Blank Skies

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Rebecca

It's been a while since the wedding, a year and a half to be exact.

It's Christmas time which is a fun time around here. Our home is decorated with all the Christmas lights and we have a big fat tree in the living room. The tree is covered in ornaments and white lights. There are presents under the tree for various people on either side of our families.

The ground outside is covered in snow and the winter air is cold as ever.

"Babe are you coming or not?" Andre yells from downstairs, "Yeah I'll be down in a minute!" I yell back staring at myself in the bathroom mirror.

The long sleeve white sweater is tucked loosely in my skirt. The skirt is covered in a flower print with a jean feel to it and stops at about mid thigh. I decided on a grey knee high boots with a little boost.

I take a deep breath and look down at the little stick on the counter. "Becca." I look up and see Andre standing behind me, "What's that?" He asks pointing to the sink. I turn around and scoot to the side to hide the stick, "What are you talking about?" He raises his eyebrow.

He reaches around me and I wave my arm to try to avoid him getting it. I fight him away, "Would you stop." He laughs grabbing the stick and taking a couple steps away.

"Is this what I think it is?" He says quietly staring at it, "If you're thinking pregnancy test then yeah." I say sarcastically crossing my arms over my chest, "Well what does this mean?" He asks shuffling his feet over to me and showing me the front of the test.

I pick up the box and my eyes scan the back of the box, "There's two lines."

I swear my heart just stopped looking at the happy look on his face, "I'm pregnant." Andre grabs the box and his eyes dart between the test and the box. I take a deep breath and see Andre staring at me, "You're pregnant." He says sitting the box down on the counter.

His jaw drops and a smile breaks out on his face, "YES!" He runs out of the room and is pumping his fists in the air. I follow him laughing, "I can't believe it!"

His arms are outstretched showcasing his muscles hidden beneath his light blue button up. The shirt is tucked in his semi skinny khakis.

"WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FREAKING BABY!" He runs up to me and wraps his arms around my waist and spins me around. In return I wrap my arms around his neck, "I can't believe this!" He coos setting me on my feet, "God baby." I pull away and his eyes meet mine, "I know." His hand touches my belly, "You know this is crazy right?" He says kissing my cheek.

Knock.

Knock.

Knock.

"The guests are here." He ignores the knocking, "I guess we have to go down there now." He says softly while smiling like a goon, "You know I was going to surprise you if it was positive!" I say and he wiggles his eyebrows, "Consider me surprised!" He says bending his knees before standing back upright, "This stays between the two of us okay?" I say holding his cheeks.

The smile hasn't began to fade, even when he nods and kisses me. I like having his lips on mine hell I love having him on me.

"Okay let's go get them." I say and pull him out of the room and we make our way down the stairs together hand in hand. There's another round of knocks, "I'm coming!" I say jogging towards the door, "It's freezing out here!" Kaitlyn says as I hold the door open for them.

The parents that raised me decided to join our Christmas dinner this year, "What took you guys so long?" I laugh to myself as my mom finishes talking. I close the door and hear Andre yell the words I didn't want to be said yet.