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Chapter Twenty-Five

Ivy Abernathy's POV

*Two Weeks Later*

"Can you do this one for me?" I ask Alex, holding up the syringe with the hormones that I've been injecting into my body for the last two weeks. Today is the last day of these particular injections. This afternoon, Alex and I are going to Dr. Styles' office to try our hand at in-vitro fertilization one more time. We talked and mutually agreed that, if we don't get pregnant this time, we'll adopt. We haven't decided if we'd adopted an older child or a baby, but they'll be a time to discuss that later. Now, we have to focus on today.

"Sure thing," Alex replies, taking the syringe from me. He counts to three before injecting it into my thigh for me. After doing it myself for two weeks, I just can't take it anymore. Thankfully, I have a very caring and considerate husband. After he pulls the needle from my thigh, Alex leans down and plants a gentle kiss right over the injection sight.

"I really hope it works this time," I say, wrapping my arm around Alex's neck and pulling him for a tight hug. Ever since we patched things up, I've made sure to become ten times more affectionate with him. I still feel so bad about the way I treated him. I can't believe he put up with it. If I was him, I would have left me a long time ago.

"Whatever happens happens. There's nothing we can do about it. What we can control is how we let it affect us." Alex replies, hugging me tightly back.

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger," I say, kissing Alex's chest.

Today is one of those rare days where Alex and I both have the day off, so we decided we would go and visit Phoenix and Harper to see our new beautiful nieces. I feel like those two little girls saved my marriage. If they hadn't come along when they did, Alex and I probably would have fallen farther and farther away from each other and maybe even ended up splitting up. Today, we're stronger than ever.

At Phoenix and Harper's, Phoenix and Alex go down into Phoenix's "man cave" while Harper and I stay in the living room and talk about baby stuff. I feel like Harper knows everything about babies, even though she's only been a mother for a few weeks.

"Shouldn't you know more than me? You're the pediatrician," She asks me as we sit, each of us with a little girl sleeping in our laps.

"Oh, I know just about everything medically, I just don't know anything about changing diapers, getting them to stop crying, feeding schedules, sleeping schedules. Really, I'm going to be so lost if we have a baby." I chuckle.

"You'll be fine. It's kind of a natural instinct once it happens. You and Alex are going to be great parents." Harper tells me. After a nice lunch with my brother, sister-in-law, and nieces, Alex and I head to the hospital for our in-vitro.

"Let me just say that it is nice to see you both once again," Dr. Styles says as we make ourselves at home in his procedure room. Dr. Styles has become more than just a doctor to the both of us. He's almost like a part of our family.

"It's nice to be back. The third time is the charm, right?" I ask teasingly.

"I sure hope so," He replies as he sets everything up for the procedure. I lie back on the table, clutching Alex's hand, and let Dr. Styles work his magic. Alex and I decided on five embryos, once again, to enhance our chances of conceiving. Once the procedure is over, Dr. Styles stays with us as we wait the hour that I have to lying down for.

"I'll see you in two weeks," Dr. Styles says as we walk out of his office.

"I love you," I tell Alex as he kisses along my shoulder.

"I love you, too," Alex murmurs against my soft skin. As Alex's kisses begin to cover my neck, I lean back into his embrace. It's been so long since Alex and I have been intimate. At least four months. That's just way too long to go for me and, obviously, for Alex, too.

"You are the most beautiful woman on the face of the earth," Alex tells me as he peels my shirt and then my pants from my body. He sheds his own shirt and pants before resuming his kisses. I pull Alex closer to me, wrapping my arms around him as he kisses me. Without untangling ourselves from one another, Alex and I both manage to remove our last bits of clothing. During a long, passionate kiss, Alex enters me. We move together, skin on skin, pleasure filling us to the brink. I shudder as I reach my peak. A few thrusts later, Alex follows me over the edge. We fall asleep together, a tangle of arms and legs.

*Two Weeks Later*

"Good morning," Alex says with a smile as I walk into the kitchen. Alex is standing at the stove, in nothing but his boxer shorts, cooking what I smell is bacon and eggs.

"Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?" I ask him as I take a seat at the kitchen table.

"I thought you'd like the view," Alex replies with a cocky grin and a waggle of his eyebrows as he hands me a plate of food and a cup of orange juice. I just roll my eyes and dig into my breakfast. As we are eating, my hand finds Alex's and our fingers automatically intertwine.

"Today is the day," I say, squeezing Alex's hand.

"I have a good feeling about it," Alex tells me, leaning over to kiss my lips.

"I hope you're right," I reply. Alex and I clean up the kitchen and pick up the living room before going to shower together. Once we are all showered and dressed, Alex and I head over to the hospital. We got the earliest appointment with Dr. Styles we could, knowing that waiting all day would just kill us.

"Good morning," Dr. Styles says. "I can see that you two are about as excited as I am,"

"Probably more," I reply with a smile. In the exam room, a nurse draws my blood and then rushes it down to the lab. It's nice that everyone kind of puts our labs on rush here. I guess everyone else wants to know just as badly as we do. Workplace gossip is worse than small town gossip sometimes.

"Alright, it's the moment of truth," Dr. Styles says as he holds up the file that contains the results to my blood test. After looking over the file for just a moment, Dr. Styles' face breaks out into a huge grin. I know what that means.

"Congratulations," He says. I practically launch myself into Alex's arms.

"We did it," I tell him, kissing his lips.

"We did it," Alex repeats.

"Now, I'll have a nurse schedule you an appointment for two weeks from now for your first ultrasound. That's when we'll be able to see how many of the embryos were successfully implanted into your uterus. Congratulations, again," Dr. Styles tells us.

"This is so perfect," I tell Alex as we walk hand in hand out of the hospital. Alex opens his mouth to say something, but he is cut off by the sound of my phone ringing.

"Hello," I answer.

"Ivy, it is Ash. Lilac wanted me to call you. We're at the hospital. Lilac's in labor."

I told you you'd like it! Isn't this just great! Ivy is pregnant! Lilac's in labor! It's perfect timing! :D Hopefully you'll get a chapter tomorrow. I'll try my best! Until then, thanks for reading and please leave me a review! Thanks!