THE SURROGATE: A LUKE BROOKS FAN FICTION

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

The next morning, I was woken up in the early hours of the morning by my baby. I still didn't know the sex of the baby, so for the time being, his or her name will be 'my baby'. The doctor gave us the option of finding out what the sex of the baby was, but we had all decided that it would be better to keep it a surprise. It wasn't long until I actually started regretting the decision because curiosity was killing me. I often find myself hoping that it would be a boy, because I always wanted my first born baby to be a boy, but then immediately I would remind myself that it wasn't my baby, so I immediately disregarded those thoughts. I sat up in my bed, just looking at my stomach and rubbing it, "What do you want to eat my little one?" I asked still looking at my stomach in the dark, still rubbing it. I got up, and switched my light on before I even attempted to look at myself in the mirror because I was terrified of looking at my reflection in the dark. As soon as the light was on, I looked at my reflection in the body length mirror standing against the wall. 

Looking at my reflection, I realized that I definitely was NOT a morning person! I looked horrible first thing in the morning! My hair was a mess, there were bags under my eyes, and the list is just endless. How could I have possibly allowed for anyone to see me like this? I looked at the pajamas I was wearing, and I smiled. I wasn't really wearing PJs; I had Luke's Dirty Pig shirt that was extra baggy on my body. This was yet another of Luke's shirts that became mine. I stood in front of the mirror, and I lifted up my shirt, revealing my stomach. This had become a habit that I got into a while back; I'd wake up in the early hours of the morning and just stand in front of the mirror, staring my belly. I'd just stand there and imagine what life would be like if we (my baby and I) were in a different situation; it sort of became our thing to imagine what life for us would be like in a perfect world. Sure, this made me sad but at the same time it made me happy, so I didn't mind it. Sometimes I wonder what he'd look like and what it would feel like once I actually him in my arms, Am I going to feel all those things people say they feel when they hold their babies for the first time? I shook my head, I was going too deep with this.  I pulled my top back down, and headed to the kitchen. 

I walked through the living room, Nicholas was passed out still drunk on the couch, and I went into the kitchen. "Okay, what am I in the mood for today?" I asked myself, standing in front of the open fridge. "What are we craving?" I asked my stomach when I couldn't find anything in the fridge. "Pizza!" I said, and the baby kicked! For the first time ever, the baby kicked! Naturally I was very excited about this, and I wanted to feel him kick again. "Is that a yes?" I asked, holding my stomach, "Do we want pizza?" I waited, and boom! Another kick! "Then we shall definitely have pizza! As soon as I find an all night pizza place" I said, grabbing my phone from the kitchen counter. I was definitely not in the mood to be driving to some pizza place, especially not at 3 in the morning. 

"Siri, find 24 hour pizza place!" I said to my phone pretending that I had an iPhone when in actual fact I was talking into my google mic. Within a few seconds, I found one closest to my apartment. "GOOD VIBEZ PIZZA, WE DELIVER HOT, TASTY, FAST! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ORDER?" I heard the voice of what sounded like your average surfer dude who was working the night shift and who was reevaluating all his life decisions. "Hi! Can I get a Meat Lovers Pizza with extra meat, and extra cheese, and extra pepperoni if you can" I said slowly, "No! Make that two pizzas!" I said again, looking at Nicholas, and realizing that I was famished! "Okay, got it! Your pizza will be there in 30 minutes or less!" he spoke, and he hung up. I sat down on the couch that Nicholas was not lying down on, and decided that I was going to watch a few movies. While waiting for the movie to start; I decided to watch The Fault in Our Stars, because it was just such a beautiful movie and who wouldn't want to cry at 3 o clock in the morning? I noticed that I had a few messages, and a missed call from Luke 5 minutes ago.