Forever And Ever.

47

The gel stuff they put on my stomach was rather cold, I winced as it was spread around. Liam held my hand and smiled at me the whole time.
I just had flashbacks to being pregnant with Eliza in Scotland, I was surprised I even remembered it.
Eventually the woman turns the screen around and there it is, our little Gonzo, sound asleep or whatever it is living blobs do.
"It's very... blobby" I comment. I never got to see eliza at twelve weeks. I knew I was pregnant but I didnt have my first scan until five months because of all the drama, luckily she turned out alright.

"Blobby?" Liam asks "not blobby at all".

"Well, Mrs. Gallag-" the ultrasound person starts.

"Please just call me Jess" I cut her off.

She smiles "well, Jess, this is your baby's head and down here is the bottom where the feet will soon develop and grow". She points to different parts of the baby and liam stares in awe. I dont know why he was so intruiged, he'd been though all this with Violet thinking it was his baby or maybe he just acted like this all the time.
"Would you like to hear its heartbeat?" She asks.

We both nod and she plays it live. "Listen to that, our Gonzo, more alive and real than ever. His little heart beating away" liam replies "fucking magical. The miracle of life".

"His?" I ask.

"Who's gonzo" ultrasound lady asks.

"Just what we call the baby until he or she is confirmed to be a he or see. Gonzo is just a random name. Jess likes the muppets" Liam explains.

"Yeah, but his?" I ask again annoyed now.

"I just slipped up my words man, chill" he says to me. Maybe I was over reacting a bit.

After the ultrasound we got pictures and went back to our hotel. We were in Maine. It seemed to be one of those places nobody mentioned ever unless they were from there or lived there or something. Everyone, even Noel, crowded around us in the hotel lounge/bar/common area place, they all wanted a look at our little baby even Eliza stood on the sofa we sat on, holding onto my forearm as I head the photo for everyone to see. She tried to speak over everyone but she had her pacifier in her mouth so I couldnt understand her.
"I cant understand you baby" I smile at her "take your dummy out".
She spits it out, luckily it had one of those clips on it that attach to her t-shirt or whatever she is wearing (in this case a fairy costume, wings and all because she insisted, although she had taken the wings off and given them to liam to hold) so that the dummy doesnt fall to the floor and get dirty.

"What that?" She points to the photograph.

"That's your baby brother or sister, Eliza" I smile "mummy and uncle Liam are having a baby".

"Da-da?" She asks.

"No not daddy, uncle Liam, rem-" I stop. How do I explain that mummy and daddy got divorced and now mummy is marrying uncle Liam and having his baby, so she might aswell call him dad as she hardly ever sees her real dad anyway, to an almost two year old? Its almost impossible. "I'll explain it to you when you're older" I smile.

"Its got a big head" Guigsy chimes in.

"Thats 'cause all babies have big heads" Lyla replies, its just a fact of life.

"Its weird 'int it? Ive never really seen one of them before" Gem says.

"What a baby?" Liam chuckles "I think yer telling fuckin' porkies there mate".

"I meant an ultrasound photo, you berk" Gem retorts.

"Its got a big unibrow, like it's da', big furry ones" Noel chuckles.