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thirty

"ako daddy?" javi asked for the nth time na, I sighed.

"if hindi ka titigil, alam mo, ewan ko nalang sayo." sagot ko kay javi, he sighed, placing a hand on my stomach, although flat pa naman.

"hi baby, I'm your daddy, Javier Joaquin Sison Gomez de Liaño, okay? Mahaba lang apelyido natin, mahirap ilagay sa exams but I love you already little blob. Again, I'm daddy, Javier,  not Ricci ha, not Tyler, but me, I'm daddy, I'm javi." javi said, sobrang lapit niya sa tiyan ko, I smiled and ran my fingers through his hair.

"your hand looks so big avi, I can't wait to see the baby hold your finger." sabi ko kay javi, he smiled, and pinagdikit yung palad namin.

"I'll be the best dad ever." sabi ni javi, kissing my knuckles.

"you already are," I said, running my fingers through his long hair.

"xav loves you a lot javi, and that means that you are a good person" sabi ko cupping his cheeks into my hands.

My big baby.

"xav, javi, behave ah?" sabi ko, papasok kasi kami sa ob ko, kasi ang kulit kulit nila.

"yes mama" sabi ni xavier, I held his hand.

It has been two months, 8 weeks actually, since we found out, kami-kami lang ang nakaka-alam, xavier, andi, ricci, javi ans tyler. Hindi ko muna gustong sabihin kasi nga first trimester pa lang.

Javi is fidgeting so I kissed his cheek, first ultrasound and I know how much he wants to share this to everyone. Sobrang helpful ni javi these past few days, kahit all I want to see is ricci, kahit pumupunta ako ng trainings nila to see ricci. Sobrang naglilihi ako kay ricci kaya I hope kasing cute niya yung baby. Although may tiwala naman ako sa genes ni javi, sana matangkad yung baby.

"nervous?" I asked javi, he nodded, katabi niya si xavier who was looking around the room. The doctor came in, nakangiti and everything, personally I like her aura.

"hello, what a cute family!" the doctor greeted, wearing a gloves, she smiled.

"family daw!" javi said, holding my hand tighter, I smiled widely.

Pinahiga na ako nung doctor and she made me raise my shirt. She placed a blanket on my legs,

"medyo cold 'to mommy ah?" she reminded and I nodded.

"there's baby" sabi niya at tinuro yung isang blob, I looked at javi and xavier.

"do you want to hear the heartbeat?" the doctor asked. We nodded, Javi, I think is close to crying. I smiled, super attached na siya sa baby.

After the ultrasound was printed and javi requesting the heartbeat to be transferred in his phone, nagpa-alala lang yung doctor nung bawal at yung nga vitamins na pwede. Javi, writing it down on his notes app.

"ready to go home?" I asked javi, wiping Xavier's forehead.

"can we tell my family already?" javi said, looking at me with those paawa eyes.

"sure, over dinner?" I asked javi, he smiled widely and jumped around. Xavier laughed ang hugged, nang natigil si javi ay yinakap niya na rin kami.

Our own little family.

"so, what made you bring us here?" juan asked, sitting in the dining table. I smiled lang at him, and continued to place the food javi and I bought.

"may gift ako sainyo." javi said, placing six boxes of gifts we bought in uptc.

"I really like how you designed the house iha," tito bert said, I thanked him and sat down.

I wrapped javi's jacket, actually, super unnoticeable pa nung bump ko, but if I wear skin tight clothes halata na siya. Javi was giddy kanina pa, he's excited kasi siya daw ang unang makakapagbigay ng apo kila tito at tita.

"ate, why is kuya being weird?" mara asked, nagkibit balikat ako, helping xavier with his chosen ulam.

Nasa kalagitnaan kami ng pagkain when javi decided na ready na siya. He's impatient so what can I do?

"may gift ako sainyo, because I'm a good person" javi said, distributing the boxes, juan and kuya joe looked at him weirdly. After the seven boxes were given, javi sat down.

"okay guys, open!" javi said, inopen naman nila isa isa yung box, I smiled nang lumaki ang mata ni tito bert.

"totoo?" he asked me, I nodded and smiled.

"wait, for real ate?" mara asked me, I nodded and stood up, inalis ko yung jacket ni javi to show my little bump.

"oh my god" tita anna said, wiping her tears. Lumapit ako at yinakap siya,

"I'm so happy for you guys!" juan said joining the hug, javi also joined with xavier.

We can't wait for you, Baby Gomez de Liaño.