I'm sitting on Erling's sofa and cry my eyes out. The Norwegian looks at me with a worried look on his face. He comes towards me and hugs me tight. I put my face against his shoulder and cry into his shirt. He strokes over my back to calm me down but that just doesn't work right now. I think I should tell you why I'm crying. Well... A couple of days ago I found out that I'm pregnant. I was totally happy about it and yesterday evening I told Gio about it. I thought that he was gonna be happy as well. I mean... We're both 25, we've been together for 10 years now and he always said that he wanted to have children with me. But as I told him he told me to get rid of it and that he doesn't want to have a baby, then he left our apartment. Since then I haven't seen him. I have just cried and then drove to Erling and his girlfriend Eve who were so nice to give me a place to sleep. I just don't know what to do. I don't want to loose Gio but I can't just abort our child either. First of all it's our child and second of all it would be illegal anyway because I've been pregnant for too long already. I guess I'm gonna be single mum then.
Eve enters the room with some cups of tee, sits down next to me and also hugs me. "Shhhhh Marie. Don't cry. Gio isn't worth your tears. Your child is a wonder and if he doesn't see that he's the most stupid person in the world. And now stop being sad and think about that little one in your belly and what a great mom you're gonna be. You're gonna have a great life with him or her and you don't need Gio for that.", she says. I loudly sigh and answer: "I know but... I feel so alone without him! We've been friends since we were four years old and together since we were fifteen. We've gone through everything together and don't even remember what it was like without him. I've never been alone and being alone while becoming a mum scares me so much."
Erling pulls me a little tighter and says: "You aren't alone. We're there for you, okay? You can stay as long as you want to and we'll support you during and after the pregnancy. You won't have to do that alone. And I'm sure that Jude, Jadon and the others will also help you. We are a big family!" I sigh and stop crying. I'm so thankful for my best friends. I don't know what I'd do without them. We change the topic and talk for some time and I even can laugh a little bit. After some time I am very tired and so I go to Erling's and Eve's guest room. I take a shower and then put on my pyjama. I pull my shirt up a little and turn to the side while looking in the mirror to see if I have a little bump yet and yes, I do have one. It's very little but my belly clearly isn't as flat as it was before. I lie down in bed and with my hands resting on my belly I cry myself to sleep.
I wake up as someone sits down on the bed. I slowly open my swollen eyes and turn around to see who woke me. I can't believe my eyes as I see the person. It's Gio. He holds a chocolate box and a gorgeous flower bouquet in his hands. "What do you want here?", I ask rather harshly. Gio sighs, puts the chocolate and the flowers on the night table to take one of my hands and then nervously says: "I am so sorry Marie. I'm the most stupid man in the world! What I've said yesterday was so wrong and I've been such an asshole. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. And I've always wanted to have children with you and that hasn't changed. I want this. I want this child with you. And I want you. Please forgive me princess. Please forgive me for being such an asshole."
I listen and my heart cramps. I want him too but he hurt me so much and I don't know if I can't forgive him that easily. Gio seems to see what I'm thinking in my eyes. He sighs again, kisses my hand and then says: "I can understand if you're mad and if you're too hurt to take me back. But I just want you to know that I'll always love you, whether you take me back or not, and that I'll support you and our baby forever. But before I go now I'd like to do something." While saying the last sentence he moves his hands to my belly and slowly pulls my shirt up while making sure that that's okay for me. I let him do it and also say nothing as he continues with his movements. He crawls over me so that his face is right at my mini baby bump. He looks me in the eyes for a second and then kisses my belly before starting to talk. "Hey little one in there, I'm Gio, your dad. I just wanted to tell you how much I love you and that I'll always do, whatever is gonna happen. The things I said to your mother yesterday weren't true. I was a stupid idiot. You're a little miracle and I'm so happy that you exist. But now I gotta tell you something about your mother. You are so lucky to be her child. She's the most wonderful person in the world and I love her so very much. She is perfect! She's gorgeous, loving, intelligent, funny and I know that she's gonna be the best mum in the world. I'd love to tell you more but I think I gotta go now. I really hurt your mum yesterday and I think she wants to be alone with you. I will respect her decision but I'll support you two whatever will happen. I love you baby girl or baby boy and I also love your mum. I hope to see you soon. Goodbye my lovely miracle. I love you.", he whispers while stroking over my belly and kissing it at times. Those words are so cute and I almost forget my anger. I am still mad but I love Gio too much to let him go now. I will need some time to heal but I want to have and raise our child with him. As Gio wants to get up to leave I grab his arm and pull him back to bed. "Listen Gio. You really hurt me and I need time to heal but I still love you and I still want to spend my life with you and have children with you. So please stay. I need you and our little one does too."
Gio and I smile at each other happily, then he lies down next to me. He pulls me close with one hand and puts the other one on my belly. I also wrap my arms around him and then connect our lips. Our lips softly move against each other and my heart beats faster. I'm so happy to have him back. As we stop kissing Gio smiles at me. He softly strokes over my cheek and his eyes are full of love. We happily cuddle for some more minutes, then we get up, pack my things and leave the room. We enter the living room to say goodbye to Erl and Eve. During that Gio's hand always touches my belly. We drive home and go to bed and with Gio's arms wrapped around me and his hands on my belly I happily fall asleep.