CHAPTER ONE
1772 Words
Four Months Later
Faith sat in a little café with her best friend Sam it was lunchtime, and they always ate at the same place. It was Halloween night and all plans needed done for them to attend the costume party were complete. Of course, they’ve always attended the same one for the past six years.
“So, what does your costume look like,” Faith said between bites of pasta.
Sam chuckled, “You know I’m not going to tell you.”
She gave him a pout, “We go through the same thing every year. I don’t understand why you can’t just tell me.”
Sam took a bite of his sandwich, “Because I love to see the look on your face when I walk through the door.”
Faith rolled her eyes, “Fine.”
“How is Julie doing?”
Faith sighed and pushed her plate away, “Physically alright mentally I’m not sure.”
“Explain,” he said as he too pushed his plate away.
“She seems to be over the morning sickness, but she sometimes just sits in the rocking chair in the nursery.”
“How is that strange?”
“It’s not the act that’s strange but the look on her face as she rocks,” Faith picked up her coffee to take a drink.
Sam nodded his head, “She gets a faraway look. It’s like she isn’t even in the room but somewhere else that’s only in her mind.”
“Exactly, but when I ask her if she’s okay she says yes then gets up and begins cleaning or cooking something.”
The server came by picking up the dishes leaving the ticket, “I guess we better get back to work.”
“I guess,” Faith grabbed the ticket because it was her turn to pay. They walked to the front where she paid the cashier.
Work went by quickly after lunch and Faith couldn’t wait to get home. She had the perfect costume for tonight’s party in addition, she was anxious to see what Sam was going to be wearing. The party they were going to was one that Sam’s friends hosted every year. Pulling into the complex were her and Julie’s condominium was located Faith parked then hurried into the place.
“Julie I’m home,” she dropped her briefcase and computer bag on the table next to the door as she did every day.
There was no answer, so she shouted again, “Julie where are you.”
“Back here in the nursery,” Julie finally answered.
Once Julie decided not to tell Kincade about the baby, both women decided they would share a room. This left the second room vacant, which they turned into a nursery for the baby. As usual, Faith found her sister sitting in the rocking chair with her hands on her protruding belly staring off into space.
“Are you alright,” she asked.
Julie looked up and faintly smiled, “Of course.”
“Hmm.”
Julie stood leaving the room to head toward the kitchen, “So you and Sam are going to the annual Halloween party again this year.”
“Of course,” Faith followed her into the kitchen.
“What is he going as?”
Faith chuckled, “He wouldn’t tell me it has to be a surprise as usual.”
Julie shook her head, “You two are so weird.”
“I know, but it’s so much fun.”
She looked at Faith, “I can’t ever see you settling down and having children.”
This was a new one for Julie, “How can you say that.”
“The way you and Sam go about I just don’t ever see it,” Julie stated firmly.
Faith didn’t like were this was going, “I want children someday but for now why can’t I have some fun.”
“There’s nothing wrong with it, I was just saying,” Julie seemed off again.
“Are you sure you’re alright.”
“I’m fine now get ready for your party.”
Faith left the room to get ready this year she decided to go as cat woman. She was ready in under an hour, which was perfect because just then Sam knocked.
Julie opened the door and shouted, “Good lord Faith will you come look at this,” Faith walked into the room to find a drag queen Sam standing in their living room.
She started laughing, “No wonder you didn’t want to tell me about your costume. Sam, you really are crazy.”
“I know but you love me anyway,” he spun around in a circle causing the girls to laugh again.
The party was in full swing when Faith and Sam got there. She was reluctant to leave Julie home alone to pass out candy after the conversation, but she insisted so they left. Now at the party nothing else matter except having fun and she was certainly having fun especially when a masked man approached her.
Kincade decided to go to a costume party that one of Slade’s friends was throwing. He usually didn’t go for this type of thing, but Slade said he needed to loosen up a bit after the breakup with Julie and with work. Therefore, he agreed to go and dressed up as Zorro. The party was going on already when they arrived, but he found he was having loads of fun. Then he saw her she was taller than most of the women here and was dressed as cat woman all in slick black leather. As she moved those long legs while wearing spiked boots, he was enticed to her and tempted to do naughty things. He finally made it to that side of the room just as she’d finished talking to some drag queen. She turned and dark blue eyes meet his and they sparkled with mischief.
“Well hello Zorro,” her voice was just as erotic as her body.
“Care to dance Cat Woman,” his voice was deep and rich.
Faith couldn’t make out his eyes in the dim light, but they were dark like his hair, “Only if later I can unmask you,” she laughed as they made their way to the dance floor.
“I’ll have to think on that,” he laughed as they began to dance.
The music was pumping their bodies fit perfectly together as they began to dance a little dirty. Kincade couldn’t believe he was even here dancing like this with some strange woman but at this very moment, it seemed so right. He could sense she was just as turned on as he was but then the dance ended.
“How about a drink,” he said.
She agreed they went to the bar to grab something he ordered a whiskey, and she ordered the same, “Are we going to tell each other our names,” he took a swig of his drink.
“I kind of like the mystery of Zorro maybe later tonight we can unmask each other then get names,” she laughed again.
He found he liked her naughtiness and was beginning to have some real fun as they continued to tease each other. They danced again his body was on fire for this delectable cat woman. Then the drag queen ran up to her and whispered something in her ear.
“Are you sure,” her voice changed to one of concern instead of fun.
“Yes,” the drag queen said.
“Oh, God let’s go,” she looked at Zorro, “I’m sorry I have to go it’s an emergency.”
She started to walk away and Kincade realized he hadn’t gotten her name, “Wait I didn’t catch your name,” however, the crowd of people had already swallowed her up, “Damn it!”
Slade came up to him just as he swore, “What happened.”
“Nothing, I was dancing with this really hot woman, and she had to abruptly leave. I didn’t catch her name.”
“Man, that sucks,” Slade shook his head.
“Let’s get out of here,” Kincade turned to leave, and Slade followed.
“God, I hope she’s okay,” Faith said as they made a dash into the hospital emergency room.
A woman at the counter spoke, “Can I help you.”
“Yes, my name is Faith Summers, my sister Julie was brought here she’s pregnant.”
“I’ll buzz you back she’s in room 120,” the woman said as she pushed a button.
Faith and Sam went through and straight to room 120. They entered and found Julie hooked up to a baby monitor and it was beeping steadily with the baby’s heartbeat. Julie looked up and smiled at the two because they looked so ridicules, “You didn’t have to come.”
Faith walked up to Julie and kissed her forehead, “Of course I did.”
“Who called you anyway,” Julie asked.
Sam spoke, “I have a friend who works here at the emergency room and when she saw your name, she knew to call me.”
“Oh spies,” Julie chuckled.
Faith and Sam laughed too, “Are you alright.”
“I’m fine I tripped falling then started spotting blood, so I came to the emergency room just to be safe.”
Faith sighed, “What have the doctors said.”
“They said the baby is fine and still attached but I should rest and not do too much for a few weeks.”
“Then that’s what you’ll do,” Faith stated firmly.
“But what about work,” Julie declared.
“No work, I’ll talk to your boss and explain everything. I know you have some vacation, and it won’t take away from your maternity leave it’ll be fine.”
Julie nodded her head in agreement, “By the way it’s a boy.”
Faith looked at her then at Sam and they both whooped with joy, “A boy, but I thought you didn’t want to know.”
Julie smiled, “I didn’t, but then when they were ultra-sounding me, I couldn’t help myself. So, I asked it’s a boy.”
She was almost five months along she’d scheduled an ultrasound in two weeks, but they would double check just to be sure. After some time, they released Julie to go home and rest for two weeks.
- Writer
