Chapter 4…
It was 12:00 Monday afternoon and Nick and Jess were preparing for Jess' OBGYN appointment.
"Nick hurry up we have to be at the doctor's office in 30 minutes and it's 20 minutes away! I don't want to be late!" Jess shouted through the bathroom door so Nick could hear her over the shower.
"Alright beautiful! I'll be out in a minute!" Nick shouted with a big cheesy grin on his face.
It was 12:30 and Nick and Jess sat in the waiting room impatiently. Nick couldn't stop shaking his knee up and down. However, Jess was a little bit calmer. She kept rubbing her protruding belly and switching which leg she crossed.
They had only waited in the waiting room for about ten minutes. A young nurse came out, weighed Jess, and took them to their room. After taking Jess' blood pressure and asking her a few questions about her pregnancy she got Jess what she needed in preparation for the doctor.
"Here you are. Go ahead and put this gown on. Doctor Sadie will be in with you in just a moment." She smiled genuinely.
"Thank you Noel." Jess said calmly.
They only waited 15 minutes when finally Sadie knocked on the door, and came in.
"Alright folks let's find out if that baby has female or male genitalia." Sadie said greeting Nick and Jess with a big smile and handshake.
"Oh crap!" Jess said annoyed. Both Sadie and Nick looked at Jess questioningly.
"What's wrong Jess?" Sadie said putting a hand calmly on Jess' shoulder.
"I forgot your cake. Nick and I baked you a cake for your birthday and I totally forgot about it." Jess said slouching over.
"No worries! I'll just come over soon and we can all have dinner and desert sound good?" Sadie smiled.
"Okay, sounds good Happy Birthday by the way." Jess said
"Yea, happy birthday, doc." Nick said winking at Sadie and giving her the finger guns.
"You do remember that I'm a lesbian right, Nick?" Sadie laughed.
"Yea, forgive me that was creepy. Happy birthday bro." Nick said in a haughty tone.
Jess and Sadie both looked at Nick and rolled their eyes.
"Anyway... Let's go ahead and find out if you're having a prince or princess." Sadie smiled at Jess and Nick. "Just lie back Jess, lift up your gown, and I'm going to put this sheet over your thighs. The usual." Sadie said.
Once Jess was all settled Sadie squirted the gel on Jess' belly.
"Okay, over here that's the baby's head," Sadie pointed at the monitor screen. "and moving down a bit you'll see the baby's arm, and tummy." Jess and Nick couldn't stop smiling. Sadie moved the Doppler over so they could hear the swishing of the baby's heartbeat.
"Wow, that's amazing" Nick said grinning from ear to ear. He leaned down placing a soft kiss on Jess' forehead. Jess couldn't take her eyes off the monitor she loved coming to the doctor to see the growth of her and Nicks child.
"Okay, now I'm starting to move lower...from what I can tell... You're having a little..." Sadie paused between every couple of words trying to find the right angle so she could see in between the baby's legs.
"There it is that's your baby's private parts. Try guessing what the gender is."
"Uhm, I think it is...a... Boy." Jess said looking at the screen.
"What about you Nick?" Sadie asked.
"Yea, I agree with Jess that looks like little boy parts."
"Well, you're both wrong congratulations you're having a baby girl!" Sadie said.
Jess began to cry and Nick did as well, but only tears of joy, and pure happiness.
"I'll give you two a moment. I'm going to go print out the pictures and I'll be back." Sadie said walking out of the room.
"Oh my gosh I can't believe I'm going to have a daughter. She's going to be so beautiful like her mom. I can't wait to teach her how to walk, how to talk, her ABC's. I'll keep a gun just for intimidation, for all the boys that'll come to the house to take her out on dates. I'm so excited and so blessed to have you and this baby in my life Jess I love you so much."
"I love you too Nick," sitting up so she could kiss him. "I can't wait to meet our daughter. You've made me the most happiest I've ever been in my whole life and raising a child with you is like the cherry on top." Jess smiled wiping her tears.
It was 2:00 by the time they got home. Nick and Jess rode the elevator up looking at the ultrasound pictures the entire time.
Nick went to unlock the door for him and Jess, letting her walk through first. Jess and Nick were so occupied looking down at their daughters pictures. They didn't notice Schmitt was walking out of the door at the same time to go to work.
"What the hell—" Schmitt looked down at the ultrasound pictures.
"What. The. Hell. Jessica Day and Nicholas Miller are you bringing a prodigy into this world?" Schmitt said finally making eye contact with the two of them.
"Yes, yes we are Schmitt and I don't care what you have to say about. I don't care if it's going to throw off the "chi" of the loft. Nick and I are very excited and there's nothing you can say to change that."
"You thought I'd be mad?" Schmitt said questioningly.
"Well, yea Schmitt. You're... Schmitt I know how you are." Jess said.
"I'm kind of mad you didn't tell me sooner, but it's whatever I'm happy for you and Nick." Schmitt smiled at both Nick and Jess.
"Are we talking to the same Schmitt?" Nick said with a bit of a confused tone in his voice.
"Why of course Miller. Now you two have fun and by fun I mean—"
"Got it Schmitt!" Nick and Jess both said in unison.
Schmitt left for work after their little chat.
"I can't believe how calm Schmitt was about the baby." Jess said sounding surprised.
"I know it's like we weren't even talking to the same Schmitt." Nick said.
It was 3:00 and Nick and Jess spent the rest of the even making love, eating junk food and watching movies. They were in absolute bliss.
"I'm so excited Jess. I can't wait for our beautiful daughter to be born."
Next up baby names! And shopping…I had such a hard time deciding if I wanted them to have a boy or girl ... I kept imagining them with a son but I let my best friend read the story and she said "no make it a girl!" and the more I thought about it I kept thinking about how cute Nick would be with a daughter. So I went with a girl. Again sorry if there's grammatical errors... chapter 5 will be up shortly.(: