One More Time

Chapter 23

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Veronica's POV
I zip my suitcase closed and pull it off the bed. I start to pull the suit case but Archie steps in front of me. "It's hard for me to walk when you're standing right in front of me" I say glaring at him. "You're not carrying this" he says taking my suitcase from me "You are carrying precious cargo" he finishes as he takes my suitcase into the living room and I follow. "You know I'm pregnant, not inept" I say crossing my arms. He puts my suitcase on the luggage cart with the others and turns to face me "I know you're not inept. I'm just taking care of you. You know like we promised we would less than 24 hours ago" he says walking closer to me. I lay my head on his chest and he wraps his arms around my waist. "You feeling okay?" He asks kissing my head. "Yeah. Just tired. Not as sick as I was before" I say. He looks down and I look up at him with our noses almost touching "we have to go. Flight takes off in 3 hours" he says smiling. I pull away and smile "Off to Barbados!"

"Flight 648 final boarding call" the flight attendant says over the intercom. "Our flight should be next" Archie says as I lay my head on his shoulder. "You've said that for the past 3 flights" I say with a small laugh. "I know I just feel bad. You're exhausted" he says. I shake my head "don't feel bad. I'm very comfortable here." I close my eyes. "Flight 813. Now boarding" My eyes shoot open. "Oh thank god I'm so uncomfortable" I groan and stand up. "But you just said-" he starts "I lied to make you feel better. Because I love you. Now let's go" I say grabbing my jacket. He laughs and stands up grabbing my hand, leading us to the gate.

We sit down in our seats and lay back "Thank god we're in first class. These big seats will be great for me sleeping this entire flight" I say running my hands through my hair. "What am I supposed to do while you sleep" he asks lying his head back. "Stare at my beauty. Write baby names. Read my book. Sleep. There are so many things you can do" I say smiling at him. "Your book is a pregnancy book" he says raising an eyebrow. "Yes and I'm only 2 months into this pregnancy so you have a lot to learn, baby" I say. I buckle my seat belt as the pilot announces take off and not long after, I doze off.

Archie's POV
I look over next to me and Veronica is peacefully asleep. I quietly groan and then start to think of all of the things she suggested I could do. Stare at her beauty. I smile and look at her, she's right I could stare all day. Write baby names. I lean down and pull a pen and paper from Veronica's bag and write girls on one side and boys on the other.

Girls

Katherine (Katie)
Abby
Sofia
Dakota
Chloe
Emily
Amelia
Madeleine
Elise
Adeline

Boys

William
Nolan
Sebastian
Bailey (unisex)
Ethan
Lucas
Ian
Peyton (unisex)

After about 30 minutes of writing baby names I've finally filled a whole page and decide to do something else. Naming a human is terrifying me, I'm honestly kind of relieved I didn't get to help name Natalie. Veronica stirs next to me and I look at her, soon after her eyes flutter open. "How long was I asleep?" She asks yawning. "More than half an hour" I say handing her some water. "Whats that?" She asks pointing to the paper. I look down at it "just baby names" I say. She smiles "Can I see?" She asks while giving me her signature look, which always makes me cave. "Sure" I say handing her the folded paper. Her eyes scan the paper and she smiles at most of the names. "These are great. I don't like Dakota Andrews though. It doesn't flow. Doesn't matter anyway, I'm positive we're having a boy" she says handing me back the paper. I try to hide my excitement at the possibility of me having a son, and being a father like mine. "What makes you say that?" I ask curiously. "Because when I was pregnant with Natalie she was a kind and gentle baby. This spawn that I'm carrying in my womb makes me sick, tired, starving, and bloated all at the same time. That screams boy" she says putting her hand on her stomach, despite the fact that she's still not showing. I refuse to say this to Veronica, because it will most likely lead to a hormone attack, but I'm excited for her to start showing. She will be the cutest pregnant woman ever. "Or maybe a very difficult girl. I don't recall you being the easiest teenager" I say smirking. "Easy? Like an easy lay or difficult to handle?" She asks narrowing her eyes at me. I pause and smile at her "No neither. You're perfect... love you" I say quickly. She laughs and leans in to kiss me, "You're a very smart man" she says after pulling away. I smile and say "I catch on fast." She sighs "This pregnancy is going to be completely different than my one with Natalie, I almost feel bad" she says lying her head back. "Why?" I ask grabbing her hand. She shrugs "I don't know it's just... when I found out I was pregnant with Natalie I felt like my entire world was ending. Nothing could ever be put back in place, like she was the cement that made everything permanent. But when I found out I was pregnant last week I was ecstatic. Not for a second did I think that it was the end of something, it was the opposite actually. It felt like the beginning of the rest of our lives and that I was meant to be pregnant. It took me till the 7th month to be excited about being a mom. But I'm not even 7 weeks yet and I'm more excited than ever" she says quietly. "Ronnie it wasn't the fact that you were pregnant, it was your situation. You weren't happy with him, we're happy. It was never Natalie, just him. And since I'm so amazing we'll have a wonderful pregnancy experience" I say winking. She laughs and says "I love you so much." I smile and tuck hair behind her ear "I love you too."

Not much happened in this chapter but you still got some soft varchie, which is always good 😂