"I hate mornings!" Glenda grumped as she left the bathroom.
"Is it just mornings you hate or is it the morning sickness?" I asked carefully since I wasn't sure what kind of mood Glenda was in this morning.
"Okay smartass," Glenda came back with, "maybe I just hate being sick in the morning."
I came up behind Glenda and gave her a gentle hug.
"Glenda, I'm sorry you have to go through this for us. I know Eileen really appreciates it even though she isn't showing it very well."
That was a terrible understatement. My wife, Eileen, had come up with the idea to approach Glenda, her sister and about being a surrogate mother since she was unable to conceive. She then called me into the room and let me in on the plan. Glenda and I were to live together for a month and we were encouraged to have sex at least once a day until we could confirm that Glenda was indeed pregnant. Eileen was supposed to stay at the house with us but she decided at the last moment to stay at her mom's, actually sleeping in Glenda's bed. Everyone had questioned Eileen to make sure that there would be no bad blood between her, Glenda or me and Eileen had convinced us that everything would be okay. Unfortunately the truth was a lot different. Eileen was being cruel to Glenda almost daily, treating her like she was trying to steal me away from her. She was also treating me like shit because I was sleeping with her sister even though it had been her idea in the first place.
Glenda and I hoped that today's doctor's appointment would confirm that she was pregnant and not having a bout with a stomach bug. The early pregnancy tests made us hopeful but we really wanted that official word. The only real problem that either of us foresaw was that Glenda and I were deeply in love and neither of us wanted this to end. Don't get us wrong. We hadn't planned for this to happen. It's just that Glenda and I were much more compatible than Eileen and I were and during the last 3 weeks more love had been shared between us than in the 4 years that Eileen and I had been married. Glenda was loving and sexual while Eileen was stubborn and selfish. Glenda didn't care if I snored the roof off; I was to stay in bed with her. Eileen banished me to the spare bedroom in the second year of the marriage because I "breathe to heavy". One thing was for sure though; Glenda and I had decided that I was to help her through this pregnancy. We just hoped that Eileen would agree.
"David you would help my mood a great deal if you wouldn't bring up my 'loving' sister right now. I'm already sick enough."
"Well how about I tell you what I have planned after the doctor's visit tonight." I said with a wink.
"Ooh, are you planning to do something naughty to me tonight?" Glenda chuckled as she rubbed her hands together.
"Only if you are feeling well enough Glenda."
"Is it time for the doctor yet/?" Glenda asked.
"Nope. First both of us have to go to work, then I'll pick you up from work and then we'll see her." I joked back.
Glenda turned serious for a minute and half smiled as she said, "David, I told the doctor that my husband would be coming with me, I hope that's okay."
I started to offer a joke response but I could see that she really needed the truth.
"Glenda as far as I'm concerned, I really am your husband."
Glenda ran up to me and threw her arms around me and began crying. I knew she wished it were really true. As her body shook with sobs, I couldn't help but pry that someday soon we really could be husband and wife. We had been talking about me maybe getting a divorce from Eileen and Glenda and me marrying but we were afraid what the family would do or say. Finally Glenda calmed down enough for us to wish the other well, to express our love to each other and leave for work.
Work went well but it seemed like time was really dragging. It felt like I had done 3 days worth of work by the time lunch came. With nothing better to do, I ate my lunch while sitting at my desk. I'm so glad I did because the phone rang and the caller-id said it was Glenda's office number.
"Hi David, how's work going?"
"This day is just dragging Glenda. It feels like I've been here for days instead of hours." the laugh on the other end proved to me that Glenda felt the same way.
"Hey David, are you alone right now?"
"Yep, are you?
"Yeah. I guess that's one of the reasons this day is dragging, no one to chat with."
Now both of us worked in a huge office building and all we had to do to talk to someone was to open our doors but the real truth was that the only person we really wanted to talk to was on the other end of the phone. Even though we hadn't really been together for to long we had become the most important person to the other. I've heard of this happening when people find their soul mates but I hadn't expected this to happen between Glenda and me.
"David, why don't you give me a hint about tonight?" asked a mischievous voice on the other end of the phone.