Baby Deyes: A Zalfie Fanfiction

Week Twenty: Ribbons and Revelations

"Boy!"
"Girl!"
"Boy!"
It was the day of my week twenty scan to, as I put it, "Confirm" the sex, and as Alfie put it, "Correct Zoe's warped mind and prove I'm right".
"Are you going to vlog, or not?"
Alfie flipped open the camera. We talked to Harry for a while, before I got up. 11.10. We'd stayed up late discussing paint colours for the nursery, until about four a.m. I dressed temporarily in a burgundy jumper and comfy pj bottoms with slippers. Tossing my hair into a bun, I glanced at the calendar on my phone.
2nd March, 11.30. Twenty week scan.
11.30? I looked again at the clock.
"Oh shit - Alfie!"
Zoe, are you ok?" Alfie clattered into the kitchen, where I was.
"Yes, I'm fine. But we only have ten minutes before we have to leave!"
Alfie swore too, and we both began rushing about, my hands clasped, protecting my bump.
We just made it, panting, to the waiting room before she called us. It was a new midwife, Nicci.
She ran through the check things quickly.
"We're both YouTubers, is it ok if I vlog?" Alfie asks.
"Yes, of course."
Nicci spread the cold gel over my stomach.
"What are you hoping for?"
"I think it's a boy."
"No, it's definitely a girl."
"Do you have any names?" Nicci noted down a few figures. "Baby's still a little small, but catching up."
"We decided Harry Gabriel."
"Ooh, how lovely! Look, we have a foot, and a head, and ooh, he's waving! Look at you!"
"Can you tell us what it is?"
"It's a boy, Alfie." I said.
"Actually, it appears to be a girl." Nicci moved the monitor around. "Yup, definitely a girl."

"What." I said.

"Yes!" Yelled Alfie. "I knew it! Yes!" He kissed me, over and over, all over my face.
I was shocked. I felt the room start to spin, and then everything went black for a few moments.
"Come on Mrs Deyes, come back."
I was aware of Nicci handing me a glass of water. I was still on the bed.
Alfie was pale. "Are you ok?" He asked. "You still want it, even if it is a girl?"
I looked up at him.
"Yes, yes, of course I do! It's just a bit of a shock... I mean, we were going to paint the nursery this week, get the paint this afternoon. We have the name. I was just so convinced she was a boy..." I sniffled. "I feel like such a bad mother now." I laughed through my tears.
"Not at all," Nicci said caringly. "Not at all."
"We don't have to change the name!" Alfie said encouragingly. "Harriet Gabrielle...?"
The instant the words came from his mouth he shook his head.
"Looks like we will need that section of the baby name book." I smiled weakly.
"A girl! Yes!" Alfie cheered again.
"Um... How are we going to explain this to the viewers?" I asked later. "We've told them it's a boy."
"In my video! I'll cut the bit from "Actually..." to when we're home! We can buy an outfit and do the nursery thing next week. But we won't show the outfit until the end, when we will cut the "Girl" bit back in."
After some lunch we climbed into the car and went shopping. Alfie claimed the reason I looked so pale and shocked was because of a sudden dip in blood pressure. I picked up thousands of mini outfits, wondering why I hadn't wanted a girl - I mean, the dresses were adorable. Eventually I chose a little pale pink babygro with little white flowers on the arms and legs. It had a little matching flowery hat. Everything was little - Alfie had used drastic excuses for not going shopping before, so I had never been in the baby section for more than a few minutes, except with Louise a few times.
"Alfie, isn't this gorgeous?" I held up the babygro.
"Sweet!" Alfie answered. "Let's get it."
We paid, went home, and filmed the rest of the vlog. I was starting to get more excited now, getting used to the idea of a daughter.
"Right, time to edit!"
It took hours to cut the video in - Alfie took until nearly 11. We uploaded it and instantly received a flood of messages from friends, family and fans.
"GIRL!"
"It's a girl! Congratulations!"
"Congratulations guys, I thought Zoe thought she was having a boy!?"
"So pleased for you guys. Awesome!"
"THIS BABY IS GOING TO BE GORGEOUS!"

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