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He was wearing stupid sunglasses.
I pulled them off, getting my fingerprints on the lenses as I did, and said, “What the absolutehell, Banner?”
He grinned.
“Let’s go look at our baby.”
And that was exactly what we did.
With me full on sobbing.
Funny enough, nobody noticed, or if they did, didn’t care.
Obviously, it wasn’t unusual for sobbing women to cry their way through the waiting room.
When it came to waiting, I sat in Banner’s lap and cried against his neck.
And he let me.
By the time we were called back, I was no longer crying.
“All righty,” the young woman who would be doing the sonogram said. “We’re looking for size today. I know you’re getting close. With you as far along as you are, don’t expect any miracles today, okay?”
I didn’t.
Well, not when it came to seeing anything good. I felt like the baby was squished in there like a sardine, so it wouldn’t surprise me if you couldn’t see much at all.
“And the baby made a liar out of me already,” the woman said as our baby’s face was displayed on the screen as soon as she stuck the wand to my belly.
“Oh,” I grinned. “He’s so fat. And looks exactly like you.”
“Thought you said it was a she?” Banner teased, squeezing the fingers of my hand that he’d yet to let go of.
“Whatever,” I grumbled.
“Do y’all not know?” she asked the two of us.
I shook my head. “At first, when we wanted to know, we never got a clear shot. Now, it’s just something we don’t know. As if maybe we’re not trying as hard to know.” I scrunched up my nose. “If that makes sense at all.”
“Ahh,” she said. “Then I won’t tell you. Unless you want to know. And he or she gives me a good view.”
Which he or she didn’t.
In the end, all we got were a really good headshot, a picture of his or her feet near the head, and a cute little butt shot.
I was smiling at the photos, and snapping pictures to send to Banner’s mom, as we walked out the door.
Banner had moved his possessive hold from my hand to my hip as we walked outside.
“Damn,” he said as squeezed my hip. “I’m fucking scared now.”
I snorted. “Why?”
“Because it’s real. I guess…I guess I wasn’t expecting it to be as close. I mean, logically I knew it could be any day, but I was almost too late. That’s like a real-life baby in there!” he said in surprise.
I rolled my eyes and poked him. “Why didn’t you just meet me at home?”
His smile was sheepish.
