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"He is absolutely gorgeous," mom says as she stares down at Alex. They are all here now that the paperwork is finished.
I can feel my eyes getting tired but I can't sleep now that everyone's here visiting. Mom, dad and Robert and Ellen and Mr Fannemel.
"I can get them out if you want to sleep," Anders whispers to me but I just shake my head.
"I'll be fine. Just let them enjoy," I say and take his hand. He gives me a kiss on my head and doesn't say anything more. Before they came we decided to start from the beginning, with no expectations as the wedding. We called off our engagement. It hurts but it's the best for everyone.
"You've called the guys?" Robert asks Anders and he nods. He called everyone on the team but nobody else knew except the team and the family.
"He looks so much like you, Anders," dad says and smiles
We talk for a bit more but then they all kind of realise that I'd like to sleep for a bit and they leave.
"You should go too, babe. You should get some sleep while you still can," I say but he doesn't move
"I'm not leaving you alone, Charlotte. You can try as hard as you can but you're not getting rid of me," he says and kisses my hand that he is holding
"Okay, but don't blame me next week when you do not even have a chance to sleep," I say and close my eyes
I'm out in a minute and the next thing that I remember is someone knocking. I open my eyes and look at the clock, I've been asleep for an hour or so. I see Anders sitting on the chair with his head on my bed sleeping. I want to move without waking him up but unsuccessfully. He looks at me and starts apologising but I tell him that it's okay when someone knocks again. A few seconds after that someone opens the door and a familiar head pops in. Kenny.
"Hello," he says carefully and comes in. Behind him, Daniel, Andreas, Johann and Halvor come in.
I blink a few times to get a clearer picture and move into a sitting position. Kenny sits down on the chair on the other side of my bed and the other guys just stand.
"I think we woke them up," Danny says and I just nod because I'm not able to do anything else
"What are you guys doing here?" Anders asks them as he realises that he's not dreaming and that they are really here
"We came to visit him and you, of course. So, can we see him?" Kenny asks and looks at me
"Yeah, sure. You can see him but there's no way I'll let you hold him," I say and we all laugh.
Anders stands up and takes Alex out of the cot. He holds him into his arms for a minute and then passes him to me.
"He is so cute," Kenny says and smiles to me.
"Are you really like not going to let anyone hold him?" Kenny asks seriously and looks at me and then at Anders
"I'm definitely not going to let you or Robert just yet. But Andreas if you want to?" I ask him and look at Anders. He nods and Andreas comes closer, I pass him Alex and intertwine my fingers with Anders'.
"You're going to let him and not me? You're supposed to trust me, I'm your best friend," Kenny starts objecting
"First of all, he is experienced and second, since when are we best friends?" I ask him and raise my eyebrows but he just stays quiet and pretends that he's offended
"When are you going home?" Johann asks me and I realise that I have no idea because I didn't talk to anyone about it
"The midwife said that if everything will be okay tomorrow's morning," Anders says and squeezes my hand, I give him a thank you smile as Alex starts crying.
"You see even he is not as experienced as you think," Kenny says and we all just roll our eyes
"He's probably hungry, Kenny," I say as Andreas passes Alex to me
"Okay, that's when we say goodbye," Danny says and they all say goodbye and Anders walks them out. I can hear that they talk in the hallway but I don't want to understand it because I'm pretty sure I know what are they talking about.
Instead, I just get ready to feed Alex. It takes a minute for Anders to come back and I can see that he's still tired. He sits down beside me and goes through his hair with his hand. I'm not sure what the guys have told him but I can see that it got him really worried.
"You okay, babe?" I ask him and he nods, I just sigh and look away from him. I push the tears back because I can't cry now, I have to be strong for once in my life
"Charlotte," he says and puts his hand on my chin and makes me look at him but I don't. I just turn my head back the other way.
"Don't, just don't," I say and look down at Alex. He's so much like Anders, I can't deny that.
"Char, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to push you away. I just had to clear my head and I didn't want to talk to you about it because you have your own worries," he says and sits on my bed
"If you have worries or second thoughts about our relationship, you come to me. You don't tell your friends because they are not in a relationship with you, I am. So, you should talk to me," I say and push the tears back once again
"No, I don't talk to you until I'm certain in my thoughts. Because I don't want to make you sad and I'm not having second thoughts about our relationship. The guys just asked me about us and what are we going to do and I told them we're going to try to make this work. I love you, Charlotte and if I realised anything in the past three months is how much I love you and how much I missed you," he says and makes me look at him again
"I love you, too," I say and kiss him
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DAYS WE'VE SPENT APART (Anders Fannemel)
Fanfic"Everything's going to be okay," Kenneth says "Never say this again," I say and walk away THIS IS A SEQUEL TO "DAYS I'VE SPENT WITHOUT YOU (Anders Fannemel)". IT'S RECOMMENDED TO READ THAT ONE FIRST!
