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“Weird,” I muse, “because I’ve been craving them really fucking bad.”
“Oh yeah?” She giggles, making my chest constrict as a weird feeling flows through me. Is that… happiness? I have no idea, but whatever it is, I want it to happen again.
Ellen brings out our drinks followed by our reheated dinner.
“What are you grateful for, Little Dove?” I ask before either of us have pick
ed up our cutlery.
She thinks for a few seconds before her lips part with one simple answer.
“You.”
Chapter Thirteen
Hadley
“This is nice,” I say as we lie on Cole’s bed. After our Thanksgiving meal for two, we hung out with everyone for a while.
No one asked what had happened. They simply laughed and talked as if everything was fine.
It isn’t.
But we’re here, together, so it’s a step in the right direction.
Cole’s hand is splayed over my stomach, warming me from the inside out. He’s pulled up my t-shirt to feel my skin.
“Tell me again how big it is?”
“The size of a raspberry.”
He shuffles down the bed to bring his face level with my navel. “A raspberry, huh?” Without warning, he blows raspberries there and I clutch his hair, soft laughter bubbling inside me.
God, it feels good to be with him like this.
I stroke his hair while he peppers kisses along my curves. “I still can’t believe there’s a baby growing right inside here.” Awe lingers in his voice.
“It’s still really early days, Cole. I won’t be in the second trimester for at least another month.”
“I know. But you feel okay, right? You don’t have any pains or anything?”
I fight a smile. “Apart from the never-ending nausea, I feel okay.” Ellen had gone to so much effort and I’d barely touched my food.
Cole moves back to lie beside me. “Coach called me last night... he said there’s a college interested in me.”
“What?” My eyes widen. “That’s amazing, did he say where?”
My heart drums wildly, because this is huge for Cole. But I can’t deny the stab of worry I feel. If Cole goes off to college, I’ll be alone again.
I brush off the thoughts. Cole deserves this. He deserves to know he’s worth something.
Something good.
“Colton U. I looked it up. It’s only a couple hours away from Sterling Bay.”
“I’m so happy for you.” I throw my arms around him and hug him tight. “You deserve this, so much.”
He pulls back to look at me. “You really believe that don’t you?”
