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“Well, it’s hard not to.”
“I know. It’s exciting.”
“So, you wouldn’t tell Sophia for a month?”
“I can do it.”
“What about Harper?”
“Well,” Alexis thought for a moment, “we can tell her then bribe her with LEGO to keep quiet.”
“Deal,” Blake laughed as she helped Alexis into the car.
Shopping and finishing preparing for the dinner in only a few days seemed to help take both Alexis and Blake’s mind off the looming test results. Once back home, Blake and Alexis read the script Shawn had sent her. It was a decent script with two female leads, which piqued Blake’s attention. But she couldn’t make a decision on that yet. Not until she knew about the test results.
By the following day, Blake happily hummed along to a Kelly Clarkson song as she made breakfast for herself and Harper. Alexis was still sleeping, giving Blake some time alone with Harper.
“Okay, Harp, do you want blueberries or chocolate chips?”
“Both!”
“That’s my girl.” Adding a handful of blueberries and chocolate chips to the waffle mix, Blake poured the batter into the waffle maker and waited. Harper sat across from her at the counter with her feet swinging back and forth, if the repetitive sound was any indication. “Harp, don’t kick your feet. You’ll wake Mommy up.”
“Can I go wake her up?”
“No, baby. Mommy needs sleep.”
“Why?”
Why indeed.
They had decided not to tell Harper about the baby until there was a baby to tell her about. That meant she didn’t understand why Alexis was still in bed after nine in the morning when all three would usually be making breakfast together. It had become a tradition they did most mornings Harper didn’t have school. Blake searched her brain for any answer to give Harper that would satisfy her curiosity and prevent a hundred more follow up questions.
“Well, Mommy works really hard all the time and she just needs a little break right now.”
“Is she sick?”
“No,” Blake shook her head, “she’s not sick.”
“Is she sad?” Harper’s concern for her mom was beyond touching and it melted Blake’s heart.
“No, she’s not sad, sweetie.”
“Well, maybe waffles will make her feel better.”
Shit. The waffles.
Blake quickly opened the waffle maker to find that—thankfully—they weren’t burnt. She put two on Harper’s plate before pouring more batter into the maker. Just as she was about to close the machine, she heard Alexis call out from the bedroom.
“Blake!”
The scream sent chills down Blake’s spine. She dropped the batter bowl onto the counter and sprinted for the bedroom. As she rounded the corner into the bedroom, she ran right into Alexis. Blake quickly grabbed her shoulders, looking her over to see if she was bleeding or anything. But all she saw was the huge smile plastered on Alexis’s face.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?”
“I’m pregnant!”
“What?” Although it took a few seconds for the two words to register with her brain, her smile widened at the words. “Are you serious?”
