Oneshots

Changes (Herophine) - part 12

Josephine

A few weeks later...

"Jo, baby! We will be late!"

"I'm coming!" I get out of the bedroom. "We can go to shopping after our appointment? It looks like my clothes are not fitting anymore."

"Sure. And maybe we can buy some stuff for baby." I walk to him.

"Let's hope we will be lucky and we will find the gender today. Kate is pissing me every day about what we're having."

"Mercy too."

"By the way, Kate is coming here next weekend."

"Ok, that's fine. It's your apartment."

"It's our apartment, Hero. You live here now..."

"Yeah..."

"What's up?" I sit in front of him.

"Nothing."

"Hero? You can talk with me about everything." I caress his cheek.

"I don't feel like I'm belonging here."

"What do you mean?"

"I miss London and my friends..."

"Oh..." It hurts. "You should go visit them." I don't want to be selfish.

"But I don't want to leave you alone."

"I will be fine. I'm 25, I'm an adult."

"But you are pregnant."

"And it's not the first time when you will leave me alone."

"Yeah, but it's been a long time since I left you alone. And I don't want to leave you. It's going to be harder for you."

"Look, as Kate is coming next weekend, you can buy a ticket and you can go in London to have fun with your friends. I will be fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure."

"Ok..." He kisses me. "You are the best!" He smiles.

"Let's go see the baby!"

He takes my hand and we leave my apartment. I have a large coat, so the paps can't see my belly. We get in my car and he drives to my doctor's office. We arrive in time and we enter in her office.

Dr. Jones: "Hi guys! It's good to see you again!"

Jo: "We can say the same." I smile and Hero helps me to take off my coat.

Dr. Jones: "How was the last weeks?"

Jo: "Good. We can feel the baby's movements." I smile.

Dr. Jones: "That's good."

Jo: "I feel them more when I sit down."

Dr. Jones: "That's ok. As it's your first pregnancy, it's easier to feel the kicks when you sit down and especially in this period. But in a few weeks, the baby will be bigger and you will feel every movement."

Hero: "We can find the gender today?"

Dr. Jones: "Yes. If the baby is in a good position, we can see what you are having."

We talked for a bit and then we go to do the ultrasound. I sit on the bed and Hero is in my right, keeping my hand. Doctor Jones pours some gel on my belly and she moves her wand on it.

Dr. Jones: "As you can see on the screen, now you can see the baby better. You can actually see the head, the body, legs and hands."

Hero: "And? What are we having?"

Dr. Jones: "Well, congratulations! You are having a baby boy!"

Jo: "It's a boy?" I smile and I look at Hero.

Dr. Jones: "Yep. A healthy baby boy."

*

"We are having a baby boy." He smiles at me.

"Baby boy. That's great!"

"I love you, Jo." He loves me? "I know it's not the best place for these words, but I wanted you to know what I feel for you."

"Hero... I love you too." I smile and I lean on to kiss him. We are concentrating on our kiss, until I feel a kick again. "Uh, well. We love you too, baby boy." I put my hand on my bump and Hero puts his on mine.

"It looks like he wants our attention."

"Shall we go to buy some stuff now that we know it's a boy?"

"Yes. But we have to buy some clothes for mummy too. She's getting bigger week by week."

"Well, you are still beautiful."

"Thank you."

After a few hours of shopping, we finally went back home. We bought some clothes for me and some clothes for baby.

"These clothes are so cute!" I say while I look again at the baby's clothes. "They are so little and cute. I can't believe that our baby will be so small."

"It will." He gives me a cup of tea.

"Thank you." I smile and I take a sip.

"Let me put them in your other room."

"We have to transform that room in baby's room."

"We have time to do this, baby." He takes the baby's clothes and he takes them in the other room. The baby moves again. He is more active in the last days.

"He is moving again!" I say as Hero comes back and he hurries to me. He lays down on the couch, letting his head next to my bump.

"Hi baby. Daddy is here." This kid is going to be a daddy's boy. He knows when Hero is talking with him and he moves. "It's amazing how active he is when I'm talking to him."

"I just hope he will be quiet at night."

"We will see. Are you hungry?"

"Not actually. But I think I'm craving for something."

"Ok, I'm ready to make you any craving."

"I want some kisses."

"That's it?"

"That's it." I smile and he gets up, sitting on the couch then.

"Straddle me." I do what he says and he starts to kiss me.

"I love you."

"And I love you."