Maya"What is that, May May?!" she shouted, suddenly making me jump.I looked at her as she snapped, standing "Lucas!" she shouted, drawing our friend’s attention, "Look what’s on her finger!"I immediately pulled my arm out of Nate’s and hid my hand, scared of what I don’t know."Was it an engagement ring, May?!" Jess yelled again.She terrified me even when she was excited as she could."God, Jess, can you not make all this noise? Axel got scared!" said Nate, turning his back as Axel began to shake his lower lip, ready to burst into tears.I immediately reached out to get it, but Jess yelled again, "Oh my God! It’s a ring!" She moved as fast as a panther and grabbed me, turning me to her as Axel screamed, "Mama!" on the edge of tears.Jess grabbed my hand and pulled it towards her as Lucas approached and pulled me towards him."God is a beautiful diamond!" my frie

Maya"Andrew!" As soon as I turned into the hospital hallway, I called my friend and found him headed for the locker room.Andrew froze and immediately turned to me, "Hey!" he said."Do you remember to go get the cupcakes?" I told him as I flanked him."Cupcakes and balloons, I also have to get some pizza for Jess, who’s in the mood for pizza," he said as we started walking toward the locker room.Our shift was over, that would be my last ten-hour shift because from Monday I would start medical school and consequently part-time in the hospital. So I had taken advantage of it, and I had done the full night in the emergency room with Andrew, while that day, we had the party to find out the sex of the children.But obviously, there were some things missing before the party, Lucas had gotten caught up in some hysterics before pulling out a notebook of ideas for Jess’s party, you had one even for any pregnanc

NateI placed the car seat in the car in complete silence as Maya approached with Axel in her arms. I put the bag on the floor and took Axel from Maya, putting him in the car seat."Are you ok?" Maya asked with her frowning forehead while I tied Axel tightly.In silence, I took the stroller and placed it next to Axel, putting it well in the little place available since the hood was full of the things we had bought that morning.After finishing, I closed the door and entered my seat, immediately turning on the car.Maya hurried in, and She entered too. I didn’t even give her time to fasten her seatbelt that darted across the streets."Nate?" Maya said as I passed a light at full speed, getting the horn from the other driver "Nate!" Maya shouted, "You have a child in the car! Slow down!".I slowed down a little and started to go more calmly as I passed a hand on my face. I was not quiet at all.After reading that message, I spent hours looking at the ceiling, trying to sleep next to May

NateI had everything ready. Devon had made the sacrifice and had taken care of running from one side of the city to the other to get necessary for the small and intimate ceremony that Jess and I had decided to do for Maya and me.Jess didn’t complain much; she knew Maya never wanted a big wedding, and that was the perfect opportunity. Though it came from a time of need, that surprise was what I wanted most in the world. I didn’t care about the rest.Devon had gone to get a bouquet of flowers for Maya and then went home to get me a suit, but first, he stopped at the jewelry store and took two wedding rings. Mom had pulled out some Christmas lights to decorate the garden, making it lit and special. Lights covered the gazebo, and the table on which the documents Lucas had obtained with the license to marry us were placed. Maya’s mother had gone to the bakery she trusted and had taken a cake to celebrate, while my sister

MayaI sat at the table while I read the paperwork that Nate had brought. If I’d signed with him, Nate would have become Axel’s father, he would have brought his last name, and half the custody would have gone to him and half to me. No one could ever challenge anything because it was a full-blown adoption.But all this made me doubt. When did he have it all prepared? Everything that was happening over the last few days seemed very sudden, but I couldn’t think that it wasn’t something that Nate had studied.I looked at Axel in the table chair.He loved Nate like crazy, and Nate loved Axel like crazy, it didn’t surprise me that he wanted to make it official, that he wanted everyone to know that Axel was his son, so it was possible that he had thought of everything for a long time.When he proposed, he asked me if I would accept Axel’s change of name, but we never really talked about it, it