Alone at last
09-20-2014, 11:12 PM
Cru would guide her, settling them both into a quiet, private den. She would settle in, limbs folding beneath her as she lowered herself to the cave floor. Curling up against his side, she would absorb his warmth like a sponge, her coat drying painstakingly slow in the cool temperatures of the caves. For a moment she said nothing. "I need to tell you something." Her words were soft, but seemed to echo deafeningly around her. She would take a deep breathe, peering up at him, eye wide with uncertainty. "I'm pregnant." And bomb dropped. With wary eyes she would watch him, uncertain of how he would take the news. This was most certiantly not planned, and she didn't even think it was possible. But apparently it was. The silence that followed her admission was almost as deafening as her words. What would he think? Would he be mad? Happy? Her heart skipped a beat before racing into overdrive. Tension kept her shoulders tight and her body unmoving. Seconds seemed like hours as she frantically searched his face for any clues to his reaction. She was excited and nervous to be a mother, she knew that she was more than capable of being a single mother, but she doubted that he would abandon her, it wasn't like him. Not to mention he had admitted that he loved her. And she loved him. But would this change that? Speech, |