Page 106 of His Curvy Distraction

Haley scowled. “I feel like I’m a million pounds and giving birth to an elephant.”

“You are not going to be pregnant for twenty-two months,” Chelsea said in a tone that told me Haley had been complaining a lot.

“I don’t know. It seems like it,” Haley said.

“Please talk some sense into her,” Chelsea said to Daisy, meeting her gaze in the mirror.

Daisy chuckled. “I’m not sure what I can say. I’ve never been pregnant, so I don’t know what she feels like.”

“Same,” I said when Chelsea looked at me.

“Even if you were, no one had an elephant baby,” Haley said.

“You are so dramatic,” Chelsea said, laughing at Haley.

Haley scowled. “Just wait until Derek decides he wants more kids and you are pregnant forever.”

Chelsea’s eyes got wide, and she stopped what she was doing. “We haven’t talked about more kids.”

Haley, realizing she hit Chelsea’s panic button, came over. She took Chelsea’s hands and breathed with her. “I was joking. You guys will talk about kids together. You have to decide if you want them.”

“Did you and Knox talk about it?” Daisy asked.

Haley nodded. “We did. We weren’t planning to get pregnant so soon, but we both wanted kids.”

“I’ve always wanted kids,” I said. “Ever since I was little. My sisters are a lot older than me, and I thought it would be fun to have a sibling to play with.”

“Me, too,” Daisy said. “I have twin brothers, and I spent my entire childhood watching them play hockey. I didn’t do any activities because they took up so much time. I always wished I’d had a sister so I had someone to play with.”

“That’s so sad,” Haley said, dabbing at her eyes. “I didn’t have siblings at all. Oh my God, I have to do this again. I can’t have a kid who doesn’t have any siblings. It’s not fair to them. I was so lonely growing up, and?—”

“Breathe, Haley,” Chelsea said loudly. “Your kid will be fine. Everyone is different. Haley and Chelsea just said they had siblings and were lonely. I didn’t, but I had a cousin who was like my sister. You were an only child and were independent because of your parents. You and Knox are not going to be like your parents. And your kid will grow up with a town full of people who want to know him or her.”

Haley nodded with Chelsea.

I smiled at them in the mirror, then caught Daisy’s gaze. She smiled back. We always talked about having kids at the same time and raising them like cousins.

“You’re right. You’re right,” Haley said. “God, these hormones. I don’t love it.”

Haley moved back behind Daisy and returned to her task.

Chelsea started on my hair, combing through it and pinning up one large section so she could begin.

“You don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl yet?” Daisy asked once things were back on track.

Haley shook her head, a smile on her face. “Knox wanted to be surprised. We talked about it a lot, but he said he doesn’t care. The most important thing is knowing our baby is okay, or knowing what to do if there is a problem. So far, everything is going really well.”

“I don’t know if I could do that,” I admitted. “I think I would want to know.”

“Are you and Omar talking about kids?” Chelsea asked.

I shook my head, narrowly missing a catastrophe when Chelsea was about to cut my hair.

“Don’t move,” Chelsea said, eyes wide. “Okay, no kids yet. But things are still going well?”

“Yeah,” I said, keeping my head still. “He’s nothing like I first thought he would be.”

Chelsea laughed. “Oh, I so feel that. I hated Derek before we met. Thought he was such a jerk. I’m glad I was wrong.”

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