“Josh…yes…please don’t stop.” My voice sounded like I was begging.

He started to kiss my back, and for some reason, that was my undoing. I practically screamed out his name. Before I even came down, he moved inside me, and another orgasm began building. It felt like pure heaven, and I didn’t want it to stop.

“Deeper, Josh…”

“The babies, Heather.”

“You heard the doctor, Josh. We can’t hurt them by having sex. Please…”

Josh pushed in, just a little deeper, and for the third time, I was calling out in pleasure. “Oh god! Josh it feels so good.” This time, he was calling out my name along with me.

As we lay there, trying to catch our breath, I felt one of the babies moving.

“Someone really likes it when we have sex,” I said with a giggle.

“Jesus H. Christ, I hope it’s not the girl!”

We both started laughing as I rolled over to face him.

“I’m sorry I got jealous of Mindy. I don’t like her, and she’s always flirting and getting you to do things for her. I hate it.”

Josh’s smile faded. “I’ll run back home a different way, princess. I won’t even pass her house ever again. But please tell me next time, okay? Don’t let it bother you until you blow. I want us to be one hundred percent honest with each other.”

I nodded. “Okay…well…I feel huge and unattractive. My back and my feet hurt. I look like a whale, and I still have a month to go. Ari looks cute as a button, and…and…”

When I started crying, Josh smiled and tilted up my chin until I looked at him.

“I’m so sorry your back and feet hurt, baby. I’m going to run you a warm bath and then give you a good rubdown. You are the most attractive, beautiful, take-my-breath-away woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. I think you’re more beautiful now than you’ve ever been. Your cheeks have the most beautiful glow to them. One look at you, and all I want is to be inside you and stay there forever. I’m the luckiest son of a bitch on the face of this earth because I get to go to sleep next to you every night and wake up with you every morning.”

I smiled and reached over to kiss him. “Thank you,” I said with a giggle.

“For what? Telling you the truth? Heather, I wish I could stand on the highest mountaintop and just scream out how much I love you. I’ll always love you.”

We talked for a little bit more before we both finally drifted off to sleep. I dreamed of nothing but Josh loving me all night.

I woke up to the smell of bacon. Oh man, I’ve been craving bacon for two days! Josh must have run to the store to pick some up. I’m so going to try the whole blow-job thing again once these babies are born!

When I stretched, I could feel every muscle aching. Oh man, can I make it another month? I slowly rolled onto my side and stood up when something red caught my eye. When I looked down at the bed, I saw blood on the sheets.

No…oh god, no. “Josh!” I yelled out.

I heard him coming up the steps.

“Hey, I was trying to let you sleep in. I made you breakfast.” He walked up to me, smiling.

I looked down at the bed. I glanced back at him, and the moment he saw the blood, his whole face turned white.

“It’s okay, princess. Let’s get you dressed, okay? I’ll call Dr. Johnson’s office and get you in right away,” he said as he turned and walked to get the phone.

What in the hell? How is he so calm? “Josh…do you not see the blood? It’s not okay. It’s blood.”

Josh walked back over to me with a pair of shorts, a shirt, and my flip-flops. He smiled at me. “I know it’s blood, honey. Can you get dressed while I call the doctor? Do you have a pad you can put on?”

I just sat there, staring at him. A pad? “Um…a pad?”

“Yeah…so when we get there, they can see how much bleeding you’re experiencing. Baby…I need you to get dressed.”

Who is this person standing in front of me? And how in the hell did he think of that?

Josh pulled out his phone while I got dressed. I walked to the bathroom and put on a pad.

Please, God, please don’t take my babies from me. Please.

Daddy…help them…Daddy, please.

When Dr. Johnson finished doing his exam, he looked up at Josh and me. My heart was beating so hard and so fast, and I knew I was squeezing Josh’s hand.

“You said you had sex last night, right?”

Josh and I both nodded our heads.

Josh said, “Yes.”

Oh shit. I told him it was okay to be rough. Shit! Shit! Shit!

“Oh Jesus H. Christ, I was too hard…oh hell.” Josh stood up and started pacing.

Dr. Johnson laughed. “Josh, please sit down. It’s perfectly fine to have sex right up until the babies are born. Everything is fine. There are no problems at all. The babies are doing good, Heather is doing good, all is well.”

“Why was there blood?” I asked, taking Josh’s hand as he sat back down.

“Well, when you’re pregnant, blood flow increases to your cervix, so spotting after sex is normal. Now, from what you’ve described, there wasn’t a lot of blood on the sheet, and hardly any was on the pad. I really think it was just from intercourse, so you have nothing to worry about.”

I looked over at Josh and smiled.

He let out a breath of air. “Thank God. If I did anything to put them at risk, I’d never forgive myself.”

After leaving the doctor’s office, we went to lunch and then headed home. I took a nice warm bath, and then Josh massaged all over my body. I was in pure heaven. I assured Josh that it was okay to have sex, and we played in the shower some before making love.

“Heather, are you sure you feel like heading out to Mason?”

I smiled as I looked at my sweet, overprotective husband. “Yes! It’s Jeff’s and Gunner’s birthday barbecue. It’ll be fun. I need to get out and move around a bit. I promise, if I get tired, I’ll let you know.”

As we went out to Josh’s truck, Mindy was walking by with her little white dog. Josh didn’t even so much as look in her direction. He grabbed my hand, brought it up to his lips, and smiled at me. He walked me to the passenger side, opened the door, and winked at me.

As I felt that familiar buildup, I slowly licked my lips and then bit down on the lower one.

He smiled and shook his head. “Should I call and tell them we’re gonna be late?”

“Yep!”

Chapter Forty-Nine

I rolled over and felt something wet and cold. I reached down and touched the sheets. Wet. Heather’s been eating watermelon again.

Two nights before, Heather had woken me up, saying she had a dream about needing to go pee. In her dream, she finally made it to a bathroom and started peeing. The only problem was she’d started peeing in her sleep, too. She had eaten almost a whole watermelon earlier in the day.

I smiled as I got out of bed. Damn, that girl sure does love watermelon while she’s pregnant. I was beginning to worry the babies would come out green and pink. I walked into the bathroom, and I was just about to lift up the toilet seat.

“Josh?” Heather called out for me.

“I know, babe. You peed the bed again.” I laughed. “Damn, I didn’t think I’d ever have to say that.”

“Uh, Josh…I didn’t pee.”

I stopped and looked down at my dick. “Well, I sure as hell didn’t piss the bed, Heather.”

“No, Josh…my water broke.”

Wait. What? I stepped out of the bathroom and stared at her.

She was standing up, holding on to her stomach, with her cell phone in her hand. “We need to call Dr. Johnson, Josh. I just had a contraction.”

“Wait. What?” I just stood there and stared at her. She’s not due for another two weeks.

“Baby. Will you hand me my clothes, so I can get dressed?”

What is she saying? I need to sit down.

She walked by me, grabbed her clothes, and started to get dressed. Then, I saw her grab her stomach.

I jumped up and ran over to her. “Heather!”

“It’s okay. We probably just need to start making our way to the hospital.” She smiled at me.

“Oh. My. God. It’s time?”

She nodded.

“I’m not ready. They’re early, Heather! They can’t come early.”

She laughed and walked over to me. She sat down on my lap, and I put my hand on her stomach.

“Josh, I don’t think it’s really up to you, babe. I’m pretty sure these two are saying they want out…now. To be honest, I’m perfectly fine with that.”

I felt her stomach getting tighter.

“Shit…here comes another one, I think.”

“Breathe, princess.” I started to rub her back.

After the contraction was over, Heather stood up and smiled at me. “Is my suitcase in the truck?”

Oh fuck! I forgot to do that. I ran over to the dresser and grabbed a pair of underwear, shorts, and a T-shirt. I got her stuff out of the closet and then stuffed everything into a suitcase. I started down the steps, but then I stopped. I took out my phone and then continued down the stairs.

“Who are you calling?” Heather called out.

“My parents!” I shouted.

I ran through the living room, kitchen, and out the back door. When I got to my truck, I realized I’d forgotten my damn keys. I set the suitcase down and ran back inside as I found my mom’s cell phone number.

“Josh, is everything okay? It’s two in the morning.”

“Holy fuck, Mom!”

“Josh! Do not swear at me like that. What in the hell is wrong with you?”

I shook my head to clear my thoughts. “Mom! Focus here. Heather’s water broke. I’m freaking the fuck out, but I don’t want her to know I’m freaking the fuck out.”

My mother laughed.

Oh my god! My mother is laughing at me! “Mom, really? You’re going to laugh at me now. Do you ever want to hold the babies?”

My mother stopped laughing. “You wouldn’t! Oh, Josh, calm down, sweetheart. It’s going to be okay. How far apart are the contractions?”

I stopped dead in my tracks. “Ah hell, Mom. I didn’t look at the clock. That was my job. I fucked up my first official Dad job. Fuckin’ A!”

“Josh, what are you doing right now?”

“I, um…I was putting the suitcase in the truck, but I can’t find my truck keys.” I looked up and saw Heather standing there, holding my truck keys.

“Oh, Heather has them! Thanks, babe!”

I ran back out the door and to my truck. I opened the back driver’s side door and threw the suitcase in. I jumped in and checked the car seat again. Shit, I hope this thing is in right.

“Okay, sweetheart, that’s good. But what are you doing right now?”

“Mom, I’m checking the car seat now!”

“Okay…my guess would be to just let that go for now since you already had that checked out four times in the last two weeks, honey. You might want to focus on Heather. I’m just saying.”