Rae spent a week with us, mostly for her state of mind and for us to monitor her well-being: in simple terms, she was literally under house arrest. We made sure she didn't do something she'd never be able to take back.
I dragged her shopping for the baby nursery Min and I had decided to set up as soon as possible. Most of the work we did was going around Manhattan to check out what was needed for a baby's nursery. None of us knew anything about that nor were we going to ask our mothers to help us out - Rae's mom was friends with Min's mom and my mom had both moms on speedial.
Min enjoyed the experience; everything was so very surreal and it was all happening so fast. She already had an unbreakable bond with her unborn baby, one that I hoped Lyle would admire and realise that they were meant to be a family.
He would be a very good father to his child, a loving, caring father who would be there for its mother too. He was just a sweetheart like that.
Min would be the perfect mom because she was infallible and knew how to learn from her mistakes. She never intended on getting pregnant before she married - this just happened to be the best mistake of her life. She never intended on falling in love with Lyle either although I knew it was inevitable.
The first day I met him, I saw something in her that I'd never seen around other guys. She was very standoffish around him, making it hard for him to hold her or kiss her. She made him work for everything and she loved watching him fall so hard for her. I later figured out that she was already in love with him. She just didn't know it yet.
That night in Ibiza before Milan, she broke down the barriers around her heart and wholly gave into him. She expressed her true emotions to him, those that she always had but never explored, those that fed into her every night she spent alone far from his arms. Min loved Lyle that night with a promise to be truthful in and appreciative of their relationship.
He made love to her on the private beach by our temporary home, adoring her in the best possible way, the best he knew how. He made her feel beautiful, feel special, feel loved. He awoke emotions she never experienced in her entire existence.
He put her down on the soft beach sand, to the lull of the waves underneath the majestic heavens that smiled down on their love. She had never felt anything this meaningful, this mind blowing, this beautiful, something that made her accept her sexuality and her person.
They were finally one body in one relationship, fully committed to themselves and each other, their mutual feelings and their friendship.
That was also the night they were visited by the fertility gods, elated about their current euphoric states and affection for each other. That night, Min was blessed with her little bundle of joy who would strengthen their union for all eternity.
He loved her, she loved him and they would make a happy family. I prayed for that.
Min took pictures of everything she would like, leaving it for Lily to buy them on her behalf. In the mean time, she had to think about telling the father of her child about its impending existence.
"I need maternity underwear," she blurted out as we were leaving in Rae's car.
"Min, what have you been wearing all this time?" Rae asked her, surprised that that only crossed her mind now.
So for the past three months, our best friend in denial of her weight gain, albeit minor, had been wearing all her pretty lace undies. All the while her boobs grew a cup, her butt became much larger and her tummy stretched out farther. She had hardly gained much weight, all thanks to my dragging her to maternity yoga - she was just now starting to struggle to fit into her size 4 jeans.
She had found a cool boutique uptown which specialised in maternity clothes making you feel sexy and beautiful during or post pregnancy. The store was welcoming and the staff very pleasant, showing us all the hot mama items Rae begged them to grab.
I made her try on a short lace dress with thin straps showing off her arms and amazing full cleavage, hugging her curves and butt as well as showing off that cute baby bump.
"She should wear that at the party," Rae said when Min was out of earshot. "She'd look so hot, Zo. She needs this."
I knew how much she had to change when she found out, a brand new Min required to raise a child. She also gave up a lot of things, including any hope in a relationship and meeting guys in general. She loved Lyle and she always would but she couldn't be alone forever.
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The Next Best Thing: Part II
Fanfiction"I'll always be the hero in your sky." Dealing with the loss of the love of her life, Zoe is at an emotional breaking point. She finds comfort in a loving friend and realises what she has been missing. Could this be her next best thing?
