Chapter 107

Chapter 107
Isabella POV

I'm pregnant...
I touch my stomach and look at Gabriel. He looks back at me, but I can't read his expression.
I try to say something, but nothing comes out of my mouth.
"I'm not proposing to you because you are pregnant, if that's what is on your mind," he says. His hand is still on my stomach.
"No, Gabriel. You told me that. And I trust you..." I say, but I'm still processing what he said earlier. I'm pregnant??? I look back at him, he still looks at me with that same expression.
I frown. "Am I?" I ask slowly.
"What?"
"Am.. Am I pregnant?"
He blinks. "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean?" I ask him back. I'm confused now.
"Sweetness.. I.." he caresses his jaw. "I saw the pregnancy test, Sweetness..."
"Whose?"
He frowns. "Yours. Who else?"
"The doctor took a pregnancy test on me?"
"No.. Well, I don't know. But no, I saw the one in your place."
"My place?"
His frown is getting deep. "Sweetness, what are you talking about?"
"That's my question. What are you talking about? I didn't take any pregnancy test. Whose test?"
"Yours, I saw it in your apartment. The pregnancy test on the top of boxes."
"Near TV?"
"Yeah."
My mind tries to track back my apartment's layout. "It was Mom's!"
"Whose?"
"My mom's pregnancy test when she was pregnant with me, Gabriel." I laugh. "I'm not pregnant, Gabriel. I'm sorry, you must have had a heart attack from it."
"But.."
"No. it wasn't mine, Gabriel. Mom kept her in the box. I just opened that box yesterday, I must have forgotten to put it back." I still laugh.
"No, Sweetness. The doctor said it too."
I blink. "Said what?"
"You and the baby are safe. He said it to me earlier while I was waiting for you."
I stare at him. My mind is blank now.
"I.. I call the doctor," he says fast and goes out of my room.
I blink and glance at my tummy. Am I pregnant? I do keep hungry all the time, and I always queasy in the morning these days. But.. is it possible?
Of course it's possible. You and Gabriel never used condoms and any other protection. You're not on the pill, Isabella Montenegro for God's sake.
OH MY GOD!!!!!
"Yeah, but I was wrong!" Gabriel says to the doctor, opening the door to my room. Both are striding fast to me.
"Ms. Montenegro," the doctor says to me, his face looking pissed.
I nod at the doctor.
He inhales deeply. "Ms. Montenegro, did you take any pregnancy test?"
"Um.. no."
"Is Mr. Remington here, your boyfriend?"
"Um.. not anymore." I just want to continue, but the doctor's head swivels so fast to Gabriel. He glares at my fiancé, actually. "Wait, he just proposed to me and I said yes. So, he is my fiancé now, doctor," I say.
Gabriel gives the doctor his superior shrugs. The doctor sighs and looks back at me. "So, you really, really didn't take any pregnancy test?"
"No. Gabriel saw my mom's pregnancy test from 26 years ago, doc."
I faintly hear the doctor mumbles, "I can't believe this shit."
My eyes find Gabriel, pleading with him to come closer to me, and as if he can read my mind, Gabriel comes to me and puts his hand around my shoulder.
"Ms. Montenegro, I need to talk privately with you."
Gabriel glares at him.
"It's okay doc, you can talk about it in front of Gabriel."
He looks at Gabriel and back at me. "Okay.. We took a blood test on you. And we found out that... you are pregnant, Ms. Montenegro."
I blink.
"Sweetness..."
I look up at Gabriel. he is staring at me, worried. How long did I zone out from the conversation?
"I'm pregnant?" I ask slowly.
"Yes, Ms. Montenegro. I'm sorry I told your.. fiancé that you are pregnant, but in my defence, he said as if he was sure about your pregnancy."
"I really thought it was her pregnancy test. I told you," Gabriel says in defence.
The doctor sighs and looks at me.
"Are you sure, doc?" I ask instead.
He nods. "You can take a pregnancy test if you want, or wait until tomorrow and go to the gynaecologist for a USG."
I nod. "Okay," I say, still processing my condition.
The doctor looks at me and Gabriel and back at me. "I will leave you two alone."
"Thank you, doctor," I say and he leaves the room.
"Sweetness," Gabriel squeezes my shoulders and sits in front of me.
"Gabriel, I'm pregnant..." I tell him in whisper and disbelief, as if he wasn't there all this time.
He nods and kisses both of my hands. "Hey, everything will be alright," he whispers softly.
"Gabriel... Do you want the baby?" I ask slowly.
He looks surprised. "You don't want the baby?" He asks me back.
I cover my stomach with both of my hands. Feel protective of my little bun. "I want it! What are you talking about?" My voice is rising.
"Then why did you ask me that?" He complains back.
"It's because you looked worried earlier. I'm afraid you are going to ask me to abort the baby!”"Hell no!" His voice is rising now. "No one can take my baby away from me. We're going to have this baby, Sweetness. You will be the best mom in the world. I'll be the most protective dad." He touches his forehead with mine. "Whatever comes to your mind that makes you assume I don't want the baby?"
My tears leak. I swear to you I'm not easily crying like this. Must be the baby's hormone.
"I don't know Gabriel. Maybe because your face looked worried instead of happy when you told me you found out I'm pregnant."
He chuckles. "May I remind you, you looked utterly confused when I told you that."
I chuckle a bit. "That was your fault."
He kisses my head. "I was nervous, Sweetness. The fact that I used no protection when I made love to you. I don't know what you would think. But to say it was accidental.. it was not 100% accidental. I'm aware that without a condom, you can get pregnant anytime. I just..." he sighs and looks away as if he is ashamed of himself. "I just don't care, because I want you so much, Sweetness," he says, looking at me deeply in the eyes. "I'm sorry. I realised it wasn't right to tie you down with the baby. But I'm not going to lie, I don't regret it, at all."
I smile and touch his cheek. "You are that crazy with me, aren't you Mr. Remington ?"
"I'm crazy in love with you, Isabella... helplessly, hopelessly falling in love with you, Isabella Remington ," he says, touching his forehead to mine.
"I love you, Gabriel. And yes, this pregnancy came as a surprise to me, but envisioning that we will have a family together makes me happier than I've ever been. Because I trust you, Gabriel. I trust you will make me and our baby happy."
"Thank you, Sweetness." He kisses me and whispers in my mouth "you haven't said happy birthday to your fiance, Sweetness."
I pull back and study his face. I am still not sure whether he got my letter. I hope Mr and Mrs. Remington helped me to hold the letter until Gabriel came to the cemetery.
He checks at his watch and turns something on it. He shows it to me. "On my watch it's 15 mins before the birthday is over. C'mon! Say it!" We both know it's already past 1am now, but who cares?
I laugh and touch his cheek. "Happy birthday, Gabriel."
He smiles brightly at me. "Wait," he says, and he goes to the table. I can't see it because the curtain impedes my vision. He comes back with a plate of Madeleine cakes. I laugh. I made this for him. My mom always made it for me for my birthday. He puts the candle on it and lights the fire.
"Sing for me!" he asks me softly. His face beaming with happiness. And I sing for him. Gabriel makes his wishes and blows the candle.
"You can tell me your first 2 wishes," I say to him while I feed him the cake.
"Yes, but I don't want to."
I pout at him. "Fine. I want to sleep now. You can go home, Gabriel."
He laughs and kisses me. "Temper, baby. Temper." He feeds me the cake. I bite the big one. He chuckles, "you really have a good appetite, Sweetness."
I narrow my eyes at him, and he holds up his hands.
"Tell me" I steal another bite from him and laugh. I can't help it. I'm hungry.
"The first one, of course, for our baby." He kisses my stomach. "I want the baby to always be healthy and be a wonderful baby for mommy."
"That's 2 wishes Gabriel!" I laugh.
"No, that's one wish. By the way, I want to eat my noodles. Hold this!" He gives me the plate of Madeleine cakes. He comes back with the birthday noodles. I smile. Gabriel looks so relaxed and happy. For him to smile on his birthday after all this time, it means a lot. And I'm the lucky girl who can witness this by his side.
"Gabriel, did you read my letter to you?"
He sits next to me on the bed and nods. He looks at me deeply. "Thank you, Sweetness. You've made me realise what is important in my life. I want to make my parents proud of me. I will start with today. My birthday, the day they have me back then. The day I was born. And I promise I will make them proud of me and my own family. You and our baby." He smiles at me and I can't help the tears in my eyes. He wipes it. "The baby! Not me," I complain, but laugh and cry at the same time (what a mixed feeling).
"Go, try the noodles!" I say, changing the topic.
He eats his noodles with a cheerful face. "God, I can taste my mom's cooking here. I guess my parents really love you," he says with a full mouth.
I laugh. I can't help the water in my mouth. Guess this little pumpkin loves to eat. "Umm.. Gabriel..."
He glanced at me, still with his mouth full of noodles. "You're not planning to share the food with me?"
"No," he continues to eat
"What?" I can't believe this!
He laughs and feeds me. "Anything for you, my queen." And we finished the noodles and the cakes together (I repeat.. together! Not only me, okay)