Moriah—

I grinned at the screen of my laptop, reading over an email that my doctor sent me. I let out a sigh of relief, and exited out of the email before shutting the laptop.

I glanced over at the small family God had given me.

Both were still asleep, but had different sleeping styles. Brittany just laid on her side, snuggling with the blankets. Joel, however, was lying on his stomach with his face buried into the pillow, and his hair spread out everywhere.

It was only a few more minutes until Joel was stirring, then groaned as he rolled over onto his back. I smiled happily at him.

"Good morning, babe." I grinned.

Slowly, he trudged out of the bed and stood up. He stepped over to the small table I sat at, and kissed my forehead.

"Good morning to you too, love." He mumbled, his voice low and rough. "I'm getting in the shower. When Britt wakes up, we can head to breakfast with Luke and Courtney."

"Okay. Sounds good to me," I whispered, leaning up to kiss his cheek.

Joel mumbled something as he turned around, then grunted as he lifted our suitcase onto the bed. I giggled, watching as he sifted through our things.

Maybe we were ready this. I loved Joel, and I have faith in God that he'll carry us through this.

~*~*~

Joel held my hand secure in his as we walked down the same path as yesterday. Brittany was ahead of us, but behind Luke and Courtney. She laughed happily as she played with Jude on the path.

"Hey, Joel. Can I talk to you?" I asked, reaching the deck of the restaurant.

"Of course, love." He nodded. He looked to Luke and Courtney, and motioned his head to the building. "Britt, will you go with them?"

"Sure," she smiled, carefully going up the stairs with her brace and holding Jude's hand.

Once they were inside, my husband looked back to me. A somewhat worrisome expression came onto his face.

"Is everything okay, Moriah?" He questioned, taking my other hand gently.

I grinned, "Joel, everything is better than perfect. Babe, I'm pregnant. You're gonna be a dad."

Joel's face distorted into many different expressions for emotions. Some good, others bad. Mainly, happiness and worry. He sighed, but then grew a grin. He let go of my hands, cupping my face and quickly kissing my lips.

"We're pregnant?" He asked.

I nodded, "Yes. We're having a baby, possibly about two months along."

He shook his head, laughing to himself before kissing me again.

"I'm gonna be a dad," he mumbled, only then his smile fell. "What will the girls think? What if they think that we won't want them anymore?"

"Joel, I'm sure they won't think that. If they do, we'll reassure them. We've already talked about adopting them," I explained.

He smiled and nodded, his hands unclasping from my face and wrapping his arms around my waist. I laughed, wrapping my arms around his neck as he held me in a tight embrace.

"You'll be a great mum, love." Joel whispered, kissing my cheek before nuzzling his face into my neck.

~*~*~

I sat on the bed, watching as Brittany scrolled through her phone. My guess was that she was either going through her social media, or going through pictures; which she did a lot.

I didn't really blame her though, that's all she had left of her family and truthfully, I'd be the same way. As would Joel.

"I really miss Nicole," Brittany muttered.

Joel smiled sadly, "We do too. She'll wake up soon. God has her, darling."

Brittany sighed, but nodded and sat her phone face down on the bed.

"Do you honestly believe that she'll wake up?" Brittany asked.

"Of course, darling." Joel smiled, "God has her. We're all on his shoulders."

"He carries us through these things. He's still our God, and will always be there to guide us." I reassured.

Brittany nodded, gently laying back on the bed, being careful not to hurt her shoulder any more. A sigh left her lips as she closed her eyes. Soon enough, soft and inaudible words left her mouth, in a prayer.

Joel leaned over on the bed, kissing my cheek and gently resting his hand against my stomach. He just gave me a simple grin.

"God truly has blessed us," he whispered.

I giggled, "He has. I am so blessed for this little family of ours."

"I love you," he murmured, quickly kissing me before nuzzling his face into my neck once more.

A/N

Okay, so this is short and I'm sorry, but I really needed to update. The next couple if chapters will be pretty eventful, so I'm pretty excited.

And a little warning, after the 27th of February, updates will be a whole lot slower since I start soccer. I'll try to update as much as possible.

Anway! Vote and comment!

-xxBabyxxGirlxx😘✌🏻