Expecting - Part 1 (Patreon)

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"Congratulations!" Shea exclaimed, giving her friend a big hug, then stepping back, looking her up and down. "I never would have guessed!"

"Well, it's still early," Amber shrugged, her own eyes travelling down to the bag Shea was holding. "Did you bring me a present? That's very sweet, but you coming here was supposed to be my gift..."

Shea blushed. "It kind of is... I was so excited, I went out and got the first thing I could think of... You know, what we'd always get each other to celebrate. I didn't really think about..."

Amber gave a little smiled, taking the gift bag and lifting out the bottle of wine. "Thank you," she said. "It looks great... I'll tuck it away somewhere for a year or so."

"Yeah, let's say a year," Shea agreed. "Then, when I come to visit you and your baby, we can have it."

"I'll probably still be breastfeeding her a year from now, but I'm sure we'll figure it out."

Shea's eyes widened, her mind acknowledging, then quickly abandoning, the thought that the baby would only be a few months old in a year's time, so, if her friend was breastfeeding, there wasn't likely to be any 'probably' involved; the baby would still need milk. The more pressing matter was, "Is it a girl? Do you know already?"

"Oh, I have a pretty good idea," Amber told her. "Mothers can tell, I think..."

"Makes sense," Shea nodded. "This is so exciting! But, I have to say... I'm super happy for you and all, I'm just not really sure why you called me and not, I don't know, Skylar. She actually has kids, she'd be a lot more helpful than me. I never even really babysat that much, especially not real babies."

"She does have babies of her own," Amber said, "and so she's way too busy for this. Don't sell yourself short... I think you're going to be a lot of help. You're perfect for the job!"

"I don't know about that," Shea blushed, though she had to admit, the compliment did feel nice. "Maybe not perfect, but I'll do what I can..."

"That's all I can ask," Amber smiled. "Now, do you want to go ahead and get started?"

"Sure," Shea shrugged. "I'm not sure what all..."

"Just get undressed," Amber ordered. "I'll be back in a minute."

"Huh?" Shea frowned, almost too shocked to speak again before her friend had left the room. "Why do I need to do that?!"

Amber turned in the doorway. "Trust me, it'll make things easier. Besides, we lived together for four years, it isn't like I haven't seen you naked before."

Over their time rooming together in college, they'd definitely seen plenty of each other. Shea wasn't sure she'd ever stripped down completely in front of Amber, although she'd gotten drunk enough on more than one occasion that she couldn't completely rule out the possibility. She had no idea what any of it had to do with helping Amber get over her fears of being a new mother, but she'd come all this way... What harm could it do?