Miss Jackson {b.u.}

{21}

Her hand held mine softly. Her head turned to the monitor and I rubbed her head. There was nothing more beautiful than this moment right now, "this baby is not camera shy."

I glanced at Jj and she glanced up at me. Her ring glistening in the light. A pure moment I has been waiting for a lifetime for. I cleared my throat, trying not to cry, "must get that from their dad." Jj uttered and chuckled.

"Actually," the lady began, "I can give you the gender of the baby...today."

Jj quickly turned her head to me and I jerked my head back, "uh, can you excuse us—just one moment."

"Sure."

The lady wiped Jj's stomach off and her and I walked outside of the room. With her small bump, she placed a hand underneath it, "what do we need a moment for?" Jj asked.

"I think we should have her just write it down and inform someone we know...for a party."

"A party?" Jj began and took her hand away from her bump, "sorry, but I don't really want a gender reveal."

"What? Why not?"

"I don't want it to get leaked out there," she began and tossed her hands up, "you know how these people are and you are far more then famous."

"Joanne," I began and raised an eyebrow, "this fear that you have...what is it, really?"

I watched as she closed her eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath, "i've seen these relationships before. An assistant and the lead singer. Shit never works, Brendon."

"This is going to work."

"Brendon."

"So a party?" I asked, raising my eyebrows in hope for a good answer.

She bit the inside of her cheek for just one moment and then dropped her hands to her side, smiling widely, "yeah."

I pulled her in for a hug and I could feel her wrapping around me, "alright," I began, pulling out of the hug, "c'mon lets go in and tell her, okay?"

She nodded her head lightly and we both walked back into the room. The lady turned around, rubbing her hands together, "have the two of you made a decision?"

Jj and I glanced at each other and she nodded her head, "yes. We'd like you to call someone we know."

The lady grabbed a pen and notepad, handing it to Jj, "okay, great! Just put their name and their phone number."

Jj grabbed the pen and notepad, writing down her sisters name and her number. She quickly handed the notepad and pen to the lady and we were assisted on walking out. I pulled my wallet out, getting ready to pay a small fee for our ultrasound pictures to be delivered to the house. Jj looked up at me, then at my hand that had my credit card resting between my thumb and pointer finger. She grabbed the card from my hand and I jerked my head back, "you're not paying, honey."

I rested my elbows on the desk, "Jj, we're in public. Just let me pay, I already had my card out."

Jj shook her head, shoving my card into her wallet and taking out her card, "Okay. So who will be paying today for everything?"

"I am." Jj and I both said. She quickly glanced up at me and I glanced down at her.

"Well," the receptionist began, "the bill is sort of hefty."

"Hefty?" Jj began and looked at it, "why are my fiancee and I getting billed for double ultrasound pictures?"

Feisty one today.