The Co-Parent (The Relationship Quo Series Book 3) by Nicole Strycharz

Author:Nicole Strycharz [Nicole Strycharz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781539081685
Google: eoetnQAACAAJ
Amazon: B06W9F3JQQ
Goodreads: 34093648
Published: 2017-02-09T08:00:00+00:00

As I drove Brianna back to her apartment I noticed her silence. She was holding herself and thinking deep. “What’s on your mind?” I asked her.

She pulled at a nail, “Just the baby and stuff.”

“What specifically?”

She shrugged. “I still worry a lot. I can’t see. Sometimes I still don’t’ understand how I’ll be any good at this. What if the baby crawls toward an outlet?”

“Then we put all outlets behind furniture.” Wow, did I really improvise that well? “They can’t move furniture can they?”

“What if I can’t see him going to the stairs?” She went on.

I got this, “Your apartment doesn’t have stairs, but we can pad them with bubble wrap. Don’t babies crawl first? Can’t be too dangerous to crawl down steps.”

“What about falling? What if the baby falls off stuff?” She panicked.

I thought a moment. “Troublesome little buggers aren’t they? I suggest you eat as much as possible to make the baby nice and fat, so it will bounce right back up again.”

“What about-.”

I took her hand across the seat, “This is going to happen. I’m just as scared, believe me but it’s happening and neither of us decided to stop it, so we’ll do it.”

Her entire body screamed defeat. “I can’t see,” her voice was so broken. “I’ll never see our baby. Even ultrasounds, I don’t get to see anything. I’ll never actually know what Blueberry looks like.”

I feel a fierce need to fix this but I can’t.

“I’m not even ready,” she went on, “No nursery, no clothes, I don’t know what to get. What do babies need?”

I can’t help with that at all. I’ve never even been around babies.

When I got her to her apartment she felt around in her kitchen for a glass and water. I’m slowly learning that Brianna breathes independence. If you ask to help too often she gets angry. While she did that I explored her apartment, walking in a slow circle. I found out that on her shelf, where all the audiobooks are, is the sea shells and the starfish we’d found together on the beach our first date.

“You kept these?” I asked her.

She made her way into the living room and stared my way unknowingly. “Kept what?”

“The shells?” I traced the shape of the starfish.

“I kept the rose too. I had it pressed. I wanted to remember our week but then when I found out about Blueberry I wanted it for the baby too.”

“The baby?” I put my hands in my pockets.

She nodded. “I didn’t think I’d see you again, so I figured I’d collect all the things that reminded me of you so I could show them to the baby and at least talk about you.”

She’s a wonder. I looked her over and smiled, “Thank you.”

She yawned, “You’re welcome.”

“You’re tired.”

“Nope.” She felt for her couch and sat down then pulled her feet up under her. “We can have sex,” she set her face in her hand, “I’m ready.”

I laughed and went to where she was. I felt her forehead with the back of my hand, “You feel warm, Love.

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