I'm Pregnant, it's yours..

Vingt-deux

           

Rachel began to walk down the hall with the tray of food she had brought Regan, when she rounded the corner and nearly ran tray first into Philip.

"Whoa!" Philip slowed as Rachel nearly ran into him.

"Hey, I thought Regan wanted food?" he asked confused.

"She's a little..preoccupied at the moment." She hesitated slightly, trying to think of something to say to him. Philip raised an eyebrow at her in confusion.

"Preoccupied? Didn't Malcolm just walk her to her room? Why would she be preoccupied?" he asked, genuinely confused.

Rachel kept quiet, it wasn't any of their business what Regan did or not do with Malcolm, and she wasn't about to reveal anything to Philip, so she just shrugged and headed to the kitchen to put the food on the table. She could always take the tray back to Regan in a little while.

...

A FEW WEEKS LATER..

"Well Regan, everything looks good. You're about 30 weeks now, the baby is progressing very well. Are you sure you still don't want to know the sex of the baby? I can see what it is clearly." He asked her with a grin on his face.

Regan was at her ultrasound appointment, and Dr. Mark was looking her over, making sure that her health and the baby's health were both good. Philip shockingly, accompanied her to her appointment, and was outside waiting for her to call him in, or finish up, whichever came first.

"Mm, I do want to know, you have no idea the anticipation I have been feeling, but no, I've waited this far. I can keep waiting." I said doubtfully.

I could hear the uncertainty in my voice, and Mark apparently could too, because he was giving me a doubtful look, but he just nodded and didn't say anything else.

"Do you want Philip in here with you now or should I tell him to go sit in the waiting room?" he asked me. I was tempted to send Philip on his way, but I changed my mind and decided that he would want to see Peanut.

"He can come in." I said after a few moments. Mark nodded and went to get him.

"So, what are you doing now?" Philip inquired a little later as we waited on Mark to take measurements of the baby.

"Now, I am measuring the baby's head. You see that little flutter on the screen there? That's your baby's heartbeat." He said while he pointed to the screen in front of us. I felt my heart melt. There was my precious bundle, who I couldn't wait to meet.

"Is it really? Oh wow." Philip said in awe.

"Yes, that really is, if you give me a moment, I will turn the sound on so you can hear it." Mark switched some knobs around and seconds later, the joyous thump thump thumping sound could be heard.

"That's..that's our baby?" Philip choked out.

"Yes, that is your baby." Mark said emotionlessly.

"Oh wow.. Look at what we made." Philip said once more.

My cheeks reddened of embarrassment when he said that, but the look on his face made my heart flutter. He looked as much in love with our child as I was. Was that really how he felt?

"Yes, look at our Peanut. I can't wait to meet him or her." I said as a tear slipped down my cheek.

Philip continued to stare, and each time Mark checked for something, Philip would ask questions, as if he was genuinely interested, and truly wanted to know whatever he could about the baby. This Philip 360 was a sight to see. Hopefully, everything I was witnessing about him, was sincere.