Lauren woke up and went to the kitchen to make Joey a special birthday breakfast, she also made something special for Rebecca too, who was still sleeping. Lauren decided to call her mum.
"Mum?"
"Hi Lauren. Hows Joey?"
"He's still sleeping. I was wondering if we could bring Rebecca over tonight after we spend some time together. I'm going to tell Joey tonight."
"Of course, she can spend the night too. How are you going to tell him?"
"It's a surprise, we are going to get dinner together an I'm going to tell him when we get home, in an unusual way."
"I want to hear all about it tomorrow. You two can sleep in and get Rebecca whenever you want."
"Thank you so much, mum."
"Lauren, stop thanking me. This is amazing news and you should tell him privately, then tell Rebecca together."
"I know, but I'm still grateful. I have to go, I made Joey breakfast in bed and I want to take it to him before it gets cold."
"Okay, I love you. I'll see you later, you can come anytime."
"Love you, see you later. Bye."
"Bye, Lauren."
Lauren hung up the phone and put all the breakfast foods on a tray and took it to him in bed, she set the tray on the bedside table to wake him up.
"Joey."
Joey woke up and leaned up to kiss Lauren. "Morning, sexy."
"Good morning, birthday boy. Here, I made you some breakfast." Lauren let Joey sit up before laying the tray on the bed.
Lauren walked into the kitchen to grab herself some food, then she came back to the bedroom and sat next to Joey. "Is Rebecca up yet?"
"No, she's still asleep. Tonight we have plans but what do you want to do today?"
"I just want to spend time with my family."
After Joey and Lauren ate breakfast they got dressed and waited for Rebecca to get up. When Rebecca finally did, she ate breakfast and they left the apartment. First, they went to the park for a while, they sat by the pond and watched Rebecca play, then Joey and Lauren joined her. Joey was glad to be spending his birthday with his family. He watched Lauren as she chased Rebecca around the slide, she was a great mother. He loved her, he knew that and he wanted her to be his wife, not today but sometime in the near future. He wanted to watch her smile as he got down on one knee, and as he placed the ring on her finger. He wanted to wait a little while though, he needed time to plan things and find the perfect ring. She deserved everything and he wanted to be the man to give her everything she wanted. He wanted to make her and Rebecca as happy as they could be, Rebecca was his daughter and he wanted her to know. He wanted to hear her say daddy and when she got older he wanted to chase away any boys who looked at her. He wanted his family to be complete, and it couldn't be if she didn't know. Joey knew that he and Lauren were going to tell Rebecca soon, he could wait a little while longer.
"I need a break Rebecca." Lauren said as she walked over to the bench Joey was at and took a seat with him.
"She's got nonstop energy."
Joey chuckled. "I can see that."
"So, birthday boy, how about we go get some lunch?"
"I like that idea."
"I'll go get Rebecca."
Lauren went over to Rebecca and picked her up.
"You want to go get some lunch?"
"Yes! I'm starving."
"Okay, lets go."
Joey, Lauren and Rebecca went to a casual restaurant for lunch and had a good time, when they were done eating Lauren took Joey back to the flat so he could get ready. Lauren and Rebecca went over to Tanya's house. Lauren walked to the door and her mum came after she knocked.
"Lauren you don't have to knock, you can just come in."
"I'll do that next time."
Rebecca followed Lauren into the house.
"Grandma!" Rebecca ran to Tanya and Tanya picked her up.
"Hey, darling."
Rebecca looked at Lauren. "Am I spending the night with grandma ?"
"Yes, you are."
Rebecca smiled and looked towards Tanya again. "Can we make cookies?"
"Sure."
Lauren smiled. "Do you make cookies everytime you stay here, Rebecca?"
"Yes! I love cookies!"
Lauren laughed.
Tanya put Rebecca down. "Go watch the cartoons in your room." Rebecca ran up to her bedroom, out of sight.
"So what are you and Joey doing tonight?"
Lauren smiled and looked at her mum. "We are going to dinner together."
"Sounds nice."
"It's almost 6:30, we have reservations for the restaurant at 8 o'clock and I still have to get ready, plus I have to get his surprise ready."
"What's the surprise?"
"I can't tell you, not right now. I'll tell you tomorrow when we come pick Rebecca up."
"Fine. I hope you have fun tonight."
Lauren gave her mum a hug. "I'll see you both tomorrow."
"Okay."
Lauren walked towards the door. "Rebecca! Come here."
Rebecca came downstairs and walked to where her mum was. "What mum?"
"Give me a hug and a kiss, I'm leaving."
Rebeccca gave Lauren a hug and kiss "Bye, mummy. Love you."
"Love you too. We'll come and get you tomorrow."
"Okay, mummy." Rebecca ran back upstairs and Lauren opened the door.
"Bye, mum. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye, and don't worry about Rebecca we'll be fine. I know you always worry about her."
"I can't help it, I always worry about her."
"I know you do, it's part of being a mother. You better get going so you can get his suprise ready."
"Thanks for doing this. Love you." Lauren gave her mum a kiss on the cheek.
"You're welcome. Love you, too."
Lauren left Tanya's house and went to the Minute Mart. She bought a small birthday box and some ribbon, she also bought a pregnancy test. After she left the shop she headed for her and Joey's flat, when she got inside Lauren heard the shower running and decided to quickly get Joey's present ready. She grabbed the pregnancy test and walked into the downstair's toilet, after it came out positive she walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bag. Lauren placed the pregnancy test into the bag, then she grabbed the box and ribbon. She put the bag in the box then made a bow with the ribbon, afterwards she took it into the livingroom and hid it on the shelf by the tv. Lauren took a couple steps back to see if you could notice it, she thought it looked okay so she walked into the bedroom. She heard Joey getting out of the shower, so she quickly went to the bathroom to take a quick shower. Joey got out of the shower and went into his bedroom. He heard the shower turn back on, he figured Lauren was back. He walked into the wardrobe and picked out something nice to wear. The restaurant they were going to was small and they made reservations just in case they were busy. He got dressed and walked into the livingroom to wait for Lauren. After a little while he heard the shower turn off. Lauren walked into the bedroom and tried to get dressed quickly. She walked into the wardrobe to look for the dress she bought a few days ago, she looked through all her clothes until she finally found it. The dress was a white strapless dress with black lace overlay, it had a black bow around the waist and came a couple inches above her knees. She put on a pair of white flats and put her hair up, then she walked into the livingroom and saw Joey waiting for her.
Joey stood up and walked over to her, placing a quick kiss to her lips. "You look amazing, Babe."
"Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself. Come on."
Lauren grabbed Joey's hand and they left the house together, it took them about twenty minutes to arrive at the restaurant which they were surprised to see wasn't that busy. After they were seated and had ordered Lauren looked over at Joey and smiled.
"I love you, Joe."
Joey reached his hand across the table and placed it on top of Lauren's. "I love you too, Lo."
"When we get home I have a surprise for you."
"Lauren, you know I don't like to get gifts."
"Trust me, this one is special."
"Laure-"
"No, no. You're receiving this gift whether you like it or not. I know you're going to love it."
"Okay."
Lauren and Joey ate dinner and when they were finished they went back to the house. Lauren took her hair down and her shoes off and Joey took his shoes off, along with his jacket. Lauren sat on the couch and watched as Joey turned the lights off after lighting a few candles and turning on some music that played softly in the background. Joey walked over to Lauren and grabbed her hand, pulling her up to him and closing any space there was between them.
Lauren laughed quietly. "What are you doing, Joey?"
"Is there something wrong with me wanting to dance with my beautiful girlfriend?"
"No, there isn't." Lauren smiled as she swayed with Joey to the music.
"Good." Joey dipped Lauren and pulled her back against him.
"You're perfect, Lauren."
Lauren kissed Joey. "Stop complimenting me, it's your birthday."
"I'm going to give you compliments everyday for the rest of our lives, you're going to have to get used to it."
Lauren smiled. "We'll see."
Joey and Lauren danced for a while until they sat together on the couch in silence, just holding each other. Lauren looked up and saw his gift, she stood up and walked over to it.
"Where are you going?"
"To get your gift, come here."
Joey stood up and walked over to the space Lauren was standing in, she handed him a small box. Joey slowly pulled the bow off and opened the box, he saw a bag he picked it up an looked at the bag.
Joey looked at what was in the bag, he saw a pregnancy test. A positive pregnancy test.
"You're pregnant?" Joey looked up at Lauren who had a bright smile on her face.
"Happy birthday, daddy."
Joey ran over to Lauren and picked her up, spinning her around. "You're pregnant." he repeated as he let it sink in.
"So you're happy?"
"Of course I am! You're pregnant, we are going to have another child." Joey kissed Lauren.
"I love you, so much."
"I love you, too Lauren, and our second baby."
"I'm tired, let's go to bed." Joey blew out the candles as Lauren walked into their bedroom, which was only lit by the moonlight streaming through the window.
Lauren changed into one of Joey's shirts and got in bed. He changed and laid down with her. Lauren was laying on her back and Joey had his hand supporting his head as he laid on his side. He gently pulled Lauren's shirt up past her stomach and put his hand on it.
"There's a baby growing inside of you."
"I know."
"I already love this baby so much and I haven't even known about them for an hour."
"So you liked your present?"
"I love it."
"Did you have a nice birthday?"
"This has been the best birthday of my life."
Lauren smiled. "I want to tell Rebecca about you and the baby at the same time."
"You think she can handle all that?"
"She can, I know it. We should tell your mum about the baby and Rebecca too."
"I think she already knows about Rebecca."
"How?"
"She said some things accusingly, I didn't tell her though. But, I'm pretty sure she knows."
"Okay, then we can confirm her suspicions and tell her about the baby at the same time."
"When do you want to tell her?"
"How about we tell her tomorrow before we pick Rebecca up from my mum's."
"I'm assuming your mum, dad and Kirsty know already."
"Yes."
"Well, that's three parents down, one to go."
"Let's go to bed. I think pregnancy syptoms are coming out."
"I've never been with a pregnant woman 24/7 I wonder what that'll be like."
"If it's anything like my first one, you'll probably hate me for a couple months."
"I could never hate you. Now, come over here so I can hold my girlfriend and my baby."
Lauren laughed as she shifted closer to Joey. "Goodnight, handsome. Happy birthday."
"Night, Lauren. Thank you." Joey rubbed Lauren's stomach as he fell asleep with a smile on his face.
Only one more chapter to go... Hope you've liked my story :)