Somebody
Chapter 25
It was Wednesday and Melia was at the doctor's office. Dave had offered to come with her, but she told him to say with the girls. She was already nervous enough about this appointment, and if he were here she would be even more nervous. She knew it was crazy, but she didn't care.
The last few days she hadn't been able to keep anything down. It was a through mess. She hated not being able to do anything. Now she was just waiting for the results. She wanted to know now and get it all over with.
"Miss Copeland," the doctor said, and Melia cringed; she wasn't into anything that formal, "you're pregnant. From the information you gave me you're most likely about 5 weeks, but we'll have to do an ultrasound to see more accurately. How about we schedule an appointment for Friday and I'll get you some prenatal vitamins." She agreed and waited for the doctor to return.
Melia knew this was going to go over like a ton of bricks. She and Dave would be happy. She was already happy just to be with him, but the rest of the world was going to have to take a little more time to accept this.
She got home and just smiled at Dave. He knew exactly what the smile was for. "We're going to have a baby," he said giving her a hug. "How exactly are we going to tell the girls?"
"I haven't figured that out yet. I haven't figured out how to tell anyone," Melia admitted. "I guess just be honest with them and answer their questions the best we can."
"Let's wait a little while before we tell the girls though. I mean things are just starting to reach some level of normalcy," Dave said.
"That's fine. They say it's easiest to lose the baby the first trimester anyway. It's better to not get them exited about it to soon. I have another appointment on Friday. They're going to do an ultra sound. I want you to come," Melia said.
"Of course," Dave said. "We can leave the girls with mom."
"I have a few phone calls to make. I don't want Adam finding this out from someone else," Melia said. She knew the longer she waited to tell him the more likely it was that someone else was going to. She also needed Alannah's advice on the situation.
"I'm gonna make some lunch any requests?" Dave asked.
"Something that isn't burned," Melia joked. "Actually grilled cheese sounds good, but just wait and I'm sure you'll get some interesting combos. When I was pregnant with Cammie I wanted chocolate ice cream and pickles."
"You don't even like pickles," Dave commented with a smirk.
"I know," Melia said. "Where are the girls?"
"Angel and Grace are watching a movie, and Cammie is in there playing quietly with them," Dave said. "I don't know how you do it all day. This morning those three have been into everything."
"It gets easier don't worry," Melia said. She went to check on the girls and found Cammie sleeping on the floor with her ever present blanket and Angel and Grace were almost at end of Aladdin.
She picked Cammie up and put her in her crib before calling Adam.
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Adam was off in his own thoughts about how to actually go through with at least a conversation with his father when his phone rang. He checked the caller id and saw that it was Melia.
"What do you want?" Adam joked.
"I don't want anything. I call you other times beside when I want something," Melia said.
"Okay, if you say so," Adam said. "What's going on?"
"I have something to tell you that you won't want to hear," Melia told him.
"If you want to tell me you're moving in with Dave I already figured that out since more and more of your and Cammie's stuff seems to be there," Adam teased.
"Adam shut up," Melia told him. "I'm trying to be serious. I'm pregnant."
"WHAT?" Adam asked. "How in the hell could you be pregnant?"
"Adam you don't need to ask that question your wife's going to have a baby soon," Melia said.
"Does Dave know?" Adam instantly asked. He wanted to know how quickly he needed to get up to D.C. and kick the other man's ass.
"Dave knows. He's cool with it. He's actually kind of exited," Melia told her brother hoping he didn't come up and do something stupid.
"You haven't even known the man 6 months," Adam protested.
"You knew right away that Alannah was the one for you," Melia said. "You were talking about marrying her by the time you guys had dated for 6 months."
"There was a lot less baggage involved in my and Alannah's relationship than yours and Dave's. You guys both have other people to look out for, too," Adam said.
"Adam, chill. I have someone to go all parental on me and it's not you. Mom is going to freak out when I tell her. She's not really big into this whole having kids before you're married thing. Trust me I know," Melia told him.
"So you told me before you told Mom?" Adam asked amazed. Melia usually told their mother everything right away.
"Only because I need to talk to Alannah and I don't want her to have to keep a secret from you. I couldn't do something like that," Melia said.
"I'll get Alannah while I try to absorb everything that I've heard. My little sister is going to have a baby with a man she barely knows," Adam said.
"Shut up and give your wife the phone," Melia said irritated.
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Melia knew as best he was trying to brush it off Adam was freaking out inside. He always covered freaking out with humor. He didn't like to show his emotions very much, unless they were happy emotions.
She talked to her sister-in-law for a while asking advice on how to get rid of morning sickness, or in he case all day sickness. Unfortunately, Alannah didn't have any advice on that one. Alanna did, however, manage to calm her down a little bit before she knew that she had to tell her mother the news.
Melia dialed the familiar digits with the dread of a child who knew they were about to be in some major trouble. She knew it was coming, and it would probably be just as bad when she told her father and Jay.
"Mama, I'm pregnant," Melia told her when she picked up the phone. She didn't want to prolong the inevitable.
"Have you told Dave?" her mother asked.
"Yeah, he's okay with it. I mean he's actually kind of exited," Melia said hoping that it would help soften the blow.
"Melia Nicole, not once but twice. I thought I taught you better than that," her mother began. Melia knew where this was going. Somehow it was going to end in the fact that she was carrying on, in her mother's terms as a common prostitute. And of course it did.
"Mama, why can't you just be happy for Dave and I? We're going to become parents and I was honest with you even though I knew that you would be disappointed in me," Melia said. She was happy now that she had convinced Adam to let her talk to Alannah before he got to this point.
"Well if you would quit going against the natural order of things and get married before and of this happened then I wouldn't have to get after you so much," her mom chastised.
"Mama, the natural order of things is for a man and woman who love each other very much to want to have a child. Granted this child wasn't exactly planned Dave and I did want to eventually get married and have children together," Melia said hoping this would calm her mother down some.
"Then why couldn't it have waited until after you got married? If you would have just learned to say no a long time ago then you wouldn't be unmarried and have a child and another one on the way," she said.
"Mama, you love Cammie more than anything. Can you honestly say that you wish she wasn't here right now?" Melia said remembering the time that she thought she had lost Cammie and her mother was right there with her.
"But the world would be so much easier for you if you didn't have children until you got married," her mom said.
"You were married before you had children and the world was still hard on you," Melia said. "I know Daddy left you, but Dave isn't like that. I know you're trying to protect me from getting hurt. Dave's not going to hurt me. He wants to have this baby and he wants us to be together."
"I hope for your sake he's right, and I expect to see you one more time before the baby's born. I want to give you both a piece of my mind," her mother said half joking half serious.
"I'll try Mama, I've been really busy with the girls, Dave, work, and everything else," Melia said.
"Well, I expect to see a sonogram picture at least," her mother said. "And if you ever need anything you know where to find me."
"I know. Bye Mama, I love you," Melia said before hanging up and again heading to the bathroom as a wave of nausea hit her.