Holding Her, Loving You

Chapter Twenty-One: Positive Signs

Belina nibbled on her lip as she stood in the bathroom, she glanced at the locked door as she waited for the results; she knew that it wouldn’t be long until Cesc returned home from his meeting with his lawyer.

“Come on,” the brunette whispered as she checked the clock on her phone, she groaned annoyed as she saw how slow time was moving; she needed these results so that she could decide what she was going to do next.

It had been a week since she had been to see her mother and Belina had decided it was finally time to take a pregnancy test to find out if she really was pregnant; the brunette needed to know especially with everything that was going on right now.

Belina closed her brown eyes as she tapped her foot impatiently, she felt like she was nineteen again and she was finding out for the first time that she was pregnant with Alejandro; she couldn’t help but hope that Cesc would react better this time if she was pregnant.

It was only a few days before Alejandro’s seventh birthday and Cesc had been far too distracted with their son and making up for all the other birthdays that he had missed in the past; he hadn’t even noticed that Belina had been sick the past few days.

The brunette jumped as her mobile beeped telling her that it was time to check the three pregnancy tests that she had used; Belina swallowed as she stopped the beeping and glanced at the door, she knew that Alejandro was home and she hoped that he wouldn’t come knocking to see what was going on.

“Mierda,” Belina whispered as she looked at the three positive tests, she ran a hand through her hair as she realised that her suspicions had been right; she was pregnant with Cesc’s third child.

***

Cesc smiled as he looked at his lawyer relieved that they had finally been able to do something to bring Daniella back to Barcelona with Lia; he had thought his ex-girlfriend would drag this out but finally she had conceded to return to sort out some arrangements for their daughter.

“Let’s not get our hopes up just yet… I have a feeling that Daniella isn’t going to make this easy for you,” David Sala said as he looked at his client, he knew women like the Lebanese and he knew that there was no way that she was going to roll over and let this go easily; hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and Daniella was surely going to drag this out.

Cesc nodded his head knowing that this was far from over, he loved his daughter and he hoped that his ex-girlfriend wasn’t going to continue using Lia as a weapon to hurt him; he had moved on and fallen in love with Belina and nothing was going to change that.

“So what do we do now?” Cesc asked as he looked at his lawyer, he wanted this dealt with and quickly so that he could be with his family; his main focus was his children and Alejandro and Lia would come first and they always would in his mind.

David sighed as he ran a hand through his hair and sat down behind his desk, this wasn’t going to be easy and he knew that it was going to be a difficult especially since Daniella was going to fight them.

“We’ll sort out child maintenance for Lia, which will work out at something like £220 a week as well as living arrangements and such,” the lawyer explained making Cesc nod his head, even he knew that Daniella wouldn’t be happy with that especially if she was made to remain in Barcelona because of their daughter.

***

“How was your meeting with David?” Belina asked as Cesc entered the apartment, the footballer had made no move to move them anywhere else and the brunette had a feeling that he was completely settled into the apartment that he had gotten for her and Alejandro to live in.

Cesc smiled as he removed his tie, he was dressed in a suit since he had wanted to seem serious about what was going on; the footballer was determined to make sure that he got contact with his daughter again.

“It went well… Daniella’s coming back to Barcelona with Lia next week,” Cesc said as he sat down next to his girlfriend, he smiled as he looked at her knowing that everything was starting to look up for them; he had worried that he might not see his eight month old daughter again.

The brunette smiled at him knowing how much this meant to him, Belina swallowed as she wondered when would be the right time to inform him that she had fallen pregnant again; she couldn’t help but worry that he would break things off with her.

“That’s great news,” Belina said as she kissed him, she pulled back as she saw the questioning look on her boyfriend’s face; she could tell that he was aware that something was off with her and she hoped that he wouldn’t ask to much about it.

Cesc furrowed his brow at Belina and he could see that something had happened while he had been gone; the footballer took his girlfriend’s hand wondering what was going on.

“Bel?” Cesc asked concerned as she bite her lip, she knew that she wouldn’t be able to hide this for long and it wouldn’t end well if she hide this for long.

Belina shifted nervously before she checked that they were alone, she knew that no matter what Cesc said she didn’t want Alejandro to find out until she was out of her first trimester; she already knew what she was going to do now.

“You can tell me anything Bel,” Cesc said as he tried to reassure his girlfriend, he didn’t know why she would be nervous to tell him about anything; he wasn’t going anywhere and even if they had only been back together for four weeks.

Belina shifted nervously, she had called her doctor and made an appointment to see him next week so that she could be checked out and make sure that everything was okay; the last thing Belina wanted was to get anyone’s hopes up if there were problems.

“I’m pregnant,” the brunette revealed making Cesc stare at her, he swallowed as a lump formed in his throat, he knew that they hadn’t really been using protection a couple of times when they had been intimate so this result shouldn’t surprise him.

The fact that the words brought back memories that he wished to forget troubled him, Cesc couldn’t stop from thinking about the last time that she had said those words to him and how he had reacted.

“You’re pregnant?” Cesc asked carefully to be sure, he wasn’t stupid enough to miss the fact that Belina looked incredibly nervous about telling him and he didn’t blame her; he hadn’t reacted well the last time that she had told him those words.

The brunette nodded her head as she watched him nervously, she was waiting for him to do something and she wasn’t sure what.

“We’re having another baby?” Cesc said as a smile formed on his face, the brunette blinked confused as the footballer pulled her into his arms and kissed her; he couldn’t believe that he was going to be a father again.

The footballer was determined to make sure that he didn’t make the same mistakes as he had done with Alejandro again; he adored his son just like he adored Lia and he was going to do everything in his power for this baby as well.