Page 1 of Fighting Our Forever

Chapter One

Callie Reid

“Olivia, what the hell are we doing?” I ask, exhausted as we walk along the edge of her property for the second time. The summer heat is making sweat drip between my boobs and I can think of a million other things a pregnant woman should be doing besides getting heat stroke.

“Dr. Husband said that If I worked out, it could induce labor.” She pants.

“Garret?”

“Whenever he gives me medical advice I call him Dr. Husband. He has been extra doctorly lately.” She laughs, wiggling her eyebrows at me. Eww, just eww. I did not need that visual.

“Why are you trying to induce labor? You still have a week before you’re due?”

“Between him and Logan, I’m ready for Winnie Grace to be here already. We need more estrogen in this house damn it!”

“I hear you girly. Near the end of my pregnancy with Layla, I tried everything to get her to come sooner. She came three days after my due date, and I was miserable.”

“Oh God. Don’t tell me that Maci. Every day it gets harder. I feel like Violet Beauregard.”

“Who the hell is Violet Beauregard?” I look at Maci-Kate, but she gives me the same confused look that I’m wearing.

“You know. The girl from Willy Wonka.” Olivia says, looking at us like we’ve lost our minds.

M.K. and I just shake our heads at our crazy, heavily pregnant, best friend.

“The girl who blew up like a blueberry? I know that you two have seen the movie, you know who I’m talking about!”

“You’re more like Violet than you think Liv. I think the swelling has gone to your brain.” I snicker.

“Don’t make fun of me.” She screeches and turns to walk away.

I stop walking and grab Olivia’s hand, stopping her.

“What is this all about Liv? You know we love you. What’s going on?”

Liv sits down in the sand and starts bawling into her hands. Maci-Kate and I sit on opposite sides of her and rub her back.

“Shh, it’s going to be okay. Tell us what’s the matter so we can fix it.” M.K. coos into the side of Liv’s head.

She looks up from her hands, with her tear-soaked face all red and puffy. “My body hurts, everywhere. My feet are swollen, my legs are swollen, my face is swollen, everything is freaking swollen! My vag feels like it’s about to fall off for Christ’s sake. I know that sucker has got to be swollen too.”

I turn my head, not wanting Olivia to see the smile I’m unable to keep off my face and the tears filling my eyes. This shit is too good. I have no idea what to say. I’ve never been pregnant. You’d have to have had sex for that to even be a possibility. Maci Kate is going to need to step up on this one, but before she can, Liv continues.

She grabs her tits. “My lady balls started leaking milk this morning. No, not just leaking, that’s tame for what happened to me. These suckers can squirt like a freaking lawn sprinkler. Don’t get me wrong. I’m grateful my milk came in early. I read that it can be hard for some mothers but come on. When I was taking my shirt off to get into the shower my boob shot milk across the bathroom onto Logan’s chest. I shot my husband with fucking breast milk!”

“Oh, my God!” I can’t stop laughing now. I fall back into the sand laughing. I laugh until I feel like I’ve got it all out and I’m able to control myself. Yeah, it takes me a minute.

“What did he do?” Maci Kate asks while she fights the laughter trying to bubble out.

Liv scrunches up her face and shakes her head. “He tasted it.” She whispers, sounding repulsed that her husband tried her breast milk.

I bite my lip, wanting to laugh so bad, but at the same time knowing we need to rein her in before she goes crazy on us.

“It’s not a big deal Olivia, Reece likes to drink mine.” Maci states.

Olivia and I both look at her with wide eyes. “Say what now?” I say louder than I should. I look to Liv, but she just shakes her head at me, telling me she didn’t know they let the crazies out today.

“Oh, come on you guys. It’s kind of hot. You just wait Olivia. Guys are curious, they want to know what it tastes like.”

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