Irrevocably Yours

His Side

RJ had been on edge the whole day. Eversince last night when Maine stood up after their lovemaking, headed straight to the bathroom and locked the door. She never, ever lock doors. Not the bathroom door, not even the front door. RJ has to constantly remind her to lock the front door or he would do it himself. He's been asking her if she's ok, and she's always responded with "I'm fine". But RJ knows she's not fine. That something is bothering her. When she came out of the bathroom last night, she went to her side of the bed, lied down and turned her back. RJ asked her then if anything was wrong but she just mumbled "I'm just tired". RJ joined her on the bed, pulled the covers up and hugged her from behind. He thought for sure that she would move away because of the way she stiffened when he wrapped his arms around her, but after a minute, she relaxed, turned around, softly kissed him on the lips and whispered "I love you". She placed her head on his chest, her arm around his waist and with a sigh, went to sleep.

RJ had left for work earlier than usual this morning. Maine was still sleeping when he left, which to him, is a little unusual because she is always up at 5:30am regardless of how late she went to bed the night before. He didn't have office today but he had 2 OR cases and he made sure to have it done before 2pm. Tonight is the 'family dinner' (as his mom called it) at his parents house so he wanted to be home early and not rush later. Maybe this is the reason why Maine had been very quiet. Maybe she was just nervous about meeting his family. Maybe, maybe, maybe! Fuck! I've never seen her this quiet before. But she says she's fine when I ask if she's ok. She doesn't look fine! Dammit!

Maine couldn't focus! When RJ was getting ready for work this morning, she pretended to be asleep. So when he kissed her goodbye and whispered "I love you", it took all her willpower to not open her eyes and say it back. As soon as she heard the garage door close, she jumped out of bed, which was a mistake cause she got really dizzy and really nauseated. She had to slowly sit down on the edge of the bed, take measured deep breaths before standing up again. Yap! She was definitely pregnant. AGAIN! She didn't need to take a pregnancy test to confirm it because she knows her body. This is exactly what happened with Sebastian. How am I supposed to tell him about this. Oh hey RJ, I know you just found out about Sebastian but taaaadaaaa, I'm pregnant with our second child! Yeah right?!? That would go well.

As soon as Sebastian woke up that morning and had his breakfast, Maine took him for a walk. They walked to the corner drugstore to buy a pregnancy test. Even if she already knew she was pregnant, a confirmation wouldn't hurt. Who knows, she might just be paranoid. Sure, sure. Keep telling yourself that Mendoza. So the pregnancy test was positive. All three of them!

Now, as they are heading to the Faulkerson's house for the 'family dinner', not a word was spoken. The only sound inside the car was the faint music coming from the car stereo and Sebastian's gibberish in the back. Maine and RJ would alternate in answering "yes baby" or "sure buddy" absentmindedly. RJ kept throwing surreptitious glances towards Maine to gauge if he should say something or not. Maine had been looking at her window the whole time since they left her house. Thoughts were all jumbled in her head. Well only one thought really. That she's pregnant again. She's been thinking about it the whole day and the more she thought about it, the more she liked it. She's pregnant! Again! She still doesn't know if RJ and her were ready for another child but it's happening! But let's face it, there's nothing she could do right now. She's pregnant and that's that! So this time she smiled. Smiled a happy, contented smile.

RJ sensed the change in Maine's mood so he threw her another glance and this time he caught her smile. He reached for her hand and she gave it gladly. He brought her hand to his lips while the other hand gripped the steering wheel. Maine looked to him and reached out to cup his cheeks in her hand. She was wearing this blinding smile but RJ still had to ask "You okay?" She nodded her head in affirmation.