Chapter 20 – Brenna
I thought this morning was going to be okay, no morning sickness just like yesterday, but as soon as I started walking to the bathroom my stomach started to protest. Beast followed me in and was a great help. I hated him seeing me like this though.
He came back from the kitchen with the crackers and a glass of water for me. I sat up with my back to the wall and reached out for the crackers hoping they would help settle my stomach.
Beast sat down across from me and put the glass of water beside me. I ate a couple of crackers and my stomach seemed to settle. I’m going to have to keep a package beside my bed so I can try having some before getting up in the morning.
Once I was feeling up to it, I stood up and leaned against the vanity, taking some calming breaths. The morning sickness took a lot out of me.
“How you doing baby?”
“I’m okay. Thanks for your help. I’m sorry you had to.”
“Oh Bren, I told you I’m here for you and the baby. Whatever you need. Let me turn on the shower and I’ll go get breakfast ready.”
He turned the shower on and walked out to the kitchen, but not before giving me a kiss on the top of my head. I turned the sink on and splashed some cold water on my face to help cool myself down.
Once I was out of the shower, I finished my morning routine and headed into the kitchen to find that Beast had made me some toast and juice. It was perfect, I didn’t want anything too greasy. I feared it might upset my stomach.
“Thank you for this. I’m starving.”
We sat side by side quietly eating breakfast. It was nice that he didn’t feel the need to talk in the morning. I preferred to just get everything done in the quiet because my days were always loud.
“You still going to go with me to and from work?”
“Yeah, until further notice you’ll have me or one of the boys on you wherever you go.”
With a nod, I got up from the island and grabbed our dishes and put them in the sink. I would deal with them when I got home.
After my lunch was all packed, we headed out of the house and Beast drove me to work. When I got to the hospital, I sent a text to my mom to let her know I would be bringing someone with me to dinner on Saturday. She wouldn’t be up yet so I wouldn’t have to deal with all of the questions until I checked my phone on my lunch break.
When I got up to the ward, nobody was at the nurse’s station. For once I had beat Cody to work! I put my stuff away and started walking the ward. After my first lap, Cody was at the nurse’s station waiting for me.
“Hey Bren. How the hell did you beat me to work?”
“Hey hon. Well it helps when you have a man at home to make breakfast for you. It takes some time off of my morning routine.”
“Oh ho, baby daddy spent the night again?”
“Oh my God, don’t call him that. Call him Beast. Yes he spent the night again. I have a feeling he’s going to be there most nights. He seems pretty determined to help me out through the whole pregnancy.”
“Damn girl. You seem to have one of the good ones,” he said with a look of satisfaction on his face.
I smiled dreamily. I know I looked like a fool, but I really didn’t care. After the story that Beast told me last night I was starting to think that maybe we weren’t moving too fast. “Yeah, seems like. I thought we were moving too fast, but the more I’m around him the more right this feels.”
Cody came up to me and wrapped me in his arms. He was a hugger and I loved it. He gave great hugs. “I’m so happy for you Bren. I’ve waited so long for you to meet someone who deserves you. I can’t wait to meet him and judge him.”
I pulled back and looked up into his face. “You just watch it, he’s not a guy who will take your shit quietly, he’ll dish it right back. I told him about you last night and it was hilarious to see the jealousy. Even when he knew you were gay he still wasn’t too happy about our relationship.”
“Oh don’t you worry, Ethan and I will win him over. Everyone loves us.”
With one final squeeze I pulled away and went back around behind the desk to see what the day would bring. The ward was full today so we would probably be kept on our toes.
Once the day finally came to an end, I was glad for it. My feet were killing me and I was ready to get home and have some dinner before I let Beast have his way with me. I had two more shifts this week and then I was off for four days. I worked four on, four off 12 hour shifts. The shift work wasn’t the greatest, but I’ve been doing it for so long that I was used to it. It was definitely going to make things interesting for daycare. Oh well, I had months to figure that out.
Cody and I headed down the elevator together. He was excited to meet Beast and I was just interested to see how Beast would react to Cody. He could be quite over the top, especially when first meeting someone. I think he liked to see how they would take him.
When we got to the entrance to the hospital, Beast was already there sitting in a chair typing away at his phone. I’m guessing he was working on whatever the problems were with the club. As if he could sense me, he looked up as we walked up to him.
We stopped in front of him and wrapped our arms around each other. It was another way to push Beast’s buttons and he didn’t disappoint.
Beast stood up with a growl and pulled me away from Cody and into his arms crashing his mouth down on mine. I could hear Cody chuckling behind me so I put my hands on Beast’s chest and pushed slightly away. I turned in his arms and leaned back into him taking his hands and wrapping his arms around me.
“Beast, as I’m sure you figured out, this is Cody. Cody, this is Beast.”
Cody stepped forward and stuck his hand out for Beast to shake. “Hi Beast. It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’ve heard practically nothing about you.”
Beast pauses before taking Cody’s hand. He let go of me and shook hands. “Nice to meet you Cody. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
I pulled out of Beast’s arms and turned around to look at him. He was standing there glaring at Cody, seemingly trying to intimidate him. Little did he know Cody had a shitty childhood and not much intimidated him.
“Beast, chill out. You aren’t going to be able to intimidate Cody. You need to be nice.”
Beast broke off his stare and turned to look at me. He smiled down at me, “Oh Baby Girl. If I really wanted to intimidate Cody I wouldn’t have a problem.”
“Come on, let’s get going. I’m starving.” I gave Beast a look to let him know I wasn’t just talking about dinner.