Chapter 67: "Hormones"

Gracie P.O.V.

I can't stop reliving what happened and what I heard.

"I love you, and I am proud of you, and I love your having our children," Hayes said, kissing me on the top of my head.

"You're going to be the best mom, sweetheart. I know you are."

"Come here," he said, and I did. He started rocking and comforting me, then kissed me on top of my head.

He kept repeating that I would be a great mom and loved our babies; he was happy and proud and said he loved me.

I gasped with shock, but knew I would ruin it if I opened my mouth.

So, I kept my mouth shut and melted in his arms, praying he wasn't just saying he loved me; I waited all my life to hear those words come out of his mouth because I loved him too.

Oh, God, don't let this be a long, dream-like state I'll never wake up from. I pray this is real, and I am not in a crazy dream. Or am I already dead and in my own reality, and that's death?

"Hey, are you okay?" Hayes asked me, walking out of the room. I was still lost in thought when I heard him speaking to me and telling me he loved me.

"Yeah, I am fine," I said with a shy smile. So I told him, but he kept asking me more.

"Hey, are you sure? "Is there something wrong with the babies?" he asked, concerned, and handling my stomach in his hand like a watermelon inside me, but he held on to my flat stomach where my baby was lying.

No! I am sure there is nothing wrong. I told him, so really, I was not lying this time. I'm not sure if I could ask him if he loves me; I already feel embarrassed. I don't want him to think I am a crazy woman.

So, I will keep quiet about what I heard and try to think of something else.

But who could I? Who could any woman not say or think about a guy? They always thought they hated them and treated them like they were nothing but pests, Hayes's words, not mine.

"Okay then," he said.

I heard him sigh and started pulling me out of the big black castle, and I saw his truck, but when I turned my head, I saw...

Jade!

Jade? Why is she here, and why is Bryan holding her, as she cries in his arms?

I looked closer, and I saw she was crying. She cried tears of joy.

Oh, my God, Jade, she is pregnant, and by the look on her face, she is big! But she is not fat, and her belly is swelling.

My best friend will be a mother, and we will be pregnant together. I felt my lips turn into a big smile on my face.

"Yes, Princess Jade," is pregnant. I didn't know what to do, but I did beat up Bryan because, at the time, I thought he had hurt her. When she told me to stop hitting him, she cried out, "Don't hit my baby's father!" Hayes said.

Whoa, I said, staring at her, and she didn't see us yet. I wanted to go to her and hug her, but I didn't want to ruin their moment together, and they looked so happy.

I didn't want to bug her, so I talked to her later, and then we would have a girls' night with Erin. I don't think Erin knows if Jade is pregnant, either.

Heck, I didn't know I was pregnant until I felt it when I realized why Hayes was acting at the hospital. Well, the castle was more than a hospital.

So, I giggled to myself: what if all of us were pregnant and getting married at the same time, having our babies at the same time?

Aww, that is something to see, huh? Genie said, smiling inside my mind.

I could feel my baby's emotions, and they seemed to be shifting and growing more intense with each passing second.

So, I started rubbing my belly, and I knew Hayes was staring at me when we got to the truck. So, I looked over, and I saw Jade and Bryan kissing; he was holding onto her stomach, and a big smile spread across her beautiful, glowing face.

Oh, my, I should have seen it when she was always tired and glowing and hungry, starving more than she was already.

Erin and I should have seen she had been eating for two or three days.

I hope she is pregnant with twins, just like me, but I bet they are the same sex - maybe two boys or two girls.

I jumped a little when I heard the door close. I didn't realize I was already inside the truck, with my seatbelt on. I can't believe I didn't know I was already inside.

By the time I blinked away from Jade and Bryan. I looked over at Hayes, who was already in his seat and started the engine, and we started pulling out the opposite way away from Jade.

Down the road, I didn't stop what happened next. I felt my stomach rumbling, and I didn't know if he heard it. But by the smile on his face, he heard it.

"Ahh, someone is hungry, or could I say starving?" He said, laughing, and still had his head facing towards the road. But I knew he could see me staring at him in the corner of his eye.

Yep, he heard my stomach growling. Oh dear, I gasped when I felt his hand between my thighs, and I didn't know what to think or do. So I just stared at it, trying to calm my stomach, which was crying out, and now something else is moving in.

No, not now, go away; the heat in my stomach was dying, trying to come out.

"Oh, no, sweetheart, food, then rest, and then maybe if you're a good girl, then I might consider helping your heated body, sweetheart," he said with a smug smirk on his handsome and cocky face.

"Oh, you," I thought with a growl, and I moved my leg away from his greedy hand!

By the time I did that. He had already stopped the truck, and he turned off the engine. He was teasing me, and that's when I saw a big sign saying Rally's Restaurant Diner in the corner of my eyes, and it was a bright and pleasant place. So I have been here once since the beginning of the school year.

Oh, no! School. We have not been to school for a week now. I know I am behind, and he must be too, or he has been attending classes while I was asleep. I have been sleeping a lot.

Right there, I should have known I was pregnant, and that's when one of the steps shows you're in your first trimester of pregnancy.

But I was running away in my mind. I didn't feel Hayes move closer toward me; I knew I should have paid attention, but it was too late; I cried out and felt his hand turn my head.

I was going to tell him to leave me alone, but before I opened my mouth. He shut it. I should have pushed him away, but I missed his lips.

Oh boy, could he kiss! I felt the heat up and down my body, and before I could kiss him back, he pulled away. I had my mouth open, groaning out, annoyed, and pouting.

I heard him chuckle and pushed him away when he laughed at me.

"Ahh, your asshole, I said. I didn't mean to say, I guess the pregnancy hormones started to make me a bitch.

He laughed louder and more complexly, and I wanted to tell him it wasn't funny. I could feel my cheeks bright, and they were burning hot and red.

He opened the door, and I heard it shut. At first, I was confused. But when I started taking my seatbelt off and going for the door, it was already open when Hayes was in front of me with a smug smile on his face.

I raised my eyebrows and was still annoyed at him for teasing me and laughing at me with my heat and hormones.

I stuck up my nose, turned away from him, and crossed my hands over my chest because I was ignoring him.

"Oh, no, princess, we are not doing this," I heard him say. Huh, before I could tell him, he couldn't tell me what to doooooooooo

I felt lifted and over his shoulder. I was upside down, careful not to harm my stomach. I told him to put me down. I was moving around.

"Princess, stop squirming; I felt a slap on my ass.

I jumped and got another one.

"Ahh, stop it. I told him. I was scared of being dropped. I was feeling nervous and worried.

"I will not drop you, princess, but I will smack that lush ass in my face. So, with a funny aside, I won't hurt you and the babies." You must trust me. I heard it in his voice. I knew he would never do anything to me. So, I trust him.

"Damn, what a beautiful ass in front of me. I could turn my head and...

"Ahh," I felt him bite me. I can't believe he bit me! It's on my butt. I didn't find it shocking, as I should have known.

I heard him laugh and smack my butt again.

"Ouch! Stop that,'' I told him.

He was laughing and having fun teasing me.

That's when I had an idea, and I would ignore him. He was speaking, and I crossed my arms over my chest, and he didn't like it when I ignored him. That's when I heard him say.

"Oh, okay, now you're going to stop ignoring me, princess, or I will be forced to give you another sweetheart." He said with an order, but under his voice, a hint of silliness. So, I bit my tongue and told him.

"Fine! "Now, put me down," I asked him.

"What is that, sweetheart?" he said with a crooked smile in his voice.

"Please put me down," I told him.

Okay, I flipped over and gently landed on my feet. I am looking up at him. I saw the smug smirk on his cocky lips.

I glanced up at him, and I was narrowing at him with anger, but he just kept smirking and walking, and he pulled me, and we started walking into the door, and, thank God in heaven, no one saw that out there with me over Hayes's shoulders, and I felt my ass was a show, but I know no one saw it.

Thank God I let out the breath I was holding, and I felt my stomach growling louder, and my body was on fire with my hormones going wild at the same time.