"Mark, can I talk to you for a minute?" Bridgette asked, walking into Mark's office.
"Of course, Bee," he said, smiling.
She sat down in front of his desk and sighed. "I...I don't think this is going to work," she began.
"What? Bee...I thought..." Mark began to say.
"I'm in love with someone else," she told him.
"Who?" he asked, leaning over his desk so he could look her in the eyes.
"Cedric Diggory," she said. "But I thought he died in June," Mark said slowly.
"No...he was in a coma, he...he just woke up. He...he's the father of my baby," Bridgette told him quietly.
"So I was a...replacement until he woke up?" Mark asked.
"No...please don't think like that Mark...I...I never thought he was going to wake up," Bridgette said.
"He was my first love," she continued. "I thought I could let go but I can't...I just can't, please understand."
Mark sighed and closed his eyes for a few moments, "Actually, I was meaning to tell you that I thought we should see other people. The entire time I was with you I just...I never had your heart," Mark told her.
She nodded and leaned forward to kiss his cheek. "You were the only good thing in my life after what happened to Cedric," she said. "Thank you."
"So...I'll see you at work Monday?" Mark asked, leaning back in his chair as she stood up.
"Yeah, see you," she said, leaving his office.
She breathed a sigh of relief once she was outside of his office before closing her eyes and apparating herself to St. Mungo's and just hoping it wasn't too late.
She walked into Cedric's room, smiling when she found him awake. "Cedric," she said, walking over to his bed. "I broke it off with Mark."
He averted his eyes from hers and looked over at the wall, a stony expression still on his face.
She reached into her purse and slid her engagement ring back onto her finger.
"Cedric...look at me," she said softly, reaching her hand out and caressing his cheek softly.
"I thought you loved him," he whispered, still not looking at her.
"I thought I did Cedric. That day you...you kicked me out I went home for these past few days and I thought about everything. I realized that I never loved him Cedric..." Bridgette said.
"I love you," she told him, forcing him to look her in the eyes. "I always have loved you...I always will love you."
She saw tears in his eyes and she leaned forward, kissing him softly.
She placed her other hand on the other side of his face and pressed her tongue against his lips.
At first he was resistant, keeping his mouth closed, but when she let out a moan of frustration he finally obliged to her.
Suddenly, she pulled away, placing a hand on her stomach. "Oh God," she moaned.
"What...Bee...what is it?" Cedric asked, alarm rising on his face.
"I think my water just broke," she said quietly.
"What? You...you still have a month!" Cedric exclaimed. He slowly got out of bed, his legs still somewhat weak and walked over to the door.
"Someone, help!" he exclaimed, looking both ways down the hall.
A nurse came running up to Cedric, "Mr. Diggory you shouldn't be out of bed!" she exclaimed. "My...my fiancée is in labor...she's early!" Cedric exclaimed.
"Why didn't you say so in the first place," the nurse muttered, hurrying over to Bridgette.
"We need to get you to the labor center," she said, holding on to Bridgette, "I'm going to apparate you there."
"I'm coming with you!" Cedric exclaimed.
"Mr. Diggory, you are in no state to be apparating or anything yet...we're going to contact her parents, you need to be here when they come," the nurse explained, holding on to Bridgette and disappearing immediately.
Cedric groaned and walked over to his dresser, quickly changing into real clothes, his strength returning immediately.
Ten minutes later, Tina, Roger, Diane and Amos walked into his room. "Cedric, where is she?" Tina asked immediately.
"Labor center or something, I need to be there!" Cedric cried.
"Cedric, you're still recovering..." Diane began but Cedric cut her off.
"I want to see my son when he's born!" he exclaimed.
She nodded and held on to Cedric's hand as she apparated to the labor center, going to the directory and looking up Bridgette before they all hurried down to her room.
"Bee!" Cedric exclaimed, hurrying to her side, he took her hand and kissed it softly. "How are you feeling?"
"It hurts so bad," she moaned, her face drenched in sweat as she lay on the bed.
"I'm here now, Bee, I'm here," he said, smoothing her hair away from her face and kissing her forehead softly.
"Oh, OHHHH," she screamed as a contraction swept through her body. It was over a minute later and Bridgette cried softly from the pain.
"How far apart are the contractions?" Tina asked the nurse.
"About a minute or so," the nurse told her, looking down at the clipboard she was holding. "Cedric it hurts so bad," Bridgette cried.
He squeezed her hand and kissed her cheek. "Just think, after it's over we'll have a baby boy," he said, trying to soothe her.
"Yeah," she said, her face contorting in pain again as another contraction swept through her body.
"Oh God," she groaned, squeezing the life out of Cedric's hand.
"Cedric!" she cried out in pain as another contraction hit her, "It hurts sooo bad!"
Cedric looked desperately to her father. "What do I do?" he mouthed.
"Can she get any pain medication?" Roger asked as he watched his daughter cry in pain.
"Of Course, Mr. Peterson, excuse me," the nurse said, hurrying out of the room. Cedric looked down at Bridgette and smiled.
"Just hang in there, ok?" he said.
She nodded, her eyes closing slowly as sleepiness took over her body, "Bridgette, you need to stay awake!" a doctor said, walking into the room and over to her, saying a spell that made the pain not as bad.
"Cedric, thank you for being here," she said, smiling over at Cedric. He smiled down at her and kissed her softly.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world," he said.
"Ok Bridgette, I need you to push," the doctor told her. She shook her head and cried softly at the pain from the pressure, "C'mon Bridgette, you can do it." She took a deep breath and pushed as hard as she could, crying out at the pain.
"Come on, Bridgette, we're almost there," the doctor said.
Bridgette fell back onto the pillow and shook her head. "I can't," she breathed.
"Bee, honey you can do it, just think, our baby Bee, our BABY!" Cedric exclaimed.
She squeezed Cedric's hand and pushed harder, screaming out in pain. "I see a head, Bridgette, keep going!" the doctor exclaimed.
She panted as Cedric wiped sweat off her forehead with a cool towel as she pushed one more time.
The sound of crying suddenly filled the room and Bridgette fell back onto her pillow, breathing heavily.
Cedric laughed joyously as he saw the nurses cleaning up their son before bringing him over to Bridgette who smiled down at him, "Cedric he's s…so beautiful," she said, crying from happiness. He had big curious green eyes and a small tuft of light brown hair, revealing a toothless smile when Bridgette cooed at him a moment later.
"We have a son," Cedric whispered in amazement. "We have a son, Bee!"
She nodded, tears falling from her eyes as their son reached out and grabbed her finger, sucking on it a moment later, "I think he's hungry," she said.
"Do you have a name picked out?" the nurse asked as Bridgette pulled down her shirt a little, offering her nipple to the baby.
Bridgette looked over to her parents, a little uncomfortable about them being in there while she was breast feeding, "We'll see you in a few sweetheart," her mother said before they all left.
"You had a name, didn't you, Bee?" Cedric asked, not able to stop smiling.
"Benjamin Adam Diggory," she said as her son fed off of her. The nurse smiled before leaving the room to give them some privacy.
"We have a son," Cedric whispered again, wiping furiously at his eyes to keep from crying.
"I love you so much baby," Bridgette said to him.
"I love you, too," Cedric said, leaning down and kissing her softly, "That baby is so damn lucky you know," he whispered into her ear, chuckling a little bit.
"You just witnessed a miracle and that's all you can think about?" Bridgette asked, laughing.
"Well, I've been in a coma for 8 months, what do you think I dreamt about the entire time?" he asked. She laughed and kissed him softly as Benny finished feeding.
"Do you still want that big house in the country?" he asked, taking Benny into his arms.
"With a big old porch that wraps all the way around the house," she replied, sitting up a little.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you," she said, moving her shirt back in place, "you better hope I even let you near me in bed after that."
"You just can't resist me," he said, smirking.
"We'll see about that," she said, grinning over at him. A moment later their parents all walked back in and immediately started cooing over Ben, "Mum, when can we go home?"
"Wait home, Bee are you still living with your parents?" Cedric asked.
"I wasn't going to buy a big house in the country by myself," she said, sighing. "I was waiting for you."
"I did get myself a 2 bedroom flat in London though," she added after a second.
"Then we'll go there," Cedric said, letting Tina hold Ben. "I want you all to myself."
"Cedric!" Bridgette exclaimed, blushing a little bit.
He grinned and kissed her forehead softly. "Is it ok if we go there, Tina?" he asked, taking Bridgette's hand in his.
"I'll go get the doctor, make sure they don't want to do any tests on Ben first," she said, smiling down at them.
"May I hold him?" Diane asked and Bridgette nodded, gazing lovingly up at Cedric.
"I love you," she said, kissing him softly.
He kissed her back softly before getting up as the doctor walked in, "You two...three are free to go, I'd like you to bring him back in for a check up in 2 days though, alright?" the doctor said.
"Of course, thank you," Bridgette said, smiling.
She got up and walked over to a side room, changing into her normal clothes before coming back out and taking Ben from Diane.
"He is beautiful, Bee," Diane said. "He really is...you two are so lucky."
"Thank you," she said, hugging everyone, careful not to squish Ben before going over to Cedric, "you ready?"
"Whenever you are," he said, slipping his arm around her waist.
"We'll talk to you guys later," Bridgette said as they exited the hospital room, bright smiles on their faces as she held their son, "Ceddie...do you think you could run to the store...get some baby supplies? Unless you don't feel up to it, I mean you just started walking again..."
"It's not a problem," he told her. "Do you want me to take you home first?"
"Yes," she said, holding Ben a little closer as they stepped outside. Cedric waved his wand arm and shouted out taxi, and suddenly a taxi flew down from the air.
Bridgette told the driver the address and he drove off. Both Bridgette and Cedric smiled down at Ben who was sleeping.
"He's such an angel," she said, sighing down at him, "and he looks so much like his daddy."
"But he looks more like his mummy," Cedric said, smiling.
"No he doesn't. He has my eyes but that's all. He has your hair, and your face, and your smile," Bridgette pointed out to him.
"He's gonna be such a stud when he gets to Hogwarts," she continued, grinning hugely. "I can't believe it, Cedric...I never thought this day would come and that you would be here to share it with me."
"Neither did I," Cedric said, sighing as the taxi pulled up in front of their flat. Cedric hurried over to Bridgette's side and helped her out before she gave the taxi driver some money.
"Well, home sweet home," she said as they walked inside.
"It's only temporary until I get you that house in the country," he told her, turning on the light.
"You'll have to get a job first," Bridgette said, "I'm going to quit mine so that I can stay home with Benny."
"If you want to Bee," Cedric said, leaning down and kissing her, "I'll be back in a few."
"Bye," she said, going into one of the bedrooms and putting Ben in his crib. She already had everything they needed for the baby, but she needed an excuse to get Cedric out of the house.