Beautiful With You (Norman Reedus)

Chapter 40

Author's Note: Another short chapter but I know someone who was waiting for this moment to happen! So here it is! Let me know what you think! Thank you so much for reading and enjoying this story! Here you go Theycallmerae, the reveal you have been waiting for.

Everyone was here and I was shocked at how many there were. Cars lined either side of the road, some of them having to park somewhat in the grass so other cars could pass by. A lot of them were Norman's coworkers and friends, even his mom made the trip up here, which shocked me. I haven't met her yet and here I was going to be meeting her for the first time at our reveal party. To say I was nervous was an understatement. I was completely scared about what she would think of me. I wanted her to like me since I was with her son, but what if she thinks I am a whore? Even worse than that would be if she thought I was a gold digger and only with her son because of his money. Which is not like me at all, but I had to swallow all of that down. I smiled, a real smile, and tried my best to cover all of the emotions I was feeling. I always overreacted and it never ended well for me, so that is why I was trying my best to be normal. To get my emotions in check.

"Normy!" His mother greeted him with a hug and a kiss on the cheek, which explained why Norman was a hugger. "And you must be the gorgeous woman he can't shut up about," She said, wrapping her arms around me as a flowery scent hit my nose. I wrapped my arms around her and smiled softly, "I don't know what he has been telling you but it must be a lie." I jested and felt Norman nudge me with his elbow a small chuckle falling from his lips, "Don't sell yourself short, sweetheart. You are gorgeous." His mother's smile widened and I couldn't help but flush and feel my own smile almost split my face in two. It was amazing how easily I interacted with his mother. It was like she put me at ease and she was amazing to be around.

I mingled with the rest of the people and I had never had so many hands on my belly. At first it was a little annoying but I knew they were doing it out of love and excitement. I looked to Norman who was talking to Andy and his wife and I felt excitement course through me. I haven't seen Andy in a while although we did talk here and there. I made my way over to them and flung my arms around his neck and then hugged Gael. She and I had constantly been texting and talking to each other and she had tried to be my voice of reason, which I was grateful for. She was my best friend and I am glad to have met her.

"You look absolutely glowing," She spoke, her accent thicker than Andy's when he wasn't in character and I couldn't help but flush. Everyone was so kind to me, even though I was feeling like a beached whale right now and my ankles were hurting and I am sure they were swelling; which I was glad that I had a pair of shoes on that weren't tight and only covered some of my feet.

"Thank you. I can't wait for this little one to be here," I huffed, but with a tone of lightness in my voice. "Tell me about it. When I was pregnant with these two," she spoke, pulling two children to her that had a likeness to her and Andy mixed and they were adorable, "I wanted them out. I felt as big as a house." I couldn't help but laugh at that, because that is exactly how I feel right now. Sometimes I felt like putting one of those wide load signs on my back.

I heard a clink on a glass and turned to Norman who stood by a box, a devilish smirk on his face as he cleared his throat. "I want to thank all of you for coming out today. I am very grateful for all of you and I am glad to be here. Rae and I had our ups and downs, a lot of downs because I was scared of becoming a father again, especially with how much I am away. I pushed her away and I am very lucky that she had taken me back and I am determined to do this right. I love her with everything I have in me and Mingus and I see her as family." As he spoke my eyes began to water and I felt Mingus come up and wrap an arm around me, a smile plastered on his face as he stood there with a drink. "So now for the moment you all are waiting for," He spoke cutting open the tape, holding the flaps down. "We are having..." he trailed off as he let the flaps go, them flying open as pink balloons came bursting through and up into the air, a sign popping out saying 'It's a girl' and I couldn't help but let the tears flow, everyone cheering and clapping their hands. We were having a girl, my hand flew to my stomach and I began to rub it gently back and forth as the baby kicked wildly, the noise of the people around her probably waking her up. I moved over to Norman who pulled me into a kiss and I could hear the whirrs of camera's going off around us.

"She is not dating until she is thirty," Norman spoke, everyone chuckling as he cut the cake, which was pink and began to serve it. Soft music played in the background as I took a seat under the canopy that he had put up. It felt nice since there were fans in each corner of the canopy, trying to stave off the heat. I looked as everyone ate their cake and talked amongst themselves, my heart so full of love and joy, a smile on my lips as I felt a pair of lips by my ear, "So now we can think of names." I shivered as I felt myself becoming turned on but I closed my eyes and tried to keep it together, I didn't need to let myself get all hot and bothered, plus we had guests and I didn't want to be cranky.

"Well I was thinking," I spoke, taking a sip of the milk that I had. "Charlotte, Charlie for short. I really love that name." My eyes moved to him and I could see a smile on his face as he said, "Charlotte Rose Reedus." My grin grew on my face and I put my hands on his cheeks, pulling him in for a kiss, a flash going off and we pulled away to see Mingus with his dad's camera. A cheesy smirk was plastered on his face and I could tell that he was excited, the glint in his eye giving it away. Oh how wrong I was to think that he wouldn't be happy with this and to think that Norman and I were almost over. It was a stupid mistake that I had made, but it had made me see that Norman truly loved me and would do anything for me. He had came around to having a baby with me, even though it has been a while and he was older. But I knew that we both could do this and whatever happens, he was going to be by my side and I loved the fact that he was.

After everyone had cake Norman went over to the small, portable firepit he had got me and began a fire, everyone bringing chairs over, some of the guests having had to go. But mostly his mom, my mom, and his coworkers stayed and I was happy with that. The group was smaller and I felt more comfortable and it felt amazing to be sitting down, even though the fire was letting off some heat and the night was already sticky but I wasn't going to complain about that. I leaned into Norman who had his arm wrapped around me, Mingus sitting on my other side, his head on my arm as we listened to the chatter around us, everyone laughing and talking. Today was amazing and tonight was too. Especially when Danai brought out a bag of marshmallows and Steven pulled out some roasting sticks. Norman smirked and grabbed a Hershey bar, everyone laughing as he thought he was being sneaky. I shook my head and grabbed a marshmallow, putting the sticky confection onto the end of the metal stick and began to toast it over the flames; turning it every now and then so it didn't burn. Once it was golden, I sandwiched it between two graham crackers with a half a bar of Hershey's, which caused Norman to laugh and I gave him a look, "The baby is craving sweets. She is probably going to be just like you." I chuckled and began to eat the S'more. The marshmallow nice and gooey and the chocolate partially melted just the way I liked it. I watched as Andy helped his kids roast their marshmallows and couldn't help but think about how good of a father he is. I smiled softly and turned to Norman, "I love you." I kissed him softly and laughed when Mingus made a gagging noise.

My little family is amazing and I am so glad to have them in my life. I felt like fate brought Norman to me and held us together. He and I were meant to be and Mingus was an amazing stepson. Who knew someone like me could get someone like Norman. I didn't but look where I was now. I am so excited for this new chapter in our life and I couldn't wait to meet the newest addition to the family. My family. Our family.