Aviva finally comes over to me and crosses her arms as she stands beside me. “We have to go give blood. Do you want to come with?” I make a face, and she smiles. “Please come hold my hand? I’m nervous.”
Damn it. I nod. “Okay, but don’t expect me to talk.”
She laughs as I take her hand, and we head into the room with Callie. Once back there, they go over the procedure, and then the nurse looks at both of them. “We’ll need you both to take pregnancy tests to make sure you’re not pregnant.”
Aviva looks over at Callie, and she gives her a look. “I’m a virgin, but you need to test her with the way those two go at it.”
The nurse’s eyes widen as Aviva turns bright red. “I’m gonna punch you in the boob.”
“Now? Or the new ones?”
Aviva grabs the specimen cup as Callie does the same. “It’ll be a surprise.”
They both head into the bathrooms as the nurse looks at me.
“Sisters,” I say with a shrug. “But in Callie’s defense, Aviva and I do bang a lot, which is okay. We’re in love and getting a house. I’m really nervous about the boobs—like, I don’t think she needs them, but she wants to feel like a woman and all that, but have you seen her ass? I mean, it’s a great ass. She doesn’t need anything else, but I really want her to be happy. Ya know what I mean?”
The nurse draws in her brows. “Yes, I’m sure it will be fine.”
I nod. “Yeah. I hope so.”
Finally, the girls come out, and of course, they’re still bickering. “You don’t tell a nurse that!”
“She’s heard worse,” Callie throws back.
“Have a seat, ladies, and I’ll get your blood.” They both sit down, and Callie goes first as another nurse comes in. “Can you test the samples?”
She nods as our nurse drains Callie. I look away before I puke. I don’t know how they are so calm. Aviva laughs beside me, and when I look at her, she grins. “You’re the color of a sheet.”
“I’d pass out if I weren’t scared of the germs on the floor.”
She snorts, and then she’s next. When the nurse comes back out, she clears her throat. “Did you take Calliope’s blood?”
The nurse nods, and the other nurse looks stricken. “Well, that’s pointless. She can’t have the surgery.”
I furrow my brow as Callie’s jaw drops. “Why not?”
“You’re pregnant.”
Everything stops. I’m going to kill whoever did this to her. Aviva’s eyes widen, and I look at Callie as she cries out, “I am not. I haven’t even had sex!”
“What are you thinking? These tests don’t lie!” I yell, but Callie is shaking her head.
“Nico, don’t look at me like that. I swear, I haven’t. It has to be a mistake. Aviva, it’s a mistake! Tell us it’s a mistake! I seriously am not having sex. Yes, Landon may have touched me—”
“For the love of God, shut up,” Aviva mutters, and when I look at her, she’s gawking at the nurse, her eyes wider than saucers. She clears her throat and says, “I know it is.”
Callie and I look at Aviva, and I ask, “What?”
“It’s a mistake,” she says, and then she points to the cup the nurse is holding. “I peed in that pink cup.”
Callie lets out a long breath. “Oh, thank God. I’m blue. That’s not pregnant, right?”
“Right.”
But then she whips her head to Aviva right as things click in my head. Aviva meets my gaze just as I ask, “You’re pregnant?”
We both look at the nurse, and she nods. “I just realized that it does say A. Pearce. I don’t know how I mixed them up. I’m sorry.”
“So, I’m pregnant?” Aviva asks, and Callie still looks as if she’s seen a ghost.
“And I’m not.”
The nurse nods. “A. Pearce is pregnant. C. Pearce needs to drink more water.”
I’m having a hard time breathing as Aviva meets my gaze once more. I’m just staring at her. I’m taking in the most beautiful woman on this planet who continually gives me all my hopes and dreams. I stand up, walking over to her before taking her face in my hands. “It’s mine, right?”
She narrows her eyes to slits before she smacks me and yells, “You’re always playing!”
But I stop her from hitting me, pulling her into my arms. She comes into me, laughing as our lips meet in a joyous embrace. I wrap my arms tightly around her as she does the same, and when we part, it’s only to look into each other’s eyes. I hear Callie crying, and I almost feel like I could.
“I love you, Aviva,” I say, kissing her nose as my heart explodes in my chest.
Her eyes brighten as a smirk comes over her sweet lips. “You’re damn right, you do. I’m the best thing that’s ever happened to you.”