My cheeks hurt from smiling.

His mom leaped out of her chair and  pulled me in for a hug. It was exactly  the reaction I wanted. I knew they  would be happy for us. I was pregnant  with their first grandchild.

It was a massive thing apparently.

"Oh, shopping. You have to let metake you shopping". Charlotte grinned.  "Oh, and a baby shower. Would you likea baby shower Leah?".

"Charlotte, darling". His dad gave hera soft smile."Maybe we just let them  breathe a little first. Let them get used  to the idea of becoming parents".

"Nonsense". She huffed."That's mygrandbaby in there".I loved that she was this excited and  making a fuss. I didn't have parents to  share the news with or anyone else in  my family except Carter and he already  knew.

So, if she wanted to throw me a baby  shower then I wasn't going to stop her.

"It's fine". I smiled.

"How far along are you? Are youkeeping well? Have you been sick?".

"Mom". Jake sighed. "Calm down justa bit please".

"I'm sorry I'm just excited. Our firstgrandchild, the future Alpha". She  grinned."We need to celebrate with  champagne".

Champagne that I couldn't drink.

"Mom Leah can't drink"."Oh, right. Never mind theChampayne we'll celebrate with cake".

Now cake I could have.

We had a good night, and it was  good to catch up with them both. Of  course, we were invited to Sunday  dinner. Another celebration but with  everyone before Carter and Alanna left.

We didn't mention that they already  knew about the baby.

"I'm stuffed". A yawn escaped mymouth as I clipped my seatbelt into  place.

"So, no ice-cream?".

"I still want ice-cream". I grinned.

A chuckle fell from his lips as hereached over taking my hand in his.  "How about we go for a walk along thebeach and then I'll drop by Walmart on  the way home?".

I wasn't really feeling the beach  anymore. I wanted the biggest tub of  ice-cream there was, and I wanted to  eat it in bed watching tv.

"Can we just get ice-cream and thengo home?".

"Tired baby?".

I nodded.

"But you're feeling, okay?".

"Always".

"I mean with the baby".

"Well,I don't feel sick anymore ifthat's what you mean"."Are you scared?".

Was I scared?I wasn't sure how I felt  about it all. I'm not sure it had properly  sunk in yet. I couldn't really believe it  was happening.

I shrugged.