Nodding, I suddenly feel nauseous again. Placing my hand on my belly, I wonder: Is there a baby in there? The drive to the pharmacy flies by because I am so lost in my thoughts. I love Arabella and being her mom. I always wanted to be a mother.
Walking inside I grab five different pregnancy tests. After paying for them, I hurry to the bathroom. I try to get in alone, but my friends push their way in. Brae has a plastic cup.
Yeah, because I’m peeing in that.
“You’re not going to watch me pee, are you?” I ask them, exasperated.
“Are you sick? We are going outside while you pee.” Jessica gags and turns around while holding her belly.
Brae hands me the cup and walks outside while I pee. After I pee in the cup, I place the pregnancy tests in the cup. After lining them on the sink, I go to open the door.
The next five minutes are the longest five minutes ever. My phone timer goes off, and I look at Brae and Jessica. They both have anxious looks on their faces. Finally getting my legs to move to the sink, I grab the first one. Positive. The next. Positive. Every single one is positive. The last one is digital. Pregnant.
Handing them the digital one, I lean against the wall letting it all sink in. I have a baby in my stomach right now. A baby that Kane and I created together. Placing my hand on my belly, the tears start to fall. I always wanted to be a mother. Now I will be to two kids. I am so incredibly happy that I’m pregnant, but my worry is Arabella.
“Congratulations,” Brae says. Jessica starts squealing.
“How are you going to tell Kane?”
“I don’t even know.”
“Do you want to go to a doctor to get an ultrasound?”
I nod my head and call my gynecologist’s office. They can see me in an hour because of a cancellation.
Walking into the doctor’s office, I fill out all the necessary forms. They make me pee in a cup again. The nurse comes in and confirms what I already knew. They draw my blood, check my blood pressure. Finally, the gynecologist comes in.
“Congratulations on the baby!” she says enthusiastically. I’m not able to keep the grin off my face. She keeps talking, but all I can see or think about is the big ass wand she’s currently rolling a condom on.
Gulping, I watch as she comes over closer with it. “Today we’re doing a vaginal ultrasound.”
Letting out a deep breath, she lifts up my gown. I can hear the snap of the bottle. Yeah, it’s official…I’m freaking out. She sticks in it. Umm, yeah, that’s uncomfortable. Soon, the uncomfortable wand probing my vagina is forgotten. The sound of my baby’s heart beat changes everything. Taking my phone out, I record it for Kane. The doctor has a strange look on her face, one that makes my stomach sink like I’ve just gone over the top of a rollercoaster.
Finally, she says, “Well, I believe I do hear another heartbeat.” My own heart stops. Twins?
“What?” I ask her.
“You’re having twins.” She says with a huge grin.
“Twins.” I repeat while gaping at her.
I can’t stop the tears, putting my hand to my mouth I try to hold back the sob that’s trying to break free. I need to call Kane. Turning to the doctor I ask her, “Do you mind if I FaceTime my boyfriend.”
She smiles and gives me the go ahead.
He answers after a few rings. “Hey, baby.” His expression automatically changes once he sees the tears rolling down my face.
“Sydney, are you okay? What happened?” he asks frantically.
“I’m pregnant, Kane,” I tell him, not able to keep the grin off of my face.
“What?” His face changes to shock.
“With twins,” I whisper out next.
“Twins,” he repeats then a big grin over comes over his face.
“Yes.” I motion for the doctor to turn up the volume of the baby’s heartbeat.
“Well I’ll be damned. My boys can swim.” He chuckles to himself.
Laughing out loud. “Hurry your ass home, woman. I need to hold you and my babies. Arabella is down for a nap.”
Nodding my head, I tell him, “I love you.”
“I love you too, sweetheart.”
Ending the call, I see the doctor, Brae, and Jessica crying. “I love my job,” the doctor tells me.
She gives me some papers, prenatal vitamins, and the time to come back in the next few weeks. I walk out of the doctor’s office smiling from ear to ear.
Chapter Fourteen
Brae pulls up in front of my house twenty minutes later. Kane rushes out of the house and down the steps. He all but rips my door open. He gently takes my hand and lifts me out of the car, his hands shaking as they go gently to my belly. He stares down at it for a second before his eyes meet mine. His eyes are so full of love that I feel it down to my soul.