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Maya's POV
"Everything appears to be developing fine, Mrs. Saunders… May I ask where Mr. Saunders is today?" my OB/GYN, Doctor Cooper asks me curiously while she inspects my cervix, uterus, and all of the other reproductive organs down there.
"He's with Lexi." I tell her shrugging as she stands up from her chair, and discards the gloves she was wearing.
"I don't know if you know this, but she has leukemia. Well, she's in remission, but I don't like to leave her with a babysitter when the chance of something going wrong is so high… He'd be here if he could." I add not wanting her to assume that we were mad at each other or anything like that.
"Oh" she says with a shocked tone. "I'm sorry to hear that." she continues giving me a look of sympathy.
I shoot her an awkward closed mouth smile, and wait for her to say something else.
"You can get dressed, and then schedule your next appointment with Henrietta. She can print the sonograms out for you too. Have a nice day, Mrs. Saunders. I'll see you and hopefully Mr. Saunders in 4 weeks." She states before waving goodbye and walking out of the room.
I hurriedly get dressed and go to the check out desk.
"Hello sweetheart, is the 7th of next month good for you? We have an appointment open at 11 and another at 2. Would either work for you?" the incredibly kind 70 something year old woman asks with a happy smile.
"11 a.m. on the 7th will be perfect, Henrietta. Thank you." I tell the gray haired woman as politely as possible.
"Okay Deary, let me just send this to the printer for you." She smiles sweetly clicking the computer mouse.
"I can tell she's gonna be a cute one, just like her mother." The old woman announces handing me the printed sonogram.
"We don't know if she's a he or whatever yet, but thank you." I grin genuinely at her compliment.
"Oh, no problem Deary, it's your second right?" she asks curiously.
"Yes it is." I reply nicely. "Oh, how old is your other one?" she asks sweetly
"She's 4 and a half." I answer.
"Oh, that's always a fun age. Is she excited for the baby?"
I shrug my shoulders. "I think so. We haven't talked about it too much. We just told her a couple days ago." I tell the cheery old woman.
"I'm so sorry to keep you with all of these questions, dear. I'm a bit of a rambler." She says delightfully.
"No problem really, I enjoy talking to you. Thanks again." I close waving goodbye to the sweet old woman. "You have a nice day now, deary." She waves to me as I exit the office.
"You too!" I call back enthusiastically.
As awkward as I feel at the OB/GYN, it is always great to see Henrietta. She is always so kind, and really such a sweet woman to talk to. I think that if it weren't for her, I probably would have switched OB/GYNs after lexi was born.
Doctor Cooper is not exactly my favorite person on the planet, and she tends to make me feel very awkward when she is checking down there.
"Cam!" I call walking into the foyer of our home. "Upstairs!" he calls back, and I rush up the stairs to find him. "Where are you?" I ask peeking my head into our bedroom only to find that he was not in there.
"Lexi's room!" I hear him yell from down the hall.
"Hey guys" I say as I walk into the pink bedroom where Lexi and Cam are having a tea party at her small table near the corner of the room.
"Hi mommy" Lexi greets enthusiastically before taking a sip of her pretend tea.
"How was your appointment?" Cam asks excitedly standing up from his seat in the small pastel green chair.
"It went well. Everything is going fine, and the baby actually kind of looks like a baby." I tell him happily.
"Where's the sonogram? I wanna see it." He says enthusiastically. I hand the picture to him, and as he stares at it a wide grin comes across his face.
"He does kind of look like a baby! This is so exciting!" he proclaims wrapping an arm around my shoulder while examining the sonogram carefully.
"What makes you so sure the baby is a boy?" I ask him curiously.
"I just have a feeling that you are carrying the worlds next hockey star in your uterus." He says putting a hand on my small baby bump.
"Nice way of wording things" I laugh sarcastically. "You know it" he states pecking my lips.
"No daddy, it's a girl baby!" Lexi comments irritated from her seat on her purple chair.
"Okay Munch!" he agrees happily. "Now I have a tea party to get back to. You're more than welcome to join us if you'd like." My husband tells me jokingly as he walks back to table where our daughter sits.
"No daddy, I didn't invite mommy!" she yells at Cam angrily. "Can't she be my plus one?" Cam asks the four year old girl raising an eyebrow.
"No!" she rebuts quickly with a pout as she continues her tea party.
"Go away, mommy!" she yells at me harshly telling me to exit the room. I exit the room feeling only slightly hurt by the exclusion, and head down the stairs.
I look at the time on my phone, and notice that I have a missed call from Katie. I decide to return her call, and quickly press call on the screen.
"Hey Maya" my sister greets anxiously on the phone. "Hey Katie, what's up?" I ask her happily.
"Um… Maya, I may have accidentally just made a huge mistake." She tells me worriedly.
"What happened?" I ask her curiously.
"Don't hate me!" she nervously tells me. "Katie, what did you do?" I ask her starting to get a bit concerned.
"I may have accidentally let it slip to mom and dad that you're pregnant." She states nervously.
"What? How?" I question confused. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to." She replies genuinely.
"Okay… I guess we had to tell them sooner or later… Are they mad?" I ask anxiously, and she starts laughing.
"It's not funny, Katie. What did they say?"
"Maya, you're 25 and married. What makes you think they would be mad?" she inquires.
"I don't know, Katie. I get worried. They were mad when I got pregnant with Lexi." I explain sadly.
"That was different, and they weren't mad. They were worried. We all were." She responds as if that were obvious.
"If it makes you feel any better they actually seemed kind of excited." My sister tells me optimistically.
"Alright, I guess I should give them a call. Don't tell anyone else until I have." I demand in a snippy tone to my older sister.
"Okay… I'm really sorry." Katie apologizes sincerely one last time before hanging up the phone.
I sigh loudly before dialing the familiar phone number, and pressing the call button. Surprisingly, my parents didn't answer the phone, so I figure that I will call back later. In the meantime it's better time than any to tell Cam's parents. I mean, since mine already know…
"Cam!" I call from the living room. "Yeah?" he says coming into the room holding Lexi/
"We need to tell your parents about the baby today." I tell him.
"What? Why?" he asks concerned turning to face me with a puzzled expression.
"Katie let it slip to my parents, and I really think that we should tell your parents if mine know." I continue biting my lower lip waiting for his response.
"Well that was stupid of her. How did that even happen?" he asks me looking a bit aggravated.
"I don't know. She didn't give me the specifics. I know that she would never do that on purpose. She probably just thought we had already told them." I tell him hesitantly not wanting him to be angry at my sister.
"So what, you want me to call my dad or something?" he asks annoyed.
"Well, we could do that. Or, we could skype them so we can tell them face to face." I suggest nicely.
"Ugh" he sighs loudly, and sets Lexi down. "What's wrong with skyping?" I ask him inquisitively.
"You know that I haven't exactly been talking to my mom." He points out irritated.
"You have to talk to her at some point. Cam, it's been months, and she deserves to know about this… from you." I comment in a serious tone meaning every word.
"You know I really thought that of all people you would have my back on this." He yells at me in disbelief.
"Cam, I did have your back, but it's getting a bit ridiculous. She apologized, and you're being really stubborn. She's your mother and she loves you. Just because she doesn't like me doesn't mean you should ruin your relationship with her." I yell back at him exasperated.
"She pretty much said 'I told you so' to every decision that I have ever made for myself. She doesn't think that I should have married you, Maya. How can you side with her?" he raises his voice at me coming closer and looking quite angry. I see Lexi shy away to the corner frightened at him yelling at me, and get really mad at him.
Who does he think he is shouting at me in front of our daughter? Does he really want her to see this?
"I'm not siding with anyone! I just don't want you to fight with your mom because of me! Now quit yelling. You're scaring your daughter!" I scream at him before rushing into the corner to comfort a crying Lexi.
I fall to my knees and wrap my arms around my upset little girl. She rests her bald head on my shoulder as I rub her back comfortingly whispering "Don't be scared, baby. It's alright."
"Look… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell." He explains sadly watching me console Lexi.
"We can skype them whenever you're ready." He continues guiltily before plopping down on the couch.
I avoid talking to Cam at all costs until after Lexi is sleeping, and he doesn't push too hard. As soon as I am certain that the little girl is sleeping I walk down the stairs, and see Cam sitting on the couch looking distraught.
"You're an ass you know." I berate my husband with arms crossed over my chest.
He gives me a remorseful frown, and looks at me with his sad puppy dog eyes. "I'm really sorry, M."
I decide not to let the look effect me like it had so many times before, and I stay aggravated with him. "You scared her." I counter him angrily tapping my foot.
"I know. I didn't mean to." He replies timidly holding his head down in sadness.
"I don't care if you didn't mean to. I never want her to have to hear us fight again, and I sure as hell don't want you to yell at me in front of her." I say through gritted teeth at the obviously regretful man sitting in front of me.
"Maya, don't be mad at me. I said I was sorry. What else can I do?" he asks desperately.
"I don't know, Cam. You made me angry. You apologized. I guess the only logical thing to do is ignore you for the rest of our lives, or you know at least 2 months." I rebut shrewdly.
"Or maybe since I'm a normal human being I will FORGIVE you." I tell him putting extra emphasis on "forgive".
"Alright M, I get it. I'll talk to my mom. Just please, don't hate me." He begs frantically.
"I'm going to bed." I say still not giving him the satisfaction of forgiveness.
"Okay" he smiles at me apologetically. "I'll be up soon."
I watch TV for a while before Cam comes in the room cautiously.
"I talked to my mom." He says smiling at me.
"And?" I respond waiting for him to continue. "And, she really is sorry. She told me that marrying you was a good decision, and that she was happy that we have Lexi." He tells me with a glint of happiness in his eyes.
"I forgot to call my dad to tell him Lexi was in remission, so she was pleasantly surprised by that." he adds smirking slightly.
"I'm glad it all worked out." I smile back at him genuinely. "Thank you, M." he tells me grabbing my hand gently.
I pull it away quickly. "I'm still mad at you!" I say as if it were obvious though thinking now it probably wasn't.
"Oh… Okay. I should go sleep on the couch." He replies looking slightly crushed.
I bite my lower lip, and respond "Well, you don't have to do that."
"Really?" he questions confusedly. "I'm not going to kick you out of your bed. Plus, you're still my cuddle buddy." I smile at him slightly, and he gives me a look of pure bewilderment.
"M, you're sort of sending me mixed signals here." He sighs.
"I'm pregnant. I don't even know what I'm feeling. On one note I kind of want to chop your head off, and on another I want to rip your shirt off and make out with you." I comment smirking at my husband.
"The next 6 months are going to kill me aren't they?" he asks jokingly.
I nod my head before vocalizing the word "probably" and giving him a flirty smile. I have no clue why I want him so badly right now. I'm supposed to be mad at him, but it's not working.
"I'm gonna play it safe and go sleep on the couch." He states grabbing his pillow from the bed.
"No." I protest grabbing his hand. "Maya, just decide if you're mad at me or not. Please." He tells me.
"Okay, I'm over it. Get over here and kiss me, Cheesy."He raises his eyebrow at me before sitting down on the bed. "I love you." He tells me sincerely.
"I said kiss me!" I demand before pouncing on my incredibly adorable husband.
Awe look. The end of the chapter is still kind of cute. I don't know why, but I really suck at making my favorite couples angry at each other. It just doesn't work for me. lol I feel like it's too cutsie, and I need to make them fight more... A little drama never hurt anyone right?
Anyway, thanks for the reviews last chapter. I loved reading them just like always. I love all of you guys so much, and to you guys who don't review... I still love you, but you should totally review. Thanks! Okay, have a lovely day!
I'll update as quick as possible.