Bishop

It’s all a blur as I jot down the info and then quickly hang up the phone.The only thing I want to do now is find Bishop.I stand up from my chair so fast that I knock it over.In my hurry to get out the door and jog across the parking lot, I become tangled in the door.When I finally get it situated, I rush down the stairs, shouting Bishop’s name.

He looks up at me, his eyes wide.He stops what he’s doing and runs to meet me halfway.

I grab hold of his hands, pulling him to me.

He looks down, his dark eyes scared but at the same time full of hope.It’s as if he knows I got the answer to the question we’ve had hanging over us for the past few days.

“Did you?”He starts.

“Yeah,” I interrupt, nodding with a smile on my face.

He smiles back as I pull him behind the garage so we have a little bit of privacy.Hopefully, no one will bother us back here.He pushes me up against the concrete building near where the guys take their lunches when the weather’s nice.

“Pregnant,” I whisper.“We’re pregnant.”I grin up at him.

“We’re pregnant?”He whispers back at me.“Are you okay?”He asks, his voice deep with a possession I’ve never heard before.It’s everything I’ve ever wanted to hear and partially never thought I would.

“Yeah, I’m okay,” I answer.“They confirmed I’m about six weeks and I have my first appointment in two weeks.”

“I want to come with you,” he insists.“We’re gonna have to tell your family.It’ll look really odd if we both take time off and I don’t want to lie to your dad.He’s been so good to me.He’s been the dad I never had and always wanted.”

“Okay.”I swallow roughly.“We’ll tell them, only because I don’t want to lie to them either.”

“When should we do it?I don’t even want to live a slight white lie.”

“Give me just a few days.”I grip his fingers with mine.“Give me enough time to think about how I want to tell them and then we’ll do it.We won’t put it off any longer than a few days.I promise.”

Bishop leans down to kiss me.It’s slow, soft, and thorough.“I’m gonna take care of both of you.I’m excited, Lee.”

“I am too, Bishop.Scared, but excited at the same time.Guess we’re gonna do this, huh?”

“Yeah.”A slow smile spreads across his face as he leans down and cups my stomach.“Yes, we are.”