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“No, no. There is no more next time. You’re getting fixed,” Lexi says.
“The hell I am! No one is coming near my balls with a scalpel, babe. That’s a no-sharp instrument zone.”
“Stop being such a man. It’s quicker and easier for you to get fixed than me.”
“Neither one of us are getting fixed. Not yet. I’m not done reproducing with you,” he says and waggles his eyebrows at her.
“You are for the next six weeks, buster. Remember what happened the last time?” she sasses, clearly talking about the time they only waited four weeks to engage in sex after the boys were born. She was pregnant right away.
“Oh, I remember. I remember you did this one thing with your –”
“Stop! For the love of God, please stop talking,” I beg. “You’re going to scar these beautiful children.”
“Thank God they don’t remember anything right now. Mommy is a bit of a dirty, horny, potty mouth,” Linkin tells Hudson as he picks him up and holds him against his broad chest. My heart soars for my sister – for all of them, actually. They all have wonderful men in their lives and their families are growing rapidly.
“And Daddy is a raunchy, sex-fiend who thinks he’s going to die if his penis isn’t played with daily,” Lexi says to Hemi in a baby-talk voice.
“You love my penis. Admit it,” Linkin teases, giving his wife a wolfish grin.
“I will do no such thing. Your penis makes me pregnant,” Lexi sasses, holding her face stern as she tries not to laugh, a face that makes Linkin laugh.
“Things just got weird,” Nick whispers in my ear.
“Definitely,” I reply, turning back and facing my sister, who’s looking at her husband like she wants to swallow him alive. “Anyway, we’re going to head out and grab some supper, where people aren’t talking about penises.”
“Well, we’re glad you stopped by to meet our angel,” Lexi says, giving Hemi to her husband and coming over to take Stella into her arms, cradling her closer to her chest.
“It was good to see you guys,” Nick says to my sister and her husband. Linkin gives him a head nod, since his hands are full of kids, and walks over to his wife and daughter. Before I slip out of the door, I watch (slightly mesmerized) as Linkin bends down and gently kisses his new baby girl’s forehead before placing a tender kiss on his wife’s lips.
My heart starts to pound as I watch their exchange.
Their family.
The dream of my own family someday was ripped away, my heart stomped on and pulverized with five-inch stiletto heels. That picture perfect future I once saw so vividly is now dark and full of uncertainty. I hurt, ache actually, for Josh. His touch, his laugh, his love. I want that back. I want him back.
But that’ll never happen.
He’s not coming back.
Then I feel Nick’s hand on my lower back, and just his touch offers so much strength and comfort. It honestly makes me feel like I can do this, even though I have no idea what is on the horizon. Maybe – just maybe – with him by my side, it won’t be so scary to think about the “next.”
We’re both quiet as we make our way down the hall and toward the exit. After turning the corner and heading to the elevator, a door on the left opens quickly, and my grandparents spill out.
“Oh, Meggy! Here, this storage closet is open for business,” she says, making my brain bleed.
“Grandma! You’re at a hospital,” I chastise, giving her my best stern look.
“Oh, knock it off. We may be in a hospital, but we’re in the maternity ward. You know, where the babies are born? You do know where babies come from, right? Do I need to get out the diagram again?” she asks.
“No, no, not necessary.”
“Diagram?” Nick asks, his eyes lighting with humor.
“Yes, it was quite detailed. Orvie stayed up two nights making sure that diagram was anatomically correct. Not all penises are the same size, you know,” she says to Nick.
“I’ve heard,” he chuckles.
“It’s okay if you’re on the small side, Nicholas,” she says, her eyes dropping to Nick’s crotch. “But something tells me you don’t have that problem, do you?”
