Beautiful Warrior

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

After a little while, we head back to the main room and walk over to one of the couches. Gilly sits down and I sit in his lap and he holds me close. I lay my head on his shoulder but I don't let my guard down. My eyes scan the room over and over, seeing who all is here and making note of everything I see. The more I look around, the more I tense. "I'm right here baby." he whispers. I look at him and kiss him softly. He cups my face with one hand and says "I know you're still on guard but there's not a man in this room that wouldn't die protecting you." he tells me. "I know. Just shook me up a little." I tell him. "I know but it will pass. You're been through worse, mi sol. You'll get past this." he tells me. "I love you Gilberto. With everything in me." I tell him. "I love you too mi sol." he says back.

That night, it's quiet. We are sitting on the front porch of the clubhouse and there's not but a few people around. I have my head leaned on his shoulder and he has his hand on my leg and we are just sitting. "You ever think about the future?" I ask him. "Used to. Always revolved around the club." he tell me. I look up at him and ask "And now?" He kisses my knuckles and says "Now I think about me and you and just what our kids will look like." I smile softly and say "Me too. I was thinking about something." I say. "What's that?" he asks. "I want kids Gil. I want us to have a family. I was told a long time ago that it would be almost impossible for me to have kids but I was thinking about going to the doctor and getting a second opinion." I tell him. "We can call tomorrow and get you an appointment." he tells me. "What if I can't have kids Gil?" I ask softly and lay my head back on his shoulder. "We'll figure that out when the time comes. One step at a time." he tells me.

The next day, I call and they tell me that they can see me that afternoon. We head to the doctor and they do some blood work and run some tests and we are sitting in the exam room, waiting on some results to come back and Gilly is standing in front of me at the exam table and his hands are on my knees. My hands are on his and I'm looking down at our hands. "Talk to me duleza." he says. "What if he says I can't get pregnant Gil?" I ask and he can tell I'm about to break down. "Then we will figure it out. We can adopt or get a surrogate. We will figure it out." he tells me before kissing me softly. It's not much longer before the doctor walks back in Gilly moves beside me and the doctor takes a seat on the stool. "Who told you that you might not be able to have kids?" he asks. "My ex used to rape me and tourture me. He put me in the hospital and I was bleeding pretty bad. The doctor told me that I had so much scar tissue that there was a very slim chance I would ever get pregnant." I tell him. "Well, after running what tests we did, we did determine one thing." he tells us and we look at him concerned. "The other doctor had no clue what he was talking about. Your pregnancy test came back positive. I'm sending the nurse in to do the ultrasound. What I would like to do is have you seen every two weeks, at least until your second trimester so that we can make sure everything is good. Congratulations, you two." he tells us before leaving the room. I look at Gilly shocked and he's smiling. The nurse comes in and after doing the ultrasound, we find out that I am six weeks pregnant.

We head back to the clubhouse and we walk in, fingers laced and we're smiling. "You two look happy." Coco says. "We are." I say and Gilly pulls me close to him with my back to his front and his hand goes to my stomach. "Holy shit." Letty says. "What?" Coco asks confused and it gets everyone else's attention. "Are you?" she asks me and I nod. "Six weeks." I say and she squeals as she pulls me into a hug. "The fuck you talking about Leticia?" Coco asks. She smacks his arm and says "She's pregnant." He looks at me shocked and then Gilly who nods his head yes and they all start cheering and the celebration begins. Bishop walks over and hugs me and asks "Are you okay?" I nod and say "I have honestly never been better."