Underestimated Part 69

"I have good news," Jason called, walking in to join us.

"Our newlywed couple just got into a fight and left. It looks like your friends just got a room for the weekend."

"It's good news that someone had a fight, Dad?"

Caroline asked.

"No, simple Simon. It's good news that we have an extra room for Morgan and Drew's friends."

"Oh," she smiled.

We were just sitting down to eat when Celeste, Alicia and Vincent arrived. I swear I have never seen such a cute kid in all my life. I was surprised to see Celeste in jeans. I had never seen her in anything but expensive pant suits and fancy skirts. Her girlfriend, Alicia, was just as beautiful, but with light brown hair, also in jeans. I a.s.sumed that Celeste had been the one to give birth to Vincent by the blonde hair, but he could have been adopted. I found myself curious about the couple, and wanted to ask Celeste about their relations.h.i.+p.

Vincent was shy at first, but my busy little sister didn't let that last too long. She insisted on him coming out of his sh.e.l.l. She was explaining sea gla.s.s to him, and they were both scarfing their plates, ready to head to the beach.

"Can I go now, Mom?" Vincent asked, leaving a little on his plate.

Celeste told him to let Drew eat first. Alicia told him to eat two more bites.

"Wait, which one is your mom?" nosey little Caroline asked.

"I have two moms," he replied proudly.

"Oh," she replied.

I just knew she was going to have a million questions with that one. I did. I had never had a gay friend.

She didn't though. I was more inquisitive about it than she was. I was under the a.s.sumption that one always played the male role. That wasn't the case at all. Alicia was just as feminine as Celeste was. Her hair was perfect, her nails were manicured, and she was just as pretty as Celeste.

"My friend, Marissa has two moms too," Caroline explained.

"Let's go munchkins," Drew said, probably wanting to stop the conversation, as well.

We all made our way out to the ma.s.sive deck once Drew, and Jason took off with the two little ones.

It was nice in North Carolina, not summer nice, but a lot warmer than it was when we had left Maine. We all had on thin jackets or sweats.h.i.+rts. I smiled when I watched Vincent reach up and take Drew's hand.

"Mom, come here," I exclaimed.

I placed her hand right on the side of my belly. Her face lit up. Of course Celeste and Alicia had to feel it too.

"It seems like so long ago when Vincent was doing this," Alicia remarked. I couldn't help it. I had to ask.

"Did you carry him?"

"No. Celeste did. Can't you tell by the blonde hair?" she added. "She was not the most pleasant person to be around when she was pregnant. I swear I have never seen anyone cry as much as she did. I was ready to kill her."

I laughed. I couldn't see Celeste crying over anything. She was too, strong, powerful and full of herself.

"Alicia gets to carry the next one," Celeste a.s.sured us.

"Are you trying?" I asked a little too excited.

"We're always trying," Celeste teased. They really were just like a normal couple.

"Shut up," Alicia badgered back.

Celeste laughed. "She starts her first round of in vitro the week after Thanksgiving."

"We are still talking about that," Alicia stated with a stern look right to her mate. "Celeste seems to want to do nothing but work all the time now. I'm not interested in doing this alone."

"I have a feeling my husband has something to do with that," I confessed. "But don't you worry, I will make sure you are spending the time with your family that you should be. You start the process Alicia. I promise she will be home more."

"Yeah because he fired me," Celeste said not entirely joking.

"He would never fire you. You should hear how he talks about you. He is overly impressed."

"He is?" Celeste asked, hopeful.

"Absolutely, but I'm not going to let you neglect your family to please Drew," I a.s.sured her.

My mom and Alicia got to talking about crocheting of all things. Before we knew it Celeste and I were alone on the deck while they were off looking at the new baby blanket that my mom was working on for the baby.

"I can't thank you enough for this, Morgan,"

Celeste said, sipping her hot tea.

"You don't have to thank me. I'm glad you're here, and I love Alicia."

"Me too," she smiled. "We really did need this."

"How long have you two been together?"

"Nine years in March. How long have you been with Drew?"

"On and off for about ten years, on again for a day," I smiled.

"You are coming back to Vegas for good?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "We never really talked about it, but I am sure that is his plan. I told him that I needed to live by the beach, but he went and did all the new remodeling and the baby's room and all. I hate to disappoint him now."

Celeste laughed. "You should have seen him trying to do all of that. I couldn't help but be amused by him. He handpicked every piece of clothing in that room."

"He did?" I asked surprised. "I figured he had you do all of that."

"He had me going in every store in New York City with him, but he did all of the shopping."

I smiled out at the four figures, searching through sand and pebbles.

"I hope you know how much he loves you, Morgan," Celeste said.

I turned to look at her with narrowed eyes. "What has he told you?" I asked. I would be so embarra.s.sed if she knew everything.

"He doesn't have to say anything. Nothing exists in his eyes when you are around. He will walk out of an important meeting to answer your call, and I have never seen any man more excited about this baby than he is."

"Are you aware that he might not be this baby's father?" I asked. Maybe I shouldn't have, but I did.

She smiled at me. "He never told me, but I had a feeling something was up."

"It's going to make things a lot more difficult if he turns out to be another man's child. Please don't tell him that I told you," I begged.

"Not a chance," she smiled as my mother and Alicia joined us again.

Jason was the only one to find any treasure, and of course he gave it to Caroline to put in her lighted bottle.

We watched a movie with the two little ones on the big screen with a few other guests. Drew and I slipped off and went to our room around nine. We both showered and lay down in the, oh so comfortable bed. I hadn't realized I was as tired as I was.

"Drew," I whispered, lying in his arms.

"What, baby?"

"I'm very happy right now."

I felt Drew smile on my ear. "That makes me very happy. I love you."

"I love you too."

My mother walked out to the deck to a full blown argument the following morning.

"No, Morgan. I want you home with me."

I didn't reply when I saw my mother; instead I brought her in the middle.

"Would you tell my husband how important it is to me for you to be there when this baby is born and that I should just stay here and get established with a doctor?"

"No. I can't tell him that. I think you need to be home with him. This is your first baby. I have time to fly out there."

"I love you," Drew said, kissing my mother smack on the lips.

I crossed my arms, pouting. She was supposed to take my side.

"You will be here in a couple of weeks for Thanksgiving and then again for Christmas. I think you should be with Drew," my mother informed me while standing behind me, playing with my hair.

Was I afraid of that? Was that I why I was so insistent on only being with him for short periods of time?

We had never lived together as a couple, other than when I didn't know who I was.

"Let's eat, I'm starving," Drew said with a big smile, rubbing in his victory. "I have a date with two little kids. We're going on a treasure hunt."

"We're going shopping," I stated.

Drew and Jason kept the kids occupied hunting for sea gla.s.s for the biggest part of the day. My mom, Celeste, Alicia, and I spent the day shopping. We were home by four and everyone dressed to go out for dinner. We had seafood by the ocean and then visited an aquarium. Drew and I couldn't keep our hands or eyes off of each other. I had fallen asleep on him the night before, and we spent the evening flirting, and undressing each other with our eyes. I had the best time ever with my family, my husband and our new friends.

Drew and I went right to bed once we were home.

We were undressing each other as soon as the door was closed. d.a.m.nit I wanted this baby out of me. I wanted all of him. I wanted him to do everything that I had despised at one time. It was a hopeless case. He wasn't about to do anything but make love to me. I knew. I had already tried.

All I got was a promise that once I wasn't pregnant, he would take care of all of my deep dark fantasies. That was almost three months away.

The five of us flew out on the private jet the next day, heading back to Las Vegas. I slept most of the way and Drew and Celeste worked, making up for the last three days.

We did fly back, all of us, for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I loved Celeste and Alicia. I hated to admit it, but Lauren had been replaced. Dawson called every week to find out how his baby was doing. He was still calling him his baby, and I didn't stop him. I just prayed that it wasn't his.

We never did send for my car. Drew liked having it there when we were at my mom's. I didn't really need it anyway. He didn't let me leave without him much.

Right after we had exchanged gifts on Christmas morning, Drew insisted that we had to go somewhere. I should have known that everyone was in on it. They all insisted on going, and we piled into two different cars.

Drew couldn't contain his excitement. I was going crazy, trying to figure out what the h.e.l.l he was up to. Celeste wouldn't tell me either. Caroline on the other hand was made to go with her dad. She was dying to tell me.

We only drove maybe a mile up the sh.o.r.e and pulled into a driveway. I knew. I knew exactly what he was up to.

"You bought this house, didn't you?" I accused.

"You told me that you needed to live by the beach.

I figured this way we could fly here when we wanted and have our own s.p.a.ce. If you look up that way, you can see your mom's house."

"I freaking love you," I exclaimed, getting out of the car.

The house was perfect. It wasn't anything extravagant like the one in Vegas. It was simple. Four bedrooms, two baths, an eat in kitchen and a magnificent deck, overlooking the ocean.

"I thought maybe you would want to decorate this nursery," Drew said as I checked out the best Christmas present I had ever received.

I loved the idea of decorating the nursery. Drew and Celeste had to fly to Europe for over a week. The newly pregnant Alicia, Vincent and I were staying at the beach until Vincent had to be back to school after break.

I spent more money that week than I ever had in my life, furnis.h.i.+ng our new home. There were delivery trucks coming and going for three days in a row. I even made Alicia pick out the furnis.h.i.+ng and decor for the two bedrooms on the other side of the house. I figured they would be the one using them anyway.

Vincent's room was done in surf decor and his bed was a floating bed in the shape of a surfboard. He was so excited about it. He stood on it moving his legs and holding out his arms, riding the waves painted on the wall that Alicia had done for him. I didn't know until that day that she was the one that had painted the enchanted forest in my baby's room back home.

I chose subtle for this nursery. It was painted light blue with pictures of Caroline, my mom, Jason, Drew, Celeste, Alicia and Vincent all framed in white. Justin's framed picture hung in the center of them all.

Alicia and I had a blast. We stayed up too late talking, fed our pregnant bellies too much ice cream and shopped until we literally dropped.

I didn't want to leave when Celeste and Drew came back to retrieve us. They loved the house and what we had done in such a short time. I was happy. I was so happy. I loved my new house close to my mom and Caroline. I loved Vincent. I loved Celeste and Alicia, and I loved Drew. My cup runneth over.