Bonus [2] : Have You Ever Heard of Stapling Your Lips Together?-4

"I miss you." "I miss you too, Hazel." He sighed. "It's only been like a couple of days but-" "I know. Trust me. I know. How are you and our little one?" "We're good, I think. Just a little pain here and there but we're fine. I think little one is ready to come out anytime soon from now because I'm skyrocketing with my emotions." "I'll be there when they do." I pressed my hand against the glass of the patio door, looking at a bird fly by through the branches of a distant tree. "You're not going to be back by tonight, are you?" "No," He sighed. "I'm sorry." "It's okay. Where are you now?" "Germany." That was new. "What? I thought you were on the other side of the country." "I didn't have any time to tell you myself because we were so up and fast. I'm only about two hours away by plane and the stops we've been doing are so crazy. This has been the only time I've been able to check my phone and I'm already being hassled for someone to talked. Wait." Then I heard Sam yell, "Give me a second! I am talking to my wife. For fuck's sakes, man, what the hell?" He cleared his throat before I heard him speak in his normal range. "Okay, I'm back." "It's okay," I laughed. "That's crazy." "I have to take you here one day. And we need to go back to Italy." "We'll always have Italy," I remembered, and he knew what I was talking about. There were a lot of things to just keep private. Sam chuckled. "After this one, we'll go back to Italy and make another-" "Listen, buddy," I started, and he laughed. "Give me a break before you give me those eyes and I end up pregnant again." "How long is a break?" "Get back here and I'll let you know, dumbegg," He laughed again, "Got it, buddy." And I grinned at the platonic nickname. "Tell everyone I say hi." "Of course. By the way, your dad and I were placing bets." "Already? It's too early for you two to start. It's only June. The season doesn't start till August." "He's the one who whipped the paper out. I simply told him who I'm rooting for." "It better be the team that has my name in the list of players." I may have taken a moment too long to answer because he continued, "You didn't even bet on me? Macy." "I'm sorry," I exclaimed. "I love you more than anything in the world-" "Even more than that camera?" "More than the camera." "More than Soccer?" "Just by a little bit. Just a little." "More than Pop-Tarts?" "On a good day." "I see how it is." "Shut up, as I was saying. I love you more than anything in the world but I'm looking realistically honey. You getting top goal-scorer? That's a bet I can make. Easy. But team-wise?" "I'll prove you wrong this year." "That's the plan, Sam," I told him, loving the fact that we always find a way to challenge each other. "They might transfer Hughes by the way." "The Welsh guy?" I exclaimed. "Yup." "Okay, now I might be considering betting for your team." "That's what I thought," There were voices again in the background again and I heard Sam exhale. I could almost imagine him running a hand through his hair and rolling his eyes. "I got to go. I'll see you soon, baby." "I'll see you soon. Bye." I hung up, starting to make my way back to the dining room where some of my family was. Andrew handed me a bowl of ice cream just as I entered the living room. "Here you go." I gave him a smile. "Thanks." He must've noticed the look on my face because he said, "He'll probably be here tomorrow. Don't worry." "I know, I know. I'm good." I assured him as Elena entered the room to grab Andrew hand. "Outside." "You don't want dessert?" He asked, looking down at her. "Outside." She repeated, already dragging him away. He looked at me with wide eyes and I laughed as he was pulled away with force. The next part, that moment of my life was unexpected as I had turned to go back to the dining room. The result had the bowl of ice cream that was in my hand fall to the floor. Glass shattered, and the pieces flew across the hardwood floor. Natasha ran in, her eyes looking over the scene when she realized. "Your water broke." "My water broke," I repeated for her in a daze. It wasn't even a serious sensation, but it was just so unexpected at that moment, my hand gave out and the bowl had fallen. "Holy shit," I heard Ivan say. "What hap-" His voice faded off when he came to the same realization. "Your water broke." "My water broke," I had to repeat. I'm not sure if I had to repeat it to confirm it to myself again or to confirm it for him. Probably the former. Justin popped his head in the room, eyes wide. "What the hell happened?" Ivan was fast, helping me move past the broken shards on the ground so I wouldn't cut myself. He sat me down in a chair in the kitchen as I took a deep breath. Liz entered, bending down to hold my hands and look me straight in the eyes. "Macy? It's about to be time. We don't know when but you're probably going to experience contractions sometime tonight." "I know," I told her.