Together

Chapter 24

Chloe's POV

A few hours after being ambushed I woke up to find it was almost half past seven in the evening, they ate an entire meal without me, well that's just rude

I got up and went downstairs to find Ryan watching some spy movie with Toby

"I don't suppose anyone thought to wake me up for dinner?" I ask faking mad

Ryan pauses the movie and turns around nervously

"I'm sorry honey, I was gonna wake you up but you looked so peaceful and I didn't have the heart to wake you, I'm sorry baby" he says so nervously, it's hilarious how worried he was that I was gonna be super mad at him

Just seeing the worry on his face meant I couldn't keep a straight face, I burst out into laughter and the boys just looked at me in complete confusion

"I'm kidding" I tell them and he breathes a sigh of relief but as I think about it I realise I'm actually hungry "although while I think about it this baby is hungry, which means I'm hungry, which means someone should probably get me food in the near future because otherwise I might just riot" I tell them and Ryan can clearly tell I'm that there I'm not kidding

"I made enough for all of us earlier, l go reheat yours for you now" he tells me and I nod with no expression, trying to scare him just that little bit more

One upside of this pregnancy is I get what I want when I want it, especially at the moment

Ryan's POV

I got up and turned to head into the kitchen so I could reheat Chloe's dinner for her but stopped in my tracks as I heard an 'ow' come from Chloe behind me

The second I heard it my heart stopped and I turned round at lightning speed, terrified of what might be going on

"Chloe? What's going on baby?" I ask hurriedly and nervously as I hurry over to her and kneel down beside her

"Your baby's trying to kick a hole in me, that's what's going on! Make it stoppp!" She whined, she's even adorable when she whines

"Can I?" I ask and her face almost immediately softens, she nods gently and takes my hand, she places it on her bump where the baby's kicking

The second I feel that little kick my heart skips a beat, it's crazy, this is all crazy, I never thought I'd find love like this and I definitely never thought I'd get the chance to become a father again

But then the most shocking thing of all so far happened

Toby shuffled over to use nervously, I couldn't believe my ears when the words came out of his mouth, it was so quiet I was convinced I'd misheard him but no, I didn't

"C...can I...I feel?" He stammered in a voice barely above a whisper

The shock on Chloe's face made it really hard not to laugh, she was completely gobsmacked and absolutely speechless because of this one simple request

She took a moment to regain herself and then nodded with a warm smile, this was just casually melting my heart

He was so nervous, he had no idea what he was supposed to, I took my hand away begrudgingly, knowing for him to put his hand on there and feel the kicking mine couldn't be there, she didn't have a big enough belly nor the baby a big enough foot for that

Chloe took Toby's hand in her own and placed it gently against her bump where the baby was still kicking, this kid is gonna be one of the ones who never sleeps isn't it? Is that payback for Toby being a good sleeper?

"Woah" Toby exclaimed involuntarily when he felt the first kick

"That's your little brother or sister" I decided to state the obvious to join the moment, I put my hand on Chloe's which was still on Toby's on her bump

The kicking finally stopped and we took our hands away and just sat in silence for a few moments

"I'm sorry" Toby whispers, he's got tears in his eyes, I think I must be dreaming

"It's okay" she replies to him gently, she opens her arms out to him and he immediately pulls himself into a hug with her

I couldn't believe my eyes, they were just sat there hugging, he wouldn't let her go, her eyes were lit up and the look of happiness on her face made me so happy

We were so happy, the happiest we'd ever been as a family

Of course that couldn't last

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Sorry guys I got so confused about what I was posting last night that I just forgot to post a chapter for this in general xoxo