My knee kept jerking as I tried to sit patiently next to Lee, while we waited for her name to be called.
My heart swelled up with pride as I sat beside her. She looked beautiful today, wrapped up in her khaki coat and tight faded jeans.
Damn, I needed to take my girl shopping.
No fucking way, was the mother of my child, going to wear clothes too small for her. Of course she’d freak, if I suggested it. I’d have to thread carefully. These pregnancy hormones were a crazy, unknown, terrifying bitch.
“Are you nervous?” I whispered nudging her softly.
She looked up from the magazine I knew she was pretending to read. She’d been staring at the same page for the past twenty minutes. She looked at me, chewing on her lip, she nodded slowly.
I rested my hand on her knee.
I felt her stiffen, but I didn’t move it and slowly, she relaxed.
A burly looking, redheaded nurse stood with a folder in her hand, as her eyes swept across the crowded waiting room.
“Delia Bennett?”
Lee raised her hand timidly and started to stand.
I stood with her and walked towards the nurse.
The nurse introduced herself as Nurse Swallow-I nearly pissed myself at that at-and instructed us to follow her down a clean, clinical corridor, to the last door on the right.
“You can make yourself comfortable on the bed, sweetie. This will be an external ultrasound, so no need to remove anything this time,” the nurse instructed, when Lee began to pull her jeans down her hips.
Her fingers froze, her face blushed scarlet.
So fucking adorable.
“I’ll be back in a jiffy with the doctor.”
The nurse left, leaving Lee and me alone.
“That was so embarrassing,” Lee said, laughing quietly as she readjusted her jeans, and climbed onto the bed.
“Nah, I’m sure there’s not much that could embarrass Nurse Swallow.” I laughed again at her name, and Lee joined me.
“What do you think her brothers and sisters names are?” I asked. “Crow and Swan?”
Lee snorted. “Swallow isn’t so bad. Her parents could have named her Thrush.”
I had to bend over, I laughed so hard.
“Well, princess, I hope you don’t have any weird animal fetishes, because we are not naming our child after a bird.”
Lee chuckled, wiping a tear from her eye. “Agreed.”
“Out of curiosity, what did she mean by doing an external ultrasound?”
Lee leaned back, getting comfortable. She folded her arms behind her head and sighed. “I’ve had to have a few done, internally.”
I gaped at her. “Internally how, where?”
Call me a fool, but I didn’t get it.
Lee pointed down to her crotch, and I blushed.
I fucking blushed and nearly lost my breakfast.
Jesus Christ, how the hell did that work? Did they put a camera inside of her, or something?
I spotted a dildo-shaped, microphone thing, and a pack of condoms on the tray of the machine next to the bed, and cringed.
Ugh, Got it.
I felt like cupping my balls in sympathy.
No wonder she hated me, she had doctors sticking god knows what, inside of her, because of me and my reproducing dick.
The door opened and a white haired middle aged doctor strolled into the room. A middle aged male doctor.
I wasn’t too sure I was cool with this. Didn’t they have any female doctors?
His smile was friendly, and he had honest eyes, but still, I didn’t like it. Not one fucking bit.
The doctor smiled broadly as he came to stand at the other side of Lee. “Lee. How have you been? Settling back into routine?”
The way he called her ‘Lee’ made me think he knew her.
Lee smiled, shaking the doctor’s hand. “Hello Dr. Ashcroft, I’m doing well, thank you. I’m getting there.”
The good doctor nodded and raised his head.
His eyes met mine, and I suddenly felt like I was the one being examined.
Lee cleared her throat. “This is Kyle Carter. He’s my…He is the father.” She turned to me. “Kyle, Dr. Ashcroft was one of the doctors’ who operated on me.”
I quickly understood the sudden scrutiny and cold appraisal. He knew.
Dr. Ashcroft held his out hand towards me. “Hello, Mr. Carter, glad to finally meet you.” I could hear the snide undertone of his comment ‘Finally.’
Stretching my hand over Lee’s head, I shook his hand. “Good to meet you, too, doc. I’m sure we’ll meet many more times in the future, considering you’re taking care of my family.”
I glanced briefly at Lee who was frowning at me. She didn’t like me calling her mine.
Well tough. She was going to have to get used to it, because she was never going to be anyone else’s, that was for fucking sure.
The doc’s eyes widened slightly, in what looked like mutual respect.