Diamond

10

Michelle's P.O.V

I am quiet and just looking at Adrian after he was done talking. He had apologized saying that he would never do that again, he told me how he has been coming here for the past two weeks, how worried he was about me and the baby. And that he wants us to be okay again.

"Please say something... anything... please," he says but I just continue looking at him.

"Why? Why should I believe you now?" I say with a straight face.

"Because I don't want to lose you ever, you and our baby are everything to me. I want us to raise our baby as a loving family,"

I stare off at the sky looking at the clouds thinking about what I am about to say and if it will be a good thing.

"Fine... I will agree to you being close to the baby if that is what you want I won't keep you away from her... but you and I are still not okay, and it will take some time,"

I passed him a picture of the ultrasound.

"This is a picture of our daughter,"

"We are having a baby girl?" he says with a low voice while holding the picture in his hands staring at it.

"She is going to be as beautiful and amazing as her mom," he looks at me.

"Of course she will be," I say with a smirk on my face.

We continue talking about the baby; he asks to come to the next ultrasound, where the baby is going to live and if I will go back to my apartment, and continue talking about other things.

"Thanks for letting me come see you," we are standing in front of his car as he is about to leave.

"Yeah well I was stressing about this for some time and stress is not good for me,"

"Uhmm... can I get a hug?" he says while scratching the back of his head, a tendency that he has when he is nervous.

"Sure,"

He gently pulls me into him and hugs me tight but not too tight, slowly I bring my hands up to hug him back.

I missed him so much, his hugs are just amazing and I never want to let go. But I force myself to let him go after sometime. He gets in his car and drives off.

I walk back to the kitchen for some sandwiches and take it with me while I go to the cinema room.

After watching 2 movies and falling asleep during the second one, I leave the room and see that it was already dark outside meaning that the parents are home.

I go to the kitchen to check on mom and find her baking.

"Mommy dearest," I greet her and take a seat in front of her.

"Michi, where have you been?"

"I fell asleep in the cinema room, why?"

"I came home about an hour ago and I couldn't find you anywhere, I should have checked the cinema room," she says while mixing flour, eggs and milk in a big bowl.

"Sorry to have worried you,"

"No I wasn't worried, Mrs. Anderson told me that you took some sandwiches and went somewhere in the house, so I knew that you were alright,"

"So Adrian came today," I nod and start helping her with some things.

"Okay, how did it go with you two?"

We talked while continuing baking, when we were done dad walked in the house.

"Hello ladies," he says and gives mom a kiss then pinches my cheek.

"Go change, dinner is ready," mom gently pushes him out of the kitchen.

"Michi, honey, please set the table,"

Although we have house staff that can help with setting the table and even with Mrs. Anderson doing the cooking, mom still wants to do things herself.

Dinner went by okay, mostly just my parents talking amongst themselves then asking me some questions and cracking jokes. After we were finished, I took the dishes to the kitchen and Mrs. Anderson said that she will wash them. I walked to my room, got in my blankets and immediately fell asleep, I didn't even know how tired I was until my head hit the soft pillow.

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Eight month later

It's been a rollercoaster of months and so much has happened.

Things between Adrian and me went back to being great, we were happy together and both looking forward to the arrival of our baby girl. We have yet to decide on a name, I wanted to hold her in my arms before deciding on a name, although I already have one in mind I was a little sceptic about it.

We had a family dinner together; my parents, his parents, him and me.

To say that the dinner went by smoothly would be a big lie; it was just a disaster, starting from choosing the place to have the dinner. Both moms wanted it to be at their own house, but my mom said that I was pregnant and they should be the ones to come to our house so that I was comfortable in my own home.

Once the place was settled, now came to the dinner time. Things were just tense, there was a light conversation going on, Adrian's mom asked me how the pregnancy was treating me, she really showed concern for me, also his dad said that I can ask them for anything as I am now their daughter.

When it came to desserts that's when things got out of control. Somehow the question of which hospital was I going to go for giving birth came up, followed by where I was going to live after giving birth. My parents said that I was going to live at home until I could go back to my own place, while Adrian's parents said that I can come stay with them for a few weeks so that they can see me and their granddaughter.

After that came the big question: which last name was my daughter going to take?

For me it was obvious that she was going to take my last name, King, but I couldn't voice that out as my dad was the one who said it first. Adrian's dad said that my daughter should have their last name, Walker, since she's Adrian's daughter.

That's when all hell broke loose; all the parents started arguing with each other about that one thing. All of them bringing up points as to why MY CHILD, MY DAUGHTER, should have their last name. Dinner ended with Adrian's parents leaving with Adrian, and my dad walking to the gym saying that he needs to be alone.

After that night things between my parents have been tense, they argue frequently and I once overheard them arguing about me and the baby. I hate that I am the cause of them fighting; dinners are no longer cheerful it's just silence with only the sound of utensils against plates.

That's how things have been like at home for the past eight months, just tension and all I do is stay clear of both my parents.

Right now I am in the hospital, my water broke about hours ago and it feels like I have been pushing forever.

"Come on, Michi, you can do it," mom says next to me holding my hand gently, while I was squeezing hers for dear life.

With the way things have been lately, I just wanted my mom to be next to me. Adrian complained at first but I told him how much it means to me, he was still upset but then he said that he respects my decision.

"No, mom, I don't think I can... I'm soooo tiiiireeed," I cry out, feeling sweat all over my face. I don't know if I have it in me to keep doing this.

"Michi, just a few more minutes, and then you can finally meet your daughter, your little warrior, and you can hold her in your arms," mom says encouraging me.

My little warrior, that's how I referred to my baby after the accident.

"Okay, I'm ready," I say nodding my head.

"Okay Michelle, I need you to give me a big push on the count of 3. 1... 2... 3," the doctor says to me.

I pushed a few more times, and then I finally felt relief. Seconds later I heard a tiny cry, lifting my head up I see the doctor holding a baby, my baby.

The doctor brings the baby close and lays her on top of me. Once I gently wrapped my hands around my daughter she stops crying.

"Ohhh Michi, she is soooo beautiful," mom says caressing her tiny hand.

"She is perfect," I kiss her on her forehead and that was when she opened her eyes. She had beautiful brown eyes like mine.

The doctor tells me that they have to clean my daughter so I hand her over to the nurse, who goes out of my eye sight to clean her.

"You did great, honey, I am so proud of you. You are such a great daughter and I know that you will make an amazing mother," she's wiping my face with her hand.

"Being a mom means that you put your child first above all else, above everyone and everything. And I will be with you ever step of the way," she gives me a kiss on my forehead.

After the doctor was done, she helped me sit properly on the bed and the nurse came back to hand me my daughter. She was wrapped in a soft pink blanket and a soft light pink beanie.

She is so perfect and beautiful; I can't stop looking at her. She even has black hair like me. I hear soft voices coming in the room and look up. It's my dad, Adrian along with his parents.

Adrian walks up to me, and looks down at our daughter. His eyes starts getting watery but he just blinks the tears away.

"Do you want to hold her?" I ask him.

He nods his head and wipes his hands against his jeans. Slowly he brings his hands out and I gently put our daughter in his hands, he holds her towards him and kisses her forehead.

"She has your eyes, babe," he says but doesn't take his eyes off of her.

My dad comes over to me, gives me a kiss on my head and asks how I was doing. Adrian's parents go over to him to look at our daughter, giving her compliments and saying how much she looks like me.

"Adrian, can you give the baby back to Michelle, I want to take a picture of them," dad asks him.

He hands me back the baby and moves out of the way.

"Okay, so this is a tradition that your mother and I have started. It's a picture of you hugging your baby while your mom hugs her baby, which is you. I did it when you were born and your grandma was there, and now it's your turn with your mom,"

After he said that tears are already running down my cheeks because it is such a beautiful idea. Mom comes next to me; she wipes my tears and hugs me while I held my daughter in my arms. We both look at the camera that dad had in his hands and smile when he told us to say 'baby'.

The way he said it, you couldn't help but just laugh. After he showed us the picture and it was beautiful. It then occurred to me that mom, me and my daughter were all wearing pink. While my daughter was covered in a pink blanket, I was in a pink hospital gown and mom was wearing a beautiful powder pink dress.

"So, have you two thought of a name?" Adrian's mom asks us.

"Well Michelle and I decided that she would get to give her, her first name while I giver her the second name," Adrian stands next to me.

"Uhmmm, you mean that you lost the coin toss that you decided we should have," I remind him.

"Can we know the names?" his dad asks.

"Babe you go first," I say to him.

"I decided on the name Amara, it means eternal beauty," he says while looking at our daughter.

I loved that name so much, and it suited her perfectly.

"It's beautiful, son" his mom says and everyone agrees.

"What about you, Michelle?"

"I decided on Nia, it means purpose. Although I got pregnant while I am young, she is not a mistake she has a purpose and she is my little warrior,"

I said and kiss her on her chubby cheek, she opens her eyes and looks at me then holds on tightly to my finger that was in her hand.

Agggg, I am so in love with this tiny human.

The door opens and a nurse walks in, she stands at the door while looking at the people in the room.

"It is time for the mommy to breastfeed," she says.

Mom shoos everyone out of the room except for Adrian and the nurse shows me how to hold her and breastfeed. It feels weird when she starts because it's like she is sucking on me for dear life. But slowly it starts feeling better.

When she is done I fix my gown and hand her to Adrian. I'm still feeling very tired so he says that he will stay and be with Nia while I take a nap.

Mom leaves saying that she will come back later with some clothes as I left home in a hurry because of water breaking.

My dad comes in and says his goodbyes, along with Adrian's parents. After they left I settled in bed to get ready to sleep, I take a look at Adrian and he is seating on a comfortable couch that is in the room while holding Nia in his arms. I can't hear him but he keeps whispering words to her. Soon I fell asleep.