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He dropped his shoulders. “You know, I’ve lost like ten pounds since you’ve gotten pregnant.”
“Lucky you,” I said stealing a piece of sausage. Mason let out a small laugh before picking up his plate and standing at the stove to eat. He knew I wouldn’t move to chase him down. Instead, I kept my eyes on my plate and ate everything on it.
“Seriously, this kid has to come out soon. It feels like it’s about to fall out anyway,” I said trying my best to walk normal.
“Let’s run by the shop and then we can stop at the bar and have an early lunch.”
That got me moving. The only thing that could get me off my ass since I got pregnant, was food, sex, or coffee. Being pregnant did weird things to my body, and I’m not talking about the physical aspects of it.
I’m talking about the crazy cravings that kicked in the middle of the night. A craving so strong, that it would wake me up out of a dead sleep to demand cake icing and Cheddar and Sour Cream chips. I had never in my life liked pickles, but pregnant, I loved them, especially with bacon wrapped around them and a side of cream cheese to dip it in. Just thinking about it made my mouth water.
I had to pee before we even made it to the shop. Since we lived in the country, there wasn’t anywhere to stop so I had to hold it. I was holding onto the door and squeezing my thighs together while bouncing up and down, doing anything to help me keep it in. I didn’t have any extra clothes to change into. Finally, when I thought I couldn’t hold it any longer, we pulled into the shop.
The moment the truck stopped, I unfastened my seatbelt and threw the door open to make a run for it.
I foundMason in his office, going over paperwork. Joey was behind the counter and Trent was stirring trouble, everything was back to normal. After Jessica ran off to never be seen again, Joey offered to take her job back. Which made everyone happy and took a load off for Mason. He didn’t like anyone else being behind the counter after growing up with only Joey back there.
Everything was falling into place. The shop was open and making more money than ever. We had all of our old employees, plus a few new ones. But the best part was that Mason and I were finally free and able to be together. No Chris or Ashley to get in our way. Those past few months with Mason was what I’d always wanted.
I couldn’t wait for my little rib breaker to be out so we could get married and live life like we always wanted. When we found out that I was pregnant, we decided to hold off on the wedding for a little while. We were both stressed already with everything that happened with Chris, and we had to prepare for a baby, the wedding got pushed to the back burner.
“I’m hungry,” I said sitting down across the desk from Mason.
“Already? You just ate.”
“I can’t help it. Have you seen how huge I am?” I motioned toward my massive stomach.
A little grin pulled across his face. “I’m almost done and we can go to the bar.”
“Joe, these are done.” Mason handed off the papers as we made our way out.
“Thank you, honey.” She smiled sweetly. She was just as happy as we were that she was back to work. Mason thanked her for coming back with a raise and promised weekends off, but that was nothing compared to going on without her.
“Please don’t eatthat nasty shit in front of me again,” Dane said when we sat down at the bar to eat.
“I won’t.” I hung my head.
“I’m sorry, but last time I couldn’t look at fried chicken again for weeks.” He was referring to the time that I ate friend chicken dipped in pickle juice and ketchup. I admit, that did seem nasty, but at the time, it was amazing.
“I can’t believe how huge you are getting.” Alissa sat down across from me.
“Thanks, bitch.”
Mason wrapped his arm around me and pulled me into his side.
“Be nice,” he warned.
“Seriously, is the baby coming anytime soon? You’re as big as a house.” She felt the need to point out.
Tears stung my eyes.
Other than being huge and eating stuff that made people look at me like I was a freak, I was also sensitive and cried at the drop of a hat.
“I wish this baby would come out,” I cried into Mason’s shoulder.
“Great, now see what you did?” He smoothed down my hair.
“I’m sorry,” Alissa and Dane both said in unison. They’ve had to do that a lot.
