12.
Her words come as a shock at first but then I slowly realise what she just said. I look at mom and then at Robert, no one knows what to do.
"No, no, no, no, no. This can't happen, we went today because I thought that you can't give birth yet. Can this happen?!" Robert starts freaking out
"Of course it can, you idiot," Charlotte hisses at him and looks at me
I take her hand and help her get up.
"Mom you're driving," I say and mom gets the car keys. I give Charlotte a kiss on a forehead and squeeze her hand.
"It'll be fine," I try to calm her down as I see that she's really nervous. We slowly go out of the kitchen and at one point she screams to Robert to call her mom and I really hope he isn't in a shock anymore.
I help her get in mom's car and sit down beside her on the back seats. I can feel her squeezing my hand more and more, I squeeze it back and give her a reassuring smile.
"I missed you so much," she whispers and puts her head on my shoulder. I kiss her on her head and put my other hand on her bump.
"I missed you, too, babe," I say
The next half an hour is not really clear to me, I remember getting to the hospital and how the doctors took her in and got her to the room.
"Okay, I've got everything. As we talked, do you need anything else? Like something to eat or drink or anything from home?" her mom says as she comes in the room. She looks a little bit confused as she sees me standing beside Char's bed but she doesn't say anything.
"I'm fine, mom. The midwife said that everything is going fine, you should sit down and take a few breaths," Charlotte says and she really does. She sits down on Char's bed and takes a few breaths
"Dad took Robert to eat something, he looked so scared when we got here. The next time you're doing this I'm not letting go with him anywhere alone," she says and we all laugh
Minutes go by and I can feel my heart beating faster with every minute that passes. I never let go of Charlotte's hand or leave the room, I can't lose her again.
"How are we doing?" the midwife asks as she comes back in two hours or something like that
"I've been better," Charlotte murmurs and squeezes my hand even more
"It's going. I'll be back in an hour, take a rest for a bit while you still can," she says and leaves the room
"We have to talk about us, Anders," she suddenly says and looks at me with her brown eyes
"We don't have to do this now, Charlotte. It can wait," I try to ease her mind but she gives me an angry look and I give up
"I'd like to move back in because I'm going to lose it at my parents' house. I know that we have some things to figure out and I know that with a baby a lot of responsibilities come and a nursery and everything but I'd really like to..." she starts talking about everything but I cut her off
"Yes, of course you can move back in. You shouldn't even ask me that and don't worry about the nursery, I had three months to think about everything. There is a lot more than just a nursery waiting for you back at home," I assure her and she smiles. She pulls me closer and kisses me.
Her lips are soft but cold and dry. I kiss her back but pull away after a few seconds to get some air.
"Well, it's nice to see you two figuring things out," I hear from behind and turn around. It's her mom again.
"And I kindly offer myself as a nanny while you're going to be away the next season," she adds and gives us a nice smile. I can see Charlotte rolling her eyes but her mom ignores her
"Let's get this baby out of me first and then we'll talk about that," Charlotte says and we both laugh
Me, my mom and Mrs Johansson try to distract Charlotte with a small talk for the next hour but I can see in her eyes that it doesn't really help. She is even more nervous than she was when we came.
"Okay, are we ready, Charlotte?" the midwife asks as she comes back and sits down between Char's legs
I can see that Mrs Johansson wants to stay but in the end, hers and my mom leave and leave us alone.
"It's time to start pushing, Charlotte," the midwife says and I can feel Char squeezing my hand even more but it causes me no pain.
She snaps at me about everything but the midwife assures me that she doesn't mean half of what she's saying. The screams and words all get quieter as I hear a baby crying, the midwife encourages Charlotte to push harder and that she's almost done until she finally puts her head back on the pillow and rests for a few moments. I give her a kiss on her head and a reassuring smile.
"You did great, babe," I whisper as she wraps her arms around me and pulls me closer
"It's a healthy boy," the midwife says and passes him to me.
I take him in my arms and look at Charlotte, she's smiling.
"He looks just like you," she says as I sit down and pass him to her
The midwife brings the paperwork that has to be done and write the day and time, then she asks for a name. I look at Charlotte and we both realise that the last time we talked about a name was before she left.
"I'll give you a minute," she says and leaves the room.
"I thought about it but I didn't really want to decide anything without you," she says and looks down at our son, his eyes are closed and he doesn't even know that he has no name
"What did you have in mind?" I ask her, knowing that I didn't give it much of a thought
"The last names we talked about before I left. Alexander, Oliver, Liam, Jacob, every name we kind of like," she says
"Which one do you like the most?" I ask her and think about the name that would most suit him
"I would go for Alexander if we'd call him Alex," she says and I think about it. It's a really nice name and would really suit him.
"Okay, Alex it is," I say and give her a smile
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A/N
Hello,
firstly I'd like to apologise for not posting this part yesterday but the past week was intense and yesterday was crazy. I have no energy left and yeah things aren't really the best right now. But yeah let me know what you think and please vote and if you have any questions I'll be more than happy to answer them.
Thank you for reading!
Love you,
A. S. T.
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