Guarded Heart (The GH Series)

Face plank the floor

When we were cutting the cake, the guests chuckled, and a few praises were thrown out since they had no idea that there was a theme to the cake. We had a bit of superhero cake going on one side and the other side looked like your normal wedding cake.

"This has been the most amazing day." I was looking around the hall at all of our friends and family.

"It certainly has." My wife agreed with me. That is going to take getting some used to saying, Ashley, my wife.

"We are actually married, someone pinch me." Sarah leaned over and pinched me.

"OW! What was that for!?"

"You did ask to be pinched!"

"Figuratively speaking dumbass!"

"This is too funny." Ashley was laughing her head off.

"Oh, I am glad that my new bruise is making you laugh."

Ashley whispered into my ear. "I will kiss it better later, amongst other things." Causing me to smirk.

"Keep that between you both thank you very much!"

Our first dance was Incomplete by the Backstreet Boys. Why would it be anything else!? We danced closely together, then the wedding party joined them, then finally their guests.

Our new friends Dev and Angel joined us on the dancefloor, and I could hear their conversation.

"This is an unusual first dance song." Angel spoke to her girlfriend, Dev.

"It's significant to them. It makes them happy."

"I wonder what the story behind it is." I noticed Dev smirked at Angel.

"You know, don't you?"

"The short version is, they weren't together and both at the Backstreet Boys concert and Callie had her mind set if that song came on, she would let Ashley know that she was incomplete without her."

"Oh my god that is so romantic."

"Yeah, it is." Dev pulled Angel close, purely because she didn't want to Angel to see the tears that were threatening to spill out of her eyes. She, like most, always dreamed of her happy ever after, but knew after tonight, she may no longer be here to hold Angel anymore. Looking up and seeing Sarah and Fiona dancing. Sarah gave Dev a small smile, and a knowing nod and continued to dance.

Honeymoon suite, hours later.

"Hello my wife." It feels so good saying that.

"Hello my wife." Ashley returned making me smile.

"That's never gonna get old is it?"

"I hope not. Now I know you said no presents... "

"That we did."

"But I have a little something for you."

"You do?" I don't know if I should be angry or happy at the thought that Ashley has got me a present.

"Uh huh..." Ashley gave her a long box and I opened it up and seen a note and opened that first.

(Narrated in Ashley's voice in Callie's head)" Ten little fingers, ten little toes... Two little eyes, one little nose. Boy or girl...Nobody knows... "

My head shot up and looked at Ashley then down at the box. A pregnancy test revealing a positive result. "Please tell me you're not joking?"

"Why would I joke about being pregnant Callie?"

"So, it worked? First time??" Ashley let out a chuckle.

"Yes Callie..."

"We...we are gonna be parents!? "

"Yes babe, we are." Ashley was clearly worrying like hell over my constant barrage of questions and briefly closed her eyes and then she heard a thump. "Christ. Callie, are you alright?"

Yes. Yours truly fainted on the spot. Ashley had quickly dialled Sarah's number and a few moments later there was a knock on the door.

"Where is she?"

"On the floor still."

"Christ. What did you do to make her pass out?"

"Nothing much. Just told her we are expecting our first baby."

Sarah spun round. "What!?"

"Don't you fucking faint on me as well!"

"I won't! But seriously, that made her faint?"

"That and probably over emotional, I don't know!" Ashley threw her hands in the air and Sarah stepped over Callie and went to the bathroom. On her return. "Forgive me..."

Sarah threw water over my face which woke me up in a startle. "I'm gonna be a mama!" Both Ashley and Sarah chuckled.

"That you are babe."

"Shit. I fainted huh?"

Sarah looked at me and shook her head. "You did cause you're a pure fanny. My work here is done. Now I'm going back to my girl to enjoy the rest of the night. I suggest that you both do aswell."

"Thanks pal! Nipped and called a fanny on my wedding day, some best pal you are!" Looking over her shoulder as she left the room.

"You love it!!" The door closed behind her.

"Aye that I do."

"So, are you okay?" Ashley helped me off the floor.

"I am. I just didn't expect our treatment to work straight away. We kept us trying to ourselves."

"Well, she wouldn't have found out so soon if you hadn't decided to face plank the floor Callie."

"Sorry babe."

"But are you seriously okay about this?"

"Hey, we are in this together. Of course, I'm okay with it, more than okay." My lips crashed on to my wife's hard and passionately. "Now we seriously need to get out of these dresses so I can make love to my baby mama."

"Then get me out of this dress."

***

We enjoyed our trip to NYC apart from when Ashley gave out her business card to a woman called Zoe, who to me, seemed like a bit of a nutjob.

On our return, we set the wheels in motion turning our spare room in to a nursery. At our twenty-week stage, it was revealed that we are expecting a baby boy. Gavin made his appearance four weeks early but was healthy as a button. My wife and I along with Sarah, Fiona and of course Kacey doted on our new addition.

Looking at my wife who was currently breastfeeding our son. "You know babe, all that matters now is that..."

"Our family is complete."

(Needless to say, we didn't know that two years down the line, we would have a healthy baby girl, Chelsea.)

The end.