Arrangement Of Love

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

I woke up the next morning with Juice still beside me, watching me. "Did you sleep?" I asked him. "Not really. Wanted to make sure you were okay. How are you feeling?" he asked. "I'm sore but I'm okay." I say turning towards him. He looks at me and I can see he's still worried. "Juan, I'm okay. I promise." I say and I kiss his lips. "I thought I lost you." he says as he pulls me closer to him. "I knew you would come for me." I say. "You did?" he asked. "Yeah. I did. You saved me once. I knew you would again." I say looking up at him. "You have that much faith in me?" he asked. "Of course. You haven't given me a reason not to." I say sitting up to look at him. "Juan Carlos, I know what you are thinking. You are my husband. My protector. You are the one person that loves me more than anything and you make sure that I know that everyday. Never think that you failed me. You haven't. I love you. I just wish you knew how amazing you really are." I say and he smiles a little before pulling me to him and kissing me deeply. "Gemma said you went back inside because you forgot something. What did you forget?" he asked. "I pulled away from him and whispered, "A pregnancy test." He looks at me shocked and says "Really?" I just nod my head. "Get dressed. We'll go see Tara." he says and I do what he says.

We head outside and he tells me to give him the keys to my car. He doesn't want me riding if I am pregnant. Walking into St Thomas, we go to Tara's office, as he intertwines our fingers. He knocks on her office door and when she opens it she pulls me into a hug. "Oh my God. Are you okay?" she asked. "I'm fine. A little bruised up but okay." I say. "What are you guys doing here?" she asked as she lets us in and closes the office door. "We were wondering if you could do something for us?" Juice starts. "Sure. What do you need?" Tara asked. "A pregnancy test." I say and Tara smiles wide and says, "Let me get what we need and we'll do the test." Tara comes back in, draws blood and has one of the nurses put a rush on it.

Thirty minutes later, Tara's office phone rings and she answers it. Looking at me smiling, she says "The test came back positive. Congrats." Juice pulls me to him and kisses me hard and whispers, "I love you so fucking much." Tara leads us to an exam room and pulls the ultrasound machine over. She puts the gel on my stomach and moves the wand around. Then we hear a little thumping sound. "Holy shit! What's that?" Juice asked. "That's the baby's heartbeat." she says and he smiles even wider if that was even possible. She moves the wand around a little more and shows us a little blog on the screen. "This little blob right here is the baby. Looks to be measuring about seven weeks. Congrats guys." she says. She prints out the pictures, hands me a prescription for prenatals and schedules my first appointment with the OBGYN. We hug her goodbye and head out to the car. Once in the car, he hands me all but one of the pictures. He takes it and puts it in the inside pocket of his kutte.

We pull into the lot and walk into the clubhouse and walk to the bar. Juice asks for a beer for him and I ask for a water. "What's up guys?" Tig asked. "Not much." I say. "Bull shit. Idiot here can't stop smiling more than normal. Something's up." he says. I look at Juice and nod and he says "Manda's pregnant. We're having a baby." he says. Everyone comes up and congratulates us. "That what you went back inside for?" Gemma asked me. "Yeah. But didn't make it that far. We went to see Tara and she confirmed it. I'm seven weeks." I tell her and show her the ultrasound pictures. I look at Juice and he can't stop smiling. I just shake my head and smile along with him. He pulls me closer and kisses my cheek and whispers "You don't know how happy you have made me." I kiss his cheek and just lean into him. Gemma hugs me again and says "See, I told you that you were just what he needed."