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I lean down, kissing her lips. “I doubt it will.”
The tech and the doctor talk a little and then he points to the screen. “This is baby A and this is baby B. Since you have fraternal twins, you can see that they each have their own amniotic sac as well as a placenta.”
Her hand tightens a little. “That’s good, but are they okay?”
“Baby B is a little smaller, but that’s normal with twins. We’re going to look at each one now and check their organs,” the tech explains.
Delia and I watch the screen as the tech works, my eyes wide and this feeling of contentment flowing over me. I can’t believe this is where my life is. I’m watching my children, our children, growing. The doctor and the tech explain things as we move along. Both of their hearts are developing beautifully, and so far, things look great.
“Would you like to know the sex?” the technician asks.
Delia’s head lifts. “Yes!”
She laughs, and we learn what colors we need to go shopping for.
Chapter 28
Delia
“Pink! I want that one there!” I tell Josh, who once again has absconded the scanner gun. He gets that one on our registry, and I search for one for the boy. “Do you like this?”
He looks at me with a brow raised. “I really don’t care. Pick whichever one you like.”
“I picked the one for the girl. Don’t you want to pick for the boy?”
“An hour ago, I would’ve said yes. Now, I’d just like to get the hell out of the store.”
I refuse to let him piss in my cereal today. I’m too happy. We’re having a boy and a girl. It’s like I won the lottery because, no matter what happens with my relationship with Josh, I will have a piece of him.
“This is important.”
“Bedding?” he asks incredulously.
“Yes. I mean, this will be what our children see each morning and night. These colors will be their comfort.”
“Delia, you’re insane. They are sheets.”
I huff. “It’s their first sheets.”
He shakes his head. “I have no words.”
“Well, have an opinion and help me pick.”
For the girl, it was really easy. I love dragonflies, and they had the most beautiful pink quilt set with yellow dragonflies and white polka dots. The lace trim around the top made it perfect. For the boy, I’m sort of lost. I don’t want trains or cars, but there’s not a lot of options other than that.
He walks down the aisle farther. “What about this one?”
I look at it with lips pursed. It’s actually adorable and will match perfectly in the room. It’s quiltlike with navy-blue, white, and teal patches. There are anchors on the navy-blue patches, arrows on the teal ones, and blue, teal, and gray mountains on the white ones. I love it.
“It’s perfect.”
He smiles. “I’m getting them both now.”
“What?”
“The bedding. We’re buying it.”
“But we’re registering.”
