Renewing our Vows

Chapter 11: We're having a baby

***Alex's POV***

When I open my eyes, the first thing I see is Norma. An angel, sleeping in my arms, the sunlight streaming through the window and shining directly on her, making her golden hair shimmer. A smile slowly spreads across my face as I watch her sleep, breathing deeply. Peaceful.

Suddenly, the alarm on my phone rings out and I whip around to grab it from the nightstand before it can wake her. She stirs slightly but her breathing soon returns to normal when the noise has stopped.

As I set my phone back down, I finally see it; a bag resting beside the lamp. A sit up, leaning on my arm and examine it closer. My heart skips a beat and I pick it up. I can't contain the face-splitting grin that follows as I stare down at the two sticks that both read "Positive".

I spin back around; my hands shaking with excitement and reach out to stroke her face.

"Norma!" I whisper excitedly. She stirs and grumbles something unintelligible. I laugh quietly at her unwillingness to wake up and shake her shoulder. "Norma, wake up!" I say at full volume, the grin still plastered on my face. Her eyes peel open one at a time and her eyebrows raise in confusion.

"What is it?" she asks, slightly annoyed at my persistence. I just hold up the bag for her to see, unable to explain what I have just discovered. When she is finally coherent enough to understand, her beautiful smile beams back at me.

I grab her face in my hands and crush my lips to hers while her arms reach around my back, pulling me towards her. I roll on top of her and kiss her with such force that I must be hurting her, but she doesn't complain; simply pulls me harder against her.

After a few moments, she laughs beneath me and I pull back to stare into her wild, ocean blue eyes, falling in love with her all over again. "So, I guess this means you're happy?" she asks sarcastically. Unable to form words quite yet, I lean down to kiss her once again, much gentler this time.

When I pull back again, her expression is softer and she stares at me in wonder. A tiny part of my brain registers that she is probably remembering telling Sam when she was pregnant with Norman and a flicker of anger courses through me before the bliss takes over again.

"W-w-" I begin, unsure of what I'm even trying to ask. She waits, smiling softly at me and I try again. "W-when did you do this?" I ask, glancing over at the bag and then back to her.

"I woke up in the middle of the night and decided that I had to know, so I went to the gas station down the street," she says simply.

I just shake my head, smiling down at her. "We're having a baby," I whisper in shock.

"I know. I can't believe it, Alex." she replies, smiling at me.

"You're so beautiful, Norma," I whisper and she turns her head, pressing her lips to my forearm and closing her eyes.

I roll off of her, pulling her with me so we are laying on our sides, facing each other. I lose myself in her eyes as I stroke her cheek and she watches me. Her eyebrows pull together and she looks slightly troubled, though her smile is still in place.

"What are you thinking about?" I ask, gently, still tracing my finger along her cheek. She glances at my chin, considering for a moment before staring back into my eyes.

"I've just never ever experienced anything like this before. You just make me so happy and sometimes I can't believe this is real," she answers honestly.

I close my eyes in contentment, my smile still a mile wide, letting her words warm me. "I love you," I whisper.

"I love you so much, Alex," she says, dreamily. My breath hitches in my throat and I lean towards her. She cranes her neck upwards, kissing me in earnest and we stay like that for a long time. Kissing each other with more love and passion than I've ever felt in my entire life.