Chapter 10
Leaving the hospital Kelly called Donna who was sitting on pins and needles with the news and Donna insisted on Kelly having also the rest of the day off. With no other obligations Dylan and Kelly decided to go and see how the works at their house were progressing.
"Are you comfortable?" Dylan asked while they were driving through the streets of Los Angeles.
"Yeah, I am fine." Kelly smiled softly, it's been the third time he asked. This wasn't planned, but maybe ever so slowly he was going to warm up to the idea of becoming a father.
"I've been thinking, you were on the pill the whole time...how the hell did this happen?" He asked.
"I thought that by now you've figured out how babies are made." Kelly teased him.
"Come on Kel, you know what I mean." He smiled at her.
"I've been thinking about the same..." She sighed. "You remember the sushi we ordered weeks back?" Kelly asked.
"Yeah, how could I forget. Haven't seen the porcelain friend more often even while I was drinking heavily." Dylan screwed his face.
"Same here, scratch the drinking. I guess that's when it happened, everything went out, the pill included." Kelly sighed.
"That would make sense." Dylan agreed, glancing sideways he saw her deep in thoughts.
"Houston we have a problem."
"Not really, I just...I know I talked about children a lot...I just want you to know that I did not plan on this." Kelly said quietly.
"Kel..." He said pulling the car to the side of the street bringing it to stop. "I know that. I'm sorry about my words yesterday. Even though we have a very active sex life, I was not counting with this and it caught me off guard. You were on a pill, I thought we were safe. We obviously underestimated the sushi case." He smiled resting his hands on the sides of her face as he saw the tears threaten to fall.
"So you're not going to walk away?" Kelly asked teary eyed, the pregnancy hormones getting the best of her.
"Are you kidding me? Walk away from you and our baby? That's not gonna happen." He smiled brushing her tears away.
"Our daughter." She said quietly.
"Did I miss something during the ultrasound?" Dylan asked.
"No, but it's a girl. I saw her...I was dreaming of her, she'll have sandy blond hair, your eyes and your smile." Kelly rambled.
"When did you dream about all of that?" Dylan held her head in the palms of his hands stroking her cheeks with his thumbs.
"Before we got together. I saw you and a little girl around three and another baby bump." Kelly admitted.
"That's what made you return that night?" He asked.
Kelly nodded brushing her tears away. "And the fact that I've been in love with you ever since I gave you the half of cookie in kindergarten." She smiled.
He pressed his lips on her forehead. "I guess that means we'll have a daughter." He smiled.
"It may still be only a dream." Kelly said carefully.
"But I do believe in dreams and past life's and all that stuff." Dylan grinned. Turning the key in the ignition again before they continued the drive to their home.
"So what do you think? Which color?" Kelly asked holding the sampler in her hands looking around the room.
"I don't know Kel. Anything gender neutral would be fine I guess." Dylan answered. They were standing in the room that they decided would be nursery as it was closest to the master bedroom. They planned to paint both children rooms white and redo them when the time comes, but with a baby on the way there was no point to wait any longer when the rest of the house was getting painted.
"I was thinking about a blue-green or pacific blue. They can work for both a boy and a girl." Kelly offered.
"What the hell is that?" Dylan asked.
"Colors." Kelly raised her brows.
"I'm a guy, Kel. I can recognize sixteen basic colors. There are no such things as blue-green or ocean blue or whatever that was in my world."
"Pacific blue. These two." Kelly laughed showing him both of them.
"I like the greenish one." Dylan concluded.
"We can combine it with dark wood and lime and white for a boy or do white wood and some orange, purple or pink for a girl." Kelly enthused.
"I'll leave the color combinations to you." Dylan grinned resting his arm around her shoulders as they headed outside the room.
"Hey, I was talking in basic colors." Kelly protested.
"I appreciate that, but that will still be your job as it was with the rest of the house." Dylan noted looking down at her.
"When do you think we can move in?" Kelly asked.
"They should finish the painting tomorrow and the first furniture comes on Friday. I think sometime next week." Dylan said as they walked down the stairs.
Kelly stood in the entry hall while Dylan talked with the painters, showing them what color they choose for nursery. The whole house was smelling with paint, with most of the rooms already painted the house was finally getting their touch.
"What are you thinking about?" Dylan asked joining her.
"It will be weird living here at first." Kelly said.
"Yes it will. I got used to the hotel, but this will be our home." He smiled.
"I'm glad you decided to look at the houses." Kelly admitted.
"Can you repeat that? I think I didn't hear you correctly." Dylan teased her.
Laughing Kelly flicked his stomach. "Let's get going, we're standing in their way and I think the smell of fresh paint is making me feel sick."
"In that case, let's get out of here." Dylan grinned taking her hand and heading outside.
Arriving into the store early next morning Kelly punched in the code opening the security lock. After returning to hotel previous evening she called Donna letting her know that she'd open the store and wasn't expecting her until lunch that day, she deserved at least a month of late mornings after the past two months.
Turning around she spotted Matt who was heading into his office. They somehow managed to avoid each other ever since that day when she broke up with him not that either of them intentionally tried to do so. It was more or less a miracle considering they worked in the same building and shared the same circle of friends. Looking up Matt saw her as well, there was no turning back now.
"Hey, you're here early." Matt noted greeting her.
"I let Donna sleep in. She deserves some rest after putting up with me for the past weeks." Kelly noted.
"Yeah, I heard it from Gina...but since we haven't seen each other. Congratulations on your marriage." Matt said kissing her cheeks.
"Thanks. It looks that everyone hears everything from Gina." Kelly said remembering Donna's words weeks back.
"She's the one I see the most as we work together and she's probably the only one who does not treat me with kid gloves." Matt said carefully.
"That did not came out right." Kelly said apologetically changing the topic. "How are you doing. Everything going well with the practice?"
"Yes, it's going well. I'm thinking of relocating to New York though." Matt explained.
"New York is a nice city." Kelly noted.
"My family lives there. Might be a nice change to be close to them again and Steve and Janet will finally have their house for themselves."
Kelly nodded. "I'm really sorry about how things ended, Matt."
"I'm not saying it was an easy pill to swallow, especially finding out you two got together, engaged and married all within a span of two months, but it would be worse if you stayed with me while you were in love with him." He noted.
"I haven't planned on it." Kelly said apologetically.
"Yeah." He smiled sadly. "I'll see you around."
Kelly breathed out, turning around she watched him ascend the stairs to his office, despite doing what she felt was right for her, she felt incredible guilt when it came to Matt. At that time she didn't know that it was the last time she saw him as he left for New York by the end of week.
