Chapter 3

Immediately, Juliet was overcome with regret. She fumbled with the dishes on the table and the cups of coffee, picking them up and bringing them to the sink. Shawn was still silent. Juliet pretended to be busy with the dishes in the kitchen, grabbing clean ones from the cabinets and washing them. Shawn appeared behind her quietly and spoke, making her jump. She pushed the hair out of her face, she wanted to smile, but tried to be strong. Her stomach was fluttery from the passionate kiss.

"Jules, you don't have to do this." Shawn smiled; she always got flustered, but it was so cute the way she handled it.

"Do what?" She played dumb, resisting the urge to kiss him again.

"You know, get all flustered about what just happened. It was just a kiss." Shawn reasoned.

A wonderful, passionate, amazing, spontaneous, kiss. She thought. Juliet had never experienced that type of spark before.

"No, Shawn. It- I.. It was a kiss, kiss. Not some regular kiss. It wasn't supposed to-" She stuttered.

Shawn cut her off. "-Be wonderful." he joked, a chuckle escaped his mouth. Juliet sighed and giggled. She resisted kissing him again, knowing she would get more flustered.

"There." Juliet threw her arms in the air. "I gave you a fair chance. My conscience is happy again, you can leave." She joked.

"You felt guilty?" he played, this time laughing a bit. Juliet's face turned bright red, she turned back to cleaning the clean dishes.

Shawn smiled and came closer to her, wrapping his arms around her from behind. His arms wrapped right around her slightly puffy stomach. Juliet turned around to face him; Shawn's arms stayed wrapped around her waist. She playfully wiped her watery soapy hand on his shirt. He dipped one hand in the soapy water and flicked it into Juliet's face, leaving bubbles on her nose. She scrunched up her face and wiped the bubbles off.

"Hey!" she giggled flicking the bubbles back onto his face.

Shawn let go of Juliet, "It's on!" he proclaimed, grabbing a handful of water and trowing it at Juliet. She squealed, turning on the water and grabbing the shower attachment on the sink. Her hand squeezed the button, spraying Shawn with water. He reached his hand over and turned the shower towards her.

"Take that!" he laughed as Juliet squealed. Shawn turned off the water and looked down at the puddle on the floor. "Now look at the mess you've made!" he joked. Juliet giggled and started walking to the bathroom to get towels. Her foot slipped and she fell backwards, Shawn catching her in his arms. "Careful!" he laughed, leaning in closer to kiss her. This time, Juliet embraced it, she wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him for as long as she could.

Juliet's heart felt warm, it felt right to kiss Shawn this way. He was just so perfect for her and she knew it, but was he a good dad? Juliet pulled back from their amazing kiss. She stared into his hazel eyes, she wanted to kiss him again, so she did. Shawn picked her up, holding one hand under her legs and one under her head. He didn't break their kiss as he walked towards the couch, placing her there.

"I'll get the towels." he smiled, walking into her bathroom. Juliet sat on the couch, her brain was clogged with feelings. Guilt, Regret, Love, Happiness, Sadness, Anger. Shawn dropped the towels on the floor and cleaned up the mess. He put the wet towels in the laundry room and sat next to Juliet. He stared at her face, it looked stressed.

"Are you okay?" he asked, scooting closer to her.

Juliet pulled her knees close to her chest and hugged them. She placed her chin on them and sighed. "I don't know. I guess I'm stressed." Juliet admitted. "I don't even know if I want a baby." she continued, feeling like an awful soon-to-be-mother.

Shawn smiled, "I think you'll be a great mom, and I'll be a great..." his voice trailed off, he didn't want to jump to conclusions.

"Dad." Juliet finished for him. A smile grew on his face.

"How about we call a doctor? So you can see how Juliet Jr. is doing." Shawn suggested handing her his phone.

Juliet nodded, she stood up from the couch and grabbed a phone book to find a Obstetrician's number.

Juliet dialed it into the phone and waited for an answer.

"Hello, This is the Santa Barbara Pregnancy Clinic, Carla speaking." Carla answered on the other end.

"Hi, I would like to schedule an appointment to get a pregnancy test done, and a check-up." Juliet explained.

"Okay, can I have your name please?" Carla asked kindly.

"Juliet O'Hara." She replied.

"Okay, we have an appointment for tomorrow at 5:00 PM. Is that okay?" the secretary asked.

Juliet thought for a second, "Yes, that'll be fine." she thanked Carla and hung up.

Shawn looked at her questioningly.

"I have an appointment tomorrow at 5:00 PM." she told.

"What about work?" he asked, knowing Juliet got off of work at 6:30 PM.

Juliet shrugged, "I'll think of something." she pushed the thought away. She sat back down on the couch and rested her head on the arm of the couch. Shawn sat down next to her and smiled.

"I think I'll go. I have to be at work soon." he told Juliet. She nodded as Shawn walked to the door. "See you soon." he said, waving goodbye.

Juliet sighed as she heard the door close. She didn't know why but tears filled her eyes, falling down her face. Everything that had happened in the past hour and a half wasn't supposed to. She was supposed to just talk with him and then be less guilty, not kiss. Juliet buried her face in the arm of the couch, letting her tears soak the fabric.