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Breathe

No one knows what comes after this but I, I've always hoped that it was you, 'cause you're the one thing I believe in when I lose faith in all I do, this paradise comes when I close my eyes It's true, in the darkness I see you… Breathe, don't you let that heart beat fall, no matter how far it goes, you'll always be where I belong…

Three weeks after that weekend in which both had decided to try to start a family together Owen and Teddy sneaked into a supply room and took four pregnancy tests.

"Are you sure of this? Don't you think we should wait a few more days? "

"Do you want to wait a few more days?"

Teddy just shook her head with a shy smile, then both went to the attending's room, making sure to lock the door and so they waited for the results of their first attempt. Teddy left the four tests on the bathroom sink and waited with Owen in the small living room, both were sweating with nerves; Owen's leg kept jumping up and down and Teddy's were stinging from being bitten. None wanted to break the silence.

"How much time has passed?" Teddy asked after a while.

"About 10 minutes." Owen said looking at his wristwatch.

"Should we see now?" They both looked at each other and swallowed the huge knot in their throats. "You go; I don't want to be the first to see."

Letting out a deep sigh Owen got up from the sofa on shaky legs and went to the bathroom. When he found the four pregnancy tests lined up on the sink, he felt his heart sink and it skipped a beat, the four strips showed a single pink line.

Negative.

At first he felt a bit disappointed, then deeply sad, but then he remembered that this was only their first attempt, no doubt they would keep trying, he just hoped that Teddy wouldn't take it so badly.

"So?" Teddy asked with a tense, expectant smile.

"Negative". Owen replied trying to sound as neutral as possible, he didn't want to show his disappointment in front of Teddy. "Negative this time." He said as he encircled her waist and gave her a soft kiss on the forehead.

Although Teddy tried to keep the smile she couldn't stop it from failing more than once. "Yes... for now, besides ... it's the first attempt, good things take time, isn't it?" Teddy replied with false positivism.

"Yes... good things take time, besides, that gives us more opportunities to keep practicing". He said biting her earlobe in an attempt to make her forget this first bitter aftertaste and apparently it worked.

"I love practicing." Teddy purred introducing her hands inside his scrubs.

"Wait, not here... let's go to an on-call room."

Taking her hand they both hurried to the nearest on-call room, ignoring everyone that called them on their way, once inside as soon as they closed the door they began to strip each other and caress their bodies in a way in which they hadn't done before, in a way almost of worship, of praise, almost pure. Deep down they both knew that from now on all their sexual encounters wouldn't be just to satisfy their desires, but for something else, now they had a purpose.

Days went by and with them weeks; the next month was the same, this time two pregnancy tests, both negative; the third month same, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth were the same.

Negative.

With each month that passed Teddy's hopes and spirits were decreasing, she blamed herself for the lack of a positive result and asked for forgiveness to Owen, who, in spite of also being sad, didn't want to show it in front of Teddy, she needed him right now and if she saw him strong maybe she would cling on to that strength.

"There must be something wrong, Owen. Six months and nothing!"

"There's nothing wrong, my love, Dr. Hoffman told us clearly that this would take time."

"I know, I know! But, how much longer? I don't know if I can endure another disappointment, another negative!" Teddy answered with shaking voice.

"Hey, hey, hey come here." Owen wrapped her in his arms tightly. "Remember what we said from the beginning."

"Don't get obsessed if at first we don't succeed". They said in unison.

"Exactly!" Owen exclaimed.

"Maybe... maybe it's time to change technique, don't you think?"

"And what do you propose?"

"What do you say if we try IVF?" Teddy asked.

"I propose you another thing, what do you think if we make a last natural attempt? And if don't... we try with the IVF."

Teddy shifted in his arms, she wasn't sure about this, her heart was already hurt for a seventh disappointment, but after all there was only a week left until the date when the new pregnancy test could be done, maybe it will not hurt to try.

She let out a long, deep breath, mostly to steady her voice; she didn't want to burst into tears in front of Owen. "Okay". She said with a small smile.

"That is my girl!" Owen replied and kissed her sweetly.

As the date was approaching the anxiety in both was increasing, this time Teddy decided to do a blood test, so one day after finishing her shift she went to the lab to collect the envelope with the results, she put it in the bottom of her handbag and went home where Owen was already waiting for her.

When she got home Owen was putting the dinnerware on the table perfectly decorated with a tablecloth, flowers, and candles and from the kitchen came an exquisite aroma of pesto that made Teddy's stomach make hunger noises.

"Hey love, you're finally here!" Owen came out of the kitchen with an apron, greeting Teddy with a deep kiss.

"What's all this?" Teddy asked pointing to the table trying to hide her amazement.

"I wanted to surprise you, pamper you a little... it's the least you deserve."

"You don't have to..."

"I don't have to, I want to... now sit, the raviolis are almost ready".

"I have the test's results." Teddy said causing Owen to stop abruptly as he made his way to the kitchen.

He breathed deeply and turned on his heels to look at her. "And? Did you open them?" She just shook her head. "Do you want us to open them together?" Teddy nodded, biting her lip. "Now?"

"Why wait? Let happens whatever has to happen".

"Ok, ok, I agree with you... Where are the results?"

Searching in her purse Teddy took out the envelope and gave it to Owen with a sweating, trembling hand. Owen took the envelope and sat next to her, moving the chair even closer until their bodies were practically touching each other, Teddy hugged him by the torso and buried her head on his chest. Owen's hands were also shaking as he ripped the envelope containing the results of the test, Teddy could feel and hear his heart beating hard against his chest, as well as hers. Slowly Owen took out the sheet and before he unfolded it Teddy closed her eyes and hid her face in the crook of his neck, hearing the paper being unfolded, Owen's chest rose and fell with deep breaths until he suddenly let out a loud shout of joy and rose up from the chair, taking Teddy by the hand and holding her tightly in an act so fast that it barely gave her time to assimilate everything.

"YES! YES! IT'S POSITIVE!" Owen shouted again and again.

Upon hearing this, Teddy released from his arms and snatched the sheet of paper from his hands, reading over and over again the results of the test. POSITIVE. She couldn't believe it, finally after so many attempts a part of her and a part of Owen grew inside her, immediately Teddy's hands went to her belly, Owen joining her. "It's positive... I'm pregnant, we are having a baby." Teddy said in disbelief as her tears already soaked her cheeks.

Owen just nodded as his own tears escaped from his clear blue eyes. "I love you, I love you, I love you so much!" They cried, laughed, jumped and shouted with happiness for a long moment.

"It's a shame I bought such expensive bottle of wine for tonight's dinner." Owen said hiccupping and wiping tears from his face.

"I don't know how I will survive these months without alcohol!" Teddy answered laughing and crying at the same time.

"We'll think about something".

Owen was right, good things take time, and something as good, as perfect, as pure as this was definitely worth the wait. After years at last, life was giving Teddy a little of everything it had taken from her and to Owen what he had always dreamed of, at last life was smiling at them with the hope of a bright and promising future, full of possibilities, of dreams, of everything they once thought impossible...

Song: Breathe - Seafret

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