Living The Long Game || on hold ||

Chapter 2

Maya's POV:

I slowly open my eyes to find myself in Josh's arms, am I dreaming? Is he really back with me?
"Josh, are you really here or am I dreaming that you're back?" I whisper.
"I'm back beautiful." He mumbles, his eyes still shut.
"I'm so glad your back." I hug him and lean up and kiss his cheek.
"Morning Maya." He smiles as he wakes up properly.
"Morning Josh." I reply.
"We're having a baby boy." He remembers happily.
"Yeah, we are." I sigh in a good way.
"Does everyone know?"
"Not a soul apart from you and I, and my doctor."
"Shall we tell them when they come back?" He suggests.
"Yeah, okay." I reply, shortly before I feel the usual acidic taste rise up my throat, I dash to the bin in the corner of the room and empty the contents of my stomach.
"My, are you okay?" Josh asks concerned, and using the nickname I haven't heard in what feels like ages.
"Yeah, just the usual morning sickness." I reply once I finish vomiting.
"How bad is it?"
"It's okay it's usually only once a day."
"How had no one noticed that you're pregnant? You're showing quite a bit, how far along are you?" Josh says, interested.
"About 22 weeks, he's due 26th June. And honestly I have no idea how they don't know, I have spent the past week living with Cory and Topanga too."
"We're gonna have a summer baby."
"Yeah. How are you feeling?" I ask him, concerned that he has been through a lot in the last week.
"I'm feeling okay, a little weak and achy but nothing major."
"Okay, that's good I guess." I say, moments before Josh's doctor comes in to check up on him.
"Mr Matthews, how are you feeling?" They ask.
"Okay, a little achy and weak but I'm just glad safe, when can I go home?" Josh replies, eager to get home.
"Well, we will check your vitals and run some tests and then depending on the results, hopefully you will be discharged this afternoon."
"Great, thank you Doctor." Josh says.
"No problem, and by the way, your family is here to see you." The doctor replies and exits the room.
"Want me to go get everyone and we can tell everyone?" I suggest but before Josh can reply, Riley enters the room.
"Uncle Josh! You're awake!" She cheers.
"Hey Riles, do you think you could get everyone to come in here?" Josh replies and she smiles and nods before going to collect our family. Josh pulls me closer to him on the bed and places a hand on my bump briefly before everyone comes in.
"I love you Josh." I tell him, looking him in the eyes.
"I love you Maya." He replies before kissing me.
Soon after, the room fills with the family greeting Josh with happiness that he is awake and okay, and after a few moments we decide it was time to tell.
"So, family we need to tell you something..." Josh announces, looking at me.
"Uh-I'm pregnant." I stutter, Josh squeezes my hand.
"It's a boy and he's due June 26th!" Josh adds and the room fills with cheers of congratulations and surprise.
"Maya! You're this far along and you never told me?" Riley exclaims.
"I'm sorry Riles it's just I was just so scared something would happen again, until yesterday I was the only one that knew apart from my doctor. Do you forgive me?"
"Of course! That's my cousin in there!" Riley cries and puts her hand on my bump.
"How didn't I notice? You're showing and I didn't even notice!" Topanga says in shock.
"I guess I'm good at keeping secrets." I shrug.
"I'm so happy for you, my brother." Cory says to Josh hugging him.
"I'm getting a grandson!" Amy says happily.
"You're gonna make great parents you two." Alan assures us.
"Thank you." I reply.
"Congrats kiddo, I've always wanted a grandson." Dad says to me, hugging me. "I'm so proud of you." He whispers in my ear.
"Thank you dad, I love you." I reply.
"I love you too." He kisses my cheek.

*Later that day-they are back home*

Josh and I have just arrived back at our apartment that we haven't been to in a week, everything is exactly how I left it the night Josh was taken.
"I'm so happy to be home." Josh whispers in my ear squeezing me tightly.
"I'm so happy you're home." I mimic slightly. "What do you want to do? Are you tired, do you want to go to sleep? Or I can make you something to eat if you're hungry? Or-or..." I ramble.
"Maya, calm down sweetie." Josh cuts  me off and I stop my rambling.
"Sorry, I'm just worried about you." I explain and snuggle into his chest.
"Honestly Gorgeous, I am okay, I'm just gonna go take a shower, and you need looking after too remember, but if you want to join me in the shower then you definitely are more than welcome." He tells me, smirking, and we walk to our bedroom and we strip down and hop in the shower. I hug Josh tightly as the hot water falls into our bodies.
"I don't know what I would have done if you never came home." I tell him. "I was so scared because I can't live without you and I wouldn't be able to cope with the baby on my own. I love you so much." I tell him.
"I love you too, more than words can describe."
"But Josh, I uh did something because I wasn't coping." I say, my voice cracking as I look him in the eyes. He knows exactly what I'm talking about because he unravels my arms from around him and inspects them. "I thought you'd left me as well, my parents did, so did Zay and Smackle, even our own daughter-I thought you'd left too, I'm sorry." I add, crying a little.
"I'm never leaving you alone, I promise. I'm always going to be here for you, so we're gonna keep fighting this, okay?" He says to me.
"Okay." I reply quietly and Josh kisses me passionately. The kiss makes the baby kick, I take Josh's hand, not breaking the kiss, and place it on my rounded stomach as our baby kicks. Josh pulls away from the kiss as soon as he feels the kick.
"Was that a kick?" He asks, excitedly, I nod in reply.
"How many times has it happened?" He asks curiously.
"A few times, the day you went missing was the first time."
Josh crouches down to my stomach level.
"Hey baby, I'm your daddy, and I can't wait to meet you! Man, we're gonna have so much fun together, I promise, but I have a feeling you're gonna be a mommy's boy though, that's okay we can still have lots of fun and you're gonna have the best momma in the world, she's so good with children and not to mention how kind, sweet, selfless, strong, independent and stunning she is. I love you so much baby boy." He says, and finishes by kissing my bump.
"That was really cute." I say.
"Not as cute as you." He replies.
"Cheesy much. Did you really mean what you said about me just then?" I ask.
"Of course, you're a hell of a lot stronger than you believe Matthews. And you are so so stunning, it kills me every time I look at you, I have to pinch myself to remind myself that we are actually married." He tells me and kisses me.
After a while our skin starts to shrivel so we get out of the shower and get dry and into some sweats, I put on some leggings and one of Josh's hoodies as mine are getting to tight.

"So My, you two hungry?" Josh asks, referring to both me and the baby.
"Duh! I alway am!" I reply.
"Chinese?"
"You know me so well."
Then he goes into the kitchen to order. We just cuddle up on the sofa until the food arrives shortly later. I eat my share of the food quickly and Josh looks at me in disbelief.
"When was the last time you ate? Last year?" He jokes at my eating speed.
"Your son was hungry!" I protest earning a chuckle from Josh.
"Then he is definitely my son then." He says and finishes up his food. We put the rubbish away and go back to cuddling on the sofa, and soon fall asleep.
I later awake to the sound of Josh crying, yelling and his body shaking-he is having a nightmare.
"Hey, Josh, wake up, it's me Maya, Joshua, it's only a dream, it's only a dream, baby wake up." I repeat over and over, rocking him to get him to wake up. Eventually he stops screaming but is still crying and appears to still be asleep, I rock him back and forth in my arms holding him tightly, then I feel the baby kick and it gives me an idea, I take his hands and place them so he can feel the kicks and it works, he wakes up and slows his crying.
"I'm sorry Maya." He sobs.
"What have you got to be sorry for Josh?"
"I let her take me from you for a week and let her do things to me."
He explains.
"Baby I already told you, none of it was your fault, she made sure she total control over you."
"I love you so much." He tells me, hugging me tightly.
"I know, I love you too honey." I reply.
"Come on, let's go to bed." I suggest, kissing his cheek and getting of the couch, heading to our bedroom, my husband following behind. We crawl into our bed and hold each other tightly, so tight there were no gaps between our bodies. All I can think is: he's home.

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