Astrid looked at the object in her hands. She can't be. Sam and her were always careful. How did this happen? To her surprise, Astrid smiled. She had always thought of being a family with Sam, even in the FAYZ. Sam, her and little Pete. She shook the thought out of her mind. Although she knew in some part of her brain that he was released of his autistic five year old body, she felt a stab of guilt. She was the one who threw little Pete out the window of Coates. Before Drake could get him.
It's done now, Astrid thought. Why be stuck in the past?
She went to the bathroom with the thing gripped tightly in her hands. A couple of minutes later, she comes back and leaves it on a paper towel. The instructions said to wait 3 minutes for the results. She looked up at the clock on the wall. Sam would me back from surfing with Quinn in about half an hour. She set a timer on her phone and went to the balcony. Looking out, feeling the nice breeze of L.A. How would Sam react? Would he be happy?
"You haven't even seen the results yet," she said out loud. Her phone rang and she jumped. The timer ended. She walked slowly to the kitchen and looked at the pregnancy test on the counter.
There were two lines.
Astrid gasped. She slowly slid against the wall until she was on the floor. "Two lines," she managed to say. "It's positive"
The door opened. Astrid got up and saw Sam, smiling and wet. His suit leaving a puddle of water on the floor.
"Hey babe," he said. He went to her and grabbed her waist. Then he gave her a small kiss. She let him but after a couple seconds she pushed him away playfully. "You're soaked! Go get changed first and then I'll let you for a little longer."
He shook his head and chuckled. He made a small salute and said "Yes m'am,"
As he was changing, she thought of how she should tell him. Maybe she should tell him tomorrow. No, she thought. You have to tell him.
"Those waves were massive," he said as he came out of the bedroom. "Quinn almost fell over and-" he stopped and looked at her, a bit worried. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Astrid led him to the couch. She sat down and felt the cushion sink as he sat beside her. He put his arm around her shoulders and waited for her to talk. After a couple seconds of thought, she did.
"Sam, I have very important news to tell you. I just don't want you to be worried or disappointed,"
He looked at her now, obviously very worried. "Astrid, tell me what's wrong,"
She looked up at him, saw his beautiful eyes and sighed. "Sam, I'm pregnant,"
He didn't say anything. Then, he hugged her and said, "This makes me the happiest man in the world."After that, they kissed for a while.