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“Is it the flu? Should you be up? I can watch Charlotte if you need to rest.”
“No, it’s not the flu. He said, well, he said I might be pregnant.”
Heath freezes, his eyes dropping to my stomach and I bite my bottom lip.
“Really?” he whispers, his voice filled with awe.
“Maybe,” I stress and he drops to his knees in front of me.
“Is it wrong that I hope you are?”
“No,” I say as he kisses my stomach, a smile on his lips.
“I love you, Caroline, and whether you are or not, I want to be with you. Forever.”
“I love you, too, and I want to be with you forever, too.”
He kisses my stomach one more time before he stands and tucks me under his arm.
“Let’s go see Charlotte,” he says, and I smile, letting him lead me back across the street to the diner.
ChapterEighteen
Heath
One Year Later…
“I’ll grab that,” I tell Caroline but she just rolls her eyes, grabbing the bag of chips and heading into the cabin.
I might be going a little overboard, but she’s so far along now and I get worried about her overdoing things.
Turns out, she wasn’t pregnant when we got back together. It had just been stress throwing off her cycle, but we found out that we were expecting five months later.
By then, we were married and had moved in together. I moved into their place since we didn’t want to disrupt Charlotte’s routine too much.
Charlotte was Caroline’s maid of honor at the wedding and she got to walk down the aisle with her pet bunny, Mudslide. I had caved and bought her one for her fifth birthday. The thing is cute and loves Charlotte.
“Rooney, can you grab the cooler?” Sayler calls to her husband.
We’re all up at my cabin for the weekend. I’ve met Caroline’s friends a few times now. We went up to Pittsburgh for Sayler’s and Coraline’s weddings, and they came to Cherry Falls for ours. This is the first trip we’ve taken with them, though, and I’m a little nervous.
I actually like Rooney and Harvey, but I’m also a little terrified of Rooney. The guy is wild, and while he’s hilarious and a good time to hang out with, he’s also clumsy.
I follow my wife inside, making sure that Charlotte is okay playing with the dogs and Mudslide.
“Having fun?” I ask as I crouch down to see what she’s coloring.
“Yeah. Are we going to make s’mores soon?”
“Sure, we can do that right after we eat dinner. Are you hungry?”
She nods, going back to coloring the picture of Caroline, me, Mudslide, and her in front of our house. I kiss her head before I start to stand.
“Maybe we should start a fire?” Sayler calls and I move to head out back to do it when I hear Rooney yell.
“I’ll get it going.”
“Oh my God, no!” I shout, running through the kitchen and out the back door.
