Cody's point of view:
"So the little bitch is going into business with Mr. Ambrose," I say as I talk on the phone to my informant that has been keeping me in the loop on Journey and her time with Mr. Ambrose.
"Yeah," he says. "I don't understand it she's just a street rat. She got lucky with him. I don't see what he sees in her. She's a whore."
"Always has been," I reply with a smile. "But I know Alexis very well. She's probably only in this for herself not for him. She uses people. He's putting her on the map. She doesn't care about him."
"Sadly I think she truly does care about him. I have seen them together and I am pretty sure that she loves him and he loves her."
"Then we're just going to need to take care of one of them. I want Alexis back and I want my daughter back," I say. "I will stop at nothing to get my wife and daughter back, this time I plan to keep them."
"I don't know what you expect to do with security around all the time. Dean has upped his security on Journey, himself and Zoey since you made that phone call. It would have been easier for you to just show up and take care of business then but now you have him on alert. You told him 22 days."
"It's less than that now," I say with a smile. "So when is this Christmas Party and tell me all about it."
"Dean holds a Christmas party every year on Christmas Eve for his employees and their families as well as their friends and their family. It's a pretty big event in the city. It's one of his favorite things he does for the holidays. He's not much into holidays and being alone every Christmas it was something for him to do. I'm surprised he's actually having a Christmas Party this year with Journey and Zoey."
"Well, I guess I'm going to need to attend this party."
"How do you expect to get in? They check invitations and they check everyone at the door."
"Aww, Roman," I say with a smile. "That's where you're going to come in. You're going to get me into that party. You know where security is stationed and you know the back entrances to the building. You're going to get me in," I say.
"Me?" he asks. "You want me to get you into the party?"
"Yes, Roman, you are going to get me into the party. You're going to sneak me and I'm going to become familiar with Mr. Ambrose and reintroduce myself to Journey. I find it funny that she thought she could hide from me but ends up with one of the most famous men in New York City. She has always been stupid."
"I will figure out a way to get you in," he says and I can hear the smile in his voice. "What do you plan to do? He's not giving up Journey without a fight."
"Believe me I am aware. He's trying to contact me to divorce her and sign my rights away to Zoey so he can adopt her. I'm not divorcing Alexis and I am not signing my rights away to Zoey. We will be a family."
"Good luck with that," he says. "Dean is very protective of them. You see how much he tries to keep them out of the public eye to give them their privacy. He keeps his relationship with Journey very private. He does what he needs to do to protect them."
"I'll take care of Dean," I say. "He will be sorry," I say before I hang up the phone. I sit back in my chair looking at my December calendar. I smile as I see December 24th circled. That's the day I get my family back. I can't wait to have my wife back or my daughter back. This time we are settling down in Arkansas for a brand new beginning.
DEAN's POINT OF VIEW:
"Good morning, Beautiful," I say waking Journey with a soft kiss on her lips as she lay beside me in our bed.
"Good morning," she smiles as her hazel eyes flicker open.
"How are you feeling this morning?" I ask placing my hand on her stomach.
"Tired," she says. "I thought you were working today."
"I took the day off. It's going to suck to make it up but I wanted to take the day off to be with you and go with you to the doctor's office."
"You really don't have to go with me. They aren't really going to do much but confirm the pregnancy and maybe an ultrasound."
"I'm not missing an ultrasound," I say with a smile. "I can't wait to be a daddy again," I say with a smile before I kiss her lips softly. "You look beautiful," I say as she looks at me with her hazel eyes and her curly hair hanging down by her beautiful face.
"I was hoping you would come along," she smiles. "What do you want the baby to be?" she asks.
"I want it to be healthy above everything but I would love to have a son," I say with a smile. "A daughter works too," I say. "I'm really not that particular. I'll be happy with whatever we're blessed with. What about you?" I ask as I rub her soft stomach.
"I would like another little girl," she smiles. "Girls are so much fun. If we have a boy I would have to start a fashion line for boys too."
"That's right," I smile. "We would have to market boy clothes along with girl clothes."
"I was thinking of some cute matching outfits for a big sister and a little sister. I could do the same for a brother and a sister. I know some parents like to coordinate their children."
"That seems weird to me," I say with a smile. "You know we still have some time before we have to get out of bed," I say as I run my hand to her breast cupping it in my hand making her smile as I massage it softly knowing that her breasts have been sensitive lately.
"What are you suggesting, Mr. Ambrose?" she asks with a smile.
"I'm suggesting a little early morning love making. What do you say?"
"Hmm, I like the sound of that," she says with a smile wrapping her arms around my neck. I kiss her lips softly as I roll her over onto her back. Our naked bodies starting to tangle in the sheets as I kiss her passionately, I feel myself hardening between her legs as the door to our bedroom swings open.
"Good morning, Mommy! Good Morning, Daddy!" yells Zoey as she comes running into the bedroom. I roll off of Journey as Zoey jumps into our bed.
"Good morning," says Journey with a smile.
"What were you doing?" she asks.
"We were just playing a little game that mommies and daddies play," says Journey as she sits up. Any thought of intimacy is thrown out the window now that Zoey is awake. I wasn't expecting her for at least an hour.
"Oh," she says as she jumps onto Journey's lap nearly landing on her stomach.
"Be careful, Zo," I say with a smile as I sit up with Journey. "Watch your mommy's tummy."
"Why?" she asks looking at me with her blue eyes.
"I'm just not feeling well in my tummy you have to be really careful," says Journey with a smile, "but you're okay you didn't know."
"Okay, I'm sorry, Mommy," she says giving her a hug. Journey smiles and hugs her back. "I'm hungry."
"You are?" asks Journey. "What do you want for breakfast?"
"I don't know," she shrugs her shoulders.
"I have an idea," I say. "How about I make my two favorite girls breakfast and surprise them, no eggs right, Journey?"
"Please no eggs," she says knowing she gets sick from the sight of eggs or the smell of them.
"Why no eggs?" asks Zoey.
"Because they make Mommy sick," she says, "so today you're going to stay with Ms. Tanya while Daddy and I go out for a little bit this afternoon okay?" she asks as I slip out of bed trying to keep myself covered so Zoey doesn't see me.
"Okay, Mommy. Where are you going?"
"It's a surprise," she says making me smile.
"I love surprises," she says before I walk out into the bathroom to put my briefs and basketball shorts on before I wash up and then go to the kitchen to cook them some breakfast. I enjoy making them breakfast it's one of my favorite things to do not to mention one of the only things I can do for Journey and Zoey cooking wise. I decide on making them pancakes with bacon and orange juice. It's the easiest thing I can make besides eggs.
After a nice breakfast with my two favorite girls Journey gets Zoey ready for the day while I get ready for our day. I take a quick shower before I get dressed and then Journey jumps in the shower. She walks into our bedroom with a towel wrapped around her and as she removes it I see a small baby bump forming. She can't possibly be showing this soon already unless she's farther along than I expected or we expected. "What?" she asks as she pulls a t-shirt and a pair of jeans out of the dresser.
"You're showing. How far along are you?" I ask.
"I don't know," she says looking down at her stomach. "I shouldn't be that far along."
"And what about the birth control, I thought you were taking the pill?"
"I was," she says. "I haven't missed a day and I have been taking it the same time every day since I started. I don't know how this happened but it did."
"I thought the pill was supposed to prevent you from getting pregnant?"
"Maybe you just have super sperm," she says with a shrug. "Maybe the doctor can answer that for us today. I really don't know Dean. All I know is I have been taking my pill. I don't know how a pregnancy happened. Do you think I wanted to get pregnant now? I'm just now getting my life together and trying to start a career. But I thought you were happy about being a daddy?"
"I am it's just.. never mind," I say. "It doesn't' matter. I will meet you in the living room," I say before I walk out of the bedroom to the living to meet her later.
Once Journey is dressed and her hair is pulled up into a bun we leave to go to the doctor's office. The car ride through the city is done in silence as I look out my window taking in the sights of the Holidays of New York City. The entire city is decorated for Christmas. It's beautiful there's no better time than Christmastime as Journey looks out her window. The city disappears as we go over the bridge taking us into the outskirts of New York and slowly make our way to Connecticut to the OB/GYN she will be seeing during her pregnancy. We pull into the parking lot and my driver exits the driver's seat and lets us out of the car. Journey and I walk into the doctor's office together as the paparazzi appear snapping pictures. I never wanted news of our pregnancy to get out but I am sure by the time we leave the OB it will be all over the internet and in the next set of tabloids. "I guess this won't be a secret," I say as we walk in the door.
"I guess not. Dean, I'm sorry. I don't mean to be so emotional."
"I understand," I say. "I'm sorry too. I'm sorry that you thought that I wasn't really thrilled with the idea of having a baby. I am happy, I'm excited but it's just shocking you know because we took all the precautions that we could take."
"I tried. I don't know," she says as she signs in and is given paperwork to fill out while we wait. "It's obviously meant to happen. I am a little nervous and scared. I don't know if I am ready for a baby."
"I think I'm ready but I really don't know much about babies."
"I guess you'll have to learn and I could relearn how to handle a baby. I want to do everything right this time."
"And you will because I will be there to work with you not against you."
"Good," she says with a smile as she fills out the paperwork and just as she finishes we are called to the back. The nurse greets us and gives Journey a cup to pee in after she weighs her and she escorts me to the room to wait for Journey.
Journey makes her way into the room and hands her cup of pee to the nurse before she takes a seat on the table. The nurse checks her blood pressure. "So you believe you're pregnant?" she asks.
"Yes, I took like 5 tests and they were all positive, my boobs, hurt, I've been sick and tired for a few weeks now."
"When was the date of your last menstrual cycle?" she asks.
"I don't even remember. I think September was the last time I had a period. I haven't had it since August or September."
"Do you smoke?"
"No," she says.
"Drink?"
"No," she says.
"Any other symptoms you're concerned about?"
"Not really," she says before she looks at me and then says, "except I am constipated." I see her face turn red as if she's embarrassed by the fact she stated another concern. I couldn't care less. It is all normal bodily functions.
"Okay," she says before she jots something down on the chart. "Your blood pressure is good. I will take your urine to the doctor and she will be in shortly."
"Okay," says Journey as the nurse leaves the room with the urine sample. "Well, I guess we're about to find out."
"Yeah," I say. "Look, Journey, I know all of this is a surprise but no matter what I am going to be there for you. We're going to get through this and we're going to be great parents. I'm going to be there every step of the way. We're going to raise that baby together and hopefully we have more in the future," I say with a smile. "I love you."
"I love you too," she says with a smile before I get up to kiss her lips softly as the doctor walks into the room clearing her throat. "Sorry," says Journey with a smile. Of course I paid for Journey to see the best OB in town. I wouldn't settle for anything less.
"It's okay," she says with a smile. "I'm Dr. Martinson."
"I'm Journey and this is my boyfriend…"
"Dean Ambrose," she says with a smile. "It's nice to meet both of you," she says shaking both of our hands. "So, I see here that you've been experiencing pregnancy symptoms and have received 5 positive pregnancy tests. I have the results of your urine pregnancy test," she says. "And it came back positive but I am concerned here because it says your last period was in August or September. It's now December why did you just recently take a pregnancy test if you skipped a period for 2-3 months."
"I had a little period at the end of September it lasted about a day or two. It was not normal then I didn't have anything after that. I also started the pill at the beginning of October," she says. "I thought missing a period was a side effect of the pill. I also read that the tender breasts, tiredness and sickness was all a side effect of the pill so I didn't really think anything of it but something just wasn't feeling right so I took a few tests and they all came back positive."
"I see," she says.
"I have a question," I say. "Since she was pregnant and taking the pill will anything happen to the baby?"
"No, Mr. Ambrose," she says. "The birth control pill is used to prevent pregnancy from occurring but it doesn't not have the power to abort the fetus, that's part of the reason the Morning After Pill was invented because if you could abort a baby with a birth control pill there would be no purpose for the morning after pill which prevents a fetus from implanting itself. It doesn't even have the power to abort a fetus once it has been implanted in the uterus. I assure you that your baby is doing well."
"Okay," I say. "I was nervous."
"I know," she says with a smile, "but you both have nothing to worry about except the fact she was not taking prenatal vitamins. They are essential for the baby's development so after today I want you to begin taking prenatal vitamins. I want to do an internal ultrasound on you today to get an accurate reading on where you are with your baby and your pregnancy. I want to make sure the baby is doing all right."
"Okay," says Journey.
"I'll take you to an ultrasound room." The doctor helped Journey off the table and led us to the ultrasound room to have the ultrasound done to see how the baby is doing and to accurately see how far along she is. We walk into the room and she helps Journey up onto the table after she has her remove her jeans and underwear. Journey lays back on the table as I take her hand as she puts her legs up in the stirrups as the doctor prepares everything for the ultrasound. "This is going to be a little uncomfortable," she says taking the Doppler with what looks like a condom on it.
"Okay," says Journey with a nod.
I watch as she inserts the Doppler into Journey's sex and Journey squeezes my hand out of her discomfort. "I'm sorry," she says as she moves it around slowly as she looks at the screen and instantly a baby pops up on the screen. "And there it is," she says with a smile.
"It doesn't even look like a little alien. It's an actual baby. It has little hands and little feet, it has a head and a little nose. It's a baby," I say with tears in my eyes as it all becomes reality that I created a child with Journey. "It's beautiful."
Journey looks up at me and smiles. "It is beautiful," she says as she wipes my tears away. I have never seen anything more precious in my life.
"The baby looks really good," says Dr. Martinson. "It has a nice strong heartbeat do you see that flicker?"
"Yes," I say with tears streaming from my eyes from happiness.
"That's its heartbeat," she smiles making me smile. "The baby is measuring at 10 weeks," she says. "That would give you a due date of June 18th. Everything looks good though. It seems to be growing well but I need you to get your prenatal vitamins in you," she says. "You're also going to need to come back in 4 weeks to have another ultrasound done to check for abnormalities such as down syndrome and genetic disorders."
"Okay," we say together. I can't stop crying because we are having a baby together. The doctor prints off a couple pictures for us and then sends us on our way. We stop to make our next appointment and then we head back to New York. I never expected to become a father in my life but there's nothing more special or more precious than creating a child with the woman you love and will be with the rest of your life. There's nothing more beautiful in life than creating life even if it is a surprise that baby was meant to happen.
*A/N: What did you think? Three questions; What do you think about Roman working for Cody? What do you think of Journey being so far along in her pregnancy? Do you think the baby is Dean's or could it be someone else's? Please review and thank-you for reading.