Page 65 of Something Real with the Sea Monster
Just the waiting and not knowing is killing me. I call Mom and Dad to provide them with an update with no real information and then do the same for Noah and Olivia. I’m like tits on a bull here, but I’ll do my best to make myself useful.
I walk laps around the hospital, help an elderly lady find the lift, and help a new dad carry a pram up the steps outside. Finally, when I’m at my wits end, I get a call from Tegan.
“Hey, what happened? How is everyone?”
“Oh, Jack, she’s just the most beautiful thing, and Mia is so happy. Still a bit out of it, but really, really happy and you should see the smile on Luke’s face.”
“So they delivered the baby safely?”
“She’s perfect. She didn’t cry at first. She just kind of stared at everyone and then they let me hold her while they were finishing Mia’s stitches.”
“Wow. What are they going to call her?”
“Jessie.”
“Aw Jessie. And what does she look like?”
“Well she came out kraken, all tentacles and fins. The nurses were a bit shocked how she tried to cling to everyone, and Luke just held out his arm and she wrapped about five tentacles around him and that was it. Then they cleaned her up and I got to hold her. She did her first poop on me. What a lucky aunty!”
We both laugh. “Can I come up?”
“Mia says give her ten minutes to try to feed Jessie. She still hasn’t worked out the whole breastfeeding thing.”
When the nurses basically kick us out of the hospital, we climb into Tegan’s car for the drive back to Kraken Cove, regretfullyleaving Luke, Mia, and baby Jessie to try to rest as much as they can.
When we make it home, though, we’re still wired and neither of us feels like sleeping. We brush our teeth and get into bed anyway. Then Tegan climbs into my lap, straddling my hips and pulling the blanket over us both so she can snuggle in. “Hey, Jack?” she whispers against my chest.
“Mmm?”
“This is going to sound weird, but I love the idea of having a baby.”
“Mmm. Me to. One day.”
There’s a pause. “It would be so hot if you got me pregnant tonight.”
She must feel the stiffness in my body as my brain whirrs over all the potential problems. She’s not ready to get engaged, but she wants to get pregnant? And I am old-fashioned because I always thought we’d be married before we had babies?
Tegan sits up a little. “Just fantasizing. I mean I’m on the pill, and I’m not going off it. I need to sort my shit out first before we even talk about that for real life, but…”
“But?”
“I mean it would be hot, though, right?” She gives me a cheeky grin, and even though my brain is still busy worrying, my cock sits up and takes notice of that grin.
I laugh. “You make it sound hot when you say it like that.”
“Don’t you love the thought of fucking me bare, with no condom?”
My cock twitches against her thigh. “Uh yeah.” Fuck, I really like that thought.
“Well, I went and got tested last week, and I got the results back the other day. I’m clean. And you’ve never been with anyone else…”
I run my hands down her waist and grab her ass, grinding her against me a little as I lift my hips. “Can you feel how excited that’s got me?”
“Mmm, I can. You know what I think?” She starts kissing my neck, and I have to struggle to make my brain function enough to make words so I can answer.
“What?”
“I think you’d like to fill me up with cum until I’m dripping.”
