Joe
Deep down, I felt like Chloe was hiding something from me. I could tell when she was acting out of the ordinary and I grew more worried over the past few hours. I'd sit on the couch, staring at her from afar as she laughed and smiled with Emma, Rebecca, and Renee at the kitchen.

"Hey man, is something on your mind?" Colby asked, breaking me out of my trance.

"Somewhat."

"It's about Chloe, isn't it?" Jon asked.

I nodded, "Yeah. I have a feeling that she's hiding something from me."

"I don't think so, man. Chloe's probably still going through it since that tragedy."

"What tragedy? Am I missing something here?" Jon asked.

"Probably." I paused, "And Jon, what we're talking about is how Galina and Chloe's ex-boyfriend somehow found each other and plotted to kill the both of us because they hired a hitman, but he couldn't get the job done."

"What the fuck?" Jon said.

"The hitman ended up shooting Chloe in the chest because she took a bullet for me when he was coming after me first and foremost. She was in the hospital for awhile, but it took her ages to recover because of him. Because of him, I killed him without another thought. Unfortunately, Chloe's home was condemned by the police, so I bought this house."

"That's fucking insane, man. I'm glad that you both are okay, and I never expected Galina to go into full psycho-mode like that."

"Me either."

Hours passed and it was time for everyone to head home for the night. While we all said our goodbyes for awhile, it was just Chloe and I all alone inside of the house.

"Chloe, can we talk?" I asked.

"Yeah, sure."

She picked up Zeus and sat him down on her lap. His paw was also beginning to heal much faster and he taken a liking to Chloe for some reason. I knew Zeus loved us both, but he kept snuggling closer to her for the past couple of days.

I sighed, sitting next to her as the seat cushion began to sink, "I know you said that you were alright, but I cannot help but to think you're lying to me about something. Are you hiding anything?"

She shied away, "I'm just still somewhat shaken up from everything, Joe."

"I see."

"Anyways, it's getting really late and I wanted to get some sleep for the night."

"Sounds good with me."

We crawled into the bed with Zeus and fell asleep for the night. It was currently two in the morning since we spent the entire night with our friends, and my small reunion with Jon.

I still couldn't help but to think I did something wrong to Chloe. She's never acted this way towards me before and it was worrisome. What was she hiding from me?

Chloe
While Joe and I fell asleep, I woke up two hours later to make sure he was fully asleep in the bed and made my way to the bathroom, quietly taking out one of the pregnancy tests.

As disgusting as it was, I peed on the stick and paced around the bathroom in silence while I waited for the results.

Then the results were in a few minutes later...

My hand covered my mouth in shock as I looked down at the result. I was pregnant with Joe's child.

I didn't know how to react. I was happy and also terrified at the same time; although Joe would've been thrilled about the news regardless.

I washed my hands in the sink and hid the test somewhere in the bathroom cabinet.

After I went back into the bedroom, I snuggled into Joe's embrace as he pulled me closer to him in his sleep.

He mumbled, "I love you."

"I love you too, babe."

And after that, I drifted to sleep in his arms, unsure of when I was gonna announce my pregnancy to him.

When morning approached, I smelled food being cooked in the kitchen. Joe was definitely cooking bacon, eggs and his specialty, Panikeke.

"Good morning, sweetheart."

"Morning, Joe."

"Did you sleep well?"

"I did."

"That's good." He smiled, "Hey babe, I had the wildest dream last night."

"What was your dream about?"

"Well, I had a dream that we were having a baby together."

After hearing his dream, my eyes widened. Did he know?

"Aw, you did?"

"Yeah. I was such a happy man and everything felt so beautiful between us."

"That definitely sounds like a cute dream, Joe."

After we both ate our breakfast, my heart was beginning to race as I felt the need to tell him, yet I was anxious. I noticed my knees were bumping up and down as fast as they could and Joe quickly took a notice to it.

"Babe? Are you alright?"

"Um, yeah."

He then sighed after there was a minute of silence, he looked at me with concern once more and escorted me to the bedroom.

"Chloe. I know something isn't right and I feel like you're hiding something from me. Baby please, talk to me."

I stood there in silence with my head dropped in defeat. I couldn't keep this a secret anymore because I could tell by looking deep into Joe's eyes, that he was worried.

"Chloe. Did I do something wrong?"

"No, you didn't."

"Then why are you acting different towards me? You've been a little shady lately and not being the Chloe I know and love." He paused, "Do you not love me anymore?"

"I do love you, Joe. Look, give me a second."

I stormed into the bathroom and pulled out the positive pregnancy test. I decided to hide it in my pocket until we resolved everything before presenting it to him.

"Joe, I need to tell you something and it's important."

"I'm listening, babe."

"First, I need you to close your eyes."

He closed his eyes and started to gently scratch the side of his beard.

"What're you planning?"

I pulled out the pregnancy test from my pocket and quickly put it inside of a small box and closed the lid.

"Okay, you can open them now."

He looked down at my hands, containing a small box and his eyebrow raised in confusion.

"You bought me a present?"

"It's not an ordinary present that you could buy in a store, but something that will bring a smile to your face. It's something you've been wanting for awhile."

"Hm."

Joe carefully opened the box and looked inside of it to seeing a pregnancy test. He took it out and started to examine it closely.

"Wait." His voice deepened, "Ima be a dad?"

"Yes, Joe."

His concerned facial expression changed into a smile and his eyes began to well-up in emotional tears.

"Chloe, this is the best gift I could ever ask for."

"I didn't expect to get pregnant this early. I told Jon and Renee about it, but they wanted me to get a test while you were busy with everyone."

"Those two sly dogs." He smiled, "I can't believe it. We're gonna be the best parents ever."

"You know we will, Joe." I said, not noticing that my demeanor had dropped.

"Babe? What's wrong?"

I plopped down on the bed and allowed a small sigh to escape from my mouth.

"I'm really happy that I'm pregnant with our baby, but there's one downside."

"What's that?"

"That I have to halt on my dreams to come true with being a Victoria's Secret model."

"I see." He paused as his voice began to deepen, "I know I accidentally got you pregnant, but now it's my turn to ask you something important."

"Yeah?"

"Do you want to keep our baby?"

"Of course I do, Joe. Why would you ask that?"

"I don't want you to lose out on your dreams because of my selfishness. I know I didn't mean to impregnate you when we made love together that night, but I also don't want you to fall into a deep depression because of the pregnancy. As much as I love our unborn child, I'd understand if you're not fully ready to start a family with me; and I'll fully support your decision if you'd want to either keep our child or abort them."

Joe's words pierced through my heart. He always wanted what was best for me and my well-being and I could hear him choking up when he told me it was my choice whether or not to keep our unborn child and that broke me. I knew he wanted to become a father and I know somewhere down the road, I could start my career.

For now, I wanna focus on the baby.

"Joe, I couldn't do that to you. I've grown to love our unborn baby over the past couple of days and maybe the modeling agency will understand my situation with being pregnant. I'd never want to abort our baby over something as small as modeling. I'm keeping our child and I want us to be parents."

Joe picked me up and sat me down on his lap, looking deep into my eyes and he pressed his lips against mine.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too, Joe."