Chapter 23
Cole
It is finally Tuesday, and we are waiting in the waiting room to be called back for Ellie’s doctor appointment.
I am extremely nervous, but I am trying to keep calm because I can tell she is nervous too.
I don’t think I’ve stopped touching her since we woke up this morning.
I’ve either held her hand, rested my hand on her back, or had my arm around her shoulder.
They finally call us back to the room, and the nurse asks Ellie a few questions and takes her blood pressure and weight. The nurse leaves and a few minutes later comes back in with the doctor. “Hello, Ellie and …” He looks at me.
“Cole,” I tell him.
“Good morning,” he says to both of us. “So, I hear you are pregnant, congratulations! How about we check out this baby of yours? Go ahead and lie back and we will get the ultrasound started.” He preps the machine while Ellie lies back, and I move from my chair to come stand beside her.
The doctor turns the screen so we can all see it.
“This will feel a little cold,” he says before squirting the gel on her stomach.
He takes the wand and rubs it over her stomach, and it starts making loud whooshing noises.
Then it changes to a steady thump. “That’s the baby’s heartbeat.
It sounds really good.” He moves the wand around. “And here is baby!”
I can’t contain my emotions right now. I am grinning from ear to ear while also feeling some tears forming. I glance down at Ellie, and she’s crying. “Are you OK?” I ask her.
“I’m perfect,” she says, looking up to me.
“Yes, you are,” I say as I rub her tears away.
“According to your last cycle, it looks like you are about eight weeks along. Baby’s measurements match that estimate. I’ll print out a few shots from this ultrasound for you, and then you are free to leave. We will see you again in a month.”
“Thank you,” Ellie and I say together, and he hands me the sonogram.
He leaves, and Ellie fixes her shirt. I’m staring at the pictures of our baby; I can’t stop staring at them. I can’t believe I’m going to be a dad.
“You ready?” she asks and breaks me out of my trance.
“Yeah, let’s go home.” I smile at her. I grab her hand, and we leave. I am thankful we decided to take the day off work.
“I’m going to ask Mom and Dad to come over so we can show them the pictures. You should ask your mom to come over too.”
We get in the car and send off the texts, then head home. We pull in, and Ellie’s parents are waiting on us in the parking garage. We go up the elevator, and once we get inside, Ellie grabs the pictures out of her purse and starts showing her parents.
“Oh! Ellie! She’s so beautiful!” Dianne says.
“She?” Ellie asks.
“Yes, I just know it is going to be a girl!” Dianne says.
“How do you know that? You can’t possibly tell already from those pictures,” Ellie says.
“I just know!”
The elevator pings with Mom’s arrival. I go to greet her.
“Hi, Mom.”
“Grammy is here!” she says, walking past me, and goes right in to see Ellie. “Let me see my grandbaby!” she says once she gets to Ellie.
“Good to see you too, Mom,” I say, joking, and everyone laughs.
She’s looking at the picture now, and I see tears forming in her eyes. She looks up at Ellie and hugs her super tight. They break away, and I introduce her to Ellie’s parents, since they haven’t met yet.
We spend the rest of the day enjoying everyone’s company. Conversation has died down a little when Dianne speaks up.
“Ellie, Cole, we would like to talk to you about something.”
“Is everything OK?” Ellie asks.
“Perfectly fine! It’s just, we are considering moving here,” Dianne says. I glance at Greg, and he winks at me.
“You want to move here? I thought you loved Florida?” Ellie asks.
“We do, but we want to be close to you and the baby. We are thinking about keeping the house in Florida so we can still visit there, but we just want a small apartment here. We don’t need anything fancy. We are going to start looking around while we are here.”
“I would love for you guys to be closer!” Ellie says excitedly.
“Well then, its settled. We will look for a place starting tomorrow,” Greg says. “We are going to go home for the night. I’m getting tired.”
“I’m going to go also,” Mom says. “I have a lot of errands to run tomorrow.”
We say our goodbyes, and everyone leaves.
Ellie
The rest of the week is quiet. My parents come over every night after we get home from work, and we all have dinner together.
It is finally Saturday, and we are having everyone over again.
My brother, Noah, arrived in the city late last night.
We are having a party with all our friends and family tonight. Mom and Dad are the first to arrive.
We are sitting around talking when I ask them, “Did you guys find an apartment yet?”
“No, not yet. Everything is either entirely too small, way too expensive, or does not look safe,” Dad says.
“It is hard to find a good place around here, I was lucky to find my apartment as quickly as I did,” I say.
“I wish they had something available in your building, we love everything about your apartment,” Mom says.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Cole look up and smile. I follow his eyes, and he is looking at Dad. That’s weird; what are they smiling about?
“I do really like that apartment,” I say, finally answering my mom.
“Yes, it’s exactly like what we would like for us,” Mom says.
Our conversation is cut off by the elevator. After that it seems like people don’t stop arriving.
Finally, Noah gets here. Everyone always told us we looked so much alike as we were growing up.
He’s only two years younger than me, he has the same brown hair and brown eyes, but he’s about five inches taller than me.
He’s fit, but not body-builder fit. He races dirt cars and travels, so he’s usually all over the country.
I think that’s why he always looks so tired when I see him.
I walk up to Noah and give him a hug, then I bring him over to introduce him to Cole.
“Hurt my sister and I’ll ruin you. I already have one asshole to track down in Chicago and beat the shit out of, don’t make me add you to that list,” Noah says. He’s clearly joking, but I slap at him anyway.
“Shut up, quit trying to be a badass.” I laugh.
Cole is laughing. “You don’t have to worry about me hurting her. I’d like to help you track down that asshole though.”
“Good. Nice to meet you, man,” Noah says and they give each other the typical bro hug before Noah walks over to my parents.
Once everyone has been introduced, we all hang out and chat with one another.
Everyone gets along so well. It eases my worries about Cole and me even more.
Maybe I am overreacting about everything.
I’m thinking about how it would be to live with Cole.
While I am picturing that, I see my parents living in my apartment.
It would help them out to find a place, and then I wouldn’t be breaking my lease.
They could even have my furniture if they wanted it.
The more I think about it, the more it all seems meant to be.
Bri walks up, breaking me out of my thoughts.
“What are you thinking about so hard over here by yourself?” she asks.
“I think I’m ready to move in with Cole,” I say quietly, hoping no one will hear. I want to tell him myself when we are alone.
“About damn time,” she says, smiling.
“You don’t think it’s too soon?”
“For anyone else, maybe. But for you two, I think it’s perfect.”
I smile at her and then hug her. “I’m so glad I have you,” I say.
“Yeah, you are a lucky bitch,” she says, laughing.
Cole walks up then. “What is so funny?”
“Just Bri being Bri,” I say.
“Ahh,” he says, smiling at us.
“What are you up to?” I ask.
“Nothing. Just glad to be here with everyone.” He pulls me close and hugs me. I hug him back, and he starts rubbing his hands up my back. He kisses me. It starts out innocent, and then he full-on devours me.
“Are you drunk?” I ask, leaning away from him to look at his face and laughing.
“No, not really. I just can’t keep my hands off you,” he admits, smirking at me, then he kisses me again.
“Bro. Quit eating my sister’s face right in front of me,” Noah says behind me, scaring me and making me jump.
Cole laughs. “I can’t help myself.”
“Ew,” Noah says and walks away. Cole and I laugh.
A few hours later, after everyone has slowly left, it’s just Cole and me now, and we’re sitting on the couch, watching TV.
My head is on the armrest. I’m lying on my back, and my legs are over his lap.
He starts rubbing one hand up my legs that are over his lap.
He pulls one of my legs up and behind him and then rolls over so he is lying on top of me.
“You are so fucking beautiful,” he says, and I laugh.
“I’m not joking.” He looks at me, confused.
“Yeah, OK.” I roll my eyes.
“Let me show you how beautiful I think you are.” He stands up, throws me over his shoulder, and walks us to the bedroom. He flops me on the bed and starts pulling all my clothes off. Once I am naked, he stands there, staring at me. I feel my face starting to flush from his intense stare.
“See, fucking beautiful.” He pulls me to the edge of the bed. My ass is barely on the bed, and I feel like I might fall off. He kneels and slowly starts licking me.
I moan out and prop myself up on my elbows so I can look at him. He looks up at me as he continues to lick me. Our eye contact never breaks while he is devouring me. Next thing I know, I am coming so hard I see spots. I think that was the fastest I have ever finished.
He trails his way up my body, kissing me.
Once he is standing, he starts undressing, and I watch him.
He is so seductive I can’t tear my eyes away.
I look up at his face, and he is doing his sexy smirk at me.
I see his arm move. I glance down, and he is stroking himself. I love watching him, and he knows it.
“Touch yourself,” he says.
I trail my hand down my body and reach to touch myself. I start slowly circling my clit as he continues to stroke himself. I’ve never done anything like this before. It is so hot to sit here and touch myself while he watches me and does the same to himself.
“So fucking sexy,” he rasps. “Get in the middle of the bed on your hands and knees.”
I do as he says.
“Good girl.” He stops stroking himself and climbs on the bed behind me. He rubs his cock between my thighs. “You are so ready for me, aren’t you, Ellie?”
“Always, Cole,” I breathe out.
He comes right behind me and forces my head into the bed the same time his cock enters me.
We both moan at the feeling. He pounds into me from behind.
I am so close to coming again already. He reaches around my body with one hand while the other still holds my head down.
He grabs my nipple and twists, and I am done for.
His thrusts get harder until he is coming. “Fuckkkk,” he yells out as he finishes.
He flops down beside me, breathing hard as I stretch out beside him.
We must have been tired, because next thing I know, I am waking up. My naked body is wrapped up with his naked body around me. I roll over to face him, and it wakes him up.
“I have something to tell you,” I say, smiling at him.
“What’s that?” he asks, curiosity written all over his face.
“I want to move in with you.”