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I sit down, the leather creaking as I sink down into it.
Dream remains standing, still wringing her hands as she looks around the room.
“What’s on your mind?” I ask.
She looks at me, then her eyes dart away. She opens her mouth to speak, but closes it a moment later.
Silence falls between us like a curtain. The anticipation is going to kill me.
“This… This isn’t easy for me to say,” she begins, looking everywhere but my eyes.
My mind races. Is she unhappy? Is she going to leave me? “You can tell me anything, you know that.”
“I know, I know. It’s just...” She takes a deep breath. “It’s just that this might change everything between us.”
A thousand different scenarios run through my head. None of them are good. Whatever it is, it’s big and has the potential to ruin us forever. I can feel the walls coming up over my heart to protect it, brick by miserable brick.
“Take your time, Dream,” I say softly, trying to mask the urgency and dread I feel. “I’m here for you, no matter what.”
She nods, her eyes meeting mine as if she’s looking for something—approval, love, commitment? I don’t know. But whatever it is, I hope to God she finds it, because the suspense is killing me.
She opens her mouth to speak, and at that moment, there’s a knock on the door. We both jump at the noise.
“Who is it?” I ask, my voice coming out deep and firm.
“Jasha.”
“Unless someone is dying, please go away.”
“Just wanted to know if I should put a beer in the fridge for you,” he says, sounding just as annoyed as I am.
I sigh. “Yeah, go ahead. Thanks.”
Jasha’s footsteps fade as he walks back down the hallway, and I turn my attention back to Dream. “Sorry about that.”
She laughs, shaking her head. “He really does know how to spoil an important moment.”
“That’s what brothers do.”
She nods, and the room fills with silence again, heavy with unspoken words. Whatever she has to say, it feels like the moment before a storm. And although I don’t know what’s coming, I know that whatever it is, it will change us.
Forever.
“I’m pregnant,” Dream blurts, and her words hit me like a thousand bullets.
If I wasn’t sitting, I would fall to my knees from the impact.
I swallow hard, but there’s something stuck in my throat that won’t allow me to speak. My mind goes blank, and then it’s filled with a million thoughts that are fighting each other to be the one that passes through my lips first.
“I know it’s a lot right now, especially considering what we’re about to do,” she says, filling the awkward silence with her own words. “And I’m sorry for jumping this on you so suddenly. I just thought it’d be unfair not to tell you.”
“Don’t apologize,” I’m finally able to say. “Don’t ever apologize for anything, Dream. You’re perfect.”
She blushes, pushing her hair back behind her ear and looking down at her feet.
“Come. Sit here with me,” I say, scooting over and patting the couch.
She shuffles over to me, avoiding my eyes again as she sits down. I can hardly believe that I’m not just sitting next to the woman of my dreams, but also our baby. I’m blessed well beyond what I deserve.
