Chapter 6

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Holding William's hand Alan sat nervously in the examining table in the doctor's office. His twelfth week appointment, a big milestone was reached. He hopefully would start to feel better with the morning sickness and both he and William would get to watch their child grow from the outside. Not saying he was looking forward to getting fat but he did just buy maternity clothes that he was learning were pretty comfortable, he wanted some use out of them. Having the doctor come in he was examined for heart rate and the standard things, things he had to deal with because of the thorns. Then came the fun part, he was told to lie back and lift his shirt. Doing as he was told he fixed his shirt and lowered his pants a little to rest under his belly better. From this position he could see a slight raise in his stomach. He wouldn't dare say it was anything to really brag about and you couldn't see it with clothes on but it was there. His little baby was starting to make an appearance on him. William must have seen it too as he placed a hand on his stomach for a moment before the doctor stepped closer.

The doctor stepped closer with the jelly to place it on Alan's abdomen and get things started. Both had their eyes glued to the screen as their child appeared before them. They had gotten so much bigger it was unbelievable. They were still so tiny but they had grown so much since the last time they had seen them.
"Everything is looking good. See this flickering here, that is the baby's heart." Pushing a couple of buttons on the machine the picture went away and they both heard this very fast thumping coming through the machine. The sound brought tears to Alan's eyes, seeing this William smiled over at him and wiped his eyes. Hearing their baby's heartbeat, seeing them there on the monitor, it made feeling as crappy as he did at times worth it. Knowing their baby was healthy and doing well made him feel better about things. He could handle the exhaustion, the nausea, the heartburn, he could handle it all seeing his child there, knowing they were there.

When they were able to leave the doctor's office both were in bliss, their faces both full of smiles. Walking hand in hand Alan made sure the envelope was safe in his pocket, he didn't want anything to happen to the pictures inside.
"I was thinking, of getting a frame for one of them if you don't mind Alan."
"Hmm?" Lost in his own happy thoughts he only caught part of what William said. Taking a second to understand he nodded and squeezed his hand.
"For at home?"
"Well we could. I was thinking more of at the office. I can update it every time we get a new picture."
"That sounds like a great idea. Sure, let's get a frame." Since they had the day off they could do what they wanted. They wanted to talk to a realtor about a few houses they were interested in but they still could do a few other things if they wanted. Stopping on the side walk Alan moved closer to William and pressed their lips together. Normally he would never get so affectionate in public but he couldn't help it. He was so happy, he was so in love. William was making all his dreams come true, they were getting married, they were having a family, a house, all the things he hoped for one day. All the things he had hoped for with Eric, all the things he never thought would happen after they broke up.
"I love you William."
"I love you too." He said kissing him back. "Come my love, let's go look at houses." Retaking his hand they started walking again to the office. William loved seeing Alan smile so brightly, he liked knowing he could make him so happy. He had loved him for a long time and knowing he finally got to be with him made him happier every day.

After spending an hour talking with the realtor Alan felt they had made progress. They were going to look at a few places this weekend when they were off again. He was excited, there was one they saw in the paper that sounded nice and they were able to see a few more pictures of it while they were in the office. A nice three story, four bedroom house with kitchen, living room, dining room, the master bedroom was a decent size as well, and best of all it had a nice yard in the back. It was the nice house to raise a baby in. Hopefully they would love it when they saw it. What worried them was the price wasn't way out of their range, it was a little higher a month then the rent at their apartment but it wasn't anything too crazy, they worried it meant something was wrong with the house. William could see how excited Alan was though and how he hoped this house was as nice in person as it was in pictures, he wanted to make him happy.

It was decided while they were at the store picking up the frame that they would invite the guys over for dinner. It was time they told the rest of their little group the good news, and while William would have been happy to celebrate alone with Alan, his idea to have people over was fine too. Buying the frame they went next door to the supermarket and picked up things for dinner while Alan made a call to the guys at work. All three of them, Grell, Ronald, and Eric all agreed to come over after work. This made Alan even happier today, he was finally telling the rest of his friends the good news. They were even going to bring up moving since they would need their help with the task eventually. Alan felt bad that when the time came for them to actually move he wouldn't be able to do much. He would probably be able to unpack boxes that was about it. But, he would find a way to make it up to them if they helped.
"I'm probably asking a terrible question but, dessert for tonight, anything you're in the mood for?" William asked as they walked past the bakery.
"I actually want something sweet. I know I shouldn't I'll probably regret it in the morning but I have had the biggest craving for sugar. The fruit just doesn't do it."
"Alright. We can get you whatever you want." He said laughing at the face Alan was making at the mention of sugar. Someone wasn't kidding about really wanting it. Letting Alan look around for something that he wanted he came back with double layer chocolate mousse cake. William wasn't going to lie it looked really good. Putting it in their basket they picked out dinner and headed home. If they were having company over they would have to clean the house a bit and they wanted to get dinner started before their guests showed up.

Coming out of the shower Alan stood there a moment after wrapping his towel around him to help him dry off. Placing his hands over his stomach he felt the small raise where the baby was. He couldn't contain his smile as he closed his eyes and let his hands move over their baby. William stopped in the middle of brushing his teeth to watch his fiancée be adorable. They both may have not been planning to have this baby but they were both madly in love with them. Rinsing out his mouth he walked over to Alan to kiss him as he placed a hand over his. Their love had created this little being inside of the other, and their love was helping it grow. Their love had manifested into something wonderful they could share together. Alan laced their touching hands together to rest on their child. He was certain their baby knew how much they loved each other and them. He would bet anything their child knew they were together now and near them. The child may still be small but he knew a love like this could be felt at any time, this was the love fairy tales were made from.

Dressed, Alan chose something comfortable that didn't scream, "look everyone I'm in maternity wear." He really wanted to tell them tonight but he wanted to tell with words instead of by being obvious. Hearing the doorbell ring he went to get it while William got dinner in the oven. Seeing the three of them all together he smiled and let them in but not before getting a tight hug from Grell.
"Alan I haven't seen you in forever it feels like."
"I know, I'm sorry. I've heard you been on the field a lot." Taking their coats he hung them up while talking to Grell and showing everyone to the living room to get comfortable.
"It's been terrible. So much extra work and I don't even know why. I'm telling you that fiancée of yours is out to get me."
"I heard that Sutcliff." William said as he joined them in the living room, Alan was laughing as he moved to the arm of the chair Will was in.
"I'm sorry. It's my fault I'm sure. I haven't been cleared for field work yet so everyone has to pick up my slack.
"Oh for you dear anything than." She said tossing back her hair. "How are you doing? I was hoping to see how you were doing when you were out but I was told you were too sick for visitors."
"I am doing a lot better thank you. Yes, I was pretty sick for a while there, all I did was curl up in bed. It was awful."
"Well it's great to see you on your feet again. I've missed our lunch dates together, these two always seem to be too busy." She said pointing to Eric and Ronald who just threw their hands up.
"Thanks Grell it means a lot to me. Why don't I get everyone something to drink?" Standing he went to the kitchen and heard Grell offer to help. It was nice to see her again, they were good friends, and things had been so crazy he never really got the time to call.

"Grell, can you do me a favor and uncork the wine, it's in the fridge. I'm awful at it." Going for the wine glasses he forgot a sonogram picture was on the fridge until he heard, "Alan, what's this?" Looking over as he reached for the last glass he needed he saw what she was pointing to and got off his tippy toes. Smiling he said nothing before she screamed in excitement and ran over to hug him. "Oh my, I'm so happy for you. Congratulations!" Alan was practically lifted from his feet as he was hugged so tight. The others in the room weren't sure what was going on until they heard, "I'm going to be their favorite Aunt and spoil them rotten." Ronald looked over at William making sure he heard right who just nodded and said, "Alan and I are expecting a baby December 13." Alan was ready to cry again in joy as he watched Grell's excitement. When they separated she asked if she could touch him and he was only too happy to oblige. Gently placing her hand on his abdomen she asked how far along he was. "Twelve weeks, we got to hear the heart beat today."
"So that picture..."
"Is of our child today."
Watching her face light up again she removed her hand to give him another giant hug.

Finally able to make their way back to the others Alan passed out wine glasses and kept his filled with ginger ale. Since the cat was out of the bag they officially announced Alan's pregnancy and that they wished for their child to consider to three of them their aunt and uncles. They all happily agreed and cheered for them. Hearing the timer starting to go off in the kitchen Alan went to go see how dinner was doing while the others all went to talk. Grell again, jumped up to help mentioning that he should be taking it easy. Throwing her hair back into a ponytail she did what she could with Alan while they talked about him being sick and other things in general.

It was nice to have everyone together again, Alan was grateful for such amazing friends. As they left for the night he was ready for bed though. Today had been quite the day, full of excitement and smiles it was actually exhausting. Yawning as he moved into Williams arms after they had finished cleaning the dishes he felt the other pick him up.
"I'm not that exhausted." He yawned again.
William just smiled and kissed his forehead while he carried him to their bedroom and got him settled in bed.
"Wait, I need to change…" sitting up he looked over at the dresser where his pajamas were. "Then again I am pretty comfortable." Laying back down he decided not to bother with it for once and waited for William to join him in bed. Feeling his arms go around him he scooted back against him and shut his eyes
"Good night love." He whispered kissing his neck. Seeing him fall asleep moments later he put the covers over them and fell asleep himself.