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"Well, if you want to talk about it, you know you can always talk to me.  But get some sleep ok?  We need to get your strength back up so I can take you home with me."  Brody said and kissed Willow's forehead as she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.  He watched her a little while longer before falling into a peaceful sleep himself.

Two days later, Willow was released from the hospital with orders to take it easy for the next week.  She spent most of that time in bed, or down in the game room on the couch watching movies.  Brody waited on her hand and foot, and the few hours that he went into work during that week, he had Stella at Willow's beck and call.

After the week was up, Willow went back to the doctor and was given a clean bill of health.  She and Brody celebrated by going out for a nice dinner, followed by a night of dancing.  When they got home that night, they did a little dancing of their own, between the sheets.

*****

Two weeks later, Sierra told Willow that they needed a girl's night out.  She kidnapped her after dinner one Saturday night as Micah kidnapped Brody.  They took them both blindfolded in separate vehicles, and drove in opposite directions.  Half an hour later, Sierra stopped her car and led Willow to the front of a building.  She spun Willow around, just for the fun of it, then took off her blindfold.  They were standing in front of Willow's favorite club in the city, surrounded by Brighton, Maggie, Willow's friends from work, and even some friends from New York.

"Surprise!"  They all yelled.

Willow looked confused and Sierra said "Welcome to your bachelorette party girl!"

"But the wedding is still a few months away.  Aren't we supposed to do this closer to the wedding?"  Willow asked, still a little confused.

"Well, technically.  But there is no set time to have the bachelor and bachelorette parties.  Besides, you and Brody have been under too much stress lately, it's time for you to both let loose and enjoy the night!"  Sierra told her.

"Oh no!  Brody's party is tonight too?  I didn't even get a chance to tell him to behave!"  Willow groaned.

"Yes, but that also means that he didn't get a chance to tell you to behave either."  Brighton laughed wickedly.

"I'm in trouble already, aren't I?"  Willow laughed.  She made her way around hugging everyone and thanking them for coming.  It was good to see her friends from New York, and she was excited that they all made it.

Sierra put a white t-shirt over Willow's head that said "Naughty Bride-to-Be", telling Willow to put it on.  Once she got the shirt on, Sierra put a veil on Willow's head.  "Perfect!  Now you're ready for the night to begin!"  Sierra said.

Willow walked toward the entrance of the bar, and Sierra grabbed her arm, wagging her finger at her.  "Not so fast my friend.  We were just meeting up here.  The party is moving somewhere else!"  Sierra dragged Willow down the street and everyone else followed behind.

Meanwhile, Micah had driven Brody to the city too.  He parked in the parking lot of a strip club and told Brody to take his blindfold off.  "Happy Bachelor Party, man!  Everyone else is inside waiting for you.  Oh, but you have to put this on before you go in!"  He tossed Brody a white t-shirt that said "Naughty Groom-to-Be".  Brody looked at it and laughed, thinking how dumb it was, but put it on anyways.  He followed Micah into the strip club, a little uncomfortable because he didn't normally go to places like this.

Inside the club, he was greeted by all of his friends who were sitting at a table close to the stage, with a seat right up front saved for Brody.  Brody shook his head and laughed, knowing his friends would be merciless all night.  As soon as he sat down, a line of shots were put in front of him, along with a pitcher of beer.  Micah handed him a stack of 25 $1.00 bills.  "We're not leaving until all of that is gone."  Micah said, pointing to the shots, the pitcher, and the stack of money.  "I know how much you hate strip clubs, so the faster you go through all of that, the quicker we get you out of here and onto the next place."

Brody slammed all 5 shots that were sitting in front of him, and poured some of the beer into a glass.  The rest of the guys cheered for him as they watched him drink the shots.  Brody drank the glass of beer, knowing that he'd have to have a pretty good buzz to be able to use any of the money.

He finally started loosening up a little, and when the other guys would call a girl over to put some money in her costume, Brody would slip a dollar in too.

Finally, all the beer, shots, and dollar bills were gone.  Brody was feeling pretty good at that point, since he had so much to drink in such a short amount of time.  Micah helped him up and they all left the strip club, heading to their next destination.

Sierra finally stopped in front of a male strip club and pulled Willow in.  "Oh no Sierra, tell me we aren't staying here."  Willow whined.

"Well, there's a few tasks that you have to complete before we leave.  So, do them fast, we get out of here fast!"  Sierra said.  She dragged her to a table up front, where there were gift bags all over the table.  They sat Willow closest to the stage, and handed her a pitcher of beer and 5 shots, just like Brody got.  She only had to spend 10 $1.00 bills, but she had a list of missions to complete, and a table full of presents to open.

Willow also took the opportunity to slam all 5 shots first.  After that, she began opening the presents.  Each present was something kinky, like fur-lined handcuffs, vibrators, and crotch less panties.  Willow couldn't even look at Maggie's face as she opened her presents.

Willow was halfway through her pitcher of beer when she finished opening the presents.  She spent her $10, then started on her missions.  Her first mission was to get backstage and get a G-string from one of the strippers, which she easily accomplished.  The next one was to do a Blow Job body shot off a dancer's stomach, without any hands.  This one was a little more difficult, but Willow accomplished it like a pro.  The final mission was to learn how to give a lap dance from one of the dancers.

Trigger, the stripper, took Willow into one of the private rooms to teach her the art of lap dances.  She picked it up in no time, and left the private room to finish her beer.  As she chugged the last part directly from the pitcher, everyone cheered her on.  She slammed the empty pitcher down on the table and shouted "Next!"

Everyone laughed and got the presents from off the table.  Sierra kept Willow occupied while everyone put the presents in Micah's truck that was in the parking lot next to them.  When the rest of the girls joined them, they walked a fairly buzzed Willow back in the direction they came from.

Willow stopped in the middle of the sidewalk where they were all walking, and almost got run over by the girls walking behind her.  "I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for coming and throwing me a kick ass bachelorette party.  I am having such a good time and I love you all."  Willow told them, her words only slightly slurred.  She began walking again, but she was now walking back towards the strip club.  Brighton grabbed her arm and turned her around.

"We're going this way now, unless you want to go back and see the strippers."  Brighton teased.  Willow started to run away from the direction of the strippers, then stopped about 20 feet away, laughing at her own joke.  Brighton caught up with her and linked her arm with Willows.  "Good to see you're having fun!"

"This is so great, it's just what I needed.  Where to next?"  Willow wondered.

"You'll see soon.  But we need to put your blindfold back on you."  Sierra said as she got the blindfold out.  She put it on Willow's eyes and asked, "Can you see anything?"  Willow shook her head and lost her balance a little.  Everyone laughed and Brighton and Sierra each took one of Willow's arms and led her to the back door of the club.  Everyone else went to the front door.

When the bouncer let them in the back door, Brighton saw Micah standing there with a blindfolded Brody.  She had to fight the laughter from coming out her mouth.  Brody was double fisted, with beer bottles in both hands, alternating which one he was drinking out of.  Micah smiled and shook his head when he saw the girls.

"There's only one more mission you have to complete, then you get a big prize, ok?"  Sierra whispered into Willow's ear.  Willow nodded her head.  Sierra and Brighton led her to the stairs on one side of the stage of Willow's favorite club, while Micah led Brody to the stair at the other side of the stage.  Both Brody and Willow were led to center stage as the crowd cheered.  Micah and Sierra positioned Willow and Brody so that they were facing each other.  Micah took both of Brody's beers, which were pretty much empty anyways, then at the same time Sierra and Micah took their blindfolds off, leaving Willow and Brody staring at each other.  'Sierra was right, I did get a big prize!'  Willow thought as she looked at Brody.

Brody smiled a drunk little smile, and Willow jumped up and wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.  They shared a passionate kiss as the crowd looked on and cheered.  After their kiss ended, Sierra and Micah led Willow and Brody to the dance floor, where they drank, danced, and kissed for the rest of the night, along with the members of their parties.

Chapter 18  A Family Secret

The month following the bachelor and bachelorette parties flew by.  The wedding was only a month and a half away, and Willow and Brody were busy trying to tie up the last minute plans.  Sierra had been traveling a lot, drumming up new business for the firm, making the demand for their designs higher than ever.  Willow had to hire four new architects to keep them from falling behind schedule.

Between work and wedding planning, Willow never had a free moment to herself lately.  She felt the stress of constantly being on one deadline or another, and to make it worse, she felt like she was getting sick.

Brody kept trying to make her slow down a little, but Willow would comment that she didn't have time to slow down.  When Brody woke up to the sounds of Willow getting sick one morning, he had enough of Willow pushing herself to the extreme.  He went into the bathroom and rubbed her back while she got sick, making sure that her hair was pulled back and out of her face.  He also took a wet cloth and ran it over her face, trying to cool her off a little.

When she felt she had everything out of her system, Brody picked Willow up off the floor and carried her back to bed.  "Now will you listen to me and slow down?  You're obviously sick, and it's probably from all the stress.  I understand that you need to stress about work, but you need to calm down a little when it comes to the wedding.  You have been working yourself too hard, and I'll let you in on a little secret…I could care less if we got married in our bathroom and it was just me, you, and the preacher in there.  Our wedding will be perfect no matter what happens, because when it comes down to it, all that matters to me is that I marry you that day.  Everything else is just an added bonus.  Now, if there is something that you absolutely need to do for the wedding, you let me or my mom know, and we'll get it done.  As for work, we're going to need to get an assistant for you.  I don't know why you don't have one yet, but I'm sure it's because you feel the need to control every single thing in your life.  It's time to give up some of the control before you kill yourself.  Got it?"  Brody lectured her.

"I know.  I just can't stop.  I know that our wedding will be perfect, no matter what.  I just feel like I need to make every effort to make sure that nothing goes wrong."  Willow said, defeated.  "And, I will agree to an assistant, on one condition…that she helps you and Sierra out too, and that she is an ugly old woman so that I don't need to worry about you running off with your secretary."  Willow added the last part as a joke.

"I'll call Jeanie and have her place an ad in the paper today."  Brody said.  "But you and I are taking the day off.  You are going to make a list of everything that needs to get done before the wedding, and I will split up the duties with my mom.  Now, get some rest, and I'll have Stella make you some toast or something to calm your stomach, ok?"  Brody asked.  He was worried about Willow, and just wanted to be able to take care of her.  Brody kissed Willow's forehead, then went downstairs to have Stella get some food ready for Willow.  

*****

A few days later, Willow still wasn't feeling any better.  She couldn't keep anything down, and was tired all the time.  She made an appointment to see her doctor, because she was worried there was something seriously wrong with her.

As she sat in the exam room wearing the thin white gown, she answered her doctor's standard questions.  No, she hadn't had a fever, not on any medications besides birth control which they just recently switched, headaches off and on, extremely tired, last menstrual cycle was two weeks ago, not normal but very light, and no other problems except the lethargy and vomiting.

The doctor took some blood work and came back fifteen minutes later, after Willow had changed back into her clothes.  He was carrying a few pamphlets, and his prescription pad.  'Oh no, it's something so bad that I'm going to need to read up on it.  I'm dying, aren't I?  Is it cancer?'  Willow thought when she saw her doctor enter the room.

"Willow, you need to stop your birth control pills immediately.  It seems as though when they switched your pills, they put you on a lower dose, which obviously didn't work for you.  You, my dear, are pregnant."  He said and smiled.

"What?  You must be joking.  I can't be pregnant...are you sure?  Is the baby ok or did I hurt it by taking my birth control?"  Willow had a million thoughts swimming through her head.  'Are we ready for this?  Is Brody going to be happy…or will he be mad?  What about work, will I want to work after the baby is born?  Will I be a good mommy?'

Willow's thoughts were interrupted by the doctor speaking to her.  "Yes, we're sure that you're pregnant.  According to the beta levels, it looks as though you are about 6 weeks along.  We caught it early enough, so no damage has been done to the fetus by taking your birth control pills, but be sure to stop taking them.  You need to get in touch with your OBGYN to schedule an appointment and you'll most likely need to get your first ultrasound in about 3-4 weeks.  Here is a script for some prenatal vitamins, and here are some pamphlets about the early stages of pregnancy.  Congratulations!"