Page 35 of Twisted Up In Us
I give her a nod and back out of the driveway.
Flashback Chapter
Ultrasound Day
Dray
The more pregnant Melissa gets, the more she glows. She’s cranky as fuck, but it doesn’t faze me. I’m used to her moods.
As we grow closer every day, part of me feels guilt, guilt for not telling her about my past, for not being able to let her in on my real job. At the same time, hiding the truth from her, protects her. As for my past, well, that protects both of us. It’s not the type of shit I ever want to bring up again, and since it’s over and done with, it’s not something that ever needs to be out in the open.
I reach over the console and grab her hand, giving it a squeeze. “You doing okay?” I ask her.
“Ugh, no. I have to pee so bad. Why the hell do they make you drink so much water? Especially someone like me, who has an extremely small bladder. Fuuuck, I’m gonna piss my pants.” She complains.
I chuckle. “Just go to the bathroom when we get in there.” We’re on our way for an ultrasound, hoping to find out the sex of our child.
“They told me not to pee before the appointment. They’ll let me go after.” She whimpers as I drive over a pothole. “I’m so hungry, I need to eat.”
“Right after the appointment, we’ll get you some food. I promise.” I assure her.
“I want a burger from McDonald’s, a poutine from Dairy Queen, and I would love a chicken wrap from KFC.” I shake my head, at least all three restaurants are close to each other.
Ten minutes later we pull into the Imagining Services parking lot. “I’m not gonna make it, Dray. I need to pee so bad.”
“Come on, we’ll sign in, and you’ll be able to pee soon.”
I hold back a laugh as she waddles in front of me. She’s not that big, but she’s trying to not piss herself while she moves. Once we’re signed in, we don’t even need to take a seat. She’s apparently first appointment of the afternoon, so they bring us right back.
The jelly goes on her stomach, and she doesn’t even flinch. “It’s not cold?” At all her doctors’ checkups that shit apparently is freezing and she flinches.
“We keep our jelly in the warmer.” The technician tells us as she puts the doppler on her stomach. “Oh.”
“Oh? Oh what? What’s going on? Something wrong?” I panic.
She laughs. “No nothing, however, I’m going to have to get you to go to the bathroom, your bladder is way too full for us to see anything.”
Melissa glares at her and then to me. “Told you!” she wipes off her stomach and stomps out to find a bathroom.
Twenty minutes later, after the technician finishes doing all her measurements and stuff she asks us if we want to know what we’re having.
“It’s a girl.” Is printed it big letters on the screen. Tears fill my eyes and I look to Melissa.
“We’re having a girl.”
She smiles brightly. “Yeah.”
“God, I love you,” I tell her and help wipe up her stomach. Before she gets up, I rest my hands on her belly, and give it a kiss. “Daddy is gonna spoil the hell out of you.”
“Can I get up now? I have to pee again.” Melissa pouts.
Laughing I help her sit up and we head out.
Chapter 30
Melissa
This is so much harder than I thought it would be. After Caden convinced me to go out and really talk with Dray, I was willing to just move on. Just be with Caden because I was happy. But ever since we talked, I’ve been thinking about it more and more, and in a way, he's right. I really do need to talk to Dray, to see where my feelings truly do lie.
