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About a week later, Jamie was sick right after she made breakfast. She looked in the mirror at her red eyes, and realized they were the same eyes she had looked at the day before and the day before that. She had been sick every morning for a week and a half.
Jamie sat down on her bed and yawned. She had been very tired lately, to the point that she had to take a nap during her lunch breaks just to get through the day. Tilting her head back, she moaned as she thought about how much her breasts had been hurting.
“There’s no way,” she said to herself.
Jamie went to the doctor after her work day was over and described her symptoms to him. Fifteen minutes later he confirmed what she had suspected. She was pregnant.
Stunned, she went back to her apartment and plopped down on the couch. She was both terrified and elated. The prospect of being a single mother was overwhelming but she was happy that she would have a little piece of Luke.
“Now I know what Charlie was thinking and going through,” Jamie said. “I wish I could tell her that she’s not alone.”
April stopped by the next day and Jamie shared the happy news with her.
“Congratulations,” April said, hugging Jamie. “I’m so excited for you.”
“Thank you,” Jamie said. “I’m a little nervous, but excited.”
“When are you going to tell Luke?” April asked.
“I wasn’t planning on it,” Jamie said.
“What? You have to,” April said. “He’s the father.”
“He knows how I feel about him,” April said. “He is in the shifter world and hasn’t tried to make contact with me. It’s pretty obvious to me that he isn’t ready to be in a permanent relationship, and I’m not going to use the baby to force him to be.”
April sighed and hung her head.
“I’m sure that Luke loves you and would want to be a part of the baby’s life,” April said. “If nothing else, he should be a part of the baby’s life even if you two aren’t together.”
Jamie looked at April and slowly nodded. That made sense. This was the twenty first century. He wouldn’t feel obligated to be in a relationship with her just because she was pregnant.
“You’re right. I just need to figure out how to tell him. Then, I’ll reach out to him somehow,” Jamie said.
April nodded in approval.
The thought of contacting Luke and telling him that he was going to be a father terrified her. Luckily, she still had a few months to figure out how to tell him and to build up enough courage to let him know that he was going to be a father.
28
Luke
Draco, the dragon king, welcomed Luke as he passed through the portal.
“Dillon has told me about you, son. Welcome,” Draco said.
“Thanks,” Luke replied. “It’s an honor to be in your presence.”
Draco smiled and nodded.
“I guess things were heating up for you in Ivy Springs,” Draco said.
“Yes, sir. I never saw the cameras in the trees that filmed me shifting,” Luke said. “I’m sure that my father is never going to forgive me for getting caught.”
“I’m sure your father will be fine. The clan in Montana is very strong. He’ll fit right in,” Draco said. “Do you have any plans here?”
“Well, sir. I was planning on joining the fire department and EMT squad in the human world. It would be a good fit for me here, too. I like to help people, and I like to keep active.”
“Good plan. I’ll let the chief know to expect you in a couple of days,” Draco said.
