March 18th dawned bright and clear and temperatures promised to swell into the 90s. Despite a few more near melt downs on Sara's part and Nick nearly hyperventilating at the tux fitting at the reality that he was actually getting to marry Sara, they'd made it to their wedding day; all of the details that had at first seemed insurmountable were now behind them. All they had to do was show up at the country club, walk down the aisle and say 'I do'.
If only it could have been that easy.
Sara woke up feeling sick to her stomach. Despite her rationalization that she was just nervous, she had one little nagging doubt. She rarely got sick for reasons other than the smell of decomposing flesh and she knew herself well enough to know that it sure as hell wasn't food poisoning either. By the time the ceremony was about to begin Sara was seriously wondering if she was pregnant. It was definitely possible; she and Nick had never bothered to use any protection and there had been plenty of opportunities for her to get pregnant; once they'd started having sex they couldn't seem to get enough of each other. If she was pregnant she wasn't going to be disappointed since they both wanted children, Sara had just thought it would take longer than this. Her wedding day was not the day that she hoped to find out that she and Nick were going to have a baby.
Thankfully, everyone else just thought that she was nervous and despite feeling sick she looked beautiful. The Dolce & Gabbana gown made her a vision that made Nick's mom cry when she saw her. Jillian Stokes had thought this day might never come; especially after Nick was kidnapped. Now she was just so thankful to welcome Sara into the family.
Too soon the music announcing that it was her turn to walk down the aisle came and as she slipped her arm through the tux clad arm of Jim Brass who had gladly agreed to give her away, Sara put on a brave smile and walked forward.
The rest of the ceremony was a bit of a blur.
Nick's grin was ever present and she recalled smiling through tears as Warrick sang a song he'd written for his two friends. She even had a recollection of exchanging vows with Nick and sniffling a little as he slipped the ring onto her finger. And then the minister was pronouncing them husband and wife and after one of the most mind numbing kiss she'd ever had, everything started to spin.
Sara blinked her eyes open to find a worried looking Nick hovering over her and the wedding guests crowded around looking equally worried. She closed her eyes and groaned. "Please tell me this is a dream." Sara was completely mortified that she'd passed out on the way back down the aisle.
"Sar, are you ok? You had me worried there for a minute." Nick gently helped her to sit up and then waved everyone to step back to give them some room.
No one really seemed to notice until Jim Brass stepped in. "Let's give them some air; step back everyone." The authoritative tone in his voice seemed to work as the guests made up of Nick's family and their close friends widened the circle.
"I just felt really dizzy." She was still feeling light headed and considering the heat and the fact that she'd spent more time throwing up than keeping any food down it wasn't really all that surprising.
"Do you think you can make it inside?" Nick was helping her up now and slipping his arm around her waist intent on carrying her to the ballroom where they were having the reception if necessary. Neither one of them was really paying attention to anything but each other.
"Yeah." She was determine to not pass out again and at that moment she couldn't wait for the wedding to be over so she could tell Nick what she suspected was the cause of her dizziness.
Nick let her get about two steps before he scooped her up and carried her anyway. In response to her curious glance, he smiled at her. "I just didn't want to take any chances."
Once they were inside away from prying eyes, he settled her in a chair in a corner of the room and sat down in a chair across from her. "You sure you're ok? One minute we were walking down the aisle and the next I almost didn't catch you." His brow was deeply furrowed.
Sara didn't really want to have the conversation that she really needed to have with him right there. "I guess I just didn't eat enough..." But she knew if she didn't tell him more that he would make her eat and given the way she was still feeling, food was the last thing she wanted right then. "I'm not feeling very good."
"Let me go get you something to eat." Nick glanced over where the buffet had been set out for the reception.
"Nick, no." Sara stopped him by holding onto his hand and looked directly into his eyes. "I really don't think eating right now would be a good idea." She really wasn't sure how she was going to break the news to him or how he'd react. But then again, she had a very small window of opportunity before all of the guests made their way into the reception and somehow she didn't want to be the only one in the room that knew her secret.
"But, Sara, if you haven't eaten, maybe you'd feel a little better if you had a little something to eat." Nick knew she wasn't very good at taking care of herself and he had determined in his mind that he would do his best to make sure that he took care of her.
Sara took a deep breath and just blurted it out. "I think I might be pregnant." It came out a little louder than she'd intended but thankfully the guests were just starting to stream into the room and she didn't think anyone but Nick had heard what she said.
"What?" Nick was dumbfounded; he knew they'd never bothered to use any protection, but this news on this day in particular was a bit of a surprise.
Sara lowered her voice and looked into his eyes. "I said I think I might be pregnant...I think that's why I'm not feeling good." She knew there were plenty of other reasons why she might not be feeling well, but the fact that her period was overdue was another factor that pointed towards the conclusion she was making.
Nick's eyes widened. "Are you serious? We might be having a baby?" He couldn't contain his excitement at the prospect of becoming a father and he was tempted to just jump up and let out a whoop and tell the whole world.
"Nick." Sara whispered. "I'm not a hundred percent sure...let's not say anything until we're sure." The thought occurred to her that their wedding really wasn't the proper time or place to make that kind of announcement anyway.
Nick leaned in and kissed her, smiling as he pulled away. "Ok, I won't say a word. Now what do you say we go greet our guests?" In the back of his mind Nick decided that after the reception a little trip to the drug store to pick up a couple of pregnancy tests was in order before they left for their honeymoon.
