Family First- A Marina Story

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1 Month Later

Carina's POV

I walk into the bathroom, where Maya is taking a shower. I quietly take off my clothes, and slip past the curtain. 

"Hi," I say, and I wrap my arms around her. 

"Hey babe," she says as I kiss her neck. She rests her hands on my stomach, and I kiss her softly. 

Maya hugs me, and I pull her close as she kisses my neck. As Mayas hands move down my back, I feel the baby kick, and Maya does too.

She pulls away, and rests her hands on my stomach. "That was a big one," she says. 

"Yeah, it was. They have been getting much bigger now. It is a size of a coconut now, so there are bigger kicks." I say.

"Should we really be calling it it? I know you don't want to find out the sex, but still, it feels weird."

"We can find out if you want bambina, but I just think it is useless to find out, because the biological sex is not always how they identify."

"I know, and I completely agree, but I just don't want to call it, well, it."

"I can have someone draw my blood tomorrow, and we can find out, si?"

"Okay babe. We find out tomorrow, and we can also maybe think about names?"

"That sounds okay. We can find out its chromosomes tomorrow, and then we can think about names."

I wash Maya's hair for her, and then we put on our pajamas, and fall asleep, with Maya's arm wrapped over me as she holds me close.

The next morning

Maya's POV

I wake up to Carina still sleeping, and I slowly slide out of the bed, and put on my running clothes. 

I leave a note on the door that says I am running and will be back in about 45 minutes, and then I walk out the door, and run around our block, and through the park. 

When I get back, Carina is drinking a smoothie, and is already in her scrubs. 

"Ciao bambina, I have to go to work, but I am getting off early today, and we can find out, and discuss names, si?" She says.

"Of course, I love you, have a good day!" I say, and I give her a quick kiss as she walks out the door. 

After she leaves, I watch a few episodes of crappy television, before meeting Andy for lunch. 

I walk up to a small restaurant, where Andy is already sitting down outside. 

"Hey," I say, as I sit down.

"Hey," she says.

We haven't spent much time together outside of the station in a while, so we just sit and talk for a while.

"Do you know the sex yet?" She asks.

"No, Carina got a blood test today, and we are going to find out when she gets home in a few hours." 

"Oh, okay. Just to be clear, I am the godmother right?"

"Duh, who else would it be, Jack?"

"I am sure Carina would actually strangle you if you suggested that." 

We finish eating, and paying the bill, and I drive home. 

I do a little bit of paperwork, and scroll through social media for a while, when I hear the door open. 

I walk out of the bedroom to see Carina setting her bag down on the kitchen table. 

I walk up to her and give her a hug, and kiss her cheek. 

"Hi Bambina," she says. "I have the results of the blood test. We can open it together."

"Yeah, definitely," I say, as she pulls an envelope out of her bag. 

She opens it, and unfolds the results. 

"Its a girl Maya!"" Carina says, and I hug her as we spin around the room. 

We sit on the couch, and I kiss her. I rest my hand on her stomach, and she places her on top of mine. She rests her head on my chest as she lies down in between my legs, my hands resting on her stomach.

"What about Nadia?" Carina says.

"I love it, we can add it to the list. I like Skylar,"

"That one is nice too."

We continue talking about names as I rub Carinas shoulders. We order in some food, and eat on the couch while watching dumb reality TV. 

We walk into the bedroom, and I lay behind Carina, with my arms wrapped around her.

That is the last thing I remember.