DAY 10

''Hey Julia, I was thinking, hum, should we invited the others for Christmas? ''

''Who are you calling 'The others'? ''

''You know, Norrie, Carolyn, Joe, Sam, James Jr and my dad! ''

''All at the same time? '' said Julia all surprised.

''Yeah, that's the reason why we bought a bigger house; to have everyone in it. ''

''Yeah, but I thought that you wanted to spend Christmas with me; just me! ''

''Is that what you want honey? ''

''Kind of but it could be nice to have everyone around. We could tell them about you know what! ''

''You want to tell them now? ''

''Why not, we could also tell them that I'm at the beginning of my pregnancy and that anything could happen and that nothing is sure yet. ''

''But nothing will happen to you because we are going to be very careful and caring. ''

''Oh, we will! ''

Barbie pulled Julia closer to him. He looked her in the eyes. He never gets bored of her magical eyes. He touched Julia's stomach and kissed her. He put his two knees down and kissed her flat belly.

''It's been only a day that we know that you are in there and that you exist but we love you so much little baby. You are the proof that we are in love. ''

As soon as Barbie finished talking, Julia smiled from ear to ear. Barbie got closer to her stomach and whispered:

''You are going to have the best mommy in the whole world… I hope you know that, so don't be too hard on her. I love you! ''

Julia took Barbie's face; guided him to stand up in front of her. She gave him a hug and a quick kiss on his lips. He played in her hair and kissed her in her neck; right behind her left ear.

''You should probably call everyone if you want them to be here on Christmas Day! ''

''But right now, I just want to stay right here with you. '' He pulled closer again. Now air can go through them.

''Barbie, stop! Go call everyone, please and after we will cuddle each other. ''

''You promise? ''

''Totally! What are we eating on Christmas day? '' asked Julia.

''I don't know, what do you naturally eat? ''

''Turkey, but I'm tired of eating the same thing years after years. ''

''We could eat sushi? ''

''Sushi, why not! ''

''I'll asked everybody to bring something! ''

''Good! ''

Julia gave him the phone. He left the room, he went in the kitchen. Julia took the basket full of clean clothes and began to fold it while watching TV. At the same time, she realized that in a year she will be folding little baby clothes; actually, 9 months. She stopped everything and put her two hands on her belly. She couldn't believe that it was this easy to be pregnant. Everything was way too easy. Suddenly she remembered what she said to Grace at the grocery store. She stood up and went in the kitchen.

''Barbie, I'm going to my office. I promised Grace that I would go. ''

''Ok baby, be safe! ''

''We will! See I said 'we will'! ''

Julia drove to her office. In front of her office, she was stressed of the reaction of the other when they will see her. She opened the door. Grace was the first to see her.

''JULIA SHUMWAY, I was beginning to think that you wouldn't come. ''

''OMG JULIA, are you alright, it's so good to see you! '' said Claire, one of the colleague of Julia.

''Thank you, I'm better but it's hard to deal with health problems but Dale helps me a lot.''

''Oh yeah, that handsome guy that I met the other day!'' said Clarence.

''Yeah, that's my man! ''

''As you can see everyone is doing well! '' explained Grace.

''Yeah we were all worried about you! '' reacted Claire.

Grace told everyone that she was there. They all came to see her in her office. She explained to everyone her disease and explained the situation.

''Oh, also, I'm getting married at the end of January. ''
''CONGRATULATIONS! '' They all said together.
''Did he proposed? '' asked Claire
''No we decided together to get married. ''
''Well that's good news. ''replied Grace.
''We are happy for you two. ''Said one of the guy who works at the journal.
''When are you coming back to work? ''asked Clarence.
''We miss you. ''reacted Claire.
''I miss all of you too, but I don't know when I'll be coming back to work but I will come back. ''

Everybody was happy to hear that she will be back as soon as she's feeling better. She stayed a little while than she had to go back home to see Barbie. Before leaving, she got a group hug from her colleague. She told everybody that they were more than welcome to come visit her at her place.

''Barbie, I'm home! ''

''And I'm done with all the calls! ''

''Who's in? ''

''Carolyn, Norrie, James and my dad! ''

''What about Joe and Sam? ''

''Joe is spending Christmas with his family and Sam has extra hours at the hospital. ''

''Alright! ''

''So, what about your promised me earlier. ''

''Let's go, catch me if you can! ''

She started to run around, Barbie was chasing her. Once he got her, he kissed her and brought her to their bedroom.