She solved that problem by pulling her hand from mine and lifted my chin to force me to look at her. She had the biggest grin on her face. Her entire face was grinning at me. I couldn’t help but grin back. She grabbed my hands again and squeezed them. She said, “Jack. I’m pretty sure that I’m already pregnant. I’ve memorized the early symptoms and I have several of them. I haven’t done a test yet. I planned to do that Thursday so I could tell you for sure. I keep track of my ovulation and period on a calendar at home. My last ovulation was that day we had sex in the bathroom at the Inn. That was almost two weeks ago. My period is due Friday and pregnancy tests are ninety-nine percent accurate as early as three or four days before that. I decided to wait until one day before. I should have waited before I told you but when I saw you, I had to tell someone. I’m so glad that you’re on board. It makes me feel far less guilty.”
I found myself grinning as hard as she was. I said, “Don’t feel any guilt at all. Intellectually, I had already decided that I wanted this; that I wanted to have a child with you. Now, the emotions are overwhelming. I’m thrilled. I’m flying five feet off the ground. I moved from my seat and sat beside her and kissed her passionately. I put my hand on her tummy and she giggled. “There’s nothing there to feel yet. But, my boobs are hyper sensitive.” I looked around the diner again and cupped her left breast in my hand. There was no outward indication of anything new there either.
The bell above the door jingled and a lone older man came in. He caught me with my hand on Donna’s breast and he said, “I hope I’m not disturbing anything, Sonny.” I could feel the heat in my face from the embarrassment. I moved back to my side of the booth and Donna slid out to get back to work.
I said, “The usual please.” Donna grinned and headed off to wait on the old guy. Her face was red from embarrassment as she took out her pad.
The old guy noted her embarrassment and said, “Don’t be embarrassed on my account. You two are a beautiful couple.” She glanced quickly at me and smiled as she took his order and then disappeared into the kitchen. The old guy turned to face me and said, “Donna’s a beautiful woman, inside and out. You could do much worse.” I smiled and nodded at him.
Donna sat across from me while I ate. She kept an eye on the old guy in case he needed something and then she got up to give him his check and he paid. He glanced at me on his way out and gave me a thumbs-up sign and then he was gone. Donna cleared his table and returned to sit across from me. The grin on her face never left the whole time I was there.
I asked her if her sister knew yet and she responded that she hadn’t told her anything yet but Sylvia knew all the early signs too and Donna was suspicious that she suspected.
I was on cloud nine for the next two days as I thought about the implications of being a father. With so little together time between Donna and me, I still couldn’t tell if I’d be a full-time father or a part-time one or an uncle figure. There was plenty of time to sort that all out. The longer Priya stayed away, the less I thought about her. I knew that she could have first dibs on my heart if she wanted. I was a little surprised that Divi hadn’t appeared in my bed in the middle of the night. Priya must have really put the clamps down on her.
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