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It was nearing six in the evening when Caleb walked in the door of the home he shared with Hanna. He had just come home from work, and was surprised to find that Hanna, who usually beats him home by a good hour and a half, was nowhere in sight. Normally she would be in the kitchen cooking, or in the living room catching up on the latest episodes of some stupid reality show like Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but today she wasn't.
After he took off his coat, he went upstairs in search of Hanna, when he heard a faint cry coming from their bedroom. Once there he realized that she must be in the bathroom.
"Hanna?" He called out.
"I'm in here," she responded weakly.
Hanna quickly wiped away her tears when she realized that Caleb was home. How long have I been in here? She thought to herself. Hanna looked down at the pregnancy test she was holding in her hands, the pink plus sign staring back at her. She finally got the courage to stand up and open the door, as Caleb had been standing outside for a few minutes by now.
"Hanna, what's wrong?" Caleb asked cautiously as the door finally opened.
Hanna looked at him and then to the floor a couple of times before responding. "I think I'm pregnant," she said quietly while avoiding his eyes, afraid of his reaction. It had been a while since they had talked about children. What if Caleb changed his mind? Does he still want kids? She thought before quickly snapping herself out of it.
"You are?" He asked as a smile formed his lips. He couldn't help but smile, he was excited. They had been trying to get pregnant for over a year now with no luck. After many unsuccessful attempts, two miscarriages and a heart to heart conversation, they decided to take a break from trying.
"Yeah, I took five different tests" she said as she gestured to the counter where the other four positive pregnancy tests lay.
Caleb smiled before gently reaching for Hanna's hands and leading her out of the bathroom. He sat down on their bed and pulled her onto his lap, placing a soft kiss on her forehead as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Why are you crying? How do you feel? Can I be excited?" He got out in one breath as he wiped the tears out of her eyes.
"I'm scared," she replied quietly as she looked into his deep brown eyes.
"Why?"
"I'm scared this one won't last." She whispered
"Hey, don't think like that. Those ones were really early; you didn't even know you were pregnant. This one feels different." He said softly as he moved a piece of her hair behind her ear.
Hanna just looked down again, avoiding his eyes and he knew there was something else bothering her.
"Talk to me Han, what's up?" She sighed and took a deep breath before responding.
"I'm scared, that you won't look at me the same when I get fat. That you won't think I'm pretty." She hated even saying that. It felt so stupid, but it was one of her fears.
Caleb was speechless. He knew she was still self-conscious about her weight, but he's told her time and time again how beautiful she is. He would never want her to think he wouldn't love her or think she's pretty if she gained weight, so the fact that it was one of her worries upset him.
"Oh, Hanna why would you ever think that? You are the prettiest woman I have ever seen and I'm the luckiest person alive to be able to call you my wife." He said as he took her hands in his, in an attempt to comfort her.
"Also you're not fat, you're pregnant." He added as an afterthought as he continued to play hold her hands.
"Yeah but the rest of my body will be fat, I'll have morning sickness, I'll have to pee a hundred times a day, I'll get ugly stretch marks, cry for no reason and be a complete mess for nine months straight!" She said as she took a deep breath.
"And I will happily deal with all that. I love you, and our baby." He said as he gently placed his hand on her still flat stomach. Just saying the words our baby made him smile.
Feeling his hand on her belly made her smile also. "See, there's that smile!" Caleb said teasing her.
"I'm excited, I'm just scared…" She said honestly.
"I know, I am too"
"What do you have to be scared about?"
"I don't know. I just am." He said quietly.
A few minutes of comfortable had passed before Hanna spoke again.
"Caleb, I'm going to try really hard but even with your support it's going to be hard for me to put on the weight."
"Hey, I know you're scared but you have nothing to worry about. I will be with you every step of the way, and I promise that I won't look at you any differently."
Hanna smiled.
"Plus, I think it's the sexiest thing ever that you're growing our baby girl inside your stomach," he continued with a smirk.
"What? No. It's definitely a boy!" Hanna whined back playfully.
"You want a boy? Am I hearing this correctly?" He asked, shocked.
"Yes. Girls are emotional and moody, plus if we had a girl she'd steal all the attention away from me. Just imagine how cute a little Caleb would be?"
Caleb, who was happy to see her smile, enjoyed the argument they were having. Honestly, he didn't care what the sex of the baby was as long as they were healthy and he knew that Hanna felt the same way.
"Whatever you say, Princess. Whatever you say." He said with a smirk.
After a few minutes, Hanna glanced over Caleb's shoulder to check the clock on his nightstand that read 6:43 p.m.
"Sorry I never made dinner."
Caleb laughed, loudly. "That's okay, I think you were a little distracted. I'll go order something. Do you have any weird pregnancy cravings yet, or is Chinese okay?"
Hanna smiled. "Chinese sounds great."
"Okay then. I'll be right back." Caleb responded before lifting her off of his lap and kissing the top of her head.
Hanna settled down on the covers while waiting for Caleb. She was still nervous. She had seen how pregnancy had treated her friends, the constant morning sickness, weight gain, stretch marks, mood swings and everything in between. She feels for Caleb because she knows that she's going to be difficult to deal with. However, she's also seen the happier side of pregnancy. Finding out the sex, picking a name, decorating the nursery, buying all of the cute little clothes, and eventually holding the baby after they are born. She wants that with Caleb, she wants that so badly. Suddenly, she looks at him in the hallway on the phone. She can hear him placing their usual order, at the local Chinese take-out restaurant, which he's memorized by now. She knows it's going to be hard, but they'll get through it like they get through everything else and soon enough, they'll be parents to their own little one. She can't wait.
