"Well then I'll give you a call, when the results come in" said the Doctor.
"Thank you" I said.
John held the door open as I walked outside and he followed me. I glanced up at him as he stood next to me. "Thank you John, for being here. Even after what we've been through."
"It's alright Lea, of course I'd be here. Maybe we could go somewhere to talk?" he said.
"Um... alright, there's a Starbucks downstairs. We could sit and have coffee" I suggested.
He nodded and we went downstairs. After taking a sip of my coffee free, strawberries and cream frappachino I felt ready to speak with him. Anxiety filled my body, looking at him again sitting in front of me; I wondered what he was going to tell me.
"Lea, I want you to know that I'm not angry at you, at first I was, I was absolutely furious but after some time, I felt like I could see that maybe our whole relationship was just a fantasy especially for you. You were madly in love with someone and your heart was so hurt that it just latched onto anything, that being me."
"I did love you John, it's not like I was just taking advantage of you or your love."
"I know you loved me, but I was just the rebound. The real person you were supposed to be with was... Wade. I mean it was obvious the first time I was in the room with the two of you. This whole time I thought the threat was Randy but it was actually Wade" he said, "I just want to ask why you didn't tell me earlier?"
"If I knew, I would have told you earlier and saved you from any of this. You were the last person that I wanted to feel any of this" I said, "I care for you a lot, you mean a lot to me, John."
He smiled, "I think I always knew, that I wasn't the one for you but I just loved you so much that I thought maybe I could be."
"John, I wish I could say that I wish we had never met and I could save you the hurt but I'm going to be selfish and say I'm glad to have met you, you turned my depressing, lonely life into something meaningful, you brung colour in my life. We may not be together but I still care for you, I mean if you're the father then you'd have brought the most important thing in my life, a child."
He smiled, "If this is my child, I would love to be there for him or her. I want to be there through the whole thing. I still care for you to and I will love this child more than anything" he said.
"I know you will" I said, "You would be an amazing father."
"But... there is also Wade, who I know you want to be the father."
"More than anything."
"And that brings me to what I wanted to tell you, after you left your friend Alexandra came to see if I was alright, Adele and Phil were there but she seemed to care more about me" he explained, "As the weeks past, I kept bumping into her in Miami, when I got home and then we started getting a little closer and I found her to be very attractive. I wasn't ready to be with someone else, but as we spent time together. I began to like being with her, she was really patient and kind... I want to date her, but I felt like I needed closure from you first."
"That's great news; Alex is a very kind and genuine person. I think love could blossom easily between the two of you" I said, "I'm happy for you two, actually Wade told me."
"Oh yeah, Mr Barrett... I see that he thinks that it's best if we didn't see each other. But I have to say I was a little hurt to see him giving me my ring back."
"I had no idea he had even gone to meet you, I had no idea that he had given you the ring and that he gave you money that I owed you. I was a little sad because I wanted to do that myself but he was just looking after me."
"No, I totally get it; I know Wade is very protective of you. You mean a lot to him and I hope that he is the father, because you two could start your own family with Adele. I'm glad that you went with him, I knew he was the one you should be with."
"Thank you John, it means a lot to me hearing you say that" I said.
He smiled, "Well, what are you doing now?"
"Today was my last day at work."
"Wade fired you?" he joked.
"No, we agreed that maybe us working together would be a little hard since we're living together" I said.
"So you moved into the Barrett mansion" he said.
He was really beginning to annoy me. "Yes... I moved into his house" I said, "I was offered another job and I took it."
"Oh that's great, what is it?" he asked.
"It's at Randy's office; he said he needed an assistant so I said I'd go."
"You're going to work with Randy!" he exclaimed, "Are you insane Lea? Randy is my friend but he just wants to trap you."
"No he isn't, I'm just going to work and I'm sure he isn't going to want to be with someone who is carrying someone else's child" I said touching my stomach.
"Look, I really want you to be happy and if it isn't with me then I know it is with Wade. You have no idea even though I would love this child to be mine; I am also praying that it is Wade's child. I want you two to be together, to live happily ever after."
"Thank you John, but we will whether I work with Randy or whether this child is yours" I said, "I know he loves me a lot and we he'll love this child as much as his own."
"I'm just saying be careful, I don't want him to ruin anything for you. You're about to be a mother something I know you are very sensitive about and as much as I'd like to be there, I know Wade loves you. I don't want Randy ruining that for you."
...
I drove home after meeting with John; I felt a lot better after talking to him. I felt like I could move on with my life and so could he, but we couldn't if this baby was his. As I walked inside the house this amazing aroma filled the house, I could see Molly busy in the kitchen.
"How did everything go, dear?" she asked.
"We'll know next week" I said nervously.
"It'll be alright sweetheart, you don't need to fret. How was it seeing John?"
"It was intimidating, but we are fine now. He seems a lot better from the last time I saw him."
"Why don't you get some rest dear, I'll call you when Wade gets home."
I hugged Molly tightly; I didn't know how I would get through any of this without her. Sometimes I wished she was my real Mum. "I love you Molly, I would be so alone without you."
"I love you too, dear" she said.
Later that night, Phillip and Adele had come over. It was nice to have them over, another couple for us to converse with. It was also nice to see Phil and Wade speaking to each other about something other than work. The two were watching a Rugby Union match on television; ironically it was England vs. USA. Adele and I were sitting in the kitchen; she sipped her glass of wine while I sipped my glass of water, I told her I was feeling a cold coming on, so I wasn't going to drink.
"So how is the wedding planning going?" I asked.
"It's going well, Phil and I have gone to see a few place. But he's rather picky" she said.
I laughed, "Well do you guys have a date?"
"Not yet, we are thinking January next year."
"Sounds fantastic, I'm really happy for you and Phil. You two seem perfect together" I said.
"She blushed, he's amazing. I'm glad he came back and we're together again. I can't see myself without him" she said.
"So what happened between you two? I mean how and when did he come back? I have so many questions" I said.
"Well, I was at work when Wade said that he had something important to tell me, he told me that he wasn't going to come to your wedding and that he would be moving to Miami permanently. I told him that it was alright and that I wouldn't be coming to with him, he had ventured the idea that if I wanted to come I could just to see Miami. It only would have been a colleague trip, nothing else" she said.
"I understand" I said, smiling at her.
"Then he told me that it would be better for me to stay here, because someone was here just to see me. I turned around and there was Phil, I had never been happier to see him and he was to see me. Wade explained that he wanted Phil to have his job back and Phil had complained to him about how much he missed me. I'm so grateful to him for bringing Phil back; Wade told us that he knew Phil and I needed to be together. We were both so unhappy."
"Wade brought you two together?" I asked.
"He did, if it wasn't for him then I don't know if we would have gotten together. I was so angry with Phil but then Wade explained to me that he really needed Phil to go to New York. But he didn't like seeing me unhappy and with Drew. So he asked him to come back, it cost him millions to bring him back but he did it for us."
I gazed at Wade watching the rugby match, a beer in one hand and he had his daughter Adele on his lap as they watched the television. Wade was trying to get her to cheer for England but she kept teaming with Phil to cheer for USA. My heart warmed up to him even more knowing that he had done what he did, for Phil and Adele. "I'm proud that he did that for you two, especially for you my best friend. But I want to know about the proposal."
"Phil and I were at my house, we were lying in bed after sleeping together and then we were just watching a movie some romantic movie it was in Spanish and there was nothing else on because it was so late. Then Phil looks at me as he grabs my hand and raises it toward his lips and kisses it. I just snuggle next to him, my head in on his chest and I'm stroking his chest with my fingers. He starts talking about how he wants to stay like this forever and I tell him that I would to. Then he grabs a box from the bedside table and I'm just watching him open it, then I notice a diamond ring inside. My eyes are filled with tears as he's asking me to marry him."
"Then..." I said in anticipation.
"I said yes and then he put the ring on my finger, I love him so much" she said gazing at him.
"He is an amazing, great guy and that was just so sweet and romantic."
"I know in time you and Wade will have a beautiful wedding of your own, maybe have some children" said Adele, "I cannot wait to be married and live my life with Phil."
"Someday maybe, Wade and I will get married and have children" I said.
"Maybe we should rejoin them" said Adele.
"I knew she just wanted to cuddle her fiancé. "Yeah, let's see what's happening with them."
Adele sneaked herself under Phil's arm, which he wrapped around her tightly as he kissed her lips. I watched the happy engaged couple as I sat next to Wade. I could smell his beer consumed breath as his mouth met my cheek. I smiled at him, whispering in his ear "I love you."
He grinned and whispered "I know about the baby, I found the pregnancy test in the bathroom and I've never been happier."
My eyes grew wide, after hearing the words leave his lips. I then remembered that I had taken a couple of tests at home, to make sure if I truly was pregnant. I didn't know how to act, he knew that I was pregnant but I didn't know who the father was.