Ava's Point Of View
I made my way down the stairs, I was so tired I just wanted to sleep but I couldn't I had things to do. I was now 24 weeks along and things were going good for the most part I was gaining weight the way I should be thankfully. I couldn't believe how huge I'd gotten thankfully I'm doing so much better now.
I heard the doorbell and walked over, I saw Wade I had been trying to talk to him for weeks and he kept pushing me off. And it was driving Randy mad because he was not responding to me about the divorce. I knew I'd have to force it myself by pushing it in court but I was hoping to skip that so we could do this without a war in the court room.
"Hey." I smiled slightly. "I've been trying to contact you." I added, stepping to the side allowing him to enter.
"I know, I'm sorry I've been so distant I just I haven't been in a good place and I didn't want to take my anger or frustration out on you." Wade shook his head.
"I'm sorry that this is the road we have to take." I sighed following him into the living room.
"I bet." He shook his head.
"I really am, do you think I wanted this?" I sighed.
"Then why go through with it Ava?, tell Randy to go to hell." Wade shook his head.
"This isn't about Randy, this is about Ryder. You know that, please don't make this any harder than it already is." I shook my head. "I love you so much Wade, and it kills me to do this but I know that it's only for legal reason." I said walking closer to him.
"You keep saying that, but I can't help but feel like I'm loosing you Ava and it's driving me mad damn it." He snapped, causing me to recoil. "God, I'm sorry." He shook his head, the second he realized what he'd done.
"It's okay." I said softly.
"I just hate this, I don't want to lose you Ava, I can't lose you." Wade shook his head. "I Love you so damn much Ava, I don't know what I'd do if I lost you."
"Wade I'm not going anywhere, I don't know what I have to do to make you understand, this isn't ending our marriage. This could be a fresh start for us if you let us." I sighed. "But if this turns into a war in the court room I'm not sure we will be able to start over Wade. If you can't make this a little easier on me, especially now that I've got all this going on then we might not be able to fix this. I need you to give me a little bit here, if you can't give a little then maybe this isn't going to work and maybe a divorce and a clean break is what we both need."
Wade sighed and shook his head. "If I sign these papers that I have in my brief case, you promise not to give up on us, and to give us a real shot. To really give us a fighting chance?" Wade looked at me.
"I promise Wade, but we have to do this without a big fight." I nodded.
"Alright." Wade nodded and pulled out the papers and handed them over to me. "I had it notarized already. I was going to rip them up but you promise me so I'm going to believe you." Wade said.
I smiled and reached out to hug him. "Thank you, thank you so much. You have no idea how much of weight off my shoulder this is." I said pulling away. "I was so worried this was going to be a big fight and it'd ruin us completely."
"That's the only reason I did this, because I knew if I didn't you'd shut me out completely and we'd never get back to being us." Wade sighed.
"Do you want to stay for lunch?, I have a pizza about to come out of the oven." I bit my lip.
"Sure, I'd love that." Wade nodded and smiled slightly.
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Wade's Point Of View
Ava and I sat on the couch eating pizza, she'd turned on one of those girly movies she loves so much. "I see you put that painting your father got you up." I looked to Ava.
"Yeah, I always loved the painting but you hated it, you didn't want it on your wall." Ava nodded and took a bit of her pizza.
"Yeah, I could be a real asshole couldn't I?" I laughed.
"Your words not mine." Ava laughed as well.
"You are really starting to show, how far along are you now?" I questioned, she was so beautiful, pregnant and all. To think if I would have done things differently and been a better husband she wouldn't be pregnant with Randy's child there was a chance she could have been pregnant with my child, or we could have had children of our own. Seeing her pregnant makes me think how wonderful it'd be to have a child of our own together.
"24 weeks." Ava smiled. "Only four months to go before he's here." Ava smiled rubbing her stomach.
"Yeah, you must be excited." I nodded.
"Yes, so excited I finished his nursery." Ava smiled. "Umm, would you like to see it?" Ava raised a brow.
"Umm, sure why not." I nodded, standing up Ava having a bit of trouble so I help her off the couch.
"Sorry, it's just getting a bit hard to get off the couch these days." She laughed slightly.
Ava and I headed to the stairs, Ava was about to take a step when she grabbed my arms. "Ava?, are you okay love?" I looked over at her, she didn't look right she was suddenly really pale and then her eyes rolled in the back of her head and she went down I was able to grab her before she hit the ground this giving me a chance to gently help her to the ground. "Ava, darling wake up." I pat her face gently. "Come on." I shook her but she wasn't waking up. I stood up then bent down picking her up in my arms carrying her to the door and then to my car. I could get her to a hospital before an ambulance could get here.
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Randy's Point Of View
I was at work when I got a call from the hospital telling me Ava was at the ER, they wouldn't tell me what had happened just that she was at the ER and I was her emergency contact when it came to the pregnancy.
I rushed over there of course, I ran up to the front desk "I'm looking for Ava Barrett." I said the woman looking at her computer for a second.
"She's not able to have visitors at the moment, if you take a seat over there we will let you and her husband know when she can have visitors." The woman said.
I turned around, did she say husband? I looked around and saw Wade, what was he doing here? I swear if he did something to her, or upset her in any way I'd strangle the man with my bare hands.
"What are you doing here?" I growled once I made it over to Wade.
Wade sighed and rolled his eyes. "Ava and I were having lunch at her place, she was going to show me the nursery when she fainted, I was able to catch her before she hit the ground. I picked her up and rushed her here, I didn't want to wait for the ambulance to show up it would have wasted time." Wade explained.
"Why'd she faint?, were you fighting before, or something?" I shook my head.
"No, we were getting along just great, we were having lunch and talking. That's it." Wade sighed.
"I don't understand what happened." I shook my head.
"Well, neither do I." Wade shrugged.
"You can go, I'm here so I can take care of Ava and my child." I said crossing my arms over my chest.
"I'm not going anywhere, for the moment she's still my wife and I'm not leaving until I know she's okay." Wade stated.
"For the moment? So you signed the papers?" I raised a brow.
"Yes, I realized if I didn't I'd ruin my marriage completely. Ava promised me, this wasn't an end to our marriage but it could be a fresh start. She said she's not giving up on our marriage that we still have a fighting chance. If I don't give her a divorce and fight her on it, I know I'll lose her, so I signed the papers and gave them to her today. So you'll have what you want, Ava and I will be divorced by the time the baby is born." Wade stated, I could tell he hated the idea of a divorce.
"Good, now I don't have to worry about anything when my son gets here." I nodded.
"You do know this doesn't mean I've giving up on Ava. You haven't won, she's not yours." Wade said.
"I know, but she could be someday. She told me she was falling for me, before all the stuff with my ex happened, and that she still is in a way." I smirked. "Ava and I have connection a bond, now that we have a child on the way and bond is only going to grow from here. I'm here forever Wade, whither or not you like it, I'm not going anywhere." I stated, in a very matter of like tone.
"Ava Barrett's family." A woman called from the door.
Both Wade and I jumped forward rushing towards her. "Yes, is Ava okay?" Wade questioned.
"My child, is my child okay?" I also asked.
"Both are fine right now, you can come back and see her if you'd like." She smiled and we followed her back to a room. Ava was laying down she was hooked up to a bunch of monitors.
I went straight to her side. "How are you feeling?" I questioned. "What happened?"
"I'm fine, I don't know what happened. I was going to head up the stairs then next thing I know I got dizzy and then the next thing I remember was waking up here, hooked up to all these monitors." Ava explained.
"Did they say what caused this?" Wade raised a brow, standing at the other side of her.
"No, they haven't told me anything yet." Ava stated.
"Hopefully they figure it out fast, what would of happened if you were on the stairs? You could of killed yourself or our son." I sighed shaking my head. "I told you I don't like you living alone, what would of happened if you would of been alone when this happened."
"It's not any of your business if she lives alone." Wade rolled his eyes.
"She's carrying my child, so it is my business." I growled.
"Please, both of you cut it out." Ava sighed shaking her head.
"Sorry." Both of us said in unison.
All of our attention was turned to the door when the doctor walked in. He explained to us about Ava's blood pressure being a problem, it's dropping seriously low and it's causing her to faint. He suggested a few things she could do to help with her low blood pressure, and he also thought it'd be a good idea for her to not be alone a lot, especially until she is over this hump in the pregnancy. He also thought it's a good idea to watch out for stairs, because she doesn't usually have any warning when one of her spells comes on and if she was to be going up or down stairs she could be seriously injured. He suggested if she is going to be doing stairs to make sure she's with someone that way if something were to happen, she'd have someone there to help her if need be. Once the doctor left to go get her discharge papers ready so she could leave I turned to Ava.
"So, I think you should move back with me." I said.
"No I'm not doing that." Ava shook her head. "I'm fine at my place, I'll just make sure stay down stairs for most of the time." Ava sighed.
"You aren't supposed to be doing stairs without someone there. The doctor said it might be a good idea to have someone with you, so I think you should move back with me, or I'll stay with you. I just don't like the idea of you being alone. What if this happens again and no one is there. Something could happen to Ryder or You. Please Ava, can you not be stubborn for once?" I sighed.
"As much as I hate to agree with the man, he's right you can't be alone." Wade chimed in, shocking the hell out of me and Ava. "If I wouldn't of been there you'd of hit the floor and you'd of hit it hard."
"I don't know, I'll think about it. I just want to go home and get some sleep." Ava sighed.
"I'm coming with you, I'll sleep on your couch and then we can talk in the morning." I stated.
"Oh my goodness, fine whatever." Ava rolled her eyes.
"I should be going, but i was wondering before I leave can I get a few words with you?" Wade raised a brow. "Alone?"
"Sure." Ava nodded.
I shook my head and backed up walking out the door. Knowing as much as I didn't want to leave her alone with him. I knew I had to let her do her thing, I couldn't try to control her life. She's had enough of that in her marriage.
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Wade's Point Of View
I smiled taking her hand. "I'm glad you're okay. You gave me a scare love." I said softly.
"I know, I gave myself a scare." Ava nodded. "What did you need to talk to me about?"
"I just wanted to make sure we are okay." I said.
"We are fine, I know you worry about our marriage but you are doing the right thing. You are showing me you are thinking about something other than yourself. And that means a lot to me.
"I'm trying, as much as I can to keep positive about this. As hard as it is, because I love you so much and I'm scared to death that I'm going to lose you." I sighed.
"I'm not going anywhere, this doesn't mean it's over. It just means we have a new start." Ava said, squeezing my hand.
"I know, that's what you say. And I truly hope you mean it." I nodded.
"I do mean it Wade." She smiled slightly.
"Well, you have your papers. I guess your lawyer will contact my lawyer when they have everything finished and it goes to the judge." I sighed, I bit my lip and looked down at her. "Do you think I could get a kiss?, while you're still my wife legally?"
Ava smiled and nodded pulling me closer to her. She wrapped her arms around my neck and we brought our lips together. I wrapped my arms around her tightly as we kissed I wanted to hold her and savor this kiss. Hoping it wouldn't be our last kiss.
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Ava's Point Of View
We'd gotten back to my place, Randy was going to stay the night with me. Just for tonight. I know he wants me to move with him again but I'm not sure that's a good idea. But I know I have to figure something out, considering I'm not allowed to drive because I'm not having any warning signs before I pass out, the doctor said it's best if I don't drive and he wants me to cut back on work once again, but luckily my place of work is really great and are okay with it.
"Why don't you lay down and I and I'll fix you something to eat." Randy said making sure I sat on the couch before he let go of me. I swear he is acting as if I'm made of glass.
"Fine." I sighed, laying down Randy putting the blanket over me.
"What would you like?" Randy questioned.
"I'd really like something from the little Italian shop down the road. " I said.
"I'd go get it for you, but I don't want to leave you alone." Randy shook his head.
"What if I promise to stay here until you get back?" I raised a brow. "Please, Ryder would love some of their Pasta E Fagioli, with Italian Sausage. It's so good."
"Okay, as long as you stay here and don't move." Randy sighed.
"Thanks, I promise." I smiled.
"Alright, I'll be back with your food." Randy said "I've got it." Randy said, once he saw me starting to open my purse. He then walked out the door. I pulled out the papers that Wade had signed and started to read them over, making sure that Wade actually signed them. It was a new paper, he had a new decree drawn up. I looked through it, he'd put some things in there, I'd just said that we all walked out with whatever we came in with, and money he made was his, and money I made was mine. But Wade had put in there that he wanted to give me 7, 500 a month until I married him, and then he wanted to make sure my insurance was paid for, I didn't think he'd put all this in there. I took out my phone texting him asking him why he changed it.
From Wade:
I wanted to make sure you are taken care of, we've been married for 10 years I feel you deserve it Ava.
I texted him back thanking him but letting him know that it wasn't needed.
From Wade:
I want to just let me do this, I mean I've done so many things to you and you've stood by me so I think you deserve it. Just go along with it, I want to make sure you have that money to fall back on, especially if you have to take more time off work. I know you have plenty saved up in your savings, and I transferred half of our savings into your account also but this will make me feel better.
I finally agreed to it, and told him I'd talk to him soon. I was surprised he'd do this. He's so focused on money I didn't think he'd give up that so easily that's why I just said I'd take what I had and he could have what he had. But he surprised me, maybe he's really trying only time will tell though.
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I smiled at Randy as we were sitting on my couch eating our food. We'd turned on one of my favorite shows, Ru Paul's Drag Race. It was a marathon of a past season, season 5 one of my favorite seasons.
"I still don't understand this show." Randy shook his head. "So these are men, dressed like women?" He raised a brow.
I laughed and nodded. "Yes, they are drag queens." I said. "Haven't you ever seen a drag queen?"
"No, never." He shook his head.
"I love them, you should come to a show with me sometime." I suggested.
"I'll pass on that." Randy shook his head. "So, what did Wade want to talk to you about?, If you don't mind me asking."
"He just wanted to make sure we were okay, we had a talk earlier and he signed the papers. He actually had some drawn up on his own, so I just have to sign them and give them to my lawyer. " I stated. "He wanted to give me like 7,500 a month and pay for insurance I told him that was too much but he insisted, he also transferred half of our savings into my account." I told him.
"That's surprising, at least you will have the divorce, so there isn't any problems with the legality when Ryders born." Randy nodded. "So you were happy that he signed the papers so that's why you kissed him?" He raised a brow.
"Excuse me?" I raised a brow myself.
"I saw you kissing him." Randy stated.
"What does it matter to you if I kiss him?, he's still my husband." I shook my head.
"I thought you are getting this divorce, but you're kissing him. I don't understand it." Randy shook his head.
"He asked for a kiss before he left, he said he wanted a kiss, while I was still his wife." I shook my head. "It's not any of your business if I kiss him or any other man Randy." I spat.
"You are going to make him think there is more than just a kiss, You know how he is Ava." He sighed.
"Yes I do know how he is, he's my husband." I spat. "Once again Randy it doesn't matter what I do with him or anyone else, I gave him a kiss that's it. I'm ending my marriage Randy, it's hard on both me and Wade. If a kiss will make him feel the slightest bit better than I'm going to do it. " I shook my head. "Why does it matter to you?, are you jealous or something?"
Randy shook his head and stood up. "I'm putting this in the kitchen, you done with yours?" He raised a brow.
I shook my head handing him to the plate, he didn't say another word just walked into the kitchen putting the food away I'm guessing he then walked back out. "I'm heading to my car to grab my things, I'll be back in." Randy said, then walked out the door.
Wow, that was something different Randy's not usually like this. I wonder if he really is jealous that I kissed Wade. I don't know all I know is, this divorce is supposed to make things easier on all of us, but it's making things harder.
A Note From The Author: Hope you all enjoy the update. Sorry I wanted to get this out the other day but I got side tracked. What do you all think of Wade signing the papers without a fight? What do you think of Randy's little problem with the kiss? Do you think it's a little bit of jealousy rearing its ugly head? So leave a review and let me know what y'all think! Thanks to everyone who continue to read, review, follow and favorite this story! You all rock!
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RedRose85- He did thankfully, we just have to see what will happen between Wade and Ava if it's the end of their marriage just legally or completely. It will really depend on how he acts after doing so. Thanks for the review! :)
Skovko- Yes, some places every place I've lived in the US, if a woman is married and she has a child with another man, the husband is legally the father, if they divorce the husband still has a claim to the child, and actually even if it's proven the child is another man's the husband still has to pay child support in most cases, there are ways around it but it's a lot of messy paper work and legal problems that can be caused if the husband decides he doesn't want to do things the easy way(Wade could of gone the messy way and it'd been a huge legal battle but his marriage would of really been over then, that's why he didn't do it that way, he didn't want claim to the child, he just wants his wife.) Thanks for the review! :)
Kezzstar- Thanks for reviewing! Yes Wade is extremely passionate about his marriage, I think he loves her deep down, but he just doesn't know how to show it in the proper way, that's something he's going to have to work on for sure if he doesn't want to lose her completely. :)