•• Nina's pov ••
Ian and I wait patiently in the lobby at the doctors office.
"Nina Somerhalder?" A lady says as she steps out of a door.
Ian and I stand up and walk over to her.
"Hi, I'm Nina." I smile at her.
"Hi guys, right this way." She smiles and leads us down the hall to a room.
"How are you doing today?" She asks.
"Good. Just waiting to see the baby." I say.
"Right. Dr. Stanley will be with you shortly." She says and leaves the room.
Ian wraps his arms around me, pulling me into his chest.
"Good morning!" Dr. Stanley says as he enters the room.
Ian steps back and shakes his hand.
"Did you guys have a good Christmas?" Dr. Stanley asks.
"We did, yeah. How about you?" Ian says.
"I did as well. My kids woke my wife and I up at 6:00 in the morning to open presents." He laughs.
"I can't wait for that." I say.
"Does your daughter sleep in?" He asks us.
"She does. She goes to sleep around 8:30 or 9:00 and wakes up at 8:00 or 9:00." Ian says.
"Enjoy that while it lasts. My kids wake up at the crack of dawn." Stanley says.
"Well we are used to that with our choice of a career." Ian laughs.
"Right!" Stanley laughs with him.
"Okay Nina lets lay back here and get started." Dr. Stanley says.
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"Okay so here's the baby again." Dr. Stanley shows us.
"I'm going to go look at something. I'll be right back." He leaves the room.
Ian stands up and looks at the screen closer.
"It's so small." He says.
"Is it weird I don't remember seeing Harlow like this?" I say.
"I don't either. Time goes by so fast." Ian says.
Dr. Stanley walks back in.
"Alright let's see, any morning sickness?" He asks.
"Yeah, I usually get it in the middle of the day." I say.
"Any other pregnancy symptoms?" He asks again.
"Headaches and frequent bathroom breaks." I say.
"Okay, all normal." He says.
"Dr. Stanley, we leave to London tomorrow. I just want to make sure it's okay for her to travel?" Ian asks.
"She will be fine. Just make sure to rest on the flight and when you get to London. Rest is a big factor when you're traveling that distance and being pregnant. We don't want you to stress your body." Dr. Stanley says.
"Okay, thanks." Ian says.
"When will you guys be back?" Dr. Stanley asks.
"January 3rd. So next Thursday." I say.
"I'm going to schedule you to come in that following Monday, is that fine?" dr. Stanley says.
"Yeah of course." I say.
"Great. Well everything is looking great. Just remember to rest. And have a great trip." Dr. Stanley says.
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We leave the doctor office and head to see Paul and Phoebe and the new baby.
"Hey baby daddy!" Ian says to Paul when Paul opens the door.
I walk inside to find Phoebe.
"Hey Nina!" She stands up to hug me.
"Gosh let me hold her!" Phoebe hands Penelope to me.
"Those cheeks. She looks just like you." I say to Phoebe.
"That baby is blessed." Ian jokes to Paul.
Paul puts Ian in a head lock.
"Where's Harlow?" Paul asks.
"We had a doctor appointment so we left her at home with my mom." Ian says.
"Aw." Phoebe says.
"Why did you have to go to the doctor?" Paul asks.
"Just a check up." I say.
Ian smiling at me.
We hate keeping this secret from them.
"So how did the first night go with Penelope?" I ask.
"We were up every other hour. She's not like Harlow. You lucky bastards." Phoebe laughs.
"Ha! give her time!" I say.
I hand Penelope back to Phoebe and run to the bathroom.
Ian following behind me and closing the door while I lean over the toilet.
"Dammit." I say and wipe my mouth.
Ian holds my hair back.
"You okay Nina?" Paul says through the door.
"She's fine." Ian says.
I stand back up and rinse my mouth.
"Better?" Ian asks.
"For now." I say.
We walk back into the living room.
"Are you sick?" Phoebe asks.
"No. I'm fine. I think it was from the turkey I had." I lie.
Paul and Ian head into the kitchen.
"Nina, is everything okay? I mean you said you had a doctor appointment and then you throw up? Correct me if I'm wrong, but we've both been through that stuff when we were pregnant. You aren't pregnant are you?" Phoebe asks.
I just stare at her. What the hell am I going to say. I don't want anyone else knowing. But she's my best friend. Fuck.
"Uhm.." I say.
Phoebe grabs my hand and I start crying.
"I am." I say.
"Oh, Nina. It will be okay." Phoebe rubs my back.
"We found out last week.." I say.
Ian walks back into the room.
"Nina baby why are you crying?" He sits down beside me.
"Phoebe knows." I tell him.
"Knows what?" Paul asks.
I look at Ian and he looks up at Paul.
"We're having another baby." Ian says to him.
"What?" Paul says.
He smiles and hugs me hard.
"Paul you're squeezing me." I say.
Phoebe stands up. Hugging me too.
"How far along are you?" She asks.
"2 months, due in July. We found out last year around Christmas that we were pregnant with Harlow too. How weird is that?" I say wiping my cheeks and smiling.
"That's not weird that's awesome!" Paul says.
Phoebe and I go into Penelope's room.
"What happened to not wanting another baby for a few years?" Phoebe smiles.
I laugh and shake my head.
"My birth control failed." I say.
"And plus, Ian and I are like rabbits. It was bound to happen." I add.
Making Phoebe laugh.
"Rabbits." She says.
We both start laughing.
"Who knows?" She asks.
"Just Alex and now you and Paul. We aren't telling anyone for awhile." I look down at my feet.
"Which is kind of failing. Like when Ian and I started dating we didn't want people knowing and failed at that too." I say.
"I won't tell anyone. You tell when you're ready." Phoebe smiles.
"I'm just scared what people are going to say." I say.
"That you're the luckiest woman to be having Ian's kids." Phoebe jokes.
"Didn't you retweet that the other day when a fan said that to you about Paul?" I elbow her side.
"What can we say? We're two lucky women." She winks.