The next morning when I woke up Nicole was already awake. She had showered and dressed and I felt almost sad that she wasn't in my arms. Instead she was standing at the window looking out into the back yard and pasture. I rose from the bed and walked to her and wrapped my arms around her from behind. She melted back into me and I kissed her neck. "What are you doing up so early?", I asked her and turned her to look at me. "I just couldn't sleep. The baby was really moving a lot and I have so much on my mind.", she said and looked down. I pulled her into my chest and she laid her hand on my naked chest and snuggled into me. I kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back. "You're going to be alright and we're going to figure all of this out. I'm going to grab a shower and we'll head to the doctor appointment." She nodded against me and I held her for a minute longer before I ran to grab a shower.
When I walked back into the room from my shower, Nicole was curled up in the chair in front of the window. Smokey was curled up in her lap and she stroked his fur. I noticed she had ear phones in her ears. I sat on the bed and pulled on my socks and then my boots. She looked over at me and she blushed a little and smiled. How could this woman who had been so adamant about what she wanted in bed now blush over me sitting on her bed in unbuttoned jeans and no shirt? I stood and walked toward her and she removed her ear phones and looked up at me. "What are you listening to?", I asked and reached to rub Smokey. "I have it on shuffle so all sorts of things. A little Bad Company, Metallica, Three Dog Night, Creed." I stand up at the mention of Three Dog Night. I know this is another thing that I have subconsciously remembered. "I remember you listening to Three Dog Night in the kitchen. My kitchen not yours." Nicole blinked up at me and stood and came to me. "This is crazy D. I listen to them all the time when I cook." I loved how she called me D. I looked at her clock beside the bed and knew we needed to get on the road.
We sort of left things unsaid and I grabbed a grey t shirt and pulled it on over my head. I finished dressing and took Nicole's hand and led her to the other room. We ate a quick breakfast and I told Sam where we would be. We decided to take Nicole's car because Sam needed to go into town and check in on the job we had originally been here working on. Nicole handed me the key and we climbed into her Charger. I admired the fact that she had chosen a beautiful classic car because my own Impala meant so much to me. I could tell that she had taken very good care of this one and felt like she would understand my affection for Baby. I drove us to the doctor and helped Nicole out of the car when we got there. She signed us in and we had a seat in the waiting room. I never liked things like this but I needed to be strong because I could tell that Nicole was nervous enough for both of us.
Finally they called us to the back and they first drew some blood from me and began the process of running all of the tests necessary on that blood sample. The nurse asked Nicole to disrobe from the waist down and to have a seat on the table with a paper sheet over her legs. She did as she was asked and she sat fidgeting on the table. I walked over to her and took her hand. "Listen no matter what we find out here we'll work it out." She smiled at me and a little tear trickled down her cheek. This was a new side of her that I had not seen. I had sensed that she could be venerable but I hadn't seen it yet. It made me want to protect her. I wiped the tear with my thumb and kissed her gently. She finally smiled at me and I could tell she relaxed a bit. "I'm going to take care of you. I promise you.", I said to her and she nodded.
The doctor knocked quietly on the door and then entered. "Are you two ready to find out what this baby is? I'm going to do a sonogram first and see if we can tell what this little one is. Then I'll draw a little fluid while I'm still doing the sonogram and that way I know I don't get too close to the baby." Nicole nodded and lay back like the doctor asked. I stood beside her and held her hand. The doctor squirted some gel onto Nicole's stomach and then began to move the wand over it. When the baby came into view on the screen I was amazed. I had never seen anything like this before. The doctor took measurements and talked to the nurse. Nicole and I watched the screen intently and then we saw the face come onto the screen. The baby's cheeks were fat and we saw fingers close to the mouth. Nicole grew agitated and squeezed my hand tighter. I looked down at her to see what was the matter. She looked scared and then she began to scream. The doctor stopped what he was doing and looked concerned. I grabbed Nicole and she buried her face in my chest and began to cry. I smoothed her hair, "What's wrong little one? Why are you so scared? The baby's face looked beautiful." Nicole shook her head, "No it wasn't beautiful! Its eyes were black and its teeth were sharp and there were too many of them!" I shushed her and explained, "No baby it wasn't. It was just a baby. Here let's finish this and you'll see." I finally got her calm and the doctor explained, "Nicole you thought her eyes were black but it was just the screen. Everything looks a little distorted on here. See." He ran the wand over her stomach again.
This time the screen looked the same to me but Nicole saw the face the way we saw it. I ran my thumb over her hand that I held in mine and said, "See it's alright." Then I stopped and remembered something. "Before you said her eyes, does that mean?" The doctor smiled at me and said, "Yes it's a girl. Now let's draw that fluid and find out the rest of what you're wanting to know." He kept the wand on Nicole's stomach and his nurse handed him a needle. He inserted the needle in Nicole's stomach and drew a small amount of fluid. "Nurse take this down and have them process it immediately." He then turned and looked at me. "We'll know the results in no time. Nicole you can get dressed and we'll be back to talk to you in just a little bit." He left the room and I helped Nicole off of the table. She cleaned her stomach up and dressed and then sat beside me in the chairs in the room. Nicole leaned into me and I kissed her hair. "Come here.", I simply said and she rose from her chair and I sat her in my lap. I held her and comforted her until there was another knock on the door.
The doctor and his nurse came in and paused when they saw Nicole in my lap. I grinned and motioned them on inside. "Ok folks we've got the test results back. We put a rush on everything and the two samples we took were a match. Dean you are the father of this little girl. Congratulations!" Nicole began to cry what I hoped were tears of joy. "Thank you doctor. Can we have a few minutes?", I asked. "Yes take your time." With that they were gone and we were alone. "Nicole what's wrong?" She shook her head and tried to speak. What came out was broken and hard to understand but I finally understood that she was worried about my reaction. "Baby I'm not mad. I want to know what happened and why we've lost some time with each other but that's part of my crazy ass life. We'll get to the bottom of this and honestly I couldn't be happier. We're going to have a little girl!" She finally smiled up at me, "You're not disappointed that it's not a boy? I thought all men wanted boys?" I laughed and hugged her tightly. "Baby I am more than happy that it's a girl. I couldn't think of anything better than taking care of my two girls."
We got ourselves together and Nicole made an appointment for the next month for a follow up and we drove home. I held Nicole's hand the whole way. When we got home everyone was gone. Liz and Dean had left a note that they were going to their house to get a few more supplies and they would be back later. I took the chance to have a little alone time with my girl. I picked her up and carried her to her room and lay her on the bed. "And now I'm going to make love to you like you've never been made love to before.", I growled into her ear. Her body began to tremble and I undressed her before undressing myself. Her eyes followed every move I made. I came down on the bed beside her and she reached for my erection. She held it in her hand and stroked me and I found her warm wetness and let two of my fingers delve inside. Nicole threw her head back and I attacked her neck with kisses. Soon she was very wet and I had a burning desire for her. I rolled onto my back and pulled her on top of me. She slid onto me easily and we began to move together. She sat up and I placed my hands on her stomach lovingly. She smiled down at me and then my hands moved to her breasts. She rode me until I erupted and then she fell onto me breathing rapidly. I stroked my fingers down her back and whispered, "You have no idea how happy I am that this baby is mine. I told her that yesterday when I was down there. Now you know what I was saying to your stomach." "Oh D you don't know how happy that makes me. It's all confusing but I trust you and I know things are going to be alright."