Hope Springs Eternal: A Liam and Hope Romance

Chapter 10

The next morning, Hope woke in Wyatt's arms after her ordeal with Quinn when she suddenly had the urge to vomit.

As she hastily got up out of bed to run to the bathroom, Wyatt woke up alarmed.  

"Hope! Is something wrong?" Wyatt asked concerned.

"Just feeling a bit nauseous, Wyatt." Hope said, as she snuggled under the blankets next to him. "Nothing serious."

"You look a little pale." Wyatt said, feeling her forehead. "And a slight temp too."

Wyatt gets out bed and puts on his trousers and shirt.

"C'mon, Hope, I'm taking you to the hospital." Wyatt urged.

"Don't be silly, Wy---." Hope said, not sounding worried at all.

"Hope, humor me. You need to go to the hospital." Wyatt told her. "No telling what my nut-crazy put you through the last week."

"Okay, Wyatt. But I'm only doing this for you." Hope says, giving him a kiss on the lips.

On the drive to the hospital, Hope was feeling nauseous again.

"Wyatt, pull over." Hope said.

"What?" Wyatt said. "Again?"

"Just pull over! Please?"

"Okay."

Wyatt pulled over to the side of the road where Hope quickly opened the car door and vomited on the street.

"Thank you." Hope said. "I guess you're right. Maybe I should be going to the hospital."

Wyatt pulled into the parking lot and pulled into a parking spot. He got out of the car and went over to the passenger's side and helped Hope out, who was looking a little sick by now.

As Wyatt escorted Hope inside the hospital building, he felt his cell vibrate, but ignored it.

"Wyatt, dear, it's momma. Call me. Now. It's important!" Quinn said, as she left a voicemail.

Hope requested to see Dr. Bridget Forrester, her half-sister. 

Bridget came in to the hospital room when she was summoned in her office.

"Well, sister, dear, what seems to be the matter?" Bridget asked.

"I'm feeling a little nauseous this morning."

"Are you sure you aren't pregnant?" Bridget joked.

"Quite sure." Hope said. "Wyatt and I have been using birth control. I thought maybe it had to do with what Wyatt's mother did to me the last week."

"Well, let's take a look." Bridget said.

Bridget ran every test she could do, even a pregnancy test just to rule out everything.

An hour later, Bridget came back with the test results.

"Hope, I thought you said you and Wyatt were using birth control?" Bridget asked, concerned.

"We are. Why?"

"Well, I hate to tell you this." Bridget explained. "Every test came back alright but one."

"Oh, really?" Hope asked, a little worried. "Which one?"

"Hope, I'm afraid you're pregnant." Bridget said, matter-of-factly.

Hope's face dropped. "Pregnant? But Wyatt and I were so careful?"

"Are you sure Wyatt is the father?"

"Who else could be?"

"Because you're about two months along."

Then it all came back to her. Wyatt was not the father. Liam was. She was married to Wyatt, pregnant with his brother's child.