Hey everyone! Holy cheez-it balls, thank you for the reviews on chapter 1. Here is chapter 2, enjoy!
"Jace!" Bliss covered my body, sweet thrills crawling up from my toes through my adrenaline pumping veins. I hear a knock on the door, I was smiling so broadly I squeezed my eyes shut and laughed from such happiness. I opened the cool metal doorknob quickly, Jace was revealed in a red and white elbow-sleeved shirt with black basketball shorts. The tips of his honey hair curled, it has grown out about 2 inches longer, I wasn't sure if I liked the new length but right at the moment it didn't matter. I snaked my hands around his neck and lightly jumped up and down making loud stomps throughout the house.
"What is it?" he laughed as his hand brushed through my hair, I stopped the jumping and enjoyed that euphoria for the slightest moment. I backed out so I looked straight into his swirling eyes that I called home, his skin already starting to tan from Spring. I had a feeling he already knew but I burst out my excitement anyways.
"We're pregnant!" I say in pure glee, a broad smile took over his face so his eyes crinkled in the sides, his cheeks turned slightly rosy, he just seemed to glow brighter than usual.
"Clary!" he gasped as I shut him up with a kiss of delight. He did not complain and kissed me back. His lips were slightly chapped but were still his lips, I melted into the kiss. I wrapped my arms back around his neck as I went up on my tip-toes, one of his hands on my waist while the other rubbed the back of my neck. Our jaws working together, our bodies moving closer. His hand stopped rubbing my neck and cupped the small place and broke our kiss softly.
"This is amazing, I love you so much Clarissa!" he said wrapped in ecstasy, I pecked my on the lips. "How will we tell Abigail?"
"Later, maybe tomorrow or something. I'm not sure, today?" I ask as I bite my lip, still smiling while doing it.
"Whenever you'd like my love." he said as his eyes drooped and he rubbed his nose with mine, it tickled but I continued in the act. I heard slaps against wood along with the knocking of it. Abby was at Jaces leg on her hands and knees, she slowly grabbed onto his pants and sort of stood up, she really wants to walk and she is learning it fast.
"Is mama otay?" she asks with a line in between her eyebrows, Jace looked down at her round face with a smile and said, "Yes, she is just excited babydoll."
"Oh." she said as she looked up at her and smiled where I saw a slight bump in her gums, no wonder she is chewing on all of her toys lately. "'Bout wha?" she said, I let my hands fall loose from Jaces neck as he picked her up and gave me a look asking, Should we tell her now? I give him a nod.
"You are going to have a baby brother or sister, your mama has a baby in her tummy. You will be an older sister to them." he said gently, she puckered her lips in a bit confusion but when her eyes flickered she got the message.
"Oh...wow!" she yelled and her hands came up her bright face with a bright smile. "Here?" she asked as she rubbed her tummy over her yellow sunflower shirt and white leggings, her diaper popping out a bit.
"Yes," answered Jace sweetly. "When will I see da baby?" she asks, "A few months, mommys tummy will get bigger and bigger until the baby wants to come out." I smile at their sight.
It was now 3:55, I realized I was meeting with Jordan.
"Shhh," realizing Abby was in front of my drawing scribbles with crayons on the floor and me trying to stop my cussing I quickly covered myself, "Shoot." I say as I sit up and grab my purse, their house was at least 10-15 minutes out. I grab my phone and shoot a text to Jordan telling him I'll be running a bit late. It was too late to get a sitter for Abby and I couldn't drop her off at anyones house, I guess she'll come. That's when I realized I was being stupid, she had to come because it was an appointment for her. I mentally slap myself yet giggle to myself.
"Can I come?" Abby asks as she runs as fast as she can on her hands and knees to pull on her shoes, she loves going places with me, Jace soon appears trotting down the stairs and pecked me on the lips with a dash of a smile. Looks like the whole family was in a rush.
"Yes, lovebug, grab your shoes, Jace do you have the keys?" I ask him, he holds up his right hand, the keychain around his index finger, I sigh with relief. I swing Abby in my arms, she tsks when my arm hits her ribs, her eyes closed, when they opened tears were in her little red eyes. I kiss her nose and we all head out the door.
Jace knocks on the door, I close the car door from getting her out of her car seat. Luckily, Maia said to just have it at their house so we didn't have to deal with big hospital crowds and waiting rooms. Maia swung open their door and greeted us with a bright smile, from what I can see on the inside of their house it looks like a cabin. Not a cabin in the woods sort of thing but one of those cabins on the winter slopes. From the outside it was a small house but looked huge on the inside.
"Hey you guys!" she says and stands aside, I then saw Jordan walking out from a hallway and hastily turning down the News on the T.V. "C'mon in, would you guys like some water or soda or something?" We walked inside, wood walls and floors with a dark green rug, a long glass coffee table and a brown leather couch from what I could see so far. A few paintings and family picture on the wall behind their T.V which was playing "The O'Riley Factor" A political/news channel. I knew it all to well in my childhood when my dad played it non stop. A big window by the door with white curtains, I smile at the small yet dainty place.
I usually always say I'd pass but it was warm outside and with winter in New York always being frosty, I was not used to it. "If I could have a water-"
"Wa-wa! Wa-wa!" Abby wiggles in my arms, I slightly grip down just so she won't plop down on the pavement. That gave me a nasty, horrible mental image and I wiped it away as fast as I could.
"Sorry about that." I say, Maia closes the door behind her and shrugs as she goes off into what I believed the kitchen. A sink and pictured covered fridge was all I could see from here. Jordan pats a seat next to him inviting Abby to sit, I sit her down as looked down to the leather and did swirls with her fingers on it.
"Alright, hey Abigail. My name is Jordan." he says sweetly, she looks down at her toes and blushes pink, she knew Maia well but didn't know Jordan at all. She has picked up my shyness to new people. "I won't hurt you, has anything been hurting you though?"
"Here." she points to her side -ribs- quietly and shyly. Jordan gives a tight smile to Jace, Jace smiled at both of them. Jordan knew she was shy very fast, Maia returned with two kitchen chairs for us to sit on and a glass of ice water for me and a sippy cup of water for Abby. "Thank you." I say to Maia, she flashes me a smile and disappears down the hall.
"Can you lay down for me like a big girl?" he asks, she obeys and rests her head on the arm rest, she examined Jordan contently as he grabbed his blue gloves. "Alright, we are ready. Mom, dad, was exactly has been the problem?" he asks like any doctor would, no matter if he knew us or not.
"Well," Jace starts, "More frequently she has complained about them during the day-" I was unaware of this, I spend everyday all day with Abby. Maybe she just goes to Jace with everything, makes sense considering them being so close n' all. She tells Jace everything. "and lots more while she sleeps the past few months. Since of her underdevelopment we thought that's what it was at first but it came up more often, yada yada yada."
"Okay…" he drawls as he feels around her ribs but when he switched to the right rib she responded with, "No. Dis one." she pointed to her left rib. Her sassiness was not from me and I can guarantee that. Jordan hid a smile, but as he kept feeling around her ribs he came down to her waist, Abby started giggling. Like me, she was very ticklish in her ribs.
"I can't seem to feel anything, her ribs seem strong like they should but I will do an x-ray now. Although I do think their might be slight bruising on her ribs but, that can't be the only thing waking her up at night." he says, I bite my lips which ends up tearing off tender skin, I close my hand around Jaces. "Alright, I am going to put this big machine over your tummy, it won't hurt you okay it will just be warm." When an adult says warm to a kid that means hot, they're just trying not to scare them. Jace and I exchange a look, the same thought, he looked worried with his flushed cheeks and his finger tap on his shorts.. I pulled a red strand behind my ear and exhaled heavily.
"Jordan…" I warn before he puts the x-ray machine over my timid girl. He got my note and gave me a nod while closing his eyes momentarily, but that still didn't calm my nerves over it. He move his machine over her, I look over to Abby, she looked back at us and gave me a toothless smile with her nose scrunched.
"Warm!" she exclaimed with happiness, I smile back at her. As Jordan looked over the machine he sighed i looked at us. I didn't really want Abby being in here to hear this because she might get freaked out, perfect timing I heard footsteps down the hall and Maia appeared.
"Hey Abby, ask your mommy and daddy if I can take you to the park with Zachary, he's been dying to meet you." she says with a smile, little Zach crawling on the ground after his with a blue pacifier in his mouth, sucking away happily. Abby turns to Jace and I will pleading eyes, "Yes, it is okay with my and daddy." I say, she kisses me on the cheek quickly, Jace too, that's my lovebug.
"Do you want me to grab her carseat? Here, let me go get it-" Jace begins as he starts sitting up.
"Oh no, no! Your okay, if you want me just to grab it I will." she says kindly, Zach held on to Maia's leg, he looked like a mama's boy.
"On;y if you want." Jace says and with a goodbye from Maia they went off to the park, "Honestly, be completely truthful. How bad are her ribs?" He sighs, Jordan was able to print the analyzation from the machine and handed one to us. Before I could see what was wrong Jordan had already announced it.
"Abby seems to had bruising on the top half of her left ribs and a 2 chipped ribs. I am not sure what could have chipped he ribs- nothing to worry about though, they will heal in 5 weeks time. But simple accidents could have caused the bruising." he says, I see the scan, he was correct. Tears show in my eyes and I blinked them back as much as I could, my poor baby girl. Jace grips the side of my arm as he stares down at the sheet.
"Is there something we can do to...to speed up the healing?" Jace sounded just as nerve-wracking and upset about this as I felt. His expression was heartbreaking.
"I thought you'd ask, here, take these." he handed me an orange small prescription bottle with about 20 white pills in this. "They can dissolve in any liquid or you can put it in with her food, give her these 2 times daily. One in the morning, one in the evening, if it bothers her during the night-only if needed- you can give her another making 3 a day. So instead of 5 weeks you'd have about 2 and a half weeks. I can't speed it up anymore."
"Thank you." I say but it barely came out audible.
I've been meaning to put this up with all the nice reviews but I got a bit of writers block and I've been stuck reading Project Marriage, it is on my favorite story list you have to read it! Also I went into more full detail for this chapter which I hope will be in all of them I'm just having a hard time figuring out what to plan for this series which doesn't put much creativity into my work. (Sorry, I didn't have time to proof read!) Thank you for reading, please review, byyyyyyyye!