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A/N: I hope you liked chapter 1! Now on to chapter 2!
Chapter 2: Our Little Rum Cork
Emma and Killian sat together in the waiting room of Dr. Whale's office anxiously awaiting their appointment. Emma glanced over at Killian and noticed that he couldn't stay still, constantly shifting his body and looking all over the office as if waiting for the boogeyman to jump out at him.
"I'm nervous too." Emma said taking his hand in hers.
"I'm not nervous love," Killian said with no conviction. Emma raised her eyebrow at him.
"Superpower," she said.
"Alright I might be a bit nervous."
"Emma Jones!" A nurse called into the waiting room.
"That's us!" She said grabbing Killian by the hand and leading him back into the examination room.
"Good morning, my name is Lauren and I'll be your nurse today. What brings you in?"
"I have taken three pregnancy tests and they all came back positive so we are here to confirm and get a check up." Emma told the nurse.
"Ok great! Congratulations! I'll just get your vitals and take some blood to confirm and then Dr. Whale will be in to speak with you."
"Sounds good!" Emma said as the nurse got to business. When the nurse put the needle in her arm Killian squeezed her hand.
"You ok?" Emma asked.
"I don't like it when they have to poke and prod you like that."
"If that makes you queasy you are in big trouble when the thing is born mister."
"That's not it, I don't like seeing you hurt in any way."
"Killian that barely pinched."
"Still love, I wish I could bear it all for you." Emma thought her heart was going to explode. He couldn't be anymore supportive and loving towards her if he tried. She leaned over to kiss him which quickly turned passionate but was interrupted by Dr. Whale entering the room.
"Mrs. Jones it seems that….well no surprise how we got here is it?" He said as he closed the door behind him. Emma blushed but Killian looked pleased with himself.
"I love my wife doctor, what can I say?" He said with a wink in her direction.
"Well congratulations you two, you are definitely pregnant. I want to do a sonogram to see how far along you are and check that everything is progressing as it should. So Emma if you could just lay back for me and lift up your shirt we can get this show on the road.
"This is your second pregnancy correct?"
"Yes, but it's been a while and I only got one sonogram with Henry. Jail medics weren't the best." Emma said reach over to squeeze Killian's hand at the painful memory. Thankful that this time around she would not be reliving those horrible circumstances.
"Alright so you know the drill with this, it's going to be cold I apologize." He squirted the gel on her stomach causing her to jump at the chilly sensation. He put the wand to her stomach and Emma tightened her grip on Killian's hand even more. Soon, grey images appeared on the screen in front of them.
"Alright, so here is your uterus, and here is your baby." Dr. Whale said pointing at a small object in the center of the screen. "Let me just take some quick measurements but from what I can see here it looks like you are about six weeks along." Emma felt tears welling up in her eyes. There on the screen was the product of the love her and Killian shared. She looked over at Killian and saw he was awestruck, obviously modern world technology had blown his mind yet again, allowing him to see his child at such an early stage.
"Everything looks good and the baby appears to be very healthy. Would you like to hear the heartbeat?" Both parents nodded their heads and the sound of a powerful thump thump thump filled the room. At this point Killian joined Emma in tears and they both let out laughs of joy.
"Should it be beating so fast?" He asked the doctor, wiping his eyes.
"Totally normal. Right now their heart beats about twice as fast as yours does. This one sounds particularly strong so both mommy and baby get a clean bill of health today and you can expect to be parents sometime in late February. I'm going to send you home with a list of good and bad foods and some general dos and don'ts and we can schedule a follow up appointment for you in about two months. Would you like me to get copies of the pictures for you?" Both Killian and Emma were so excited they practically skipped out to the car.
"This magic, it's incredible! We can see our child before it's born love! Look Emma, that's out baby right there!" Killian said pointing to the picture. He couldn't get the grin to disappear from his face and Emma couldn't help but laugh at his enthusiasm.
"It is! If you are this excited now wait a few months till it actually starts looks human." She said. Killian pulled the picture to his chest and playfully glared at her.
"What are you talking about when it starts to look human? Our baby is beautiful. Don't let Mommy hurt your feelings little one, she didn't mean it! Daddy thinks you are absolutely beautiful." He said placing his hand over her stomach causing Emma to laugh even harder.
"Remind me to pull up a picture of a fetus at six weeks then we can evaluate it's beauty." She said rolling her eyes at him.
"No matter what this baby looks like it's beautiful because it's ours and we made it." Killian said stroking the side of Emma's face.
When they got home Killian wanted to display the sonogram pictures all over the house but Emma had to burst his bubble and tell him no.
"I'm not saying no forever I just want to tell Henry first before we go putting pictures everywhere."
"Well coming home to see the pictures would certainly be a way to tell the lad. He's going to be a big brother Emma! Do you know how excited he's going to be?" Killian asked.
"I know but….just give me a few days to figure out how to tell him. I want it to be special. You don't find out you're going to be a big brother every day after all." Emma said. Killian could tell there was more to it than that but he didn't want to push her. She would tell him when she was ready. So for the time being, the pictures stayed safely tucked away in their possession.
That night while getting ready for bed Emma caught Killian staring at the sonogram. He looked happy still but she could see the concern in his eyes.
"Trying to decide if it looks more like a blob version of me or you?" She asked trying to lighten the mood.
"Our child isn't a blob, it's gorgeous because it will look just like you." He said pulling her close to him.
"I thought you were the devilishly handsome one?" She asked him wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Aye love but the world couldn't handle two specimens as beautiful as I in it so naturally our child will favor you in looks." He said winking at her. She playfully swatted him on the shoulder.
"What's really bothering you?"
"I'm just worried I won't make a good father is all." He said not even bothering to try and hide it from her.
"Why would you be concerned about that? You already are an amazing father. The way you are with Henry is incredible! You have nothing to worry about."
"My past love…I've done terrible things. What happens when our child finds out I killed two of its great grandfathers or plundered hundreds of towns resulting in children becoming orphans. What will they think of me then? Regardless of what kind of father I am?"
"Our child will love you unconditionally because when they are old enough to understand we will share these stories with them and tell them how you changed and became the hero they will know you to be!" Emma cupped her husbands face in her hands and pulled him in for a kiss.
"I just don't want to be a disappointment or make our child feel ashamed of who their father is."
"How many kids get to say their dad is Captain Hook? I don't think there will be any shame in that regard."
"Aye love, I guess that is a pretty cool bragging right isn't it?"
"This baby's family tree is one crazy cool bragging right."
"That it is. Oh no, it could be worse what if…they see that wretched cartoon version of me?" Emma cracked a smile.
"Oh I'll make sure that they do!" Killian rolled her onto her back and propped himself up with his good hand.
"You will do no such thing young lady! That film is forbidden in this house!" He playfully shook his hook in her face to show he meant business but all he got from her was a laugh.
"See, you got this whole father thing down already! I'm just as scared as you are Killian. I'm not really any better off than you are. Henry came into my life only shortly before he came into yours, my parenting skills aren't much more polished. I mean I have fake memories of raising him from curse number what was that two? Three? But whatever it's not the same as actually raising a baby. We both will have a lot to learn."
"The best part is we can learn it together love." Emma rested her head on his chest and he wrapped one arm around her and pulled out the sonogram and they both looked at it.
"It kinda looks like the cork to a rum bottle right now."
"Oh how lovely. Most developing babies get cute nicknames like peanut or nugget. Ours gets rum cork." Emma said rolling her eyes.
"Would you expect anything less from us?" Killian asked and Emma shook her head laughing.
"It's a rather perfect little rum cork isn't it?" She asked. Looking at the picture and gently rubbing her stomach, his hand joining hers.
"That it is love, that it is."
A/N: Chapter 3 is currently in the works! Please leave a review and tell me what you thought of this one!