Rebecca Pov

  It was a couple of days later, Levi was at work, Jordan was asleep, which meant that I was trying to pluck up the courage to ring Dad to tell him about Jordan, but I hate talking on the phone even to this day, so that was kind of hindering this whole ordeal even more than it would've been had I not hated phone calls with my entire fucking body.

  I took several DEEP breaths, and then I dialled Dad's number so quick that I had no time to try and get out of this phone call, (which you know what, isn't the worst way to go about it, it's not great, but I've done way worse), would not recommend though, (steady slow breathing is way better than deep fast breaths).

  "Uh hello?"

  "Hi Dad"

  "Rebecca?"

  "Yeah that's me"

  "You don't normally phone me unless the world's ending"

  "Well Dad I have news for you-"

  "Don't tell me that you and Levi are already getting divorced-"

  "I would've just confirmed that the world was ending"

  That probably sounds really dramatic on my end, but I was dead serious, (Levi's my person and I knew that at the time), plus I was still a teenager, so my brain wasn't finished sorting itself out, plus baby hormones were not fun, so take all that information as you will, (but you would've done anyway even if I didn't tell you that).

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  "So that rules out deaths as well then"

  "Yeah Dad, it does rule out deaths, can you please just let me tell you?"

  "Alright so"

  "So you know that my period isn't exactly regular-"

  "Shit don't tell me you're pregnant"

  "No no, I'm not pregnant, a whole baby came out of me a couple of days ago and his name is Jordan, congratulations, you're a Granddad now"

  So that wasn't the best way to go about telling Dad, but I knew that if I didn't tell him then, he'd go on a spewl about me being pregnant and that would be for nothing because Jordan was already here and breathing and at that moment in time, was sleeping, so I thought that me telling him like that was better than letting him ramble on about something that was genuinely irrelevant.

  "Did you hide a pregnancy from everyone"

  "No Dad, I didn't know that I was fucking pregnant, he gave me about 30 minutes warning before he popped out of my vagina like he did, though Levi recons that my back hurting for like 8 hours before was a sign"

  "Do you need dinners?"

  "I have food in the house"

  "No baby, do you need dinners, I assume that Levi's at work because he wouldn't have days to use yet"

  "Levi is at work yes, but what would I need dinners for?, I can cook you know"

  I don't know what my end goal was here, (because my brain was scrambled here), but I can guess that I didn't want to be a burden, which is ludicrous to even consider nowadays, but we have to remember that I had issues that I hadn't fully dealt with yet and I was a dry alcoholic, so take that as you will.

  "I'm not doubting that you can cook Sweetheart, I've had your food before, but you're going to be tired- well more tired than normal considering your insomnia"

  "Well ironically I've actually slept more, plus I only eat like a couple different dinners-"

  "I know what you like Darling, you lived with me until last week"

  "I know, but it would be a lot to ask of you-"

  "You're not asking me, I'm offering you, plus if I don't cook them, Granbob will and you'll still be finding his dinners that he made in your freezers when you're 30"

  "Is that from experience?"

  "No I licked it off the stones"

  That last sentence reminded me of the first time I met Grandbob, (it's the wording and just the way Dad said), I didn't tell Dad this as he probably would've taken it like I was calling him old, (which I was not), and with me giving him the news that he was a Granddad, it's not a good combo, so I just let it marinate in my head for the last almost 30 years.

  "You feeling ok?"

  "I feel mostly ok now, I did have a bit of a freak out about being a Mum and I'm putting like 90% of the blame on Rita-"

  "Where did the other 10% go?"

  "The surprise of birthing a baby I didn't know I was pregnant with is where it went"

  "(Snorts), Jesus Christ you've not lost your way with words Kiddo"

  "There's no point sugar coating shit"

  "You have a point"

  "I know I do"