The next morning Vanessa woke up to feeling nauseous. She ran to the bathroom with Zac right behind her. Vanessa kneeled down in front of the toilet and released the contents of her stomach. Zac rubbed her back soothingly and kissed her head. When Vanessa was finished, she got up from the floor, brushed her teeth, and washed her face. She then leaned against Zac.
"How are you feeling, babe?" Zac asked.
"Tired" Vanessa said.
Zac brushed the stray hairs out of his wife's face.
We are going to see Dr. Peter so we can see the baby" Zac said.
Zac wrapped his arms around his wife and kissed her head. She had been tossing and turning all night. Zac knew she was nervous that he was leaving because she just found out that she was pregnant.
"I'm going to get Troy up" Vanessa said.
"No you are not. Go back to bed, Van. I will get him" Zac said.
"Fine" Vanessa said.
"I love you" Zac said.
"I love you too" Vanessa said back as she snuggled back into the bed.
Zac went to Troy's room and saw him standing up in his crib. Zac went over to the crib and picked him up.
"Good morning, Troy. We are going to see the baby today. Are you excited?" Zac asked his son.
"Yeah" Troy said happily.
Zac put Troy on the floor and watched him walk out of the room. Zac then followed his son downstairs to the kitchen where Vanessa was.
"Mommy, up?" Troy asked his mother as he held both of his arms up.
Vanessa kneeled down and kissed Troy's head.
"Sweetie, I can't pick you up. I have to be careful with the baby. If I pick you up, then something could happen to the baby and we don't want that do we?" Vanessa told her son.
Troy had tears in his eyes. Vanessa saw this and opened her arms as Troy ran into them. She then kissed his head softly.
"I love you Troy" Vanessa told her son as she held him in her arms.
"I love you" Troy said.
"We have to go Van" Zac said.
"Okay" Vanessa said as she took Troy's hand and walked to the car.
"Troy, do you want a brother or a sister?" Zac asked his son as they drove to the hospital.
"Brother" Troy said.
"Why?" Vanessa asked.
"I can play cars with him" Troy said.
"What if it's a girl, Troy? What are you going to then?" Vanessa asked.
"No play. Girls are yucky" Troy said folding his arms.
Zac and Vanessa laughed. Zac parked the car and went to the passenger side and helped Vanessa out. He then went to the backseat, unbuckled Troy from his car seat, and lifted him out of the car and put him on the ground. Troy held Zac's hand as they walked into the hospital. Zac and Troy sat down in the waiting room as Vanessa signed herself in. She then sat next to Zac as they waited for her name to be called.
"Vanessa?" A nurse called.
Vanessa, Zac, and Troy followed the nurse into a room so she could check Vanessa's vitals. She then took Vanessa, Zac, and Troy into an exam room, promising that the doctor would be in shortly. Vanessa sat on the exam table and waited patiently. Troy was sitting on Zac's lap.
"Are you nervous?" Zac asked.
"No, you?" Vanessa asked.
"A little bit, not as much as the first time" Zac said.
Start of Flashback
The doctor knocked on the door and opened it. The door revealed a middle aged brunette woman. She smiled at Zac and Vanessa.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Peter" The woman said introducing herself.
"Hi, I'm Vanessa and this is my boyfriend, Zac" Vanessa said.
"What seems to be the problem today?" Dr. Peter asked.
"I think I am pregnant. I took a pregnancy test and it was positive but I wanted to come in to make sure" Vanessa said.
"Okay, let's take a look" Dr. Peter said.
Dr. Peter rolled Vanessa's shirt up revealing her tan and toned stomach. She squeezed some gel onto it and rolled a wand over the gel. Vanessa squeezed Zac's hand, nervously. Dr. Peter looked at the screen and smiled.
"You certainly are pregnant, Vanessa. Congratulations! You are about four months along" Dr. Peter said smiling.
"Thank you, Dr. Peter" Vanessa said.
Dr. Peter left the room and Vanessa looked down, shamefully. Zac saw this and kissed her head.
"Babe, what are you thinking about?" Zac asked.
"Just how, I ruined your career" Vanessa said tearfully.
End of Flashback
"I remember when you thought that you ruined my career" Zac laughed.
Vanessa raised her eyebrow.
"That was not funny, babe. I was scared to death" Vanessa said.
"I know you were" Zac said.
There was a knock on the door and Dr. Peter came into the room.
"Hello, how's everyone doing? It's been a while" Dr. Peter said.
"I know, everything is good, Troy is three" Vanessa said looking at her son.
Dr. Peter looked at Troy and smiled.
"Hi Troy" Dr. Peter said looking at the toddler.
"Hi" Troy said as he hid his face in his father's shirt.
"He's a little shy" Zac said.
"Don't worry. He will grow out of it. So, Vanessa we are here to look at the baby correct?" Dr. Peter asked.
"Yes. We want to know the gender, if it's possible" Vanessa said.
"Okay" Dr. Peter said getting his tools out.
Dr. Peter raised Vanessa's shirt and put gel on it.
"What's that daddy?" Troy asked his father.
"That's gel and it helps us be able to see the baby" Zac explained to his son.
Dr. Peter moved the wand around Vanessa's stomach and stopped. He looked at the monitor and smiled.
"It's a boy" Dr. Peter said.
Vanessa looked at Zac and smiled. Zac kissed Vanessa's lips softly.
"Troy, you are going to have a baby brother" Vanessa said smiling at her son.
"Really?" Troy asked.
"Yeah bud" Vanessa said.
Troy squealed in excitement.
"Thank you, Dr. Peter" Vanessa said sitting up.
Dr. Peter left the room.
"Troy, are excited to have a little brother?" Zac asked.
"Yeah" Troy said happily
Vanessa got off the exam table and wiped the gel off her stomach.
"We have to tell Stella" Vanessa said.
"How about we tell her tonight?" Zac suggested
"That sounds good" Vanessa said as they walked out the door.
The little family walked to the car. Zac put Troy into his car seat and put his seat belt on. He then walked to the driver's seat and got in. The Efron family were excited about the new male addition to their family.