The Holiday That Changed My Life

Part One Hundred and Thirteen

New Year was soon over and done with and me and Aston both got back into the swing of things with our jobs. But business for me is always slow at the beginning of the year so I decided to just work from home most of the time.

We've been trying for a baby a few days a week but we've still not taken the test from our 'efforts' on Christmas Day, I had to take one when Aston came home from work as he text me on his way home that he'd nipped into the pharmacy and picket up a boatload of tests so that we can take them pretty much whenever we want or whenever we need to.

"Right then, you ready?" Aston asked as he walked through the front door, a Boots bag swinging in his hand.

"What? Now?" I laughed as I stood up off the couch.

"We might as well, I wanna know if you're pregnant!" He smiled as he held the bag out for me.

"Give it here." I tutted, taking the bag off him and walking upstairs with him hot on my heels.

I took the tests into the bathroom and locked the door behind me. I left out three tests and put the rest of them in the cupboard for another time. After reading the instructions throughly, about four times, I eventually took all three tests and left them on the side of the sink as I washed my hands before going back into our bedroom to see Aston sat on the end of our bed.

"How long do we have to wait?" He asked as I sat down next to him.

"About three to five minutes." I breathed out whilst Aston took my hand and linked our fingers together.

"This is so exciting!" Aston grinned as I turned to face him. "Waiting to see if you're pregnant."

"You're really excited aren't you?" I giggled as he avidly nodded his head.

"Hell yeah, I just can't wait to have a baby with you, start our own family." He smiled as I leaned into his side and he pressed a kiss against the top of my head.

"Which do you want more? A boy or a girl?" I asked after a short while of silence.

"Hmm..probably a boy." He mused as I sat up.

"Why's that?"

"Well first I'd have someone who I can teach football to, plus I wouldn't have to deal with a heartbroken little girl when some idiot fucks her about."

"But then what if we have a girl first?" I asked, while he played with my engagement ring.

"I guess I'll have to deal with it but she's being locked away until she's 25 at least. The last thing I need is what happened to you, happening to her. I couldn't see her go through that. It was hard enough hearing you about it."

"Ah you're just a big softie," I giggled, kissing his cheek before getting up off the bed. "You coming?"

"Let's go." He smiled, taking my hand as I led him into the bathroom.

We both looked at each other and smiled before turning to look at the tests to see the results.

"So."

"Yeah." Aston breathed, squeezing my hand.

"Well that's a shit start to the year." I sighed, throwing all three of them into the bin.

"Ah it's only a little set back." He shrugged as I turned on the tap to wash my hands.

"I guess, I was just so sure it was gonna be positive." I frowned, looking back at Aston over my shoulder.

"Me too," He sighed, resting his hand on my back. "Just means that we get to try some more."

"Yeah, like me being pregnant would've stopped you." I laughed, drying my hands before Aston led me back into our bedroom.

"Well no, but-"

"You don't have an excuse, do you?" I smirked as he laid me down on the bed and crawled onto the bed next to me.

"Not really no," He laughed, leaning over me. "So, do you want to try again?"

"I guess." I sighed as Aston frowned at me.

"One negative test isn't the end of the world babe." He smiled as he gently ran his forefinger down the left side of my face.

"It just puts you down a bit though."

"Shut up you, we're gonna have a baby." Aston chuckled before pressing his lips softly against mine as we started to try again.