Xavier’s POV
I interrupted them before they continue, I have no problem with their plan but my daughter is still too young and every man no matter who tries to date her will go through me first, and if Lorenzo is gonna be like his father, then my answer is a big NO unless he is like his mother then he has to pass through some manly tests.
“Okay, you two should wait till they have grown up, and my daughter is too young to have a suitor”
“Xavier I never knew you were such a daddy con?”
“No Laura don’t miss understand me, you know kids are unpredictable, they might hate each other”
“My Lorenzo is gonna grow up to be a good man, I will make sure if that”
“Okay, am just saying they might be in a like, hate relationship you know but who am I to judge, if my daughter is of age and being Lorenzo as her husband then I will change my mind then”
“Yes!!!!”
They both exclaimed while clapping their hands, Mike wasn’t saying anything just sat here staring into space, I took him outside and asked him what’s the problem was,
“Hey man, you have been spacing out a lot what’s wrong?”
“I think Lorenzo is gonna be out only child”
“Why is something wrong with Laura?”
“No, it was scary, I was with her the labour room to witness the birth of Lorenzo as Laura wanted and man it was really…. Traumatizing ”
“Is it painful?”
“You can’t imagine, I would have opted for a peaceful cesarean session had we known”
“Well she took an epidermal injection or whatever it’s called ”
“Yes, that’s why she didn’t feel it but the scene was scary and mesmerising at the same time, knowing that you created another soul with love, the feeling man is really good”
“Then am glad, you are a father now, man up, chill bro”
“Thanks a lot”
“What are brothers for”
We smiled at each other and went back to the ladies who to my annoyance wee planning a wedding that is definitely not happening, for crying out loud my daughter hasn’t been born yet.
We went home after spending a reasonable amount of time at the hospital, Laura will be discharged tomorrow, so we will go to their house if we wanted to visit again, we reached home and Jessica immediately went to sleep, she looks tired though, after all the playing and talking she has been doing since morning I will be shocked if she isn’t tired, I brought out my laptop and started work, ever since I found out she was having twins, I started working from home, going out when it’s completely necessary and she too stopped working.
According to the doctor, her pregnancy is a delicate one, she looks like someone bearing triplets but the scan is showing two, and the babies are not overweight or anything, he said she is healthy but we should be extremely careful with what we are doing, I glance at her as she is sleeping on the pregnancy tube I got for her, it helps her lay on her stomach without trouble and she likes it a lot, if she wants to change her sleeping posture, I just deflate it for her.
She slept all through the evening to the next morning and immediately she woke up she requested for food, there were times she can eat things that her tummy can seem to keep down and today is one of those days, she ate a lot of things she wouldn’t normally bear to look at and went upstairs, freshen up and sleep again, that’s now her daily routine, eat, sleep, exercise if you like then sleep again.
I went upstairs to tap her gently,
“Babe, hope you know today is your yoga and exercise day?”
“Am skipping it”
“You didn’t inform your instructor on time, she is already here”
“Seriously? But am really tired, I can’t even talk well”
(She says this every exercise day and every time you try to make her do something she doesn’t want to)
“Try sweetie, for me please”
“Ughhh!! Fine”
“Thank you a lot babe, let’s go, I have already prepared tour cloths and mine”
“Okay then”
We dressed up in our sports attire and entered the the room dedicated to her for such lessons and the tutor started immediately, it wasn’t a stressful one, actually it removes stress, helps breathing, helps in stiffness and helps in having your emotional control.
After the yoga class , we out on a stroll, she has been cupped up inside her room always so I decided to take her around, let’s stroll, if she gets really tired I will call the driver to come pick us up, we passed a convenience store and she sidetracked immediately, she bought a strawberry ice cream,
“Hope you are enjoying the stroll?”
“Yes, I am, let’s go to the playground and sit down ”
“Okay then”
We went to the small park and sat down there, I gently pushed her from behind so she swings to and fro on the swing, we didn’t say anything just silent, a peaceful one.
We admired the moon and the stars together, ever since we got pregnant we haven’t had time like this to ourselves to see these simple things or admire them, we stayed like this till Jessica broke the silent.
“Do you think she is telling the truth?”
“Who?”
“Laura, do you believe her when she said it isn’t painful?”
“Well I believe her, she is a woman so she probably knows her body more than anyone”
“I think she is lying, I noticed it when she stood up to walk, her gait was different ”
“She just gave birth of course it will be”
“Xavier, if I wanted a cesarean session to give birth, will you let me?”
“Is that what you want?”
“Yes, I think it will be painful, having two kids at the same thing and I don’t do well with pain so am doing a cesarean ”
“Baby listen, as long as it’s what you want, I won’t stop angel, do whatever makes you comfortable I will be in support ”
“And since we had twins, can we stop having children? Not that I don’t like them, I just think that it…”
“Shhhhh, baby whether you have given birth or not I will still love you okay, if you want us to have two only then I will make sure if it”
“Really?”
“Yes, really ”
“Thank you so much Xavier, I know am being selfish and all but thank you ”
“Babe you aren’t selfish, I understand you because I feel the same way about this so it’s okay”
She hugged me tightly, I kissed the top of her head and patted her shoulders in gently.