Bonus chapter 1: Margherita

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"Twenty- four days to go," I said as I crossed off another day on the calendar.

"You know you can be a day or two late; or even early sometimes. I was a month late," Leo pointed out as he decorated our Christmas tree.

I pouted,"I know its just I am too excited for the baby to come," I said placing my hand on my belly. I have gotten quite big over the past few months. It was part of pregnancy but sometimes it would really bum me out when I couldn't fit into my favourite clothes anymore. That's when I would get insecure but Leo would never forget to remind me how beautiful I am. I was so glad to have him by me. These few months has been amazing and difficult sometimes but Leo made it so much better.

It was Christmas eve. Leo was putting finishing touches on our Christmas tree while I sat in front of the fireplace knitting this small sweater for our baby. I wasn't the best at it cause I started learning few months ago but I was getting better at it. Till now I have made a small beanie and a pair of baby socks. I also made another sweater but I messed that up which lead to me having a mental breakdown over it. These days I would start bawling over the most insignificant things and Leo had to put up with all of it.

"Where are you going?" he asked after seeing me get up from the couch.

"To pee of course," I said. I had to go to the bathroom at least five hundred times a day.

"Oh okay. Make sure you don't open the door to receive the food. I will. It's snowing outside, I don't want you to catch a cold."

"Babe I will perhaps stand in front of the door for a minute or two. That will not do anything to me."

"Nuh uh. I just wanna be extra careful."

I rolled my eyes, "Whatever you say."

"Hey! If I have to put up with your pineapple pizza craving you gotta listen to what I tell you."

"Pineapple on pizza is delicious by the way," I said defensively. I usually hate pineapples on my pizza so does Leo, in fact our restaurant didn't have that option on the menu but after getting pregnant I started craving for it and I couldn't stop after that. Leo hates it but honestly it isn't that bad. He is praying that I get over this soon because as an Italian he is ashamed of me. According to him, I have bought disgrace to this family.

He gasped,"Don't say such sinful things in front of me. Go pee!"

I threw him a dirty look and went to the bathroom. Before I could sit I felt a gush of liquid trail down my thighs. Did I pee in my pants? Panicking, I looked down to see there is liquid all over the floor. Shit my water broke.

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We open the door to see the delivery boy holding the food parcel as he played games on his phone,"That will be ninet-."

"Move! Don't you see we are going to have a baby. We need to rush to the hospital as soon as possible," Leo cried out almost giving the poor delivery boy a heart attack as he was too startled by his screaming.

"Calm down Leo. I am fine,"I assured him. Till now I haven't felt any pain or anything. "Stop!" I cried out.

"What? Babe you okay?" he asked looking concerned.

"Can we take the pizza with us? I promise I will finish it before we reach there."

He rolled his eyes, "Oh my god woman! Sometimes I feel like you love pizza more than me."

"But I do," He sighed leaving me inside the car to pay the delivery guy.

Once we got the pizza we drove to the hospital. We took our time to get ready as we didn't even have a hospital bag packed because we were not prepared for this. The baby was supposed to come almost a month later but I was trying not to freak out.

After forty minutes we were at the hospital. Once Leo got me there he called our my parents and our friends. By then I started feeling small wave of contractions but it wasn't that bad. My mom and Boris were the first ones to arrive. I told her about how my contractions were not too painful. "Oh honey it gets worse," she said. That's when I started freaking out a little. I knew it gets really painful but I am not sure if I was prepared for it.

After a few hours everyone was here and I was starting to lose it a little. The contractions were getting worse with time. "Is it true that you will be having a baby?" Aaron asked.

"Yes," I breathed out trying to ignore the pain which was getting worse by the minute.

"Can I play with him?"

"Of course you can sweetie," I smiled at him.

"Oh. How did you make a baby?"

The room went silent as no one could answer Aaron's question. "When you put the sausage inside a muffin and-," George said.

"George! Stop saying that,ew! There is a better way to explain this," Sebastian cried out.

"Oh okay," George agreed. "It is when you put a banana inside the hole of a doughnut," George continued.

"Not that way you freak! You know there is a better way to describe se-boinking," Hailey cried out trying to protect Aaron's ears from what George was saying.

I don't know what happened but I was quite triggered by that word. "DON'T SAY THAT WORD. I HATE IT. It's the reason I have to go through all this pain," I cried out. The pain was making me furious and I just couldn't help myself.

"Okay.... I think it's time we leave the pregnant lady alone," Josh said seeing me fume with rage.

Everyone left except George and Hailey stayed back.

"What?" I asked seeing them both glaring at me.

"I was wondering if you guys have decided on a name for the baby," George asked fervently.

"No we haven't," I replied. We couldn't find the proper name. I wanted to name her after a pizza but Leo wouldn't let me. Given we decided to not know the gender of the baby; it was becoming more difficult for us to come up with a name.

"I wondering if you would like to name the baby Ge-."

"We are not naming the baby George."

"What about Hailey?" Its a very gender neutral name," Hailey piped in.

"Nope. I am sorry," Leo laughed.

"George is a gender neutral name. Who names their boy Hailey?"

"George is a horrible name okay. That's why we call you G seventy percent of the time."

George gasped,"Lies! Hailey sounds horrible. Ew."

"No it doesn't. Em you are naming your kid Hailey right?" Hailey asked.

"Nope she is naming him or her George."

"Hailey."

"George."

"Hailey."

"George."

"STOP! DON'T YOU SEE I AM TRYING TO PUSH A BABY OUT OF MY CROTCH," I SCREAMED.

"Sorry," they both said in unison.

After eight hours our baby arrived to this world. "Em she is beautiful," Leo said tears streaming down his face. I was on the verge of passing out but somehow I kept myself up. I was exhausted but now the only thing I cared about was seeing my baby.

After the doctors cleaned her up, I finally got to see her. She was sleeping in my arms. To me she was the most beautiful baby on earth.

When I first saw her I was shocked to see how much she looked like Leo. She had stunning blue eyes just like her father, brown tufts of hair and his beautiful smile.

"I can't believe we made this," I whispered as she was sleeping in my arms. A single tear involuntarily trickled down my cheeks and landed on hers.

"I can't thank you enough," Leo said kissing me on my forehead. I knew he was getting emotional again as his eyes were watery. For a moment we just stared at her admiring her beauty as she slept in Leo's arms. "She is so cute. I want to hold her like this forever." That warmed my heart. My father never wanted me but I was glad my child will be getting her dad's love. She has the best dad.

"What do we name her?" Leo asked.

I thought about that for a minute- "What about Elena? After her grandma?" I asked.

"Yes I like the name. Elena Arsen," he said smiling at me.

"Elena Margherita Arsen."

"I-." I knew Leo was about to protest but I stopped him.

"Margherita means Daisy in Italian and I am the one who kept her in my womb for nine months so if I want to name my kid after a pizza, I will."

"No babe I was going to tell you to go for it. As crazy as this sounds, I honestly don't mind."

"Really?" I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him for a kiss. "Thank you so much!"

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"Aww she is adorable. You are a cute little Christmas miracle," Hailey said holding Elena in her arms.

Derek was observing Hailey with Elena for a long time. "She is indeed," Derek said taking Elena tiny hand in his. "I want one too."

"Really?" Hailey's eyes lit up with joy.

"Mhmm," Derek replied smiling at her.

"Then will you name the kid George?" George asked.

"No," Derek and Hailey said in unison.

George pretended to sulk but he soon got over it "What did you guys name her by the way?" Josh asked. Everyone was talking turns holding the baby.

"Elena Margherita Arsen." I replied proudly.

"Did you guys actually name your kid after a pizza? Josh asked in disbelief. "Did Emma keep you at gun point when you guys were naming your kid?"

"No. Also Margherita means Daisy in Italian so it isn't too bad," Leo winked at me.

"Besides her first name is Elena and we will call her that."

"Elena- I love the name. Hate to admit it it's better than the name George," Hailey said sardonically.

"And Hailey," George chimed in.

"I think some of us are missing. The love of my life and-," Josh thought for a minute.

"Jules," I said.

"Jules is coming from Bahamas," Leo informed.

"Yeah she went on a vacation with Eric."

"Wait is this the same guy we met at my wedding?" George asked. "The one who failed fifth grade twice?"

"Yeah. Unfortunately," Leo said looking disappointed. Leo still didn't like Eric, he was a great guy but Leo was still overprotective of her and he would always say how Jules deserves someone better.

"Wow it has been a long time. It must be pretty serious," Hailey commented.

"Uh-huh it is," at that moment my phone beeped. I picked up my cellphone to see a message from Jules. I read the message with a big smile on my face."Guys guess what? Eric proposed to Jules and she said yes! She will be here in an hour with Eric!"

"She got engaged to the guy who failed fifth grade twice? He just graduated high school last year?!" Leo cried out in disbelief.

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