Heal my heart.

Bonus Chapter 1

Since I love everyone who read Always, and also since I miss Alastair and Gracie myself, here is the first bonus chapter!

Gracie gets pregnant.
I come in laughing through the doors as Alastair follows behind me. It's been two years since our wedding and yet we still haven't grown up. We still fool around and flirt like there's no tomorrow. With each other, of course.
"How did you like the food in the restaurant?" Alastair asks as he takes off his jacket.
"Alastair please hook the jacket behind the door. The food, it was too good. I actually loved it." I say as he purposely throws the jacket on the bed to annoy me. I give him a glare and he properly hangs the jacket behind the door. "Are you going to the shower first or should I?" I ask him. "I think going to the shower together will be good, don't you think?" He asks as he comes closer to me and places a hand on my hips. Despite this happening so many times, I still feel desire throbbing through me. "Aren't you bored yet? We've been making love since the last two years."
"No, I don't think I'll ever be. I've yet to explore each nook, each corner and every curve of your body, and it'll take me years to be even satisifed of you Grace. I am always thirsty for you, you know that right?" He whispers breezily against my neck where his mouth finds my weakest spot, at the left of my neck. I whimper in delight when suddenly his phone rings startling both of us. We jump apart even though we're in the privacy of our apartment and he swears under his breathe. "Baby, I'll be back." He says as he picks up the phone and moves towards the gallery. I adjust the bedding when I suddenly feel my stomach churning. I feel very wierd and before I know it, I rush towards the sink and throw off all the contents of ny one hour ago dinner in the washroom. I puke my tummy out when I feel something. As I stand up and look in the mirror, I see Alastair standing behind me as he stares at me from the mirror. "My health is perfectly fine." I say. "The food was also completely proper, with no sort of poisoning." He says. "I didn't overeat." I say again mechanically. I turn around with my eyes wide and cheeks pink from vomiting and he looks at me very calmly with his hands stuffed in his pockets. "That could mean only one thing." I say as I sit down on the toilet bowl of all the places I could have sat on. He comes and kneels down in front of me, very composed but a gleam in his eyes. "When was your date?" He asks. And then it hits me like a wrecking ball. "Two weeks ago." I whisper. "And you haven't had it since then?" He asks with his hands on my thighs. I gulp and nod. "You know what you have to do." He says and walks out closing the bathroom door behind him. I remove the first aid kit and take out a pregnancy test. I take it and wait for two minutes, my heart beating out of my chest. I check it after two minutes.
Positive.
I instantly place a hand on my belly. Oh god. Fuck. It's his baby, inside me. Our baby. I know pregnancy kits aren't very effective and you have to take it multiple times to be sure, but I knew this was it. We did it unprotected a few days back. It was in the heat of the moment and it kind of just slipped his mind. We should have been expecting it, but now when it's actually happening, I can't contain my joy. I open the door and see him sitting on the bed with his head in his hands. I lean against the door as he looks at me. He gets up and cocks his head to one side, in the same way I had grown to love. I find words in my throat.
"I'm pregnant."
And his face at that moment is worth capturing. He rushes to me with the most gorgeous smile ever pasted on his face and holds up both of my hands together. "Are you sure? Is this for real?" He asks me with his eyes twinkling like a million stars. I shake my head yes, my smile mirroring his. He laughs heartily and hugs me tight. So tight I might just crash into him and break into several pieces. My feet leave the ground as he twirls me around an laughs. He keeps me down and holds my face between his hands. "This is the happiest day of my life. I love you Grace, so much." He says. "I love you too Alastair, much more than you do." I wanto say, but all I do is grin widely.
He places a hand on my belly. "It's not even created, is it?" He asks excitedly, like a little child. "No it isn't." I say. "We're going to the doctor tomorrow okay?" He says and I almost roll my eyes at his protectiveness.
He makes me sit on the bed as he moves around the room, cleaning it. "Alastair let me help you." I say as I get up. "No, I am not putting any pressure on my baby by making the mother work." He says. I laugh. "Come on, it doesn't work like that." I walk past him when he pulls me back to him. Brushing away a strand from my face, he says,"Gracie, I don't believe this. When I first saw you in school, never once did I think that you'll be my wife, and then the mother of my child." He says. "I'm proud of how far we've come. Trust me, you are life." He says as he kisses my forehead. "Thank you Alastair, thank you for loving me and giving me the world to hold in the palm of my hand."
He frowns at me. "Showering is still remaining."
I bite my lip. "Together maybe?"
He smiles down at me. "Together it is."
And he slides down my dress off my shoulder.