Chapter 25
It was morning, about 8 and Dante woke up to his wife wrapped in his arms, in their new home. He finally looked at his cell and noticed the time, he had to wake up Lulu so they could make their appointment at 9, he was excited, she told him that he could go with her to the appointment and that Dr. Lee said that they might be able to hear the baby's heart beat, he couldn't turn this down, hearing his own child's heart beating inside Lulu made him want to go now just so they could go in early and he could hear it. He look down at her, brushed her hair out of her eyes and kissed her on the top of the head.
'Lulu, honey, you need to wake up, we have to get to GH for your appointment,' he was whispering in her ear, she stirred but wasn't fully awake.
'Baby,' he shook her just a bit, she was starting to open her eyes,
'Dante, come on its early and I just want to stay like this please,' trying to hold him tighter and going back to sleep.
'Lulu, get up we get to hear the baby's heart beat today,'
'Oh my god the appointment, what time is it, why didn't you wake me up earlier Dante.'
'Lulu I have been trying it's not my fault you stayed up late,'
'Dante you know damn well that you were the one who couldn't keep your hands off of me'
'I can't help it, your just so damn sexy and I love you, come on lets go,'
It took them about 10 minutes to get ready, and they left for the hospital.
They rode up the elevator hand and hand, she looked nervous and so did he.
'You okay sweetie, he said as he put one hand behind her back and pulled her closer to him.
'Just nervous, I mean we might and might not be able to hear the baby's heart beat and I don't want to get my hopes up but still, I am looking forward to it, and if we can't I might feel sad.'
'Baby I know but lets just go in and make sure that you are fine, and that the baby is fine.'
'That sounds great babe,'
The elevator stopped and opened and they walked up to the nurses desk.
'Nurse Johnson, I have an appointment with Dr. Lee at 9,'
'Okay just have a seat over there and she will be with you in a moment, you will need to fill out these papers, and give them to her.'
'Okay, thank you,' they walked over and sat down and Lulu started filling out the paperwork.
'What kind of questions are on this form?' he asked very curious as to what Lulu had to answer looking over her shoulder he started reading it he skimmed over the first few only cause those are on almost every paper you fill out, your name, address, etc, he shrugged it off and decided that it was just a simple form nothing that he didn't already know about Lulu. He watched her put in her answers and then handed them back to the nurse.
'Mr. and Mrs. Falconeri,' Dr. Lee came out approaching them, shaking their hands, 'Come this way we will put you in exam room 3.'
'Okay' they said in unison.
'Okay now Lulu, how have you been feeling?'
'Good, im starting to become more tired than usual, but other than that no morning sickness yet.'
'Okay good, but you could still have some, and if you do usually eat some crackers, or drink some ginger ale, it will help calm the stomach. Now I am going to need to to get undressed from the waist down, and you can put this over you, I will be back in just a few minutes.'
Dante's eyes widened when he heard Dr. Lee tell Lulu to get undressed, which did not go unnoticed by Lulu.
'Um I think I might have to leave the room.'
'Why?'
'Cause I don't think I can just sit here and see you half naked on this doctor's table and not do anything. This is really making me turned on!'
'Dante, get your mind off of sex for just a little bit, we are here to hear the baby's heartbeat and to see if I am doing okay.'
'But baby!' he gave her a pouted face, and all she did was reach up and kiss him.
'Go sit down babe, plus Dr. Lee said she will be right back.'
If as on que, there was a knock on the door, 'Lulu, Dante, its me,' Dr. Lee said before entering.
'Okay now we are going to do an ultrasound of the baby right now I just want to make sure everything is looking good, and remember maybe you will hear its heartbeat and you may not, baby's develop differently.'
They both looked at each other, Dante was right there by her side watching every little thing Dr. Lee did to Lulu.
She pulled down her paper gown under her belly, 'Now this is going to be cold' she said as she squirted some gel onto Lulu's belly, she flinched for a second,
'Wow you are right that stuff is very cold,'
'Yea, that's the worse part of the ultrasounds,' she said as she was looking into the monitor. 'Okay now you see that right there', she said pointing to the spot on the monitor, 'that's your baby, you are about 12 weeks along, which means, you are into the 2nd trimester of your pregnancy, good news is that you are not subsided to miscarriage.' as she was moving the dropplet around, they started hearing a fast beating noise,
'What's wrong?' Lulu asked, she never once heard the sound of a baby's heart beat in the stomach before.
'Nothing's wrong Lulu, that's your baby's heart beat,' Dr. Lee said.
They both looked at each other, smiled, and he gave her a long kiss on her forehead,
'Baby, listen,' she said with tears coming down her eyes,
'I know babe, isn't it awesome?'
'It is amazing,'
'Dr. Lee is there anyway of recording the heart beat?'
'Well, you can try to on a recorder or on your phone,'
'I hope this will pick up the sound, I want to hear it everyday,'
He took his phone out and started recording the sound of the baby's heart as it filled the room. He recorded about 20 seconds of it, replayed it over, and still could make out the heart beat.
'Okay Lulu, you are healthy and the baby looks wonderful, you need to schedule with me again in 4 weeks,' Dr. Lee cleaned off her belly and then left the room.
Lulu put her jeans back on, she looked over at Dante, he was replaying the heartbeat over and over again, she smiled, walked over to him, bent down to his ear, and whispered,
'I Love You,'
He looked up at Lulu and smiled, she knew right there that this baby had daddy wrapped around his little finger already.
They left the hospital and started to walk back to the loft,
'I guess we could start packing things when we get back,' she said to him.
'I have other plans than packing the loft up, and it includes you and me and our bed,' he told her as he stopped walking and pulled her close to him and nailed her with a kiss that was urgent, he wanted her so bad right there in that moment he didn't care where they were. To Dante, knowing that he just heard his baby's heartbeat, made him feel so much joy and love for a baby who isn't even here yet, then he broke their kiss,
'Let's get back to the loft quickly before I take you right here with this audience.'
She looked around, wiggled her eyebrows, and smiled,
'Not a bad idea, let's go.'