Chapter 7 - Meet the Baby

Laura took the news that she was pregnant with her usual smiley attitude, and she was sure that the doctor would have had her locked up if she hadn't assured her that is was a blessing. She quickly made her way to the book store to grab a book on pregnancy and made her way back home, eager to read.

Finishing the book, Laura laid there for a few seconds, taking in all the added information about pregnancy that she hadn't known before. She knew she should tell Isaac, but she wasn't about to ring him and tell him he was going to be a father. She had seen that he had gotten married the day after they had slept together, and she didn't want to ruin the newly wedded bliss he was sure to be in. Her stomach growled, reminding her that she hadn't eaten since the night before, and even then she had thrown it all back up again.

"Yum, grape pancakes," Laura murmured to the child inside her, receiving a small flutter of kicks back as she sat down to eat what she had made. She was quite glad she had listened to her mother about how food was important for a strong healthy baby, and tailored her eating habits to that. Rubbing her stomach after eating, Laura busied herself tidying up the small house, thinking that it would be a good idea to move at some point, even if it was just to give the baby some more room to play with.

Before long, Laura started to feel tired again, sitting down in front of the TV to see if there was anything on, but soon forgetting to check when the baby started kicking again. She wondered if it was a boy or a girl, and with the way the baby was kicking, she was 95 percent sure that it was going to be a boy, and had chosen on the Garrett if it was. 

Soon getting restless sat down, Laura pulled out her guitar, soothing the baby to sleep with the soft lullaby she was playing. When she was absolutely sure that the baby was asleep, she put down the guitar and went to bed, hoping to get a full nights sleep before the big day.

Sadly, she was soon woken up by intense pains, realising she was in labour! She was about to meet her child, without the father knowing she was even pregnant!

In a panic, Laura rang for a taxi, getting ready to go to the hospital before she gave birth right there on the bedroom floor. Some how she was still in the right mind to text Isaac, telling him to meet her at the hospital as soon as he could. The taxi pulled up outside her house, and Laura waddled out to it, stopping a few times as the contractions were coming thick and fast now. She told the driver to get her to the hospital as fast as they could, the sight of the large white building filling her with relief that it would soon be over.

Hours later, Laura emerged from the hospital, her guess right about the gender of her baby. Little Garrett Whitmore was born, crying and wanting his mother right away. She let the nurses clean her and Garrett up, and sent her on the way, with a shell shocked Isaac following close behind. Laura wasn't sure if she felt happy or annoyed that Isaac had managed to make his way there, but was eternally grateful that she wasn't alone.

"Why didn't you tell me?!" Isaac asked as soon as they got back to Laura's house, not even letting her put Garrett down in the cot she had bought specially for him.

"Let me put the baby down and then we'll talk, Isaac," Laura hissed, holding her son closer to her.

"No, we will talk about this now. You came on to me and then feel pregnant. Were you planning this? Was that the reason why you asked me about wanting children?" Isaac's questions were coming thick and fast, he wasn't letting Laura get a word in edgewise.

"Let me put Garrett down and you'll get your answers!" Laura sounded firm, and Isaac knew she meant business.

"Fine. go put your son down," Isaac sounded bitter before she had even explained what had happened.

'This is not going to end well,' Laura thought, placing Garrett in his crib and placing a light kiss to his forehead before leaving the room.

"What do you want to know?" Laura turned her full attention to Isaac, who hadn't moved from his spot by the door.

"Did you, or did you not, get pregnant intentionally?" Isaac ground out, pressing his fingers against the bridge of his nose.

"No, I did not get pregnant intentionally," Laura sighed, sitting down on the chair, "I went out because someone had once again walked away from me, and you were there. You gave me the time of day that I wanted, and I took it. I took advantage of you, I admit that, but you didn't tell me you were engaged at the time! I only found that out by reading the paper the next day!"

"I didn't know you were going to seduce me and use me to get yourself pregnant! I'm through with you and your spawn. I don't want to see you or him ever again!" Isaac shouted, hearing crying coming from the next room. "Best go attend to your spawn, I'm out."

"Fine, don't let the door hit you on the way out. We don't need you, we'll be fine on our own," Laura retorted, watching as Isaac left her house, and hopefully her and Garrett's lives.

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I had Garrett's traits and likes written down and now I can't find the paper! I think his likes were the colour Teal, Pancakes and Latin music. I also think his traits were Genius and Virtuoso.