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Dr. Mourney nodded again. “The horse out of the barn, huh?”
Alex grinned, and I could feel my entire chest ease with relief. “Something like that,” Alex chuckled.
“Well, how about we take some of that blood, yeah?”
I squeezed Alexandria’s hand in mine, ready for my entire life to change for the better.
Chapter 24
The satisfaction that makes everything okay.
Hunter~
I’d wanted us to do this together, but Alexandria had insisted on going to her parents’ house by herself. I hadn’t liked it, but I hadn’t wanted to argue with her more. Nevertheless, I had insisted on meeting with her parents afterwards because I wasn’t a coward, and I was not going to start my relationship with my future in-laws under those circumstances.
So, while Alex was informing her parents of our irresponsibility, I was at my parents’ house, my brother and Talon here with me, even though Talon and Kenzlee already knew.
We were all gathered around the living room, and Lars looked unconcerned while my parents looked like parents that were familiar with how their children kept getting into trouble. While I hadn’t been nearly as bad as Lars growing up, I hadn’t been a saint, either.
“Just tell us,” Dad sighed. “While I’d like to believe that you surprised us because you missed us, I’m very familiar with that look on your face, son.” Lars laughed, making Dad look his way. “You’re worse than he is, so I suggest that you shut it, kid.” Lars quit laughing, but he didn’t stop smiling.
“Alexandria’s pregnant,” I announced, ripping off the bandage.
“Alexandria Grant?” Mom asked.
I nodded. “Yeah.”
“Oh, God,” Mom whispered. “Is she okay? How is she feeling?” She shook her head. “I didn’t even know that she had a serious boyfriend.”
“Viola, honey,” Dad sighed.
“I mean, I know we don’t know her that well, but when you guys all became friends last year…well, I see Sheri and Allen all the time in town,” she went on, continuing to be oblivious. “Should we call them? See if we can help in any way?”
“Mom?”
Mom looked my way. “What about the boy? Is he going to do the right thing by her?”
Dad shot me a look, knowing what all the men in the room already knew. Even Lars was quiet as a tomb, knowing to keep his mouth shut when shit was serious. In fact, my mother was a very smart woman, so I had no idea how she wasn’t catching on. Maybe it was denial.
“If you’re asking if he plans on being there for her and the baby, then the answer is yes,” I told her. “In fact, he plans on marrying her.”
Mom’s brows scrunched up. “I’m not sure how I feel about marriage just for the sake of a baby. Couples should be in love when they get married.”
“I can promise you that they are very much in love with each other, Mom,” I assured her, trying not to whither underneath my father’s hard stare. “The baby might have been unplanned, but it’s not in any way unwelcomed.”
Mom let out a steady breath. “That’s good,” she muttered. “That’s good.”
“Viola, honey-”
“It’s fine, Henry,” she said, cutting him off. “I’m very aware that Hunter’s responsible for getting Alexandria in trouble.”
“It’s not the fifties, Mom,” I grumbled, not arguing how I deserved her torment. “I didn’t get Alex introuble.”
She looked at me pointedly. “Well, that all depends on how Allen and Sheri take the news, now doesn’t it?”
“I love her, Mom,” I said, doing what I could to save myself from her disappointment. “We went from friends to something more, and I’m glad that we did. IknowAlexandria. I have no doubts about wanting to marry her, Mom. The baby…I was already serious about Alex before the news of the baby.”
When the blood test had come back positive of Alex’s pregnancy, neither of us had been surprised. Though we hadn’t exactly reacted happily, we also hadn’t reacted miserably. We had taken the results as maturely as we could, listening to Dr. Mourney inform us of all our options, though that’d been unnecessary. However, we had walked out of there with the best birth control option for Alexandria for when after she delivered the baby.
