Amy POV
"Coop..." Cooper takes away his hand and stands up after my long silence. I reach for his hand, but he pulls away and turns his back to me. I felt tears appear in my eyes, when Cooper pulled away from me. That gesture hurt. A lot.
"I'm not saying – no!" I try to reason with him as he walks few steps away from the bed. He slowly run his hand over his head.
"Well, but you are not saying – yes – either!" he spit back, when he turned back to me. I saw hurt look in his eyes, when we had briefly locked eyes with me. Cooper couldn't keep the eye contact with me. He shook his head slightly and looked down to the floor as he pressed his hands to his hips, moving his suit jacket away.
"I don't want you to do this out of obligation!" I say standing up from the bed
"Did you miss the part where I said that I love you!" Cooper's lower lip quivered oh so lightly after. His cheeks are lightly flushed, his brows are frowned. The hurt look hasn't left his eyes.
"Would you have proposed to me tonight if you didn't think that I was pregnant?" I retort bluntly. Cooper was taken aback by my question. He stares back at me as he thinks about the answer. Cooper takes in a breath. His mouth parts a little, but he closes his mouth the next moment without giving me an answer.
"Would you have proposed to me tonight if you didn't think that I was pregnant?" I repeat the questions slower as I take two steps closer to him
"No," He replies barely above whisper, when he looks down to the floor and shifts in his stance
I reach for Coopers hand. This time he allows to take his hand, but he turns a bit sideways from me and still looks away "I love you with all my heart, Cooper! And one day, one day I would love to marry you. I would love to call you my husband, I would love to wake up to you every morning and go to sleep every night next to you!"
"But..." He says in a hushed voice. I could tell by his look and his tone of voice - he knew it was coming.
"But I can't say yes now, because I know why you asked me to marry you. You are the kind of man that does the right thing. The main reason you asked me to marry you is because you think I'm pregnant. You proposed out of obligation to me and the possible baby. And that's not the right way to start a family. I don't want you to regret your choice few years later! I don't want you to think you were forced into marrying me, only because I got knocked up!"
"I would never regret marrying you! But a baby needs to grown up in a family!" he states turning to me "A baby needs a stable home, he needs a father and mother..."
"Cooper, we don't even know if there is a baby," I reach for his other hand and now stand right in front of him, looking up to him
"The test was positive!" He reminds me as he places his hand on my stomach
"Until we go see a doctor that confirms it, we can't be sure. The tests can be false positive!"
"Okay..." Suddenly, he pulls his right hand away and reaches for his phone "Let's make an appointment. Where do I need to call? What's your doctors number?"
"Cooper," I try to calm him down as I reach for his phone
"I want to make us an appointment!" he insists as he opens the call menu
"Cooper!" I say a bit louder as I place my hand over his hand and the phone "It's over 8PM on a Sunday evening,"
He stares at me for a while till he finally understands what I am saying "Right...sorry," He shoves his phone back in the pocket and runs his hand over his face once again.
Cooper had told me a while back, when we were just starting to get to know each other, that he has never had a pregnancy scare with either one of his girlfriends. Cooper has never found himself in this kind of situation before. I can only guess how scared he must feel, because he had just stepped into a very unknown territory.
"It's okay," I caress his cheek as I sooth him "It's okay to be scared! I am scared too!"
"I'm not scared...I...I simply need to know! I hate that I am so...clueless about this...whole thing," Cooper admits "I hate that I don't know what to do or how to help you!"
"You are helping me by being here with me! By not running away!" I reassure him
"It doesn't feel like it's enough," Cooper admits gazing to my eyes, he softly tucks some lose hair behind my ear. Once the hair was tucked away, he rested his hands on my hips.
"It is," I reassure him "It is enough!" I caress his cheek softly as I gaze to his eyes. Slowly I lean in for a kiss. It turned out to be a very tender kiss.
For a moment, after we end the kiss, we stand still with out foreheads pressed together. I closed my eyes just to feel the moment. I felt Coopers hot breath on me. I heard his heart beat fast in his chest. I felt his hands on my body. I move my hands over his body as I simply needed to feel him close to me.
It was a calm moment before the storm.
His hand moved up to my cheek. We stared at one another for a short moment before our lips met for a very messy kiss, that was full of passion and desire.
He pulled away from the kiss. My face was just inch away from his. I wanted, no needed to taste his lips again, to feel his lips against mine. The look in his eyes told me the same thing, he needed it as well.
"Please," I whisper to him as my hand finds the hair on the back of his head. Cooper lifted me up and kissed me hard as he carried me to the bed. He laid me down on the bed, without breaking the kiss.
Lena POV
December 28th
"Don't you look happy," Amy says as she walks up to me with a big grin on her lips. She looked much more cheerful and happy than yesterday. I guess, she and Cooper had a great night as well.
I couldn't keep the huge smile off my lips. My eyes travel to Stef, who was at the front desk checking us out of the hotel. She was talking to Cooper who was doing the same thing. I couldn't find the right words to describe the night Stef and I had. It was definitely one that will remember forever.
"It uh...well..." The huge smile impeded my ability to speak "We...we certainly had fun!"
Amy laughs back "I can tell that! You are glowing of joy and happiness!"
I glanced to Amy by my side and then leaned a bit closer to her so all the people who walk by us don't hear our talk "Have you ever used ice cubes and blindfold?"
By Amy's facial expression, I can tell she was pleasantly surprised by what I had just told her "Did you?" her eyebrows move a bit up
"The blindfold takes away one of your main senses, thus you need to relay on your other senses. It makes everything...and I mean everything 10 times more intense"
"Are you talking about..." Amy stopped her sentence in the mid, she looked afraid to say it out loud, but she raised her eyebrows just a little bit
I nod my head back "Also, you have no idea what your partner is going to do and that makes it very exciting. One second you feel your partners hand on your collar bone, the next second on your stomach, the next moment you feel your partners lips on your neck...it just gives you these…goosebumps and like…sparks throughout your whole body"
"And the ice cubes?" Amy asks intrigued, her eyes were glowing with curiosity
"Oh, the ice cubes..." I breath out still remembering the cold sensation on my skin followed by Stef's soft lips "You need to try the ice cubs. Trust me!"
"How was your night?" I ask curiously as I glance to her
Amy looked for the right word to describe her night for few seconds "Eventful!"
"Oh! Do tell!"
"No ice cubs or blindfold, but most defiantly intense and very passionate night. Cooper most definitely is an ardent lover," I giggle back like a teenager. Amy chuckled back as well.
I never had thought that Amy I would become this good of friends that we can talk to one another about this stuff. It didn't feel weird or forced, it came very natural.
"Ladies!" Cooper announces himself before he walks up to us "What are you two talking about?"
"Nothing,"Amy replies and gives me a look "Just...girl stuff,"
"Should I ask?" Cooper says placing his wallet in his suit inner pocket
"If you are brave enough," I reply with a smirk, making Amy giggle out and also teasing Cooper
"All done. We can head home and see if it is still standing," Stef comes up to me and wraps her hand around my waistline
"Whoa, whoa..." Cooper raises his hands up "Breakfast first!"
"Oh, god yes! I'm starving!" Amy instantly agrees. They both look to us to see what we are going to say.
"We might as well take this thing to the end," Stef shrugs her shoulders a little when she speaks
"You mean, we might as well use all of our money we have saved up?"
"Exactly!" Stef nods back "When will be the next time we do something like this? The answer is probably either never or in years!"
"Frankie is probably missing us," I try to reason back
"Frankie is probably sitting in her PJ, with a cereal bowl in her lap watching her morning cartoon and hasn't even thought of you" Stef says grabbing my hand "We are going to have a breakfast. End of the discussion!"
Callie POV
It was just little over 9 AM and the 6 of us were sitting in the vet office in the waiting room. The room didn't have the particularly fresh air. It smelled like animals, pet food and some medicine.
There were two other people sitting there besides us. A middle age guy with a collie dog, that looked weak and helpless, because of his old age. Other person was a young, arrogant looking woman, who was there with her car. It was a white Persian Cat.
The six of us had occupied the whole row of seats by the wall. I was holding the puppy in my hands. Jude next to me was petting it, quietly talking to him. I think Jude really liked this puppy. It was obvious he missed our old dog. Jude used to play a lot with him. Sometimes Jude even took the dog to sleep in his bed. Mom didn't like it, but she allowed it because Jude was so close to the dog. They were practically inseparable. He was devastated, when he passed away.
"That cat is staring at me!" Frankie says in a hushed voice as she pulls on Mariana's sleeve " I think I like dogs better!"
"He's not staring," Marina replies placing her hand over her little sister shoulder "The cat is simply being an cat!"
"He is. He hasn't stopped staring at me!" Frankie presses a little closer to Mariana's side "It's like he is planning to do something!"
"He plans to take over the world!" Jesus jokes from Frankie's other side
Mariana and I both giggle at Jesus crazy thought, but Frankie seemed to think what he just said was true "For real?"
"Yeah...cats are known as the most evil animals on the whole wide planet! The scheme different plans on how to get revenge on people and dogs while we sleep. When you hear cats meow in the neighborhood in the night, they actually have a meeting to discuss the plan on how to take over the world!"
The lady clearly heard what Jesus said. She turned slightly in the seat, raised her head up just a bit and turned it sideways, so she doesn't have to see us. The lady was constantly petting the cat, that was in her lap. The cat ,though, didn't seem to like it too much. It wasn't even purring. Frankie was right, he was just staring at her. Almost like Frankie has done something to her. He definitely was planning something in his little cat brain, that was for sure!
"He's talking crazy, Frankie! Don't listen to him!" Brandon bumps Jesus in his side "Stop scaring your sister!"
Jesus chuckles "I'm not scaring her, I'm educating her by telling thing the way they are!"
"How do you know the cats are planing to take over the world?" Frankie leans a bit further away from Mariana to get closer to Jesus
"Well, some time ago, when you weren't even born yet and they hadn't adopted us, moms used to have a cat!" Jesus started
"Moms had a cat?" Frankie asks surprised, I leaned a bit forward to see Jesus better, because this was the first I heard of it as well
"Yeah...and their cat was a Cleopatra in other life!" Frankie's mouth drops open
The doors to the vet office opens. A woman walked out carrying her little lap dog in the bag.
"Next?" The young woman, who was dressed like a nurse would, called out. She seemed too young to be the vet doc, so I assume she is the vet assistant.
"It's us!" Jude jumped up first "Don't be scared little guy," he petted the puppy before I stood up holding him in my arms
"I'm gonna finish the story later," Jesus says to Frankie as we all walk in the office.
"Okay, what do we have here?" the vet doctor asks. Her eyes at first were only on the puppy, but when we all walked in she looked around the 6 of us. Gently I place the puppy on the table, so the vet doctor could examine it.
"We found him and his brother and sister behind a dumpster yesterday," Mariana started, when the vet doctor started to slowly examine the puppy. She briefly looked up to us as we all spoke one after another.
"They all looked hungry, so we gave him milk!" Frankie says when Brandon lifts her up in his arm, so she could see better what was happening on the table
Brandon continues the story "We weren't sure what else we could give him. And we didn't have any dog food at home. We figured milk was a safe bet."
"He is scratching very often," Jude said "We bought some sort of anti-flea pill and gave it to him, not sure if it is helping or not,"
"We also gave him a bath. He was emitting a bad smell," Jesus continued "They all were. We found them living behind a dumpster after all,"
"Where are the other two puppies you mentioned?" the vet doc assistant asks us
"We found home for them already. The other boy we gave to my friends family. They were looking for a family dog for some while now. They are good people. We believe they will take good care of him. But the little girl, we gave to my sisters friend cousin. He has a big house and already has 4 dogs," Brandon explained
"And whose dog is this?" the vet doctor asked as he checked his ears
The five of them all looked to me together. I chuckled awkwardly "I guess it's mine...at least that's the plan"
"Did you give him a name already?" the vet asks curiously as she check the puppies teeth. It was more just to keep the talking going.
I scratched my temple "No, not yet. I'm still thinking."
"I liked the name Princess!" Frankie says out loud
"It's a boy!" Jesus tells her "You can't give him a girls name!"
"But I like the name!" Frankie reasons back
"It's going to be Callie's dog, Frankie. She get's to decide," Mariana explains to Frankie's. She looked saddened by the news, but didn't cry or bicker about it.
"How old is he?" I ask the doc, when she carries the dog to weight it
"Well, he looks to be little older than 3 months," She says after she weights, measures him and writes the numbers down "I assume you have no idea if he has had the vaccine?
"Not a clue," I shook my head
"Okay, let's get him vaccine and make him his own passport!"
"What breed is it?" Jude asked curiously as the assistant went to get the vaccine "We tried to look it up last night, but we weren't sure. There are a lot of breeds that look alike,"
"I'm almost certain he is Appenzeller Mountain Dog. Ever heard of that breed?" the doc tells us without batting an eye
We all shook our head "No. First time I heard of it," I say reaching for the puppy to flip his ear gently
"Well, originally they have come from Swiss,"
"Oh, cool! A Swiss dog!" Brandon sounded excited "He will be like a peace keeper or something!"
"They are medium size and tend to be very faithful, energetic, fearless," the vet doc says when the assistant hands her the vaccine. The dog whimpers a little when the vaccine is administered.
"There, there boy. I got you," I say in a soothing voice as I pet him, he was trembling slightly. Poor guy was probably scared.
"So, what about his name?" the vet assistant asked form the small desk, she had a little passport like paper on the desk "Also, who should I write down for the owner?"
Amy POV
It was quite warm day, the sun was shining bright, a light wind was blowing, so we decided to have breakfast at the beach side, very close to the park.
"Does anyone want a refill?" Cooper asked when he finished his coffee
"No, I think I'm good," Stef says lifting her cup to her lips to finish her drink
"This was very delicious," Lena say pushing a little bit further away the now empty plate "I didn't know about this place before. How did you two found it?"
"I didn't either. Cooper showed me this place at our first date," I reply before drinking the last of my water
"How long have you two been together? It hasn't been a year, has it?" Lena ask curiously as she press her elbows on the table. Cooper reaches for my hand under the table.
Cooper and I share a look "How long has it been…10 months?" Cooper looked unsure "I'm bad with dates and times,"
"No, no..not that long," I corrected him "It's December now. We first met when Callie had her arm broken, that was around March. You and Callie-" I points to Stef "-got stuck in the elevator around April, when the earthquake hit. But the blind date I had was after it. We met at the C-lounge in May 16, if I remember correctly. So that makes it 7 months. Almost 8," I do the calculations out loud
"You two seem like you have been together for longer than that," Stef says as her look averts somewhere behind my shoulder to the park. She slightly tilts her head as she keeps on focusing on something in the park.
"Is that..." Stef mumbles. It got the rest of us curious, so we all turned around to see what was Stef looking at. In the park, on the other side of the road, we saw 6 familiar looking kids.
"And you all thought they would throw a house party," Cooper chuckles as he first turns around
"Well, I guess we need to go say hi!" Lena says pushing her chair back a bit
"What are they up to now?" Stef thinks out loud
"Why do you think they are up to something?" Cooper asks being completely clueless. The three of us laugh back. "Did I say something funny?"
"Oh, Coop!" I pat his shoulder as I get up from the chair
"Seriously, what did I say that was so funny?" Cooper asks us as we all walk out of the cafe
"You have lot to learn, Cooper!" Lena says jokingly "But don't worry. I am sure Callie will give you the crash course,"
We all make our way over the road. As we made our way closer to them, I noticed that they are not alone. There was a puppy with them. They had a little toy ball and toy rope for thug of wars. Jude was holding some sort of cookie bag in his hand. Brandon was taking pictures, while Jesus and Mariana just were admiring and commenting how cute the dog was. Frankie was keeled on the grass, the puppy had just stumbled up to her. She was giggling out as the puppy was trying to get into her lap.
"Hello, troublemakers!" Stef greets first with a smirk on her lips "What are you all up to today?" The surprise was evident in all of our kids faces. Neither one had seen us walking up to them.
"H-heey!" Mariana greets us back, still slightly shocked to see us here "What-" Mariana looks back to the rest of them, who were all sort of standing behind her "What are you all doing here?"
Frankie stayed with the other kids. Even though I had suspected that she would run and hug, and kiss her moms when she saw them.
"We had breakfast at the cafe over the street" Lena explains "Also, we could ask you the same thing."
"Just...chillin" Jude replies trying to act very casual
"Yeah, we are just...getting fresh air!" Brandon added and theatrically sniffed in the air
"Chillin?" Stef giggles back and looks to her side to Lena, Cooper and I "Why do I doubt it?"
"Seriously, moms. We are just hanging out together. We are allowed to hang out, you know!" Jesus says after he looked around the other kids. The dog, who was now sitting by Callie's feet made a sound that sort of sounded like a bark, but at the same time, not really.
"Callie," I crossed my arms on my chest "Who's dog is that?"
All the Adams Foster kids looked back to her. I heard Jesus whisper jokingly to her "Busted!"
"Funny story," Callie says after she swallowed a lump in her throat
"Why do I have the feeling I will not be laughing," I mumble back, as she bent down to pick the puppy up
"It's yours, mom!" Callie announced way to enthusiastically. The puppy whimpered out and turned his head sideways a bit as he looked at me with his big brown puppy dog eyes right at me.
AN: I need help with dog (male) names. Please, help me! I was thinking about - Duke. How do you like it?