Love Will Find A Way

Part One - Epilogue: Reunited

Nicole looked at Cristiano as the doctor finished checking her over, there was so much for them to talk about but here wasn’t the right place; she flinched as the last of the stitches were put into place.

The footballer had yet to say anything other than to refuse treatment until Nicole was taken care of, he needed to know that she was okay before he allowed anyone to look at him and treat him.

As soon as the doctor was finished Nicole was back in Cristiano’s arms with his head buried in her neck; Nicole sighed and held him close, she knew that he was still in shock at what had happened and she didn’t blame him.

After the gun shot the police officers had wrestled the gun from Jesse, which had resulted in one of them being shot as well.

He was currently down in surgery having the bullet removed from his shoulder while Nicole and Cristiano were being held in one of the private rooms of the hospital until they had been checked over.

Cristiano had been lucky that the bullet had only grazed his arm and not entered his body, he winced as Nicole held on to him tightly reassuring him that she was in fact there with him; he was frightened that he would wake up to find her gone.

The doctor sighed annoyed that he still had yet to treat Cristiano, who wasn’t letting go of the brunette; she smiled warily at the doctor before she pulled herself away from him.

“Cris let the doctor treat you,” she said her voice barely above a whisper, she was still in a little shock that this had all happened and apart from a quick check over by a different doctor Nicole hadn’t been away from her boyfriend since she had been rescued.

Cristiano frowned slightly but nodded once Nicole took his hand to prove that she wasn’t going to leave his side; the doctor was quick to check over the wound and make sure that he wouldn’t need more than stitches.

The footballer’s attention remained fully on Nicole, he didn’t know why she had asked for a private word with the first doctor but it worried him a little about what Jesse had done to her; she had reassured him that she hadn’t been sexual assaulted by her ex-boyfriend.

Once the wound had been stitched up, the doctor left the couple alone so that he could inform the police that they were ready to go home; Nicole wrapped herself in Cristiano’s arms and listened to his steady heartbeat knowing that they were going to be okay.

Cristiano gently smelled Nicole’s hair and sighed as he allowed the horrible thoughts that he’d had to fall away, the brunette cuddled closer to him being carefully of his injury; they’d been told when he’d first had it looked at that there was a chance that it would scar.

“I thought I’d lost you,” Cristiano whispered making the brunette smile up at him, she knew that everything was going to be okay; even if she still had to tell him yet that she was pregnant.

Cristiano brushed some hair from Nicole’s head were the stitches had been put in and smiled sadly at them; he should have never have left her alone and he would regret that for the rest of his life.

***

The next morning, the press where all over the story of the abduction; though their tales weren’t nearly as correct as Nicole would have liked.

The brunette was glad that she was finally home with her boyfriend, she had spoken to her family over the phone but had declined their visits since she wanted to relax after everything that had happened.

Cristiano was pacing in hallway speaking in Portuguese with his agent, he was doing that so that the brunette didn’t understand what was being said; the last thing he wanted to deal with right now was this.

Cristiano sighed irritated as he hung up on his agent and closed his eyes; Nicole bit her bottom lip knowing it couldn’t be good, she had a feeling that she knew what his agent had called about and she knew that it wasn’t going to be pleasant.

“They think it would be best if we were honest about what happened…” the footballer said wanting to put it behind them; he sat down on the couch as he wondered what he could do to cover this, he wanted a relaxing time with his girlfriend while he had the chance.

Nicole cuddled into Cristiano who wrapped his arms around her, she still hadn’t told him that she was pregnant and that the doctor had told her that everything was okay; she’d had to have him out of the room during that check-up.

“Do you think about our future?” Nicole asked hesitantly, making him look at her confused; she was looking down at the promise ring that lay on her finger, she took a deep breath as she tried to find the courage to tell him.

“Of course all the time,” he answered making the brunette sigh, and look at him; Cristiano eyes flickered over hers making the brunette smile slightly at him, he could see that she was nervous about something and he didn’t understand why.

“Do you even think about having children?” she asked shifting her position so that her legs were neatly under her, she watched him as Cristiano wondered what his girlfriend was getting at but nodded.

He didn’t know where she was going like this but he couldn’t deny that he hadn’t thought about it.

“Of course we’d have a little boy named after me and two little girls one named after your mãe, the other after mine,” Cristiano said smiling making the brunette smile at him softly.

The footballer didn’t understand what his girlfriend was getting at but silently waited for her to talk, knowing that she would do when she was ready.

“I know we’ve only been dating a few months… but I think that dream of yours is coming true,” she said bewildering Cristiano; it took him a few minutes to figure out what she was getting at.

Nicole knew the exact moment he figured it out as his eyes dropped to her stomach and he started to count the days back to her period, which he strangely knew since he had worked it out when she had been having chemotherapy.

Cristiano got back nearly two months before he realised that Nicole was telling the truth, she was extremely late about seven weeks late in fact.

“I’m pregnant,” Nicole said confirming what Cristiano had worked out, he gently reached for the brunette’s stomach and carefully lifted her pyjama top so that his hand could caress the skin that housed his unborn child.

“How long?” Cristiano asked making Nicole blinked trying to figure out what he was thinking making her smile, she couldn’t believe how well he was taking this; she had worried that he would break up with her on the spot.

“Six weeks so the night I got my results back about the Leukaemia,” Nicole said having worked it out herself, she watched as her boyfriend glanced up at her through his lashes and smiled before he pressed a kiss to the flat stomach since Nicole wasn’t showing yet.

“Obrigado, meu amor… meu bebê,” Cristiano said making Nicole blush slightly as he pressed another kiss to her stomach then her lips, he couldn't believe that she was pregnant with his child.

TO BE CONTINUED…