Page 9 of Expecting The Unexpected

“Yeah, I...” Spencer’s eyes widened, “You told Khall?What the fuck, Elijah?”

As Spencer sat up, Caden quickly said, “He didn’t tell Khall, I did, and it was by accident. I thought Elijah had used his mind-talking thingy with his mate and told him. So I said some things, and well, there you have it.”

Spencer looked at Khall. “I won’t tell you the father’s name. I don’t care what you say or think, I won’t tell you.”

“Uh, Spencer...” Elijah tried to break in.

Ignoring his friend, Spencer kept talking. “I know this is a big deal to your people and everything, but I know he never intended to impregnate me. Neither of us even gave it a thought, and besides, it was a one-time thing and…”

“Uh, Spencer…”

Again Spencer ignored Elijah, “Nakaka father or not, I won’t have the guy feeling forced to be with me, because of a baby, so you can take your questions somewhere else, because I’m not going to even give you a clue.”

“Spencer!” Elijah shouted, finally shutting the man up.

“Are you telling me this is a chickpea?” Khall gasped.

Elijah groaned and smacked his hand over his face.

Spencer asking, “A what?”

“A chickpea. That is what we call a child of a Nakaka,” Khall explained.

“I already said that,” Caden grumbled.

Spencer looked to Caden, “Well, excuse me for not remembering. Besides, I thought you told him about the baby?”

“I did. I just didn’t tell him it was a Nakaka child you carried,” Caden explained.

“Oh,” Spencer whispered uncomfortably, then asked, “I don’t suppose there’s any way we can forget what I said just a bit ago, is there?”

Khall shook his head, “No.”

Sighing heavily, Spencer said, “I can’t deal with this shit right now. I’m not telling you guys who the father is, and I…”

“You’re sure the father is Nakaka?” Khall asked.

Spencer’s brows drew together, “What? Are you trying to say that I’m some kind of slut? That I go sleeping around with just any guy? Tell me, Khall, who the fuck else could be the father? The only other shifters in this place are like brothers to me and that’s justeww. I haven’t been off this island you call home, since I was taken into the cells when Chantal and his goons took me, and besides… I don’t sleep around.”

Tossing his hands in the air, Khall quickly said, “That wasn’t what I was saying, Spencer. It’s just a lot to wrap my mind around. Nakaka cannot produce a child by accident. We have glands in our tails…”

“Yes, I know. One that’s for mating, one for lube, and one for reproduction. I know all that, but it doesn’t change the facts, and you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around all this. Try being me,” Spencer huffed.

“So what are you going to do?” Elijah softly asked.

Spencer looked at Elijah in confusion, “What do you mean what am I going to do?”

Gods, Elijah hated to ask this question, but it had to be answered, “I mean, are you going to keep it?”

“I’m not aborting my baby! I can’t even believe you’re asking me that,” Spencer hissed.

Elijah pursed his lips, “I didn’t think you would, but it had to be asked, besides, you could still have the child and give it up for adoption or something.”

Spencer gasped, “Are you crazy? I’m not doing that to a little innocent baby. This baby ismine, damn it. I may be freaked out thinking of how the thing is going to be born and all, and I might not have ever planned on being a parent, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want it.”

“Tell me, what do you know about raising a child, Spencer?” Caden asked.

“What do most first-time parents know about raising a baby? Most of them read a crap ton of books, thinking they got this, and then when the reality of the child is in front of them, they don’t have shit. Then again, why would the books be right when they’re written by people that never even had a kid, but then instinct kicks in, and the next thing they know, they’re raising that baby the best way they know how. I know I’ll make mistakes. I know that I might even regret being in this situation a time or two, but what I won’t ever do is regret my choice on keeping this child. He or she is mine, and damn it, this child is going to know, without a shadow of a doubt, no matter what the future holds, no matter what mistakes I make, he or she is loved.”