AN: I'll try to update this story and others sooner next time, by the way. I hope you're all doing well! I'm taking this awesome writing class and I really like it so far, just thought I'd share that good news! Like always I want to know what you think of new chapters so don't be shy! Thanks for still reading, I hope you're enjoying it.
Dinner ended and now it's around 10 and Paul's hanging out with Gabriel downstairs and I'm putting away clothes upstairs. The phone rings and I call to Paul that I got it and I answer it with a hello.
"Hey, it's Holly." Holly's cheery voice says as I sit down on the bed.
"Hey, Hol, how're you?" I say as I play with a thread on my sweatpants.
"Good, how about you?" she answers and I don't know what my answer is or should be. I don't know how I am ultimately, i'm scared, overwhelmed, worried, sick and so many other things.
"Fine, how are things?" I decide to say and Paul walks in.
"I just put Gabriel down." he whispers to me and he points to the nursery and I nod and he mouths 'who's on the phone?'. I answer 'Holly' and he nods and goes to his dresser.
"Pretty good, I had a lot of appointments today, I was swamped. How about you?" she replies.
"Fine." I answer and Paul turns around to look at me with furrowed eyebrows and I mouth 'what?'.
"You can tell her now if you want, you know." he whispers in an encouraging tone and he gives me a sweet smile and I nod.
"Anything new with you?" she surprisingly asks.
"Yeah, a few things actually. Um Holly I have to tell you something." I say in a serious tone and Paul winks at me before leaving the room to give me some space.
"Is everything okay, Jackie?" she asks in a worried tone.
"Yeah I guess, I dunno…" i trail off while staring at my lap.
"What is it you need to tell me?" she asks.
"Okay, it's a good thing really but it's such a big surprise and it wasn't planned and I don't know how it's going to work out.." I ramble.
"If it's a happy thing then why do you sound sad?" she questions.
"Because it wasn't planned." I admit but I still haven't told her.
"Okay, out with it, just tell me what you want to tell me." she says.
"Paul and I are having another baby." I confess and I hear her squeal.
"That's wonderful, Jackie! I'm so happy for you two!" she says in an extremely happy and positive tone and I smile at her reaction.
"The baby wasn't planned, huh?" she catches on.
"No, it just happened. The baby's due in late February and I'm just worried about having to take care of a newborn along with another baby who will be walking and getting into things." I exclaim.
"I see what you mean, but I'm sure it'll all work out. How does Paul feel about it?" she asks.
"Thanks, I hope it will and I think he's happy and he's more used to the idea of it then I am, that's for sure. I just can't believe it." I answer.
"It'll be fine, Paul will take care of you. He always has done a good job of making sure you're okay and happy, you guys will be fine with another baby." she days and I nod to myself.
"Thanks. Holly." I say genuinely.
"Who all knows?" she questions.
"Only you and Paul's parents." I answer.
"When are you going to tell yours?" she asks and I sigh and rest my hand in my chin.
"I dunno, my mom's supposed to call tomorrow just to chat so I guess I could do it then." I reply slowly.
"I'm sure your mom will be ecstatic to hear that she'll have another grand baby." holly says.
"I wouldn't doubt it." I add with a smile.
"How are you taking it then?" holly continues.
"Pretty hard." I admit.
"Oh, well I hope you feel better and I'm sure everything will turn out fine." she says positively.
"Thanks." I reply and we talk a little more and then I hang up and change for bed and Paul soon joins me.
"How ya feeling?" he asks me as we lay together on our sides and he brushes the hair out of my eyes and he strokes my cheek as we look at each other.
"Fine." I answer since I don't feel sick or anything.
Paul rests his forehead against mine and I close my eyes and soon feel his warm lips on mine and I accept the kiss and I kiss him back. It didn't stop there and we continue to kiss and I feel his hands slip under my baggy shirt to grip my waist. I feel his warm tongue play with mine and I soon get so caught in the moment the worry of the baby disappears from my mind. I'm glad for that and I love how Paul's sweet lips can always take me away to somewhere else. He gets on top of me and he pulls away from the kiss to look down at me and he caresses my cheek.
"Do you want me to take yer mind off things?" he asks with a small cheeky grin and I nod quickly and he places his lips back on mine. I strip off his thin boxers and he makes quick work of my shirt and pajama pants and we make sweet love.
The next week goes by fast and sometimes slow and now Paul and I are getting more used to the idea of us having another baby.
"We're having a baby!" I say walking into the kitchen as Paul is cooking fried potatoes and he giggles with a grin and I hug him from behind.
"You happy?" Paul asks as I rest my chin on his shoulder and I stare down at his manly hands.
"Yes, it took me awhile but yes I'm happy about it. Are you?" I say as I wrap my hands around his waist.
"Yeah, I'm happy that I'll be a dad again." he says with a smile and I kiss his warm neck. I close my eyes and enjoy the feeling of being content as Paul and I have accepted this and now we're to the point where we're happy about it.
The next two months go by fast as things get worse with the band, Gabriel gets bigger and is now 8 months old and he's such a great baby.
"I see a little bump." Paul says as we're both changing and I just stripped off my shirt and I'm now putting a new shirt on. I look down to my no longer flat stomach as a little bump appears as i'm 3 and a half months pregnant and today is the 20th of August and the summer has gone by like a breeze.
"Me too." I say as I run my hands over my smooth belly and I feel the little slope of my growing belly and I exhale. I suddenly feel a small movement under my hands and a huge grin appears on my face.
"Come here!" I say to Paul and he walks over to me shirtless with just pants on and I take his hand and lay it on the center of my stomach.
"Do you feel that?" I ask him and he moves closer to me and he nods with a huge smile. He moves to stand in back of me and he lays both his hands on my stomach as we still feel these small, fluttering movements of the baby, it feels really weird actually.
"It's been awhile since I felt a little baby move." Paul says and I nod as we look down at our hands that rest on my small baby bump.
I get bigger over the next two months and my family really was ecstatic to hear that Paul and I are expecting and the same with Paul's family and Paul and I are very happy about it. Before we weren't so happy about the news, but now we're overjoyed and excited to be bringing another one of our children into this world. We can't wait.