Chapter Thirteen
Abi sat on the bed, in her warm pjs, holding the baby in her arms. Cameron sat beside her
"He's perfect" She whispered, a smile on her face
"Like his mom" Cameron kissed her cheek
"More like his dad, who he's the spitting image of"
He laughed slightly "Yeah" He put his arm around her shoulder "You happy?"
"Never been happier" She smiled and kissed him
"He needs a name" Cameron said
She nodded "Hmm, I know"
"Any ideas?"
"Just one...but you won't like it..."
He raised his eyebrows "Try me"
"Cameron"
"You want to call him Cameron?"
"Told you that you wouldn't like it"
"I never said that, I just meant explain"
She sighed "Ever since I was a little girl I've wanted to call my first born boy after their dad, so thats why I wanna call him Cameron"
"Ok...then we'll call him Cameron" He said "And I think his middle name should be Joshua, for your dad"
Abi's father had died in a car crash when Abi and Cameron were six years old, he'd been a good father to his girls and it broke the family's heart when he died
"Are you sure? What about your Dad? Won't he be upset?"
Cameron shook his head "He can be an asshole but I think he'll understand"
"Cameron Joshua Bale" She smiled at the little boy in her arms
"Don't you mean Bale-Kingston...or Kingston-Bale?"
She shook her head "No, just Bale, I don't like double-barrling and stuff. He'll be just fine" She stroked the tufts of brown hair coming out of Baby Cameron's head "He looks like you"
"Seems to like you the best"
"Well you haven't held him yet..." She said "He might like you best"
"He seems happy with you" He said, maybe a little too quickly
"Cam, he won't bite..."
"...yeah...he'll suck"
"Haha. Cam he's your son..."
"I just don't want to disturb him..."
"You're scared of hurting him aren't you?"
"Dropping him, yes"
Abi sighed "Move closer"
He did as she said and moved closer to them
"Now hold your son"
"Its not that I don't want to, its the fact I might hurt him"
"You won't" She lifted baby Cameron up slightly "Get comfortable"
"Me or him?"
"You" She said, passing Cameron to his Father
Cameron looked down at the little person laying in his arms, this was unbelieveable, this little boy was his son...he now had two people he could never let down, it scared him a little, but he was determind to give him and his mother a good life
"Hey lil guy" He whispered, seeing Abi smile out the corner of his eye
Baby Cameron made a small gurgle, making Cameron smile too
"Guess we'll have to call you CJ, huh? Too much confusion" He looked at Abi and back again "Shall we sit with your mommy?" He moved back to sit with Abi "Just the three of us"
"Yeah..." She smiled "I like it like this" She looped her arm through his "Really think we should call him CJ?"
He nodded "It'll make sense" He put his head back on the pillow "I just can't believe we're parents"
"I know...but I feel really happy right now"
"Me too" He kissed her head
...
Cameron took a drink from a bottle of water as he walked up the corridor back up to Abi's room...and almost walked in to Jay
"Cameron?" Jay said "What are you doing here?"
He hesitated, he'd never told Nikki, her family, Amber or anyone that Abi was pregnant. What could he say?
"Here to see a friend, what are you doing here?" He replied
"Brought Ava to see one of her friends. One of your mums?"
"No...one of mine" He took another swig of water "I better get back to her" He went to go round Jay but he stood in the way
"There's something you're not telling me"
"I'm not hiding anything"
He raised his eyebrows "You're aren't a grade A liar are you?"
"Jay, I need to get back to her..."
"Whats the rush?" He said "Not like she's your girlfriend...is she?"
He gulped "Why does that matter?" He dodge round him this time and headed back to Abi's room...but Jay was following
Abi had CJ wrapped up in his blanket, ready to go home, it was Christmas Eve and it was a surprise for Joanne as they'd told her they'd be spending Christmas at the hospital, David was coming to pick them up soon
Cameron came back in and sat on the chair, and sighed with relife
"What happened to you?" She asked
Before he could reply, Jay walked in
"So this is why you broke up with Nikki" He said
"No, I broke up with Nikki because I needed some space, then I said to her I've met someone else..."
"I assume this is her?" Jay gestured towards Abi
"Yeah, Abi, Jay, Jay, Abi"
"Hi" They said at the same time
"You're a Dad then?" Jay asked
Cameron didn't hesitated and said "Yeah"
"Have you told Nikki?"
"No...though I have no doubt you will"
"I won't...but you may need to be careful in the New Year, she's planning on coming to see you"
"Great..."
"I'll go to my moms that day" Abi said "Just make sure you hide anything thats newborn or boy related"
"You got a boy?" Jay said "Whats he called?"
"Cameron Joshua"
"Cameron was my idea" Abi said quickly, in case Jay thought Cameron was being big headed
"Can I see?"
"Sure" She came round the otherside of the bed and moved parts of the blanket from around CJ's face
"Looks like you Cameron"
"Thats what everyone says" He replied
There was a knock and David's head came round the corner "You three ready to go?"
"As we'll ever be" Cameron slung the bag over his shoulder
"I'll see you around" Jay said and left before they did
"Who was that?" David asked as they started walking down the corridor
"Jay, one of Nikki's aunts friends...said he wouldn't tell her" He replied
"Oh right" David said "Well you can forget about that now"
He nodded "Just gonna relax"
Abi laughed at him "Good luck with relax with CJ around"
...
"I can't believe you kept this from me" Joanne said, as they all sat opening presents the next morning
"Thought it'd be a good surprise" Cameron said, who was laid on the sofa, as he had opened all his presents, with a gurgling CJ laid on his chest
"Oh it is, I'm just amazed how you managed to hide it from me"
"Only because I hit them everytime they went to say something" Abi said, opening the last of her presents
"Well thank you, its the best present I've ever got"