water, at midnight?”
“Yes, I was thinking the same thing. We can have just our family and friends. Small and intimate…”
“Just the way I like it,” she smiles and leans into me.
I wrap my arms around her, “Just the way you like it, Beauty, small and intimate.”
“Do you think they’ll agree to have it there?”
“I think they will argue with us if we don’t have it there.”
She places the pen and paper back on the nightstand.
“I love you,” she says, snuggling into me.
I reach over and turn off the lights, “I love you, more.”
I wake up for work and Angel is already out of bed. I look into the bathroom and the light is off. I walk out into the kitchen and I can smell bacon cooking.
“You’re up pretty early this morning,” I say, walking over to the coffee pot to pour me a cup, after kissing her good morning.
“Yes, well, I couldn’t sleep.”
“Oh, are you feeling all right?” I ask, pouring myself a cup of coffee.
“Just a lot on my mind, that’s all,” she says, while flipping the bacon over.
I look over and Angel has her notebook and pen lying out on the kitchen island.
“We’re going to have to start keeping decaffeinated coffee in the house.”
Angel holds up a glass of milk. “I know. I’m going to miss my caffeine in the mornings.”
“Are you coming up with some ideas for the wedding?” I ask, nodding towards the pen and paper on the island.
“Pre-wedding things, more like it, a lot of things have been running through my mind. I don’t want to forget anything.”
“Like what?” I say, sitting at the bar and watching her.
“Like, I think it’s time I start looking for office space for my Interior Design business. I would really like to get that started. I’ll be taking time off work and I don’t think it will be fair to Sara or Brea.” Angel turns the bacon over again and pours some scrambled eggs in a frying pan. “And we have other homes that we own. We need to discuss what we are going to do with those. Right now, they are just sitting empty and that is a waste of money and I’m going to need to find a doctor.”
“Wow, you didn’t get much rest last night, I see.”
“No, I guess I didn’t, but I feel fine.”
I walk over and butter the toast while she places the scrambled eggs and bacon on the plates.
“Let’s eat and we can try to resolve some of your dilemmas, shall we?”
“Do you think it’s that easy?”
I follow her to the bar and I take the seat across from her.
“Dilemma number one: finding you a doctor. I know a few obstetricians but I can also ask around at work today to see whom people use and whom they like. I can ask some of the patients whom they have used. That way the staff doesn’t get suspicious,” I say.
“Really? It will be that easy?”
“I hope so. When someone has a good doctor, they love to share it. Believe it or not, it’s hard to find a good doctor. You have to like them, trust them, and be able to tell them all kinds of personal things. You have to trust them with your most personal problems.”
“Ok, sounds good. I’ll also bring up a conversation with Brea to see who they use. I don’t think we should announce the pregnancy just yet. We need to make sure we are out of the ‘danger zone,’” she says, using air quotation marks.
“I agree, we don’t want to announce it too soon. And when we do, we’ll announce that it’s mine.”
“I want to, yes, but some people will know the truth.”
“If they aren’t family or close friends, they won’t know any different.”
“Mason, you know I love you, right?”
“I do, and I also know you are going to be Mrs. Mason Myles in the near future.”
“I like the way that sounds.”
“Me, too. From here on out, I want this baby to be referred to as my baby. No more Jim. This baby is our baby, mine and yours, got it?”
“Yes, Mason, I got it and I love you.”