Chapter 0211

** Luke’s POV

We arrive back at the training ground with a few minutes to spare. Josie sits on a dusty old tyre whilst eating a banana that Theo’s mum insists will help with the swelling in her feet and ankles. We also all agreed that will will take her to the infirmary for a check–up once we are done here. Not just because of the swelling but to give us all a little peace of mind that she is fit to come with us tomorrow.

My family was overjoyed when I told them about the Little Bean. My mum had even cried with joy and told me how proud she was, which I find an odd thing to be proud of. I didn’t actually do anything.

“Does anyone think it’s odd that my mum is proud of me for Josie being pregnant?” I ask the others, unable to get the thought from my head.

“I think she probably means she is proud you are growing maybe?” Josie shrugs.

“But I’m not, I’m no different than I would be if you weren’t pregnant,” I shrug. “And even if it was me that biologically fathered the baby it’s still such an odd thing to be proud of. It’s like saying I’m so proud that your body functions normally and your testicles work,”

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Josie almost chokes on her banana as she laughs and Axel rubs her back.

“Aww, Mace, did you hear that? Luke’s mum is proud of your balls,” Theo waffles his eyebrows with a grin.

“I’m proud of them too,” Mason smirks, his gaze locked on Josie’s rapidly growing stomach. I swear it gets bigger by the day.

too much into

I have an unhealthy habit of over–analyzing everything, especially when I’m stressed or nervous about something, but with what we are about to do tomorrow I think my reaction is warranted. I am absolutely terrified about what might happen. What if I can’t protect Josie and the baby and they get hurt or we lose them completely? I try to

names? We can’t call them Bean forever, it might be cute now but imagine being our age and named Bean, he or she will hate us for it,”

or Sammy,” Axel

or Penny,” Theo shrugs and Josie’s

or Elija,” Deacon

for a boy,” Mason says, making

for a

to Josie for her–answer and she cringes, “Is it bad I didn’t think of any yet? Besides, you all have

out whenever my mum gave birth, and as long as no one hated it, that would be

great idea, we could have a girl bucket and a boy one and then we can pick out the name after the

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says

like that idea,” Mason nods

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sure we are all thinking of names for the bucket. Raff arrives and our break comes

the same as the last one, we have a moving target to capture, but this time there are multiple moving tyres and we have to identify

group of tyres begin to roll in a scattered pattern we all search desperately for the marked one, whilst Mason and Josie deflect the foam darts that are being fired at us.

a group of four,” I say into the

to separate it from the group,” Deacon

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