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“I have one in my purse for in the morning.”
“Take it now,” he blurted out anxiously.
“No,” she muttered, spitting in the trashcan again as her stomach rolled. “Can I have a mint, please?”
“Niki, you need to see a doctor…”
“Luke, the directions said to use the first stream in the morning for accurate results and…”
“You call me as soon as you test,” he ordered shakily. “Then we’ll figure out what to do. I mean, we’ve never even talked about children yet. Do you even want children?”
“More than anything,” she admitted tearfully, looking at him. “I’m just… I never thought it would be this fast, you know? I just now ordered my business cards with my new last name, hoping to have them ready to go. You just started full-time at Flyboys…”
“I work with your father…” Luke whispered in shock, and she realized that it hadn’t hit him yet at how far this ‘ripple’ would extend in their ‘pond’. “He’s gonna kill me – if I don’t end up fired first.”
“I guess if Toby and Samantha don’t give him heart failure? We’ll finish the job.”
“Wait!What?Toby and Samantha are a couple?”
“I overheard him on the phone with her last night. He’s having dinner at the Sloan house tomorrow night.”
“Oh wow. So, it’s serious?”
“I’m pretty sure…”
“Maybe we should tell everyone that we are in love and got married?”
“Maybe we should? I just want nothing to hurt our relationship.”
“Honey…” Luke said tenderly, smoothing back her hair. “If anything, I think it would bring us closer. I love you – and marrying you was the best thing I could have ever done. A dream that I never imagined would become real… and now we might have a baby?” he paused, smiling at her. “If that isn’t heaven, I don’t know what is…”
He met her eyes and leaned upwards to kiss her on the cheek.
“We’ll take care of this together, just like any other thing, and be stronger for it. You are my friend, my lover, and my partner… and this is just another title to add to the list.”
“Wife?”
“And mother…” he breathed. “I love you – and it will be okay.”
Nicolette closed her eyes and took several deep breaths as he stood, taking the trash can from her, moving to clean it out. Grabbing a mint, she took a sip of water, rinsing her mouth before trying to calm herself.
Maybe it was anxiety?
Maybe she had a bug?
… Maybe it was a baby?
Luke re-entered the office, smiling at her before putting the trashcan back under her desk. “There’s Sprite in there, crackers, a few suckers, and medicine, but I don’t know if it’s safe to take… just in case.”
“I know.”
“Niki, breathe,” he urged, leaning down to kiss her forehead. “It’s going to be okay. I promise.”
She nodded tearfully.
“I’ve got to get back to work. My lunch is almost over.”
“You aren’t upset?”
