AN: Thank you to everyone who reviewed the third chapter! It is great to finally have another story up on here! You guys are awesome! Here is Chapter 4!
Chapter 4
The last three weeks passed by slowly and just as Stephanie thought, she started to show in her pregnancy. Thankfully she was able to still fit into her regular pants, but had to buy slightly larger shirts to cover her baby bump. Beth was starting to notice a difference in the way Matt treated Stephanie.
"What's going on with you and Matt?" Beth asked one day while Stephanie was over for lunch.
"Nothing. Why?" Stephanie answered.
"Matt has been more attentive to you in the last few weeks then ever before. I was just wondering if there was anything we should be concerned about." Beth responded.
"Nope. Everything is perfectly fine." Stephanie stated with a smile.
"Ok." Beth responded.
Later that evening, while Stephanie and Matt were watching a movie. Matt placed a hand on Stephanie's belly and they both felt the baby move. Matt just smiled at his girlfriend and kept his hand on the baby. Stephanie decided that now might be a good time to bring up telling everyone.
"So as of today we are 16 weeks." Stephanie stated.
"That we are." Matt responded.
"When can we tell everyone?" Stephanie asked. "I'm tired of hiding it."
"This weekend we can make the announcement." Matt answered.
Before they headed to bed, Matt sent out a mass text to all their friends and Gilbert about filming a special taping of the Hardy Show that Saturday. Everyone agreed to meet at the house Saturday morning around 10. Stephanie decided that she would make a mass amount of pancakes and turkey bacon for everyone that morning.
Saturday morning came rather quickly and Stephanie was up and in the kitchen cooking while Matt was in the basement working out. Jeff and Beth were the first ones to arrive with baby Skye. Jeff took over cooking so that Stephanie could play with the baby for a few moments.
Once everyone was there and the food was practically gone, it was time to start filming the Hardy Show. Matt decided to make this episode the sequel to the Parents one. Jeff and Beth introduced their daughter on camera and everyone who had kids talked about the first few weeks to the first year of being first time parents.
Soon it Matt's turn to talk on camera about kids and families. He made sure that everyone was in the living room before he taped his segment. Stephanie waited just off to the side until Matt motioned for her to come in front of the camera.
"As you all know, I, Matt Hardy, don't have any babies of my own yet. Being a first time uncle to Skye is simply amazing. She is the joy of the family and everyone adores her to pieces." Matt stated. "Now this episode of The Hardy Show is titled Parents Part 2. In the first episode we talked about our parents Claude G and Ruby Mae Hardy. Shannon talked about his dad, Gilbert. So far in this episode you've heard Kimo, Jeff, Beth and Yuk talk about being parents for the first time and what they experienced during the first year. Now I have a special announcement that no one but the love of my life, Stephanie knows."
Matt finally motioned for Stephanie to come over to him. Stephanie took her place next to Matt and waited patiently for him to make the announcement. Stephanie had their latest ultrasound picture hidden behind her back ready to show everyone after the announcement.
"Everyone knows that it is no secret that I would love nothing more than to become a father for the first time. In the traditional sense one is supposed to get married then have a family. But no one follows tradition anymore, so why should Matt Hardy?" Matt continued. "Today Stephanie and I would like to announce to you that there is another pregnancy, another baby to be born. It wasn't an easy road to get here, but yes, I, Matthew Hardy and Stephanie Martin are going to be first time parents. Like Jeff stated in the first episode, we will not give you a due date, we will not give you a sex, but when the time comes, I will personally announce when the baby is here. All I request from all our fans is to respect our privacy and to honor our wishes regarding the pregnancy. Thank you everyone."
As soon as the filming stopped everyone came over and congratulated Matt and Stephanie. Stephanie let the ultrasound picture be passed around while she went upstairs to change into a shirt that showed her baby bump off. After everyone left, it was just Matt, Stephanie, Jeff, Beth, Gilbert and Skye at the house for the afternoon.
"Why didn't you tell us sooner that you were pregnant?" Beth asked.
"We found out the day Skye was born. I had been feeling light headed and Matt called my doctor who had him bring me in right away. She did an ultrasound and we found that we were 13 weeks pregnant. Matt and I have been trying all year. First I had to have surgery to clear my tubes, then I had a series of miscarriages including that day at the mall. Matt and I just stopped trying, but still had fun, and here we are, 16 weeks and everything is going well." Stephanie answered. "We didn't want to say anything until now as we were still worried that something could happen to the baby."
"Wow. I'm sorry you had to go through all that. And I am very happy that you and Matt are finally having a baby." Beth responded.
"Thank you." Stephanie stated.
"Do you know what the sex of the baby is yet?" Gilbert asked.
"No. We wont find out for a few weeks still. And Matt and I haven't decided if we are going to find out or wait until the baby is born." Stephanie answered.
"When is my future niece or nephew due?" Jeff asked.
"April 30th." Matt answered.
"A Spring baby. Very nice." Jeff responded.
Later that night after everyone had left and the house was cleaned up, Matt and Stephanie relaxed in the living room with a movie. Stephanie had picked up a baby names book earlier in the week and started flipping through the book and writing down names in a notebook.
"Find anything good in that book?" Matt asked.
"I have a few names for both sexes." Stephanie answered.
"What are they?" Matt asked as he rubbed her stomach.
"For a girl I have Brianne, Isabella, Rosalie, and Lacey." Stephanie answered. "And for a boy I have Landon, Matthew, Austin, Tyler and Brendon."
"Sounds good. Do you really want to name our son after me?" Matt asked.
"Only of you want to." Stephanie answered.
After Matt and Stephanie went to bed, Matt laid there and thought about what names he liked for their baby. Matt really liked the name Isabella and Brianne for a girl and Brendon and Matthew for a boy. Maybe Stephanie would agree to naming their son, Brendon Matthew. Matt fell asleep thinking about the names.
