Page 70 of Lone Star Longing
“Everything looks good,” Dr. Fredrick said, snapping off her gloves. She turned to Jane. “You want to go get her friend now?”
Both women looked at Lacey. “Her name is Poppy.”
“Sure, of course.”
Jane left the room while Dr. Fredrick got the sonogram machine into position.
“I’m going to double check the due date, too. Easier to tell when the fetus gets this size. You sure you don't have any more questions?”
“Not that I can think of.”
“Well, if you do, you can call. But one of the questions I start getting around this part of the pregnancy is how safe sex is for the baby. Most of my young moms start getting a different kind of craving right about now.”
“Oh. Well. His dad is deployed, so...”
“Ah. You did tell me that. I just saw the young gentleman with you last time and assumed.”
“No, oh, no. He’s just a friend.”
“Good. Well, what I tell my young moms is that the craving is perfectly natural, and perfectly safe, if you want to take care of it any other way.”
Lacey was pretty sure her face was as red as Poppy’s hair when Jane opened the door to lead her friend inside.
“Hey,” Lacey said, maybe a little louder than normal. For a moment, she almost wished Beck was here instead of Poppy, but she chased that thought away. Poppy was her oldest friend. Of course she should be here. Weird that she didn't think about wanting Jesse here at all. “We might get to find out the gender today.”
Poppy clapped her hands. “And you want the doctor to tell me? So we can have a gender reveal party?”
“Oh, no. I don't want anything like that. I just wanted you in here with me so, you know, I’d have someone to be excited with.”
Dr. Fredrick pushed aside the exam gown and smoothed the cold gel over Lacey’s belly, causing Lacey to arch her back as she tensed.
“Aww, look at your cute little belly,” Poppy said with a grin, sitting on the stool beside the exam table as Dr. Fredrick ran the wand through the gel, her attention on the screen.
“Well, I’m afraid it’s not going to be little for long,” Dr. Fredrick said, pointing at the screen. “I’m not sure about Baby B, but Baby A is a boy.”
“Wait, what?” Lacey shot up on her elbows. “Baby B?”
Dr. Fredrick’s expression was both joyful and sympathetic. “Twins.”
