Demi finds herself offering to be a surrogate for her best friend, Matthew and his new husband, Damien.
Is this the best thing she's ever done, or was offering just a huge mistake?
"Help me up" Matthew rolled his eyes but took a hold of my hands and helped pull me up from the sofa. "I've got to go and pee but then we're ready to go."
"Demi, hurry up. That's the 5th time you've been to the bathroom in an hour" I rolled my eyes, my hand settled on my stomach as I waddled from the living room.
"Your daughter is sitting on my bladder" I glanced back at him over my shoulder, the smirk on my face turning into a smile as Matt's own mouth tugged at the corners. "I could get away with anything when it comes to you, Little Miss" I spoke quietly down to my stomach as I began towards the downstairs bathroom. I quickly did my business, praying that baby girl would move herself off my bladder.
"Are you ready to go?" I nodded over at Matt as I stepped from the bathroom with my hand settled on my stomach. Matthew helped me to slip on my shoes as I can no longer see my feet. "Careful going down the stairs, Dems" I smiled at his concern as I began from the house, holding onto the railing as I began down the porch steps. I met up with Damien at the car, rolling my eyes as he pulled the backdoor open for me.
"Thank you, Dams" I leant up to press a kiss to his cheek as I slipped into the back of the car. I pulled my phone from my bag as I settled back against the seat, smiling to myself as a message pinged through from Sirah.
Sirah: Send me a photo when you're done please🙏🏼😍
Me: Yes auntie Sirah🙄😂
I dropped my phone back into my bag, leaning against the car, staring out the window as we began towards our appointment. Today we're going for our 3D scan. I'm officially 30 weeks pregnant and it's safe to say I'm starting to look like a house. Baby girl has grown so much and is starting to take up the last bit of room there is in my belly.
"Dems?" I groaned as my eyes fluttered open, having not even realised that I'd fallen to sleep with my head against the window. "Good morning, Sleeping Beauty" I rolled my eyes at Matthew who had climbed into the backseat, obviously not wanting to open the door for fear of me falling out of the car. "You tired, Dems?"
"What does it look like?" I covered my mouth with the back of my hand as I yawned.
"We're at the clinic, D" I glanced out the window to see that we were parked in the clinic parking lot. "We let you sleep for a little bit as we got here early but our appointments in 10 minutes so we should start making our way in" I nodded, giving him a smile as I ran my hand along my stomach. "She moving?" I nodded, glancing over at him with a smile.
"I think you're going to get some good pictures" Matthew lightly chuckled as I tiredly smiled down at my bump.
"Let's get going in, Dems. As soon as we're done, we can get you home and you can get some more sleep."
"Sleep sounds like a very good idea if she lets me" he leant over to press a kiss to my temple. Matthew slipped from the car and I took a moment to caress my belly before I climbed from the car. I followed Matthew and Damien into the clinic. It was time for our appointment almost straight away so we were instantly guided into a clinic room. I settled back against the hospital bed; my hands settled on the top of my bump.
"She keeps pushing here" I nodded my permission to Matthew who lifted his hand to touch my bare stomach.
"Is it uncomfortable?"
"No, but it is when she decides to shove her elbow into my ribs" I released a breathy chuckle as Matthew smiled down at me. "It isn't very nice when she sits on my bladder either" Damien and Matthew chuckled.
"It'll be over soon, Dems" my heart broke.
I fell silent through the rest of the appointment, my eyes not once moving from the screen. I just had a constant ache in my chest, an ache that I don't think will ever go away. I will be in love with this baby girl for as long as I live and I don't think that's ever going to change.
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I lowered myself down onto the sofa, smiling as I was instantly attacked with kisses from Batman.
"Hey, D" I smiled over at Matthew and Damien who sat on the sofa opposite me, Ella curled up on Damien's lap.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"We have a list of baby names for baby girl and we were wondering if you'd be able to help us choose one" my eyebrows furrowed together slightly, a smirk slowly forming on my face.
"How many do you have? It can't be that hard, surely?" they chuckled as I leant back against the sofa with my hand settled on my stomach, the movements of baby girl a comfort.
"Oh, it's very hard" I rolled my eyes as I leant towards Matthew to grab his phone from him.
"You have four" they chuckled as I stared down at the notes page.
Scarlett. Harlow. Esme. Paisley.
"You really want me to help you choose?"
"Well, we feel because you've carried her that you sort of know her" they shared a look, my eyebrows furrowed in slight confusion.
"What's there to know?" I lightly chuckled. "She just sits on my bladder and elbows me in the ribs" I stared back down at Matthew's phone, my eyes running back over the four names.
"We don't need a final answer yet, we just need one for when she's born" I rolled my eyes causing them both to chuckle. I smiled down at my bump at the thought of getting to have a say in the name that baby girl gets for the rest of her life.
