Promised You Heaven

Chapter 30-Wow

       *2 year time jump*  

Rhiannon's POV

I held Billie in my lap, petting her nervously as I kept my eyes on the clock.  I watched as Josh fidgeted with his hair in the mirror.  His eyes landed on me,

"Do we need to bring her with us?" He grinned,

"She does help calm me down, but she is terrified of the twins" I laughed, referring to Jake and Sloan's little ones. 

"I help calm you down too I hope." He said coming over and placing a kiss on my forehead.

"Of course you do, this is just such a big deal."   I said, placing Billie on the couch so I could stand, Josh took both of my hands.

"The worst that can happen is they say no, and if thats the case we have other options we can pursue."  He reassured me, running his thumbs over the back of my hands.  I nodded and wrapped my arms around his waist, "Are you ready to go?"

"Ready as I'm going to be." I sighed as I slipped on my shoes.   We got in the car and headed to Jake and Sloans house a little outside of Nashville.  We pulled into the driveway and walked to the front door, never knocking always welcomed we walked in. 

"Where are my favorite niece and nephew!" Josh shouted as he walked into the kitchen,

"Shh!" Sloan hissed as she threw a dish towel at him "They are taking a nap, so they aren't complete little shits later."

"We aren't even to the terrible 2's yet and they are already a handful" Jake laughed as Josh handed him the towel Sloan had thrown at him.  The boys walked outside to start the grill and I felt Sloan staring at me,

"What?" I asked leaning on the counter

"Whats got you freaked." She asked plainly, giving me a glass of water,

"Nothing" I replied avoiding eye contact

"Thats a lie, you're too quiet." She said as she crossed her arms. I sighed as I walked out the back door of their house,

"Josh, can we do this now? Sloan is already grilling me and I don't want to wait." I said as I wrapped my hands around his arm. 

"Do what?" Jake asked as he turned around,

"We just need to talk to you two about something if thats ok," Josh said, sitting down on the patio furniture and pulling me into his lap,

"Of course, anything." Sloan said as she and Jake sat in chairs across from us.  Josh held my hands in my lap, and I glanced down at him, silently begging him to do the talking.  He gave my hand a little squeeze and then started to speak.

"So, as you know Rhiannon has been on fertility treatments for the past year, but we have had no luck even with those."  Sloan nodded with a neutral face, "But what you don't know is that about a year ago, before we started her treatments we had the egg retrieval procedure as a precaution, or as a plan b."  He paused looking to me, I knew even he was struggling to find words.   "It is looking at this point like our only option to have kids of our own is if we have a surrogate." His words trialed off

"Yes." Sloan said abruptly,

"What?" Jake, Josh and I all asked at the same time,

"Thats what you're asking right?  If I will carry your guy's baby?" Sloan asked, Jake was still just staring at her in shock,

"Well, potentially babies.." I finally spoke, "We would want to implant 2 embryos just for better odds," 

"My answer is still yes," She said confidently,