It didn't take long for Dawson to drive to the hospital; but I couldn't help but note that when the limousine pulled to a stop in the side street that my stomach started to flutter with excitement. I couldn't wait to see our baby; there was a time in my life when marriage and children wouldn't have even been on my radar. But since meeting Ben this was now my way of life; and I wouldn't have it any other way.
After walking into a side door of the hospital my mind started to replay conversations that me and Ben had had about protecting the secrecy of my pregnancy until I was three month pregnant. We had arranged that we were going to wait in an office until a member of staff came to find us; we couldn't afford for the Kingdom to find out about our baby quite yet. The Kingdom was still in quite an upheaval due to the trial, but I put this down to the trial only happening last week - and I didn't want our baby connected to the trial or the aftermath of it in any way. Our little was an innocent being, just like Ben, and I was damned if I was going to allow them to be affected by Bobby or the others in any way.
When my mind went onto the Kingdom my mind started to wonder what their reaction was going to be when they found out that me and Ben were expecting; I knew that there would be some people who would be happy for us, which I was looking forward to. However I also knew that some people and council members were going to think this is why Ben married me in secret. When I suggested this to Ben he told me to not fixate on what other people think; he told me what mattered was what we and our family thought. I couldn't stop myself agreeing with him; what did it matter what the Kingdom or council members thought about the fact that I was pregnant earlier than me and Ben planned. What mattered is that me and Ben found each other again and we were able to live our lives together - with our families ongoing support and love.
So with all this being said me and Ben then started to plan how we were going to announce my pregnancy to the Kingdom and the timings worked out brilliantly with our state wedding in two weeks time. When we chose the date of the first of December to renew our vows in front of the whole Kingdom me and Ben didn't take into account that this was the week when I would just be over three months pregnant. So me and Ben decided that during his toast at our wedding lunch he was going to announce to the world that the next heir of Auradon was going to be due next year.
The closer my first scan and our renewal of vows was getting closer the more and more it started to feel more real. I just couldn't wait to meet our little one; yes I was a little bit more nervous about having a daughter than a son. But this was purely down to the fact of the very turbulent relationship I had had with my mother; but whether I was carrying Ben's son or daughter I was confident of a couple of things. First of all they weren't going to experience the upbringing that I had to suffer under my mother, second of all they were going to be a more happy and healthier child than I was, given the poor conditions that I lived through on the Isle. And finally and most importantly of all, they were going to have two parents that loved them - unconditionally, as I wanted them to have everything that I never had.
