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"Ohhhh," I said. Realizing that he could see the slight protrusion of my belly. At almost 2 months, my body was showing visible signs of pregnancy.
"About that," I started.
"When were you going to tell me?" his eyes shining. His voice soft.
My thoughts skidded to a halt, "You knew? How? Did Kieran tell you?"
"No, babe. No one told me. This morning I thought you felt different.Your boobs felt bigger,” he grinned, slyly, “At first, I thought I was imagining things so I left it alone. Then, when I unpacked your suitcase, I saw your prenatal vitamins. I got A’s in Biology class, you know."
I stepped closer to him. “I guess I’m the reason they put the fine print in those birth control pills, the 0.01 percent who could get pregnant while on them. These past months have been so hectic. Looking back, I don’t know if I took them the same time, every single time.”
I searched his face, “Are you okay with us having a baby, Zander?”
He sat me on the bed; this time,we were facing each other, "I wanted to wake you up this morning, but I knew you were so tired,” his eyes were filled with gentleness, as he whispered, “I'm going to be a dad."
It was then that I sawthe tears falling down on his face.
"If it was possible to love you any more, Sedona, I would. I’m giving you all of me. You own me, babe,” he traced my face tenderly, his breath slightly trembled, “I also know that this isn't part of your plans and it isn't a part of mine, maybe not for another 8 years or so. But it's herenow. I couldn't be happier."
"Oh, Zander, I was so worried you'd be upset." My love for this man just grew exponentially. This might not have been the right time for a baby. It was not in my plans. My plan definitely did not have a “B” for Baby right after school. Neither did my plan contain “Z” for Zander. He was the unexpected, the ‘x’ in my equation.
As he sat me on his lap, he brushed the hair off my face and caressed my growing tummy.
"We're going to be okay, babe. Whatever happens, we will deal with it together. Do you trust me?"
I nodded my head, “Yes, I do.”
I trusted him completely. With my mind, my body, my heart. And now, our future.
Epilogue
Kieran
She wasgoing to be alright. After signing off from the video chat with her and Zander, I
breathed a sigh of relief. She was positively glowing; her eyes shone with so much happiness. She saidthat they were flying back in a couple of days to attend the commencement exercises. All throughout our 30-minute chat, she described how she was feeling better; how she has been spending the past 3 days visiting tourist spots in the city, while Zander was in training camp; and, her visit to the Mall of America to start buying some chic, maternity clothes.
I still couldn’t believe she was pregnant. I joked that who would have thought, out of all our friends, Miss Plan Ahead, was having a baby at 21. She just smiled and glanced at Zander. They were ecstatic about the baby. Her only worry came when she thought about her dad and Zander’s parents; how they would react to the situation. Zander and I reassured her that everything would be okay.
I was happy for them. My best friend deserved the best. Zander was a great guy. I remembered the first time I met him, at the College Sports Awards Night. He looked at her with such longing and heat, like she was the only woman in the room. His eyes never left her. I saw him chatting with other women; but, his eyes were always following her. I overheard Sedona tell Nalee that Zander was a flirt. What she didn’t know was that if she had looked closely, she would have seen that she was only woman that mattered to Zander. And, it has been that way ever since. He made her happy. He brought out the best and the worst in Sedona. He challenged her and she challenged him right back. With Brennan, she stayed in her shell; controlled, reserved. With Zander, she blossomed and thrived; alive, carefree. She looked at him the way I used to look at her.
Sedona thought she knew all my secrets. She did, except for one. A secret that I would always keep from her. A while ago, she asked me if I had ever fallen in love, I shushed her and told her it was blasphemous.
I have fallen in love,once. When I was 11, I met a girl with piercing, violet eyes, who challenged me that she could find the coin I dropped in the pool.
