at her expectantly and when Lizzie didn’t say anything, she egged her on. “Well … don’t leave me hanging.”
“I’m pregnant,” she said in a hushed voice.
God, Mia wanted to say something so badly that she was too! Instead, she pulled her friend back into her arms and hugged her tightly in congratulations. “I’m so happy for you guys! How far along are you?”
“Just hit eleven weeks today.”
“That is so exciting. I—”
“Mia!” Luke bellowed from across the room.
“What?” she shouted back, totally annoyed at his interruption but thankful because she had agreed with Ethan that they’d wait to tell the news and here she almost told Lizzie that she was pregnant too.
“I’m going to Europe with you, right?”
She excused herself from Lizzie and walked over to Luke. “Yes.”
“See? Told you guys,” Luke said to Ethan and some of his teammates.
“Better not annoy me otherwise I’ll have to rethink this.”
He threw an arm around her shoulder and pulled her to his side before planting a kiss on her head. “How you doing?”
“I’m really good,” she replied, her eyes locked on the golden eyes of her husband, a huge grin on his face.
“So, sweets, what ya gonna feed us?”
“You hungry?” she asked the crowd of big football players.
“Uh, yeah.”
She worked herself out of Luke’s embrace and answered. “Let me get on that. Ten minutes, okay?”
Their happy answers followed her as she made her way back to the kitchen. She pulled out the multiple trays from the ovens and set them out on the island, then she went to the fridge and was about to pull out her salads when a pair of familiar arms wrapped around her mid-section. His perfect scent filled her nose as he nuzzled her neck.
“Mrs. Christopher, did I tell you how extremely happy you made me today?”
“No, you did not, Mr. Christopher.”
“Can I show you later?” he asked right before his open mouth latched on to her neck. Her legs gave out on her and she gripped his arms now holding her up.
“You keep that up, you’ll have to show me now.”
“Don’t tempt me,” he said, sucking on her earlobe. Goddamn him, she was going to be a puddle of arousal in no time.
“Don’t tempt me,” she shot back, rubbing her ass up against his erection.
“Fuck—I love you.”
“Love you too. Help me get this food out or your teammates will riot.”
After everyone had eaten and mingled, people started chanting for the main show—the cake eating showdown featuring Pierce and Rory.
As Mia was getting everything all ready, she felt a little bit nauseous. Swallowing it down, she put the cakes on the counter and went to help Ethan put the boys in their highchairs. With the boys all set and the camera rolling, they started to sing and that nausea she bit back earlier came back with a vengeance.
Oh, fuck, Mia thought, feeling the eruption of her stomach about to happen. She stopped singing and swallowed, hoping to stave it off, but it didn’t work. She hurriedly put the cake on the counter and bolted to the bathroom where she proceeded to throw up.
How embarrassing, Mia mused as she rinsed out her mouth. When she opened the door, a big group of people greeted her.
“Hey,” she said, not looking at any one of them.
“Hey, you okay, sweets?” Luke asked.
“She’s fine! Just pregnant,” Allie blurted out.
Mia didn’t have to say a word—the huge smile that covered her face spoke for her and a multitude of congratulations broke out. The smile didn’t leave her face all night long.
Mia was one happy woman.
Mia
November 2012
That next Monday, Mia called her doctor who wanted her to come in the next day. She made the appointment and waited impatiently for it to be time. Sitting in the parking lot, she waited for Ethan to join her before heading into the office.
Her nerves were working their magic on her stomach as well as her heart rate. She needed Ethan to calm her down.
The sudden knocking on her window didn’t help her rapidly beating heart but when she turned and saw the beaming face of her husband on the other side of the glass, she smiled in return. With a deep breath, she turned off the car and went with him.
They were ushered into an exam room where they instructed her to fill the cup for the pregnancy test. She took care of that and sat on the exam table with Ethan sitting on the stool next to her, telling her all about his practice. About five minutes