Disclaimer: I do not own degrassi.
Cam's POV
Flipping through the mail I notice a pink envelope addressed to Maya from Tori, and find it odd that she is sending her something after years of not being in contact with her.
"M, what could Tori be sending you?" I call to her very curious to what could be inside.
"I don't know. Open it!" she yells down the stairs seeming a bit aggravated.
"Are you okay up there?" I ask my wife. I don't know if I should really be concerned considering she has been acting kind of crazy the past few days. One minute she's smiling the next she's crying. I guess we can attribute her constantly changing mood to pregnancy hormones, but I'm not sure how much more of this I can take.
"No!" she replies snippily, and I decide to go up and see what's wrong.
"What is it?" I ask her apprehensively holding the pink envelope as well as other bills and what not in my hand.
"I'm uncomfortable and I have to pee every five minutes. I'm just annoyed!" she replies sitting on the end of the bed with a frown on her face.
"Won't it all be worth it when the baby is here?"
"Yeah… it'll be awesome when we have to go another year without sleeping." She replies sarcastically rolling her eyes at me.
Anything I can do to help?" I ask her with a hesitant smile.
"Nope…" she replies quickly. "Well, you want to open this thing from Tori?" I ask her handing her the pink envelope.
"Sure." She replies grabbing the envelope from my hand and opening it. She looks at the contents and smiles from ear to ear. Yet another mood swing.
"It's an invite to Tori's baby shower. She's having a little girl." She says excitedly.
"Oh… I didn't even know she was pregnant… or in Toronto." I say astonished that Tori Santamaria is going to be a mother.
"I didn't tell you? I ran into her at the super market a couple of months ago, and went to have lunch with her and Tristan. Now that I think about it… it was the day that Lexi got the nosebleed at school." She tells me thinking quite diligently.
"I guess I forgot to tell you… Anyway, she was five months pregnant then, and that was what 3 months ago. She must be ready to pop." Maya says enthused. "Oh my goodness, this is so exciting." She shouts giddily.
I don't get what the big deal is. I mean it's a baby shower for a girl who she hasn't been close friends with since she was 15, but I'm happy if she's happy.
"I'm going to go see what's on her registry. I have to make a call." She says getting up and rushing down the stairs enthusiastically.
That was kind of strange… I think to myself before checking on Lexi down the hall in her room.
She had her first round of consolidation treatment last week, and she is feeling quite sick again. She is sleeping when I walk in, and that's what I expected. My poor Munch gets so worn out by the chemo.
Maya is 15 weeks pregnant and slowly but surely we are telling everyone. We told my parents and sister at the same time over skype the day after I talked to my mom again.
My sister and dad were stoked, but my mom on the other hand was faking excited. I know when my mom is genuinely happy about something and she wasn't. She didn't even look worried though. She looked unhappy.
I called up my older brothers and told them. They were both very happy for us.
Since Justin and Nora are expecting as well I asked him how mom reacted when they told her and dad about the baby, and he said that mom was jumping up and down with how giddy she was. After hearing how supportive she is of Justin and his wife it kind of makes me feel that my mom and I are never going to see eye to eye on the life I have chosen for myself.
Justin found out that they are having a baby boy and he couldn't be happier. I told him that I am happy as long as my child is healthy and he made a very weird joke asking if I was happy with Lexi since she has cancer.
I got offended by that, but turned the other cheek since he didn't mean any harm by it. Sometimes my brother is just a bit clueless. He was never really the genius in the family.
Upon telling him the news about the baby Chase proceeded to tell me that he and his girlfriend broke up and that he has been crashing on a friends couch for the last couple of weeks. I am starting to think that Chase is going to live his entire life crashing on couches and being a party boy. I guess that it's just his prerogative.
I got to tell Mickey in person and he was pretty neutral on the subject. He told me that he had suspected that something was going on, and I can see how it might have been a bit obvious considering he is one of the only people that we have both been around at the same time in the last couple weeks.
Maya talked to her parents who were told about the pregnancy by her sister, and they are surprisingly very supportive. They admitted that the thought our lives were going to get very crazy, but said that they think we can handle it. Did I mention how much I like Maya's parents?
I even send my hockey team a mass text message saying "I'm gonna be a daddy again!", and they all reply back with some form of congrats except for Dallas who calls me the moment he got the text.
"Dude, how the hell do you plan on handling a kid with cancer, a baby, and hockey next season?" he asks worriedly.
"Well, Lexi is in remission, and I don't know Dallas. I'm sure I can manage." I tell him having not really thought about it.
"You're coming back right? We need you. I don't know if you've seen our last couple games, but we haven't won a single one." He tells me exasperated.
"Yeah Dallas, I know. I'm going to be back next season. Don't worry about it." I explain trying to ease his obviously frustrated mind.
"You better be, Rook. Anyway, congrats!" he says changing his demeanor from annoyed to much lighter and happier.
"Thanks, man. How is everything going with the custody thing?" I ask him curious to know where his own kids would end up.
"It was decided that we would do split custody, but now Vanessa wants to move back to the States, and she wants to bring all three of them with her. Rock doesn't want to leave his school and all of his friends though so he's going to end up staying here with me. I'm fighting her for the twins, but you know the courts normally side with the mother on this sort of thing." Dallas tells me sadly.
"Damn, I don't know what I would do if Lexi was in a different country and I couldn't see her every day. I'm sorry, man." I mention feeling bad for my friend who does love his children very much.
"Hopefully it'll work out. I'm happy that I have Rock. She let him choose and he wants to stay here. Thank god for him actually liking Degrassi." Dallas laughs.
"What? When did Rock start at degrassi?" I ask Dallas shocked that the little boy has grown up so much.
"He's a freshman, man. I know though. The time goes by super quick. Don't waste a minute of it." He advises me.
"I don't. But hey, did I tell you that my brother goes to Degrassi. Mickey's an ice hound this year." I comment.
"No kidding ay? I'll have to ask Rock if he knows him. It's crazy that your brother and my son are in high school at the same time. "Dallas chuckles amusedly. "How's Lex?" he asks curiously.
"Lke I said she's in remission. She just had her first round of the last cycles of chemo last week so she's kind of tired and sick right now. She'll be okay soon." I say optimistically.
"Glad to hear, Rook. We'll have to celebrate the new kid soon. I have to go though. Talk to you soon, Dude." Dallas closes before hanging up the phone.
Maya is on the phone when I walk down the stairs speaking very animatedly to the person on the other end.
"Who's that?" I mouth to Maya before taking a bite of an apple from the bowl on the counter.
"Tristan" she says back happily.
"Oh yeah sorry. I was just telling Cam who I was on the phone with." She tells him into the phone shooing me away with her hand.
I take a seat on the couch and relax for a while waiting patiently for her to be done on the phone.
She comes into the living room 10 minutes later with a bright smile adorning her previously annoyed face. She quickly sits beside me and utters out "Tristan says hi!" excitedly.
"Okay. What did you call him for?" I ask her raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I was asking what he was getting for Tori, and he says that he is getting her a ton of baby clothes." She tells me putting her hand on my knee.
"Okay. Aren't baby showers kind of a girl thing?" I ask her confusedly.
"Yeah but its Tristan we are talking about. He's more of a girl than I am." Maya mentions jokingly.
"And somehow I doubt that." I respond leaning in and kissing her forehead.
"When is this baby shower?" I inquire. "Um… I should probably check." She says hitting my knee lightly and getting up to grab the invitation. "February 15th" she shouts from the kitchen.
"You said she's eight months pregnant now?" I question confused at why a woman would have her baby shower so close to her baby's birth.
"Yeah… I suppose that is strange. I wouldn't be surprised if the baby is at the shower." Maya laughs.
(1 week later)
"Thanks for agreeing to watch Lexi. I really don't want to miss another appointment." I tell my little brother as we pull into my driveway.
"Maya is going to have a crazy list for you… just nod and smile. Trust me it's not that hard to watch her. She plays with toys, watches TV, and if she's hungry or thirsty she'll tell you what she wants." I mention as we walk in not wanting him to get overwhelmed by Maya's overprotective motherly instinct.
The minute we get into the living room Maya hands Mickey the list that I was expecting her to hand him.
"She's playing right now, but this is a list of other acceptable activities. I don't want you getting too rough with her. She is still recovering so keep your distance. If she gets hungry there is a list of all of the foods that she can eat on the fridge, and you have our phone numbers. Call if anything goes wrong and I will call you a couple of times just to be sure she is okay." Maya says worriedly.
Mickey does what I told him to do and nods and smiles at my wife. "M, he'll be fine. We will be gone for what an hour or two. Don't worry." I tell her guiding her out the door.
We get into the car and Maya looks at me with a tense smile. "M, she's going to be fine. Mickey is good with her, and we aren't going to be long." I assure her putting a hand on her knee gently as I pull out of the driveway.
"I hope you're right." She replies nervously. "I know that I am."
We drive the short drive to her doctor's office, and she signs in before sitting with me in the waiting room.
"Oooh 'Med magazine Pregnancy edition!" I say with a fake enthusiasm as I pick the magazine up from the table and skim through it.
"Look M! The pros and cons of circumcision!" I point out with the same phony excitement as she cringes at the photos shown in the magazine.
"What'll it be for the little guy?" I ask her humorously placing a gentle hand on her stomach.
"If it's a boy than he is getting circumcised." Maya tells me pushing the magazine away.
"Are you sure, M? This looks kind of painful…" I state taking a closer look at the diagrams.
"Let's not talk about this yet. We don't even know if the baby is a boy or a girl yet." She adds taking the magazine and closing it before placing it back on the table.
"We haven't talked about that yet. What are you hoping for?"I ask her curiously with a smirk.
"I don't know, Cam. I don't really care, but if I got to choose I would probably choose to have another girl." She says smiling brightly and looking down at her belly.
"Really?" I inquire raising an eyebrow not really being able to believe that she wanted another little girl after growing up with an older sister like Katie.
"Well, we have a whole bunch of little girl stuff. We would have to buy a whole bunch of stuff if we have a boy." She says making a valid point.
"But, you grew up with an older sister. How much did you hate hand me downs? Also, I seem to remember you calling me many times your freshman year crying about Katie being a 'b-word'? Do you really want to put our kids through that?" I ask her making some points of my own.
"Okay… okay… I get it. I'll be perfectly content with whatever. I think I'm gonna call your brother and see how Lexi is doing though." She says anxiously grabbing her phone from her purse.
"Oh no you don't. He will call us if something is the matter. You need to relax, Maya. This stress can't be good for the baby." I say trying to relieve her of some of the worry that she has built up inside of her.
"Maya Saunders." A nurse calls, and we both get up from our seats and follow her in. She takes Maya's height and weight and we are escorted to a familiar room with ultrasound equipment.
The nurse asks a few general questions and checks some things before asking us if we have any comments or concerns regarding the pregnancy and we both shake our heads. Not to say that we are seasoned pros, but we kind of are. With this being our second baby we know what to expect for the most part.
"Alright, Eileen will be in to see you shortly." The nurse says before exiting the room.
"I'm excited!" I tell Maya with a grin as I rub my hands together in anticipation. This is the first appointment that I am making it to in this pregnancy which is kind of bad considering she is 16 weeks in and has had three visits so far.
"I'm really glad that you're excited. You were a bit of a downer when I first told you I was pregnant, but I knew you'd come around." Maya smiles happily grabbing my hand.
"Come on, M. How could I not get excited about having another kid with the most beautiful woman in the world?" I ask humorously.
"You're too much, Cheesy!" she responds smiling.
"Oh yeah! Remember that time you broke up with me for a week because I didn't call you pretty enough?"
"Let's not bring up my naïve teen years!" Maya says obviously wanting me to drop it.
"Well, that's why I make it my top priority to make you know how beautiful you are all the time." I add smiling at her flirtatiously.
"Knock. Knock" Eileen the sonographer say as she knocks on the closed Door. "Come in." Maya says signaling for her to enter.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Saunders. How are you this lovely day?" she asks happily.
"Good" Maya comments.
"Alright… No need to waste time. Let's get started." She says flipping the on switch on the ultrasound machine and grabbing a bottle of the oozy gel.
"You know the drill." She says to Maya before my wife pulls up her shirt and pulls down her pants slightly.
"This is going to be a little warm she says squeezing some of the gel onto my wife's stomach, and spreading it around with the wand thingy.
"This is your baby." The woman says gesturing to the monitor with the baby on it. The baby moves its arm, and I look down at Maya with a grateful grin.
"Did you want to know the sex?"Eileen asks us curiously.
"Yes!" I comment happily thinking that it would be weeks before we would know considering we didn't know what Lexi was until Maya was 22 weeks along.
"You see that right there?" she asks pointing to what appears to be boy parts.
"It's a boy?" I question nearly jumping up and down with excitement. She nods happily, and I look at Maya who looks as happy as can be.
"We're having a boy!" I add squeezing her hand unable to stop smiling.
"Honey, why are you crying?" she asks me when I look at her again. I honestly hadn't noticed, but now that she says something I pull my hand from hers and wipe my eyes.
"I'm happy. I mean I would've been happy if he was a girl, but I'm glad he's a boy." I add sniffling in the tears.
"Well I know that you would have been happy with whatever, but now we have to dig more into that magazine stuff…" Maya says jokingly as I watch the little boy move on the monitor.
I giggle slightly just barely hearing what she said. "He's so cute, M!" I add as he moves his hand in a way that almost looks like he is waving at us.
"Yeah, I guess, but he'll be cuter when he's done." She adds jokingly looking at the monitor.
"Just 24 more weeks in this belly until we get to see you." Maya says talking to her belly as Eileen wipes the gel off.
"I can't wait!" I add looking at my wife adoringly.
Sorry for the long wait guys. I got kind of busy this week. This chapter is a bit longer to make up for it. OMG It's a boy! Are you mad I didn't do the whole readers pick the gender? I'm sorry... Thanks for your patience. You rock. Also, 8 reviews last chapter! I can't even believe that. You guys are legit the bomb! Let's see if we can't get 9 or maybe 10. That would rock! Love you guys and thanks for your support. I will try to get another update in quickly. Have a nice day!