“So, I am never like that with drink. I always handle it better. Anyway, this morning I still felt ill then realised, I am late. Really late. So, I took a test and, well, I’m pregnant!” Her little face beams with happiness.
“Sorry what? How?” I ask before feeling a bit rude for doingso.
“Oh, yes, duh, two women. So we wanted another baby, and we have had the same donor as the boys, but it just wasn’t working. Anyway I had one more go last month, and I didn’t tell Lois. I figured that it wouldn’t work again and, well, it has.”
I feel the colour drain from my face. Of course, she’s pregnant. I saw it. I saw it in my dreams. I feel a bit weirded out by it all. But the dream felt so real. Even down to the feeling of what she was carrying. A girl. I could sense a baby girl’s energy through the dream.
Hannah’s face looks concerned. “Are you OK, Harri?”
I snap out of my thoughts and back into the room. “Oh God, yes! No, I am so happy for you! This is so exciting! When are you telling Lois?”
She seems satisfied with my reaction and smiles once more. “Soon. I won’t be able to hold it in but I wanted a cute way to tell her.”
“Maybe put a pregnancy test in a gift box? I’ve seen people do that before!”
“That is an idea! God, I can’t believe we will have three!” She rests her coffee cup on the side and pats her stomach gently.
I hum quietly. “She’ll be so loved by her brothers.”
“She? You already putting on sweepstakes for the gender, Harri?” She laughs.
“Oh yeah, just a guess. I can see you with a girl.” Plus I sensed her in my dream.
“As long as it’s healthy, I’m happy,” she coos.
I finish the rest of my coffee and place it next to Hannah’s. “I’m so happy for you, Hannah, I really am. Secret’s safe with me and let me know if you need anything at all.” I give her a hug which she happily accepts and squeezes me. “Right, I best go before Aradia gets upset about dinner.” I laugh.
She rubs my arm affectionately. “Oh yes, sure! Sorry to keepyou. I had to tell someone. So, thank you for listening.”
“Always. Thank you for taking me in.” I give her another hug. She’s such a sweet girl.
“Any time.” She smiles as she walks me to the door. “You know where we are. It’s nice to have a girl to chat to.”
“It’s nice to have a friend who won’t sleep with my fiancé.”
“And you know I wouldnevergo there.” She sniggers.
It makes me laugh as I step out through the door. “See you later!”
“Bye, babe!” She waves enthusiastically at me, her beautiful face glowing with the excitement of her little family growing. I can’t help but share the feeling of love that is shining out of her.
I hurry back down the path to join the road to the cottage. It is now pitch black outside, so I use my torch on my phone to find my way home. I walk fast through the darkness eager to tell Granny about the dream and the links to the real world. It’s surely just a coincidence, right?
I turn onto the muddy drive and see the cottage glowing at the bottom in amongst the trees. As I make it to the front door, I swing it open.
“Granny!” I shout, hurrying into the kitchen.
“What’s happened?” she panics in her reply.
Out of breath I try to get out what I need to say. “I think… I think I can tell the future.” I double over with a stitch from trying to rush home to tell them.
She puts down the pot she was just washing up and looks at me with a worried expression. “What do you mean, sweetheart?”
“I have dreams. I’ve had them for a while now. But I think it tells me the future, not just mine, others who are around me. I dreamt Hannah is pregnant and she just told me she is.”
She gasps excitedly. “Hannah is pregnant?”
Great secret keeper I am! “Oh shit, yeah, but you didn’t hear me say that.”
