"None of that happened, Kathy. I'm right here. I forgot I’d told Eric I’d loan him my cordless drill so I came home to pick it up. I saw you on the floor by the kitchen table. You were unconscious. Then I saw a phone message Annie had left for you to call Dr. Tyler. I called 911 and had you taken to the ER."
"I'm still confused here, Brian. Last thing I remember was Annie picking me up from the doctor's office. We heard about this accident on the interstate, went home and saw it on the news."
"Annie said you were really tired when she dropped you off so she helped you clean up a few things around the house then you went into the bedroom to lie down. She said when she left about an hour later, you were still sleeping."
"I remember Annie picking me up. I was tired and had mentioned to her I wanted to take a nap after I got home." I thought back to what’d happened that day. "It's coming back to me now. After Annie left, Dr. Tyler's nurse called again and told me the doctor had missed something on my physical he didn't notice earlier when I was there. She told me I was pregnant and I needed to schedule an appointment. That's the last thing I remember until I woke up here."
"You must have fainted after you heard the news you were pregnant. You hit your head.” Brian was fighting back his own tears now. "You were in a coma for a few days. That's when you must have had the dream about me being killed in an accident.”
My head was throbbing. I rang for the nurse while Brian sat on the edge of my bed, holding my hand. I squeezed his hand tight. It really was only a dream. He was right here beside me.
"Can I get something for my headache?" I asked the nurse as she walked into the room.
"Sure, be right back."
"I'm pregnant! We're gonna have a baby!" I hugged him tight, briefly oblivious to my pounding headache.
"I'm gonna be a daddy again!" He broke our embrace and kissed me.
The nurse returned a few minutes later with medication for my headache. "This is going to make you sleepy, but it’ll help ease the pain of your headache."
"Does he have to leave?"
"No. He can stay as long as he wants. Dr. Tyler will be here soon to check on you, Mrs. Anterra."
"Mrs. Anterra?" I heard as Dr. Tyler entered my room a few minutes later. "How are you feeling?"
"Other than a splitting headache, I'm feeling great!"
"Well, you're doing fine. You should be able to go home tomorrow." He looked at my chart. "I’m referring you to an excellent obstetrician who can help you with your pregnancy." He handed me a piece of paper with a name and number on it. "Call her and schedule an appointment as soon as possible."
"One question before you go, doctor.”
"Yes?"
"How far along am I?"
"Eight weeks."
"Thanks doc," Brian said as Dr. Tyler shook both our hands then turned to leave.
"Yes. Thank you."
"My baby's havin' a baby!" Brian exclaimed.
I drifted off to sleep again, dreaming of Brian holding our new baby girl, kissing her forehead and looking up adoringly at me.
* * * *
"She's the most beautiful girl in the world. Next to her mother of course!" he beamed.
"We've gotta think of a name for her eventually, Brian. We can't call her bubble face forever, you know."
"I know, but she's got the cutest bubbly cheeks!" he said, smiling brightly. "Have you thought of any names yet?"
"Actually, I have. I think we should name her after her daddy and I want to name her after your mother, too."
"We can't name a girl Brian."
"How about Briana Maureen?"
He looked up at me with such happiness in his eyes, it made my heart race.
"Briana Maureen! That's perfect! I love it! Briana Maureen Anterra. I love you my baby girl." He whispered words of love to his new daughter while cradled her in his arms.
* * * *
I was discharged the next day, still feeling groggy from the medication. Brian called Annie and asked if she could take care of me while he was at work. She agreed and showed up before Brian left for work every morning, then left when he got home. I wasn't used to having all this attention, but if it made Brian feel better, I wasn't about to argue.
About a week later, Brian came home early one afternoon, we had lunch and he called the obstetrician for me to schedule my first appointment. We headed over to Annie's and spent the rest of the day with Adam and told him he's gonna have a baby brother or sister soon. By the time we got home, it was approaching late evening. I went into the bedroom to get out of my clothes. I pulled the shirt Brian wore the night he proposed out of the closet and put it on, remembering my awful dream again. I let out a happy sigh knowing it was only a dream.
We fixed a quick dinner and I sat there gazing at Brian, happy he was alive. I leaned in and hugged him tight.
"Thank you!"
"For what?"
"For being here next to me. For being alive!"
"That dream really got to you, huh?"
"Yes, Brian. I told you how real it felt. Weeks had passed. Actually, months had passed. I watched our wedding video every day, I cried myself to sleep every night. I had moved back to Michigan because I couldn't stand living here anymore. I heard your voice around me, felt your presence in the bed with me at night, but you weren't really there. It felt like it was really happening.”
"But it didn't happen, Kathy. I'm right here with you. I don't plan on going anywhere."
"You're damn right you're not going anywhere. I'm not letting you go ever again." I held him close and breathed in his scent.
"You look so sexy wearing my shirt, but you look even sexier without it.”
He got up, took my hand and led me into the bedroom. He pulled me to him for a slow, heated, passionate kiss. He removed the shirt I was wearing and let it fall to the floor at our feet He laid me back on the bed, still kissing me and caressing my entire body with his hands. He kissed down my body, stopping at each nipple and gently encircling them with his tongue, working my body into enflamed ecstasy. I felt his stiff shaft between us and reached down to start undoing his jeans. He took my hands away, putting them over my head and holding them there while he kissed me again.
"I want you in me, Brian."
"Patience, my love." He continued his determined pleasuring of my body.
He held my hands above my head with one hand while his other hand found my panties and gently pulled them off and tossed them aside. He kissed my thighs, causing me to open my legs wider for him. He let go of my hands as he worked his way down each thigh, kissing and running his tongue gently over my skin.
He brought his lips to my drenched opening, teasing my engorged clit with his tongue. My hips rose to meet him and caused his tongue to graze down my slit and slide into my waiting hole.
"Mmmmm, Brian."
"You taste so sweet, Katherine."
I thrashed about, closing my legs on his head while his talented tongue continued to plunge into me. I felt my toes curl when my climax worked its way through my body, then I fell limp, trying to catch my breath. He got to his feet, stood at the foot of the bed and began removing his jeans. I sat up, scooted toward to the edge of the bed to help him, but he gently pushed my hands away again.
"Patience, Katherine. Let me do this for you."
He dropped his jeans, pulled down his boxers, pulled his shoes off with his toes and stepped out of them. He took a few steps forward, pushed me back to the mattress and started kissing me again. I felt his rock hard shaft between us when he positioned himself over me. I opened my legs and he fit himself inside me with ease, moving his hips in deep, powerful thrusts. He kissed my neck and nibbled my ear while our bodies gyrated together, making the sensation last as long as possible
Brian put his hands behind me, found my shoulders and pushed himself deeper into me. I felt our bodies tense as we both had overwhelming orgasms. He collapsed on top of me, breathless. I wrapped my arms around him, holding him tight while his cock still
throbbed inside me.
He slowly rolled onto the mattress. He kissed me then let out a satisfied sigh. I snuggled in close to him, my head resting on his chest, hearing the rapid beat of his heart.
"I love you, Brian."
“I love you too, Katherine.”
He wrapped his arm around me and we both drifted off to a content sleep.
We both woke up a few hours later, completely famished. He showered first, then me. We got our robes on, headed out to the kitchen and made a quick snack. We ate in silence while we enjoyed simply being close to each other. He got up to turn on the TV in the kitchen then kissed my cheek as he sat back down. We went back to bed a short time later, exhausted.
I woke up a few hours before the alarm was set to go off, briefly unaware of where I was. I reached behind me and Brian wasn't there. I shot bolt upright out of bed in a panic, thinking my dream wasn't a dream after all. I rubbed my eyes and looked around the room. I saw a faint light coming from the bathroom then I heard Brian's voice.
"Everything okay, sweetheart?" he asked when he crawled back into bed.
"Everything's perfect!" I cuddled in close to him, my arm across his chest.
* * * *
I had to wait about a week before my first appointment with the obstetrician. While I waited, I went to the library and checked out some books on child birth. Since I'd never had a child before, I wanted to prepare myself. Brian read through the books with me. He wanted to learn as much as he could also. He never got to be a part of Adam's life until several months after he was born. He didn't help Jennifer with anything even though he wanted to so I guess it was his way of making up for it.
We arrived a bit early for my appointment and we sat in the waiting room listening for my name to be called. When they finally did call my name, the nurse told me to bring my husband with me. I got a surprised look when Brian got up and followed me through the door. The nurse instructed me to strip down and put on one of those oh so fashionable, closes but doesn't close in the back hospital gowns, then get up on the table. Brian helped, of course, taking every opportunity to tickle and tease me while I tried to get ready for the doctor.
"Stop! Be serious about this, Brian!"
He tried his best to stifle his smile, reached out and tickled me again before he sat down in the chair at the end of the table, his hand resting on my knee while I sat on the end of the table, facing him.
I heard someone's voice outside the room, the door opened and in walked the doctor.
"Mrs. Anterra, I'm Dr. Meadows," she said with an outstretched hand.
"Call me Kathy, please.” I shook her hand and turned to Brian. "This is my husband, Brian.”
She reached out to shake his hand, looked him all up and down, then glanced back at me and grinned.
"Nice to meet you both. I see here you're forty-four, Kathy."
"Yes. I just turned forty-four a few weeks ago. Is that a problem?"
"Not a problem at all. I don't get many women in their forties who are pregnant, that's all."
"I didn't think I could get pregnant."
I explained to her what’d happened to me in college and I told her about what my doctor's had said over the years. She gave me a thorough examination, told me to get dressed and meet her in her office down the hall.
Brian and I sat nervously waiting for her. He held my hand tight as I looked around the room. After about twenty minutes, she came to join us. She told me because of my age and what’d happened to me in college, I was a very high risk pregnancy. I had to schedule weekly appointments with her to make sure things were progressing normally.
She prescribed vitamins and a strict diet. Much to the surprise of both Brian and me, she recommended we keep an active sex life until about six weeks before my due date. Any longer could induce early labor. The last thing she told us before we left her office was my due date—July fourteenth, Brian's birthday!
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Brian went to quite a few appointments with me, learning all he could about how to take care of me and how to make sure we had a healthy, normal child. He was so excited to be a daddy again. When Dr. Meadows told us we were having a girl, he went out and bought everything he could find to put in the nursery. He even came to the baby shower and sat right beside me the entire time. I had a few bumps in the road during my pregnancy, but for the most part, it was uneventful. I followed every instruction the doctor gave me, and Brian helped when he could.
I decided to take the natural childbirth route and Brian called around to find the best Lamaze classes in the area. He never missed a single class and our instructor told him he was the best out of all the daddies, so my delivery should be a breeze.
* * * *
The doctor was right on the mark about my due date. As Brian and I sat down to dinner on his birthday, my water broke. He ran into the bedroom, grabbed the suitcase we already had packed and helped me to the car. He didn't miss a beat, I guess he'd been going over things in his mind for when this day finally arrived.
I was only in labor for about four hours. My doctor told me it was because Brian and I had kept an active sex life, just as she recommended. Shortly after the birth of our beautiful, healthy baby girl, I began to doze off and I overheard Brian calling his dad then Annie and Katie to tell them the news.
I must have slept for quite some time because when I opened my eyes again, I saw Brian tying off the last of the dozen or so balloons he'd bought, beside a dozen long stemmed red roses in a crystal vase with a card attached.
The card read: For the two most beautiful girls in my life, I love you both with all my heart!
"Surprise!" He leaned over to kiss me.
"Daddy's been busy decorating!"
"Have you thought of any names yet?"
"Funny you should mention that, Brian. I had a dream about you and our little girl."
"When?"
"The last night I was in the hospital after I fainted. I dreamt you were cradling her in your arms, rocking gently with her. When you asked me what I wanted to name her, I told you I wanted to name her after you and after your mother."
"We can't name a girl Brian."
"That's exactly what you told me in the dream! How weird is this?"
"So what name did you decide on in the dream?"
"Briana Maureen!"
"That's perfect!"
"You said that in the dream, too."
The nurse brought Briana in for a feeding, but she didn't seem to be hungry at the moment. She looked at Brian, wide eyed and smiling. The nurse took her from me and placed her in Brian's arms, explaining to him how to hold her, even though he already knew. I saw a tear in Brian's eye as he rocked her in his arms gently. After a few minutes, she fell asleep, cuddling in closer to Brian's chest.
"Daddy loves his beautiful baby girl," he whispered, then kissed her forehead and handed her back to the nurse.
I stayed in the hospital a few days because Dr. Meadows wanted to make sure everything was normal before discharging me. We took Briana home and Brian spent the day with her.
* * * *
October first was here before we knew it and we hadn't even made plans for our anniversary. Annie came by and told us she'd take Briana for the night so we could have some alone time to celebrate. It was difficult to let her go, even for a few hours, but Brian and I hadn't had any time alone since Briana was born. We didn't mind, we loved being with her, but we agreed with Annie, we needed at least one night to ourselves. It may be the last we get for awhile.
Brian packed Briana's diaper bag for Annie and we took turns hugging and kissing our new baby girl, telling her goodnight. Annie assured us everything would be fine. Brian walked her out to the car and helped Annie secure Briana in the car seat. He watched as she pulled away, pausing after she had driven out of sight.
"She's only going to be gone a few hours, honey," I told him from the doorway.
"I know. I miss her already.”
"Do you want to call Annie and ha
ve her bring Briana back?"
"No. This is the first time since she was born we've been without her, it’s weird, is all." He kissed my cheek as he walked back inside.
"I miss her already, too."
"Okay, so how do you wanna celebrate our anniversary?"
"I haven't even thought about it, Brian. What do you want to do?"
"I want to skip dinner and take my wife straight to bed!"
"Lead the way, love."
Brian took me by the hand and led me into our bedroom. I was caught completely off guard when I entered the room and saw candles lit all around and smelled the light scent of jasmine and vanilla in the air, same as on our wedding night.
"When did you do all this?"
"Earlier today. Why do you think I've been trying so hard to keep you out of here all day? Annie lit the candles before she left while we were saying goodnight to Briana."
"I love you, Brian.” I pulled him in for a deep, slow kiss.
He sat down on the bed next to me, breaking our kiss only for a moment to get himself comfortable. He pulled me to him again and we fell to the bed, kissing passionately.
He started removing my shirt, but I gently pushed his hands away. I got to my feet while he lay on his back watching me. I pulled my shirt up over my head, removed my bra, shorts and shoes and stood in front of him wearing only my panties. He sat up, pulled me closer and tried to remove my panties. I pulled away from him again, removed them and waved them in front of his face.
"Patience, my love. It's my turn.”
I pulled his shirt up over his head, pushed him gently back on the bed and kissed him deeply, holding his hands above his head with his shirt. I got to my feet again, leaving his hands above his head, tangled in his shirt. I knelt down in front of him and began removing his jeans and shoes. I pulled his boxers off, tossed them aside and scooted in closer to him. I could feel his raging erection between us while I kissed up his stomach to his chest. I encircled each nipple with my tongue and he let out a soft moan. We scooted up further on the bed and I felt his legs behind me, gently holding me between them with his feet on the bed. I pulled his shirt off his arms and tossed it aside. He put his hands on my face and pulled me in for a slow, rapturous kiss while I positioned my hips over him.
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