Chapter 37

"Erik, please say something.' you prompted.

'I'm," he breathed heavily and sat down, " I'm gonna be a father. I cant believe it. We're gonna be parents."  He jumped up, scooped you up and spun you around before kissing you. "I could'nt be happier Ana." he placed you down as everyone else walked into the room.

"Well?" Hank asked.

"She's pregnant." Charles informed and everybody went crazy with 'congratulations' and 'im so happy for you's'

"What are you gonna name it?" Raven questioned causing you all to laugh "What?"

"Raven, we literally just found out I was pregnant. I have no idea what we'll name it. Besides we don't even know the gender of the baby." you giggled.

You all sat and talked for another hour before everyone left to let you rest. Erik carried you up the stairs since you were too tired to walk. He set you on the bed before leaving to get your bed clothes. 

'Lift your arms up." he instructed while grabbing your shirt. 

"Erik I can dress myself you know."

"Yes but you're pregnant you don't need to push yourself."

You leaned in and kissed his cheek before taking your shirt from his hands. "I've only been pregnant for two weeks Erik, plus getting dressed is'nt a big thing."

"If you ever need any help please ask me Ana, I don't want you to stress yourself at all, its not good for you or little Erik." he smiled.

"Little Erik?" you chuckled "What if it is'nt a boy? Erik is NOT a lovely girls name. I'm sure Ana Jr. would'nt like that."

"Ana Jr? That's just tacky." he teased as he got into bed and pulled you down beside him. 

"Tacky? Says you Mr "little Erik." that was'nt original at all!" you argued, he kissed your forehead.

"Well to be fairly honest love yours was not original either."

The mornings came with morning sickness and luckily Erik never left your side. It was awful you were already planning on never getting pregnant again. You began to eat like crazy Erik made a trip to the grocery store at least twice a day to accommodate your hunger and your strange food cravings. The afternoons also came with morning sickness. The mood swings sometimes frightened Erik, one second you would be hugging him the next second you would be prying him off of you. Then the nights brought morning sickness. It seems like you couldn't get away from it. Pregnancy was awful.

Raven, Nancy and your mother took turns visiting you to give Erik a chance to relax. Hank and Charles even came by the were surely amazed to see the different person you turned into.

Then there was the "I'm fat and ugly stage." you hated it. None of your old clothes fit. Erik had to buy you a whole maternity wardrobe and you hated being "fat"

Lets not forget the pregnancy pains such as swollen breasts, swollen feet, uncomfortable sleeping, headaches, bladder issues and such. You shifted your sleeping position every few hours. You knew Erik was getting tire of it. Luckily you only had 3 months left.

"Erik, do you still love me?"  you asked him one night.

"What kind of question is that Ana?"

" I know im hard to love right now. I understand if you don't." you said looking at the ground. You were in one of your sad mood swings. 

He scooted closer to you on the couch and placed his hand on your leg and squeezed it gently. "Ana, I will always love you no matter what. You're my wife now and you will always be. I will never leave you. You're going to make an amazing mother and I'll be very glad to be by your side the whole time." just as he finished you jumped.

"Erik, he's kicking. " you grabbed his hand and placed it on your belly. " Can you feel him?"

He nodded and smiled "I can, he's a strong one. He's gonna be a fighter just like his dad." he kissed your stomach before moving up to kiss your lips. " I can't wait to see him. Hopefully he'll look nothing like me. Everyone knows you clearly have the looks."