Noah

Chapter 15

Six Years Ago
Noah
I could probably get a lot of shit from my friends for this and I know I'm young, but have you ever felt like you just know when someone is the one for you? I've been dating this girl for a while now and I'm head over heels in love with her. I can honestly say that I don't think I could feel this way about anyone else.

We've known each other a long time, but our relationship started our junior year of high school. Now here we are, college students and still in love and happy as ever. We've talked about our hopes and dreams together often and I didn't see this ending any time soon. She had one more year of school left here in our hometown, and I had five and a half left at Stanford and had to complete my residency after. It hasn't been easy, but we've made it work.

We had so many plans that we wanted to achieve together and in a few short years, we could have exactly what we wanted. Bria started sketching up her dream home for us to build a family in. Watching her put every detail into this was amazing to me. And it only made me realize I never wanted to be with anyone else but her and the decision to ask her to marry me was right all along.

"Baby, I'll be right back I have to go take care of something."

Christmas of 2012 was the worst time of my life. When Bria left without saying anything, I felt like I had lost everything. My peace, my happiness and the love of my life all at once. Everything that I had planned for my life was just... gone.

Present Day

"Bria... is this what I think it is?!"

"Noah. All those years ago we planned for all of this. The house, marriage... a family. Then everything went to shit. Now we're here; together again and I had no idea it was all going to happen so fast."

"You- you're pregnant?!" I looked at her with excitement, but I could tell she was afraid of something. I just didn't know what. "Baby don't be afraid. This IS what we planned for. We had a few bumps in the road, yeah. But this is where we always wanted to be."

She looks at me with a cheeky smile and I could see that those worries she just had in her mind, were gone. She let out a deep sigh and walked toward me, her smile growing bigger and bigger each step.

"When did you find out?"

"This morning. I threw up in my trash next to my desk when your dad walked by with his breakfast. Normally I'm always eyeballing it, but today, I wanted nothing to do with it. Sooo, I took an early lunch and ran to the drug store and here we are."

"Wow. I'm gonna be a dad." Those words rang in my head like someone put the Liberty Bell over my head and struck it. I had no clue reality could set in so quick, but my excitement turned to tears of joy. I picked Bria up and hugged her gently, placing a kiss at her belly as she laughed.

"You know, I've been waiting for you for a very long time little one." Bria ran her hands through my hair and I placed her back on her feet. "And I've been waiting for you even longer it feels like."

She looks up at me slightly and smiles from ear to ear. Something that has always been able to send my stomach spiraling with butterflies. You know you love someone with every fiber of your being, when after the hardships and heartbreak, they can make you feel like you did when you first met.

"Bria?" I say as she walks to grab her work bag.

"Yes Noah?"

"What do you say we move up the wedding?"

She turned to look at me with a raised eyebrow and crossed her arms. I wasn't sure if she was mad, upset or confused. Maybe I should've mentioned it at another time but I couldn't exactly take back my thoughts now.

"For what reason, Noah?"

"Do you remember the plans we made when we were younger? House, wedding, kids and the rest of our lives? I want to keep that plan because it's the only one we made together and the one I think made me realize how much I loved not just you, but your soul."

Bria looked at me again with that fluttering smile and agreed to move the wedding.

"Let's do it here, in the backyard so we can always visit the place we became one."

"You are always reading my mind Abriella Ashwood." I placed a kiss at her forehead and looked at my watch and realized my lunch hour was quickly coming to an end.

"I have to get back to work, but tonight" I say closing the gap between us and placing my hand at her cheek, "You're mine. So don't be surprised if you somehow end up with fraternal twins." I say laughing knowing damn well my joke was awful and cheesy. However, I looked at her and she was unamused with me.

"Noah, if you wish twins on me and it happens, you're sleeping in the guest room for the next eighteen years. No, absolutely not. NO!" She says walking down the hallway towards the garage door.

I couldn't help but laugh at her temper tantrum as she walked away. I ran after her and she hurried into the garage, forcing the door closed behind her.

"Aww babe, why so serious?"

"There is absolutely no way in hell I am carrying twins. Stop."

"It's really not that bad, just ask my mom." I try my best not to burst with laughter knowing all the shit me and Darien put my parents through. I do have to admit, I wouldn't mind having twins myself.

Having a sibling my age and always around to do everything with kept us from being bored. We wreaked havoc on our family, but we were also best friends.

"Noah, I've know you and Darien since we were fourteen years old."

"You have a point there. But it won't be that bad At least you'd have my mom for the twin aspect of parenting."

She looks at me with a smile once more, sending a chill down my spine as she grabs my hands. This woman has always been everything I needed, there was nobody else for me. Everything that was happening has always been a dream, something so far away from reach. Now? I look around and I have all that I've desired. Nothing else could make this dream more complete. I give Bria one last kiss before we parted ways. 

On my drive back to the hospital, a smile began to form and I couldn't help but picture what the future has in store for us.

Wondering what and who our child is going to look like. Will he or she have curly or wavy hair, what color? Things were only looking up from here for me and Bria. What we have now is everything that should've been.