"How do I look?", Taylor asked, a smile on her face because she had a feeling that this was the dress for her. Taylor's mom, Andrea, Brittney, Selena, and Sabrina all looked at her, speechless. "You look beautiful, honey", Andrea said, tears in her eyes as she embraced her daughter. "Mom, stop. I'm going to smear my makeup", Taylor said. "Tay, you look like a princess", Brittney complemented, handing Taylor and Andrea a tissue. "Thanks", she said.
After they paid, they exited the store and went out to eat at a fancy restaurant and then the other girls went home. "Hey", Travis said, seeing Taylor put the dress in the closet. "No peeking", Taylor warned, Travis stealing a kiss from her. "I won't, I won't. But if you could just let me peek.." "No, Trav. It's a surprise", Taylor said, booping his nose as she walked away. She sighed, walking down the stairs and curling up on the couch. So many thoughts went through her mind, feelings of joy and of worry. Taylor had been living in denial for two weeks and it was getting harder and harder to function without an answer to why she was tired all the time and nauseous sometimes. "Mommy?", a little voice called, calling Taylor out of her thoughts. "Yeah sweetie?", Taylor asked, seeing Archer peek out of the playroom to see if his mom was back at home yet. "Did you pick out a pretty dress?", he asked, climbing onto his mom's lap. "Yes, I did. Did you have fun with Travis while I was gone?", she asked, running her fingers through his soft dirty blonde curls. "Yeah, we make cookies but Travis burned them so we had to go buy some from the store", Archer informed his mom. "Oh, is that so", Taylor said with a knowing smirk.
"Is Archer spilling the tea on how I burned the cookies?", Travis asked, walking down the stairs. "Yeah, cause you did!", Archer playfully giggled, being picked up by Travis and attacked by tickles. "Stop", Archer managed to say through laughs. "Oh fine, fine", Travis said, pretending to be reluctant.
"Babe, everything ok?", Travis asked Taylor as they cuddled on the couch watching Mean Girls after Archer was in bed. Taylor nodded, being drawn out of her trance by Travis's words. "Are you sure?", Travis asked sympathetically, kissing her temple. "Yeah, probably just wedding jitters", Taylor reasoned to Travis, forcing a smile. "Ok", Travis said, not completely convinced.
Taylor tucked her head in the crook of Travis's neck, squinting her eyes shut so she didn't start to cry. The pregnancy tests lay in her purse on the floor, far from Travis's eye of vision. Travis rubbed her back and pulled her closer, feeling moisture on his neck. "Shh", he soothed, turning the volume down on the show.
Taylor tried to hold it all in but it only made it worse and she released a sob. "Baby, what's wrong?", Travis asked softly, clearly alarmed by his fiance's sudden mood change.
Taylor tried to talk but kept being cut off by sobs. "You can tell me once you calm down, baby. It's ok, I got you", Travis soothed, kissing her repeatedly on her hairline. Taylor nodded, clinging to Travis.
Taylor lay against Travis's chest, hiccuping a little bit and trying to take slow, deep breaths. "Can you tell me now, baby?", Travis asked, running his fingers up and down her arm. This always seemed to calm Taylor down. "Promise you won't get mad?", Taylor said, slowly taking her head up. "Anything", Travis encouraged. Travis wiped some of the remaining tears off her cheeks, Taylor kissing his thumbs as they ran over her mouth a little. Taylor took a deep breath. "Travis, I found out I am officially pregnant today", Taylor said, not making eye contact because she was too scared of Travis's reaction. Travis took a moment to take this in. "You're pregnant?", Travis asked excitedly. Taylor nodded, glancing in his direction to make sure he was happy. She was overcome with joy when she saw that he was smiling. "We're having a baby?", Travis asked, a huge smile on his face. Taylor nodded, letting a small smile. "Archer's going to be a big brother", Travis exclaimed. "So you'll stay?", Taylor asked hopefully. "Taylor, i'm all in", Travis said enthusiastically, kissing her hard on her mouth.
When they pulled away, Taylor had happy tears in her eyes. "Joe would have never done that for me. He proved me right when he found out I was pregnant with Archer",Taylor said, a huge, hopeful smile on her face. "No, because the difference is I acutally love you", Travis said, putting a hand on her stomach. "So there's a baby in there, huh?", Travis said, smiling, a small tear welling up in his eye. "Yeah. Are you crying?", Taylor asked, placing a hand under his chin and tilting his head up. "No, it's just the dust", Travis assured, Taylor laughing at how bad of a liar he is.
They spend the rest of the evening cuddling, kissing, and taking in the giddy and excited feeling of becoming parents.
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