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17 - [JM] Catastrophize

C A T A S T R O P H I Z E
verb [kuh-tas-truh-fahyz]

To view or talk about (an event or situation) as worse than it actually is.

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"Now our next guests are starring in this year's most anticipated action superhero movie," Graham introduced then put his hands together, "The new X-men, James and [y/n] McAvoy!"

The crowd cheered and clapped as you held your partner's hand and walked into the main stage studio which was brightly lit. You're on The Graham Norton Show doing an interview and you've seen this set on television, only been here once around four years ago. This is the first time you're going to be on with your husband.

You smiled slightly and stood close to James. All of a sudden you noticed that Graham had an overly surprised look on your face.

You laughed when you watched him and James chuckled too. You and James took a seat on the read couch then you cleared your throat as the applause died down slowly.

"Welcome, welcome!" Graham greeted then raised his brows, "Just to be clear, this is the first time you've made a televised public appearance being pregnant?"

"Y-Yes it is."

"And the ratings of The Graham Norton Show have been raised through the roof!" He commented and you laughed, "[y/n], when? When did this happen? No one knew about it, how did you keep it a secret?"

He gestured to your body and you bit your lip. " Well Graham," James raised an eyebrow and crossed your legs, "It goes like this... when two people love each other and-"

"James stop! Don't forget you're on television again," You slapped his arm playfully and he laughed.

"But seriously, what the hell? We didn't get the memo that a McAvoy junior is in the making!" Graham expressed and you smiled nervously.

"We didn't tell anyone about it, I've been wearing baggy clothing or James' jackets anytime I'd go out. We didn't want it to be a thing..." You replied and he shrugged his shoulders.

"Oops," He clenched his jaw and laughed, "Secrets out now, why not share the details hmm?"

The audience laughed a little and you glanced to James, who had a wide smile on his face. Whenever the topic of your child came up, he couldn't help but feel extremely happy.

He continued to watch you, indicating that he wanted you to talk... But you didn't really want to talk about it.

"Uh... Oh Graham, why do you have to be like this?" You gritted your teeth then rubbed your hands, "So it's been four months since James and I got the news but I've been pregnant for five."

Graham furrowed his eyebrows, "Wait five months ago, weren't you filming then?"

You started laughing nervously and held your head. James licked his lips and scooted closer to you. "He's going to make us say it all," He whispered into your ear and you turned to Graham.

"Of course you want to know the story!" You commented.

"I've heard that it's a good one!" Graham said and looked to the audience, making James smirk.

"Oh it's a good one alright... a good memory if you know what I mean?" He winked at the audience and laughed, making you laugh too.

"Ooh scandalous," Graham commented, "Tell us more James!"

"Alright so since the lovely lady is super uncomfortable, I'll do the honours of enlightening you about that ONE night," James explained then took a deep breath, "So like you said before, yes we were on set filming and..."

He chuckled and shook his head, "I don't think I can finish this story Graham! Um... So we just got close on set and... Yeah."

He scratched the back of his neck and Graham shrugged his shoulders. "Hang on one moment, don't actors have a policy or something of not entering anything long term during a movie?" Graham asked and James shut one of his eyes in thought.

"Y-Yeah..." You mumbled and bit the inside of your cheek, widening your eyes and looking at your husband.

"Well Graham imagine this,"James sits up and puts his hand out, "You've been away from the love of for life for a few months because of filming schedules, so when you meet up, what would you do? I know what I'd do, thats how this happened!"

James placed his palm on your stomach. You raised a brow and tried very hard to stop the smile creeping on your lips. "But you don't let things like that happen, right?!" Graham questioned.

"But it did just happen," You said, "And it wasn't a mistake... it was just unexpected."

"So it was a mistake?" Graham said and you took a deep breath. After a moment you nodded your head and he laughed.

"We didn't want a baby this soon, though we were brainstorming," You clarified and rubbed your stomach lightly. Your baby was quite active at the moment, as if excited to hear about being the main topic of discussion.

"So is it a boy or girl?" He asked and you looked at James.

"We... No comment," James smiled smugly and looked to the floor, "You'll see in four months."

"You know what the worst part is?" James grabbed the glass of wine on the coffee table and took a sip, "We um... let loose in my trailer the night she came over to the set and the next day, I am not joking, Nick and Michael watched us with this look of horror on their faces."

You covered your face in embarrassment and peeked through the gaps between your fingers. "Ugh they heard creaking during the night, like something from a trailer being rocked... Back and forth," You widened your eyes and swallowed hard, "BUT it was windy that night, it could he a pole!"

James shut one of his eyes in suspicion, "Really love? Nah, it was definitely us." He raised an eyebrow and Graham laughed.

"James knows what's up," He commented and the audience chuckled, "Well congratulations to the both of you and we all are extremely excited to meet junior soon."

"Thank you Graham," You smiled at him.

"Now let's get to the main topic, X-men!"