Because of You

Chapter 26

It had been two weeks since Jayden and I had gotten married. We had gone to our honeymoon in Hawaii and now we were settling back into my house. Or our house. It felt weird calling it that since I had lived alone for many years now. I almost still couldn't believe I was married. Wendy Hartford. That was my name now.

I glanced over at Jayden, busy in the kitchen, and smiled. He was always in there cooking yummy food and treats. Something furry brushed against my leg, vibrating. I laughed. "Hey Tobes," I said, scooping up my little fur ball. He had definitely missed us while we were gone, but my mom had enjoyed the much needed company. I was thinking of getting her her own little kitten, actually.

Jayden put some his cookies in the oven and walked over to me, wrapping his arms around me from behind. "Hey Princess. And my little prince. I guess that would mean you're actually a queen Wendy," he said, clearly amusing himself. I laughed at him and turned around to give him an Eskimo kiss. I had always read books full of fairytales and perfect romances, but I never thought it'd be possible for me to have a relationship so much like them.

I looked at my watch. It was 6:30. "What's for dinner?"

"Cookies."

I looked at him, raising an eyebrow and I could see him trying to hide a smile. He was so goofy sometimes. "Ok, but really."

"Spaghetti. It's ready when you are."

"Well I don't know about you, but I'm starving." He led me to the kitchen and handed me a big plate of spaghetti, also grabbing one for himself. We walked into the living room and sat on the couch, switching on the tv. Yes we had gotten a couch. And a tv. No more dance room. I had figured it wasn't practical to not have a functional living room when someone else was living with me, so I had started just going to the studio to dance. It was weird how much I actually watched tv now that I had a tv to watch.

I finished my plate of spaghetti quickly and Jayden raised an eyebrow at me. I really didn't usually eat very much. Maybe that's why I was feeling kind of  nauseous suddenly. I got up slowly off the couch and made my way to the bathroom. I was really starting to feel like throwing up. I sank to the floor in front of the toilet and sat there for awhile, but I didn't throw up. Jayden walked into the bathroom. "Hey you ok?"

I nodded and put on a smile. "Just feeling slightly nauseous. I probably just ate too much." I pulled myself up and left the bathroom. By then it was almost eight o'clock. Jayden offered me a cookie, but I declined. I didn't want to hurt his feelings, but I really wasn't feeling good. Hopefully this would go away soon. I took a shower and decided to go to sleep early.

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The next morning I felt fine, but the morning after that I felt nauseous again... and the day after that I got a headache. I had been tired lately and I was starting to get worried. I didn't want to get sick, but it seemed like I was. But... the symptoms were weird. I glanced at the clock. It was midnight. Why was I craving Cheetos? I carefully got out of bed and made my way to the kitchen. Opening the pantry I could see that we were out of Cheetos. I searched around just to make sure, but we were definitely out. I grabbed the Doritos instead.

But I don't want Doritos, I thought. I felt the sudden urge to cry. What was going on with me? Who cares if we were out of Cheetos? And then it hit me... could I... could I be pregnant? I got a wave of energy and sped back to our room, shaking Jay awake. "What? What's wrong?" he said, jolting up in a panic.

"Um how late are drug stores open?"

"What?"

"How late are drug stores open?!"

"I don't know. There's that one that stays open all night. Why?"

"Yes! Can you drive me there?"

"Baby it's midnight."

"Please?"

He sighed. He'd noticed I was acting weird lately too, but he had mostly just gone along with it. He slipped out of bed and threw some jeans on before walking out to the car with me. When we got to the drug store I quickly bought a pregnancy test and ran to the bathroom. Jayden was waiting in the car. After a bit he texted me.

Jay🙃:
You ok in there?

Me:
Yeah I'll be out in a couple minutes.

I glanced at the pregnancy test. It was positive... I was pregnant. I grabbed the test and went back to the car.

"Can you tell me why you wanted to come to a drug store in the middle of the night now?" Jayden asked.

I didn't say anything. I just held up the pregnancy test.

"Oh my god," Jayden gasped. "I-I'm gonna be a dad?! We're gonna have a baby?! Wendy this is great!"

I let out a breath of relief. If Jayden was excited about it, I was ecstatic. I was kind of scared to be a mom, but I thought I could do it if I had Jayden with me.