"Baby when will you be home?xx"
The message appeared on his screen. Paul sighed, his day had been hectic; meetings, TV appearances, radio interviews, everything that could of happened today did. All he wanted to do was go home and relax, but looking at the growing pile of paperwork on his desk, he knew he was stuck here for at least the next few hours.
"Sorry love, it looks like I'm going to be here for some hours more."
Carla groaned receiving the message. She had been waiting all day for him to return. Annoyed she threw her phone the bed she sat on and focussed her attention to the other object in her hands, the one she bought only a few hours ago. She smiled looking at it, Paul would be over the moon with it, if only he was around to see it. Picking back up her phone she typed out another message.
"I have something waiting at home for you.."
Paul smiled as he checked his mobile. A million ideas were buzzing around his head of what it could be, but knowing Carla it was probably her latest purchase of incredibly sexy looking lingerie she had picked up on her latest shopping trip. Not that he could ever complain about these surprises.
"Maybe I could leave the work until tomorrow then.."
Hearing her phone ring as the message came through, Carla ran from the en-suit back to their bedroom, where she happily sent back her response.
"Good choice."
Carla sat waiting on the sofa for Paul. She still had the purchase in her hands and was thinking how best to reveal it to him, she had thought of many ideas, but the one she had in her head now seemed the best.
At last he walked through the door, suddenly she felt nervous.
"So then baby, what's the big surprise?" He asked walking over to the sofa to sit with her. He watched her closely, she seemed so happy over the phone but now she looked unsure, scared even. Stretching out his arm he reached for her face, where he stroked gently along her cheeks. "What's wrong ey?"
Shaking her head, Carla blinked before forcing a smile. "I love you.." She answered shuffling forward to plant a kiss upon his lips. "Is it cold outside? You're cold."
"Absolutely freezing my darlin', and the heating is going in that car. I need a new one." He mumbled smiling as she continued pressing kisses against him.
"Let me run you a bath?" She asked standing from the sofa. "You need warming up, I will not let you sit there freezing all night." Before he could answer she was already walking away to run it.
"What's that over there, in the bin?" Paul asked raising his hand from the bubbles and water to point to the small white bin in the corner.
"Mm?" She mumbled turning around to see what he was talking about. Paul had asked Carla to join him in the bath and much to his happiness she had agreed. They hadn't done much or said much, it was nice just sitting in each other's arms in the warmth of the bath.
"Oh that? It's nothing much just something I bought earlier." She answered settling herself back in the water. She had completely forgotten to hide that packaging and it nearly gave her game away, but thankfully Paul choose to question no further.
They stayed quiet for a good while longer before Paul once again decided to speak.
"You never did say what the surprise was. Will you tell me now?" He asked leaning down to plant a kiss upon her forehead. Carla sighed, her earlier plan had been abandoned when Paul wanted her to join him in the bath, maybe she should just tell him, get it over with.
"I'm pregnant" she mumbled barely loud enough for him to hear, but he heard alright. The words he truly believed she would never say, she had. He was god smacked, shocked. The doctor had told them both the chances were incredibly slim, yet here she was sitting before him, apparently with their baby now growing inside her. He was ecstatic, over the moon. He couldn't believe it.