New York Style

Chapter four

(The Big Day)

It had been a couple weeks since me and Toni had come to our bug decision, and today was the big day. We had our appointment today with for insemination. To say I was nervous was an extreme understatement. I was literally shaking this morning at breakfast, and here I was doing the same at lunch.

"Babe calm down, it's gonna ok" Toni said as she grabbed my hand from across the table.

"I'm sorry it's kinda a day that may cause some nerves" I said while still shaking a little bit. Toni got up from her set and came over to sit next to me. She held both of my hands and planted a kiss on my lips. Her soft lips left me with a sense of calmness and safety. I opened my eyes to see her dark brown's looking into mine and felt a wave of relif wash over me.

"Better? Because thee's nothing to worry about" she said with a soft smile.

"Ya, I feel much better actually" I said in reply.

"Good, now we better get going if we want to be on time for our appointment" she said as she went to pay the tab.

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I walked out of the doctor's office with a smile on my face. had said that everything had went very well, and that if I do everything to properly, we have a very good chance of getting pregnant with the first try. But she said not to get our hopes up too high, because it can usually take a couple tries.

"Well that went really well" Toni said as we got to the car.

"I know, I don't know what I was so nervous for" I said with a slight chuckle.

"I can't wait to see a little mini you running around" she said.

"It'll probably look more like you"

We had decided on a sperm donor that looked very similar to T. The only main differences were the gender and the height, Toni didn't want our kid to have any chance of being as short as her, even though I think her height is purely adorable.

"So what do you wanna do now, maybe we could see a movie?" she said as we came to an intersection. Although we only lived about 15 minutes away from the doctor's office, the ride home was about thirty because of New York's crazy traffic.

"Hmm, I don't know about going out, I'm kinda tired, how about a movie marathon at home?" I replied with a smile.

"That works for me, plus I won't get yelled at for PDA when we're at home" she said with a laugh.

"Well then that's what we'll do, how about we throw it back and watch Love Simon" I said, referring back to the "date" that somewhat started it all.

"That sounds amazing babe" she said as the light turned green.

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As soon as we got home I nearly rushed to the kitchen to start making popcorn. Me and T hadn't had a night just to ourselves to kinda hangout like this so I was getting really excited. When I finished making the popcorn I walked into the living room to see that Toni had taken blankets and made our sectional even more cozy looking.

"So, Love Simon first or save that for last" I said as I plopped down on the couch next to her with the remote in my hand.

"I think we should watch it second, because we'll probably get distracted during the first movie, and you'll fall asleep during the third" she said seriously.

"I do not fall asleep during movies" I said with a pout.

"oh yes you do, do you now how many times I've tried to talk to you during movies only to find out that you've fallen asleep on my shoulder yet again" she said with a smile.

"I'm sorry babe, but I need my precious sleep." I replied simply.

"Don't stress it, it's honestly the cutest thing I've ever seen" she said with a slight chuckle.

I laughed at that, thinking about hw lucky I was to have someone who isn't actually mad that I fall asleep on them.

We hit play on the first movie we decided on and I snuggled into her shoulder as the in-credits started rolling.

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I woke up the next morning to find the sun brightly shining into my eyes. I squinted, wondering why we hadn't lowered the shades yesterday before we went to bed. I then realized that I wasn't even in bed. I was still on the couch, with Cheryl leaning up against my side. I looked down at her and smiled, thinking of what life would be like if and when Cheryl got pregnant. I could just imagine us spending nights together on the couch, with me fawning over he baby bump, while she talked about how weird the little kicks felt. My vision was interrupted the I felt Cheryl start to stir on my arm. She woke up and almost immediately groaned and put her hand up in-front of her eyes, we really can't live without those black out blinds. I pressed a kiss to her forehead hummed lightly.

"Morning babe" I said softly.

"Mmm" she groaned lightly.

"Morning baby" she said a few minutes later.

We both stared to stretch out on the couch slowly, neither one of us wanting to leave each other's embrace. But we both got up and headed over to the kitchen for breakfast. Cheryl decided that she would make omelettes, so I quickly backed away from the kitchen, because it's a well known fact at this point that I can't handle the kitchen. So I decided to go upstairs and get dressed.

I walked into the bedroom and went over to my draw to pick out an outfit for the day. I figured today was going to be a pretty low-key day so I decided to wear some great joggers and a black hoodie. I threw my hair into a bun and headed down stairs.

I saw Cher making breakfast, and just had to stop ad stare for a quick second. She looked so at peace, so gorgeous, even though she wasn't eve trying. She was wearing a pale pink top and some black leggings that fit her body oh-so perfectly. I thought about how lucky I was to have someone as amazing as Cheryl, and thought about why she would want to be with me. I wasn't a very self-conscious person, but I often wondered what interest Cheryl had in me. I was nothing more than a girl with no family, who joined a gang to find one. Before I could travel anymore into the black hole that was my mind, Cheryl turned around and called up to me, letting me know that breakfast was ready. I shook off my thoughts and trotted over to the island.

"So what do you want to do today?" Cheryl asked, as she took a bite of her toast.

"I'm not sure, maybe something local, since Brandon might want me in at some point today." I said with a shrug.

"ugh another Sunday job, cant you just tell him I'll miss you too much." She said with a pout.

"I don't think that's a liable excuse, as true as it may be" I said with a laugh.

"Uggg whatever" Cheryl groaned as she chomped on some bacon.

We decided that we would just chill out for the day, no point in going out if I was going to get called into work. Plus, Cheryl was pretty wiped out from all of treatment yesterday. So we chilled out o the couch for a little bit, until Cheryl decided that she wasn't really feeling the vibe of the living room anymore. Just great, Cheryl went on these little interior designer kicks every once in a while, and they resulted in me not having access to whatever rooms she was renovating at the moment. So while Cheryl picked a new aesthetic, I slipped off to my office, to get started on some photo review from Friday's shoot. It was a photoshoot for a newborn, a little girl named Jasmine. She was really adorable, and really good with the camera considering she was only a few weeks old. All the photos were taken on a picnic blanket in Central Park, and the baby was lying there looking so happy in cute little pink overalls. Looking at the pictures made me think of the possible photoshoots we would have with our baby. Cheryl had already loved it when I surprised her with little photoshoots for her, so I could juts imagine how she would react to photos of our baby being taken. Wow, our baby, this is really happening. I'm having a baby with the girl of my dreams. I am truly the luckiest woman alive, and I'm only getting luckier.