About a week later, we'd been in Monaco a few days, and I'd been waking up puking for at least three mornings in a row. I hadn't said anything to Juan yet. I kept waking up nauseous, but I'd managed to puke and brush my teeth before he woke up each morning, and I was thankful that I usually woke up before him. I knew today I'd have to take a test, but I didn't want to let him know until I knew one way or another. Christmas was coming up in a few days, and if I was pregnant, I'd already thought of a way to let him know. I would need to find a way to get a pregnancy test and take it, though, and I was trying to figure out a way to do that today.
This morning, we were all walking through the Prince Grace Rose Garden after breakfast, and then the women were going to Les Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo, which translated to "The sea baths of Monte-Carlo," and was the most favored spa in Monaco. The guys were going back to the Monte-Carlo Casino while we did that. We'd spent a couple other evenings there already, but the guys always loved any chance to gamble and drink. The women were going to meet them there after we finished with our afternoon at the spa.
Tomorrow we were taking the boys to the Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium for the afternoon, because we hadn't gone to a zoo yet, and most of us were up for a day spent looking at animals native to the area. I hadn't even been to an aquarium, or a zoo, at all, so I was almost as excited as the boys. Kerrianne had said she'd been to it before, and it was actually a really nice place. We would have checked out the beach while we visited, but since it was winter, it wasn't beach weather. Brie, Skye and I were almost as disappointed as the guys that we wouldn't get to see any topless women at the beach. Wendy probably was too, but I hadn't asked her.
While we were walking to the rose garden, I decided that I needed some moral support, even though I wasn't ready to let Juan know yet. I was going to have to ask Venus to sit with me later while I took the test, because she was the only other one to know that I might possibly be pregnant. I didn't want to alert Skye or Brie before I told Juan for sure, and since Venus had sort of guessed, I figured she wouldn't mind being my moral support. I'd enlist her help once we separated from the guys. I just had to find a place to buy a pregnancy test while we were on the way to the spa. I was fairly sure I'd be able to break away for a bathroom break to take the test quite easily once we were there getting our various treatments.
By the time I re-entered our room from the bathroom, Juan was waking up. He wasn't quite awake yet, though. I slipped the robe off and crawled onto the bed, straddling his waist and then laying so I was pretty much on top of him. I kissed him and moved my hips, rubbing against his morning wood. He reacted pretty quickly, even though he was still waking up. His hands moved to my hips and he began kissing me back. I slid onto his dick, riding him slowly. His hips moved against mine perfectly. I rode him for a while before we both came together and I collapsed on him for a moment before rolling off and resting my head on his chest. He kissed the top of my head. "I love you, beautiful," he said.
Grinning, I looked up at him. "I love you back," I replied before getting out of bed so we could get ready. We showered together, and then went back to our room to get dressed. I picked out a pair of black leather pants and a green Pride tee-shirt and put them on, watching Juan as he got dressed. I watched him put on boxers, and then jeans, and socks and boots, in that order, as he always did, and smiled widely. He was a bit OCD in his routines; He always did things the same way every day. "You know, I'm really glad I married you. I want to spend every morning for the rest of our lives getting ready together," I walked over and gave him a kiss, before handing him his shirt.
Wrapping his arms around my waist, he kissed back. "I'm glad I married you, too. And we will spend every morning of the rest of our lives together. I take our vows seriously, as I know you do," he replied before putting his shirt on and then his jacket. I put my boots on and then grabbed my leather jacket so we could go meet the others for breakfast. I got a text from Crystal, some form of apology. I grimaced at my phone when I saw her name pop up and deleted the text without reading it. "Are you ever going to forgive her?" he asked. I guessed that he had seen her name too. She'd sent a few and I'd deleted every one.
Honestly, I knew he thought I should forgive her. I knew why he was right. Rationally, it was the good thing to do to forgive her and move on, or at the very least hear her out. But I was tired of being rational and kind when it came to her. I knew we'd been friends since we were eight, and that was going on eighteen years now, but I'd been loyal to that friendship and let her treat me like shit for years. I was tired of being that person, the loyal person who stayed by the people she loved even when they treated her like shit. I had cut off Crystal with my family, and I had given her another chance and she'd blown it. I just shook my head, and he held his tongue, but I could tell he wanted to say more.
Luckily, before my ex best friend could cause my first fight with my husband, Brie and Skye came knocking on the door, saying the others were going to leave without us if we didn't get a move on. I took his hand, and the moment of tension passed as we went to breakfast with our friends. I went outside with the guys to smoke after we'd ordered, and I thought about the life that might be growing inside me. I would definitely quit smoking if I was pregnant, which, in theory, meant that this might be one of my last cigarettes for a long time. I tried not to dwell on that, and soon enough my cigarette was gone and we went in to eat.
A couple hours later, I'd just finished my massage and had pulled Venus into the bathroom with me before we were supposed to go get mud baths together. I had gone into a drug store on my own earlier while we were walking to the spa, and purchased a pregnancy test and a soda, hiding the pregnancy test on me until I was able to use it. I had texted Venus once we were at the spa to let her know what I needed to do and my plan for doing it. She stayed near the door while I went in the stall to pee on the stick.
The three minutes of waiting for the results were torture. She had set a timer on her phone, and I paced back and forth while the minutes slowly passed. I had set the stick on the counter by the sink, right next to the box and instruction paper. "Krystal, dear, you need to calm down. Pacing a hole in the floor isn't going to change the results when they come out," Venus laughed as I paced. I paused to stick my tongue out at her, but kept pacing. I paced the room two more times before the timer went off. I froze in my place and then slowly walked over, studying the stick and then the instructions. "Well, what does it say?" Venus asked from her place by the door when I didn't say anything for a few moments.
Wordlessly, I handed the instructions to her as she approached and glanced over my shoulder at the stick. I needed a few moments to process. She waited for my response. "I'm pregnant," I finally said, testing the words on my tongue. I ran a hand through my hair, biting on my lip. "I'm pregnant," I repeated, before I finally grinned. "Juan and I are gonna have a baby," I couldn't help but squeal a little and jump up and down a little before I gave her a hug. It had taken me some time to figure out how I felt, but I was suddenly very excited about this. I placed my hand lovingly over my stomach. "I'm going to be a mom," I kept saying it in different ways because I was trying to wrap my mind around it.
Grinning at me, Venus hugged me back. "You're going to be an amazing mother, dear. Now, how are you going to tell Juan?" she asked, using his real name. She was the only one besides me who did, but she called all the guys by their real names, of course. "When are you going to tell him?" she was as pleased as I was, and seemed excited to be the first one to know. I told her about the idea I had to reveal it to him on Christmas, and then invited her to come shopping with me, since she was the only one who knew. "I'd love to. That is such a cute idea!" she exclaimed.
Laughing, I took another moment to really feel excited about it. "Okay, now we need to chill out, put away our excitement, and pretend this didn't happen. I don't want anyone else guessing or anything," I took a deep breath to calm myself and she took my lead. I threw away the test and grabbed a bunch of paper towels, wadding them up and throwing them into the trash on top of the test, in case one of my friends came in after me. I knew they wouldn't be able to prove it was mine, but if someone asked me about it, I knew I would have a hard time lying to my friends, especially if it was Brie or Skye.
After I was sure no one coming into the bathroom next would see it, we left the bathroom and went back to our mud baths. Brie and Tara were in their baths already, and Skye and Wendy were off doing some other type of treatment, because they'd decided against mud baths. Brie shot me a weird look and asked what took so long in the bathroom and I froze, but Venus saved me by coming up with a quick excuse. Brie stared at me for a moment longer, but I shrugged it off and got in the bath, acting like nothing was up and Venus changed the subject, which caused Brie to stop looking at me, and conversation went on without me having to lie to Brie, which was good, and she seemed to forget anything odd had happened, thankfully.
A/N: I am SOOOOOO sorry! In the beginning of February, I was busy with a family crisis and going through a bit of writers block, and then I broke my hand/arm, and wasn't able to write at all for six weeks, but I'm back now! My cast is finally off! And here's the good news! I decided she is pregnant! I hope y'all like this chapter. Next chapter is Christmas, and she will tell Juan. Please review! And thank you to everyone who does read and review. I really appreciate it. I hope there are still people reading this. I think my writers block from the beginning of Feb. is gone and I should be back to updating every week, but I make no promises because between both my jobs I'm working anywhere between 50 and 60 hours a week. Please, please, please review! (I know I'm begging, but I'm missing one of my favorite reviewers, who suddenly stopped reviewing each chapter like they used to. Majestic Butterfly, I dunno if you're still reading, but I hope you're doing okay. =])
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