Positive| Amanda Holden/ BGT ✓

chapter ten

Amanda was finally going to be released from the hospital. She had wanted out starting the second day after she had regained consciousness and had bugged her boyfriend to no end about it. Simon seemed just as anxious for Amanda to get out as well. She had been released yesterday and it had been two weeks since she had woken up.

"Mummy! Eric isn't playing fair!" Hollie yelled as she raced down the stairs. She stomped down the stairs and into the kitchen where Amanda was making lunch for her, Hollie, and Eric. Simon had to work for X Factor this weekend but would be back on Monday for Amanda's sixth month ultrasound.

Amanda and Simon had decided to find out the gender to their child but would be doing it in a fun way. They would have Amanda's doctor write the sex of the baby on a piece of paper and bring the paper to a bakery. From there, Amanda and Simon would have cupcakes made and filled with icing that was the color of the gender that the baby was going be.

"How is Eric not playing fair, dear?" Amanda asked.

"He's trying to cheat at Candy Land!" Hollie responded. "He's trying to skip my turn!"

"Tell him that he needs to stop it please, and that should resolve it," Amanda replied to her daughter. Eric could be just like his father sometimes. Simon was often a sore loser when it came to board games and would often try to skip people's turns if he was losing.

Hollie ran back upstairs and left Amanda alone in the kitchen again. Amanda brought her hand to her stomach and felt the baby kick. The baby was becoming more and more active as the weeks went on from what Amanda found. She and Simon were going to have a handful when the baby began to walk.

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Amanda heard the front door open and Simon call out, "I'm home!"

It was now Monday so Simon was home from X Factor audiitions. Amanda was in the kitchen, watching Hollie and Eric colour pictures and doing some colouring of her own. Simon walked into the kitchen, his hair damp from the rain that was falling softly on the rooftop.

"Welcome home," Amanda said. Simon gave her a kiss on the cheek and rubbed her stomach.

"How are you and the baby doing?" Simon asked. Simon was now almost always concerned about Amanda's pregnancy because of the car crash.

"I'm good and the baby's been very active. Especially when you call me at night."

"The baby seems to like my voice then," Simon commented. "What time is our appointment?"

"Forty-five minutes but we have to wait for David to come over and watch the kids," Amanda replied.

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Forty-five minutes later, Amanda was laying down on an examination table, her and Simon waiting to see their child.

"Hello, Miss Holden. How have you been fairing lately?" Amanda's midwife, Mary, asked. "Has the baby been active?"

"I've been good so far. Oh my god has the has the baby been active! I'm being kicked and having to go to the bathroom constantly!" Amanda exclaimed.

"The baby seems to like the sound of my voice apparently because he or she kicks 'Manda a lot when I'm talking to her on the phone," Simon offered.

"Sounds like you'll be having a handful of a baby in four months time then, Simon and Amanda," Mary said. "Let's see if we can find baby."

Mary spread the cold gel for the ultrasound around Amanda's stomach and focused on where her uterus was located. The baby was moving around as Mary focused the ultrasound wand on it.

"And there's your baby. The development looks normal but the baby still looks very small; you look a bit on the small side for your pregnancy, Amanda," Mary said.

"Is that any concern?" Amanda asked.

"Will we know why the baby is small before he or she is born?" Simon asked as well.

"The testing results came back inconclusive and no, it's not any concern. The baby is just a bit smaller than he or she should be at their development," Mary replied. "And we have a strong heartbeat for a healthy baby. Would you like to know the gender?"

A strong heartbeat emancipated from the ultrasound machine as if in response to what Mary had said.

"Could you write down the color associated with the baby's gender, Mary?"

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Simon picked the cupcakes up from the bakery as he was coming home for his company's office the next day. Amanda and Simon didn't know if they were expecting a boy or a girl.

The cupcakes that Amanda had ordered were vanilla and had vanilla frosting but the inside of the cupcake would have frosting that would be either pink for a baby girl or blue for a baby boy.

Simon brought them in to the house and greeted Amanda with a kiss and was attacked with hugs from both Eric and Hollie.

"Ready to find out if we're having a baby boy or girl?" Simon asked as he put the box of cupcakes on the table. Amanda opened the box of cupcakes and Simon hugged her from behind, placing his hands on her stomach.

"I'm ready," Amanda replied. "Will you record my reaction?"

"I can," Simon responded.

Hollie and Eric raced to take their seats at the dinner table so they could find out if they were going to have a baby sister or a baby brother.

"I wanna a sister!" Hollie said.

"No! Bwother!" Eric argued with Hollie.

"We'll find out in a minute," Amanda responded. "I'm ready."

Amanda lifted a cupcake out of the box and took off the wrapper.

"I'm recording," Simon said, prompting Amanda as a way to get her to take a bite out of the cupcake.

Amanda took a bite out of the cupcake after Simon had said that he was recording. She closed her eyes as she chewed the bite so she wouldn't be able to see what gender the baby would be expected to be. She opened her eyes and saw pink frosting coming from the inside of the cupcake.

"It's a girl!" She said.

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Hello guys! Here's a new chapter and Amanda and Simon now know the gender of their baby. What do you think the baby girl's name will be? I've already got it picked out and it's really pretty.

This is half filler chapter and half actual chapter because of Simon and Amanda finding out the gender of their child. Can we please get 1000 reads on this fanfic? I'm going to Myrtle Beach this weekend so I'm going to try to write a lot while I'm there. Bye until next chapter!