Falling For My Step-Brother

Chapter Nineteen

|1 Month Later|
|8 Months Pregnant|
|Birth|

Roman's Pov:

Miley is now eight months pregnant with our daughter Mia. I catch her at the mirror sometimes moaning about how ugly she is. I tell her she's still gorgeous and sexy, even more so now that she's having my baby. Mom and Shawn are finally allowing us to share a room now that we are engaged.

I walked into Mia's nursery and looked around. Shawn had done an amazing job with the painting. We had decided on lavender for the walls since at the time we picked the paint out we didn't know what we were having. I walked over to the crib and ran my hand over the blanket draped over the railing. Mom had gotten it for Mia. It was white and had Mia Paige embroidered on it in purple thread.

Miley walked in then and joined me at the crib. "Hey sexy mama," I said wrapping my arm around her and pulling her close. "Hey sexy daddy," she said back kissing my cheek. I laid my hand on her bump. "Won't be long now before Mia arrives," I said rubbing the bump gently. "I must admit I'm a little nervous."

"You're nervous? What do you think I'm not? I'm more nervous than you. I have to give birth to her! There's so much that can happen.......good and bad......," Miley said and I made her look at me. "Baby I know. Sorry I brought it up. Everything is gonna be ok," I said then kissed her. "I hope you're rig---," Miley started to say when Mia kicked her hard at that moment. "Ouch!" she said bending over.

"Babe? You ok?" I asked as she let out a breath. "Yeah. Mia just kicked really hard," she said then winced. "She's moving around in there trying to find room." Miley sighed in relief then bent in pain again when Mia let loose with another kick. "Ow! She wants out of there," Miley said with a sigh.

Suddenly Miley's eyes went wide and she looked down. I followed her gaze and saw wetness between her legs. "My water broke! It's time Roman!" Miley said just as a hard contraction hit her. "OW!" she screamed. I helped her out of the nursery and downstairs. "Mom! Shawn! It's time! Miley's water broke!" I called and they came to help me get Miley out to the car.

I sat in back with Miley as Shawn drove us to the hospital. Miley was gripping my hand and as each contraction hit (each one stronger than the one before it) she squeezed it as hard as she could. I helped her breathe through each one although inside I wanted to scream with pain because of my hand. "That's it baby you got this," I said helping Miley through a really hard and painful contraction.

She glared at me. "You got me into this mess!" she screamed at me. Although I knew she didn't mean what she was saying because of the pain, I still saw red. "Well it takes two to tango missy!" I snapped back. "I am never allowing you near me again with that thing. You do and I'll cut it off and feed it to the sharks!" Miley snipped.

Shawn looked in the mirror at me. "Don't take what she says seriously Roman. I remember her mother being like that when she was giving birth to Miley. Its just the pain talking. Once she gets an epidural she'll apologize," he said winking.

I chuckled softly. Hopefully he was right about that. We got to the ER and I helped Miley into a wheelchair then we were taken to Labor and Delivery where she was put in a bed and monitors were hooked up to keep track of the baby's heartbeat and status. I was told to dress in scrubs and put a cap on over my hair then I sat beside Miley's bed helping her through the contractions.

Miley's Pov:

The pain was intense and unbearable but Roman was there by my side coaching me through it. A nurse helped me sit on the side of the bed so she could give me an epidural. I gripped Roman's hands as the needle went into my spine. "Ooh that's burning," I said through clenched teeth. "It will for a few minutes then the burning will fade," the nurse said.

"Ok," I said and sighed with relief when the burning disappeared. The relief was short lived when another contraction hit. The doctor checked me and smiled. "You're nine centimeters dilated. Ready to push?" he asked. "Yes!" I said and started pushing. "That's it baby," Roman said encouraging me.

"That's it Miley.....ok stop," the doctor said as he cleaned out Mia's nose and mouth. "I don't hear her crying," I said looking at Roman. "Why isn't she crying?" Roman asked the doctor. The doctor checked and his eyes widened. "Miley with the push take it slow. The cord is wrapped around Mia's neck. If you try to be fast it'll tighten. If you're slow I'll be able to unwrap it," he said.

"Ok," I said in a scared voice. I just didn't want anything to happen to Mia. When the next contraction hit I pushed slowly as the doctor asked. "There we go......," I heard the doctor say just as Mia let out a shrill cry. "Wow this one has a great set of lungs!" Roman and I let out a relieved laugh at that.

"One more big push Miley," the doctor said and I pushed with all my might and Mia slid out easily crying her heart out. Roman cut the cord and the nurse wrapped Mia up and handed her to him. He was cooing at Mia when he brought her to me. "Baby she's gorgeous......the perfect combination of you and me," Roman said kissing me then laying Mia in my arms.

I looked down at the tiny baby girl in my arms. She had Roman's nose that was plain to see. Her eyelashes rested against her cheeks. "Oh my.....she's so beautiful!" I said softly looking up at Roman. "We're a family," he said smiling. I was surprised to see tears in his eyes. "Baby why are you crying?" I asked brushing a tear from his cheek.

"I'm just happy baby. I have the girl of my dreams who's going to be my wife," Roman said, "and now I'm father to the most gorgeous baby girl I have ever seen." I touched his face with the back of my hand. He kissed the palm and smiled at me. "I love you so much Miley. You and Mia are everything to me."

They moved me to a private room an hour later and Roman and I were cuddling in bed when Daddy and Brie walked in. "Hey princess hey Roman," Daddy said kissing my forehead. "Hi Daddy. Say hello to your new granddaughter Mia Paige Reigns," I said. Brie looked at me. "She's named after me?" she asked in surprise. "Yeah in a way. Miley's middle name is Mia. So I thought your middle name, Paige, sounded really nice," Roman said.

"Mia Paige. Oh that is gorgeous," Brie said as she and Daddy looked at Mia asleep in her crib on my side of the bed. "Roman's already changed her first diaper," I said. "Yeah, right after she got done feeding. Daddy's girl left a huge surprise for me," Roman said and everyone laughed. There was a knock on the door and Alexa stuck her head in. "May we join the party?" she asked. Roman nodded and she Paige Seth and Dean walked in. Roman held Mia as he proudly showed her off.

I was discharged from the hospital two days later and Roman and I celebrated graduating from high school and his 18th birthday. We moved into our own home with our baby girl and started our new life together.