Chapter Eleven
"Cameron" Abi sighed "I don't want to do anything tonight"
"Its your sweet sixteen" He said, as they lay in bed that morning, his fingers in hers
"We did what you want on your birthday. Now its my turn"
"Ok" He kissed her head "What do you wanna do?"
"Sleep...snuggle...watch movies...kiss..." She kissed his lips
"I like the sound of that" He kissed her back
"I can't really do a lot anyway as I'm starting to not be able to move anywhere very fast"
He laughed slightly "How about I head downstairs and make you breakfast?"
"No, no, its ok" She sat up "I can woddle downstairs"
Cameron got out of bed, pulled on his sweats and helped Abi out
"Thanks" She said "You can stop doing that in a few weeks"
"God, seven weeks"
"Don't" She said "I'm freaked out as it is"
"Don't be, we're all here. Everything'll be fine"
"Thats easy for you to say, you haven't got to push out a baby that should weigh between 6 to 7 pounds"
"Fair point" He sighed "You can brake my hand"
She smiled at him "Thanks"
The smell of bacon made its way upstairs, Cameron breathed in "Come on, lets head down"
...
Later that day, Abi's family came over as David struck up the BBQ.
"Happy birthday" Kim bent down to hug her as she was sat in the chair
"Thanks mom" She smiled, as she passed her a present bag
"I got you something more expensive than your sisters got as you didn't have a party..."
"Mom, I have no friends and I'm thirty three weeks pregnant" Abi replied "A party wasn't going to happen, all of us together is fine by me"
"I was still going out dancing at thirty three weeks..."
"Well I like staying home with my boyfriend...speaking of boyfriend, he's coming now"
Cameron walked up to them, holding a drink for her "Here" He kissed her cheek, then turned to Kim "Hey Kim"
"Hey Cameron" She smiled
Abi took a long sip through her straw, and felt the baby move away as it was cold...but then felt something else, she gasped and nearly spilt her drink everywhere
"What?" Cameron asked
"I felt something that wasn't a kick or movement" She put her glass down and held her bump "It's too soon"
"I'll go get Joanne" Kim went into the house
"It's too soon Cam" Abi wept, not in pain but in fear of the baby coming early
"It'll be ok, there's doctors and nurses and midwives..."
"But he'll need to stay in hospital if he's this early..." She started sobbing "He could die"
"Hey, hey" He wrapped his arms around her "Don't think like that"
Joanne rushed outside to the two of them "What do you think they are?"
"Contractions" Abi wept
"Well they could just be a false alarm, your body does that around now to prepare for the actual birth. So I think the best thing to do would be for you to go lay down for awhile, if they stay the way they are then you're fine, if they get faster and stronger we'll take you to the hospital"
"Thanks mom" Cameron said and helped Abi up
He kept his arm around her as they went up to bed
"I didn't think I'd be spending my sixteenth birthday like this"
Cameron lie down beside her "Try not to think about it"
"How can I not think about it?" She said "We could be parents in less than twenty four..."
"Yeah ok, you made your point" He sighed "I just don't want you worrying"
"Cam, I'm going to worry whenever the baby comes"
"I know" He held her hand and repeated "I just don't want you worrying"
"I don't mean to, its just..." She gasped as she got another contraction. Cameron put his other arm around her as she squeezed his hand
"How bad is it?" He asked
"Same as before" She brethed out as it went away
"Do you think he's coming?"
"By the feel of that, I would say no" She paused "Thank God"
He smiled slightly "Thats not nice...but also a relife"
"I'm so not ready for this" She sighed
"You are, I promise. We'll be fine. I'll finish high school, mom'll tutor you. I'll get a job..."
"Don't give up college for us"
"I was going to put my college money towards somewhere for us three to live..."
"I'd rather stay here a couple more years so you can go to college and we can have a better life in the future"
"If thats what you want me to do..."
"It's up to you"
"I just want to give you two the best future possible, so college it is"
"Only if its what you want... and make sure its not too fair away"
"It won't be" He kissed her cheek as Joanne walked in
"How are you feeling?"
"Don't think he's coming" She admitted "Panic over"
"There's no need to panic"
"Told you so" Cameron said
...
"Cameron, what are you doing?" Abi asked as Cameron led her in to the living room, hands over her eyes
"You'll see"
He sat her down on the sofa and removed his hands
Joanne, with Ella on her lap, Kim, Ashley and Brittany were sat around her with her presents, she couldn't help laughing "A baby shower?"
"They thought it'd be a nice idea as I'm going to Dad's for the night, gives you some girl time before he comes" He explained
"It is a nice idea, honestly. I was just a lil surprised"
"I better get going" He kissed her "I'll be home tomorrow"
"Ok, I love you"
"I love you too"
...
Awhile later, Ashley said
"So do you know if its a boy or have you just guessed that?"
"I think he's a boy. I didn't wanna find out at the sonogram because I wanted to see if I was right" Abi rested her hand where she could feel her baby's head
"How big is his head?" Brittany asked
Abi ran her finger over where his head was "This big"
"Whoa" She said "Thats going to hurt"
"Don't remind me" She sighed "He's all curled up, head in the right place and everything, its so scary"
Joanne noticed her voice changed "It'll be ok, I promise"
"I know" She said "He'll probably be late anyway, probably won't be here until the new year"
"If he's anything like you he will be" Kim said
Abi'd stopped paying attention by now, she was thinking about her baby again, how she'd be a mom in two weeks or less, her due date was just three days away... and no way was she ready. She put a big, fake smile in her face "Yeah...if he's anything like me"