Lover's Eyes
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Please Review! This is the last chapter for this story and then there will be the final story for the series.
Ch12: Lovesong
Mandy had been beyond excited, finally she thought. She was finally engaged to her everything. The man of her dreams, the father of her beautiful daughter, and her best friend. Mandy was so giddy she couldn't contain it. After some intense celebration between the newly engaged, they tried to get some rest but Mandy couldn't she was too happy and too excited. They had some alone time with Lily staying with Mandy's mom.
She stayed up for most of the night looking at wedding catalogs and changing it every hour or so with baby catalogs. She laid naked in bed smiling as she flipped through the catalog as Nick stirred a little keeping his arm around her waist. Mandy's phone rang and she anxiously answered the phone.
"Hello," Mandy said cheery. Nick twitched and rolled over still asleep.
"Hey Mandy, congratulations on your engagement!" Wendy said excited. Mandy smiled hearing from her old friend.
"Thank you!" Mandy said cheery. Nick rolled over again and lifted his head up looking at her with the sleepiest expression on his scrunched up face wincing from the sunlight. Mandy smiled at him and he put his face on the pillow as he stretched a little.
"So, what are you doing?" Wendy asked.
"Just laying in bed with my fiancée... waiting to go to the doctor." Mandy said smiling as Nick pulled Mandy closer, kissing her forehead.
"Doctor? That sounds romantic?" Wendy teased.
"Well…" Mandy said smiling looking at Nick as he too smiled. "Well, I am expecting and today we get to hear the heartbeat." Nick smiled. Mandy was now entering her 12th week of pregnancy, and they were excited.
"Oh… congratulations! I'm so happy for you guys!" Wendy said happily. Mandy smiled at Nick who couldn't stop smiling. They lay peacefully together as Mandy made small talk with Wendy mainly catching up.
Mandy didn't realize how tired she was until they were headed to the doctor. As much as she wanted to pretend to be excited about the pregnancy she was excited but she was also very nervous. This pregnancy didn't feel like the first, everything about her body felt different and even her mood was different too. She felt bigger, even though Nick reassured her she was beautiful and looked fine. She thought that morning sickness with Lily was bad but this little person was rinking havoc on her stomach. The other thing she noticed was that she felt more… frisky. Everything Nick was doing made Mandy bite her lip and look at him with hungry eyes, not that Nick minded.
"Ready babe?" Nick asked a tired Mandy. Mandy had a quick flashback of when they went to the I Heart Music festival. Nick and Mandy held hands walking into her OBGYN's office. Nick followed Mandy a little unsure of where to go. Mandy hear a beautiful Adele playing over the loudspeaker. Mandy waiting in line swaying to the gentle beat as Nick put his hands on her shoulders.
"Are you ready?" Mandy turned putting her arms around Nick's waist.
"Yeah…" Nick said smiling, swaying his hips with Mandy. "Got dance fever, babe?" Nick whispered against Mandy's hair as he put his arms around her.
"This song is beautiful. I love it." Mandy said resting her head against Nick's chest. The couple subtly danced until they heard the receptionist clear her throat.
"Do you have an appointment?" she asked.
"9:30 ultrasound appointment… do you name of that song that was just playing?" Mandy asked, as the receptionist looked up stuff on the computer. The receptionist smiled.
"Lovesong…" she whispered.
Nick and Mandy practically gushed cheesy love and romance, even though they were a seasoned couple. They had been together for four years had a child, and went through their own hard times that they triumphed through together. Nick gave Mandy's hand a squeeze and kissed it.
They nervously walked together to the room waiting the ultrasound. Nick helped Mandy on the table even though she really didn't need it but she liked the gesture. Nick held her hand but insisted on standing instead of sitting. The nurse exposed Mandy's stomach and squirted the jelly on.
"Is it cold?" Nick asked smiling.
"Always is." Mandy smiled, she was having little flashbacks of when they went through this when she was pregnant with Lily except then Nick couldn't stand, or at least till the end he couldn't really stand.
"This isn't your first." The nurse asked.
"We have a beautiful little girl." Mandy said smiling.
"Alright, awesome. Are you excited to hear the heartbeat?" the nurse asked smiling.
"Yes." Nick said unable to hide his excitement. Mandy smiled at him.
The nurse began pressing on Mandy's stomach with the instrument. Nick and Mandy both studied the screen even though they didn't know what they were looking at. Mandy would give Nick's hand a gentle squeeze every few seconds seeing Nick's face light up with excitement.
"Its twins!" the nurse said excited, and Nick and Mandy's face both dropped as they were shocked.
"Wha… what?" Nick asked stuttering in disbelief.
"You are having twins." The nurse said smiling. Nick looked at Mandy with wide eyes. "You want to hear the heartbeat?" the nurse asked turning a few dials. Soon the baby's heartbeats filled the room, and Nick got choked up and looked away. He had a similar reaction when he heard Lily's, and both times it caused Mandy to get a little choked up.
"Oh man…" Nick said wiping his eyes, trying to conceal the fact that he was emotional.
"You want to hear the other one?" the nurse said taken back a little by the heartfelt moment. The nurse turned some more dials and then the other heart beat filled the room, and Mandy and Nick were still shocked.
"The other one…" Nick whispered.
Once the nurse was finished with ultrasound she wiped the gel off her stomach. Nick hugged Mandy pulling her off the table and keeping her off the ground. Mandy hugged Nick back. She knew Nick had trouble verbalizing his feelings but did showcase them physically, and she understood him perfectly right now.
"I love you so much." Nick said putting Mandy down. Mandy smiled at him wiping a lonely tear that he missed.
"I love you too." Mandy said holding his hand.
I hope you enjoyed this story I had a lot of fun writing it. I will write a third story for this series that will focus on some unusual Nick and Mandy family drama. What did you think? What would you like to see in the next story? Please Review!