Later, at the Admin Building
Everyone was running around, trying to get settled. The chaos of moving into a new home was magnified by the number of houses and families. Some people had a lot more to unpack than others. When a person or family was finished, they would look around to see who else needed help. Through it all, Doug, Bron, Owen, Felicia, Derek and Gretchen were going group to group, trying to see where they could help settle people in.
While all of this was going on, a few people cycled through the Admin building to check on the sick and injured. Hanna and Sabine were seeing to the patients while Andrea was running the radios. Late in the afternoon, Sabine sent Hanna back over to check in with Bron. This was when she had a visitor.
“It’s great to see you again, Sabine.” Jonas said as he walked into the sick bay.
“Glad you guys finally made it here. We were beginning to worry.” She said as she set her stethoscope down.
Jonas looked her up and down.
“It suits you. You look good. I’m glad everything worked out.”
“Huh?” she said as she tried to mask her surprise, hoping she wasn’t blushing as hard as her warm skin told her she was.
“Everything going ok with you and Andrea’s pregnancy?” Jonas continued.
Sabine was a little tongue-tied at the moment. “Fine and healthy.” Was all she could spit out.
“That’s good. I’m glad you got what you wanted, and happy to have helped.”
Now Sabine knew she was redder than Alyson’s hair!
“How long have you known?”
“Since Garen told us you three were pregnant. There was no way you could disguise it being two women, with almost a foot or more height difference between you.” He paused, a stray though shooting to his lips now. “It WAS just the two of you, right? Paige wasn’t there?”
Now Sabine was the one who grinned. “No, Paige was all Henrik. I guess I must have got the dose wrong. You weren’t supposed to remember this much.”
“Oh, don’t get me wrong. I don’t have a ton of distinct memories. There’s a lot of fuzz around all their edges. It was more all the other incidentals lining up that brought it into focus.”
“OK, good to know. Next question, now what?” Sabine asked him. Better to get it out in the open right up front.
“Depends. Who knows?”
“Right now? Me, you now, and Petra.”
“Petra! How does she know?”
“She drove the UTV dropping you off and picking you up.”
“Well, that might make things awkward.”
“Probably not. She knew all this about you and from what I understand, she chased you, with the full knowledge. So back to my question. What now?”
“I will be as helpful as you want, but I think the fewer people who know, the better.”
Sabine nodded. “I know it might make things awkward at the least for Andrea if she knew it was you. The easiest way to do that is we keep it quiet like we have been.”
“Probably for the best.” He stood there for a moment. “I have no regrets in helping you two out. I hope you don’t have any ‘buyer’s remorse’.”
She smiled at him, a rare full grin. “No buyer’s remorse. You were a real gentleman to help out some ladies in need. It even helped a few other issues beyond the intended. Now, with you and Petra. Remind her to swing in here for some birth control if she needs or wants it.”
Now it was Jonas’ turn to blush.
“Sure thing, Sabine.”
“And another thing. Considering her tiny size and your ‘not so tiny’ size, be careful the first few times.”
Jonas smiled back at her now. “My first time, my girlfriend was her size. It was her first time too. We learned to be careful, and I still remember those lessons.”
“Good.”
Jonas was about to leave but he stopped. “Something to keep in mind. I was an impatient baby, and so was Jennifer. I was fifty days early, and she was forty-some days early. It seems to run in the family.”
“Good to know. Now, get back over to the house and get Petra and Jennifer all settled in. We will talk later.”
