Page 9 of Spin Serve

“What is going on with you two?”

“Remember how it took us two years before we got pregnant with Julia?” Everly asked.

“Yeah.”

“Well, it only took about a year this time.” Everly pointed to her stomach.

“What? You’re pregnant again?”

“Yeah. About three months along, so I’ll start showing soon.”

“Congratulations, you two!”

“Thank you.” Everly chuckled and leaned into Wyatt. “We weren’t even going to try again. We had Julia and thought that was our family. We went through so much just to have her, you know? We felt so lucky. But about a year ago, we started talking about it again, and I thought we could try one more time. I’m at twelve weeks now, so we’re going to start telling people soon. We just wanted to be cautious because we had some issues with my last pregnancy, and I’m older now, obviously, and high-risk because of that and the issues I had before with Julia.”

“Is everything okay?”

“So far, so good,” Everly replied, and Wyatt pulled her in closer.

“That’s great news,” Kendra said. “I’m so happy for you. Julia’s going to be a big sister. Does she know?”

“No, we haven’t told her yet. We’re trying to make everything about her right now because we know she might struggle when we start doing stuff for the baby and when the baby comes home,” Everly said.

“Spoken like a true psychologist,” Kendra teased.

“She’s a genius. It’s why our kids are going to be super smart, too. Jules already is. She’s way ahead, according to the doctor. And she’s showing an interest in volleyball, too.”

“No, she’s not.” Everly shook her head at her wife.

“She played with that little one I gave her,” Wyatt argued.

“Because it’s a toy, babe, not because she’s going to be a pro volleyball player. She’s two. How about we let her be two for a while before we put her on a court?”

“She was on a court tonight,” Wyatt noted.

“Running around with one of the players’ kids and giggling a bunch, yeah; not exactly learning how to jump serve.” Everly laughed. “She was more interested in the tape from the trainer’s bag than she was about playing anything.”

“True; she loves the pink tape they pull out and give her to play with sometimes,” Wyatt added.

Their waitress arrived with their drinks and set them down without saying anything before she walked off.

“You come to this place a lot?” Kendra asked.

“A few times. I said the margaritas were good, not the service.” Wyatt held hers up. “Let’s toast to Julia getting a sibling, us having another baby, and to Kendra for moving on from her ex.”

“And to her new house,” Everly added, holding up her bottle of sparkling water.

“Cheers to that,” Kendra said, and they clinked glasses.

“How’s it going?” Everly asked.

“It’s a lot of work, and I’m here not doing it, so that’s bugging me a little. I want to be here, but it’s hard when I also want to be there. I have all these things I want to do. I’ve never owned a house before. It’s like I want to make all these changes, and I obviously can’t afford that right now, so I can only do a little at a time, but I can’t if I’m here working.” Kendra took a sip of her margarita. “You know Aspen Ashley, right?”

“Aspen? Yeah, sure,” Wyatt said. “Why?”

“She’s my new neighbor.”

“What?”

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