A/N: Hey people! I'm finally updating this fic after ten months! I'm really sorry I was busy with school and other stuff for a whole year and I actually never thought I'd be back here but seeing people still reading it motivated me. Anyways, here's the new chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter Eight
"Harvey?" She whispered his name. Looking down at his closed eyes, standing on her knees on the bed when the only thing that's brightening the room was the moon light. He didn't respond at first. "Harvey?" Whispering again, with a louder tone this time.
He then moved a little, blinking twice before he completely opened his eyes to see his girlfriend standing on the side. "Hey," straightening up. "Is everything alright?"
"We ran of Chunky Monkey." Answering with a serious tone as if it's an emergency.
"What?" Frowning.
"We don't have any Chunky Monkey's left in the fridge, Harvey. What am I suppose to do now?"
Harvey watched her getting sad over an ice-cream, trying to hold back his laugh. "Donna, what time is it? Get back in the bed, we'll buy one on our way to the firm in the morning." Reaching for her hand only to be pulled even further.
"No Harvey," grizzling. "I want it now, I need it."
He sighed before reaching for his phone on the nightstand, "Donna it's 5 am, where am I suppose to find Chunky Monkey at this hour?" Protesting.
"I don't care. It's New York, pretty sure there are lots of open supermarkets out there." Behaving like a literal four year old now. "Besides you should've thought of it before you knocked me up." Teasing him.
He let out a laugh this time. "Yeah except I didn't have much time to think before it."
She rolled her eyes in return, standing on her feet to pull him out of the bed before he gave up and do as she says. Leaning forward to leave a quick kiss on her lips. "Alright, this all better worth it when she finally comes." Looking down at her stomach, then up at her eyes again.
"Oh believe me, it'll be even worse." Chuckling as she watched him letting out another sigh.
"Okay, I don't know when I'll be back since I might have to check every supermarket in Manhattan, but I'll try to make it fast." Grinning before leaving another kiss on her forehead this time, turning around and making his way towards the door as he didn't even care about the fact he was only wearing pajama bottoms and a t-shirt.
She smiled behind him, "I love you." biting her bottom lip.
"I know." He said annoyingly before leaving the apartment.
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It was almost 6 am when he came back home. Getting inside as he called out for her. "Hey, I'm back." Leaving the keys and the ice-cream on the kitchen counter. "After a couple unsuccessful attempt, I finally found an open market."
He started walking towards the bedroom when there was no answer. Stepping in only to find her sleeping peacefully under the sheets.
"Oh come on." Shaking his head in disbelief.
His lips curled into a smile with the view, she was so exquisite that made him even forget the fact she made him go outside at 5 am only to get an ice-cream. And it wasn't the first time that was happening since she got pregnant. She was craving the strangest things in the middle of the night. Not that he was complaining though, he found her absolutely adorable when she does it. Not to even mention how ridiculous she looks with all that whining.
He sat beside the bed, moving away a lock of hair from her face before softly kissing there. Deciding not to go back to bed since he already lost sleep and they were going to go to work in a couple of hours anyway.
He then got back up, making his way back to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Falling into a brown study as he poured the water into the glass. Thinking of the fact that these were probably going to be their last months where they'll sleep throughout the whole night, without any breaks. Thinking how he'll be awake almost every hour with the baby's screams, rushing towards her room.
Her room.
Putting the glass down on the counter, frowning his brows with the last thought that crossed his mind.
"Her room." He said it out loud this time, his voice is not louder than a whisper.
He started walking towards 'the room' that they left empty for the baby then, the room that they decided to decorate when the day comes. But it only jusy hit him that THE day was almost there, he didn't even realize how fast the time flies but here they were, only one month away.
He slowly opened the door, leafing through the entire room with his eyes. He wasn't as good as Donna at it, but still he had his own ideas for the decoration. He then had a sudden idea that he thought was exciting. Leaving the room as it is, closing the door behind before making his way back to the bathroom in order the take a shower.
It was almost 7 am when he was completely dressed up and ready for work. He was wearing his watch when he realized Donna was starting waking up. She slowly stirred in the bed, stopping when her eyes found him standing in the room.
"Morning sleeping beauty." He greeted.
"Good morning," slowly sitting up in the bed. "What time is it?"
"It's almost 7 am, I was just about to wake you up actually." Coming closer to leave a quick kiss on her forehead.
He hated that he had to wake her up so early everyday since he knew how tired she gets during a day. Even more than before now that she was eight months pregnant. But she refused to take a break from work until she gives birth and he knew he couldn't win this game against her, so there wasn't much he could do.
"Oh no," she sighed. "I must've fallen asleep. Did you get the ice-cream?"
He let out a short chuckle then, "Yes I did, it's in the fridge. You can eat it on the way I guess."
Her face lit up then, smiling cheekly up at him before moving the sheets away and standing up. Raising onto her toes to give him a quick kiss on the cheek, "We love you." Smirking before she turned around to go to bathroom before his arms caught her by the waist. Turning her around and pulling her until they couldn't get any closer. She was his favorite thing to see in the morning. Her bare face filled with freckles, messy hair and natural cherry lips. He actually couldn't wait to have another her soon.
"I love you two more." Removing a strand of hair from her bare shoulder to leave a soft kiss on it, her arms were firm around his neck.
Her giggles turned into moans as he made his way up to her neck. She believed she would fall if he wasn't holding her that tight. His lips found hers again, he kept kissing her before pulling away to speak. "As much as I'd love to keep hearing you make those sounds all day, I have an early trial so I need to leave right now." He lied. He was
actually free the entire day, but he had another plans. "I'll tell Ray to drop you at the firm."
"Okay." Whispering before kissing him one last time. "Good luck." She then made her way to the bathroom again.
As soon as he left the apartment, he pulled his phone out. Calling the best person he could think of with his plans that he lied to Donna for. "Hey Rachel, I need your help with something."
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"Nah, that's too boring for a baby." Rachel's voice filled his ears as he were facetiming her.
"Okay how about this one? I feel like white goes well with anything we can add to the decoration." He asked, showing the baby suite of furniture to his friend through his phone.
"Hmm, this one actually looks nice. But we should see our other options too."
He was at a baby store, yes, choosing the furnitures for their baby's room. He knew Donna was gonna be late today so his plan was to surprise her when she comes back home. So he didn't have much time to handle everything. He was thankful for Rachel though, he couldn't think of anyone better than her to help him with this situation. He already showed her at least 15 different options. But he wanted the right one. Something that's gonna make Donna so happy and satisfied with.
"Oh, how about this one? I like the stars on the netting. And the wardrobe is bigger than the others which is great for Donna since she'll probably start buying every baby cloth she sees soon." Chuckling.
Rachel let out a laugh in return. "That she will. And I definitely like this one the most."
The salesman was standing right next to Harvey, hearing everything Rachel says and trying to help them to find the right furnitures. "So, are you settled on this one?" Smiling sincerely.
Harvey waited for a moment before answering, smiling to himself. "Yeah, we're getting this one."
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After Rachel helped him choosing three different wall paints as well, he headed home. The workers were there not so long after too. After they left, he drew three lines with three different colors on the wall. They could decide on that together, he thought. It was almost 9 pm when he was completey done with the room. There were still a lot the add, such as little decorative pieces, toys, clothes other than the ones they bought before. But he didn't wanna do it all alone since he knew Donna was going to want to have some pieces she chose in the room too.
He then heard the door opening before he heard her heels echoing in the apartment. He immediately left the room, closing the door behind and start walking to greet his girlfriend who's probably completely worn out.
"Hey there." Coming closer to her as he watched her throwing her heels and coat aside. "How was your day?" Reaching for her waist before leaving a quick kiss on her lips.
"Tiring." She smiled slightly. "How was your trial?"
"It was- Uh- It was okay." Smiling nervously, settling on the couch before pulling her down to sit next to him. "Are you hungry?"
She shaked her head, "Samantha and I ordered Chinese." Getting closer to him before she rested her back on his chest, his heartbeats relaxing her. "All I want is a long, peaceful sleep right now." Closing her eyes, his hands are running gently up and down in her hair before leaving a kiss on it.
"We can do that." Reaching for her hand now. "But there's something I wanna show you first."
"What's it?" She asked, already semi asleep.
"A surprise."
She then straightened up to look at his face, "A surprise?" Raising her brows.
"Mh-hmm." Standing up before taking her both hands in his. "Come with me."
She was confused, frowning as she smiled so slightly. Following his lead to the room that was now a nursery. He slowly opened to door before turning the lights on, turning his head towards her to watch her reaction that he was excited but mostly nervous for.
She looked around, completely stunned by what she was looking at.
"I know we've been planning decorate her room for a while now and I also know we barely have time for anything else other than work." He started talking as he watched her taking a few steps forward, still has an amazed look on her face, her lips parted with the surprise. "So I decided to check out some baby stores since I had finally some free time."
She was still silent, looking at every single detail of the room. The wooden crib with the cutest spread, the crib mobile with moons and stars, the netting filled with stars in different sizes. The painting above the crib that she figured it's one of his mom's and every other furniture like the big wardrobe that had the little baby clothes hanging on its also moon shaped handle. The bookshelf, curtains, carpet and the cutest lamp she's ever seen that was also in a shape of moon that has holes on it so it made it look like a cheese. How? She thought to herself. Not that Harvey hasn't been a whipped man since they got together but doing all these in such a short time genuinely shocked her. The expression she had didn't scare him but he really needed her to say something.
"Well I chose it all myself but I couldn't have done it without Rachel so you might also wanna thank her later." He stepped towards next to her now. "I mean I feel like I know you and what you like well by now but still if you didn't like it we can-"
"It's perfect." Cutting him off before turning, looking up at him with her teary eyes. "Harvey I don't even know what to say it's just... perfect." Smiling as a single tear falls from her eye. He reaches for her face to wipe it away before getting closer. "I don't know how you managed to do it all but wow, you really did a great job." Her glares drops on his lips now. "She's gonna be the luckiest girl on the earth to have you as her dad." She whispers.
He smiles back in return, "Right back at you ma'am." Leaning in to kiss her. She kissed him back so softly before pulling only a few inches away, looking down at the little toy horse before letting out a chuckle. "I can't wait to watch her on that."
He turns his head to see what she's looking at before laughing in return, "Well, I can't wait to watch her on that." He points the crib with his eyes.
"Good. Cause I'm not waking up when she starts crying in the middle of the night." She jokes.
"I can live with that." He then stares down at her belly. "You like it, Peanut?" Caressing it there. "Yeah, me too." He speaks again as if she's answering him which makes Donna let out another laugh as he leaned in and kissed her on the forehead.
They leave the room then, making their ways to the bedroom since it was one hell of a day for both and they needed sleep. It didn't take them long to fall asleep as she layed down in his embrace, inhaling his heavenly aroma of scent she's long associated with him, as both his shampoo and and perfume greet her senses once they fully relax into one another.
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The next morning she woke up earlier than him so he woke up to the amazing scent of coffee in their apartment. She hated the taste of decaffeinated coffee therefore she barely had any since she found out she was pregnant and that was probably one of the hardest part of being pregnant, she always thought. But that morning she decided to make some for Harvey.
She was focused on the work papers on the counter in front of her while slowly sipping on her tea. She didn't hear Harvey coming in so she was startled a bit when his strong arms wrapped around her waist. "Good morning." He whispered behind before leaving a kiss on the back of her ear.
"Good morning." She smiled cheekly, reaching for his coffee and turning around in his embrace to give it to him. "Here, drink for both of us."
He took the coffee, scoffing. "It's almost over, hang in there." Kissing her nose.
"I guess so."
He was then immersed in thoughts that was clearly showing in his expression. It didn't take long Donna to realize it before asking about it. "Penny for your thoughts?" Raising her brows.
"It's just," He sighed. "Don't you think it's time to take a break from work?"
She tilted her head aside, had no idea why did he just bring that up out of blue. "Harvey, we talked about this."
"Yes, we did. It was months ago when your bump was barely noticeable and you weren't getting exhausted this much." He protested.
She stepped out of his embrace, taking a few steps to the left as her back was facing him. "I don't wanna discuss about it."
"Don't you think you're being a little selfish?" Lowering his voice.
She turned out, "Selfish?" Scoffing out in anger. "Did you just imply that I don't care about our baby?"
"I didn't say that, Donna. All I'm saying is that you're being stubborn for nothing right now."
"I can't believe you just said that." Shaking her head in disbelief. "I'm completely healthy, Harvey. So is she. And God knows when will I come back to work once I give birth so yeah, it isn't obstinacy or anything unlike you think."
"For now!" Frowning. "What if something happens to either of you at work?"
She rolled her eyes. "You're dramatizing it, Harvey."
"And you're being selfish."
She frowns back this time, "Use that word again and I'm out of here." Looking at him in the eyes.
"I'm sorry, Donna. But that's how you're acting right now." Raising his brows as he brought his one hand to his hip.
She lets out a laugh in anger, "You know what, I can't do this anymore." Turning around before reaching for her pulse and starting to walk away.
"Where are you going?" He shouts behind.
"Somewhere where people don't doubt my ability to take care of myself and my baby." Snapping back.
"That's not what I-"
She didn't even let him finish his sentence as she shut the door loudly, storming out.
He closed his eyes, sighing off in annoyance. It's gonna be a long day, he thought to himself.
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It was almost 8 pm and she's never seen him since that morning. Not that she's been avoiding him or anything, it just how busy she's been the entire day. She finished her work, reaching for her purse to finally leave though the last thing she wanted was to go home and have the same argument with Harvey. Just when she was about to walk out, Samantha showed up behind the glass door. "Are you leaving?"
"Yeah, I am."
"Oh I thought we could grab a drink," looking down at her stomach. "Well a club soda for you," smiling. "And catch up. It's been a while."
"You know what, I'd love that." Smiling. Ordinarily she'd reject since all she would want a peaceful sleep or a warm bath after a long and tiring day but that day, that's what she exactly needed. The timing though, she thought.
Not so long after they left, Harvey checked Donna's office if she was still here before heading out. Relieving a little when he saw that she already left. Taking his phone out to call her if she needs anything that she wants to buy on his way. He's been thinking about their argument since the morning and he really need to go home and talk to her as soon as possible. He was still standing in front of her office when he made the call, hearing the phone ringing inside before realizing she's left her phone here. Letting out a sigh, he quickly made his way towards the elevators in order to go home to see her.
After debating between the places they should go, they ended up going to Samantha's place. She sat next to Donna on the couch, holding out a glass of water. She had a nice place, most of the furnitures were white, elegant. A place that exactly reflects her personality.
"So that's it? You guys never talked again?" She asked her friend who just let her hair down.
"Nope. That's it." Her lips were in a thin line.
"Well-" Her sentence got interrupted by the buzzing phone that was laying on the coffee table. Reaching for it before picking up. "Hey, Harvey. Is everything alright?" Asking since it was kind of late. Not knowing he didn't know Donna was with her.
"Oh," she said looking at Donna. She covered the bottom of the phone with her hands, putting it on her shoulder. "He's asking for you, he says you left your phone in the office." Whispering.
Donna didn't even realize it wasn't with her.
Putting the phone back on her ear, "Uh- Yeah, Harvey. She's here with me. Don't worry she's fine. They both are." She continued, not breaking the eye contact with her.
"Did you wanna talk to her?" She raised her brows at her, asking if she wants to talk. Donna then shaked her head, not wanting to talk to him. At least not right now. "Uh, she- She fell asleep Harvey, I'm sorry. Do you want me to wake her up if it's urgent?" She asked even though she knew his answer.
"Okay, goodnight." Hanging up.
Donna watched her as she dropped her phone in front of her. "Well apparently you scared him when he couldn't reach you. I thought he knew you were here."
"Uh, yeah, I didn't even realize I didn't have my phone with me. Sorry."
"It's okay. But now that he thinks you're asleep I guess you're staying over?" Raising her brows.
She smiled nervously, "Yeah I guess." Sighing.
The two women had different conversations until one of them started yawning. Samantha showed her the guest room and gave her some comfortable piece of clothes before heading to her own bed. She just hoped it'll all be okay for her friends tomorrow before falling asleep.
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The next morning Harvey's been waiting for Donna to arrive so they can finally have a conversation. It wasn't the worst argument they had but they haven't been having one of those for so long and the idea of not having her with him even for a night killed him. Yet he miraculously managed to sleep last night.
He knew she'd probably be late since he figured she'd have to drop by home to change first, but he had a trial early in the morning and he had to leave soon. After having his second coffee, it was time to leave now otherwise he was gonna be late. Picking up his files as he made his way towards the elevators. He'd catch her once he's back, he thought before exiting.
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Finally, he thought to himself before leaving the courtroom. He left there in a rush in order to finally see his girlfriend. He didn't even want to have that conversation anymore, all he needed was to see her and see her right now. Just before he was getting into the next cab, his phone started buzzing in his jacket's pocket. Reaching for it before picking up. Katrina Bennet.
"What's it, Katrina?" He asked.
"Harvey, it's Donna. You need to come Grey Sloan Memorial. Now." Katrina's voice fills his ears.
That's all he needed to hear before hanging up and telling the driver to drive as fast as he can.
Sorry for the cliffhanger hehe. And yes, Grey Sloan is now in NYC hahahah! Thank y'all for sticking up with me for so long though & it would mean the world if you could leave a review! Thanks in advance :)