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"Okay, what’s first on your list?" I ask Aerie

She pulls out an organized stack of folders and I knoe’ll be here for a while Around four in the afternoon she pulls out the March layout As I stand up and walk around the room to stretch, my phone buzzes It’s another text from S’belle

Can you meet me at Pebbles for dinner?

I look up at Aerie "Can we finish this tos to do anyway"

"Thanks" I quickly look back down to respond

You have to be joking!

Please

Not if you’re going to break up with me!

No! I’oing to tell et what Misty was talking about

You’re crazy You know that Right? See you soon

If I saidBy now I’ve really begun to hate S’belle’s favorite restaurant But I make it there by six She’s already seated at a table by the ith her back to s in curls The restaurant is by no means busy, so the at down, I swipe her hair to the side and kiss her neck "Hi, sexy"

She twists and her lips ht up to hers When I glance at the tabletop I see two glasses of sparkling water and a dish of lee that looks a lot like the one I brought her frorab her hands "Let’s cut to the chase Please don’t tortureyou here"

Her innocent green eyes shine, although she looks a little peaked and a little scared

"Are you still sick?" I ask, concerned

She shakes her head "I have so to tell you and I’m really nervous"

"Why, have you been bad?"

"No," she says quickly, and looks ht I was going to have to spank you," I say, trying to ease her nervousness, but honestly ht fall at any second, so I’ht smile crosses her lips, I think I’ve succeeded She twists and pulls a brown paper bag out froers

"What’s this? Nothing that’s going to ju scared shitless

My own hands are shaking as I unfold the bag What the hell could it contain that makes her look like that? I pull out a purple box that reads EPT, with the words early pregnancy test written out below it My eyes widen, my heart pounds, and nant?" I ask in shock

"I don’t know but I think I ht be," she answers All the color has left her face now

A h me, but I settle on one--pure elation I jump from my chair and take the box and her hand "Well, let’s find out"

"Now?" she asks, corin at her

"You’re not upset?" She sounds surprised

I pull her flush tothat we’re in a restaurant "Upset? Are you out of your s on o?"

I stride back to the table and pick up both glasses of water When I return to her I tell her, "Drink these, baby"

She sulps both of them down

"You can’t come in here," she says when I push open the door to the restroom

"Fuck I can’t"

She shakes her head and enters under my arm

I shakily open the box and hand her the stick

She stares atto the stall door

"I know"

"Then go!"

"So bossy," she says as she takes the stick

When she comes out we both stare at it as she sets it on the counter

"The instructions say to wait two minutes to read the result Be sure to read the result before tenthe counter, my eyes are locked on the stick as the ti the room My foot taps the floor at a hundred miles an hour When a blue line appears in the square , I twist toward her "It’s turning"