Page 37 of Chance

"I'm not answering that." I blush, and I hear Sebastian's chuckle as he tries to hide it with a cough. I’m glad everyone else seems busy and don’t hear.

"How's the new apartment?" I ask, knowing she moved into Blake’s apartment with two other roommates a few days ago when Blake asked if she wanted a place to live.

"It's good. I get to see my bestie a lot, and my other roommates are cool. One is sexy but way too much of a flirt for me, plus he brings girls back all the time," she says with a disgusted, nose wrinkle.

"I'll have to come over and see it soon. I'm on maternity leave now, so I have a lot of free time,"I tell her, and she smiles.

"Why don't we go out for a meal? Oh, and I have some spa vouchers I need to use, we could go to that first?” Allie asks, and Izzy comes over.

“Can I come?” she asks.

“I would love that; it could be a girls only day out.” Allie grins when Seb groans in annoyance.

“How about we go next week?" Izzy suggests, and Allie nods in agreement.

"I would like that." I smile, still happy about her sister comment earlier. I really like Izzy, and I would like to know her better.

"I could use some new nails, too, so how about Wednesday? I'll book us in for twelve?" Allie asks, and we all agree to the time.

"I'm going to get the presents so you can open them, help me?" Allie says to Blake and Izzy. They all start to walk out, and Allie manages to get all the people in the room to help her in a couple of seconds.

"We’ve got to choose who's doing the fight next week," Harley says when the room is empty.

I feel Seb tense underneath me. "I told you, I am."

I look up at him in shock and worry.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine," he says to me.

"No, you’re going to be a dad soon, and Maisy needs you right now,” Harley dismisses him, and I can see Seb getting annoyed.

"You know Arthur won't like me not fighting, and we can't put our family in any danger. I’ll be careful," Seb saysto Harley.

"We need to talk about this," I whisper to Seb, who frowns at me.

He seems to think about something before he kisses my forehead and whispers, "Sure."

"Send Izzy and Blake over when you’re fighting, so Maisy isn't alone," Harley tells Luke, who nods.

"I can be alone, you know." I smile at their over protectiveness.

"Well, I think that's a good idea," Seb says with a smile. Of course, he would.

“I don’t think–”

“I heard the newTwilightfilm just came out, I can get that on DVD for you to watch,” Seb says, cutting me off, and I find myself smiling in agreement.

Damn, if he didn’t know my weakness for that shiny vampire. With all my spare time, I found I loved theVampire Diariesand then theTwilightfilm has been on a few times. Okay, like ten times, but who’s counting? Well, Seb is because he doesn’t like it.

"I'm off to find my date." Luke waggles his eyebrows, and it makes me giggle.

Izzy pushes a blue pushchair in the room, and I fight a battle with my tears as it's beautiful. It has an old style to it, but it looks small enough to get into the car. It also looks very expensive.

"This is from me and Blake, the lady at the store said it’s one of the best," she says, blushing. I get up as quickly as I can and give her a hug. I pat Blake on the arm and thank them both. The baby decides to have a kicking match with my bladder, and I hold my side. I must have made a noise as Blake pales.

"You okay? You’re not in labour, right?" he asks quickly. I snort in laughter, as does Izzy, but I know I need to use the bathroom.

"It's just the baby playing with my bladder, I’ll be back," I say, smiling at the relief on his face. What is he going to be like for Izzy if they have kids? I glance at Seb who is chatting with Harley, and I know Izzy will tell him where I’ve gone.

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