Chapter 4

Tracy's secret continued to bug me into the following morning. I got up and put on a pair of pink sweatpants and a white v-neck beater. I straightened my hair and put on a silver necklace that said princess. As I was checking myself out in the mirror I noticed that the once small bump I had was now much bigger. My breasts seemed slightly larger too and I didn't throw up for once this morning. I turned to the side and touched my belly smiling to myself as I felt it. It was then that I remembered that I had just hit my four month mark in my pregnancy. I sighed and went to my calendar, counting the months until I had my baby. I wasn't sure what the exact due date was, but I knew it would be sometime during December or early January.

I smiled feeling real excited about my little bundle of joy on the way. I imagined myself walking around the house holding him or her and singing little lullaby's and smiling at its little face. I had no clue where this new excitement came from but I sure was happy about it. I put on my white flip flops and headed out of the guest house. Just as I was about to go get the keys from my sister, I heard Mark yelling from inside.

"Why are you letting her use our car! It's bad enough you've let her use the guesthouse!" he yelled.

My sister sighed, "Mark that car is in my name…I make the payments….so it's MY car! If I want to let her use it I will!"

He sighed, "Why can't you just take her to her appointment?"

"Because I have something to do today Mark! Look if you don't want her to drive the damn car then why don't you take her to her appointment."

He chuckled, "Me? Why me?"

"Because you don't want her driving my car, and I have somewhere to go so…I'll take my car, you take her to her appointment."

"Are you kidding me? I-I…I can't do that."

She laughed, "Fine then fork over your truck."

"WHAT! Oh hell no!" he yelled. "Fine! I'll take her."

My sister sighed, "Good. Maybe now you two can talk things out."

He chuckled, "Whatever."

"Or…maybe this will be a good experience for when I have a baby…it'll be nice for you to see and ultrasound."

He was quiet for a moment and then sighed in defeat, "Yeah I guess you're right."

She walked over to him and gave him a kiss, "I don't know what you have against my sister, but please promise me you'll be nice to her. She's four months pregnant now and needs to be taken good care of. So please don't give her hell."

"Alright babe." He said before kissing her again.

I shook my head not believing she was still letting him believe she could have children for him. In some ways I felt bad for him but at the same time…it was kind of nice to have something on them. I knocked three times on the front door before my sister opened the door.

"Hey girl." She said.

I smiled, "Hey."

She glanced down at my belly and gently touched it. "Oh wow…did you grow overnight?"

"I think so. I definitely feel different for once." I said as she moved aside so I could come in.

Mark was leaning against the door frame of the living room when I came around the corner. His arms were crossed over his chest and he had this smug look on his face. Not really wanting to fight I simply smiled at him and waved, "Hey Mark."

He raised an eyebrow at me looking at me suspiciously, "Hey…."

My sister walked in behind me, glaring at him. "Well sis, since Mark is being a pain in my ass, he has the liberty of taking you to your appointment this morning."

I sighed and looked at him, "You're not going to grill me with more accusations are you?"

"Only if you don't piss me off." He said as he snatched his keys off the mantle. "Come on let's get this over with…I'll deal with you later Tracy."

She smiled at him, "Oh please. You don't scare me as much as you think Deadman."

He looked at her and then at me, "let's go."

I nodded and followed him out of the house, glaring at my sister before we left. She waved at me and then blew me a kiss that I pretended to catch.

"How long is this going to take?" Mark asked me as we walked around to the garage. "I don't plan on being in the hospital all day."

I shrugged, "I don't know. I've never been pregnant before or did you forget?"

He glared at me as we reached the garage. "No I didn't forget…"

I folded my arms as he pressed the button to open the garage. My eyes widened at the sight of all the motorcycles and Trucks he had in there. "Wow…this is so cool."

He looked at me for the first time with a soft expression. "You like bikes?"

I nodded, "Yea I think they're amazing."

"Interesting…I guess I learn something new every day." He said.

I glared at him as he led me to a big silver pick-up truck. "If you weren't such a jerk to me you would have known that."

"True, but where's the fun in being nice to you all the time?" he said as he opened the passenger side door for me. When I tried to climb in, he yanked me back down by the back of my pants.

"What the hell!" I yelled.

He shook his head, "You're pregnant…there is no way I'm letting you hop in there on your own."

I sighed feeling slightly impressed by his protection over the baby. If only my sister could have kids…he'd be a great dad. "Ok."

"Come on, put your arm around my neck." He said.

I narrowed my eyes at him. "Why?"

"Do you want to go to your appointment or not?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes and did as he said. With one swift movement, he scooped me up into his arms and gently placed me in the truck. As he was backing away from me, I moved some of my hair behind my ear and our eye locked for a few seconds.

"Thanks." I said.

He shook his head, "It's cool. Just don't get use to it."

He shut my door and walked to the other side to get in the driver's seat. I was really hoping that this day was going to go smoothly…Lord knows I really didn't feel like dealing with it.