?" asked Louise Bray when she handed Carlie a mug full of tea.

"Not since I saw you last." said Carlie.

"There is something different about you that I cannot put my finger on." said Louise.

"I haven't done anything Louise." said Carlie. "I wasn't well on Tuesday so maybe that is it."

"What was wrong?"

"Migraine." said Wendell.

"It's your skin. It is glowing." said Louise.

"It's passed now." said Wendell.

"And I feel much better." said Carlie.

"You two are acting strangely. Are you both feeling okay?"

"Define strange Mom." said Wendell.

"You are finishing each other's sentences and you seem to be a little jumpy." said Louise. "So what is going on?"

"Nothing, honestly." said Wendell unconvincingly.

Carlie took a sip of the tea; however there was something different about the taste. Louise had made it just the way Carlie liked it and it was Carlie's favourite brand, but for some reason it didn't taste right to her.

"Are you okay?" Wendell asked in a hush voice so his mother would not hear.

"I'm fine." said Carlie taking another sip. Calmly, she put the mug down and walked upstairs. After about a minute, Will walked downstairs looking confused.

"Is Mom okay?" asked Will.

"Why?" asked both Brays.

"She is throwing up in the bathroom." said Will.

Wendell got out of his seat and walked up the stairs. He knocked on the bathroom door and said, "Carls are you alright in there?"

"No." she answered through the door. Knowing that the bathroom door has a faulty lock, he opened the door and he found Carlie leaning against the bathtub. "I just threw up."

"Will told Mom and me. She is now worried about you." said Wendell grabbing a glass from the cupboard and filled it with the water from the cold tap.

"We need to tell her about the baby." said Carlie as Wendell handed her the glass.

"I know. Okay, I'll let you recover before we go downstairs and tell Mom."

"I'm fine now. Just give me a moment." said Carlie standing up. She straightened out her dress and took Wendell's hand. "Are you sure you want to tell her now?"

"Positive." said Wendell. They walked downstairs hand in hand and stood in front of Wendell's mother.

"Louise, Wendell and I need to tell you something. It is important." said Carlie. The older woman sat up straight, not knowing what her son and his girlfriend were going to tell her.

"Carlie is having a baby." said Wendell. Carlie nodded and rested her hand subconsciously on her stomach.

It was silent for a moment until Louise said, "Oh thank goodness; I was beginning to wonder when you two were going to have a baby."

"I assume you are happy about becoming a grandmother. Biologically anyway." said Carlie.

"Of course I am Carlie." said Louise getting up to hug both Wendell and Carlie.

"Well, that is one parent down." said Wendell.

"Maybe we should wait to tell my father." said Carlie.

Don't worry if you think I am neglecting Will a little, that is going to be a chapter of its own.