Amanda and Finn were heading back to the apartment, Amanda glancing at the two Clearblue boxes in the plastic bag… and Finn lightly rubbing her left thigh.
"Nervous, Love?" Finn asked.
"Scared, excited… trying to keep from freaking out." Amanda answered as Save A Prayer by Duran Duran played on the radio.
"Just relax, we'll be at the house soon. You're making me nervous too." Finn responded.
Amanda closed her eyes and took a breath before opening them… when they were at home, she took the tests, washed her hands and waited with Finn.
She noticed that Yukie's room in the brownstone was empty but Yukie hadn't left a note… and Finn turned to his phone as it rang, sending the call to voicemail.
"Seth?" Amanda questioned, Finn nodding.
"Still being a pain in the neck." Finn answered.
"Dean needs to get him back in line." Amanda responded before she turned the tests facing upwards… and both sets of eyes widened when they saw the blue plus signs in each screen.
"Come here, Love." Finn responded happily, before hugging Amanda tightly in his arms and kissed her on the lips.
"This is really happening…" Amanda replied as happy tears ran down their faces and Finn rested his right hand on her stomach, just below Amanda's left one.
"Our little baby boy or girl will be here with us soon." Finn responded with a smile.
The two kissed again and held each other.
"We've gotta get you checked out by a doctor… now the last time we were intimate was the 20th of June so…" Finn replied.
"Almost 8 weeks ago." Amanda responded before her LG Aristo 2 rang and she picked it up. "Seth, sorry that we didn't answer right away." She replied.
"It's fine. But hey, I just saw Yukie leaving earlier from the apartment when I came by and she had a sad look on her face, before out of nowhere, she hit my eye." Seth responded.
"That's truly worrying… I hope she tells us soon what's going on." Amanda responded before she and Seth heard Finn talking… but it wasn't to either of them, Finn's left ear lightly resting on Amanda's stomach.
"Who is he talking to? That blue haired freak that hit me?" Seth asked.
"She's not here… I'll call you back." Amanda answered before they hung up and looked at Finn as she knew he was talking to their child.
Back at the hospital, Yukie was looking through pictures from past pay per view events and even the last one she participated in the Women's Money In The Bank with Amanda as more tears ran down her face until Historia walked back in.
"Okay, Yukie. The surgery will in a few hours from now and it will be long and challenging, but… this is a risk that you're willing to take. Only 90% of people survive, but if you do… You'll probably be paralyzed from the neck up for about 2 to 4 weeks while your brain recovers." Historia explained.
"The brain is very complex." Yukie responded as she set her phone aside. "I can feel the medicine kicking in, can you stay here with me? I don't want to be alone." She replied.
"Of course… It feels like yesterday that me and you were working at this hospital and then, you've told me that you were debuted into WWE by old friends." Historia responded with a smile as she sat down in a nearby chair.
"So much time has gone by…" Yukie replied as she closed her eyes, Historia lightly rubbing Yukie's left shoulder.
As she was being wheeled off to the OR, Historia looked up.
"Her life is in your hands now… please watch over her throughout all of this." Historia replied before going to join the OR team.
A long night lay ahead for everyone.
August 19th 2018…
Amanda opened her eyes, Finn looking at her and seeing that she had glanced at the clock.
"2 more hours left til the appointment…" Amanda responded.
"Do you want me to make breakfast for you and the baby?" Finn asked.
Amanda nodded before they kissed and Finn stood up, finding the toaster and whole wheat bread.
'Hopefully the dry toast and oatmeal helps her… maybe I should call Mom for advice but that would mean telling her and I'm kind of scared to.' Finn thought as he fixed the toast and oatmeal.
As they ate, Finn noticed that Amanda was looking less pale and to him, that was a good sign… and Amanda saw a text from Dean.
'Seth is cranky.'
'Still?' Amanda responded.
'Yeah, cause he keeps whining about someone giving him a black eye.' Dean replied.
"I say he deserved that punch for calling Yukie names." Amanda responded.
"I agree with you on that, Love. Have you heard from her yet?" Finn asked.
"Not a word… whatever's going on, I hope she's okay." Amanda replied.
At the doctor's appointment, Amanda and Finn were waiting and she rubbed her right arm.
"Damn needles." Amanda muttered.
"No bad words to our little one. He or she might be hearing." Finn responded.
"Kiddo, sorry about Mommy's mouth." Amanda replied as Cali Amann returned.
"Congrats, you two. 7 weeks, 6 days." Cali responded.
"And this little one's perfectly healthy?" Finn asked.
"Perfectly. I do advise though that Mandy lower her stress levels a bit, keep her blood pressure normal… we still worry about the risk of seizures." Cali explained before the technician had shown up with the ultrasound machine.
And it wasn't long before the strong heartbeat echoed throughout the room, Finn recording it on his phone.
"That's our baby…" Amanda responded before they kissed.
"Yep… heartbeat's so damn strong." Finn replied with a smile.
At the Barclays Center, Amanda had taken a prenatal vitamin and closed the bottle before putting it away and looked at the sonogram picture.
"Don't worry, little one. Mommy and Daddy are always gonna protect you." Amanda replied softly, right hand on her stomach. "You have a few cousins on both sides of the family, uncles and aunts, grandparents… just have to figure out how we'll tell them. And… there are some people I wish you had gotten the chance to meet, including a man I promised in my younger years that I'd name my firstborn son after. Chris would've loved you…" She responded before she heard the door close and jumped… only to breathe a relieved sigh when she saw Stephanie.
"Did I scare you, kiddo?" Stephanie asked.
"A bit… oh, here." Amanda replied before she handed a sonogram picture to Stephanie… who immediately pulled her into a hug.
"I'm so proud of you. Even for Finn. You two are finally going to be parents." Stephanie explained as Amanda looked to see a half empty prescription bottle in her hand. "I found this…" She replied as they let go, Amanda looking at the label.
"This is prescribed to head trauma patients to prevent infection if something goes wrong with the metal plate… why didn't I realise this before?" Amanda responded.
"Was she missing those? Somehow those were dropped out of Seth's pocket." Stephanie asked.
"Yukie's at the hospital." Amanda replied before she called Historia… who, coming off of a 48 hour shift, was a little agitated.
"What?" Historia answered.
"How is she, Historia?" Amanda asked.
"Asleep now… she's alive and on antibiotics to prevent anything." Historia explained after she calmed down. "I know how she is, promise me something… keep that baby safe. She wants to get to know him or her." She replied.
"She's fighting back against death…" Amanda responded.
"Yukie's always been a tough one, Mandy." Historia replied before they hung up and Amanda looked up and saw Finn, who had a look of shock on his face as he had overheard it… and pulled Amanda into his arms, the two embracing each other.
"She didn't want us to worry." Finn responded.
"Family always worries and that's what we all are here, a big family." Amanda replied as Stephanie lightly rubbed her right arm.
Stephanie agreed with them wholeheartedly.
