Pathways // Gawsten [Book 2]

20 - Relax And Lay Down

"I'm pregnant."

Those two words made Otto's world stop spinning. His mouth dropped open and he gaped at Grace with wide eyes. There were a million thoughts swimming through his head of what, why how- well he knew how, but he couldn't grasp his head around it.

"What?" He choked out finally, and he could feel how dry his mouth was.

"I'm only a few weeks, but... I took a test a few days ago." She said and bit her lip. Honestly, she was a little excited as she'd always wanted to be a mother.

"Have you been to a doctor yet?" Otto said, and swallowed deeply. It was like his mind had suddenly gone completely blank.

"I was going to go tomorrow morning," Grace started, but stopped speaking when Otto sat down on the side of the bed with his head in his hands.
"I'm sorry," She sighed, and Otto's head shot up.

"What? No, no... You have no idea how happy I am right now," He said, and gave Grace a soft smile,
"I just can't believe this is happening." 

"Neither can I... But maybe it's a sign that things are going to be good now... You and Geoff are back, Waterparks is starting up again, and we're going to be parents." Grace smiled.

At hearing that, a large smile settled on Otto's face and he turned to look at Grace. It was then when she noticed the tears in his eyes. 

"We're going to be parents!" He gleamed, and pulled Grace into a bone-crushing hug, eliciting a chuckle from her.

If only he could see the sadness on her face.

-

Geoff giggled as Awsten's muffled yells came from behind the pillow. Awsten had attempted to hide from Geoff tickling him under the duvet, but Geoff was too quick and the most he could do was hide behind a pillow.

"Stop" Awsten breathed, but Geoff knew he would have a smile on his face. Geoff pulled away and sat up, surrendering his hands.

"Okay, okay. I relent." Geoff said, and Awsten poked his head out from behind the cushion to glare at Geoff. 

Awsten pouted (like a toddler, Geoff noted) and huffed, sitting up and pushing the pillow away. The two didn't speak and they let the sounds of "Take My Breath Away" by Mayday Parade echo in the room. They both needed to catch their breath and Awsten - specifically : Awsten's ribs - needed time to recuperate. 

"We should finish packing," Geoff sighed, before scooting off the side of the bed and moving to his wardrobe. He leant down and pulled out his suitcase which was already half packed.

Geoff's suitcase was nothing in comparison to Awsten's. Somehow Awsten's was always bigger than Geoff and Otto's combined. Sometimes even plus Jawn's if the trip was that long. Geoff always packed light, though, whereas Awsten packet strange and wonderful outfits. Currently, Geoff had nearly finished packing with the exception of another pair of shoes and a few others shirts, but he was sure Awsten was no where near started.

Under Geoff's suitcase was Awsten's. It barely fit in the wardrobe and took up the entire floor. The doors to the wardrobe didn't entirely close when Awsten's suitcase was in there either, but he didn't mind too much. 

"Ooh, ooh, can I pick you out some shirts to take?" Awsten asked excitedly, moving off the bed too to help Geoff pull his suitcase out of the wardrobe before moving it to the other side of the room. 

"Sure, Candy, but nothing ridiculous." Geoff said, "While you do that I'm gonna go find another belt, okay?" 

Awsten nodded and Geoff picked up his phone and began the descent down the stairs to Awsten's room, where currently a good proportion of his clothes remained. He pushed the door open and cringed at how disorganised it was. Usually it was quite tidy, but with packing everything had become messy and with no order.