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"Good morning, Gabby...", hearing him saying her name softly brought up a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach.

"Good morning, Matt...", seeing her face glowing and her hands rubbing her belly, it was a vision he wished he could have every day.

"Are you ready?" he asked studying her face as she stood at the threshold.

His intense blue eyes on her got her distracted for a moment.

"Yeah-yeah,", she cleared her throat, "... I have my purse with me", then Gabby adjusted it on her shoulder.

"Okay, great," he smiled warmly at her, his dimples making a small appearance. She used to love his dimples, she thought they were cute.

With his hands shoved on the front of his jacket, he waited for her shut the front door. Closing it, he signed for her go before him as he watching her closely while she stepped down the short stairs of her aunt's house.

Matt he pulled over his car in front of the house, so on their way to it they kept in silence. Getting closer to his truck Matt unlocked it.

"You need some help?" he asked gently.

"No, thank you", though he paused to look at her get in the car first, then he went around to the driver's side.

After fastening his seat-belt, he gazed at her as he went to turn on the radio. "Would you like to listen to some music?"

"Not, not really, I woke up with a little headache", she responded avoiding his stare at her.

"Oh, okay," putting the key in the ignition, he started the car.

One minute later as Matt was driving, "You think we should worry about your headache?", he glanced at her briefly.

Gabby was looking at anything through the window car, "I don't think so... it's just one-time thing," she said dryly, "...I'm not worried", sighing annoyed with his question.

Stopping at the red light traffic, "I'm here because your mother asked me if you want I can just leave you at your appointment, and going home... your mother doesn't need to know", Matt spoke looking at the other cars ahead of them.

Gabby whipped her head in his direction, "You don't want to look at your son with your own eyes or know how he is doing?", her voice a little agitated.

"Of course, I do", he turned his head slightly to gaze at her, "But, it's clear to me that you don't feel comfortable with it... I don't want to put you on stress and cause some problems for our kid".

Gabby was taken aback for his thoughtfulness. How he was willing to do what she had asked in that letter.

Looking through the window again, Gabby closed her eyes, "I-I think we have a lot of things to discuss, but I'm putting all on hold, okay? My angry at you and everything... " she opened her eyes and look at the side of his head as he was keeping his eyes on the road. "For the baby...".

"Okay", he replied as he gazed swiftly at her as he stopped at other light traffic. "I want to be here with you... and our son, don't doubt this...".

She nodded at him as her eyes roamed over his face.

Oh, damn hormones, she thought while all she wanted it was jumping on his bones. Suddenly, he looked so sexy to her.

Then she turned her head abruptly to the other side as Matt was oblivious to her feelings.

...

"Mrs. Dawson..." the nurse assistant announced as Gabby was reading a magazine at the waiting reception. Matt was sitting next to her looking at something on his phone.

Both lifted up their heads to look at her.

"... you are the next".

"Okay, thank you", shifting on her seat to lifting her herself up, Matt offered to help her.

First he put the magazine she was reading on the center table, then extended his arm to her hold on it. He was glad she accepted it without complaint.

"I just want to stretch my legs for a little bit," she explained.

"Of course", agreeing with a smile as well. "I've read that pregnant women should avoid sitting in the same position for too long", he spoke firmly.

She eyed him for a moment and nodded at him.

"I'm reading some stuff... your mother suggested a few of them and my sisters also...", he filled her in.

"How many books are you reading?" she raised her eyebrows at him.

"Hmm three?" he affirmed casually, "... and I bought another one yesterday".

"O.k.a.y", reacting weakly.

Narrowing his eyebrows at her, Gabby stepped in, "I-I am surprised, but in a good way", she added to prevent giving him the wrong idea that she was doubting that he was committed a hundred percent with his son.

"I want to learn everything I can to look after him, you know... sometimes you'll need a break and I'll know what to do...", he shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright", she voiced rubbing her belly. "I-I'll just move my feet for a little while...", changing the subject. She didn't want to talk about how they would be their life after the baby was born. Her life was so uncertain as tomorrow.

"Yeah-yeah, I'll be here", he sat back.

While Gabby was pacing the room her eyes wandering over the place and the other couples waiting for their appointments. She realized that seeing other pregnant women and their partners got her nervous and anxious. Those two things showing her that differently from them she had real chances of dying before seeing her own son and she didn't have a partner, since Matt was only her baby's dad.

Her mother had asked her to stop to torture herself with "if" and really enjoy her pregnancy. Although Gabby was still working on that... enjoying being a mother and believe she will make it. I have to believe, she murmured to herself not noticing that Matt's eyes were on her.

"Mrs. Dawson, please come in...".

Gabby turned around to see her doctor standing up next to the door's office smiling at her.

Matt stood up from his seat following behind Gabby, after entering into the room they sat down.

Gabby introduced Matt as her baby's father, and Dr. Mendez expressed her happiness for Gabby since she hadn't come alone like the other times. So after making the usual questions, Dr. Mendez told Gabby to get change in the backroom, her assistant was already expecting Gabby there to measure her blood pressure and collect her urine for protein test.

With Gabby was no longer in the room, Matt took the opportunity to address his concerns at the doctor.

"Dr. Mendez, may I ask you a few questions?"

"Definitely, go ahead...", she agreed satisfied.

"Hmm the aneurysm... there is something we could do now to avert any complication... you know...", he was genuinely worried.

"Mr. Casey, most abdominal aneurysms are asymptomatic, I imagine you two found out by chance?"

"Yeah, when we were trying to get pregnant... the doctor at the time declared Gabby had 10% chance of dying...", he said it looking at his hands. "I got really against the idea of her getting pregnant after that...", she cut him off.

"I understand you are worried as you should be, but I'm good really at what I do... and I trust heaven wouldn't deny Gabby her dream of being a mother...".

"I hope you are right because I won't bear to live without her, I won't", his eyes teared up.

"Asymptomatic aneurysms not obliging treatment in the absence of symptoms or growth... So we're gonna keep doing what we are doing... Your job is monitoring her... if she feels lower abdominal pain, fever, high blood pressure take her straightly to the hospital".

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it...", he stated firmly.

"In her case, we recommend a cesarean section only if the length of pregnancy is above 28 weeks, but if anything happens before that we'll be prepared...".

"Thank you...", he wiped a few tears.

"You're welcome. Shall we get going?", she asked standing up. "We have a baby to see today", her smile widening.

Feeling a little calmer, Matt let a small smile appeared on his face.

...

"So today we are doing the morphology scan...", Dr, Mendez told them. "Do you know what this exam, Mr. Casey?"

Gabby was lying on an examination table as Dr. Mendez started the scan before she had placed gel on Gabby's belly. Moving a probe across her belly to get images of Ben..., "I'm not gonna question Gabby because she's known".

"I've read that through this exam we observe the position of the placenta... the umbilical cord... the amniotic fluid... and we're gonna have the expected date of birth...", he said all that looking at the screen.

"Wow... I'm impressed... someone's done his homework".

Matt blushed slightly then he found Gabby's eyes stuck on him.

Her attempted smile at him was noticed by him.

"It's really important to know if the baby is growing and developing as he should be because that we are checking his fetal heart activity and anatomy, besides maternal anatomy as uterus, cervix..."

40 minutes later...

"As we can see your baby has a satisfactory growth, he is healthy...".

Gabby closed her eyes as sighing deeply, "Thank you, God...".

Turning his head to look at her, Matt saw tears falling from the corners of her eyes. He couldn't help himself and placed a hand on her arm trying to comfort her.

"I don't see abnormalities... everything looks good...", the doctor added to reassure Ben's parents.

"We can have these images?" Matt requested.

"Of course... I'll have one for each one of you...".

"Thank you, Dr. Mendez", Gabby spoke staring at her and turned her head to gaze at Casey.

"You're amazing... really... I'm proud of you...", Matt told his baby's mother.

His eyes of adoration melted her heart, for that she didn't feel unsure when he leaned down and kissed her on the cheek.

...

"I have shift tomorrow but if you need anything don't hesitate to call me...", Gabby and Matt were on his truck.

"Don't worry... my mother is staying with us, so... if anything comes up I won't be alone...", she dropped her head to look at her hands resting on her belly.

"Okay... Thank you for letting me go with you...", he needed to tell her that. Gabby lifted her head and stared at him.

"My mother was right, she always is... we should be doing this together... you know... if anything happens to me... you're the one taking care of the baby-, he cut in.

"I talked to Dr. Mendez after you left the room... I believe that you're in great hands and I see us looking after our kid that's what he deserves... both his parents with him...".

When her eyes stayed fixed on him he wondered what she was thinking.

"Why...", she turned her head to the window. "Why we didn't fight enough for our relationship... Why we are not really in this together..."

He waited for her to finish...

Turning her head back to look at him, "Why you had to fall in love with-", he cut her off with a kiss on the lips.

Gabby took a few seconds to react to his lips moving over hers.

Her lips brushed against his as he tried to cover her mouth with his lips.

Seconds later... Things escalated quickly and their kisses became frenetic.

Gabby had a hand laced behind his head, holding him in place as he rested a hand on her thigh, squeezing it from time to time being careful to not hurt or push too hard against her belly.

The sound of their tongues moving against each other's had filled Matt's truck.

Knock... Knock

"What are you two doing?", Gabby's mother asked harshly.


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