Rucas Meets Baby:
Lucas's POV:
"I know you're going to make a great dad, thank you for taking care of my daughter. I know she's in good hands. Just keep doing what you're doing, son." Cory's words kept replaying in my head. I knew that I had to live up to his words because even though Cory may pretend to not like me sometimes, he's still someone that I think highly of. He's the father of my wife. So I can't let him down. He called me son. It really meant a lot to me. It had been three months since the dinner and Riley was already showing. I'm very satisfied with my life right now. I married the girl of my dreams, were expecting a baby, I became a veterinarian at one the best vet clinics in LA. Riley became a middle school teacher. We live in a beautiful two story home. Our dreams had come true.
Riley's POV:
Lucas still would not let me lift a single finger and I love his cooking but I'm getting tired of eating some of the same foods every night. It's the baby hormones that are making me crazy. So he decided to take me out to dinner tonight. First, I had to go to the doctor's office. Today was the day we were going to find out the sex of the baby. What if I end up having twins? That is twice the trouble. But one of the best things I loved about being pregnant, is buying all the cute maternity clothes Lucas spoiled me with them within the last three months. He wanted me to have anything I ever wanted or needed. He loves me and I love him.
I slipped on a simple baby blue dress and sandals and tied my hair into a high pony tail. As soon as I walked out of the room and I was immediately swept off my feet. "What're you doing, babe?" I asked. He smiled at me and said "I think you've done enough walking, I think it is best if I carry you to the car." He said as tried to open the door. He failed. So he had to put me down and before he could lift me back up, I ran to the car. "Hey!" he said as he ran after me. He caught up to me before I even got a chance to open the door and hugged me from behind. "You can't get away that easily." He teased as he kissed me on the cheek, opened the car door and helped me in. "I don't deserve you." I teased. He smiled and got in the car.
We drove for about five minutes only to be stuck in traffic, got to love LA traffic. I thought to myself. Lucas put his head back and stared at me while I played with my hands. Then he put his hand on mine and said "nervous?" he asked. "What-no, I mean yeah. I mean what if we lose this baby?" I said. "Don't put those thoughts in your mind, you have nothing to be worried about. If something like that were to happen, we have each other to get through it. I love you." he said. "I love you too," I smiled and leaned in for a quick kiss. We finally got out of traffic and to the doctor's office. This reminded me of the first day we came here. We had just gotten back from our honeymoon, and I saw all these ladies with big bellies and in a couple more months my belly would be as big as theirs. I saw one women struggle to walk and her husband didn't even try to help her. "Now if that were me, I'd carry you and make sure you don't run away again." Lucas said as he put his arm around me. I put my head on his shoulder and we waited for doctor to call us in.
"Riley Friar" Dr. Bailey finally called us in and Lucas took my hand and helped me up, even though I didn't really need the help. We walked into the ultrasound room and she had me put on a gown and lay down on the bed. Then she put gel on my belly and then we got see our little baby. "So there's the feet, the arms.." she went on. After that, I put back on my clothes and we went into her office. "So, there are two ways you can do this. You can wait until the birth of your baby to be surprised or I can give you the gender now. I know that some couples would not want to know the sex of the baby until birth. So, what would you guys like to do?" she asked. Lucas and I exchanged looks. "I'll be fine with anything, it's up to you, Riley." Lucas said. It would be fun to be a surprised but I knew I wanted to get started on the nursery already and I wanted another excuse to have a dinner party. Plus I knew it would kill me if I didn't know the gender of the baby. "I would like to know the gender of my baby." I said. Dr. Bailey handed me an envelope and I slowly opened it. I pulled out the piece of paper and the gender of the baby was…