The Best Friend Problem by Mariah Ankenman

Author:Mariah Ankenman [Ankenman, Mariah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: City, Sexy Romance, Happy Romance, accidental pregnancy, Coming of Age Fiction, Steamy, Lovestruck, opposites attract, Family Life Fiction, entangled publishing, Humor & Satire Fiction, Wedding Planner, RomCom ebook, Mariah Ankenman, Colorado, Denver, Romantic Comedy, Contemporary Urban Fiction, Humorous Romance, Firemen, Mile High City, ebook, Contemporary American Fiction, Series Romance, Surprise baby, Contemporary Women's Fiction, Category Length Romance, American Humorous Fiction, Best friend romance, friends to lovers, Romance, City Life Fiction, Two-Hour Romance Short Reads, Firefighter, Playful Romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-08-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Twins? Twins!

The word buzzed in her brain like a bee at a barbeque, consuming her every thought even if she couldn’t quite get a grasp on it.

“Twins?” the question whooshed out of her on a choked gasp.

“Yes. The fertility medication I put you on can increase the possibility of releasing multiple eggs, resulting in twins. Remember when we discussed that?”

Somewhere in her muddled brain, she vaguely remembered them discussing that when she started this journey.

“Now,” the doctor continued. “Because this is a high-risk pregnancy, we’ll need to monitor you more closely—”

“Is something wrong with the babies?”

Her heart pounded, threatening to beat right out of her chest. She gripped Finn’s hand tighter, or maybe he clutched hers, she couldn’t tell. All she knew was the only thing keeping her from losing her mind right now was the firm grasp he had on her. He anchored her, keeping her in the moment instead of a million miles ahead, worrying about every eventuality that might befall their babies. She might be Practical Pru, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t overreact when faced with extenuating circumstances.

“Oh no, nothing is wrong, but any pregnancy involving multiples is considered high risk because of the strain on the mother and babies. We simply want to track your progress carefully to make sure everyone is growing healthily. Okay?”

“That sounds great, doc. Thank you.”

She nodded along with Finn’s words, suddenly extremely grateful he’d asked to come along. She needed someone to lean on right now, while she processed the huge curveball that came after the pile of bricks that was this situation.

“Here’s a copy of photos for you two.”

She reached out and grabbed the glossy strip of photos from the doctor. Honestly, it still just looked like a black and white blur to her. There were two outlined circled with tiny blobs in them and small typeface claiming Baby 1 and Baby 2 above each circle.

“Wow.”

She turned her head slightly at Finn’s softly uttered exclamation. The left corner of his mouth ticked up in that lopsided smile. He stared at the images as if he could actually see babies. All she saw was her carefully laid plans being blown to hell and back.

Two! Two babies! At the same time. How would she handle this? She hadn’t planned for twins.

Hadn’t planned on Finn being the father, either, but here we are.

True. She’d rolled with the first surprise; she could damn well roll with the second. All she had to do was adjust her plan, move some numbers around, double her baby shopping list, plan for two of everything instead of one… Yeah, no problem.

Dr. Richardson grabbed the chart again from the counter, pen poised to take notes as she asked, “Now are you having any issues you’d like to talk about today?”

Still reeling from the news and making mental lists to hold back the panic, Pru shook her head, content to get out of there and have her freak-out in private instead of in a doctor’s office covered by nothing but a stiff, scratchy paper gown.

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