Isla POV
"Remind me again why we are going through all this stuff again?" Susie groans as she opens another box
"I'm having a clear out, and the babies need a room to sleep in" I chuckle "god I had no idea I had kept so much stuff"
These boxes had been piled up in my spare room for as long as I could remember and I had forgotten all about the memories the held, memories of thins Joe and I did together, photographs, birthday and Christmas cards, you name it it was in these boxes.
"I still can't believe it you know" she smiles "my best friend impregnated by the hottest man alive"
"Yeah well right now he's the most upset man alive" I sigh "I wish there was something I could do to cheer him up"
Joe had been devestated to miss my 20 week scan, he had wanted so badly to be there to find out what we were having, I had gotten a vide of he scan so he could see them moving and hear their heartbeats, and I had gotten a picture for him to keep in his wallet but some how I just didn't feel like it was enough.
"He'll come around" she says "have you decided how your going to tell him yet?"
"No, I want the moment to be special but I just can't come up with anything" I sigh
"Maybe you could.......hey what's this?" She asks lifting leather bound book out of the box in front of her
"Oh gosh I'd forgotten about that" I say reaching for it "it's scrap book I started of all things me and Joe, I never finished it, when I moved out I packed it up and forgot about it"
"Oh I have a brilliant idea" she beams "come on we need to do a bit of shopping"
Joe POV
Throwing my bag in the trunk of my car I slide into the drivers seat and let out a sigh. All I want to do is go home and go to bed, it had been a long flight home and I was still upset about missing something so important.
It wasn't just that I didn't get to find out the genders of our babies with Isla it's that I had promised her I would be there andi had let her down. I couldn't understand how she could still be so loving towards me when I had messed up.
Like an idiot I had agreed to something for work without taking much notice of the date they mentioned and by the time I realised it was too late to get out of it. I glance at the clock, it's late and my butterfly will be fast asleep, I hated being away from her and now I'd have to wait until morning to see that beautiful smile.
Pulling up at the house I'm suprised to see that the bedroom light is on, maybe she fell asleep with it on? I enter the house quietly and head to our room trying to make as little noise as possible. I make a stop at Maddie's room and look in on her, she is fast asleep on her stomach, smiling I tip toe in and pull her cover back over her and place a soft kiss on her head.
"Sweet dreams babygirl" I whisper before leaving the room
When I walk into our room I find Isla sat up in bed waiting for me with that beautiful smile I had been so desperate to see.
"Hey superstar how was your flight?" She asks
"Long, boring and lonely" I say sitting beside her and pressing a loving kiss to her lips "I missed you butterfly, and I'm sorry for letting you down"
"You didn't let me down" she says cupping my cheek "I missed you too and I have something for you"
"Oh yeah" I smirk leaning into kiss her neck and she chuckles
"Down big dog, that's not what I meant" she smiles "here this is for you" she says handing a large square box.
I open it carefully to find a leather bound book, lifting it out of the box I start to turn the pages, at the top of the first page it says THEN, the pages are filled with photos of the two of us and momentos from things we had done.
A few pages I see the word NOW at the top of the page, the following pages are filled with the same things only recent, with pictures of the two of us, me with Maddie and the three of us.
The final page with something on it has TO BE CONTINUED at the top with a scan picture underneath, I smile as I run my fingers over the picture before looking at Isla.
"This book is incredible, I love it, is this the new scan picture?" I ask and she nods "they look so perfect already, I wish I had been there"
"I have a video for you to watch and you will be able to hear their heart beats" she says resting her head on my shoulder "for now though I want you to focus on what that page is telling you"
Looking back at the page I see a pink butterfly at one side of the photo and a blue star at the other.
"Pink butterfly, blue star..........oh my god does this mean what I think it means?" I ask and she nods
"A mini butterfly and a mini superstar" she smiles "I guess it is an ideal world after all"
"Well now we can start thinking about names" I smile "and I already have an idea for our boy"
YOU ARE READING
Forever & Always
FanfictionIt's been years since Isla has seen Joe. He was her best friend once upon a time, the one person she could count on to always be there for her. Since he left she's had no one to turn to, but when she sees him again for the first time she's not prepa...
