A Special Gift

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"Merry Christmas, Honey," were the first words I heard when I woke up this morning. I turned my head into Ed's direction and smiled when I met his gaze.

"Merry Christmas, Teddy," I whispered and wrapped my arms around his warm body.

Christmas was my favourite holiday of the year and I literally loved everything about it: The food, the presents, family and the mood! This year would be Ed's and my second Christmas together and I had a feeling that it would be even more perfect than last year. I had a very special gift for him and I was both, excited and nervous, about giving it to him.
Last week, I found out that I was pregnant. I was really happy about it and immediately wanted to tell Ed. But since Christmas was just around the corner, I thought it would make a nice gift.

"Do you want a cup of tea?" Ed asked, pecking my lips once.

"That would be lovely," I replied.

"Will you let go of me then?" I chuckled and let him get up.

He grabbed his glasses from the nightstand and walked out of the bedroom to make tea. After throwing one of his hoodies over my head
I also headed down into the kitchen to join my husband. I wrapped my arms around him from behind and went on my tiptoes to look over his shoulder as he poured our drinks into two mugs.

"There you go," he smiled and handed me my mug. Then he placed his hand on my back and guided me into the living room. We sat down on the sofa and I snuggled up to him. He put one arm around my shoulder and pulled me closer.

"I should just get you a bunch of my hoodies next year since you seem to like to wear them so much," he said chuckling.

"That would be like the perfect Christmas gift!"

He laughed and winked at me. "I'll keep that in mind."

After sitting there for a while and enjoying each other's warmth, Ed took our mugs and placed them on the small table in front of us.

"So, you wanna open presents now?" he asked, wiggling his blonde eyebrows.

"Yes!" I exclaimed and clapped my hands in excitement. I grabbed Ed's hand and dragged him towards the Christmas tree, which was surrounded by a few gifts in colourful wrapping papers. Once we sat down in front of the tree, Ed handed me a medium sized box.

"This is for you. I hope you like it," Ed said with a smile on his face. "Thank you, Ed. I'm sure I'll love it." I carefully started to remove the orange wrapping papper and as soon as it was off, I freaked out.

"Oh my god! No way, Teddy! I can't believe it!" I squealed and held up a pair of bumblebee tights. After watching 'Me Before You' at the cinema, I wouldn't stop talking about Louisa Clarke's amazing yellow-black stripeed tights. And now Ed got them for me!

"So, you like them?" Ed asked, blushing a bit.

"Ed, you have no idea! Where did you get them?"

"Well, that's a secret," he grinned.

"Oh, Teddy!" I threw my arms around him, almost knocking him over. "I love them! Thank you so much!"

Ed rubbed my back and kissed my cheek. "You're welcome, Baby."

"My turn now!" I exclaimed after pulling back and putting my brand new pair of bumblebee tights back into the box. I brought the gift out from under the tree and carefully handed it over to Ed. I had put the test into a small blue box with a green ribbon around it.
"Thanks, Alice," Ed said with a warm smile. I was biting my lips as I watched him remove the ribbon. I've been very excited about it since I've found out about our baby. But I couldn't deny that I was also feeling very nervous. I knew that Ed loved kids and wanted to build a family some day, but I still was afraid of his reaction. Maybe we were too young to have kids. After all he was 25 and I was 22.
On top of that, Ed was about to release his third album and he would be on tour a lot in the following months. There would be barely time for a child.

I snapped out of my thoughts, when I heard him gasped. He had removed the lid and now held the positive test in his hands. His blue eyes widened and he looked at me in disbelief.

"Are you...?" I carefully nodded my head and started to fumble with my fingers. "We're going to be parents?"

"Yeah," I said, worried because he didn't show a proper reaction. He put the test back into the box and crawled over to me.

"THAT'S AWESOME!" he suddenly yelled and wrapped me into a bear hug, taking my breath away. "This isn't a joke, right? Omg, I'm going to be a Dad and you're going to be a Mum and we're going to have a child!" I laughed and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"I know!"

"When did you find out?" he asked.

"Last Monday." He pulled back and looked at me with big eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me back then?" I put his face between my hands and stroke his cheeks.

"I thought it would be a nice gift," I explained.

"It's the best gift ever!" He lowered his head a bit and placed his soft lips on mine. It felt like the weight of the world had been taken off my shoulders. Ed's reaction couldn't have been more perfect. "This is like the best Christmas ever," I whispered between kisses.

"I hope it's gonna be a girl, so we can buy her bumblebee tights. But you know what? Boys can also wear them, so fuck it. I can't wait to tell my parents! My mum is going to be head over heels! And my dad, too! And the fans, oh my god I have to spam the internet!" Ed rambled and again embraced me with his tattooed arms.

Bumblebee tights and a happy husband: Best Christmas ever.

I know it's a bit late for a Christmas story, but here it is! I hope you all had a great start to 2017! And don't forget: New music coming fridayyyyy! ♥

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