Chapter 58

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Maya's POV:

When the doctor came back into the room he told me I had to stay in over night for observation, so Josh has offered to go get me some stuff from home, so Riley is keeping me company whilst he is gone.
"I can't believe I'm getting a cousin from my best friend." Riley laughs.
"Well I can hardly believe that anything that has happened to me in the last few years is real, I mean I'm finally happy."
"Because you deserve it peaches, you deserve happiness more than anyone in the world."
"Thanks Riles, but I'm still scared Kelly will come along and hurt us."
"No one is gonna let that happen. I promise, now tell me when you are planning on telling everyone about the baby!" She demands changing the subject slightly.
"We are going to tell everyone at Christmas. We are going to put the ultrasound picture in a frame for everyone and then give it as a present. I won't be showing then still hopefully anyway." I explain and she nods.
"That-" She's interrupted by her phone ringing.
"Hello?... Yeah, really?...Okay, cool...I'll try and find out and let you know... Bye."
"What was that about?" I ask curiously.
"My dad telling me that Aunt Morgan has gone into labour, and he thought he'd tell us as we are already here."
"Okay cool."
"You know, this'll be your first official niece or nephew! Are you excited?" Riley exclaims.
"What do you mean, you are my niece?"
"Yeah but the first one to be born as your niece or nephew, and will call you Auntie."
"Oh yeah, wow. That's pretty cool I guess."
Just then, Josh came through the door, making my face light up.
"Hey baby daddy, you're almost an uncle again." I tell him cheerily.
"What?" He asks confused as he comes over and kisses my forehead.
"Your sister has gone into labour, she is in this hospital." I explain.
"Cool, I love babies."
"Good job we are getting our own then isn't it?" I laugh and kiss him.
"Maya, would you mind if I went up and saw Aunt Morgan?" Riley asks.
"Of course, send her our love." I ask her and she nods before exiting the room.
"How do you feel?" Josh asks me.
"Okay now. For the first time in weeks I slept for a decent amount of time without nightmares which is good, too."
"You do know I won't let Kelly hurt you or the baby, don't you?"
"I do Josh, I know that." I say and he chuckles lightly.
"But I'm in it for the Long Game." He mocks me and I realise what was so funny.
"I said that to you when you said you were too old for me." I remember.
"And look at us now. Age gap?"
"What age gap?" I smile and kiss him happily and he climbs up onto the bed next to me. I rest my head on his shoulder and hold his hand over my stomach.

"Josh, do you think we are too young to have a baby?" I ask out of the silence after a while.
"I think we are young but that doesn't mean we won't be able to take care of it, I mean look at Riley and Lucas. Amelie is the cutest little girl. We'll be okay Maya I promise, you don't have anything to be anxious about, we just need to make sure you stay healthy for the baby. But other than that, let's only focus on the positives." Josh tells me.
"Okay." I reply to him and he kisses my forehead.
"So what do you want to have, a girl or a boy?" Josh then asks.
"Um. I think I want a boy, I don't know why I just do." I tell him.
"I want a girl to be my little daddy's girl and I'd take her to get ballet lessons and would be like Cory is over Riley with protecting her." Josh says rubbing my abdomen where a bump will soon form.
"You really are going to be a fantastic dad Josh, did you know that?" I say, yawning slightly.
"No. Thank you baby. Now get some sleep, you'll have a little niece or nephew in the morning." He tells me happily.
"And so will you." I kiss him before pulling the blanket over us and snuggling closer to Josh. He kisses my forehead and I quickly fall asleep.

I wake up to feeling of vomit travelling up my throat. I quickly sit up and grab the cardboard bowl and proceed to empty my stomach's contents into it.
"Woah, hey Maya are you okay?" Josh asks, concerned as I continue to throw up, I feel his hand rubbing circles on my back which soothes me slightly.
"Thanks babe, just this morning sickness." I say to him, gratefully, as he hops off the bed.
"Here." He passes me a cup of water, that he just got for me.
"Thank you Josh."
"Trust me, it's the least I can do, I hate seeing you like this and it's my fault."
"Baby, don't say that, it took two of us to make this baby and I couldn't be happier."
"Good. Do you need anything?"
"I'd like to take a shower."
"Okay, I'll go find a nurse to tell you where to go."
"Thanks." I smile and lean back in the bed. Josh comes back in a few moments later.
"She said that you can go yourself, there will be a towel and shampoo in there. It's just down the hall, there's a sign but I'll walk you there. I'm gonna call Riles and check on Morgan whilst you're in there." He explains.
"You're amazing, do you know that?" I tell him.
"I have been told." He jokes and helps me up to walk to the shower room. It feels so good to take a shower and put my own clothes on, when I walk out of the shower room, Josh is stood waiting for me.

 It feels so good to take a shower and put my own clothes on, when I walk out of the shower room, Josh is stood waiting for me

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"Hey, did you manage to find out how Morgan is?" I ask him, taking his hand.
"Well, I couldn't get hold of her or Ryan but Riley said when she saw her last night that she was only a few centimetres dilated but if everything carried on the way it was going she'd give birth by the early hours of the morning." He explains as we reach my hospital room.
"Do you want to go up to maternity and try and find her?" I ask him, sensing that he is slightly nervous.
"Yeah, is that okay?"
"Of course it is, she's your sister!"
"Thanks. You could come?"
"Okay." I put my stuff down and take Josh's arm and we slowly make our way to maternity.
"Hi, are you able to tell me where Morgan Richards is?" Josh asks the lady at the desk.
"Are you family?" She asks, not caring really.
"I'm her brother, this is my wife." Josh tells her proudly.
"She's in room 511."
"Thank you." Josh says and we go to the room. When we get there, we knock on the door.
"Come in." A voice calls from inside and we enter the room. Morgan is sat in her bed with a tiny blue bundle in her arms, and Ryan is asleep with Thomas also asleep on his lap.
"Hey Sis, you up for a couple of visitors?" Josh asks.
"Of course, come see your new nephew." She says brightly and we make our way over to them.
"Morgan, he's stunning. Awe, just look at him." I compliment her truthfully, he is gorgeous.
"Thank you Maya, do you want to hold him?"
"Really?"
"Yeah, here, you're Auntie Maya officially now." She tells me, passing across the fragile bundle.
"So Maya, how come you were in hospital?" She asks me, Josh and I exchange glances and through that decide to tell her.
"Well sis, you're gonna be an aunt." Josh says.
"Maya, you're pregnant?" Morgan exclaims and I nod.
"And she fainted at school, she was just kept in over night as a precaution." Josh continues to explain.
"But you're okay now, right?" Morgan asks me.
"Yes I am, thank you. How do you feel?"
"No where near as bad as I did after having Thomas."
"Okay that's good, and Morgan do you mind keeping the pregnancy a secret?"
"Of course I will." She promises and I look down to the baby.
"Morgan he is so cute, what's his name?" Josh asks.
"Harrison."
"That's sweet. Ryan, Morgan, Thomas and Harrison Richards." I say and pass Josh, Harrison.
He is so good with him, I just cannot wait to see him with out baby.

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