When Galen returned to their room, he carefully crawled back into bed. Bell once more let out soft sounds of protest at the movement behind her. He wrapped his arm at her waist, bringing his hand to rest on her slightly swollen belly. He smiled to himself thinking of the child growing within her.
Galen gasped as he felt a gentle thump against his hand.
“He wants to know where his daddy went to in the middle of the night,” Bell said in a sleepy but playful voice. She turned to face him. She smiled and lay her head on his chest. “Mommy wants to know too.”
Galen sighed and kissed her head.
“Let’s talk about it tomorrow,” he whispered. “For now, let’s just get some rest.”
Bell nodded and curled herself into him as he held her close. They both drifted away into a peaceful sleep.
***
“So I know you guys are trained in a lot of different things… but… Are you really her doctor? Because I could swear the person I saw before was a woman,” Galen questioned.
