the kissing gate | simanda ✓

45. epilogue

Amanda looked at the unnamed, sleeping baby boy on their bed. She was laying on her side, half naked after breastfeeding the two day old infant. Simon got into bed and he smiled when he saw that the baby was sleeping. It was late and it was their first night with their baby boy at home.

Amanda's parents, Judith and Leslie, had taken the three older children for the past couple of nights on the night that Amanda had gone into labour and given birth early in the morning at a birthing center. She had been released the following next day's evening and it was now their second full day with their child.

The baby boy had not yet gotten a name as Amanda and Simon couldn't figure out the perfect one for their son. The beginning of Amanda's pregnancy after they had found out that they were pregnant was rough. She had dealt with awful morning sickness and had barely eaten. The morning sickness finally went away when she was sixteen weeks pregnant and began to feel the baby kicking at twenty weeks. Amanda then was getting extremly horny, which Simon had enjoyed for as long as it lasted but they had been celibate for over three months now.

"Is he finally sleeping?" Simon whispered to his wife.

"Yes. It took me feeding and singing to him for him to go to sleep. Prepare for an interupped night of sleep, love," Amanda replied in whispered tones, turning onto her back. She picked up the sleeping baby and he stirred slightly as she put him onto her bare chest but fell back into a deep sleep when he felt that it was Amanda. He curled up against Amanda's chest, placing one small fist on Amanda's breast and laying his head in between his mother's breasts.

"We still need a name for him," Simon whispered, laying beside Amanda and turned onto his side. The scene before him was a touching one because Amanda had wanted their son as much as he had when they were trying to get pregnant and they finally had gotten pregnant after six months of trying in April and found out in early May on their wedding night. Amanda had enjoyed being pregnant with their son and she placed a hand onto the baby boy's body to support him as he laid on her chest.

"I know. We never got to decide on one because this little guy decided to make his appearance two weeks early," Amanda replied. "Would it be alright if one of his names was Christopher, Simon?"

"You want to honour Lexi and Hollie's birth father?" Simon asked in reply.

"Yes. His personality is a lot like Chris' personality was already even though you're his father. I don't know where he got it though," Amanda replied. The baby boy began to stir and make quiet, whimpering sounds. Amanda smiled and she let the baby boy reach up to her breast and latch on to her nipple.

"Christopher can be his middle name then," Simon decided. He grinned when he saw Amanda feeding their son. Amanda had liked breastfeeding Hollie and had wanted to do it with their son when he was born. The baby boy had a good latch right away when he was given to Amanda after being pushed out, the umbilical cord still attaching him to Amanda.

"I swear he likes my breasts as much as you do, Simon," Amanda joked. "What should his first name be, love?"

"Coen?" Simon suggested. "Do you like that?"

"It doesn't quite fit well together but it sounds unique all together," Amanda replied. "What about Ethan?" She supported the baby boy's bottom as he fed from her breast hungrily, although he had been just fed an hour ago.

"I don't like it that much. Should we name him Coen Christopher Cowell then since we both like it because it's unique?" Simon responded. He watched Amanda feed their child, her smiling from ear to ear.

Amanda had been in labour for seven hours with their baby and Simon had been by her side for all of it. Lexi had been by Amanda's side as well because she was almost fourteen when she was in labour and pushing out the baby. Simon and Lexi had both been tossed out of the birthing room by Amanda when she was changing into a bathing suit for her to get into the birthing pool although that proved unneeded as she had taken the bikini top off when she was pushing.

"I think that should be his name then," Amanda agreed. Coen released Amanda's nipple from his mouth and she burped him on her shoulder. She placed Coen back down on the bed in between his parents and Simon traced Coen's cheek with his finger.

"He looks more like me than he does you right now," Simon commented. Coen's eyes followed Simon's finger and he grabbed at it with his tiny fist. He took a hold of Simon's finger and put it into his mouth, sucking on it. "Our kid has a strong grip, love."

"I know. He seems to like your finger though," Amanda laughed. Coen took Simon's finger out of his mouth and cried to be picked up. Simon picked him up and he turned onto his back to put the baby boy on his chest. Coen took a hold of some of Simon's chest hair, making Simon laugh and he cuddled into his father's body.

"And my chest hair," Simon added, laughing. Coen fell asleep quickly and he released his grip of Simon's chest hair. "You think that we can cuddle tonight at all, love?"

"I'll put Coen in his cot right now so we can cuddle. He's asleep now anyways," Amanda replied. She got out of bed and took Coen off of Simon's chest and put him into the cot that was at the other end of their bedroom.

Amanda climbed back into bed and she put her head onto Simon's chest. He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her closer to him.

"I love you, Simon," Amanda quietly said as she was falling asleep.

"I love you too, Amanda," Simon replied, placing a kiss onto his wife's forehead as she fell asleep and he fell asleep, still cuddling Amanda.

[] hey guys! This is the very last chapter of The Kissing Gate. I really hope that you guys loved this fanfic. There will not be a sequel as I don't have any ideas but there could end up being some oneshots based on this fanfic. Thank you for reading this. Bye until the next book.