Thirty-Seven

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LA, USA
June 20th
Miley's POV

I was sitting in the waiting room at the OB/GYN's office with Liam waiting to be called back. My baby bump had gotten bigger. It seems like it gets bigger every time I look at it.

"Miley." A nurse says. We get up and follow him to a room.

When we got in the room, the nurse checked my vitals and weighed me. Then he left.

"That's what I hate about coming here." I say, stitting on the table.

"What's that?"

"Being weighed. I already know I'm fat."

"They have to know how much you weigh you know." Liam says.

"Why? So they can rub it in my face about how fat I'm getting?"

"Miley, would you stop with the fat talk? You're not fat." Then Dr. Cooper comes in.

"Hello Miley. Hello Liam." She greets us.

"Hi." I say, greeting her back.

"Hi." Liam says.

"So, you're about...nineteen weeks now?" Then I nod. "Okay, let's take a look at the baby." Then I lift up my shirt and she squirts the goo on my stomach. Soon later we heard the baby's heartbeat.

"How come it's so quiet?" Liam asks.

"Sometimes the baby's heartbeat can be quieter depending on how the baby is resting." She explains.

"Um." I say.

"Yes Miley?" Dr. Cooper asks.

"I felt the baby kick once at sixteen weeks but nothing else after that. Is it normal for the baby to only move like once every couple weeks?" I say worriedly.

"Well, it could be because this is your first pregnancy. You won't feel every single movement all the time. If you're really concerned and need to feel the baby move to reassure you, just put your feet up and relax while having a snack. Or have a cold drink, it'll make the baby try to move away from the cold. You could also play loud music or do something loud to get the baby's attention." Then I nod.

"Okay." I say. "That helps."

"Would you like to know the sex of your baby?" Dr. Cooper asks.

"Yeah." Liam and I both say with a smile. Then she tries to get a good look at the baby.

"Hmm. Well, seems like this baby isn't in a very good position." Then she pushes on my stomach gently, and I feel the baby move which makes me smile. "There we go. The baby moved just right."

"Well? What are we having?" Liam asks eagerly.

"Liam, shh." I say, then grab his hand.

"Looks like this one's a boy." She says, then Liam and I smile. I really wanted my first to be a boy.

"Really?" Liam asks, amazed.

"Yeah." Then he smiles again. "Okay Miley, I wanna see you in about five more weeks okay?" Then I nod.

When she left, I wiped off my stomach and put my shirt down. I got up and walked to the front desk with Liam.

"Making another appointment?" The kind lady asks.

"Yes." I reply. "Five weeks."

"How about July 24th at 3:00?" She suggests, and I nod. "Okay, see you then."

"Thank you." I say before leaving with Liam.

When we got outside there were paparazzi everywhere. They were all asking about the baby and when he was due, and how far along I was.

"I'm nineteen weeks due November 20th with a baby boy." I say, answering almost all questions in one sentence.

"Miley, will this baby replace the loss of your first?" Then I start to cry, and Liam puts his arm around my back.

"Why don't you guys just shut the hell up?" Liam says angerly. Then we got in his car and drove off.

When we got home, I sat on the couch and put my face in my hands and started to cry.

"Miley, what's wrong?" Liam asks me. "It can't be the paparazzi. You gotta learn to ignore them."

"Well excuse me for loving Michael Joshua and excuse me for feeling sad that he's gone!" I exclaim.

"Miley, you know that isn't what I meant."

"Whatever."

"Miley, please just calm down."

"How the hell am I supposed to calm down? Hmm? Yeah it's easy for you to do but that's cause he wasn't even your baby!"

"So? I still loved him like he was. More than Kyle ever could. Miley, I really loved him, okay?" Then I start to cry again, and Liam puts my head onto his chest.

"Shh, I know. It's okay, it's gonna be okay. Hey, look: we have another beautiful baby that we're gonna love to death. This baby will not ever replace Michael Joshua, no. But now we'll have another beautiful baby to care for. I know you'll never forget about him, neither will I...but we can't love this new baby any less than we did Michael. Okay?" Then I look at him and nod, then he kisses me passionately on the lips for about five seconds.

"Thank you." I say.

"For what?"

"For loving me no matter what hell I put you through." Then I sigh. "I've put you through so much hell lately." I say, shaking my head.

"I know. But it's okay. Cause I've put you through some hell too. We're even. I love you." Then he kisses me again.

"Liam." I say with a smile.

"What?" He asks.

"Feel." Then I grab his hand and put it on my stomach.

"The baby is moving." He says, shocked.

"Why couldn't you do this earlier?" I say to my stomach, then feel a kick.

"Woah, looks like he's trying to say he was sleeping." Liam jokes, and I shake my head with a smile.

"Yeah..." Then Liam kisses me again. "What was that for?"

"Like I said, I love you." Then I kiss him back.

Just only about twenty more weeks...soon we'll have our baby.

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