For the Better - A Pedri Story

15. The News

Y/n's POV:

"Do you think the lovebirds will finally get together after today?" Pedri asks me as he drags our suitcase into the bedroom where I am currently trying to focus and think of a way to tell him about our pregnancy, "Y/n, are you okay? You seem really out of it"

"Lo siento, Pepi. I'm just tired and I have a lot on my mind." I tell him as quick and as nonchalant as I can to try and not get him to ask more questions. Although it has only been a day since I found out myself, it is still extremely hard for me to keep anything from him, especially now that our relationship has gotten a lot stronger than ever.

I watch him as he gave me a short but reluctant nod, acknowledging my answer but knowing him, I know that he already knows that I am somewhat not telling him the truth. Feeling guilty - which I know I should not because I am about to carry his baby for the next 9 months! - I slowly make my way closer to him, catching him off guard as I place him in a tight hug.

"Whoa, I know you love me, but I did not know you loved me that much!" I chuckle as he teases me.

"Oh shut up! You know you love me more!" I fire back at him. I yelp in surprise as he made a quick gesture and tossed me up onto his shoulder, "AH! Pepi, be careful! The baby!"

It's as if time stopped right there, just like the first time I met him. The only difference right now is that my time stopped because of my stupid mouth. The fact that Pedri also seems to be frozen in place did not help with my nerves, I mean I get it. I just dropped a huge bomb to him, effectively changing his life, his career, forever. But somehow, I expected him to not be frozen. Maybe to jump in joy? No, too much?

"Pepi..." I call out his name in a whisper, making sure that he is breathing still. After a few more agonizing seconds, he seems to have exited out of whatever trance he was in, slowly placing me back down but still holding me close as he keeps his arms tightly on my waist.

"Did you just say baby?" He starts to ask, his big, brown eyes searching for answers from mine, " Our baby?"

I take one more breath, collecting myself and my thoughts. I would have liked to give him the news in a more special way, but I guess seeing that I am so incapable of forming words, or even thinking about ways to tell him, this is probably for the best.

"Si, Pepi. I am pregnant with our child." I finally let out in one breath, the words that now making this all seem all too real. Nervousness and excitement suddenly fills my stomach as I look at Pedri, waiting for his response, for any response, but before my own mind can come up with a million different horrible scenarios, I watch Pedri's face slowly turn from being in a daze, to disbelief, to pure joy and happiness.

"We're having a baby!? It's the best day of my life!" He shouts as he comes back to life but that slowly turns into a worry-monster version of him, "but, mi amor, we need to buy clothes for her, or him? wait, can we find out if it's a boy or girl?What about diapers? I heard that's the most single needed item by new parents! Let's..."

"Pepi! Calma" I stop his blabbering mess, but with a big smile on my face as all the weight on my shoulder from keeping this from him is suddenly lifted, "Yes, we need to buy clothes, not now but soon. And Pepi, it's way too early to find out the gender, but we can always buy those gender-neutral, but mi amor, let's calm down.."

Pedri was about to protests and probably was about to drag me to the mall to buy all the baby stuff he could find - I could just tell from the gloss over his eyes that he is somewhere else and not listening to my attempts at reasoning with him - when my phone suddenly vibrates, showing a text message from Lea.