Marley's P.O.V
I opened my eyes to be greeted by the burning sunlight that peaked through the orange curtains, I groaned quietly knowing that my husband was still asleep by the sound of his light snoring and his arm draped over my waist.
I just realised I haven't told you my full story.
Hi, I am Marley Lynn, I'm 27 years old and I'm a former singer, now a full time songwriter. I left my profession as a singer, because I wanted to be able to spend time with my husband and to start a family. I live with my husband Ryder Lynn also 27, who is a comic book artist. We live in the suburbs in New York. We started dating when we met doing our high school production during our sophomore year and we've been inseparable ever since. He proposed to me on our 8th anniversary and we eloped 2 weeks later, it may not seem romantic to any one hearing this but the spontaneity of it was was perfect. I remember it like it was yesterday
Marley's P.O.V
I was wearing a short beautiful white dress, I didn't want to have a big fuss of a wedding dress. Ryder was carrying me to the car whilst I giggled uncontrollably, we just woke up this morning and decided that we wanted to get married, luckily we already had bought the dress, suit and rings. We stopped by the the local florist to pick up a bouquet. We drove to the chapel and had to wait 2 hours for a priest. When a priest was finally available, Ryder gave me a kiss on the hand before taking his hand in mine again and running into the chapel.
"Have you written your vowels?" The priest said whilst smiling at us both, we both said yes. Ryder got out a piece of paper from his pocket, giving me a wink before he ripped up the piece of paper. I frowned before he spoke.
"I don't need to read off a bit of paper to describe my love for you. Marley Ann Rose, I love you so much, I loved you from the moment I looked in those beautiful, blue eyes and since then I've been fixated on you… That sounded a lot less creepier in my head". He said with so much passion but then ended feeling awkward and embarrassed at what he finished with. I giggled at his embarrassment. He then carried on. "I want, no I need to be with you for the rest of my life. I want us to be the horrible, old bitter couple that are fat and ugly with grey hair in the old peoples home. I want to be the one who has children with you, who has grandchildren with you and then great-grandchildren with you, I want to be the one who you go to when you're upset, angry or just happy. I love you Marley Ann Rose… Or should I say Lynn?" He shot me a flirtatious wink. I giggled whilst tears filled my eyes. He wiped away my tears with his thumb and took his hands in mine.
"If you would like to go next Miss Rose" the priest choked out, I looked over at him and saw he had watery eyes. I looked back over at Ryder deciding against using my words on my piece of paper. "You win" I joked, "how can I top that? Ryder Edward Lynn, I don't even know where to start, we've been through so much, y-you've supported me through everything and wh-when I'm with you, I feel like I can do anything, you gave me hope, when I had nothing left, you helped me after mom died, you helped me with my eating disorder, you complete me and I can't imagine my life without you. I want to grow old with you and have little Ryder and Marley's running around the place, they'll have your Bieber hair and your handsome smile." I nodded to let them know I've finished, Ry gave my hand a squeeze and gave another flirtatious wink.
"Do you Marley Ann Rose take Ryder Edward Lynn to be your lawfully wedded husband, will you promise to love him, cherish him in sickness and in heal-" I cut him off eagerly "YES!" The priest laughed and I slipped the ring onto Ryder's finger "and do you Ryder Edward Lynn, take Marley Ann Rose to be your lawfully wedded wife "HELL YE- I mean I do". I giggled at him, he then put the ring on my finger before giving my hand a kiss. "With that, I now pronounce you husband and wife" Ryder grabbed my waist and held me down as he gave a long passionate kiss. We broke apart when the priest gave a loud cough, we pulled away suddenly "Thank you so much vicar" I said before Ryder picked me up and carried me to the car.
Once we were in the car:
"I can't believe we just got married!" He said before giving me a long kiss, "let's go home ba-"
I was cut off by my next thought when I had to rush to the bathroom and throw up. "Baby, you okay?" I heard a concerned Ryder coming towards the bathroom, after I finished puking up the remains of last nights dinner whilst Ryder was holding back my hair and stroked my back. I stood up flushed the toilet and brushed my teeth. Ryder tried to give me a comforting kiss on the neck but all it did was make me moan, damn hormones! "Wow you really want some don't you?" He joked, I jokingly slapped his defined chest before biting my lip. He gave me a peck on the lips, but I pulled him back by his pyjama pants, he never wore a shirt to bed another reason why I loved him so much. I pulled him back and gave him a long passionate kiss trying to pull his trousers down. He pulled away "babe, I need to shower and get ready for work". "But it's been ages!" I frowned "Last night?" He questioned. "I'm pregnant Ry, I have needs" I whined before I got an idea, I whispered in his ear, "what if we showered together?" His eyes went wide "seriously?" He said excitedly like a child who's birthdays and christmases had all come at once. I gave a nod before shooting him a wink. We shredded each others clothes before we got in the shower.
After Ryder had left for work at around 12 pm, I decided to pass time by going to the grocery store to make Ryder's favourite for when he gets back, he had been doing so much for me ever since we decided to get pregnant. He gets back at around 6 or 7 so I decided on cooking at around 5. After I packed all the groceries away. I looked at the time and noticed that it was 11 am. I settled down with my book.
After I finished my book, I set it down to one side. "You hungry baby girl?" I said to my child, I had a feeling it was a girl, but then again how was I to know, I hadn't even been to my first scan yet let alone found out the sex of our baby! I found out that I was pregnant at around 2 weeks, I only had the sticks to show it as me and Ryder could only find an available doctors appointment when he was working. We were planning on going next week when Ryder had his week off.
I walked to the kitchen to make a sandwich for me and the baby.
After I ate, I decided on finishing the song in the studio for Mercedes. Once I finished songwriting, I noticed that the time was 5 o'clock I went downstairs and started cooking for Ryder. When I was almost done with cooking, I noticed that the light bulb had started to flicker, I tutted to myself leaving it be, knowing that Ryder would sort it out later. 2 minutes later the light switched off completely, "brilliant" I said sarcastically to myself, I'm in the pitch black winter evening, trying to cook. I grabbed the flashlight on my phone before going into the cabinet to grab a new bulb. I flashed the light on the oven to turn the hob off. I stood up on the table to reach up to the light bulb, after 5 minutes of struggle I finally managed to successfully change the bulb, the light came back on. I took a step down onto the chair to lower myself onto the ground, however I slipped and fell on the floor landing on my stomach.
"AHH" I exclaimed. I tried to get myself up my putting an arm on the kitchen chair, but it was no use. I saw that my phone was still on the kitchen table, I reached up for it but it was no use and I yelled out in pain again. I laid there hopelessly, I looked over at the clock and saw that it had just gone 6. "AAAHHH" I cried out again, where was my Ry? I thought to myself.
10 minutes later
I heard the door open, "Honey I'm home!" I heard Ryder chuckle "something smells nice" he said gently, whilst walking towards the kitchen, "AAAHHH" I let out another cry of pain, suddenly I heard louder footsteps as Ryder came running towards me "baby what happened? Are you okay? Is the baby okay?" "I fell, take me to the hospital" I exclaimed. "Okay I'll drive" he scooped me up in his arms and carried me to the car. The pain started to decrease when Ryder told me to take deep breaths. We had to stop at a red light "FUCKS SAKE!" Ryder shouted angrily, the pain started to increase again and I screamed out "AAAHH" "Sorry for shouting baby, take deep breaths like I told you too" he gave me a kiss before it went to green.
When we arrived at the hospital, I was immediately put into a wheelchair and whisked away straight into a room.
"What is taking them so long?" I questioned annoyed, "I'll go find out babe." He said comfortingly, "no don't leave me on my own." Finally the doctor arrived.
"Well it seems everything is okay, I'll just get one of our midwives to make sure that everything is 100% perfect. I'm sure it is though". He gave a sympathetic smile, he wasn't even 100% sure? What kind of doctor was he?
I was taken into the maternity ward where the midwife was about to give us an ultrasound, "this may me a little cold" she said softly, I shivered when she put the gel on my for now non-existent bump. Ryder gave my hand a little squeeze reassuring me that everything would be okay. I shook my head and felt tears starting to form, I refused to look at the screen thinking that would mean it's all over. "I'm sorry Ry, this is all my fault. If I hadn't tried to change that light bulb none of this would've hap-" I was cut off by the sound of a heartbeat, I looked over at the screen and started to smile, I felt Ryder giving me a kiss on the cheek. "This is your baby" the midwife pointed at the screen, she was smiling along with us. "Everything's okay? You're 110% sure?" Ryder questioned his voice full of concern, "yep everything is fi-" the midwife frowned. "What is it? Is something wrong with our baby?" I began to panic, "No of course not Mrs Lynn" she smiled at me again but I just looked at her confused, "you see here Mr and Mrs Lynn?" We both nodded, "this is your baby and this here is the heartbeat. Then if you look here, what do you see?
"Twins?" I said shocked, she nodded. I looked over to Ryder, "twins" I said and happy tears started to fill my eyes. Ryder returned a smile before giving me a kiss on the lips full of passion. "Would you like a picture of the sonogram?" "Yes, that would be perfect thank you" Ryder said and she left the room after cleaning my stomach. "Twins, they're gonna be boys, I bet you 10 dollars they'll be boys" he said, his voice full of happiness. I giggled before kissing him again.
