It was the day of Leanne's first scan and they were both nervous and excited. Today they would see their baby for the first time. They decided to tell Simon after the scan, as they thought he deserved to know since he was going to be the baby's big brother. Leanne and Peter were also going to go round to the Rovers, as Leanne told Eva she would.
It was half an hour before the appointment. Peter had gone to drop off Simon at Ken and Deirdre's before coming back home. Peter entered the flat and saw Leanne watching T.V.
"Hey love, what are you watching?" Peter asked sitting down next to her.
"Hmm...Oh nothing much. There's nothing really good on."
"Oh right, hey it's your appointment in a bit," Peter smiled.
"I know, I just hope everything's okay."
"Of course it will love, don't worry about it."
Half an hour later Peter and Leanne arrived at Weatherfield General Hospital. They went up to the front desk, and were asked to go and take a seat.
Leanne's midwife was actually Marcus who was a neighbour and friend of theirs. Leanne didn't mind as she knew that the person delivering her baby wasn't a total stranger and Peter was happy because he knew if there were ever any problems, Marcus would only be a few doors away. Leanne tapped her foot on the floor, impatiently.
"I'm sure we'll be called through in a bit," Peter said.
Leanne just nodded and rested her head on Peter's shoulder.
5 minutes later Marcus called them through. "Hello Leanne, how are you?" Marcus asked.
"I'm fine ta," Leanne replied.
"Good and how are you Peter?"
"I'm very well thanks."
"Great, well Leanne if you'd like to hop up onto this bed and lie back for me please." Marcus requested.
Leanne did so as she pulled up her top and Marcus put some tissue above and below her stomach so the gel didn't get on her clothes. Peter reached out his hand to Leanne's and held it. Marcus pulled out a probe and placed it on Leanne's stomach, after he had squirted some of the cold gel on to her. He rolled it around a bit, then turned and smiled at Leanne and Peter.
He turned the screen,and pointed at it. "There's your baby."
Both Leanne and Peter grinned; they couldn't believe that the tiny image on the screen was their baby.
"Would you like to hear the heartbeat?" Marcus asked.
They both nodded their heads, eager to hear their baby's heartbeat.
"Yeah we would love to hear it please," Leanne replied.
Marcus smiled and got the heartbeat Doppler out. He put it on Leanne's stomach like he did with the probe, and within seconds they heard it. The beautiful sound of their baby's heartbeat. A single tear rolled down Leanne's cheek. She was so happy. She looked at the screen again; she still couldn't believe that that was hers and Peter's baby.
"I'll give you two a moment," Marcus said leaving the room.
"Our little baby's perfect," Peter commented.
"I know," Leanne agreed. Peter reached over and kissed Leanne sweetly on the lips.
Not long after Peter and Leanne had left Weatherfield General Hospital, with their next appointment booked and with a small ultrasound photo of their baby. They went into the Rovers and went over to Stella and Eva who were talking to Ken and Deirdre.
"Hi love, do you want to come through to the back? You too?" Stella asked nodding at Ken and Deirdre.
"Yeah sure."
"You two don't mind minding the bar for me for about ten or fifteen minutes do you?" Stella asked Tina and Sean.
"No of course not," Tina answered.
"Thanks."
Stella went through to the back room to where Leanne, Peter, Eva, Ken and Deirdre were before saying "So, how did it go?"
Leanne just smiled and pulled out the ultrasound photo, which she gave for them to see. They all oooooed and ahhhhhed.
"Aww congratulations you two, I'm so happy for you," Stella said.
"Us too," Eva, Ken and Deirdre agreed.
"By the way Simon is at ours still with Amy, Tracy's looking after them" Deirdre told them.
"Oh right okay, well we'll go pick him up in a bit," Peter said.
Ten minutes later they had all protruded back out to the bar. Peter whispered something in Leanne's ear.
"If you want to..." Leanne smiled.
Peter nodded before saying "Hi everyone, I was just wondering if I could make a quick announcement. I just want to say that I know me and Leanne have had our ups and downs, but hey who hasn't? We've managed to make it this far, and now I'm delighted to tell you all that it's not just going to be me, Leanne and Simon anymore, as my beautiful wife here," he said gesturing towards Leanne "is pregnant with my baby and has made me the happiest man alive."
Everyone in the pub congratulated Leanne and Peter and were constantly being told that they were going to be brilliant parents as they already are to Simon and that they were going to have a perfect little family.
Thirty minutes later they arrived back home after picking Simon up from Ken and Deirdre's. They had decided that now was the time to tell Simon that he was going to be a big brother. They put their coats away and told Simon to sit down, which he did almost instantly.
"Right, you know how ages ago me and your mum were talking about you having a little brother or sister one day?" Peter asked his son.
"Well..."
Then before Peter or Leanne could go any further Simon said "Are you pregnant?" looking towards Leanne.
Leanne just laughed and nodded, as Simon threw his arms around her giving her a big hug. Peter laughed too.
"Wow, does this mean that I get to be a big brother?" Simon asked excited.
"It sure does," Peter said.
"Do you want to see a photo?" Leanne asked. Simon nodded, smiling.
Leanne pulled out the photo and handed it to Simon. But his smile vanished as his faced changed to puzzlement. He kept turning the photo round and was looking at it from different angles. He couldn't quite understand what he was supposed to be looking at.
Leanne chuckled and showed Simon the baby, telling him where it was in the picture.
"Ohhhh," Simon responded.
Simon looked up at them both and opened his arms wide, inviting his mum and dad in for a hug.
"I'm going to be a big brother," Simon said, excited to meet his little brother or sister...
