Spilt Coffee: A Benedict Cumberbatch Love Story

Fifteen

        Me and Ben had spent the rest of the week together he even decided to extend his stay another week. After he had left I had just one week before going back to London. I was glad that we had cleared things up and we were happy again. The days went by until it was finally time to go home, Beth would be picking me up from the airport because Ben had to work that week .

        I arrived early in the morning, "OH MY GOD!!" Beth exclaimed wrapping her arms around me and squeezing tightly. "It's nice to see you too, but I really can't breathe right now," I said gasping for air until she finally released. "God look at you, you're basically glowing I take it you and Benedict worked everything out then," she said twitching her eyebrow, trying to hint at something. "Ha ha, yes we did work everything out and were in a great place." I said confidently.

        I had arrived at the house and hour later, as I was settling into the apartment I started to feel a little light headed and queasy. I quickly ran to the bathroom, and I felt like I threw my guts in that moment it was awful. I've done so much traveling lately I felt as if I was coming down with something, "oh no big deal," I thought to myself. I cleaned myself up and took a long hot shower. I decided to call it night and just relax and continue unpacking in the morning.

        I was just about to doze off when that sickness came back again and I quickly sprinted to the bathroom. What the hell? I began to think to myself, I decided I should head to the doctor in the morning to make sure I wasn't coming down with some disease.

*Next Morning*

        "Ok, Ms. Sutton I have your test results back and it looks like there's no virus in your system." My doctor said. He was an older man maybe in his late 50's, his name was Dr. Walters.

        "Oh thank god, maybe it's because all the traveling you know," I sighed with relief.

        "Uh Ms. Sutton it's not the traveling, unless it happened to impregnate you," he joked.

        I laughed, "I don't think.... Wait wait wait wait wait WAIT.... What did you just say?" I became serious.

        "Well, your about five weeks pregnant congratulations Ms. Sutton," he said calmly. I was going to have a baby, me and Ben were going to have a baby.... Ben.

        I quickly ran to Ben's apartment after the appointment, he had the day off and I was going to see him later that night anyways. I knocked on the door quite nervously, waiting for him to open. "Well hello there darling anxious are we," he said with the brightest smile as he opened the door. As I stepped in he grabbed my waist and kissed my lips ever so gently. I pushed him away slightly, "Ben we need to talk."

        "Well alright, I was just about to order some take out do you want-" I just couldn't hold it in any longer."BEN!" I screamed anxiously, "I'm pregnant."

        There was an extremely long silence. Then Benedict eyes got wider and a huge grin appeared on his face. "You're not pregnant. Haha nice try." I just looked at him and didn't move. Then Benedict knew I wasn't joking. "You are actually pregnant? We are actually going to have a baby? This is really happening?"

        "Oh, no Benedict you aren't happy are you. I know we are just now getting our relationship back in track, I mean we've been back together for a month, but please don-" he grabbed me and gave me a warming embrace. "This is the best news of my life. I feel like I'm the happiest man alive. Thank you." I couldn't believe it. Me and Benedict were going to have a baby, we were going to be parents.

        That night, me and Ben started talking about the baby's future, we talked about what it would look like whether it would be a girl or a boy, whose eyes it would have. Then I asked a serious question, "Honey, do you really think we are ready for this?"

        He grabbed my hand and said "Follow me." I followed him into the grand library, and he got out a book and handed it to me. "Open it." I opened it, and a ring popped out. "Oh god Ben." He smiled and picked it up "I was going to bring you in here earlier today, and ask you. Norah I love you, and I know you know that because I've confessed it to you about a million times. But I never think it's enough.

        I've had that ring since the day you told me you were going to India. I was actually going to ask you that day but, you know, unfortunate events took place," we laughed, "Norah you are the most fascinating person I have ever met in my whole life. I love the way your hair looks when you wake up, I love the dimples when you smile, I love how you like to think of others before yourself, I just love everything about you. And I wanted, I still want to be apart of that. So would you do me the honor and marry me?" He got down on his knees and I felt a rush of tears flowing down my face. He was right we were meant to be together.

        "Oh Ben, of course I will." I jumped into an embrace and I felt him pick me up slightly and twirl me around slowly. This was the beginning of an amazing life for me and him.