Chapter 4

-Charlotte's apartment-

Charlotte left the office early today as a wave of nausea came over her at 4PM and it went on till 7PM. It was already 8PM and in a half and hours she needed to be ready. She tried to quickly dress up and do her hair and make-up before Cooper would come and pick her up to go to Archer Montgomery's book launch. She decided to wear a simple but elegant black dress which was not that tight so it would put pressure on her stomach, she was not showing yet but after that nausea of 3 hours she doesn't want to feel uncomfortable.

As Charlotte heard the doorbell ring she quickly put her heels on and opened the door. Cooper was standing there with a big smile on his face.

"Charlotte" he said "You look great!" as he hugged her tightly.

"Thanks Coop" Charlotte said silently. Then they walked hand in hand to his car, to get the book launch.

-At the book launch-

Cooper was getting drinks for them, she had been drinking the whole evening cola as she told him she would drive back to her place so he could drink beer. Surprisingly he didn't get suspicious. Charlotte was standing in a more quiet space as the loudness was giving her a headache and she felt dizzy, I threw up almost anything, I have eaten today. Being preggers is wonderful, ugh…

Just as she was looking around to see if Cooper was coming she saw Violet walking up to her. Damn Turner, why is she his best friend?

"So Charlotte, have you already talked about that" Violet said giving her a specific look

"Not here" Charlotte said in a small voice

"Not here, not there" Violet said pointing with her drink to the left and right "Secrets are deal breakers in any relationship Charlotte, and I believe you…" Violet got cut off by Cooper who arrived with the drinks.

"Aaah how great is this!" Cooper said loud and excited. "My two favorite woman, happen to know each other and getting along." Cooper said as he kissed Violet on the cheek and Charlotte on the forehead.

"I leave you two, so you can… talk" Violet said, laying the emphasis on the word talk.

Cooper smiled to Violet as she walked away and he turned towards Charlotte. "So how you think about moving in with me?" Cooper asked

Charlotte didn't see that one coming. "I, I need to think about that." Charlotte said as she tried to let his words sink in. Living together? Is he sure, there's a lot he need to know before we can take that step

Cooper and Charlotte got interrupted by a waiter with toasts with tuna and as Cooper took one, the smell of tuna was getting too much for Charlotte as she felt a wave of nausea come up again. "Charlotte, are you sick?" Cooper said reacting on her reaction. Charlotte held a hand for her mouth and decided to run as fast to the ladies room. "I'll be right back" she managed to get out before she ran to the ladies room.

-Ladies room-

Charlotte just had puked in these disgusting toilets, I hate public toilets, the smell of the tuna was stimulating the wave of nausea. Oh god, what do I tell him, that I just have the flu? He wants to live together, he has to know before everything blows up in his face. I'm scared, that he'll leave me when I tell him about everything that I'm dealing with and he doesn't know. Charlotte was standing now for the mirror of the ladies room. She was trying to make her look a little bit less 'I just puked my guts out in the ladies room' –look.

Cooper opened the door to the ladies room as he was concerned for Charlotte. "Charlotte, are you okay?" He said as he saw her standing for the mirror.

Charlotte turned her head to the left as she heard Cooper call her name, she gave a small smile and decided to leave the ladies room. "I'm okay Coop, but I think I should go home and go get some rest." I need to get some decent rest, for that little bun. Charlotte tried to walk past him to get her coat but Cooper stopped her by putting his hands on both her shoulders.

"Charlotte, tell me what is going on?" Cooper asked concerned

"No big deal Coop, it's probably food poisoning or so" Charlotte said hoping he would lay it off

"Char, is there something you're not telling me?" Cooper asked, he noticed she was behaving differently this whole day.

"Cooper, I'm going to my place and get some sleep, I really need it" Charlotte said frustrated

"Okay, I'll come with you. I want to make sure you're fine." Cooper told her

"Alright, let's go" Charlotte said

-Charlotte's apartment-

Charlotte was in her bathroom getting ready to go to sleep as Cooper was already laying on her bed as his hand reached under her pillow where he found a t-shirt of him he probably left their after a night. He smiled when he say his shirt under her pillow, she is more romantic than she would ever admit. As Cooper was putting his shirt under her pillow he noticed her bag was wide open and his eye fell on a white stick in her bag, which was clearly to see since her bag was black. He looked to the bathroom door but it was still closed and his curiosity was getting the best of him so he picked the white stick out of her bag as he realized it is a pregnancy test.

"Why does Charlotte have a pregnancy test in her bag?" Cooper asked himself and as he took the lid off the test he saw two vertical stripes, what was that supposed to mean? It probably is positive since it would be weird if she would carry a pregnancy test with her with a negative result. Then why didn't she tell him that she is pregnant? Cooper's mind was going on and on as Charlotte walked in the bedroom and she saw Cooper with her pregnancy test!

Cooper noticed that Charlotte saw him with this pregnancy test and he needed clarification right this second.

"Why do you carry an used pregnancy test with you?" Cooper asked

"I, I wanted to tell you but…" Why in earth didn't I threw that thing away

"Well, why haven't you told me you're pregnant? I'm your boyfriend I think I have a right to know!" Cooper said accusingly, right now he was sitting on her bed, waiting for her to answer but Charlotte was just standing there.

"Is it mine? Or is it someone else's?" Cooper asked, he needed to know if he was the father or not.

"It's yours Coop" Charlotte blurted out as she started to cry, she got tangled up with her emotions. Cooper was angry with her, Big Daddy is dying and the damn hormones were getting to her.

Cooper stood up and held her, he couldn't stand to see her crying. Everyone saw her as this bitch with no feelings and he saw her vulnerable side, which made him one of the few who really know Charlotte.

He wiped a few tears of her face as they locked their eyes with each other "You shouldn't be afraid of telling me this, its fantastic news" Cooper said in a happy voice. "I didn't know how to feel about it let alone if you wanted a child, with me" Charlotte said with a lump in her throat. It was exactly how she felt for the last two weeks.

"I can't wait to have a child with you, Charlotte I love you" Cooper said as he started to kiss Charlotte passionately, and Charlotte reacted strongly to his kiss. After their passionate kiss they both were breathing heavily, as he scooped Charlotte and laid her down on the bed and he climbed on top of her to kiss her everywhere possible.