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.