Only Tonight

“You don’t even want kids.” I look down at her in shock. “You’ve said it before. At your brother's wedding. Plus you made those remarks when you found out Kennedy was pregnant.” Fuck me.

“That shit I said about my brother knocking Kennedy up was only because I was jealous. When I said that at the wedding reception, I was trying to get my brother to calm down because he thought I was hitting on Kennedy, but it was you I was talking to.”

“You want kids?” she asks. Her voice is so soft.

“Before you I never thought about kids.”

“See?”

“No, you need to see, Kinley. I’ve never once worn a condom. Do you think that was by accident? You don’t think maybe I knew what I was doing?”

She gives me a confused look for a moment. “You were trying to knock me up!” she half shouts. I don’t know if she’s mad or happy about it. I don’t get to ask because the doctor enters the room with a man pushing in one of the machines I think lets you see the baby.

“I’m Dr. Vine,” she says. “We’re going to have a look, but there is no need to worry. A lot of women spot when they're pregnant. All of the bloodwork we did so far looks good.” I watch as they put some jelly on her stomach before placing something that looks like a wand on her. The sound of our baby’s heartbeat echoes through the room. “Everything looks fine. Both of the babies are fine.” She smiles at us.

“Did you say babies? As in multiple? Or did I mishear you?” Kinley’s face pales a bit.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Did you not know?”

Kinley shakes her head no. I can’t fight the giant smile on my face. The doctor keeps talking, but I think Kinley has zoned out. I listen to every word. She even hands me a few pictures. They may look as if they are only small little blobs, but I still want them.

Kinley gets dressed without saying a word. If I ask her if she’s okay again she’ll likely smack me. I let her be for now, but when we get home she’s fair game.14KinleyI lift up another baby bag to check it out, but my eye catches on the giant teardrop diamond that has been on my hand for over two weeks now. The second ring is a band of diamonds that slides up against my wedding ring.

Our wedding was small. We didn't want a ton of people, and Luke wanted us married as fast as possible. I never dreamed of a big wedding. All I ever wished for was love, and I have that. I put the bag back down knowing we’re shopping too soon for baby things, but we can’t help ourselves. After the meeting we had with Healing Hearts we went to lunch and then ventured into a baby store. It wasn't our fault. It was right there. We had to go in.

“That’s so cute.” Kennedy holds up a onesie that has a tutu around it. “This not knowing the babies’ sexes is going to kill us. Or drive us crazy.”

“I know. I still can’t believe you're having twins.” It was a shock to everyone, including myself. When the doctor told us that there were two babies inside of me, I went into a bit of shock. Luke, on the other hand, looked as though he were so proud of himself.

“You know what I can’t believe? My husband hasn’t had sex with me in two weeks. Technically we haven’t even consummated our marriage unless oral sex counts.”

Kennedy’s eyes go wide in shock. “Really?”

“Yep. I try to remind myself it’s because he’s worried about the spotting I had which we were told was fine, but since he found out I was knocked up all I get is that mouth of his. I mean his mouth is a wonder, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes you need a good fuck.”

A loud gasp sounds from behind us, and I turn to see an older lady staring at us.

“Sorry,” I say. But it’s the freakin’ truth. Kennedy giggles as we go back to looking at things.

“Have you given much thought to moving?” I ask my sister.

“I like your idea. We stay here and buy a lot of land we can build on. I love the idea of our kids being close and going to school together.”

“Me too.” I guess that pretty much settles that. I love Luke, but I have to admit a perk of being married to him is you could buy almost anything you wanted.

“I love these round-shaped cribs.” Kennedy runs her hands around one. I do too. I’m about to agree with her but stop when I see our mother headed right toward us. What the hell? She’s the last person I want to see, and Kennedy has broken all ties with her, so I know she doesn’t want to see her. Actually I ducked out on her at lunch the last time we met up, but the conversation wasn’t going well anyways. She didn't agree with me being with Luke. It wasn't shocking. The Kane family isn't a fan of hers. They’ve got her number, and she was banking on me to get married to someone she could control.