39. News
"Leo…"
"What is it, Rey?" He asked as he grabbed his keys and shut off the TV, which had been playing the News Channel. "Is it that time again? Do you want me to grab something from the store on the way home?"
"Leo, I have some news…"
"-I'll grab both just in case," he continued from whatever he had been saying- Reyna wasn't listening, too busy thinking through what she had just learned. "And how about something sweet? Brownies or chocolate chip cookies?"
"I-"
"Maybe I'll get both," he glanced at her quickly before taking a bottle of water from the fridge to take a quick drink. "Zeus knows you'll eat them all-"
"Leo."
Her husband of five years finally seemed to hear the serious tone of her voice and he stopped, water in hand, just after he'd opened the fridge to put it away. He looked at her before his eyes traveled down to where her hands were resting, as if unable to move, on her stomach.
He swallowed. "Reyna?"
She moved forward. "Leo." She said for the fourth time, wonder and a slight hint of panic in her tone. "Leo, I-"
He moved towards her after she stood there in silence, struggling to get the words out. He reached out to hold her hands with his own, his eyes moving from her abdomen to meet her eyes.
Of course, Leo, who knew her so well, who could read her like an open book, had figured it out without her needing to say it.
"You're pregnant?"
She nodded, bobbing her head, and held out the pregnancy test that had been in her hand the entire time. "I missed a period… I didn't want to tell you in case it was nothing…"
He looked down at the pink plus sign before meeting her eyes again. "We're pregnant?"
She smiled, finally, glad that he wasn't freaking out like she had been three seconds ago. "Definitely. I checked three times."
Leo's smile was slow, but it seemed to light up the entire apartment. "We're going to have a baby?"
Reyna nodded again, more enthusiastically this time. "We're going to have a baby!"
Leo let out a whoop and caught her by surprise when he slid his arms around her to lift her up and spin her around, clasping her tight to him as he did. He set her down gently and thread his fingers through her hair at the back of her head before kissing her again and again and again.
"Pregnant," he said again in wonder.
Reyna smiled brightly. "You're going to be a dad."
Leo's eyes absolutely sparkled. "And you're going to be a mom!"
Reyna threw her arms around his neck and kissed him again. "We're going to be a family," she mumbled against his lips.
Leo only kissed her harder in response.