He Who Conquers Others Is Strong, He Who Conquers Himself Is Mighty

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"J please calm the hell down." I sighed with slight amusement to my comment as I slipped on my sandals, perching on the edge of the couch. Julian was sitting beside me, well, when I say sitting, I meant practically bouncing up and down with nervous excitement. "I can't babe! I-I can't get my head in the game today. I'm so fuckin' excited!" he was almost bursting. "couldn't you have gone at it longer in the gym earlier?" I sniggered as I finally managed to fasten the buckle of my heel. "I don't think anything would have calmed me down this morning...Even Danny boy told me to go home, I was driving him crazy too" he stated simply. He wrung his hands together for about the tenth time that minute and I sighed. "come on, may as well be clock watching at the clinic instead of here" I said getting up. Julian grabbed my purse and hooked his arm around my waist. I had to say, he was always gentlemanly with me, but this extra protectiveness was growing on me. Either that or I was just that sex starved that any sort of contact with him was sendign me into over drive. The inconsiderate beautiful arsehole. "you got everything babe? You uh, got your...you got your..."

"my pee? yes J, I have it in the tiny pot in my purse" I rolled my eyes at him. He sent me a crinkly smile before I turned to walk out the house. "be good little girl. We'll be back soon" I heard him say to Winnie before he closed and locked the front door. "you know you gotta get used to bodily functions thing right, I mean, you've seen me pee..." I said, waiting for him to finish up before we walked to the car. "I know" he whined, "I just, it's all different now you're pregnant. I dunno why, it just is" he said, opening the car door for me.

"oh my god..." I gasped, realising something. "what if you like totally don't fancy me once I've given birth?!" I looked back at him nervously. But Julian just rolled his eyes, "don't be ridiculous babe." he scoffed, starting the engine. "no, I'm serious. I've heard of marriages falling apart because after the baby was born, the guy didn't see his wife the same way" I said, seeing Julian shaking his head. "that is the most ridiculous thing I think I've ever heard." he snorted, moving off into the morning traffic.

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"Mrs Edelman?" Julian jumped up before the poor nurse had even said my surname and was grabbing at my hand, "come on baby! It's us!" He tried pulling me up. "Alright, alright" I snorted at him, "let's not keep the nice nurse lady waiting" he tried to hurry. "Nice nurse huh?" I shot a look up at him- only seeing the back of his head as he eagerly walked (more like ran) towards the room. "give her a full bladder and an active baby bouncing on it, then let's see if she's still so nice" I grumbled under my breath as I walked on behind him. "are you okay ma'am?" the nurse in question asked me with a polite smile. When I looked up at her, she was about my height, long dark hair- tied back, with big almond eyes....and she was about 60....I sent her a warm smile back and nodded, "yes thank you" 

"he's so excited isn't he" she smiled, referring to Julian. I rolled my eyes but laughed "he's been like a kid at Christmas since he found out I was pregnant." I grinned, "this is just the icing on the cake for him right now" I added, "well dear, let's not keep him waiting" she chuckled, leading me through to the room I was going to be in.

"C'mon babe, get up here already!" J grinned at me playfully. I rolled my eyes at him again and dropped my purse onto his lap, before rolling onto the couch. "Okay sweetie, we're just going to take some measurements of the little one, listen to baby's heartbeat and blood flow through the umbilical cord - make sure everything is good." the nurse said to me. "okay" I nodded, already rolling my shirt over my little bump. "now, just to confirm, we are wanting to know the sex of baby aren't we?" she asked, looking at me in particular. That's when I felt Julian take my hand gently in his. I turned to look at him and those perfect sparkly blue eyes were looking back at me with a mixture of hope, excitement, and love. "absolutely" I replied, still holding his gaze. His smile grew wider as he raised my hand to his lips. He threw a wink my way and bit his lip, "alright, here we go" the nurse replied before pressing the wand down onto my skin.

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"come on little one..." the nurse sighed, wanting to encourage our baby to stay still. "you're a little shuffle bottom" she chuckled, moving the wand over and over my bump. I never said a word, but slowly turned my head to look at Julian. He chuckled and scratched the back of his head. "ha, yeah...get's it from his mama" he said, flashing me an awkward grin. "I doubt that Mr Edelman...My husband is a big fan of yours, they call you the squirrel do they not?" she asked him, making me look back at her with my mouth agape. Laughter then erupted from my chest at her comment. "well uh..."

"ah! gotcha!" she squealed, probably relieved that we wouldn't have to be laid here much longer. I swear I was starting to think we'd never get to find out. She clicked a few keys on her key board and got a few pictures for us to take home. "are you ready to find out?" she looked between us with a smile. I simply nodded, grasping Julian's hand tightly. He wrapped both of his around mine and we waited with baited breath.

"congratulations, Mommy and Daddy, it's a boy!" she beamed. My heart almost stopped, "b-babe! D-did you hear- we we're going to have- You're giving me a son!" he gushed, leaping up from his seat, leaning over me to wrap his big arms around me. "oh J!" I said in a muffled voice as he smothered my top half. "we're having a baby boy!" he whispered excitedly, looking into my eyes as we both welled up with tears. 

"I'll just get those images for you, and you can get cleaned up now Penny" the nurse said gently, aware of disturbing our moment. But neither of us really cared. "thank you" J whispered, cupping my face with his palm. "what for?" I asked with a slight giggle, but he didn't reply. He shook his head and a tear fell down his cheek. "I love you Mrs Edelman" he smiled, before smashing his lips against mine.