As Long As you're Mine
Chapter 6
We drove down the highway with the wind rushing through the car. We had traded in the rental card we had for a convertible that we drove down to Miami. It felt so great to be married and I already loved every second. We were not on our honeymoon and things couldn't get any better. We had left our hotel and were on the way to the Pregnancy and Baby convention that was going on while we were here. I was so excited to see Margaret Von Geister speak. She had become my idol. I dragged Nick along with me, but anything that had to do with Angela he was fully willing to do for me.
We parked at the convention center and went in. There were pregnant women everywhere. Nick held onto my hand as we walked through all the vendors selling their baby goods. I stopped at a booth looking at cute embroidered bibs. Nick stood behind me just looking around. I then heard a female voice very close to us shout his name.
"Oh my God Nick!" a female said. I didn't turn around just yet, but waited to see what happened as I paid for a bib that I fell in love with.
"Melissa hey." I heard Nick say. Was it THE Melissa? I could only wonder. I pretended to still look around as I listened. "What are you doing here?"
"Work conference. When I last saw you in San Diego I had just finished getting certified to be a Nurse Practitioner. I work in obstetrics and gynecology. We do workshops and stuff during the conference, but what about you? Why are you here?" she asked. I figured it was time for me to revel myself. I turned around. She was so pretty. She had long blonde hair and was thin; she looked the opposite of how I was currently feeling very bloated and uncomfortable. The last word I would use to describe myself in my current state was sexy, but she had it. I even saw his eyes searching he body.
"Babe look what I bought." I said making the few steps I needed to get to Nick and I held up the pink bib that said, Daddy's Little Princess.
"You're going to be a dad!" Melissa then said looking at my belly and then looking back at Nick.
"Yeah….umm… Melissa meet my wife Tiffany. Tiffany this is Melissa." Nick said trying to play it cool.
"Your wife!" Melissa said looking blown away. I smiled; it felt good to be his wife.
"Nice to meet you." I said cheerfully. I am guessing this was THE Melissa. The Melissa that he kissed without my knowledge and that caused our breakup.
"You too. Congrats to both of you." She said quickly giving Nick a hug. His arms lingered around her. I cleared my throat. "Well it was great to see you too. I better get going. We have a talk starting soon." She was gone as fast as she came.
"So was that The Melissa?" I asked.
"Yeah that was her." Nick responded trying to sound uninterested. I could tell he found her attractive and it hurt a little bit. At the moment I felt like a blimp. Nothing fit that well and I was always tired. We hadn't had sex in over a month because I just didn't want to anymore. I had no desire to do so and it didn't help that I had a large pregnant belly sticking out.
"The Margaret Von Geister thing is starting soon." I said quickly.
"Yeah let's go." He said as he grabbed my hand. I could tell he was trying to make me feel better.
"Melissa is pretty." I said as we took our seat for the talk.
"Yeah, but I have my beautiful wife." He said looking at me. I gave him a weak smile. Even though I had been feeling the way I did, I truthfully had felt amazing in my pregnant body until I met Melissa. She was suddenly everything I wanted to be. I wanted to be. I was starting to feel self-conscious from that one meeting. I tried to shake the feeling, but it was staying with me and through the entire talk I was sitting there with my idol on stage, but I couldn't concentrate. I was wondering if he thought about her and what he thought about her. Did he find her sexier than me? My brain hurt from all of my thinking. I hated every second of feeling this way. I never thought I would meet Melissa and there she was when I was feeling my worst.
When we got back to the hotel we sat on the bed. Nick rubbed my aching feet. It was no nice. I sat there still thinking. He obviously knew I was distracted, but didn't want to say anything first. I lied there starring at the ceiling as he continued to rub my feet.
"Does it bother you that we haven't had sex in a while?" I then asked out loud.
"It doesn't bother me, but I would be lying if I said I didn't miss it." He said as he stopped rubbing my feet and lied down next to me wrapping his arms around me. I turned to him and looked him in the face.
"I saw the way you looked at Melissa. Is it because she is prettier than me?" I asked him.
"She isn't prettier than you." He declared. "Nobody is prettier than you."
"She isn't carrying around 30 extra pounds and a beach ball in her stomach." I said feeling ashamed that I was feeling this way suddenly.
"No, but she isn't my amazing wife carrying my baby." He said. "I don't want her. I only want you no matter how much extra weight and no matter how many beach balls. You are perfect… always."
He knew what to say to make me feel better. I knew there was a reason I loved him. He made me feel amazing and made me feel like I was beautiful even when I wasn't feeling beautiful. I smiled and he planted a kiss on my lips. I kissed him back. I knew I loved this man and there was a reason I married him and it was very obvious tonight. I snuggled into his arms. We had a few more days here before we flew back to San Diego and I wanted to soak up every moment of it.
Our honeymoon went too quickly. We pulled up to our San Diego house. Nick helped me from the car. My ankles were pretty swollen from the flight and I just wanted to lie down. I waddled up into the house that was hot and smelled stuffy. I opened a few windows. I went into our bedroom while Nick went to walk around the corner to get Sam from a neighbor who was also a police officer who kept him for us. It was nice to be home, but I was going to miss Florida. It was the most time we got spend with another in a while and I knew tomorrow he was heading back to work. I hated the thought that I would be left to spending my days alone again, but I was excited for the next 3 months. While in Florida we found the perfect furniture set for the nursery and ordered it. I had a few decorating ideas that I was excited to try out in the nursery and at the end of those 3 months our baby girl should be here.
I sat in bed with my laptop and checked my email. There was an email from our wedding photographer. I opened it to find all the photos from our wedding. Every single photo was perfect. Looking at the pictures I felt the emotion from that day. It was the best day of my life next to when Alexa was born. It was so great to have or families' share that day with us and it was all so simple. I needed to make sure Tami got a copy of the photos because she did an amazing job on my dress, it was everything I wanted and more.
"Babe." I heard Nick call from the living room. Seconds later he was walking into the bedroom. He sat on the bed with me.
"Our wedding pictures were email to me." I said happily showing him a few of them on my laptop.
"These are amazing." He said looking through them. I sat my laptop down and he wrapped his arms around my waist. I lied there in his arms.
"I'm happy." I said.
"Well you are my wife." He said winking at me.
"Yeah that might have something to do with it." I said giving him a smile.
"I'm glad." He said. "Don't ever feel like any other girl is going to take your place. You are the only one for me. Remember that."
"I will." I said.
"Promise me, Mrs. Stokes." He said.
"I promise, Mr. Stokes." I said before giving him a kiss. "I promise." I then whispered. I pulled myself closer to him and closed my eyes. I was comfortable and happy. We were in a good place and awaiting our next adventure. I knew it wasn't going to be long and Angela was going to be here. We would be parents together.
A/N: A bit of a short chapter. I felt like that was a good place to end it. I am heading to bed. Will try and get a little writing done over the weekend… I hope. As long as the Little One behaves.