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══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ XLVI .. the element of surprise ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════
"JUST TRY TALKING TO IT." bella smiled as she placed a hand on her baby bump, as she ran her other hand through johnny's hair. "it can hear you."
"what am i supposed to say to it?" johnny said as he laid on her stomach. "are you sure it can hear me?"
"yeah, just try it." bella smiled. johnny intertwined his hand with bella's. she used her free hand to run her hands through his golden locks, smiling.
"hey kiddo." johnny smiled as he ran his fingers down the small tummy. "i'm your dad. your mom's gonna take good care of you while you're in there and i'm gonna take care of her out here. your mom and i can't wait to meet you."
johnny placed a small kiss on her stomach as the baby swiftly kicked. "why is it when i talk to the baby, it never kicks, but then you talk to it and it kicks." bella said, sitting up.
"don't tell me you're jealous." johnny smirked as he continued to caress her baby bump.
"i am." bella laughed as she pecked his lips as she stood up. "so, i have my appointment at 2:00, i know you have something–"
"nah, tony'll take care of it. i'll take the afternoon off, if you need me to." johnny said as he followed bella into the kitchen while she grabbed the extra bowl of fruit salad, that she made.
"i'll be fine, thank you." bella chuckled, grabbing a fork and honey for the salad. "i haven't had a chance to talk about this with you, but i wanted to bring it up to see if we were on the same page. if they ask us about the gender, would you wanna know?"
johnny chuckled as he grabbed a piece of fruit from the bowl. "i knew you were gonna ask me about this." he said. "i don't know about you, but i kinda wanna wait until the baby's born to find out."
bella frowned as she began eating her fruit salad. another thrill of having a baby or being pregnant is finding out the baby's gender. bella was anxious to know the gender of her baby and she was sure johnny felt the same way, but she wanted to know before he or she was born.
"alright." bella said as she softly smiled. johnny saw the sadness in her eyes and intertwined his hand with hers.
"but if you wanna know beforehand, you can." johnny said. "i'm not gonna force you into–"
"no, no. it's fine." bella chuckled. "finding out at birth makes this more interesting right?"
"are you sure?" johnny sighed as he stood up and wrapped his arms around bella, placing a kiss on her temple.
