Opening night had gone smoothly, it was almost like a dream. Gwendoline was still high on life well into the after-party where both Nikolaj and Giles stayed by her side - Giles had shown up long before the show began, according to Nikolaj, and both men sat together to enjoy the show. It must have been an odd sight to behold, three of the tallest people there all huddled together, talking and laughing - but it was still... a strange aura around them that couldn't be described. But Gwen enjoyed it while she could.
Nik couldn't stop fidgeting; tapping his fingers on the side of his champagne flute, fixing the sleeves of his shirt, checking his watch, counting every person that he deemed too close to them. He hadn't felt this anxious in quite a long time - it was due to Gwen that time as well - it was the day he told Nukaka about them. He'd nearly thrown up, he was so nervous, he felt so guilty and...disgusting. This luckily wasn't like that, it was a good anxious, or at least he insisted it was a good anxious. Regardless of the outcome, he'd be happy and having a baby with Gwendoline. But he did fight the urge to acknowledge his stomach churning every time he looked in her direction.
They had all slept horribly, all of them tossing and turning. Getting up and returning back to bed, each time with some useless item they convinced themselves would help aid their restless bodies. Gwendoline only got up once, getting herself a hot mug of tea and finishing it before promptly passing out, spread like a starfish in her bed. Nik was less fortunate, but eventually found sleep out on the living room couch at some ungodly hour of the morning.
Each awoke with some sort of ache in their body and a shared shitty attitude.
Gwendoline had brewed coffee for the three of them, but refused to cook for fear that she'd set off the fire alarm yet again - it was a common occurrence. She yawned into her mug. Giles came to the kitchen and began to cook in complete silence, though obviously he was anxious, just like the other two were. He took the coffee she offered with a simple nod of thanks. It was only as Nikolaj joined them and the tense silence arose that her phone started buzzing on the countertop.
All eyes snapped to the device and read 'Dr. Williams' before glancing up and around at one another. Gwen quickly swiped it open and put it on speakerphone.
"Dr. Williams, good morning." She greeted in an unusually timid voice.
"Good morning, Gwendoline. I know it's quite early, but I take it you're ready to hear the results."
Gwen nodded shakily. "I am, yes."
The gentle sound of paper rustling was reassuring, at least in Gwen's mind. Williams seemed to be double checking the results before telling them. Or perhaps she was seeing them for the first time herself. Let's not ponder that too long. "Well, Miss Christie, it seems that Mr. Coster-Waldau is the father." Though she stumbled her way through the Dane's name, that was it. The baby was Nik's.
Truthfully, it was a good thing that Gwen wasn't facing either of them, her shoulders slightly hunched and her neck craned closer to the phone - just to make sure she was hearing her correctly. Behind her, both men sunk against the counter in relief. Nik immediately grew a shit-eating grin as Giles rubbed his eyes beneath his glasses, uttering a nearly silent 'bloody hell, thank god.' They looked at one another and shared a quiet chuckle - never did either of them see themselves in a situation such as this.
Gwendoline felt Nik's arms envelop her and nearly sweep her off her feet before she could register what was happening. "Thank you, Dr. Williams!" He said before outstretching his arm and hanging up on the poor woman.
"I can't believe you just did that! I was going to further our conversation so you two could continue to celebrate behind me." She struggled out of his grasp, but he simply dropped to his knees in front of her and placed several small kisses to her stomach.
