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Thrive

Announce

The following day is when Alex and I decided to announce my pregnancy. Prior to me leaving for work, we discussed telling his parents during my lunch break and we agreed that would be a great time to tell them. I was so excited to tell them that I didn’t know how I could wait to tell them at two.

“You and Alex telling your in-laws today?” Jayla asked.

“Yeah and I’m so antsy about it. You know?”

She nodded.

“Once again, congratulations! This is amazing news!”

I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face as I hugged her. The time seemed to pass fastly and finally I saw Alex in the parking lot. I walked toward him as he got out of his car.

“Hi beautiful.”

“Hi.”

I stood on my toes and kissed him.

“How are you? Our little one?”

“We’re both good. I don’t have any nausea or much fatigue, but I’m still a bit sore. The sports bra is helping though even if it feels weird.”

“That’s good to know.”

He said going in for a kiss which is one I melted into.

“I made you a lunch.”

“Thank you. You’re so sweet.”

“You do need to eat healthy after all, or at least healthy as possible, so I made you a lunch.”

“I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

We walked toward his car and got in.

“Did you make yourself something?”

“Of course. It’s waiting for me in the car.”

As we sat in his car eating, I kept thinking about what his parents’ were gonna say.

“What’s up?” he asked, noticing the look on my face.

“Nothin’.” I replied, drawing out the word.

He laughed.

“You sure?” he said doing the same thing.

“Yes.”

“Ok...”

“Shut up, you goof.”

He smiled and took another bite of his sandwich. Roughly fifteen minutes later, we were ready to FaceTime his parents.

“Hi Alexander.”

“Hi Mum.”

I waved and said hi.

“Hi Abby.”

“I get to talk to the both of you. That’s rare.”

“Is it possible to have dad in on this phone call?”

“Absolutely. This sounds like big news.”

“Very.” I said.

I clung onto his arm as we waited for his dad.

“Hey Dad.”

“Hey. Hey Abby.”

I waved and greeted him.

“So, what’s this news you have?”

Alex and I smiled at each other before I grabbed the sonogram photo from the glove compartment.

“I’m pregnant!” I exclaimed.

“Oh my God!” I heard his mom squeal.

Her reaction was so reminiscent of Miranda’s. He kissed my cheek.

“When did you find out?”

“About five weeks ago.”

“How far along?”

“Ten weeks. I have my sonogram with me. Would you like to see it? It’d probably be better if I sent it.”

“How about you send it?”

I nodded and took a picture with my phone then sent it to her. Seconds later, I saw her melt when she looked at the pic.

“Our future grandchild...”

I placed my head on his shoulder and didn’t want to move. I wondered what my mom’s reaction would be.

“Did you tell your mom and her fiancée yet?”

“We’re gonna do that tonight after I get home from work.”

I didn’t move my head because I was way too comfortable and happy to do so.

“Are we talking to you during your lunch break?”

“Yeah.”

“You coulda waited to tell us. We’re cutting in on your break.”

“I don’t think I could’ve waited another day and the next day I have off is Sunday.”

“I understand. Still, I’m gonna let you go. Let me know your mother’s reaction. Ok?”

“Ok.”

We hung up seconds later and I sighed.

“Is somebody comfortable?”

“How’d you guess?” I asked laughing.

“Just had a hunch.”

“As much as I love my job, I don’t wanna go back.”

“How much time you have left?”

“Seven minutes. I’m gonna have trouble concentrating because I’ll be thinking of telling my mom.”

“That’s a good motivator though. You gotta admit that.”

“It is.”

I felt an arm wind around me with a hand landing on my stomach and his head on top of mine. After four minutes, I decided that I needed to get back to work.

“Gotta go. I love you.”

“I love you, too. See you tonight.”

I kissed him and then reluctantly got out of the car. I walked into the restaurant not being able to wipe the smile off my face.

“How’d it go?” Jayla asked, walking into the kitchen.

“Amazingly. They even saw the ultrasound. His mom reacted the similarly to the way Miranda did.”

“I love that. Two people down, two to go.”

And boy, I couldn’t fucking wait.

“Yep.”

The day went faster than I thought it would and soon I was home and ready to tell my mom the fantastic news. I walked in to see Alex watching television with the dogs on the couch. They jumped off as soon as they saw me.

“Hi boys.” I said getting greeted.

“Hey.” he said getting up to greet me.

“Hey. How was your day?”

I went in for a kiss.

“Boring. How was yours?”

He kissed me back.

“Quick.”

“And painless?”

I shook my head and laughed.

“You’re so weird.”

“You love it.”

“I do.”

“Hey. I’m gonna change. I’ll be back.”

“I hope so.”

I shook my head again. I came back in pajamas and sat next to him on the couch.

“Ready to talk to her?” he asked.

“You have no idea.”

I called up my mom on FaceTime; she answered after a couple rings.

“Hi honey.”

“Hi Mom.”

“Hi Alex.”

“Hi Carol.”

“Where’s Tyler? I’d like to talk to him too.”

“Nearby. I’ll go grab him.”

I had trouble keeping myself in my seat. She came back less than a minute later with him in tow.

“Got him. So, what’s up? Something must be going on if both of you are here.”

“Something is definitely going on.” Alex said.

“In my uterus. I’m pregnant!”

I held up my ultrasound photo. My mom covered her mouth with her hands.

“I’m gonna be a grandmother?”

“Yes. That’s typically how it works, Mom.” I said laughing.

I sent her the picture just like I sent his mom’s. She smiled even more.

“How many weeks?”

“Ten. Found out four weeks ago.”

“This is so exciting!”

I set it aside and sighed.

“You okay, babe?”

“Yeah. Just tired.”

“I can let you guys go.”

“No.”

“Abigail.”

“Ok. Mother knows best.”

“And I’m sure you will too in a matter of months.”

He kissed me too.

“Goodnight Mom.”

“Goodnight.”

I hung up and handed my phone to Alex who unlike me was wide awake.

“Ready for bed?” he asked.

“Nope.” I said shaking my head.

“You’re lying.”

“No. I’m not.”

I got off the couch and took the ultrasound photo with me. I didn’t even get into the hallway when I felt hands around my waist.

“Where do you think you’re going?” he whispered into my ear.

I giggled.

“I was gonna go to our bedroom.”

“Thought you said you weren’t ready for bed?”

“Well, I love our bedroom.” I sleepily said turning around to face him and placing my hands on his chest.

Then, I giggled again.

“You know, if you weren’t pregnant, I’d think you were drunk.”

I giggled even more and into his chest, this time. He picked me up and laid me down on the bed where I turned on my side and started to shut my eyes.

“Goodnight, Sleeping Beauty.” he said.

“Goodnight, Alex.”

Notes

Comments

Aw, cute update. <3 Sorry it took me a minute to comment.
Excited to see more. :)

Nanook Nanook
2/18/19

Catching up!
Aw, that was sweet how Abby's mom found her perfect dress. :) And aw, yay, Alex is back! :D And they're allowed to get... reacquainted now, haha. XD Abby must have curves now too from the baby, with all the attention; glad that Alex is protective of her, though. <3
This is really random, but I love when she calls Scarlett a ham like that little moment in chapter 35. XD So cute.
Great job with the updates! Can't wait for more! :)

Nanook Nanook
12/30/18

Yay, another update! And OMG, I'm commenting within like, a day instead of a few weeks. XD A record for my commenting lately.
Great job with the chapter! Aw, Abby's mom is sick. :/ Hope she gets better for them to be able to go dress shopping. And haha, Abby and Alex making plans. ;) That's all I'm gonna say on that. XD
Short but sweet update. :) Note at the beginning that Scarlett's name is cut off for some reason, and it starts "carlett" lol.
Can't wait for more! :D

Nanook Nanook
12/15/18

OMG, a dramatic update. :O Loved it, though!
I'm glad Abby and Scarlett are okay. Her dad is literally insane. Man... I'm glad you finally put that a bit to rest, though. I mean, she still has to deal with the legal stuff, but I feel like this is a step to resolving it. I was just wondering when he would turn up again.
And her conversation afterwards with Alex was very sweet. <3
One thing I want to note:
What seemed a lifetime later but was actually less than ten, I heard the police outside.
... this line was a bit off, because you just said "less than ten." Less than ten, minutes? I'm assuming that's what it was. XD But as is, it's sounding like you're saying less than ten lifetimes, lol. But that's just a small thing; the minutes thing is probably easily assumed.
Excited to see more! :)

Nanook Nanook
12/12/18

Aw, Abby's on her own now with the baby; I hope this doesn't take too much of a toll on her mentally. :(
I'm loving these flashback scenes, especially the one in this latest update, that gives us insight to their relationship as it was starting, that we haven't seen before. It would be interesting to see more of those moments. You've done them before, but something just struck me about this one. Perhaps because it was about their first date. :')
It's funny, I got on here to read chapter 31, when I got sent the update for 32. :P So, two updates! Woot! :D
Great job with both updates; excited to read more! :)

Nanook Nanook
11/22/18