Page 31 of Call Don't Fall

“Were they having fun too?”

“YES!” he barked.

“Then what’s the problem, Chasten?” I asked, tossing my hands in the air. “I’m sorry I asked them behind your back. I shouldn’t have done it that way, but I’m worried! Genuinely fucking worried!”

He stopped talking and sniffed the air. Then he frowned and broke my heart. His scent sank low to a sad almost contrite smell that he should never wear.

“I’m alright, Kirk. I’m okay. Really, I am,” he said, crossing the room.

I met him by the sofa and pulled him into a tight hug. Logically, I knew he was okay. Logically, his pregnancy would probably be fine, but for the first time since nursing school – those odds and risk levels meant fuck all! This was Chasten we were talking about! My mate. The wolf I already couldn’t imagine going a day without.

“Did you really come home early just to have this argument,” he leaned back and looked up at me.

“No. I came home for this,” I said, and pulled a pregnancy test out of my pocket.

His eyes went huge and then he relaxed.

“I thought you were gonna pull one of those mini ultrasounds out of your pocket for a minute,” he laughed.

“I love you but not enough to steal something like that from the hospital. We can just go there and use one,” I said and stole a kiss. “You don’t have to be a doctor or a technician anymore. They train everyone to use them these days. Now, go pee on this stick for me.”

He gave me a playful salute and disappeared down the hall to the bathroom. I waited until I heard the door shut and then followed him. I wanted to be there when the pixelated baby in whatever color blanket they used these days showed up.

I held my breath while he peed. So that he didn’t hear me waiting on the other side of the door and didn’t exhale until the water came on and Chasten opened the door with his foot.

“Mate, at this point, I think you could’ve just watched me piss on it,” Chasten rolled his eyes at me but the corners of his mouth were pulled up into a smile.

“I wouldn’t mind watching you mark your territory,” I teased him.

“Tease and denial are one thing. I’m not pissing on you.”

“I didn’t ask you to,” I laughed and pulled him close. “I’m not a tree.”

“I dunno. I climb you like one,” he said, his lips brushing against mine as the timer clicked the seconds off from the sink counter.

“This is how we got into this predicament,” I teased him.

“I think we’re going to be in this ‘predicament’ a lot if the sex stays as hot as it’s been.”

“Why wouldn’t it?”

“The pup.”

“Which pup?” I quirked an eyebrow.

“The one who will hopefully light that thing up.”

“They light up now?” I teased.

“Maybe. Who knows? It might even glow in the dark. Medical technology gets weirder every damn day.”

BUZZ! DING! BUZZ!

“What sort of timer is that?” I laughed, reaching behind Chasten to turn it off.

“The sort that gets my attention while I’m doing art,” he shrugged, and we both looked down at the little window on the pregnancy test.

“THE BABY IS THERE!” Chasten howled.

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