Hello everyone! Just wanted to thank those who reviewed, the guest and theselection-divergent-thehost. I'm glad you guys liked it! :) ( I also really like the feisty name suggestion, I will definitely keep that in mind. Although i'm not really sure what makes a name feisty ) The whole Wanda and Burns thing will be settled soon (next couple of chapters). Enjoy!
Wanda's POV
Who knew talking about baby names could get you so tired. By the time everyone stopped playing my eyes were already drooping. It was so difficult to stay awake. Every time I would open my eyes I would see someone congratulating either Ian or Jared. Even people like Brandt and Aaron were happy for them. All the while, Kyle and Jamie were looking happy smiling at everyone almost as if they were the ones who were about to have children. It made me happy to see them like that, especially Kyle. He deserves to be happy; he has already been through too much, especially with Sunny being in Jody's. I knew it was very difficult for him, sometimes he would look so happy when he looked at her, almost like he forgot, but then he would remember, and that smile would be gone.
It's difficult to remember him as the same Kyle that had tried to kill Melanie and me. He has become a better person and I think Ian is really proud of him. Ian's and Kyle's relationship had been very strained for a long time. I thought they would just act like strangers for the rest of their lives, every time I told Melanie about it she just told me to let it go and that they would work it out on their own. I almost didn't believe her but I trusted her because she knew a lot more than I did, especially when it came to being human.
"Come on Wanda." Ian whispers in my ears and I was shocked when I realized that most people had already left.
"Where did everybody go?" I ask, stifling a yawn.
"To eat dinner, they are exhausted from this game and everything today." He says and I can tell he is hungry too.
Some of the people had left earlier to start cooking but when I had offered to help them they told me I should rest. That was another downside of being pregnant, if people treated me as if I was breakable before, now it was going to be even worse.
"Come on, then." He leans down to pick me up, but I just shake my head. I had to prove to people that even with my weak host I could do things for myself.
"Where to?" Ian asks. He knows that I'm tired but will probably push me to eat something. Ever since he found out I was pregnant he has been pushing me to eat enough for 10 people. It's not even an exaggeration. Yesterday, we were eating breakfast and he made me eat almost 4 eggs, 2 rolls, and juice. It was ridiculous.
"The kitchen." I say and he grabs my hand and leads me there. I loved the way his hand felt against mine. There was something comforting about the feel of his rough, calloused hands against my own. Almost as if reading my mind, he gives my hand a small squeeze and smiles at me.
"What are you thinking about?" He says giving me a knowing smile.
"Wouldn't you like to know." I say as I grin.
"I would very much like to know." We stop walking and he moves me so that I am right in front of him. He is giving me that look that makes my heart race. Like I'm the only thing that matters in the world. He leans into me and I automatically wrap my arms around his neck. His face is so close to mine I can see everything so clearly. I look into his eyes and I feel myself get lost in his eyes, like I always do. I can always tell what's really going on with him when I look into his eyes like this.
What I see makes me happy and sad at the same time. Which is honestly one of the hardest things to get used to in human bodies, not only do I have to deal with these strong and overwhelming emotions but I also have to deal with them conflicting sometimes. Just like they are right now. I can see his love for me, which is the first thing I always see. Not only in his eyes, but also in the way he treats and cares for me. But behind that I can see his fear and concern, almost like he knows something that I don't, something that makes him dejected. As soon as i see it, it is gone. Almost like it was just a fleeting thought in his mind. I look at his eyes and all I see is happiness and I see that he has his hands on my belly.
"I can feel it kicking." He whispers.
"The baby doesn't start kicking until much later, Luciana told me so." I say smiling triumphantly. Sometimes I smile so much around Ian that by the end of the day my cheeks are hurting, but I wouldn't trade that feeling for the world.
"Not our baby. Our baby is going to be the best."
I don't want to say anything to that. I love it when he saws our baby; it makes me glad that he is as happy about this as I am.
"Come on love birds," I hear someone say and I automatically recognize the voice as Jared's. "Better get going if you want to get anything to eat."
"Oh Jared, did you really have to mess up their moment?" I hear Melanie say behind me and I already know she is going to smack him. Jared must have known too because he moved so that he was hugging her and her arms were pinned to her sides.
"Ugh, let me go." She squirms in his arms and I know that as soon as he lets go she is going to hit him hard.
"If you promise not hit me." He says looking at her sternly, almost like a parent who is punishing their child after he did something wrong.
"Fine." She grumbles. "But only because I'm hungry."
We start walking in silence, everybody lost in their own world not doubt. Ian's hand reaches for mine and I give it to him willingly. It was then that we reached the kitchen. Kyle and Jamie automatically called us over and I went to go sit down while Ian went to get us some food.
"Could you guys have taken any longer?" Kyle asks and gets a disapproving look from Sunny.
"Sorry." I say giving him as sheepish smile and he automatically smiles back.
"Having fun without me I see." Ian walks over with the two largest plates of food I have ever seen it is ridiculous.
"Are you trying to feed Wanda or a small army?" Melanie says and frowns when she sees that Jared has done the exact same thing.
"In trying to feed you." Jared says and whispers something that makes Melanie Scowl and smile at the same time.
"Come on you guys keep it PG." Kyle says and busts out laughing when he thinks of something else. "Well I guess it doesn't matter now." A knowing smiling is on his face and he just winks at Mel and I, making her scowl and me blush.
"Yeah, Yeah." Jared says and an uncomfortable silence falls over the table. Seeing as we were the last ones to arrive in the kitchen, everyone has already started to leave and we are soon left by ourselves. Ian, Jared, and Kyle instantly relax.
Kyle is the first to speak.
"The announcement went a lot better than I thought it would." He says and everyone nods.
"I know I was really worried, I thought they would go crazy." Jared said. "Well Sharon and Maggie went crazy."
"They were always crazy." Ian says and everyone laughs except Melanie and me. I knew how sad it made her to see her family mad at her. She had just started to be friendly and comfortable with them again and this would probably ruin that.
"What do you think it will be like when they are born?" Sunny asked her eyes lighting up a little.
"Really, really loud." Jared said and Melanie smacked him on the head. "It will be great though." He smiles at her like there is nowhere in the world he would rather be.
"Both of those statements are insanely accurate. Your surprise me Jared." Ian smirks when he sees the scowl on Jared's face.
"I am more than just looks."
"Not even looks." Even I couldn't help but smile a little when Melanie said this. We both knew it wasn't true, but she always loved messing with him.
We spent the next hour talking about everything. It felt great to be able to talk freely about anything, and catch up with them. I had been so caught up with everything that I couldn't help but feel a little guilty that I had missed out on so much. After a while, I couldn't help but feel my eyes start to droops. Once Jared started yawning, we all did and that's how we knew it was time to go to bed.
"I think we should get to bed." Kyle said as he gently nudged Sunny awake.
Everyone said their goodbyes and I felt a little sad that it was already ending. I didn't have time to react as Ian picked me up and started walking toward our room.
"Ian, its fine I can do it." I start squirming so he can put me down but just hugs me closer and smiles.
"But I want to." He says and smiles at me. I position myself in his arms instantly feeling my eyes droop as I fall asleep.
Ian's POV
I couldn't help but smile as she slept in my arms. She fit so perfectly in them that I never doubted this was meant to be. I loved seeing her relax and laugh today; she had been so nervous and stressed lately I was scared something would happen to her or the baby.
I reposition her as I move to open the door and set her on the bed before I close it. She positions herself more comfortably on the bed and moves closer to me when I get in.
Seeing her sleeping peacefully in my arms I knew that this was as good as it got. Wanda was the best person I knew and she was all mine. Nothing could take her away from me, and for that I was grateful.
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