Two weeks had passed and Arabella had gotten more and more nervous as the days went on. Hunter was working a lot, which was a good thing even if she missed him, but that meant that Arabella spent most her days shopping and/or cleaning. The dogs and the pig were getting rather annoyed with her because she kept cleaning around them and Jolie was afraid of the broom. This afternoon, while she waited for Hunter to come home, was pretty hard for Arabella. Her stomach was twisted up into knots and she was shaking so much that she could hardly clean or do anything at all. She glanced up at the clock then let out a huff, pulling her knees up to her chest and leaning back against the couch. She hoped that Hunter would be home soon.
Hunter sighed as he pulled into the driveway, feeling a little exhausted. He was tired and he was glad that it was the weekend. That meant that he could spend more time just relaxing with his wife. He smiled a little at the thought. With a little groan he finally got out of the car and headed toward the door. A smile was already on his face from the enormous hug that he was going to get once he was inside. He took a deep breath as he stepped inside only to see nothing but stairs in front of him. "Ellie?" Hunter said, looking in the kitchen as he walked further inside. "Sweetheart? Where are you?" He called inside as he stepped into the sitting room. He saw her on the couch and his heat dropped. "Ellie, what's wrong?" He said quietly, sitting down and immediately putting his arm around her.
Arabella melted into his arms and she took a deep breath. Feeling his arms around her loosened the knot in her stomach a little bit and she closed her eyes, just taking in the feeling of his arms around her. A small smiled slid onto her face and she bit her lip, knowing that she was probably going to cry for about the billionth time since she'd met Hunter. She sighed for a moment before she pulled out of his hug so that she could look him in the eye. As soon as she moved out of his hug, she felt cold again. She locked eyes with him and tears started to well up in her eyes. "Hunter...." She said in a weak voice then she cleared her throat. "You're gonna be dad in about 9 months" Arabella whispered
Hunter froze in place a moment, just looking at her and letting her words sink in. His face went from concerned to confused to surprised then to incredibly happy. "Arabella Reed! You had me worried!" Hunter said, giving her a tight hug. "I thought that you were dying or something!" He took a deep breath, feeling speechless and he wrapped his arms around her, pressing his lips to hers. He was going to be a dad and the only thing bad about that was waiting 9 months. "I love you so much, Mrs. Reed." Hunter said, pulling away a little to look into her eyes.
"I love you too, Mr. Reed" Arabella said softly, looking back into his eyes. A few tears fell down her cheeks and she brushed them away, laughing a little bit at herself. She took his hands and she placed them on her stomach, smiling up at him. "I can't believe it. I still can't believe it" She breathed and she bit her lip. Knowing that she was actually pregnant just blew her mind.
"Well, you better believe it, sweetheart." Hunter said, pulling her toward him and keeping his hands on her stomach. "Ellie, we should celebrate. Tonight. Now. Well, maybe not now. We should celebrate though. Like...I don't know." Hunter was so excited that he couldn't think about what he wanted to do. "Wait, so what do we need to do now? I need to change things. Err...I mean, I need to...What do I do?!" He said with a little frustrated laugh.
Arabella laughed and she slipped her arms around his neck. "You can calm down, first" She teased and she kissed him lightly. "How did you want to celebrate? We have 9 months to get ready for this baby, so that's plenty of time. We should focus on celebrating while we can" She said with a little laugh and she slid her hands down to his chest.
Hunter sighed and took a deep breath. "Okay. Well, what do you want to do? You can't drink, so that hinders a lot of celebration options." Hunter took a deep breath and bounced on his toes a moment. "How about this? You relax and pick a movie. Shortly, I will bring you a menu of options and I will prepare your order and bring it to you then we will eat together and watch a movie and then you'll probably fall asleep on me and I will carry you up to the bedroom and I will hold you and kiss you until we both fall asleep again. That sound okay?"
"That sounds pretty darn perfect" Arabella said and she leaned into him, kissing him lightly. Her mind was still spinning from the fact that she was going to be a mother but having Hunter around was calming her down a little bit. She kissed him again before pulling away and she walked over to the DVDs, flipping through them and trying to pick out a good movie to watch.
Hunter searched the kitchen and formulated all of the things he could make with what he had. It didn't take long until he had a menu of entrees, appetizers, and desserts. Hunter walked back into the sitting room and sat down next to her. "Alright. Full course meal here. Pick one of each and I will make them and serve you." Hunter said, handing her the menu. She smiled and started looking at it while Hunter put an arm around her and started placing kisses on her cheek.
"You're distracting me" Arabella giggled. She looked down at the menu, leaning into him a little bit. "Hmmm...I'd say..the salad for the starter. The shrimp stirfry with noodles for the entree and the..hmmm..the ice cream sundaes for dessert" She finally decided and she passed the menu back to Hunter. Arabella turned to look at him and she grinned. "I'm thinking either Cheaper by the Dozen or Juno. What do you think?" She asked him, holding up the DVDs
Hunter looked between them. "Well...This one has a lot of kids on the cover and this one has a pregnant girl on the cover, so...Why don't we watch both?" He said, pushing the DVDs apart and kissing her on the lips. "Your order will be out in a flash, madame." He bowed a little and then whisked off to the kitchen to start on her food.
Arabella watched Hunter walk away and she let out a happy sigh. Maybe in a few months, when she started to show, Arabella would have her head wrapped around the fact that she was going to have a baby. But right now, it felt so surreal. She placed a gentle hand on her stomach and she closed her eyes for a moment before putting Cheaper by the Dozen in the machine and pressing play.
Hunter cooked quickly and it didn't feel like very long before he was carrying a tray of food back into the living room. He set it on the table and then sat down next to her, putting his arms around her. He placed his lips on hers and put a hand on her stomach. "I missed you." Hunter said before pulling away and grabbing the tray. "Is everything to your liking, my beautiful wife?"
Arabella gasped when she saw the food and she nodded. "Oh, Hunter...it's amazing" She breathed and she took a bite of the salad, letting out a happy moan. "Like...really, really amazing" She said and she folded her legs under her on the couch. "I am such a lucky woman. I get to have amazing food like this every night with such a perfect husband" She said and she picked up her bowl of salad, holding it her lap and eating it hungrily.
Hunter grabbed his bowl of salad and started eating, staying as close to her as possible. He had never felt more in love with her. He felt close to her and he felt happy and he was so glad that everything that seemed to go wrong was behind them. "So, what have I missed so far?" He said, taking a drink of water.
"Not much..the previews before the movie were really, really long." Arabella said and she took a bite of her salad. She yawned a little bit and she leaned into Hunter. She smiled at the movie when she saw all of the kids running around and she let out a little sigh. "I think that this is going to be the longest nine months of my life" She said.
Hunter smiled and put his salad down, grabbing the shrimp stir fry. He took a bite of it and nodded as Arabella put her head down on his. "This already feels like a long time. I can't wait until you're really pregnant and I really can't wait until we have a kid." He put his head on hers then fed her a bite of stir fry. "This nine months is going to feel like forever."