The Roommate

Chapter 9

6 months later

Negative. Negative. Never in a million years would I get tired of sex, but sex was getting tired of me. I sat on the couch in a lump as I waited for Jacob to get home. A few hours later, the door opened and shut, the familiar click of toenails on the floor and his baritone voice filling the room. "Baby, I'm home." I felt myself snap, and I started to cry. He literally jumped over the couch and pulled me into a hug. "Baby, shhhhh."
"Negative again." I said softly. His body seemed to slump a little as he pulled me into his lap.
"Do you want to go to a doctor?" He whispered softly, and I nodded, finally caving to the idea. He'd brought it up a few months ago, but I refused to believe there was actually something wrong. "Okay. I'll call in the morning." He played with my hair as I cried into his chest. I felt myself falling asleep. A month and a half later, I still wasn't pregnant, and we were in a waiting room for the nurse to call me back.
"Harper Warner?" We stood up and walked back with the nurse. Once in the room she asked me the usual questions. "How long since your last period?"
"Last week."
"Any chance of pregnancy?" My mouth opened, but no sound came out. Jacob cleared his throat.
"We've been trying to conceive since our honeymoon seven months ago. It's why we are here."  He said softly. She nodded.
"Okay, I'm so sorry for asking." I nodded and she smiled softly. She asked a few other questions, before walking out. I was crying again by the time the gynecologist walked in.
"Oh honey, let's get you a tissue." She said as she walked in, jumping to the cabinet and retrieving me a box of tissues. "Here pumpkin." I sniffled as I tried to stop crying. "I'm Doc Mandy, I can see something is going on."
"We just want to have a baby." I said, my voice cracking. "But I think there something wrong with me."
"There is nothing wrong with you dearie. You may be a little different, but you are perfect just the way you are." She said, smiling at me. "Why don't we do a quick pelvic exam, and see if I can find something." I nodded. "Okay hon, this is your husband I presume?" I nodded. "Okay, Mr. Warner if you'd like to hold her hand during this I'd appreciate that." Jacob nodded, kissing my forehead. "Now, hon I'm going to need you to get changed into a gown, and we are going to get to know each other a little bit." She pulled a gown out of the cabinet and put it on the table. "I'll be back in a few minutes." As I changed, Jacob rubbed my shoulders.
"Whatever happens, I love you. We also might consider it could be me." I looked at him. "Guns can shoot blanks. It's not a far stretch to think I can." I smiled a little as he put the gown on me. "You make everything you wear sexy." I giggled. There was a knock at the door. "Come in." She stepped inside with a nurse, shutting the door.
"Okay honey, this is Nurse Jackie. She is just here to help me a little. Is that okay?" I nodded. "Alright let's get you sat on this chair here. Have you been in one before?"
"Um yes. Tampon got stuck the first time I used one."
"Okay. Well I can't say that's first time I've actually heard that story." I got in position in the chair. "Now honey, I have tried to make my hands as warm as they can be, but I am wearing my gloves so they don't retain heat very well." Jacob took my hand, kissing my forehead. "You ready?"
"Mhmm." I said nervously. Once she'd let go of me I whimpered in fear of what she had to say.
"Honey, I want you to know, I am 99% sure you have a tilted uterus." She put the feet down and stood up. "But that shouldn't be affecting your fertility that much. Do you do a lot of doggy style in the bedroom?"
"Um yeah, it's one of our favorite positions actually." He said, knowing I wouldn't be able to answer that question. She nodded.
"Well honey I would like to check one more little thing, okay?" I nodded and she went back to her pelvic exam. "Okay, do you have a family history of endometriosis? Abnormal pain during your period or sex?"
"Um, no?"
"I'd like to get an ultrasound, just to be sure. Those combined might be causing it. Mr. Warner, you are still on the chopping block though." She said with a playful smile as she stood up. "If you want to shorten the name, endo can cause infertility. Combined with the tilted uterus, it may just not be taking. Doggy style is one of the better ways to get pregnant if you have a tilted uterus so that's why I went back in for another look." We both nodded. Once the ultrasound was done she nodded. "That is what's going on." She pointed to something on the screen. "You have endometriosis." I sniffled. "You can still get pregnant. It just might be easier to go the medical way."
"No!" I said, my voice cracking. "If I get pregnant, it's the natural way." She nodded.
"Okay. Let me see if I can figure something out then. Go ahead and get dressed." She said, and stepped out. Ten minutes later she came back. "Okay so I went and got a second opinion. We both think that the best way to solve this pregnancy issue is through surgery." I felt my breathing quicken, hugging Jacob.
"Easy baby." He said. "Is there any other way?"
"It would be the most effective treatment in her case. And it will only worsen as she gets older." He lifted my chin.
"Why don't we see if I'm okay, and go from there?" He asked me. I nodded. We found out a month later, his gun was, fully loaded. We were at home one day, when I crawled into his lap. "Hey firecracker." I didn't feel like a firecracker as I pouted into his shoulder while I straddled him. But it made me feel better.
"I want a baby." I said softly. He nodded.
"I know."
"What if... what if we adopted?" I said. He pulled away, kissing me.
"Is that what you want?" I nodded. "Okay." I nodded and he kissed me. "I love you with all my heart and I just want you to be happy and healthy. But let's do surgery first. Try for a baby. If it doesn't work, we'll adopt." I nodded. The following month he rolled me out of the hospital. I was in pain, but I was also still hopped up on pain killers and anesthesia.
"Woooo, car go burrrrr." I said giggling.
"Yeah cars do go burr." He said with a chuckle. I flopped my head back, smiling at him.
"You're prettyyyyyy."
"No you're pretty." He kissed my forehead. My eyes watered.
"I am?"
"The most beautiful woman I've ever seen." He said, and I cried as he helped me into the car. "Hey, firecracker?" I looked at him. He wiped away my tears and stuck out his tongue. I giggled. "Okay, you stay there. I'm going to return the wheelchair inside." I nodded and he shut the door. I watched him, giggling as he ran back out. He gave me a weird look as he sat in the car. "Hey beautiful." I smiled as I looked at the floor. "Let's go home, okay?" I nodded and when we got home, he took me to bed. "Let's cuddle and sleep baby girl." I pouted at him.
"No."
"No?" He said, looking at me. I nodded. "Okay then what do you suggest?"
"Candy."
"We don't have any candy."
"I have a secret stash." I said, giggling. He sighed.
"Okay where?"
"I dunno." He gave me a look. "Find it." He rolled his eyes as he got up and started looking around. Ten minutes later I was laughing my ass off at him. He glared at me.
"There isn't a stash. Is there?" I shook my head and he chuckled. "You are a little shit, babygirl." He kissed my forehead, cuddling up to me. "Sleep, baby." I slowly drifted off in his arms, smiling softly. When I woke up, I was in pain.
"Ow." I said softly, trying to sit up. He walked in holding a tray of food.
"Oh good you're awake." I groaned as he helped me sit up. "Here, pain pills." He said, helping me take them.
"Thank you." I said softly. He kissed my forehead.
"When you are done, we can go watch tv."
"I want to watch Spiderhead." I said and he nodded.
"Then we watch, Spiderhead." He said. After breakfast, he helped me up and walked me to the living room. "Doctor said that walking should actually help the pain. So I'm going to get you up and get you walking after the movie." I nodded as he handed me the remote. The next few days were filled with movies, food, and walking. A week after my surgery they removed my stitches.
"So I know you two are trying for a little one." The doctor said. "It's in your notes. I'm going to tell you now that you're healing very well, but no sex until you are fully healed." I nodded. "That could be a month, it could be two. It all depends on your body."
"Not even like, really gentle?" I asked. She smiled.
"When it comes to healing, there is no such thing as gentle sex." She said and I blushed.
"Baby, you can wait." He said and I blushed. She smiled at him.
"I expect you to hold her to that."
"Oral?" I said.
"You can give him oral, as long as you don't irritate the wound. So no like, bending over stuff." I nodded. "If it's causing any discomfort or pain, stop immediately." I nodded, kind of disappointed. "Although I wouldn't. If you are pleasuring him and you get really in the mood, you don't want to blue ball yourself." I nodded.
"This is unfair."
"She really wants a baby." He said.
"I'm surprised you haven't. The tissue wasn't all that bad. Very minor, considering."
"Well I got tested too. My guns loaded." He said and she cracked a laugh.
"Well it could just be a fluke. How long have you been trying?"
"7 months, almost every day like two or three times." He said, blushing. Her eyes went wide.
"Talk about stamina." He laughed. "Well hopefully you heal quickly and the next time you try, it takes." Two months later we were given the all clear. He was more than willing to take it slow, and afterwards he cuddled up to me.
"Baby I love you." He whispered softly and I blushed. A week and a half later, after a few more little sexcapades, I took a test. He sat outside waiting for me, and when I came out, he stood up. "Let's wait in the living room." I nodded shakily, and we sat down. A few minutes later, he looked. "Baby..." He looked me, starting to smile. I looked at it and gasped as I started to cry. He kissed me, smiling. I felt my stomach, smiling as he hugged me in his lap. "Thank you, thank you baby." His hand rested on top of mine. "Our little nugget is going to be so loved." He said, kissing me. I felt butterflies in my stomach, kissing him back. Time flew by, and soon I started to show. Garrett was happy because he had gotten his sequel, and it was doing really well in stores and online. I was sitting on the couch watching tv one day when he came in with his mom. I smiled at them, curious why she was here.
"So I have a little surprise for you." She said. "I would like to throw you a baby shower."
"But I don't know the gender."
"Well when you go in to check, I'm going with you. And it will be a surprise for you at the party." I nodded, and soon he was dropping me off at his parents for my baby shower. As I walked in, I gasped at the sight. Pink and blue balloons everywhere, and streamers, and decorations everywhere. There was a table with a bunch of cookies on it and my mouth instantly started to water.

They looked so cute. "You look beautiful baby." I turned to his mom and blushed as she hugged me. "I'm so happy you are the one my son chose." I blushed a deeper shade of pink as she led me to the couch. Quickly after, people started to arrive, and soon they were like 30 women in the room. Soon we were all eating and then came presents. "Now everyone, today is also an important day because Harper doesn't know the gender of the baby. I am the only one who knows. Not even the daddy knows." They all giggled as she handed me a present. "And at the end of the present pile, I will tell you." She said, smiling at me. I gave her a look, earning myself a few giggles. Once I'd opened all the presents, Jacob walked in.
"This is a girls only party." One woman said and I giggled as he walked over as kissed my forehead.
"Hey baby." I smiled at him.
"Okay, so! Are we ready for the gender reveal?" She said, motioning to the cake in the center of the table. I nodded, making her laugh a little as she handed him the knife. He cut it and let me pull it out. Pink. PINK. I looked at him with tears in my eyes.
"She is going to be the most spoiled little girl ever." He said gently, smiling softly as he kissed my forehead. Four and a half months later, he took me to the hospital. "Nurse!" She looked up. "I think she's going into labor!" She got me in a wheelchair and pushed me away, the pain screaming at me. He followed quickly after and hours later I was in the home stretch.
"I know it hurts but one more push." The doctor said and I pushed, screaming a little as I squeezed his hand. Suddenly the pain was gone and I felt myself collapse. Then I heard it.
"Wahhhhh! Wahhhh!" I looked down and the doctor smiled as she quickly dried her a little and handed her to me. "Wahhh! Wahhhh." She went quiet as I held her and I began to cry.
"She's so perfect." I whispered and he kissed my forehead.
"She's gonna be a firecracker. Just like her mama." He said and I laughed, choking a little on my tears.
"Just like her daddy." I said and he smiled.