10 YEARS LATER

"Sebastian, could you please stop playing with Noah and help me with dinner?" I asked my husband in the sweetest voice I could master. I could hear Sebastian talking to our three year old son, Noah in the living room of our Paris house.

Sebastian came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist and resting on my five month old pregnant stomach. So, we started our lives a little bit early than some other people, but we were way too excited.

Sebastian proposed to me when we got back to Paris at the Eiffel Tower and I of course said yes. Two months later we got married in front of the Eiffel Tower and made our love for each other official. That night, as we were about to celebrate our marriage, I decided to surprise him with the news that I was two months pregnant.

He was shocked at first and I was worried that he'd get scared and leave me. But, that shock soon turned into happiness and tears of joy. We hugged each other, made love to each other, cried with each other, and we talked about our futures together.

Our first scan was extremely nerve wracking. As first time parents, we had no idea what the fuck we were supposed to be doing. So, we picked up couple of pamphlets that will give us all of the necessary information. The ultrasound was incredible. Our little blob of love was about the size of a raspberry. We both got a photo of the first scan each, Sebastian kept it in his wallet at all times, and I kept mine in a photo frame on our bedside table.

The next couple of scans went perfectly the same, and we got to hear the heartbeat loud and clear. But my favourite scan of all was when we were finally able to find out the sex of our baby. It was a boy and Sebastian and I couldn't have been more excited. Of course, we both would have been happy with either gender's, but we have time to have more.

Pregnancy wasn't smooth sailing, like no fucking joke. It was actually pretty disgusting. I would be throwing up every morning, crying all the time, peeing every five minutes, tired 24/7. Honestly, I'm surprised Sebastian didn't leave me.

The worst part of my pregnancy were my hormones. When Sebastian would leave for school to go teach French to his students, I would cry so much. Then I would get angry at Sebastian for leaving so I'd leave him voicemails of me crying and telling him 'I'm gonna divorce his ass if he doesn't get home'. Then, I would start crying because I'm being a horrible wife to him.

When he'd walk through our front doors after his hard day at work. He'd walk in carefully with an anxious look on his face and I would just burst into tears at the look on his face. He would tell me he's sorry for leaving and I would just whine saying that I'm craving peanut butter.

Sebastian was amazing. He never let what I said to him affect our relationship or him.

A couple of months later, I gave birth to Noah Easton Kingsley. Unfortunately, Noah seemed to be in an awkward position so I had to have a c-section.

Sebastian was a nervous wreck, neither of us being prepared for this situation. But luckily, our midwife Celia was there every step of the way.

Noah came weighing in at 8 pounds and I'm not going to lie, I'm kind of glad I didn't have to birth him naturally if he weighed that much.

The process of choking names was stressful enough. You know that scene in Friends with Ross and Rachel and they're trying to decide on names and Ross's are old fashioned ones and Rachel's are really unique?

Yeah, well that's what it was like for Sebastian and I.

In the end, we decided to let Amelia decided since she was living with us and she very blatantly said, Noah.

We both loved the name and we agreed that it's what we'll call our baby boy.

•••

"Mamma!" Noah squealed as he wobbled into the living on room with Sebastian playfully running behind him. Dumbo came walking in slowly since he's now hitting his old age.

I'm really scared for him to die. He's been my best friend whenever I have felt most lonely. It's just extremely sad to think that even after Dumbo dies, we could still get another dog. But to him, we're his whole life.

"Hi baby," I grinned tiredly at Noah as Sebastian picked him up and landed beside me on the couch. He put his arm around my shoulder on the back of the couch, Noah sat in between us while looking at my stomach.

"What's wrong buddy?" Sebastian nudged Noah who was pouting at my stomach.

"Will you forget about me when Cassie comes home?" Noah asked with sad eyes.

Sebastian and I were having a girl this time and we decided to call her Cassandra, but Noah calls her Cassie because he can't say her actual name.

"Sweetheart we could never forget about you," I smiled at him and kissed his forehead. Sebastian pulled him onto his lap so he was facing me.

"When Cassie does arrive, we're going to be super busy with her. But, you are going to be the best big brother in the world okay?" I asked him carefully while playing with his brown curls.

He nodded in response and looked up nervously at Sebastian and I.

"Momma? Dada?" He asked us quietly.

"What's up, bud?" Sebastian asked him.

"Will she like me? I really want her to like me," he looked at me belly.

"She's going to love her big brother, Noah. And you know what? I think she might even want to play with your toys too, would you like that honey?" I asked him, praying that he's not going to get protective over his toys.

His eyes lit up like he did on Christmas Day and nodded quickly with a big grin on his adorable face.

"We can play together! We can be friends!" He squealed excitedly as he leant over and hugged my stomach gently. Sebastian and I laughed with him, putting one of our hands on my bump along with Noah.

I turned to Sebastian to see him already looking at me.

"What?" I mumbled to him with a small smile.

"I'm just so fucking glad that I asked you to be my fake girlfriend," he grinned at me as we both kissed each other.

"Fuck? Momma, what does fuck mean?" Noah asked in confusion as he tilted his head to look at us both.

I gasped in shock as Sebastian was trying his best to stifle his laughter.

"Noah Easton Kingsley!" I shouted at him, but as soon as Sebastian burst out laughing, Noah began giggling uncontrollably.

Soon enough, I joined in the laughter. Moments like this I will treasure for the rest of my time.

Thank God I agreed to being his fake girlfriend. And then his real girlfriend. And then his real girlfriend again. And then his wife. And now, the mother to his children.

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