Silent treatment

Road trip

6 weeks later

Doctor Todd's been using the fruit and vegetable comparison chart and says each of my pups are about the size of a kidney bean.

And my stomach is poking out enough for people to notice. "Hun we need to go shopping for you you're outgrowing your clothes.

'Are you calling me fat?' I wrote.

"No baby-"

'You think I'm fat don't you well that's what happens when you get you mate pregnant.' I wrote.

"Baby, I don't think you're fat okay I love your belly it's a huge turn on. Okay? I love you and the little creatures inside of you. Now I know a place where were's shop so nobody will be judging you. My cousin got pregnant at sixteen and she went there." He assured me. "It'll take us about a day to get there though." He said wrapping his arms around my belly. "It's in Texas an old friend of mine manages the shop with his wife." I leaned into him feeling unable to let him go.

We've only grown closer in the past six weeks. He's been there for me through everything. Even my irrational complaining, arguing, and other unexplainable shit.

"You up to it?" I nodded and rocked back and forth in his arms. "Good cause we're leaving right now." I gave him a look, "already packed we're taking the Cadillac Escalade." He said grabbing my hand and helping me into the large trucks passengers seat. "Do you want anything?"

'Chocolate.' I told him.

"Kay." He said grabbing my hand and holding it on my thigh. He pulled off and out of the territory. He stopped at a gas station and went into the small store and I watched a guy get out of his car and pull a gun out his jacket aiming it at me through the windshield.

I opened the door and pulled a new knife from my thigh and launched it at the mans chest sending his gun tumbling to the ground next to his body.

Fuck.

I stood there staring at the guy I had just killed. "Gale what happened?" Darius ran over to me holding a ton of chocolate.

I pointed at the guy then the gun and he followed my finger. "Get in the car." He growled low. I climbed in and he placed the chocolate in the console reaching over me before closing the door.

He did something at the back of the truck before climbing into the driver side and leaving the area. "Just take a nap baby." He rubbed my thigh in a calming motion and I closed my eyes.

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"No I told you where it was supposed to go." He sighed letting the person on the other line speak. "In the clearing. I'll text the rest to you." I sighed and faced the window. "Bye. We're gunna pull over for something to eat and if you're still tired you can climb in the back." I nodded leaning back in the chair and closing my eyes. "I love you, you know that?" I opened my eyes and stared at him quietly for a minute before opening the middle console and retrieving a chocolate bar.

He grabbed the hand that held the chocolate bar for a second stopping at the red light and took a huge bite out of the white chocolate. He chuckled at my face pulling into a diners parking lot and helping me out. "You are huge." he said pinching my butt and I gave him a warning look making him laugh some more.

"C'mon Cupcake." He said intertwining our fingers. "Two." He held up his fingers and the guy sat is down and a lady walked over.

"What can I get you Hun?" She asked me and I pointed to the Caesar salad and sweet tea. "And you?"

"Hamburger everything on it and water." She picked up our menu's and walked to the back without a single googling eye at Darius. "Thought of any names?" I shook my head we don't even know the genders. "Fair enough." He shrugged.