It had been a few weeks after my false labor and I only had two more weeks of being pregnant. I was kinda gonna miss it.
I was gonna miss Ray waking me up in the morning with a camera in my face and videotaping me, him taking picture of my belly, him touching my belly, my kids kissing my belly. My belly.
"Do you want a boy or girl?" I asked Ray. It was the kids' nap time and they were completely knocked out upstairs while Ray and I were downstairs.
"It doesn't matter. I just want it to be healthy, and I want you to be okay." he said, giving me a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too." I said, giving him another kiss, "but sweetie, I'm so hungry right now."
He laughed, "what you want?"
"Like, the biggest plate of Chinese ever invented." I smiled, "and like some hot wings, and chocolate cake."
He playfully glared at me, "okay, maybe just the Chinese and hot wings." he glared again, "i'm eating for two, dammit."
"Alright, alright." he chuckled and stood up, grabbing his phone off counter. He went into the kitchen and I heard him talking. Loud and thoroughly. "Yes, a large Shrimp Fried Rice, large Shrimp Lo Mein, and large General Tso chicken... Yeah that's all. 5468 Turners Creek. Yeah, thanks." he said, hanging up. "Alright." he said, coming back into the living room, "It's ordered, should be about 30-45 minutes, anything else?"
"Not now." I smiled, touching my belly. "What we gonna name it?" I asked.
"Boy or girl names?" he sat on the couch beside me, laying on my lap.
"Girl."
"Hm." he sat up and then sat facing me. "I don't know. Whatever we name her it'll be perfect."
"I like Sophia." I smiled.
"Sophia, huh?" he questioned. I nodded my head, "I love it." he smiled, "and I love you."
I smiled at him and then went to stand up, which of course cause me some problems, "what you need?" Ray asked, sitting me back down.
"I wanna get up." I said, finally being able to push myself up and wobble to the kitchen. I walked around the kitchen for a second and just sighed. I heard Ray's footsteps and turned towards an entry of the kitchen.
"You alright?" he asked, touching my stomach, "any pain?"
"I'm fine." I breathed out, "just thinking."
"What about?"
"How if we're gonna have enough room for a baby in this house.." I said, looking around.
"I was thinking about that the other day, myself. I actually saw a house that I thought we could check out."
"Really? When?"
"Tomorrow, I mean.. It's three kids. And hopefully more to come, maybe?" he raised his eyebrow at me.
"Okay sir, you're not the one carrying the baby. Can I at least have this baby before we talk about the possibilities of having another?"
"Yeah baby." he smiled and kissed my forehead and touched my stomach, "I love you little man.. or baby girl, which ever." he chuckled and kissed my stomach. "So tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow." I smiled and then wobbled back to the living room.
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I let my cheetah print flats fall to the floor and put both of my feet in. Afterwards I pulled my yellow cardigan over my white tank and went to the long mirror in the corner and Ray's bedroom and looked at myself. I smiled a little, touching my belly and then smiling even bigger.
"Bab-" I heard Ray start to say, then stopped. I looked at him, still touching my stomach and smiled. "Stay right there." he said, leaving the bedroom. I stood there kinda confused, until he returned with his phone, "alright, smile again."
"What?" I laughed a little.
"Keep smiling."
"Rayan," I rolled my eyes playfully, "what are you doing?"
"Smile Aileen." he demanded, and I did, just to get him to tell me what he was doing, "smile bigger." he smiled, and I did too, bigger than my last, "alright, I'm done."
"Were you taking picture of me?"
"Yes."
"Why?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Because." he smiled big, "you're beautiful."
"Please, Ray." I chuckled, "I'm chunky, pregnant, and have sweats and stretchmarks in places I shouldn't an-"
"Shutup." Ray interrupted, "you are the most beautiful woman in the entire world. And I'm so lucky to have you and our kids in my life." he kissed me softly, which made me smile.
I wanted to bring up "was Jacinda as beautiful as me?" but I dind't. It was in our past and it better stay there. I'll kill her.
"I love you." I said, kissing him, "the kids ready?"
"Well.." he scratch the back of his neck.
I glared at him, "what's happened to my children, Rayan."
"I let them pick out their clothes on their own."
"Stupid." I glared at him.
"I know, I know." he sighed, "but.. well, just come with me." he said, taking my hand and leading me to the kids' room right down the hall.
I walked in after him and saw Jordan and Kadin sitting on each of their bed's. My mouth dropped. I looked at both of the twins and then at Ray, "Ray!" I yelled in a whisper, "they can't wear their costumes!"
"I know, but they're so happy." he looked at the girls, "look at them."
"Rayan, Jordan is wearing a tutu!" I yelled again in a whisper.
"It time to go?" Kadin asked, "look at me mommy." she smiled big.
"Baby, you can't wear your costume.."
"But daddy say get clothes. I like ducky." she pouted.
"I know, but daddy wasn't thinking. C'mon, I'll pick you out something else."
"Mommy I want tutu."
"Baby, just for today, can you change into some other clothes, please?"
They looked at each other, then hugged me around my legs, "ok mommy."
"Thank you. I'll get you chicken nuggets, promise." I said, before bending down at much as I could to kiss their foreheads, then heading towards the door, "fix my children's clothes, Rayan."
"Alright alright." he chuckled, "need some help down the stairs?"
"I'm pregnant, not helpless, Rayan." I shook my head, "no, thank you sweetie." I kissed him before walking out the room.
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Ray and walked into the house that had a big Open House sign right when you pulled into the driveway.
Honestly, the house was absolutely gorgeous. There was another couple there, and they had two kids just like us, but the woman wasn't pregnant.
"Hello." this lady came up to us in a business suit said, "welcome to the Open House. I'm Ira."
"Thank you." I said, intertwining Ray and I's fingers, and making sure I help onto Jordan's. "The house is absolutely gorgeous." I said, looking around.
"Good, good. Let's take a tour." she smiled and then led us into the kitchen, "everything in this house has been redone in the last couple years. All new appliances. Everything. Perfect for big family meals. And you see the counters are high enough so that the little ones can't reach them. Will you want to baby proof the house?"
"I think that would be the best." I chuckled, "my kids have gotten a good bit of scratches. They're good kids, though." I smiled.
"Excellent." Ira smiled, "would you like to go ahead to the living room?"
"Yes please." I smiled.
We followed Ira into a very large room that had a beautiful fireplace in a corner with distressed brick around it. It was grand.
"Wow." I was automatically drawn to the fireplace, "it's so beautiful."
"You like it baby?" I heard Ray say from behind me, and then felt his hands on my waist.
"Baby, I love it." I smiled really big and turned around to him.
"Really?"
"Yes baby. Really."
"This fireplace usually is the thing people gravitate to the most." Ira smiled. "Would you like to see the backyard?"
"Oh, yes." I smiled. "But I'm already in love."
"Baby why don't you go outside with the kids and check out the backyard?"
"You sure?"
"Yeah." he kissed me, "go ahead."
I had no idea what he was planning on doing, but all I did was smile and kiss him, "Danny, Kay, come with mommy."
"Okay." they both said, taking my hands and walking with me to the side sliding door.
Ray's POV
"I'm looking to make an offer." I said, looking at the lady.
"You're not gonna talk to your wife?"
I smiled when she said that, "it's a surprise. That woman is the love of my life.. I want to make her happy in every single aspect."
"Okay then." she smiled, "come with me and we'll get all the paper work. Congratulations." she smiled, shaking my hand.
It was set.
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It was around 8 at night, and the kids were already sleep. I hadn't told Aileen about the house, though she asked. She couldn't shutup about how amazing she thought it was. She was in love, and I was more than happy to buy that house for her.
Aileen was laying in bed, touching her stomach as usual, and eating some hot fries and hot chips while drinking a sprite.
She was wearing some boyshorts and a big t-shirt.
Her pregnant look was amazing, that I had to take some picture of her.
She looked at me right when I was about to take another picture and smiled.
The picture turned out more than perfect.
"What are you doing?" she smiled and put another chip in her mouth.
"You're so beautiful. How'd I get someone like you.." I looked at her in a daze.
"Ray, please." she laughed, and then burped pretty loud, "oh goodness." she giggled, which made me laugh and smile even more. "I'm fat and unattractive."
"You have to be kidding." I chuckled, "you're not fat and you're definitely not unattractive." I sat up and looked her in the eyes, "You are the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on."
"Ray.." she smiled and brought my face to hers and kissed me, "thank you sweetie. I love you."
"I love you so much more." I kissed her again, "your lips taste like hot chips."
"I've had a craving. I kinda think I want some of that Chinese from yesterday." she went to stand up, but I stopped her. "Ray. Pregnant. Food. Eating for two." she giggled.
"I'll get it for you baby, just stay right here, don't move." She smiled at me, which made me want to take another picture but she glared at me.
"Food and then you can take all the pictures you want." she giggled.
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Ray had walked out the door and I grabbed my phone.
"32 twitter notifications.." I chuckled and clicked on them. "Rayan." I growled and clicked on his profile. He had just tweeted 12 seconds ago. It was the picture he had just taken of me.
"She's so beautiful... Just look at her. I'm so happy to have her." the caption said with the picture of me about to eat, but I started looking at Ray and smiled.
Twitter was a part of Ray as a businessman with his clothing line and company. He was on it often.
I decided to look through his other pictures, a few of them being promotions, but most of them being pictures of me and the girls. And my favorite was the one he took yesterday morning while i was standing at the mirror and holding my stomach.
"My beautiful.... well, I don't know what to call her. She's so much more than anything I could think of." and it was a picture of me, laying in the bed with a big t-shirt on. Glasses, and my hair in a bun. I was laughing at something on my phone. I couldn't figure out if it was a terrible picture or an amazing picture. I wasn't smiling, but I was laughing and I looked happy.
I went through the rest of his pictures, smiling at how often he said he loved me. I loved him so much.
"Got your food." I heard Ray say and turned my head to the door and locked up my phone.
"Thank you baby." I kissed him when he handed it to me.
"You're welcome." he said, sitting on the bed.
"You okay?" I asked, spooning chicken into my mouth.
"Jacinda messaged me saying that she's headed to the hospital with her mom. Her water broke." he sighed.
"Well, you have to go, don't you?" I asked, looking at my plate.
"Baby, I'm sorry." he said, taking one of my hands, but I took it back.
"It's fine." I put more chicken in my mouth and talking while I was eating, "go. I'll be fine.'
"No. You're mad." he sighed.
I just started crying, "I just wish.. never mind." I wiped my eyes, "just go.. please. Go be with your baby."
"You're my baby, Aileen. Not her. Not her baby." he touched my face, but I turned it. I wasn't mad. I just hated it so much.
"Go."
"I'm sorry.' he said, getting up from the bed. "I love you."
I looked at him and tried smiling, but just pursed my lips together. "you too."
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Sorry for any typos ♥