lover of mine // mgc

baby steps

6 weeks pregnant 

"are you sure you can handle her all by yourself?"

i asked michael as i looked between him and luna. asher and dustin are back in town and they invited me out to lunch today so michael said he'd stay back and watch luna so i'd have some alone time with my brothers. i haven't seen them since the wedding but we've been keeping in contact and they decided they wanted to move out to LA and be closer to us. i'm excited to have a piece of home near me.

"alex, we'll be fine. tell mummy we'll be fine."

michael said to luna. i looked at luna and she instantly reached her hands out for me. so much for being a daddy's girl now.

"i'll be back in a few hours little one. i promise."

i said as i placed a kiss to her cheek. i kissed michael one more time before walking out of the house, getting in my car, and heading towards the restaurant. i'm excited to see my brothers. i decided that i'm going to tell them about the baby since we went to the doctor's and the doctor said everything is okay. the only other person who knows is bee and i think i'm going to keep it that way until we pass the 10 week mark. i don't want to get anyone's hopes up.

as i got to the restaurant, i spotted my brothers at a table and headed straight for it. they both stood up and hugged me before we sat down.

"how have you guys been?"

i asked them.

"good! we finally signed on a place not too far from yours."

asher said.

"that's great! now just try not to kill each other like you did when you guys shared a room back home."

i said with a giggle. i wish i could have a relationship with the rest of my family. it hurts to know that samantha and my parents will never accept michael as my husband. if they were here, they would try and get me to divorce him and go home with them. but that's never going to happen. i'd choose michael over them again and again.

michael's pov

"c'mon luna. i know you can stand."

i said as i helped her up to her feet. luna only ever stands for alex and i never seem to be around when she's doing it. i'm determined to get her to stand for me, even if it's just her using the coffeetable to balance.

"alex?"

i heard someone call from the front door. the mystery of who is at the door was quickly solved when bee walked into the living room.

"hey, where's alex?"

bee asked me.

"she went out to lunch with her brothers. what are you doing here?"

i asked.

"she said she was craving homemade cookies last night so i made her some. there's my little moon!"

bee said with a smile as their eyes fell on luna. i helped luna up to try and stand again but instead of reaching for the coffee-table, luna took a few steps towards bee and fell down on her butt. holy shit...those were her first steps. and alex missed them. she's going to fucking kill me.

"you better call alex."

bee said as they picked luna up off the floor.

"yeah. on it."

i said as i grabbed my phone and dialed alex's number.

alex's pov

"we're just really overwhelmed with happiness. it's something we've wanted for a while."

i said with a smile as my brothers and i looked at the ultrasound picture in the middle of the table.

"i'm so happy for you alex. you're already the best mum and i know you'll be even better to this little one."

asher said as happy tears rushed to my face. before i could say anything else, i heard my phone ring.

"hello?"

i asked.

"hey babe. um, i've gotta tell you something."

michael said. i don't like the tone of his voice one bit. this can't be good.

"okay, what's wrong?"

"um...so bee came to drop off cookies for you and luna saw them and she took her first steps."

michael said. my heart sunk. i really missed her first steps. and now my happy tears are replaced by sad ones.

"did you at least get it on video?"

"no, i'm sorry. it just happened so fast."

"fuck. okay, i'll be home in a bit."

i said as i hung up the phone. i don't know if this is the extra pregnancy hormones or what but it sucks knowing that i wasn't there for one of her big firsts. it hurts a lot. after we finished eating, i raced home and walked into the living room to see michael sitting on the floor with luna.

"there's my princess!"

i said with a smile as i picked luna up and placed a kiss on her cheek.

"should we show mummy what you learned today?"

michael said as i placed luna on the floor. michael helped luna up to her feet and i sat a couple feet away from them. michael let go of luna's hands and she stumbled her way into my arms.

"oh my gosh! mummy is so proud of you!"

i said as i kissed luna's cheek. it's just these moments that make me so grateful that life has played out the way it has. who knows what life could've been like if michael didn't stay with us or if we never got back together. everything could've been so different. but no matter how much shit we've been through, we always found our way back to each other. and that's what matters the most.