Never say forever (Never series Book 1) (23 page)

Just thinking about it makes me sad.

“
She ain’t going anywhere. She’s head over heels for you.”

He starts to walk to his car.

“
Why don’t you come over for a little bit. We can celebrate, maybe have a drink?”

“
I would but I don’t want to risk driving home since I am underage and because that’s what killed my mom.”

I won’t ever get behind a wheel while I’ve been drinking, mainly because of my mother. She was hit by a drunk driver and ripped from my life. I would never want to feel the agony of being the cause of another family being ripped apart. I know how it feels, so I always refuse when I have to drive.

“
That’s fine. I understand. Still come over, I’m sure Abby made some dinner, I’m sure your starving. I know I am after this work. This had to be the worst day working on this.”

“
Okay. I’ll follow you to the house.”

I enter my car and follow him to his house, which isn’t too far away. I pull into the driveway, turn off the car and open the door. I walk out and follow Ben up the steps to his house and in the door. I walk in and see Serena sitting on the couch. My heart flutters from the sight of her. I have missed her. She jumps up from the couch and runs to me.

“
Aww, you came to give me a hug.”

Crap. She thinks I came just for that. I don’t want to rain on her parade and tell her that I came for dinner because I had no clue she was here. I hug her and hold her longer than I usually do.

I whisper in her ear, “I always want to hug you, Baby. I missed you, sweetheart!”

She looks at me and beams with her glistening violet eyes, “I missed you, too. Please don’t tell me you’re leaving already. I just got you, and I don’t want to let go yet.”

I lean down and whisper, “I’m just about done with the project so you
have me back now. I promise, pretty girl! I’m all yours!”

I stay there longer, eyes closed, taking her all in. The closeness I feel right now is something I have been missing the past month or two. It was the best feeling and I didn’t even know it until it wasn’t there for a while.

She tilts her head up with a big smile on her face.

“
Really?”

I nod my head yes and she just hugs me tighter.

“
I am so happy. I have missed you so much, I have been sad.”

It hurts to hear those words and knowing I’m the reason behind it.

“
I know baby and I’m terribly sorry. I am here now and nothing will take me away I promise. I do have a few more things I have to take care of but I won’t be spending all day doing it. It will be quick little trips but I promise you have my full attention.”

I kiss her forehead. Our moment of bliss is cut short when Abby walks in clapping her hands.

“
Bravo, Bravo! Now time to eat!”

I see Serena’s face blush because someone else had just witnessed our intimate moment that should only be shared between the two of us. I’ve missed her so much that I forgot we were at Ben’s house. The moment I saw her, everything around me dimmed and it was just me and her. We walk to the table where she had made a chicken casserole. I sit down at the table and we start eating and Ben breaks the silence.

“
I remember all the times our families went camping together. Which reminds me, we need to start our own camping trips. Maybe once the baby is born.”

Ben mentioning that does bring back a lot of memories of my childhood. Ben’s parents and my parents always got along. Ben lived down the street from the house I grew up in. We became fast friends, even though he’s four years older than me, he was always like a big brother to me. “Yeah, good times”

Ben starts laughing.

“
Remember when we went tubing and you flew up like twenty feet in the air? I thought you were gonna piss yourself, you looked so scared.”

“
Well considering I was only twelve, yeah I was scared. But it was fun! I do admit that.”

That was the first time I had flown that high when I got knocked off the tube. Ben was the one driving it. My dad let him take the wheel and he hit every single huge wave, head on to try to get me off that tube. He succeeded and I still have yet to get my payback. Maybe I’ll take him up on his offer to go camping. I could get my payback.

We sit there and talk about our camping stories. We talk about how we used to sit around the campfire telling ghost stories. He tells Serena a story about my mother telling a creepy ghost story around the fire. Of course, I was young so I ended up falling asleep earlier than usual and Ben and my father decided it would be a good idea to reenact my mother’s ghost story and scare me. They succeeded in that too. I can’t get too mad at that story because it is a memory involving my mother. One of the memories I will never forget.

We continue telling stories and laughing at each other until it gets late. I take Serena back to her house and we sit in the car and kiss for about a half hour. We are definitely making up for some lost time. She finally breaks and heads inside. I drive home just thinking about how different our lives are going to be in five short months.

Chapter 15

Serena

One Month Later

My life has returned back to normal. I have my Aiden back.
He’s not working as hard. He is currently looking for a job but I’m being selfish right now and hope he doesn’t land one. I know I shouldn’t think that way because we need to look out for our future but I just got him back and I’m not ready to give him back to the working world again.

I am now five months pregnant. We have the ultrasound today to find out the gender of the baby. I have been really excited these past few days. The closer we get to the date, the more excited I get. My stomach has gotten a little bigger. I can no longer fit into my old clothes. I have been in sweatpants mainly which I can’t complain because it is really comfortable. I know I look like a bum but I really don’t care. Being five months pregnant, it’s all about comfort and not looks anymore.

School will be out for the summer in two months. I am happy for that. I can’t see myself waddling around the halls eight months pregnant. This whole pregnancy I have been an emotional wreck because I didn’t have Aiden all the time, but now that he’s done with his project, I couldn’t be happier. Although I still don’t know what this project is. He hasn’t showed me or said anything. He was practically done with it a month ago. I’m anxious to find out what it is but he has given me no clues or said anything about it which leaves me confused.

Aiden pulls up to the house to pick me up for the ultrasound. I get in the car and give him a big kiss.

“
You ready to see our little munchkin?” he said with a big smile. I clap my hands excitedly.

“
Oh my God, yes!”

I couldn’t get any more excited than I am in this moment. He just laughs at me while he drives. I can see the happiness and pure joy displayed on his face while we are making our way to the doctors. He
is anticipating this just as much as I am and that makes my heart sing.

We pull up to the doctor’s office and check in. We wait side by side, hands entwined, in the waiting chairs, awaiting our announcement. I can feel the connection I have with him even through our fingertips. It’s strong, just like our love for each other.

The doctor calls us back and they go over the same routine I’ve been through before. I undress and put on the gown and lie on the table. The doctor comes back in.

“
Okay first up, we have to do an internal to check your cervix. We need to make sure you aren’t dilating and everything looks good.”

I haven’t had an internal one yet so I am not sure what to expect. I see her take a long device.

“
You don’t have to use the washroom right? This will make you feel full inside and they are not bladder friendly. I suggest if you need to go, go now.”

“
No, I’m okay.”

With that she brought this funny looking device and rolled a condom on. That’s very strange, why would they put a condom on it? My thoughts got washed away when I felt it enter me. I definitely was not expecting that. I have never had anything in there besides Aiden so this feels a bit foreign. I look up and I see something on the monitor.

“
Your cervix looks good. Still closed. Exactly what we’re looking for. Now are you ready to see your baby?” she asks with a smile.

I nod my head and she takes the device out and cleans it off. She then takes the other device and spreads some jelly on it and places it on my abdomen. I look at the screen and I can see the baby. Aiden is next to me holding my hand and the minute the baby appeared, he squeezed my hand just a little tighter, showing his affection and his excitability.

This is one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I can see the baby’s head and I can see the baby’s heart beating which is one of the coolest things I’ve seen. She is moving the wand around my belly and snapping pictures. I see the arms and legs and everything seems so real now. I can’t wait to meet my little baby. She moves a little further.

“
You see that there?”

I’m not sure what she’s getting at. I’m not sure what I’m looking at.

“
What am I supposed to look for? I’m not really seeing anything.”

“
Exactly. Congratulations. You’re having a girl!” she told me and I felt the tears streaming down my face.

Aiden leaned down and kissed my forehead. He held his face to mine, eyes locked on each other.

“
We’re having a little princess. I hope she looks like you. She will be the most beautiful baby.”

He closes his eyes and I can tell he’s just taking it all in, and maybe trying not to cry.

We finish up at the doctor’s and she hands us a bunch of ultrasound pictures of the baby. We get into the car and Aiden is driving me home. The whole way home, I never take my eyes off the pictures. I am infatuated with these pictures; the key to my soul, the growing love in my stomach. I can’t get enough of it. I drink it all in, all the happiness that is to come.

One Week Later

I woke up this morning to the sweetest text message.

Aiden: Happy Birthday my beautiful Violet! I have plans for us tonight. I will pick you up at 5 P.M. Be ready! Don’t even ask where were going. It is a surprise. A special birthday surprise for my special girlfriend. I love you to the moon and back!

I sit here on my bed thinking for two hours what this could be. I contemplate every possible thing he could be doing for my birthday. The first thing was maybe were going to the waterfalls but then again it really wouldn’t be a surprise if that is my first response. I think of everything around here but I am stumped. I don’t dwell too much longer on it. I decide to get ready. I have gotten a few cute maternity items since I no longer fit into my old clothes. I found a cute short sleeved babydoll top that hides my bump pretty well. I throw on some yoga pants with it, rather than wearing sweatpants. I put some sandals on and apply a little makeup. I didn’t do anything with my hair because it has that natural wavy look and its actually pretty cute today.

Once 5 P.M. hits, Aiden is at my door at the exact minute. This must be something special if he is this prompt. I open the door and he walks in and kisses me.

“
You ready for your birthday surprise?”

“
Am I ready? I’ve only been anticipating this all day long.”

He laughs at me and walks me to the car. When I get in, he surprised me with a blindfold in his hand.

“
What’s this for?” I’m kind of puzzled by what’s going on.