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She was ether and if they’d done anything

"Don’t look so panicked All we did was sleep You were freezing all day and night until I laid down to share so up with her He hadn’t slept that well in far too long to reht

"Excuse le herself from hiht red He let her go and she quickly stepped into the bathroorateful that he’d dressed her He wouldn’t have been able to handle watching her walk naked away from the bed Not after her body had been ht

He continued to lie there, not able to get out of the bed He earing nothing except a pair of boxers that would show her the restraint he’d used in letting her go When he heard the shower start he decided he’d better get dressed

Ah to o in after her when the door finally opened She earing the robe he’d seen hanging off the back of the door She took his breath away

Even pale, underweight andto think waking up with her daily wasn’t such a bad thing He thought they could actuallyhe would be able to hold his baby, their baby

"Thank you for calling the doctor I uh don’t knohat happened yesterday I think,The baby seey," she said with a s her belly unconsciously

She was nervous and didn’t kno to deal with it, or what to say She’d never woken with a guy in theShe didn’t think they’d had sex, but wasn’t a hundred percent on it She was already falling in love with Lucas and needed to back up souy was being an arrogant jerk and then the next he was fretting over her and ure hi and she wasa lot, considering the way she’d grown up

Lucas spent the day with her at the apart soh for a trip to the doctor’s office

They didn’t speak on the way there, both of thes She was anxious to see that the baby was unharmed and he was scared about ould happen if his child, that he hadn’t even known he wanted, was haroing to see the first ies of her precious child Once she knew she was okay and could actually see herinside of her, Aht back into the doctor’s office, where he gave her privacy as she changed

Next they sat there and waited together for Dr Scott to come in She would’ve much rather Lucas waited in the front office, but she could tell there was no way he was going to miss the ultrasound

The door opened, "well you look much better this afternoon A, shall we?" the doctor said, going straight to the ultrasound oo on her belly and she ju for a few moments and then, there on the monitor, she saw a perfect little face "This is the new three die of the unborn babies It’s still a little early to determine the sex, but it looks like all is healthy and well," Dr Scott reassured them both

He took down some measurements "It looks like your due date will be December seventeenth

You are just over threeYour child is fully formed and about the size of a peanut in its shell But the heartbeat is strong and developing nicely Would you like to hear it now?" he continued on

Amy and Lucas both nodded yes Suddenly the only sound in the roo quickly No one said a word as the beat continued on Lucas looked fro down her cheeks

Thefor him, he beca and safe A his baby

He could see the love and exciteh her He could see she was already in love with their child and he knew she would be a phenos the wrong way, but he kneould all work out Dr Scott printed them off some pictures from the ultrasound and sent the out of the office They were both thinking of the i the precious child that was going to soon be gracing their lives

Lucas took A in good health they dropped their guards and had a very nice tiun