"Really, you're a sixteen now?" Kane asked, his eyes wide with surprise.
"No, I'm a twelve, it's just a sixteen in the States."
"Yeah, but you just said it was the same-"
"I'm a twelve, Kane. A twelve."
"Gotcha."
I huffed, "By the time I have your bloody kid I'll probably be a size thirty!"
Kane gnawed on his lower lip. "My baby has an appetite, what can I say?"
"I could say a lot of things, but I'm not goin' to," I snarled.
"If you're so worried about gaining weight, why don't you work out with me?"
"Because I don't like workin' out. It gives me hives."
Kane laughed, "Bullshit excuses give me hives."
"Well, excuse me," I retorted.
Kane sighed, "Come on, baby mama. Let me work you out."
I looked at Kane with narrowed eyes.
He snickered, "You know I mean a legit work out. But... sex with me would be one hell of a workout for you."
Yeah, right.
"So would sex with any man."
Kane's joking attitude fled. "You won't be having sex with any man that isn't me while you're pregnant."
"And why not?" I asked, curiously.
I wouldn't have sex with any man while pregnant with Kane's baby, but being told I couldn't ticked me off.
"Because you're pregnant with my baby," Kane said, his tone firm. "Put it this way-if you did fuck someone I'd be really hurt and I'd kill the bastard who you did it with. Is that a good enough reason?"
The threats didn't surprise me, but the mention of him being hurt did.
"You'd be hurt if I was with another man while pregnant?"
Kane nodded once. "Yes, I would. Right now your body has a part of me inside it and it's changing and growing each day. I just want you to belong to me, no one else. I'm being very serious right now, Aideen. I don't know what I'd do if someone touched you."
I swallowed down a lump that suddenly formed in my throat. "Kane... that's... that's actually really sweet."
He shrugged. "Thanks, I guess."
"I don't want you to be hurt, or to kill anyone, so you have me word. I'll suppress me sexual urges."
Kane smirked. "I wouldn't go that far. Have all the sexual urges you want, just make me your go-to guy when you want to act those urges out."
The moment was over.
"You're such a pig."
"I know."
I bobbed my knee up and down. "Are we nearly there yet? I have to go to the toilet."
"You always have to pee. You go fifty times a day."
I punched his shoulder. "It's one of the joys of being pregnant, Daddy."
"Call me daddy one more time. Better yet, call me big daddy."
I laughed and so did Kane.
That is something we did a lot lately when we were together. We teased each other, sometimes fought with one another, but we mostly laughed together. It was a nice change to not want to beat him to death all the time.
Twenty minutes passed by and we parked and entered the Coombe hospital. We checked in and sat in the waiting area to wait for my name to be called. We were amidst a bunch of pregnant ladies and their husbands, friends, or boyfriends.
Kane threw his arm around the back of my chair when we sat down and for some stupid reason I liked it. I don't know why, I just did. Kane didn't though. I could tell he was crazy uncomfortable with being around this many people even if the majority of them were pregnant.
"What is the procedure here like?" he asked as he scoped the room out. "Do you have to do anything special or just go into the room and lay down?"
I shrugged my shoulders. "I was only here once and it was in the emergency room. I don't know what a proper appointment is like."
Kane nodded his head then looked at the right when a woman dressed in white scrubs called my name. "Aideen Collins, room three for blood works."
I groaned, "I've to get a needle, do you want to wait here?"
I only asked because I knew he had some sort of fear of them.
"How many needles will they use on you?" he asked me, his eyes wild.
I frowned. "Just the one, honey. Just the one."
He swallowed. "I'll go with you, just in case you need me."
Aww.
I smiled. "Let's go then."
We stood up and walked towards the nurse who pointed at the floor. "Follow the red strip until you come to room three." With that said she was on to calling out another woman's name for her blood, too.
I took hold of Kane's hand when he reached out for me and felt butterflies in my stomach because of it. "Stay close to me, it's very busy in here. I don't want to have to start some shit if someone knocks into you."
Wow.
"You aren't startin' trouble in a maternity hospital."
"I know I'm not because you're going to stay behind me."
Smartarse.
"Fine," I sighed. "Lead the way, germinator."
Kane growled and it made me smile.
He really hated that nickname.
We followed the red line on the floor until we came to room number three. Kane knocked on the door and opened it without waiting. "Aideen Collins," he said.
"Yes, send her in."
Kane turned to the side and gestured me in. I walked past him and stopped short in front of a middle-aged nurse who was sitting on a chair next to a hospital bed.
"Hop on up, honey."
It was too high for me to hop, but I could scoot my way up perfectly fine. I handed Kane my pink file that was given to me when we checked in and walked towards the bed. I shimmied my way onto the bed and frowned at my thighs. They became the size of Australia when I sat down, and I hated it.
"How are you today?" the nurse asked me, a smile on her face.
"I'm fine, thanks. You?"
I watched as she put a strap on my arm. "I'm great, honey. Can you make a fist with your hand and relax it for me?"
I did as she asked.
"Perfect. Can you repeat that action a few times?"
I nodded and repeated the action over and over. The nurse had tapped on the inside of my forearm before she cleaned it with an alcoholic wipe. I watched as she picked up a needle and stuck in into my arm.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
It hurt-it hurt a bloody lot.
"Are you okay?" Kane asked me.
I hadn't realised I closed my eyes. "Yep," I replied and tried not to sound like I wanted to cry even though I did.
I gave him injections every day. I had to be brave for him. I hissed though when the nurse wiggled the needle around in my arm.
"Sorry, honey. Your veins were hidin', but I got one."
Brilliant.
I opened my eyes when I felt a hand touch my back. Kane was next to me and he looked very worried. "Can you use a smaller needle, ma'am? I don't want you to hurt her, she's important."
I melted.
My heart literally melted into a puddle.
"I'm fine," I murmured to him and looked away because my cheeks flushed with colour.
The nurse looked between us and smiled. "It's in the vein now. A few more steps and we're done. Okay, sir?"
Kane reluctantly nodded his head, but he didn't move away from me. He kept his hand on my back and leaned down to kiss the crown of my head when I pressed it against his chest.
I was absolutely beaming on the inside, and I thought myself such a fool for being so giddy.
I tried not to dwell on my growing feelings for Kane-yeah, I admit it, I was stupidly starting to fall in like with the dickhead-and focused on the nurse instead.
I watched as she withdrew a few vials of blood from me, and then removed the needle and put a cotton ball where the needle had been and some sticky tape over it to hold it in place on my arm.
"Okay, honey, you can go back out to the waiting area. Leave your file with me and by the time you're called in for your scan, the nurse attending you will have your file. It will be updated with all the results from the tests that will be performed today with your blood."
I nodded my head. "Thank you."
Kane stepped close to me and held my hands as I got off the bed. I was a little surprised that my legs suddenly felt a little weak. It caused me to slump a little.
"Whoa."
"I've got you," Kane said and lifted me back up onto the bed.
"Poor dear. Has she eaten today?" the nurse asked Kane.
I was leaning against his chest so I couldn't tell if he shook his head or not.
"No, she throws up in the mornings. Her morning sickness hasn't gone away yet."
The nurse sighed, "I'll go get her some Lucozade for her blood sugar. After she drinks it go bring her to the deli in the café area and get some food into her."
"Yes, ma'am."
A few seconds of silence went by then I felt Kane kiss the crown of my head again. "You okay?"
I nodded against his chest.
He sighed, "I was losing my mind watching her take so much blood from you. I had to stop myself from interfering and telling her to stop."
I shyly smiled. "Aww, you care about me."
"I care about you more than anyone."
I blinked my eyes and looked up at him. "I'm tellin' your brothers you said that."
Kane chuckled and placed his hand on my back and rubbed up and down. I could get used to this side of him, I thought as I closed my eyes until my dizzy spell went away. I opened them when the nurse walked back into the room holding a white plastic cup.