I'm Holding On (Sequel to Making My Way To You)

Chapter 19

It took a month of hearing and seeing nothing of this sketchy guy for me to finally be okay again. The thought hadn't left my mind but I pushed it back a far as it would go and ignored it. Today Cole and I were going to my doctor's appointment to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. We were both over the moon excited to find out. I know that I had my fun teasing Cole about it being another girl but we both had our suspicions that it was going to be a boy.

We were sitting in the waiting room flipping through the magazines, watching the TV, and scrolling through our phones. I accidentally got the time messed up and so we were here a half hour early. There was no point of us leaving and coming back so we waited instead. Plus, Cole was too excited to want to leave and come back because "What if someone doesn't show up and we can go in sooner?" was his thinking.

I was reading through an article in a mom magazine when someone tapped my shoulder. I looked over and saw a familiar face who got right to talking with me. "Bridgette? That is you. I've been sitting here wondering if I should come over and say hi because I wasn't a hundred percent sure that it was you. How are you? You look great!"

"Thanks! I feel it too. I'm doing good. What about you?" I asked her, noticing that the conversation had caught Cole's attention.

"I've been better but also worse so I guess I'm not too bad."

"That's good. This is my husband Cole." I leaned back in the chair so they could see each other. "Cole, this is Krista, Owen's sister."

He looked at me funny. "Owen?"

"Yeah, Owen. I dated him for a little while in college. You might not remember him. You only met him once. And he is an ex, so it's not like you'd want to remember anyway."

"Oh alright. Hi Krista, it's nice to meet you." He said and smiled.

"It's nice to meet you too, Cole." She smiled back then once he went back to looking at his phone, she looked at me and dropped her mouth open. "How did I not know you're married to Cole Swindell?" She whispered.

"Let's not go making a big deal out of that. He's really nothing special." I joked. "No, actually we grew up together. We were best friends for twenty two years before getting married. Now we've been married twelve years, got three kids plus this one on the way. What about you? What number is this for you?"

"Number two. And last too. My husband and I have been married for fourteen years. We have an eleven year old son. This little guy was unexpected but we're so grateful." She explained.

"Hey, you sound like us. This was unexpected for us too but we couldn't be happier."

"You're having a boy too? How far along are you?" She asked.

"Well, we don't know if it's a boy yet. That's what we're finding out today but we both have the feeling that's what it is. I'm twenty one weeks. You? I can assume further than that?" I laughed because clearly she was much further than me.

"Yup. Only five weeks to go. And with the size of him, he might be coming earlier. He's already eight pounds ten ounces." She cringed at saying it out loud.

"Yikes. He's going to be a big boy." I unintentionally laughed but only at the unpleasant thought of having to give birth to a baby that big. "My son was the biggest and he was only seven pounds three ounces."

"Wow, unfair. My other son was also over eight pounds. That's not right." She joked showing her jealousy.

"Sorry. Maybe you should opt for a C-section."

"Yeah, that may be the way to go." She agreed. We laughed and then I heard the nurse come out and say my name.

I stood up, feeling Cole stand up behind me. I looked back at Krista. "You live in the area?"

"East side of town."

"Really? That's like five minutes away. How have we not run into each other before now? We should get together to catch up soon."

"Yeah, that sounds great." She grabbed a piece of paper from her purse and wrote on it. "Here's my number. Text me and we'll figure out a time to meet up."

"Okay, sounds good." I said and put the paper in my own purse.

"I'll talk to you later. Good luck and congratulations, by the way."

"Same to you." I told her then walked away with Cole.

I was sitting on the table waiting for my doctor to do the ultrasound. Cole was sitting literally on the edge of his seat. He had a chair next to me and was staring at the screen, waiting just like me, but a lot more impatiently. His hands were together and he was shaking his leg.

"Honey, will you relax?" I laughed and put my hand on his leg. "The doctor will be in soon. And I have a really good feeling that our suspicion is correct."

"I have a good feeling that it's right too but I want to know for sure." He told me without even looking at me.

"Okay, I get that but cool it." With that, the doctor opened the door.

"So we're wanting to find out the sex of the baby today?" She asked and I nodded. "Well then let's get to it." She put the gel on my stomach and moved the wand around until she started getting a clear picture. "You ready?"

I grabbed Cole's hand and we looked at each other and smiled while both answering "Yes."

She moved it around a couple more seconds before stopping to show us. "Congratulations! It looks like you've got a little boy!"

Cole stood up and squeezed my hand while making a fist with his other and pulling his arm down. "Yes! I knew it!" He leaned over and gave me a quick kiss. I had to laugh.

So did my doctor. "Sounds like that's the news you were hoping for."

"Yes, that's for sure. We've already got two girls and a boy so he really wanted another boy." I smiled while Cole was still celebrating next to me.

"Well, in that case, congratulations again. Here are your ultrasound pictures." The doctor handed me three pictures then Cole and I were on our way to tell everyone, I'm sure, that we were having another baby boy.

They're having another boy!!! A lot of you expected that but what do you think? I may already have a name in mind but do you have any name suggestions just in case I change my mind? You guys had some good thoughts about the last chapter and they were quick responses so I decided to get another chapter written for you tonight! What are your thoughts about the topic of the last chapter now? I'd love to know!