I respond breathily ,“Hard and fast.”
He pulls back a little and smirks, “God, I love you.”
Nik moves between my legs, positions himself at my entry and slowly pushes himself in til we’re crotch to crotch. I hold him tight around his neck and beg, “Move, baby.”
He pulls out half way and thrusts back in hard.
Fireworks explode in my eyes. My stomach flutters.
Nothing compares to this. Nik fills the missing pieces of my heart and makes it whole again.
His hands move under my ass, he grips me and lifts me a little. The small change has made a great thing fantastic. We’re perfectly positioned and Nik drives into me, rolling his hips with every thrust.
It’s perfection.
I feel my heart rate increase and my core tightens. Nik reaches down and pulls on my bra. Both my breasts come free. He takes one stiff peak into his mouth and sucks hard on it.
And that’s that.
I’m flying. I moan long and contract around his swelling length.
Ecstasy.
He lets my nipple go with a pop. His eyes close in bliss. He kisses me deeply, holds me tight and thrusts once, twice, three times before he moans deep into my mouth, wraps me tight, stills and jerks his release into me.
We stay together like that catching our breath and basking in the glow of our love making for a long time.
I begin falling asleep. Nik rolls us to our sides, still connected and whispers, “You’re going to be a mama, baby.”
With my eyes closed, I smile and claim, “I’m going to be the best mama ever.”
I hear his amusement when he replies, “Even if you wanted to be a bad mama, you couldn’t. It’s not in your nature, sweetheart.”
I open my eyes and find his. I whisper, “Do you think Mia would mind?”
Nik shakes his head and smiles a sad smile, “No way. You don’t think she’d be excited about being a sister? She’d be over the moon, babe. And we’ll make sure our little bean knows all about her sister Mia who’s watching her from heaven. Mia will be a guardian angel to her brothers and sisters.”
I widen my eyes and whisper, “We’re having more?”
Nik rolls his eyes and states, “Of course! At least another one.”
I blink then ask, “Can I have this one first before we add anymore to the list?”
He smiles and replies a sarcastic, “I don’t know. I thought we could get two going at once. It’ll save time.”
I chuckle and rub the back of his neck. I tease, “You’re going to be one of those annoying daddies, aren’t you? Like the ones who tell everyone how much better their kid is than everyone else’s.”
Nik laughs and admits, “Yeah, I probably will be.”
We chat about our new family til late into the night.
Nik is over the moon and so am I.
We’re having a baby.
***
Every Sunday since I came home from hospital Nik has put on dinner for our friends and family.
Dad left a few weeks after I woke but we talk almost every day. He likes Nik and is so grateful I’ve found someone to love. I told my dad I was pregnant and he actually cried, which meant I cried. It ended up we were both sobbing and couldn’t talk so we just hung up on each other and spoke later that day. My dad is excited about becoming a grandfather again. Being a carpenter he told me not to bother buying baby furniture apart from a crib because we’ll design some together and he’ll make it himself by hand.
That’s a great gift which will hopefully become a family heirloom.
So, it’s Sunday. Everyone is here for dinner and we’re all talking outside.
Ceecee is attached to my hip as always and I love it. I play with her hair, hug and kiss her. She’s going to have a little cousin running around soon enough and I know she’ll be a good role model.
Nik announces the food is ready and we all sit down at the new outside dining set I insisted we get.
Nik and I sit next to each other as always, it makes our food exchange easier.
Everyone is reaching over each other to get food. Nik packs my plates for me with three times as much food as I eat. He’s a little crazy protective over my pregnancy.
I start taking things off my plate and put them onto his. I remove the olives, feta cheese, and bacon out of my salad. He adds tomatoes to mine. I haven’t noticed Nat watching us. She narrows her eyes at me and offers me some wine which I kindly refuse.
Nat gasps and stands so fast her chair flies back. She smiles, points at me and crows, “You’re pregnant!”
Everyone stops eating at looks up at me with shocked and stunned faces.
My face flushes, my neck itches and I try to deny it with, “What? You’re crazy! You’re all crazy if you think I’m pregnant, right Nik?”
Nik nods and looks around the table. He puts on a serious face and states, “She’s pregnant.”
The table erupts in cheers. They all get up and hug us. Nat laughs and cries at the same time, she asks, “Did you really think you could hide something like that from me?”
I say loudly so everyone can hear, “It’s so early, guys. I’m not in the second trimester yet. I wanted to wait til I was at least twelve weeks. But yes, we have a little bean growing in my belly.”
Nik’s mom, Cecilia, smiles big but is crying. I go over and hug her.
She says, “You saved him. My Niki. You saved him from a lonely life. I was always worried he would never live and he didn’t until he met you. I’ll be forever in your debt.”
Tears stream down my face and I tease, “You can pay me back by babysitting every now and again.”
She laughs, “Of course, even if you didn’t need me to I would.”
Nik’s sisters hug and kiss me, they’re all delighted.
That makes me happy.
Max, Ghost, and Trick all take turns hugging me. I ask each of them “So, you all ready to be Uncles again?”
Max smiles and nods vigorously, Ghost smirks but his eyes are wide and he looks a little frightened and Trick yells out, “Hell, yeah!”
The girls jump all over me. They catch me in a group hug and I blurt out, “I own Safira!”
Nat smiles and Mimi and Lola look at each other and burst out laughing.
They’re actually crying with laughter!
I put a hand on my hip and demand, “What’s so funny?”
Mimi says between fits of laughter “Oh, bless her. She thought we didn’t know.”
WHAT?!
Lola giggles and tells me, “Sweetie, we’ve known for almost two years. Our pay checks come out of a Safira account with you listed as the owner!”
I did not know that!
I blink and whisper, “I did not know that.”