Complications (Muke)

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The next morning was weird. The house was empty except for Allison and me.

"Hey." I smiled.

"Hey."

"How's pregnancy so far?" I wondered.

"Ugh." She groaned, taking a bite of her waffle.

"Where'd everyone go?" I wondered.

"To get groceries. They should be back soon. They left around noon." She replied.

It was one.

As if on cue, the door opened and they all came in, Ashton carrying the bags they had. Calum had one.

"Put these away." Ash told Luke, shoving the bags into his hands.

Luke smiled and set them on the counter.

Everyone left Michael and me alone in the kitchen, and he pressed his lips to mine.

"I woke up without you." I complained.

"Did you... " He asked.

"No, I had a pleasant dream." I replied.

"Oh."

"It just sucks waking up and not being able to look at you or cuddle up to you or kiss you." I admitted.

He smiled and kissed me again.

"I love you." He said.

"I love you more." I replied.

***

"Two weeks. Two weeks until we know what our baby will be." I groaned.

"Thirteen days actually." Luke said. I rolled my eyes.

"Two weeks minus one day." I said.

He smiled.

"That's still too long." I complained.

He sighed.

"I know. But then we still have like five months until the baby is even here." He reminded me.

"That sucks but it isn't as bad because then we can like buy stuff and set stuff up and it'll go faster than just sitting around waiting." I responded.

He nodded. "True."

***

"Luke!?" I called. I was in the kitchen, and I had just received a disturbing message from Josh.

"Yeah?" He called back from wherever he was.

"Come here!"

I was not happy.

He walked into the kitchen.

"Yeah?"

"What the fuck is this!?" I demanded, practically throwing my phone at him.

"What? Josh?" He asked.

"Yes, Luke. Don't act stupid. What the fuck is this about him moving in!?" I yelled.

I was sure everyone else could hear us and I didn't care.

"Oh! That! Yeah, Josh is probably moving in." He told me.

"Thanks for fucking telling me! I don't like him, Luke! You know that!" I exclaimed.

"It won't be forever. Just a few months. And I'll protect you. You don't have a reason to dislike him." He said.

"Are you serious? I'm not scared of him anyway, you don't need to protect me! I don't like him for multiple reasons!"

"Mike, calm down."