A Life With You - BTY VERSE

Baby Number 2

Imagine. You came back home in a hurry, still being careful not to slam the door behind you since your daughter might be asleep right now. You saw light coming from the kitchen, walked towards it and put the bag you were holding on the counter. "Darren, I'm late" you say, panicked. "Oh hi! That's okay. Don't worry" he smiled at you and turned around to grab your dinner out of the fridge. "No. Darren, I'm late" you repeat and rubbed your forehead. "Yeah, I heard you" he chuckled. "It's okay, I made you dinner. I put Sami in bed. She was a little sad you weren't there but she fell asleep quickly" he explained calmly. "Darren!" you almost shouted.

He raised his head surprised. He shot you a confused look. "I'm late" you said coldly. You raised your eyebrows and widen your eyes to make him understand. "Oooooh" he realized. "Uhm, well that's okay too..." he said. You started to pace around the room. "I guess..." he added. "Have you done a test or something?" your husband asked you. "Not yet. I bought one" you pointed at the bag. "Are you... scared?" Darren asked. He put his hands down the counter and looked at you pacing around silently. "This wasn't planned" you almost whispered. "Sami wasn't planned either and it's probably the best thing that happened to our family" he reminded you. "Sami was kind of planned, Darren. We knew we wanted a baby. She was early, that's all. We never discussed baby number 2" you explained in a rush. You could pratically feel your heart racing in your chest. "Well, we can talk about it now" Darren pinched his lips. You sighed and turned to him. His head was tilted a little and he was looking at you with his famous heart eyes. You couldn't help but to smile. "Okay..." you murmured.

You sat on a stool around the counter and posed your head on your hands. "Would you like having another baby?" you asked. You were almost afraid of his response. "I wouldn't mind. I mean just..." he leaned on the counter and a smile broke off on his face. "Imagine for a minute Sami with a sibling. Them playing together. Twice the cuteness, twice the love, twice happiness, twice little smiles, twice everything" he pointed. You smiled. The idea was definitely appealing. "You know a baby is not just all smiles and cuteness honey" you reminded him. "It's being waken up every 3 hours, dropping everything for months to be able to take care of them, it's poopy diapers and puke everywhere. Plus, we'd have a toddler and a baby to take care of. I don't know. That's kind of heavy, don't you think?". The whole idea was scaring you. Sami just turned two! "We had a baby when I was on Glee, when you were in a middle of a Broadway show, and we made it. Are we really gonna let our asses be kicked just because of two babies? We'll manage! We'll work as a team, like we always did. And it's gonna turn out great. Even with poopy diapers and sleepless nights" he said with a smirk. You chuckled and looked down at the counter. "Do you mean it?" you looked back at him. "Of course" he whispered, a little smile printed on his face. "Plus, I want to have a baby who has my eyes, come on" he added. You giggled. "Let's just check if there is indeed a little peanut there or not first, okay?" Darren proposed.

You nodded and took the test out. You went to the bathroom, followed the instructions and waited. Darren was standing next to you, watching back and forth the timer and the test. You put your arms around yourself and bit your lip. You were nervous. Your life could change in a matter of minutes. Another kid. Another little one to love. Darren took you in his arms and kissed your head. You relaxed and closed your eyes. When you both pulled away, he cupped your face and looked into your eyes, so intensively you thought he could see through your soul.

"No matter what the test says, we will get through this. Okay?" he whispered. You nodded and he leaned on to deliver on your lips a sweet kiss. The timer beeped while your lips were still against his and you both pulled apart. He smiled at you. You smiled back. You turned to the test to look at the results. "So? Is it positive or negative?" Darren tried to look from behind you. "Negative..." you say slowly. "Oh..." Darren answered.

"24 hours ago, I would have never thought about having another baby and now I'm kinda sad we are not expecting one" you chuckled nervously. "Yeah, I am too" he crunched his face. "Maybe... Maybe we should try to have another one. Like more... officially" you offerred. "Maybe..." Darren shrugged. A smirk grew on his face and slowly turned into a grin once he saw you smiling. "So we're gonna have another baby?" he put his hands on your waist. "Yeah. Let's put another baby Criss into this world" you smile. You hugged and smiled. Maybe this was a good idea after all.