Chapter three

April 29, 2021

6:15 PM

Raab moved away from Dunn and looked away sadly. Dunn reached over and placed a hand beneath Raab's chin, turning Raab's face back towards him.

"Hey… don't be like this."

"Well you might as well be breaking it off with me right now."

"You now this couldn't last forever. We shouldn't have ever done this at all."

Raab looked away again "So you iare/i breaking it off. I'm sorry I ever wasted any time with you."

Raab stood up and started to leave. Dunn grabbed his arm, pulling him back.

"Wait." Raab looked at him "I don't want you to leave. Please sit down and we can talk about this."

"Alright." Raab sat down on the bed "We'll talk about how you're having a baby and how we can't be together like this any more."

Dunn sighed "Please don't say that. We can still be together."

"How? You're going to be home taking care of the new baby and you'll forget all about what we have."

"Look I know it will be hard for us to be together once the baby is born. But we can still work something out where we can still be together."

"You're the one who said we shouldn't have been together in the first place. Now you was us to try to stay together? I don't think you even know what you want. So until you do figure it out," he kissed him lightly "I'm going to be at home with my family."

Raab started to walk out of the hotel room. Dunn stood up and went over to him.

"But wait!"

Raab turned around to face him "But wait what?"

"I… I really…"

"You really what?"

"I really… care about you."

"Really? How much?"

"A lot."

"I care about you too. But I still think you should figure out exactly what you want before we do anything else."

Dunn looked down at the floor and nodded his head slightly. He looked at Raab again and wrapped his arms around his shoulders. He then gazed into Raab's eyes for a couple seconds before he planted a kiss on his lips.

May 1, 2021

3:00 PM

December lay on the examining table with his shirt up past her stomach as Dunn sat next to her in a chair holding her hand. The doctor moved the scanner pad across her stomach and looked at the image on the screen.

"Everything's looking good so far."

"It's so small." Dunn said with a slight grin

December looked at him, grinning as well "Well how big were you expecting it to be at a few weeks along?"

"I don't know… about that big I guess." He shrugged "But look at it! That's our baby." He smiled proudly

She looked at the screen and smiled "Yeah. Even though we've been through this before, seeing this baby for the first time… well it's really exciting."

Dunn leaned over and gave her a kiss "I know."

Raab household- 3:00 PM

Raab stared at Lilly in disbelief. She sat there on the couch next to him, waiting for him to give her some kind of reply. It appeared as though thoughts were running through his mind, and that he was searching for the one he would use first.

"You want us to get them a present for their baby?"

"Yeah what's wrong with that?"

"Well for one thing, the baby doesn't even have a face yet."

"Well so? They're our friends. We should do something nice for them. They would do the same for us."

"Yeah I guess."

"So do you want to help me pick out a present? It wouldn't have to be much. Just something to show our congratulations."

"Yeah sure."

"Well don't sound so excited about it, Chris." She joked

He grinned a little and looked at her "I just can't contain my excitement."

Telephone conversation- 5:07 PM

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's me."

"Ryan? What are you calling for?"

"I missed you and I had to hear your voice."

"You missed me? You mean you had time to think about something other than your baby?"

Dunn sighed "Please don't be like that. I know I've had my mind on the baby a lot, but who can blame me? You would be the same way and you know it. But, just because I'm thinking a lot about the baby doesn't mean that I haven't thought about you at all. I actually think about you a lot more that any one would realize. I can't help but think about you."

"Are you serious?" Raab asked with a grin

"Yeah of course."

Raab smiled and played with a loose string on the rug in front of him "I miss you too."

Dunn ran his fingers through his beard "Really?"

"Yeah."

"How much?"

"A lot."

"We have to find a way to cure this."

"Yes we should."

"I want to see you."

"You want to meet at our usual place?" Raab asked

"I can't really think of any where else we should go where no one would see us."

"Yeah that's true."

"When should we meet?"

"How's this weekend work for you?"

"I'm actually free this weekend."

"Great."

Dunn grinned "So I'll be seeing Mr. Johnson in room 132 then."

"Yes of course, Mr. Peterson." Raab drug out the words 'Mr. Peterson' with a sexy tone

Dunn laughed "Ok so this weekend… will that be Saturday or Sunday?"

"How about Saturday?"

"Fine. I'll see you then."

"Can't wait."

They both hung up, grinning broadly.