Silly Love Songs

Chapter 14

28 March 1971

PAUL'S POV

It's currently five in the morning. Addie has been pacing the room for an hour now. The baby had been kicking nonstop and no matter what we tried, he wouldn't stop. Addie has barely slept and was on the verge of a breakdown...Mia's birthday party is also today, so that just adds to the stress. Hooray for being in the third trimester.

"I can't do this anymore! My back hurts, my breasts are huge, this kid won stop kicking, and I look like a whale!" She cried. "I want it to be my delivery date already..."

"Addie, love, come here..."

"You did this to me!"

"Adaline..."

"Don't you start! I never get to sleep! I'm either up taking care of Mia or dealing with this one and his non-stop kicking!" She plopped down on the bed. "I just feel so tired...And my back is starting to hurt more. I swear I don't remember being this bad with the other three. Maybe with Matt a little bit, yeah, but I just feel so run down this whole pregnancy..."

"I think it's because you got pregnant so soon after Mia. I'm sorry, love...I didn't mean to put you through this again so soon."

"It's not your fault. Well, it is, but I love you anyway." She moved closer to me. "I'm sorry I've been such a pain this whole pregnancy...I just feel so different with this one. Honestly, I didn't think this one would be so hard."

"I know, love. I'm sorry I put you through this so soon after your last pregnancy. But I promise this little one is our last one. No more babies after this."

"I don't mean this in a bad way, love, but we've said that before and yet here we are." She said with a giggle. "I feel like you said that now, but in a year or so you'll change your mind."

"You're probably right." I smiled. "Now since I doubt we're going to get some sleep, why don't we go take a relaxing hot bath?"

"A bath sounds wonderful actually."

"You just relax while I go get it all ready." I kissed her lightly before going into the bathroom to get it ready. Once the water was ran and I lit a few candles, Adaline came in as we both climbed into the tub.

"We haven't done this in a long time..." She said, relaxing herself more and laying her head on my chest.

"We really haven't. We needed this." I ran my hand over her belly. "In a matter of week's we'll really have our hands full."

"There's always excitement in our house." She said. She then quickly sat up for a moment before laying back against me. "I swear this one kicks much harder than the others.."

"That shows how big and strong they are." I smiled and rubbed her belly more. "Huh? You're our big little baby and you're almost ready to come out."

"They're big alright. I'm huge. I put on an extra ten pounds compared to my other pregnancies." She sighed. "Sometimes I wonder how you put up with me during this. I'm huge compared to the last three, I'm hormonal, everything's swollen, my breasts are leaky, I'm covered in stretch marks. I'm a mess." She said, half crying and half laughing.

"Adaline Elise McCartney, I think you are the most beautiful woman in the entire world. Whether you're heavily pregnant or not, you're beautiful. I don't care about any of those things, they all show how strong of a woman you are and that you're going through so much to provide us with a child." She looked up at me as I kissed her deeply. "I will always love you..."

"I'm so lucky to have you..." She blushed and held my hand tightly. "I love you too..."

The two of us relaxed in the bath for a while. Just talking about the family, the kids, my upcoming album, and the new book she's working on. Once the water began to get cold we got and climbed back into bed. The baby had finally started to calm down and Addie was beyond relieved. She had finally almost fallen asleep when we heard the a cry on the baby monitor.