Title: Per Chance
Author: untapdtreasure
Rating: K+
Summary: It was on account of this that she hadn't been paying attention and had rounded the corner only to collide with a hulking frame of something solid.
A/N: this was written for a prompt on tumblr.
Devon Adair had just left the medical suite. She'd gone in for a check-up after some pretty intense symptoms had ravaged her small frame. The diagnosis-she was seven weeks pregnant. And while she had suspected, the confirmation had still taken her by surprise.
It was on account of this that she hadn't been paying attention and had rounded the corner only to collide with a hulking frame of something solid.
"Oh…" She stumbled backwards only to be caught by the same hulking frame even though he already had his hands full of a small child she figured couldn't be much more than one.
"Excuse me. Sorry. Didn't see you there…" He made sure she was steady on her feet before he released her elbow. He had been overly concerned because True, his baby daughter, had woken with the sniffles, and even though he didn't have the money- not really anyway, he had been rushing her to the doctor to get it checked out.
"No. No. It was my fault. I wasn't watching where I was walking." She smiled at the baby as it wrinkled it's nose at her and sort of waved. "Well, hello there, sweetheart."
The man looked passed her. "No harm done. Please excuse us. We have an appointment to keep." And they were already running late. "Wave bye to the nice lady, True." He watched as his daughter put her thumb into her mouth instead. He stepped around her.
Devon nodded. "Bye, True." She turned, watching the young father and the girl disappear into the medical suite that she'd just left. That would soon be her life. Rushing to the doctor at every little unknown. She touched her stomach and smiled, relaxing for the first time all morning. She could do this. In fact, she started to get excited at the prospect of being a Mom.