AMETHYST

"Wake up, sweetheart." I am awoken with hot kisses running down my skin and memories of last light comes flasing through my head. I blush when I remember how I woke him up for round 2.

I meet his gaze as he stares at me like I was the only one that mattered to him in the world.

"Hey, my Queen. Good morning." He kisses me smack on my lips.

"Good morning, King." I chuckle at my response.

"How was your night?" I ask.

"Do I recount how that went, agapi mou or you want a reminder?" He teases. I place my palms over my eyes shyly and he laughs.

"You don't need to do that with me." One by one, he takes off my hands from my face, trailing his own over my face.

"Beautiful." He whispers. "Please don't ever feel the need to hide your face. I love it." He adds, kissing my shoulders.

"How's the Queen this morning?" He smiles, asking. I let out a yawn and sigh.

"I am hungry." I state.

"Unfortunately, I only cooked for yesterday. Let's get cleaned up and head back." He states. Oh, did I mention how lovely this man's cooking tastes.

"We will get breakfast on our way back." He replies, giving an answer to the next question in my head. He surprisingly lifts me up and the next time my feet touches the floor is when we get to the bathroom.

.....2 months after.....

"Wake up, sleeping beauty." Nick says, after which a series of tickles follow suit. I find myself giggling and trying to break free from this torture.

"Hey." I say but it is engulfed in giggles.

"Please!" I say atop my voice.

"Say the magic words." He cooes.

"I..." he knows what he's doing because his attacks become more emphasized, leading to more laughter from my end.

"I love you." I finally say, then he stops the tickling and looks at me in admiration.

"I love you too, agapimeni." I love how he refers to me in our local dialect which is greek.

"Guess who's having breakfast in bed today?" He says, wearing a goofy grin.

"Haha. I could never get tired of this. Me!" I exclaim, clearly excited. This is one thing I love about him.

Occassionally, he surprises me with breakfast in bed. It is always special because even though he loves cooking, I appreciate the fact that he takes out his time to do it for me.

"Toast, eggs and juice for the lady." He smiles broadly.

Right after our yatch trip, I moved into Nick's room and guess what? The agreement has been made null and we're going great. The past two months have been steamy, hot, satisfying and all shades of happy. We have decided to make this marriage thing work and I am thrilled at the amount of efforts we both are putting.

However, there's a tinnie winnie loophole. I have not told him about my art yet. I have made the decision to let everything out this week, that's the only secret I am keeping from him.

Lately, my body has been in rejection mode. Taking out any food that doesn't suit its internal anatomy. For instance, the case of noodles which happened just last week. It was so unfortunate it happened at a restaurant. Thank goodness the restroom was very close. I practically ran to throw up. Plus, I sometimes have an imbalance in my body temperature.

I know I am not pregnant because I had my monthly cycle last month and I am a week late for this month but it is just one week, so yeah, it is not a big deal. I guess I'll have to go to the hospital today.

"Thanks for the breakfast, honey." I say as I finish the last bits of the toast and eggs. I use my index finger to scoop a little of the maple syrup and put it in my mouth, licking some of the contents that spilled on my lips.

"You know that always turns me on." Nick comments, looking at me passionately. He moves closer and closer and closer till we could practically breath in each other's air.

"I want you badly, Mr. Galanis." I say in a sultry tone, amidst the sexual tension.

"You know I can't say no to you, moro." He says back, his hands already working his way down my core and I let out a moan of pleasure as I hit the clouds.

Just before having our baths, before heading to work, right there in the comforts of our room, we made sweet, passionate love. If only I had known.

•••••

"I have an appointment with Dr. Reuben." I smile at the Nurse who only looks back at me in distaste. What is wrong with some of these people? If you know you can't work in a hospital, quit your job or better still, never take the job in the first place. I thought an oath of honor and compassion was taken before induction into this profession? Urgh.

Don't get me wrong, please. There are amazing and wonderful Nurses too but this particular one actually annoyed the hell out of me. Like, what the fuck?! Okay, maybe I am overreacting. I sigh, I really don't know again. Let me get this appointment done with and head back to work afterwards.

"Hello, Doctor." I smile when I enter his office.

"Mrs. Galanis?" He asks, to be sure.

"Yes." I answer.

"Alright. You may have your seat, ma'am." He gestures to the chair just opposite his at the other end of the office table.

"Thanks." I explain my symptoms to him and he repeatedly takes notes on his notepad. He then asks me some basic questions of which I give answers to.

"So, Ma'am, we will take your blood samples, urinary samples and also check your pulses." He says, taking out a piece of paper and writing out something on it.

"Nurse Palma here would assist you with the process." I didn't even notice when she walked in. This one is different from the one I met ealier, she smiles brightly to me.

"Alright, thank you, Doctor. How long do I have to wait for the tests to be conducted?" I ask.

"One hour is enough." He states.

An hour later, I am back in the Doctors offfice.

"Congratulations, ma'am. You're 4 weeks pregnant." Do they get trainings for pregnancy revelations too because he did it in perfection.

Instinctively, my hand goes to my stomach and the reality of another life growing inside of me dawns on me. My heart swells in happiness as my mind wanders in so many directions. This is great news, unexpected but still great. I am going to be a mother!

"Thank you, Doctor." I grin, trying so much to contain my happiness.

"The hospital will forward your check-up schedule to you, should you choose to have your ante-natal care here. Congratulations once more, ma'am." He smiles back and I stand up to leave, slightly bouncing in my steps as a result of joy.

I call a cab to take me to the office because I took one here. I felt slightly dizzy on my way here, so I couldn't drive. My car is always brought to the office and taken back everyday just incase I need it for an emergency because hubby and I arrive work together now.

I stop at the icecream parlour just by the hospital to purchase some icecream whilst waiting for the cabman to arrive. Soon enough, I am at the back seat of the cab, heading back to the office.

I get off the cab and immediately pay the driver, leaving a tip and he thanks me continuously for the generosity.

Filled with new found energy from the good news, I take the private elevator to Nick's floor and head to his office. Not bothering to knock, I burst into his office.

What the hell!