Epilogue II
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Cami
Ten Months Later
I have to think about something else quick or I'm going to be a mess. I mean inside I already am a mess. It's my wedding day. It took us a little time to make it down the aisle. Rayne wanted to run off and get married right after we found out about our little boy but I didn't want to waddle down the aisle. So we made a compromise.
We ran off to elope quickly and planned the big wedding for after the birth of our baby. I didn't care how it happened as long as we were together and the baby was healthy I was happy but I didn't want to deprive Lynda of seeing her son in a tux.
I've come to love that woman like she's my own mother and Rayne's dad like he's my father. In fact, my own parents aren't here. They couldn't be bothered to come. They haven't met their grandson and they never call and ask me if I'm alright even when they found out my apartment burnt down or that I was pregnant. It used to hurt that they didn't want anything to do with me but now I understand a little bit more. It makes me all the more thankful for what I have with Rayne.
I'm not second-guessing this moment, I'm just...emotional.
Lynda comes bustling in with Tinsley right behind her. "Are you ready?" She takes one look at me and comes running to my side. "What's wrong? Is it your parents?"
I shake my head but can't seem to say anything over the sobs that come out. She wraps me up in her arms and Tinsley runs to find Rayne thinking something is very wrong when it really isn't.
"I'm sorry. I don't know what's wrong with me."
"Are you pregnant again?"
"What? No! I...I don't think so." I think back to see if I have had any symptoms but can't think of any.
"When was your last period?"
Normally this would not be a conversation a daughter-in-law would talk about with her mother-in-law but Lynda and I are close. I had to lean on her heavily during the last part of my pregnancy. "I've not had one since I got pregnant the last time. I've been breastfeeding Taylor. You can't get pregnant while you're breastfeeding. Can you?"
Tinsley comes back into the room followed by Rayne. God he looks good in a tux.
"You're pregnant?" His eyes are round but also hopeful. There is nothing he would like better than to see me big and round again with his child inside of me. He says it tells everyone I belong to him, as if the big ass ring on my finger doesn't tell people that already.
"I...I don't know."
"Well, we'll have to run out and buy a test." Lynda puts her hands on her hips and takes charge. "I'll send Ed for one and watch little Taylor while he goes and picks it up."
"Um, I have one."
All eyes turn to Tinsley. Why the hell does she have a pregnancy test handy? And what the hell am I going to do if it comes back positive? Rayne's hand comes down to curl around mine and everything inside of me settles.
"There will be time for that later. Right now, it doesn't matter if I'm pregnant or not. I want to get this man down the aisle and have the wedding we've all been working on for months now."
Rayne gives me a smile and drops a kiss on my upturned lips. "I'll be waiting for you at the end of the aisle, Bunny. And whatever happens after that we'll handle it together because that's what we do."
"Stay together." I finish for him.
"Yes, let's get you all married so I can grill my little girl on why she's walking around with a pregnancy test in her purse."
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It was only a couple of hours after the ceremony that I found out...I was. We are going to be welcoming baby number two to our family while Taylor is barely a year old. Leave it to Rayne to go full throttle once he gets started. It began with a picture and the wrong number. I hope it never ends because this feels like the happy ever after I never hoped to dream about.
The End!