Chapter 53

Dom stopped pacing and followed her to the bathroom. He waited by the door for her to come out. When she walked out her eyes were shiny, he didn't know what to think. He waited for a second before asking the inevitable, "So… are you pregnant?"

Tori nodded her head unable to speak, she was still frozen from shock. Dom on the other hand was ecstatic, he grabbed her and hugged her tightly, then kneeled down and kissed her still flat stomach. When he came up to kiss her lips, he realized she was unresponsive. "What's wrong, why are you crying?" he asked.

Tori walked away from him going back into the bedroom where she sat down on the bed. "Everything's wrong Dom, I'm pregnant." She buried her face in her hands letting the tears escape her. "I can't believe this."

Dom chuckled, "Well we haven't exactly been safe lately."

She lifted her head, giving him the evil eye "This isn't funny Dom. What about Trish, are you forgetting the fact that she's five months pregnant with your child? This can't be happening to me, not now."

"So what are you trying to say?" He asked. Dom pulled Tori to her feet looking her in the eyes. "If you're thinking about an abortion you can forget it."

"You know that's not what I want Dom, I don't know how you can even think that." Being angered by what he said, she pushed away from him.

Dom shook his head not knowing exactly how to handle the situation. "I don't know what to think right now, you're confusing the shit out of me." He shouted. Now they both were yelling. This wasn't how Dom pictured it going at all.

Tori turned around to face him with seething eyes. "You're confused? How do you think I feel?" she asked.

They were at a standstill, neither side knew what to say or do. Tori stood on one side of the room, while Dom stood on the other. He just watched her standing there with her arms folded, chewing on her lips pensively. Finally he gave in; Dom walked over to Tori and wrapped his arms around her. He sighed and spoke calmly to her. "I don't know unless you tell me."

Once his arms were around her Tori instantly felt that familiar sense of warmth and security she always did when in his embrace. She sighed and placed her hands on his forearms. "Don't get me wrong Dom, I want this baby, but what if something happens, I can't go through losing another child."

He turned her around to face him, when he did he saw the silent tears she was shedding. "You're not alone, I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. We'll get through this together." Dom wiped her tears away and kissed her on the forehead.

"We are so messed up." Tori giggle through the tears while shaking her head.

"She laughs; I take that as a good sign." said Dom, he was just glad to see her smile.

"I'm just trying to picture you going up to a cashier and buying a pregnancy test. I would have paid to see that."

"Yeah well you missed your chance." He spoke with a hint of amusement.

"Dom, I don't want to tell anyone, at least not yet. I think it would be better if we wait until after the first trimester, just to be on the safe side."

"If that's what you want to do."

The day of Tori's doctor's appointment finally arrived. She and Dom had to sneak off during lunch so they wouldn't raise any suspicions. It had barely been a week of keeping the secret, and Dom was ready to burst like a bubble. He was just itching to tell someone that he was going to be a father. This was strange, because he didn't feel this overjoyed when he found out that Trish was pregnant. That's probably because with her he felt obligation, and with Tori, well that was another story. He felt pride in knowing that at this very moment, she was carrying his child. The only thing left now, was for the doctor to confirm it.

Dom watched as the doctor squeezed clear gel onto her stomach, from the way she flinched at first contact he knew it was cold. He looked over at Tori and smiled, he knew she was nervous, hell so was he. The doctor slowly slid the wand across her belly while watching the screen. The room was completely quiet; they were all waiting to find something, anything.

The doctor kept prodding; she moved the wand up a little further, but then quickly moved it back down. Her eyes peered at the screen and she let out an exciting gasp, "there it is!" Dom moved closer to get a better view of the screen. The doctor zoomed in on the fetus, "Based off what you told me, and from the size of the fetus, I'd say you're about six weeks."

Dom looked at the undeveloped fetus in awe; he didn't take his eyes off of it for one second. "Wow Tori, do you see this?"

Tori just smiled gazing at Dom, he was so sure of everything and at that moment, she was too. "Yeah it's amazing."

Dom touched the spot on the screen that was his child, "it's so small."

"Give it time, it'll grow." The doctor took a photo of the fetus. She then sat the wand down and turned up the lights. "Okay, now that, that's out of the way, I have a few concerns to go over."

"What concerns?" Dom asked.

"Well you've had complications in the past with previous pregnancies, so I'm worried about you being able to carry this baby full term."

"You and me both." Tori said in almost a whisper, but the people in the room still heard her. That was her main concern, after losing two children she figured the gods just didn't have kids in the layout for her.

"Whatever stress you have in your life, I want you to eliminate it; I want this to be a stress free pregnancy." The doctor said focusing the last part on Dom.

"Why are you looking at me?" he asked.

"Because she knows that men are the leading cause of stress." Tori smiled and caressed his cheek.

The doctor laughed with her and stood up. "I'll leave you to get dressed. Any questions before I go?"

"Yeah, can we still have sex?" Dom interjected. It's been on his mind all week and she did ask if they had any questions.

"Dominic!" Tori slapped his arm.

The doctor smiled at their antics, "That's a perfectly honest question, and the answer is yes. You won't do any harm to the baby."

He nodded affirmatively, while avoiding Tori's scowl. "Thanks doc."

"I'll see you two four weeks from now, and congratulations." She exited the room leaving the bickering couple alone.