Chapter 43
Two Men and A Baby
They pulled apart and looked at each other, both crying happily. Harry cupped Louis' face in both his hands and wiped away his tears with his thumbs
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'We are going to have a baby Lou,' he whispered in awe, smiling and crying at the same time while pecking Louis' lips repeatedly.
'We are,' Louis whispered back equally awed and teary. He sniffed back the tears and placed a kiss on Harry's lips. 'Congratulations daddy.' Harry giggled and sniffed too.
'Congratulations dad,' he whispered back. They were hardly aware of the fact that they were not alone in the room but their happiness cocooned them in their own happy bubble and they didn't care who saw them getting all emotional with each other. They were pregnant and that was cause for celebration and an overload of emotions. A small movement in the room broke their bubble and brought them back into the hospital room. They held hands, their fingers lacing through each other's and turned to look at the doctor who was smiling back at them but their gaze settled on Frankie who was sitting on the examination table beaming up at them, her face alight with happiness and Harry couldn't quite overcome the fact of how much she looked like Louis; her high cheekbones, straight nose, blue eyes and light brown hair. She could easily pass for his twin and this made Harry happy because the baby might take some traits from Frankie since Frankie had donated her egg.
'Congratulations daddies,' she told them happily, her hand resting on her flat stomach. Louis looked at Dr. Michaels.
'How far along are we doctor?' he asked her, wiping his eyes.
'About four weeks along,' she told them. Harry looked at Frankie, a question in his eyes which she understood right away and nodded. He tentatively reached out his hand and placed it on her stomach.
'Hi,' he whispered fondly, 'hi baby it’s your daddy.' Harry looked at Louis, fresh new tears welling up in his eyes. 'I can't believe it Lou. I can't believe it!' Louis reached out and placed his hand over Harry's both resting on Frankie's stomach.
'Believe it honey. Our baby is in there, alive and growing,' he whispered back, his own eyes shining with more tears. He didn't know why they were whispering or what everyone in the room thought of their emotional melt down but he couldn't give two shits. This was all about him and Harry and their baby. Nothing else mattered. They remained like that a beat longer then the doctor cleared her throat, claiming their attention once again.
'Let's do a sonogram shall we? See that everything is okay. Mind you, you're not going to see anything much. Right now your baby is the size of a pea,' she told them smiling. Then she turned to Frankie. 'Lie down Frankie and pull your top up.' Frankie did as she was told and smiled at Louis and Harry, giving them a wink that said “here we go”. The doctor squeezed out some gel on her tummy, lit up a monitor and placed the wand on her stomach moving it around and looking at the screen, searching. Louis and Harry held their breaths, squeezing each other's hand tightly, not caring that bones were crunching. The silence in the room was deafening. Harry was sure that everyone could hear his and Louis' hearts thumping wildly in their chests while waiting for confirmation that their baby was really in there.
'There we are,' the doctor said finally, stopping the wand just beneath Frankie's bellybutton. Louis and Harry leaned forward to get a closer look. The doctor pointed with her finger at a small round spot. 'See that? That's your baby,' she told them. Harry felt his heart about ready to explode. Their baby! Louis swallowed thickly as his eyes resting on that tiny spot.
'Hello Peahead,' Louis said, his voice laced with so much fond that Harry had never heard before and which reached his heart and tugged on it. Harry smiled.
'Peahead? You already gave our baby a nickname?' Louis grinned at him.
'Yeah my little Peahead,' he said, his eyes never leaving the monitor. 'Can we get pictures doctor please?' Louis asked. 'My husband and I would like to document this pregnancy every step of the way.' The doctor smiled.
