Alexander’s POV
It was like I was watching those words come out of her mouth in slow motion, my heart stopped for a split moment and my mind racing, I had so many questions in my head that I wanted to ask her but she was clearly emotional about this, I had to try and be as sensitive as possible
“Tell me what you’re thinking Sienna?” I say to her taking her hands in mine as she tries to calm down “I’m thinking how fucking stupid I am, my pills were in our luggage and I completely forgot about them, even when we came home I was so caught up in our engagement and thinking about getting that contract that I didn’t remember, it was only until I saw them in my luggage that I realized and by that time I knew it was too late, I knew straight away I was pregnant, I mean how could I not be? The amount of sex we’ve had in the last six weeks I think it would be impossible not to” Sienna sighs as tears run down her face
She was right, on our vacation we made love multiple times each day and even when we came home we were just a crazy newly engaged couple who couldn’t keep their hands off each other
“I’m so upset because I worked so damn hard for the last 3 years to get my degree and I’m not going to spend one day working in my dream job, I’m going to be a Mother and that’s it, no career for me, you probably think I’m being incredibly selfish but this is how I feel” Sienna bursts into tears again as I pull her into my arms
“I don’t think that at all Sienna, I think that’s a very reasonable reaction but baby you need to know that there are options” I say to her before she cuts me off
“That’s bullshit Alexander!! I don’t have an option, if I don’t go through with this pregnancy I know for a fact that you’d never look at me the same way again, you could never forgive me” she states firmly
“Well, I won’t lie, it wouldn’t be easy but I know it’s not the right time and when the right time came along than we would try, however, there is still another option” I say to her as she looks at me with an eyebrow raised
“I know I obviously can’t have the baby but once the child is born and you’ve recovered from giving birth you can go back to work and I’ll stay home with the baby full time, I mean maybe you could still work for Damon and just take off a few months, I don’t know it’s an idea” I say to her not knowing how she would feel about my proposal
“You’d really do that for me? What about your career?” She asks wiping the tears from her eyes “Of course I’d do that for us, I’d love to raise our baby, I didn’t get to enough with Brandon and in regards to my career, well, I’ve done it for 20 years, I’ve achieved so much and I’m pretty satisfied, as long as I get to fly on the occasional weekend I’d be very happy, more than happy” I say to her taking her hands in mine kissing them
“So I’d only have to take a couple of months off?” Sienna says to me looking intently “Yeah hopefully, I mean it’s something you’ll need to chat to Damon about but I’m sure he will accommodate you, I know we can make this work baby” I say kissing her forehead and rubbing her back
“Maybe we should go to the doctor’s first before we get too ahead of ourselves” I say as she nods, I wander over to my grab my cell and call the local clinic, luckily they were able to squeeze us in due to a cancellation, my heart was beating like crazy thinking about Sienna being pregnant, it felt so surreal
“They can see us in an hour Si, remember I’ll support your decision no matter what” I say to her lifting her up off the ground placing her into a tight hug “It’s our decision handsome” she whispers into my ear
We decided to make our way over to the clinic and just wait, we felt like until Sienna’s pregnancy was confirmed time basically stood still for us “Sienna Hazelwood?” the doctor calls out as we head in together
“Doctor, this is my boyf…um I mean fiance, Alexander” Sienna say to her as she greets me “So how can I help today Sienna?” she asks, I watch Sienna’s body language and I can tell she’s internally freaking out barely being able to get the words out “I’m pretty sure I’m pregnant”
The doctor ran some tests and then asked to do an ultrasound on Sienna’s stomach, it felt like the doctor was looking at the screen for forever before the words came out of her mouth making my heart skip “Well you’re right Sienna, you’re definitely pregnant, congratulations, you’re about six weeks along” the doctor says smiling at us both, it was official my beautiful fiance was pregnant carrying our child, I couldn’t help but shed a few tears “I’ll give you two a moment alone” the doctor says leaving the room
“Six weeks pregnant, so you basically knocked me up the first chance you got, typical” Sienna jokingly smirks as I laugh with tears still rolling down my face
“So do you want to do this Sienna? Do you want to go through with this?” I ask her taking a deep breath trying to pull myself together, I look up and see her eyes sparkling looking straight at me as she shoots me the sweetest smile
“If you really mean it about being the full time parent and you’re happy to do that then.. yes..yes I want us to have this baby, our baby” she smiles as tears start to fall from her eyes as well
I wrap her up tight lightly sobbing into her shoulder, I couldn’t believe we were going to have our own little family, I was going to be a Dad again and this time I know I was going to do it right
Sienna’s POV
When I first saw my contraceptive pills sitting in my luggage my heart stopped, everything fucking stopped, I couldn’t believe I could be so stupid, I knew straight away I was pregnant, I had been feeling nauseous and was sensitive to every smell that came my way
My emotions were so intense and all over the place, I was so pissed off and upset that I was so forgetful and irresponsible, I had basically thrown my career away before it had even started
I also knew deep down that I had to have this baby, I know Alexander would support my decision but I couldn’t do it to him, it would break his heart and he would never look at me the same way again
When I broke down and told Alexander I was pregnant I felt bad knowing this was meant to be a happy moment but I couldn’t help but feel crushed not being able to go to work now, I had dreamed about this for so long and I had already lost it, it completely took me by surprise when Alexander told me that he would look after our baby full time, just another selfless act from my man
When I saw our baby on the monitor, well, that changed everything, even though it was tiny it just made it all the more real, I wanted to make this work more than ever, I finally let out a smile and start to feel happiness for our teeny tiny baby
The doctor gave me some medication for my nausea and some information on what to expect during my pregnancy, we booked in to see the doctor again in a few weeks time for a check up, I left the clinic with fiance in hand and child in stomach, it was just so surreal
I look over at Alexander and you couldn’t wipe the smile from his face, he was glowing and beaming with joy, it was so beautiful, I can’t believe this man who is so incredibly beautiful inside and out is going to be my husband and father on my child
We arrive home and I was feeling exhausted so I headed to bed, Alexander joined me and cuddled up to my stomach “Already love you so so much” he said kissing my belly, I drift off to sleep with him gently resting on me, I felt so at peace
I wake up the next morning to find Alexander in the kitchen “Okay Mamma to be, what can I make or cook you that won’t result in your head in the kitchen sink again?” he asks smirking coming over to greet me with a kiss
“Hmm, maybe some pancakes and fresh fruit?” I say yawning still trying to wake up “Coming right up, that was quite a nap you took” he says mixing up the batter “I think it’s going to be a regular occurrence for the next 7 and a half months” I say as he laughs
“So did you want to start telling people our news or wait a while?” he asks flipping pancakes in the pan “Um… well I guess we could tell everyone at our engagement party, I mean we were only inviting close friends anyway, but I’m think we should tell my parents and Brandon before then, just to give them a heads up” I say sipping on some weak tea with no milk, all I can stomach at the moment
“Sounds good, I’ll have to make sure I note all the exit’s when we meet with your parents so I can make a quick escape, Owen is going to kill me” Alexander jokes cutting up some strawberries
“Nah, he will be fine, I mean we’ve been together for over 3 years, it was going to happen eventually” I say stealing some fruit from the chopping board
“I guess, I know him though and he will still kill me, he probably thinks you’re saving yourself for marriage” he smirks as I choke on some fruit “Fuck, he’s not that naive!” I say as we both laugh
“Speaking of marriage, I guess that growing child of ours has changed our plans a bit, do you want to get married before or after our child arrives?” he asks me looking nervous
“Definitely after, our focus should just be on the child plus planning a wedding can be stressful and I know I meant to keep stress to a minimum being pregnant, I want to plan our dream wedding without having to feel like we’re rushing down the isle before I get too big for a wedding dress” I laugh as Alexander serves up the mouth watering breakfast
“Yeah…. yeah I guess you’re right” he replies, I can see he’s disappointed “You wanted to do it before?” I ask “I don’t know, I think so, I guess I’m just being silly but I always had in my mind that I’d have a pregnant wife but pregnant fiance still sounds good, I guess I’m just being old fashioned, I know it doesn’t matter” he shrugs
We eat our breakfast together but the awkward silence couldn’t be ignored any longer “Ugh, Sienna, I’m just being a jerk, of course it doesn’t matter and I want you to plan your dream wedding in your own time, ignore what I said” he frets shaking his head
“Baby, you’re allowed to have your own feelings about things, I understand what you were saying, I get it, I do, how about I make you a promise that if we have another child I’ll 100% be your wife then?” I say taking his hands in mine, he laughs at my proposal “Sounds good baby”
One week Later
It was the night before our engagement party, my parents had just flown in early this morning and were staying with us for a few days, we had invited Brandon over for dinner and had planned to tell all three afterwards
“Well if it isn’t the world’s hottest step mom to be” Brandon smirks as I open the door, little did he know he got the Mom part right “Haha, and if it isn’t the cutest step son to be ever” I reply hugging Brandon as he walks in “You look amazing Sienna, you’re shining like a little star” he whispers into my ear “You too B, you too” my heart aches a little bit for him, I know our announcement is going to hurt him a bit, Alexander was always going to be my forever and our news was confirmation of that
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