Emison Is Expecting Child #3
We've all heard the saying that two's a party and three's a crowd, but Emily and Alison DiLaurentis-Fields will tell you any day of the week that that isn't true. Never in both of their wildest dreams did they even think that they would have one child together, but when they were blessed with a set of beautiful twin girls, they were ecstatic.
But…
When Emily came home to her beautiful wife and daughters one day to find Grace and Lily wearing matching "Best Big Sister" t-shirts, Emily and Alison were through the roof. Their little family was growing by the minute and the both of them realized that they were getting everything they ever wanted. They were building the perfect family, and better yet, they were building it with the love of their life.
So when it came time for the discussion of whether or not they wanted to figure out the sex of the baby, they both immediately knew that they didn't want to find out until Alison gave birth. When Alison was pregnant with the girls, her and Emily were both so excited that they just had to know, especially when they had to plan for buying two of everything. But this time around, they wanted to be surprised. It didn't matter to them whether the baby was a boy or a girl, as long as they were healthy, that's all that mattered.
But that didn't stop Emily and Ali from having a wife-on-wife bet about it. Emily was dead set on the fact that they would be having another girl, she just kept saying that she had a feeling. But Ali on the other hand, knew that this pregnancy was completely different then when she had the girls. This time, her hormones were all out of whack, she had ridiculous food cravings, and she just overall felt differently. She was positive she'd be having a boy.
Grace and Lily, of course, had their own little bet going. The two 4 year olds were carbon copies of their moms. Their previously blonde hair, began turning a soft brunette when they turned 2 and their athleticism showed the second they could walk. But they had all of Alison's confidence and attitude, well maybe not all of it.
Little Gracie agreed with her mommy, saying she "wanted a wittle bruver," and she wasn't going to accept anything differently. She was so adamant about it that whenever they went to the store and Ali and Emily let each of them pick out one thing for their new little brother or sister, Grace immediately went to the boys section.
Lily, on the other hand, took the side of her mama, saying that having 5 girls was good luck. And every night, when Ali and Emily tucked the girls into bed, Lily always said "good night to Mommy, Mama, Gracie and little sister." To which, of course, Grace rolled her eyes and corrected it to "brother."
When it came to the time of discussing names, Ali and Emily really wanted to keep open the idea of a gender neutral name, as well as pulling out a few gender specific ones just to keep in the back of their minds. Soon, they had a list a mile long on their refrigerator blackboard of all the names they loved, new ones being added every day. At the top were names like Taylor, Avery, Bailey, and Dylan. And who could forget Grace's suggestion of "Joey" after her favorite teddy bear, and Lily's suggestion of "Emma" because "it just sounds pretty."
Before they knew it, the nursery was painted a light grey color, with white wood furniture to match. Ali had insisted on a nursery tale theme, and had an artist friend of Aria's come in to paint different characters and quotes all over the place. Everything was falling into place, and all that was missing was a beautiful baby to wake up there every morning.
And when Alison went into labor and was rushed to the hospital at 3 am one evening, her and Emily could hardly wait to get their hands on their baby. All through Alison's contractions and being wheeled to a delivery room, with Emily's hand in hers, they ran through their name list a hundred times, trying to finally narrow it down to just a few.
But when the nurse handed Emily their baby, adorned in a blue hat and matching blanket, Alison knew that there was only one name that would really fit.
Emily carefully handed the baby to Alison, who was ready with open arms, and climbed into bed next to her beautiful wife and her new son. "We have a boy," she said, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I know," Alison said, wiping her own tears as she relaxed into Emily's embrace, "Are you happy? I know you thought I was having another girl."
"Are you kidding?" Emily said, a smile breaking out on her face, "He's absolutely perfect. I wouldn't want anyone else but him."
"I love you."
"I love you more."
They sat there for a moment, sharing sweet kisses between them and taking in every detail of their beautiful son, who had his whole hand wrapped around Emily's pinkie.
"So," Emily broke the silence, "I guess we should finally decide on a name for this little guy, huh?"
"Oh," Alison spoke up, "he's already got a name."
"Oh, really?" Emily laughed, moving the hair from Alison's face and pressing a kiss to her forehead.
"Yeah, the second I saw his face, I knew. He always already had a name."
"Well, would you like to share with your wife or are you gonna keep that a secret for forever?" Emily laughed again, "What's his name?"
Alison took a moment to stare up at her beautiful wife, the girl she'd been in love with for almost half her life. She knew what his name would be from the start.
She leaned up and pressed a small but lingering kiss to Emily's lips, pulling away slowly and waiting until Emily's eyes met hers.
"Wayne," she whispered.
Emily's eyes filled with tears once again and that smile that Alison loved oh so much returned, this time bigger and brighter than Alison had ever seen. Alison carefully placed the baby in Emily's arms, and pressed a small kiss to his forehead.
"Hi Wayne," Emily said, her voice cracking ever so slightly, "Welcome to the family."
