Mid-morning, Ayla just had to check her calendar. (..."I just know I've overlooked something...") There was so much going on right now. Something didn't seem exactly right. It seemed like a very long time since...Since she had had a period! She flipped back thirty, sixty (...Oh, my God. Today should be the start of my period. That means I've missed...one and this makes the second. I'm...I'm pregnant...) Less panicky, more serenely, she murmured, "I'm pregnant."

She gazed at her gorgeous love where he still lay on their bed, his face on her pillow, his beautiful hair spread all around his head. I hope it's a boy...for him. She approached the bed whispering, "Lane?...Lane?" One eye opened slowly.

"Mmm...?"

"Lane, darling, wake up." She seated herself next to him and brushed his hair out of his eyes. He smiled a drowsy, sweet smile and looked up at her, reaching out to slip his arm around her waist. "I have another surprise for you."