1 July 2012
'oh wow, Abby that's so exciting.' Lucy squealed hugging me back. 'how long have you two been trying?'. 'almost a year.' I sighed. 'mum had fertility problems and passed them on to me.' 'oh no, but Abby the good news is you are having a baby' she said growing more and more excited. We both jumped about squealing and grinning in excitement. 'oh poor Adam. It's going to be ages until he finds out.' Lucy said sadly. 'not necessarily.' I smiled. I walked calmly to my commanders office, with Lucy trotting along beside me. I knocked before I went in and she raised an eyebrow, 'oh how nice to see you have mastered the art of asking to come in politely.' she said sarcastically 'I can only assume by that, that you want something.' 'well...you see...I was wondering if it were possible to send Adam a letter.' I stammered, her cool blue eyes staring at me. 'if the subject matter is of importance than I am sure that can be arranged.' she said, her eyes suggesting that I needed to tell her what I wanted to say. 'well...I wanted to tell Adam that I'm pregnant...we've been trying for nearly a year...he needs to know.' I said in a rush, I thought I saw a ghost of a smile dance across her face, but it was gone so quickly that I couldn't be sure. She nodded and told me to bring the letter to her in the afternoon. Lucy and I sat thinking of how to break the news to Adam. 'just send him the test.' Lucy burst out. I nodded grabbing a piece of paper, and scrawling 'I love you' across it. I folded it along and slid it in an envelope along with the test and sealed it. I dropped the letter on my commanders desk, she looked up at me and said 'I thought you said a letter, not a parcel.' she said, but there wasn't the usual cold edge to her voice. I smiled and told her that I just didn't know how to tell him. Lucy and I sat up all night and talked like we did when we were young, we talked about baby names and I had a few in mind but wanted Adams opinion before we chose. As I lay down to sleep, I rested my hand lightly on my stomach and couldn't help grinning at the thought of Adam and my child resting peacefully beneath my hand.
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Love And War Chpt.51 • Opuss № I