Bruno Mars | Natalie, the untold story (Complete)

Happiness

Chapter 15

Happiness

 We were both speechless as we saw our child for the very first time. I peeked at Bruno and saw his eyes get teary. He didn’t take his eyes off the screen for one second. “Oh my… It has little hands and feet..”, he whispered. “So let’s see if we can find the heart”, the doctor said moving the sonographer around my belly. Our faces were locked on the screen. “Hmmm.” The doctor mumbled and looked worried. “What is it? Is something wrong?”, I asked the doctor. He didn’t answer me. I looked at Bruno and he pinched my hand. He didn’t know what to say and our eyes went to the doctor. “Aaah there it is”, he said with a smile. “Look, you see that little black spot right there?”, he said pointing at the screen. We both looked at the screen. “Yes”, I answered. “That’s the heart, you see, it’s beating”, he said. Bruno pinched my hand again and I got tears in my eyes. “You’re little one seems to be just fine”, the doctor said. “Nat! Look! It moves around!”, Bruno squealed in excitement. “Wow! Our child.. I just can’t believe it!” I gasped and looked at our baby moving around in my belly. I smiled and looked at Bruno. He had tears in his eyes too. “I think he or she was sleeping. But it seems to be awake now”, the doctor said to us. “Bru, look at that cute nose. And those toes, little fingers”, I whispered. “I think he looks just like me”, Bruno said with chuckle. “How do you know it’s a he”, I said with a smile. “Can you tell us now what the gender is?”, I asked the doctor. “No, I’m afraid it’s too early”, he answered. He gave me some paper towels to clean my belly. He told us I he thought I was around 12 weeks now and I could maybe start feeling the baby from around 16 weeks. “Here you go”, he said handing Bruno two pictures of our baby. He took them and stared at them. “Thank you”, he said without even taking his eyes off the pictures. I said up and sorted my clothes. “If you have any questions just call my assistant”, the doctor said and we walked back to his office. “Are there any things we should be careful of?”, Bruno asked still holding on tight to the pictures. “Just the standard things, no red meat, no alcohol, no cigarettes…” We nodded. “The only thing that should concern you is when you’re losing a lot of blood. It’s normal to lose some, but if you are losing a lot or having a real bad stomach ache you should call us right away”, he told us. “Those are some signs that there could me something wrong with the fetus.” He saw our worried faces, gave a smile and said; “Please, don’t worry. As I could see now you and the baby are totally healthy Miss Willington. Just let your husband take good care of you and make sure you get enough rest and eat healthy.” He shook our hands and we left his office. 

As we made our way to the car Bruno still held on to the pictures. “Can I see them for a sec?”, I asked him. “Hmm, what? Yeah sure honey”, he said a little distracted. He handed me the pictures and as we sat in the car I looked at them. Bruno just held on to the steering wheel. “I can’t believe it already looks like a little baby. This was not what I was expecting”, he said gazing out of the window. “I know… It’s… it’s just… magical”, I said staring at my baby. “Do you want to call Phil and show him the pictures?”, I asked while putting my hand on his arm. “You want to do that? You sure?”, he asked looking very surprised. “Of course! He’s like a brother to you!”, I said with a smile. “Alright. But first we need to get those pictures framed”, he said and started the engine. We drove off to the mall. In the meanwhile I called Phil, if it was okay for us to come over.

We walked into the mall and found this cute little shop. “Let’s go look in here”, I said to Bruno and dragged him in. We looked around and my eye spotted a double frame. It was all white.  The left one had spelled ‘Baby” on it. The right one had a little heart on it. “I love this one baby!”, I said to him and gave him a smirk. “If that’s what you want, we’ll take it”, he said and put his arm around me and kissed my head. We paid for it and left to go see Phil. “How do you think he is going to react?”, I asked him. “I don’t know…”, Bruno answered.

We stayed silent for the rest of the ride. When we pulled up the parking lot Bruno heaved a sigh. “Nervous?”, I asked. “It’s gonna be fine.” I smiled at him and then we got out of the car.

In the elevator we discussed how we would tell him. I was hoping for Bruno Phil’s reaction would be good. The thought of him not approving this, while Bruno was so happy with our child made me sad.

“Yo bro!”, Phil shouted at Bruno as he opened the door. The hugged and Bruno went inside. “Hi sweetie!”, Phil said and kissed my cheek. “You’re shining! You  must be feeling good!”, he said and winked. I smiled and walked to his living room.

When Phil passed us our coffee he said down. “Is there something going on. Are you guys alright?”, Phil asked suspicious. Bruno and I looked at each other and smiled. “Are you guys engaged?”, Phil said with a big smirk. “No, man. You crazy? We too young to get married”, Bruno said laughing. “Look, we got you something I said and handed him the frame. It was closed so he didn’t see right away. He opened it and his jaw dropped. He looked at me, then at Bruno and then back at the frame again. “Wait.. What.. Are you..?”, he said confused and made a gesture with his hand what seemed to be a big belly. I started laughing and nodded my head. He jumped up and rushed over to me to give me a hug. “Easy on her!”, Bruno said getting up. Phil let me go and hugged Bruno. “This is so great! You are going to be a daddy!”, he yelled and padded him on his shoulder.

We stayed and talked for a while. I was so glad Phil’s reaction was the one we were hoping for. I knew Bruno needed his approval. He needed him to be okay with this.

We celebrated the good news with a dinner and asked Phil, Sarah and Alex to join us. Sarah went nuts when she saw the pictured of the ultrasound. She was happy for us and I was happy she didn’t bring up anything about Bruno’s dark side.

The week went by and Bruno had a small gig at a bar that Saturday. I didn’t went there because I was tired and had to work that weekend. “Hi baby”, he said as I entered the house. “How was work?”, he asked with a smirk. “It was fine. What are you hiding behind your back?”, I asked suspicious and walked up to him. He put his arms in front of him and chuckled. He held a big bouquet of red roses in front of him. “Wow Bruno! That’s so sweet!”, I squealed. “Because I love you and you are going to be the mother of my baby”, he said and handed me the flowers. “Aaaw! You are so sweet! Thank you honey! They are beautiful!!”, I said and smelled the roses. He led me up to the dining table. I put the roses in a vase and we sat down.

The lights were dimmed and the table was filled with tea lights and candles. His eyes sparkled in the candle light. His dimples showed a little with him having a half smile. “So, how was your show last night?”, I asked taking a sip of my drink. “Well, I have something to tell you”, he said with a smirk. He just looked at me, not saying a thing. “Well, what is it?”, I asked curious. “The bar, Pickwick’s Pub, offered me a job!”, he yelled. “Oh my God, that’s great baby!!”, I yelled and grabbed his hand. “I know! They want me to perform there every weekend. I can even play my own songs if I want to.” His eyes lit up and he looked so happy. “I am going to take care of you and our baby. Everything is going to be alright. I hope you won’t mind me being away, mostly weekends and nights”, he said and took a bite of his steak. “No I don’t mind at all. I am happy you found a steady job and I think you should take this opportunity to develop yourself as an artist. I mean it’s just a pub, but you never know who might see you perform there”, I said to him.

We laid in bed and Bruno lifted up my baby doll. He kissed my belly. “Hey there little one. It’s your daddy speaking”, he said putting his hand on my belly. “You know, I already love you. When I saw you I knew I loved you right away. Daddy was so surprised to see you already so complete. Those sweet little hands and fingers. You’re little feet and toes. And that cute little nose”, he said rubbing his hand around my belly. “Did you know I love your mommy so much. I promise you, she is the most beautiful mom and woman you will ever meet! And also the sweetest.” A tear left my eye when he said that. He laid his head on my belly, his ear touching my skin. “We are going to make sure you will have the best life. No one will ever love you as much as we do. You got to remember that! Goodnight little one. Daddy loves you!” 

Author's note: I am sorry this is such a short chapter. I felt the last part was the best way to end this chapter.