Mi Princesa

Part One - Chapter Twenty-Two: Baby Niño

Fernando took a deep breath as he followed Vanessa into the doctor’s office, they were due for their next scan and he was a little nervous about what Charles could tell them now that Vanessa was twenty weeks pregnant.

It had amazed Fernando how quickly the pregnancy was passing and they were half way through now, it made him wonder how quick the next half of the pregnancy would go and if they were ready for the baby to be born.

“It’ll be okay,” Vanessa whispered smiling at Fernando, she knew that he was worrying about how quickly things had moved and they needed to focus; their baby was coming in a few months and they needed to be prepared.

Fernando nodded his head, it seemed unreal to him that they were about to see their baby again; it only felt like yesterday that they were having their last scan.

Charles smiled at the couple, things were progressing well and he was pleased with the way that Vanessa’s pregnancy was running; he was hopeful for the future of the pregnancy and the health of the unborn child.

“Your tests look good,” Charles said nodding his head as he checked Vanessa’s file, a royal baby was a precious one and he had a lot of pressure on him to ensure that everything went well.

Vanessa nodded her head, she squeezed Fernando’s hand and smiled at him knowing that they would be fine; she didn’t want anything stressing her out and ruining this for them.

“Shall we get on with the scan?” Charles asked signalling for Vanessa to lean back on the chair, he already knew the couple didn’t want to know the gender of the baby.

Fernando took Vanessa’s hand as Charles started up the machine to scan her bump, he was excited about seeing Niño; it had been a couple of weeks since he had last seen the small baby inside of his fiancée.

Vanessa stared in awe at the image that appeared on the screen, she smiled softly knowing that the small baby was hers; she couldn’t wait to hold Niño in her arms and cuddle him.

Looking at the screen for a moment longer Vanessa paused as she spotted something that made her tear up, she sniffled making Fernando look at her confused; he hadn’t seen what she had.

“Nessa…” Fernando whispered as his fiancée cried, he had no idea what had set her off and he wished that he knew why she was crying; he brushed some hair from her face.

Charles chuckled realising that Vanessa had seen something that had given the game away, he was a little surprised that Fernando hadn’t spotted what his fiancée had.

“We’re having a boy,” Vanessa whispered in awe, she looked at Fernando making him stare at her; he blinked before looking at the screen wondering how she had found out what they were having.

Fernando searched for a moment before he spotted the clue that they were having a little boy; he swallowed thickly and moved to kiss Vanessa.

The couple hadn’t wanted to know what they were having but now that they did, they couldn’t believe it; they hadn’t really thought about what they were going to have and now they could start thinking about names.

“We’re having a little boy,” Fernando whispered in awe, he couldn’t believe it and he couldn’t fight back the tears as he thought about the baby boy.

***

Vanessa and Fernando shared a secretive smile as they walked into the house, they knew that Nora would be excited to see the scan but they would have to make sure that no one would find out that they were going to have a boy.

The last thing that they wanted was the news to get out before the couple were ready, they wanted to keep the gender a secret until the time was right.

“Papa,” Nora squealed in excitement and hurried over to her father and Vanessa, she had been waiting for them to get back and she wanted to hear all about her baby brother or sister.

Fernando grinned moving to pick his daughter up, he cuddled her and looked at Vanessa; they knew how excited Nora was about having a sibling.

The three moved into the living room, it was peaceful and they hoped that it would stay that way; they were home alone and the staff wouldn’t make much noise as they did their jobs.

Nora peeked at Vanessa curiously, she wanted to see the baby and she knew that she couldn’t say anything to anyone about the baby since it would end up in the news.

“Do you want to see the scan?” Vanessa asked sitting down, she rested a hand on her bump making Nora nod her head excitedly; she loved having pictures of the baby and she couldn’t wait to meet them.

Fernando smiled watching Vanessa get the picture from her bag, she gently handed it to Nora who beamed at the image; she tilted her head confused as she stared up at her father.

“What’s that?” Nora asked pointing at the image, she wasn’t sure what it was and she knew that she hadn’t seen things like that before.

Vanessa stifled a laugh knowing what Nora had seen, she peeked at Fernando who grumbled surprised that his daughter had spotted the small confirmation that they were having a boy.

“That’s how we know we’re having a boy,” Fernando said softly, he didn’t want to explain to his daughter’s about men’s private bits; it was something that he wasn’t ready to talk about with her and he never would be.

Nora blinked for a moment, she stared at the image for a moment before she looked at her father; the news that she was going to have a brother settling in.

“I’m getting a brother,” Nora said slowly, she looked at her father and then to Vanessa; she had wanted a baby sister to play with and wasn’t sure what to do with a boy.

***

“She took it well,” Vanessa said looking at Fernando, she was glad that Nora hadn’t been too upset with the news that she was getting a half-brother; the little girl had been expecting a half-sister instead.

Fernando nodded his head, he looked up from his phone and smiled knowing that it would take some getting used to; he loved the idea of having a son and he was excited to start thinking about more names for the baby.

They stilled had another four and a half months until the baby was due and Fernando was excited about getting everything ready for the baby.

“Have you heard from Olalla?” Vanessa asked looking at Fernando, she knew that the other woman was having problems with Aaron; he hadn’t been happy that Nora had come to live with them.

Fernando closed his eyes, he spoke to his ex-girlfriend a lot and he hadn’t been pleased to hear about what she was doing with Aaron.

“They’re trying for a baby,” Fernando murmured making Vanessa look at him, she stopped what she was doing making her wonder if Olalla had made the right decision.

The last thing that needed adding to the situation was a baby especially with the marriage problems that the couple were having; Vanessa just hoped that Olalla was making the right decision.

“I wish them luck,” Vanessa mused, she brushed some hair from her face and Fernando nodded his head; it was a risky decision especially with Aaron being a prat recently.