Chapter 18 – Brenna
The rest of my day actually went by quickly. I was looking forward to spending the night with Beast and getting to know more about him.
I’ve been thinking about how to tell my family about the baby. They would be excited. They love my niece Inara and would love to have more grandchildren to spoil. I know I told Beast that I wanted to wait until the first trimester was over before I told anyone, but I don’t think I can keep it from my family. They know me too well and we have dinner as a family twice a month.
Once my shift was over, I grabbed my stuff and headed down to the exit where I would be meeting Beast. When I got down there I didn’t see him anywhere so I took a seat and pulled out my cell phone to see that he had texted me while I was working.
Beast: I’m going to be a few minutes late. On my way. Stay in the hospital until I get there.
There was no point in texting him back. If he was riding there was no way for him to respond to me.
I know it was probably too soon, but I decided to spend my time waiting looking up baby things. I logged onto Pinterest and started searching for different items of furniture and baby gear, saving them to private boards.
A shadow came over me and I looked up to see Beast looking down at me and what I was doing on my phone.
“You doing some shopping already Bren?”
I turned off my phone and put it in my pocket, grabbing my purse and standing up. I gave him a peck on the lips and wound my arm through his and led him out of the hospital.
“I know it’s early, but I just love looking at the possibilities so I thought I’d see what is available.”
“Hey, we can start shopping whenever you want. You just say the word and I will give you some cash to go pick up whatever your heart desires.”
We stopped outside of my car and I turned my back to the driver’s side door, leaning back on it so that we can finish our banter.
“Oh the big bad Navy SEAL doesn’t want to go baby shopping with me?”
He moved up into my personal space and rested his forehead against mine. I just love it when he does that. It makes me feel how much he cares.
“If you want me to come shopping with you I will, but I figured it would be a girls’ day thing with your mom, Danielle and Ev.”
“You figured right. Now back up big boy. I’m starving and ready to head home.”
He backed away and didn’t get on his bike, which was parked right beside me, until I was seated and buckled in.
I turned on my car and started my drive home with him following directly behind me. Once we got to the house he pulled his bike right behind my car and came up to hold my door open for me.
Grabbing my hand he walked us up to the house and used his key to let us in. When I came through the door something smelled delicious.
“Oh my GOD, what is that smell?”
I walked into the kitchen with Beast behind me and saw that my crock pot was on the island with some fantastic smells coming from it.
Turning to look at Beast, he was standing in the doorway, actually looking bashful.
“Did you do this Grayson?”
“Yeah. The prospects didn’t have time to go grocery shopping so I did it before I came to meet you. Then I ran here and quickly threw together some chilli and threw it in the crock pot. It won’t be ready yet, but I figured we could have some appetizers that we can just throw in the oven and then eat the chilli when it’s ready.”
I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his waist, resting my head on his chest and just squeezed him.
“Thank you so much. I haven’t had someone take care of me for years, since I lived at home.”
He squeezed me back and rested his chin on the top of my head.
“Baby, from now on you don’t need to worry. I’m here to take care of you.”
I backed out of his arms and walked over to the freezer to see what appies he picked up. I didn’t have any on the grocery list, but I have a feeling that Beast is going to be here most nights so he can buy whatever groceries he wants.
The freezer had some very yummy looking things in it. Sausage rolls, cheese sticks, cheese puffs, mini quiches, to name a few. My freezer was packed. I grabbed the sausage rolls and cheese puffs and put them on the counter. Looking at the back of the boxes I turned the oven on and put them on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Once the oven was up to temperature I put them in and then grabbed myself and bottle of water and Beast a beer. He had been patiently standing there watching me work so I walked over and gave him his beer and headed into the living room.
“Why don’t you have a seat, find something to watch, and I’ll go get into something comfy. I’ll be back out in a couple of minutes.”
He nodded at me as I turned away and walked back towards my bedroom. I heard him turn the TV on and it made me smile to myself. I like knowing he’s here. It feels so natural, like we are a long time couple.
I usually have a shower when I get home, but I really didn’t have the energy. I just wanted to curl up beside Beast and chill out before dinner.
Walking back into the living room, he was sitting on my couch with his booted feet up on my coffee table. I walked up to him and slapped his feet.
“Get your boots off my table.” I said before sitting on the couch beside him.
He took his feet down and leaned forward to undo his boots. Once they were undone he picked them up and took them back to the front door, lining them up neatly before coming back to sit down and pull me into his side.
I leaned my head on his chest and did my best to keep my eyes open. “How was the rest of your day?”
“My day wasn’t all that productive unfortunately. We are no closer to figuring out where the threat is coming from, but we have our contacts on the lookout and the rest of the club is hitting the streets to see if we can find anything. How was your day?”
“Surprisingly it was pretty good. The duty nurse who was on today doesn’t like me for some reason so I hate working with her when Cody isn’t there, but surprisingly she wasn’t a total bitch today so the day moved faster than it normally would.”
Beast pushed me up so that I would look at him. “Who is Cody?”
Oh this could be good. Should I play it up to see how jealous I could get him? That might be fun.
“Cody? Oh he’s just this tall, dark, handsome man that I absolutely LOVE to work with.”
He growled at me and pushed me onto my back on the couch, leaning over me. “Woman, do not make me torture you. Who the hell is Cody?”
God he was easy to get to. “What do you mean? I just told you who Cody is.”
“Uh huh, more details please. Do I need to kill somebody, because you are mine and you know it.”
“I’m yours? Wow you really are a caveman. Who says I’m yours?”
He leaned further forward so that we were a hairs breadth apart. “Baby even if you didn’t have my baby in your belly you would be mine. Don’t you realize that yet?”
“Don’t you think that’s a little quick? I know we are having a baby together, but we still barely know each other. We’ve really only spent a few days together all told.”
Beast sat us back up and pulled me into his lap. I wasn’t sure if I upset him, I didn’t want to look at him and see disappointment on his face.
“Look at me Brenna.”
I reluctantly looked at him and thankfully there was no disappointment, just a soft smile.
“I’m going to tell you a story. My parents met one night at a bar and hit it off right away. They were married one week later before my dad headed off on deployment. They loved each other for 20 years before my dad passed away and to this day my mom still loves him. So, really, I don’t think we are moving too fast. When you know you know.”