"Milady, are you alright?" David asked. "You look a little…?"

What was he supposed to say? Happy? Because that was it. She looked happy, and, sadly enough, that caught him off guard.

"I'm fine." She promised standing up from the couch. She walked over to him, taking his hand and giving him a kiss. All with a smile. "How was your day at work?"

"Fine." He answered slowly, looking at her suspiciously. "How was yours?" He was more than a little curious.

"Nothing interesting to report."

He thought that there must be something interesting to report, otherwise she would not be smiling still.

"Hey," she continued. "Do you mind if I call and ask the Mitchells to take Olivia home with them after church services tonight? Maybe she could spend the night and then tomorrow with Victoria and Dylan."

"Yeah, sure, if you keep this mood up."

"Oh, trust me," she leaned in closer. "It's only going to get better." Her smile faltered for a second as she added. "I hope."

David squeezed her hand, thinking that maybe he had a clue as to what she was talking about, and smiled reassuringly. "I'm sure it will."

Amanda smiled, kissed him once more and stepped outside to call the Mitchells. Only then did David notice that the Love Dare was still open on the couch.

"Dylan, can you get that?"

Dylan heard his mother's request concerning the ringing phone over the noise of his video game. He paused the game and bolted out of his room.

"Yeah. Mitchell residence."

"Wow, 'residence'. Big word, track star."

"I also know 'supercalifradilisticexpealid ocious'." Dylan shot back to the familiar young woman on the other end of the phone.

Amanda laughed. "Okay then. Well, I have a question for your parents. Would you mind keeping Olivia over night after church tonight?"

"I will go ask. Hold please."

"Okay. Thanks."

Dylan loped into the living room, hoping the request meant what he thought it did, and relayed Amanda's question to his parents.

Victoria bit her lip. "I promised Kayla that I would go with her to the clinic tomorrow morning, remember?"

"Mom, please?" Dylan entreated. "I can watch her in the morning. I think that this might be really important to Amanda. Please?"

"If you're sure…" Victoria agreed hesitantly.

Dylan nodded. "I'm sure."

"Well… okay."

"Thanks, Mom."

Dylan turned to go back to the phone, but stopped when his mom added, "Hey, Dylan?"

"Yeah?"

"You're turning out to be a pretty good big brother to that girl, you know it?"

Dylan smiled. "Thanks." The comment really did mean a lot. "But in this case, it's more of a little brother thing." So saying, he turned and ran for the phone. "Okay, I'm back. Mom said that that'll be fine. As long as you're okay with me being the one to watch Olivia for a few hours in the morning."

"Oh, well, you don't have to do that. If it's going to put you out, I could call someone else."

"That's alright. I want to."

It took Amanda a second to answer. "Why?" she finally asked cryptically.

"I think I know what's going on." Dylan answered after a pause of his own.

"I know you do." Amanda answered softly. "Why didn't you say anything?"

Dylan shrugged, shifting even though she couldn't see him. "I told you to talk to him."

"Yeah, but you never ratted me out."

"Not my place at all, and my saying something could've done much more harm than good. You were already upset with David, and I saw the silent treatment that got him, probably along with a bunch of other stuff that I didn't see. I didn't want you upset with me. Olivia's wrath was enough dislike from the Williams girls for me, thanks."

"We're Thomsons." Her correction came so quickly that Dylan knew she hadn't even thought before saying it.

"Yes, you are. You're both a part of our whole big, crazy, Resolution family now too, right?"

"Right." Dylan smiled at her answer. "And, if I may be more specific, I think that out of the lot of you guys, if I had to claim parents, I'd claim yours as mine too. You're mom's been more vocal with me than Kayla has."

Dylan nodded. "They're pretty great parents."

"Yeah, and I think that I got a pretty awesome little brother out of it too."

His grin widened. "Yeah, well, his crazy older sister isn't half bad, either."

Amanda laughed. "Thanks for the compliment, I think."

Dylan chuckled.

"Alright. Well, thanks, Dylan."

"Anytime. And, hey, good luck, Mrs. T. I'll be praying for you two."

"Thanks. 'Bye."

Bye, sis."

After arriving back at their house following church that evening, David went into the bedroom and changed into his pajamas, ready to get comfortable for the remainder of the day. When he reemerged, Amanda was curled up on the couch, flipping through the Love Dare.

"What do you think?" David asked concerning the book, taking a seat beside her.

"It's interesting. I especially like the idea of the last dare."

"I haven't looked that far." David leaned over her shoulder to look. "What is it?"

"Renewing our vows."

"Already?" David asked with a small laugh. "We haven't even been married a month. Forty days, when the time for that dare rolls around."

"Yeah," Amanda agreed slowly. "But if we renewed them, it would be real that time. I kind of like the idea, I think that it's exciting."

"You do?"

Amanda nodded.

"Would you wear a white dress?" David bargained.

Amanda sighed. "No. Wearing white still represents purity, and if I had kept that for the right time, we still wouldn't be in this position. No matter what, those two facts still apply, and they always will."

"Fine," David pretended to pout. "But you'll have to make it up to me somehow."

Her eyes sparkled. "I think that I know how I could do that."

David pulled her close, kissing her until she put her hands on his shoulders and leaned gently away.

"But first… there's something that I need to tell you."

David grinned. "Can you make it quick?"

She glared at him before her gaze became uncertain. His gaze cooled down as he became more solemn, her fear punishing him anew for what he had done to her in college.

"Maybe I'm right." He said softly. "Make it quick and just say it, like pulling off a Band-Aid. Make it less painful that way."

Amanda took a deep breath. "Don't be mad at me." She murmured, suddenly unable to meet his gaze.

"Mad at you?" David repeated in confusion before shaking his head and tilting her chin so that she had no choice but to look in his eyes. "Milady, I am not mad at you." Mirth sparked in his eyes. "Last time I checked, things like this are my fault too."

With that she realized: "You already know."

He nodded. "Yep."

Her entire posture relaxed and she curled back into his embrace. "Why on earth didn't you say something?"

"Because I wanted to see if you could trust me enough to tell me on your own."

"Well… I didn't tell you. You just told me that you knew. So does that even count?"

"I don't know. Why does it matter whether or not you actually say it?"

Amanda shrugged. "To prove to myself that I can."

"Well." David leaned back to meet her gaze, looking at her expectantly.

Amanda grinned before telling him softly, "David, we're going to have a baby."

"Great!" David said enthusiastically before taking her hand. "Now how hard was that to tell me?"

"It wasn't, I guess." Amanda admitted sheepishly. "Not like that."

"Good. See, now this is what I would call exciting news. A kid." David leaned back against the couch. "Wow. A kid. A real, breathing, little bitty kid." He turned to Amanda as his eyes filled with fear. "What if I can't handle a baby?"

"Then I'll ship you to Haley for a week of infant care training before our baby comes along." She answered without missing a beat.

"Okay, I'll learn, I'll learn. No need to go to such drastic measures." David answered quickly, throwing his hands up in surrender.

Amanda grinned before her thoughts took a turn. "Now, about the vow renewal. If we – by which I mostly mean the other women and I – start planning it sometime this week, there's a chance that we could actually have it on your fortieth day of the Dare. Would that be okay?"

"Knock yourself out." David replied. "But I still really wish that you would wear a wedding dress. How about the one that Jade and Kayla gave you?"

"We'll see." Amanda answered with a frown, before a smile slid across her features and she kissed him. "But let's not worry about that now."

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Thanks so much! Sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter up. There will be two more chapters to this story.:)