Chapter 42 - Double the Joy !
Today was a day of excitement, a day filled with joy. Hearts were racing and smiles were brewing, as Jonah and Cesca began to get ready to for their second scan, Cesca was now 5 and a half months pregnant and was definitely showing now, she was still her tiny petite self, but was reeking the benefits of being pregnant, with her radiant glow and glossy hair. There were no more miscalculations, Cesca was by no means on the chunky side, and she was looking fantastic as always, with her ever growing bump which sheltered her two beautiful babies. It was 8 o’clock but Cesca had been up all night with back ache and a tender stomach, so she was downstairs enjoying the morning telly in peace whilst lapping up her morning coffee, it was nice to just relax once in a while, even if it was only for a few minutes. Meanwhile Jonah had woken up to an empty bed, he rubbed his eyes hoping to clear the haze of confusion away, but it didn’t help, he wasn’t seeing things Cesca really was not in bed. He was slightly startled as Cesca was never a morning person; she would never wake up before him... EVER! He whipped back the duvet before getting out of bed and heading downstairs, he could hear the muffled sounds of the TV. Cesca was cuddled up in the corner of the sofa, her hands cupping a steamy mug of coffee, she looked content but sleepy. “Morning”, Cesca turned her head towards the door, a smile glowing across her face her eyes being weighed down with the tiredness. “Sleep okay”, Jonah moved towards the sofa before perching himself next to her, holding her close as they enjoyed the few minutes they had together. “Not really, my stomach is so tender and I just couldn’t get comfy, I feel like a zombie”, “I bet you do, you without any sleep. Not a good path to cross”, “Oi you” Jonah laughed, “why don’t you head back to bed, I’ll sort Mia out”, “No, its fine. Plus we have the scan today at 11”, “I wasn’t forgetting, but Ces you need your sleep, you look like you could just doze off any second”, “I’m fine... honestly”. Cesca’s stubbornness was kicking in, Jonah left her to it, heading to the kitchen with her mug, only to return to a sleeping Cesca, “Typical”, Jonah laughed to himself, she really was a stubborn lady, would never accept help even if it was offered to her on a plate. Jonah decided to go get ready; this would delay Mia from waking up and disturbing Cesca who was making up for the hours of sleep she had missed. He jumped in the shower, before getting changed in to some jeans and a loose V-necked t-shirt, emphasising his muscular body frame. He headed into Mia’s room as much as he wanted to let Cesca sleep he knew that Mia couldn’t sleep all day otherwise she wouldn’t sleep properly in the evening. It was nine o’clock, so it wasn’t like it was early. He rubbed her cheek, allowing her to open her gorgeous hazel eyes. “Morning monster”, she sat herself up, she was willing to behave this morning. She stretched her arms out giving Jonah a hug. “Did you sleep okay”, “Yes, I did. I dreamt that I was riding a unicorn and that I had big fluffy wings, like angels”, “That sound lovely”, “Shall we get some coco pops daddy?” Mia asked. “Well, mummy is downstairs and she is asleep, she didn’t sleep very well”, “Mummy didn’t dream of unicorns”, Jonah smiled, “No poppet, she is very tired, so if we go and eat coco pops you have to be very quiet”, Mia put her finger to her lip, giving out the impression of her silence. “Good girl Mia”, “daddy we have to be quiet”, Jonah laughed to himself before following Mia who was making every footstep quieter than a mouse as she headed downstairs. Jonah was always so proud of how good Mia was, most of the time. She continued to please him with her assertiveness as to what was going on, she may have been little but she sure knew that when she was told to do something, she was told for a reason, suddenly her teen years weren’t looking like such a chore after all.
Mia crept into the lounge through to the dining table and plonked herself as quietly as she could on to the chair whilst Jonah clunked around in the kitchen pouring her cereal and making toast, “Shh”, Mia said rather cutely, Jonah couldn’t hear though through all the noise he was making. He soon appeared; Mia lapped it all up as usual she was rather good when it came to eating. Jonah put her bowl in the dish washer and wiped her face. Cesca meanwhile had woken up; the banging had finally stirred her. She widened her eyes as she adjusted them to being open; Mia bounced over, no longer being able to contain her hyper self. “morning baby”, Cesca said as Mia sat with her, “watch my belly, it’s really sore today”, Mia stroked her mummy’s tummy “Sorry”, Cesca smiled at Mia, she couldn’t help but continue to be the cutest thing, Cesca found a whole heap of enjoyment knowing that she was hers, her little girl, her baby. Cesca enjoyed a hug with Mia, this really was a morning of intimate moments, it was lovely and calm, a real sense of relaxation floated around, this was defiantly a great atmosphere for the babies, Cesca defiantly didn’t need any stress. She pushed her hair away from Mia’s eyes as she said “You need to go and get ready, you’re going to see Granddad and Aunty Ruth”, “With mummy and daddy?”, “No, sorry baby. Mummy and daddy are going to the doctors”, “Can I come”, “Mia, you need to go to granddad’s, we won’t be long, Granddad has asked us for tea, she we shall be with you as soon as we get back”, “promise”, “I promise, now go on, you don’t want to keep granddad waiting”. Mia headed upstairs, Cesca could hear Jonah helping her the words “Mia, they don’t go on your head”, echoed in the room, a giggle crept over her as she began to laugh to herself, this day really was turning out to be another beautiful day, the sun was shining the birds were singing and the Kirby household was filled with love, care and protection and a whole heap of laughter, can’t forget the laughter that really had made the morning different that and Cesca not being able to sleep very well.
Mia was soon running down the stairs, “careful Mia”, Cesca called through, but it was as if her words were a warning for what was to come, there was a loud bang and then a few consecutive noises until Mia landed at the bottom of the stairs on her bottom with a sigh, “Mia?”, Cesca panicked, Mia ran in “Ow”, She said, rubbing her bottom, “Oh come here sausage”, Cesca gave her a hug, “You okay now? You have to be careful on the stairs, have you not had enough accidents on them to have taught you a lesson missy”. Cesca laughed, but was giving a serious point, was Mia really silly enough to try that trick twice. Well it appears she was. They were all dressed, teeth brushed make-up done. Cesca had been ready for ages, it felt strange not to be delaying everyone else, it was soon approaching 10 thirty so they all decided they should go, they had to drop Mia off before the scan, they knew that Marcus would get them chatting so gave themselves plenty of time to talk, hoping that they then wouldn’t be late. Mia was in her tiny red converse; her hair was braided into two plates, her fringe clipped back with a cute sunflower clip. Cesca had gotten up and grabbed her bag, Jonah had the keys in his hand and ushered them all out. Mia held Cesca’s hand, Flopsy in the other; she was still Mia’s most treasured possession. Jonah clipped Mia’s seatbelt in before getting into the driver’s seat of his car; Cesca wasn’t in the best of shapes to be driving. Cesca smiled at Jonah the anticipation was killing her. They pulled away towards his dad’s house before turning on the radio, Mia’s tiny fingers were pressed up against the window, making pretty pictures, “As pretty as they are Mia, your marking the window”, Mia continued despite Cesca asking her kindly to stop, “Mia do you want to be cleaning it”, she removed her finger calmly before gazing out of it as usual, it was a rather cute look for Mia. “Granddad’s house”, Mia called out as they arrived, “it sure is Mia, come on then”, Jonah helped Mia out of the car, before watching her tiny legs bolt towards the door, Jonah pulled his wife closer to him “Believe we haven’t had the chance this morning”, Cesca blushed, before giving Jonah a loving kiss. They headed for the door which Mia had practically knocked down, Marcus opened up, “Who goes there”, and he said in his best ogre voice, he had Mia in fits of giggles. “Morning all, so I guess we shall be seeing you shortly”, “Yes you will, we better get on with it, see you soon”, “Bye Mia”, Cesca called out before heading back to the car, to make the most important trip of the day, the doctors. They were all seat belted, Cesca had a question that had been stirring in her head all night, “J..” , Cesca said, “yeah”, “I have been thinking, today is a big scan, we can find out the sex of the babies”, Cesca said, “yeah”, “I have been thinking, today is a big scan, we can find out the sex of the babies”, “We can”, Jonah teased her with his response, “Would you like to”, Jonah paused leaving her in suspense before replying with, “I thought you would never ask”, a smile lit up Cesca’s face as her hand cradled her stomach, she was finally going to know them properly, it were as if they were spies, hiding behind their identity, to the world they were just babies but they were soon to be their gender. Jonah smoothly pulled in to a parking space, before taking a deep breath, “you ready?”, “You kidding I am so excited”, Jonah clasped Cesca’s hand before they went in “I love you”, Cesca’s bottom lip popped out, similarly to Mia’s when she would have a tantrum, she held back the tears, she was rather emotional at the minute, all this baby malarkey. They headed in tapping in Cesca’s details into the digital reception. The screen told them to take a seat, so that’s what they did. Cesca’s hand was bound by Jonah’s his legs were shaking, “Do you want to quit with all the movements”, Cesca smiled, “Sorry”, he smiled back, suddenly aware of how jittery he was, how nervous he was, “J, it’s going to be fine”, “I know”. Jonah never was one for hiding how her truly felt, Cesca rested her head on his shoulder, attempting to reassure him but that was never going to happen until they had seen their babies again.
“Francesca Kirby”, a clear sensitive voice called out, the pair of them stood up, and followed the nurse through to the room, Cesca took a seat on the bed before being told to roll up her shirt, “This will feel cold, but you will already know that.” Despite having this process done a million times, she still managed to squirm at the coldness. It may have been expected but it was always going to be a shock. Jonah couldn’t help but giggle as he sat next to her, holding her hand. The lady moved the monitor around picking up the heart beats. They were both fluid healthy hearts, they were reassured; Jonah particularly that they were doing great and they had nothing to worry about. Cesca had a tiny tear trickle down her cheek, Jonah wiped it away, and she smiled. There was always something inside of Cesca that would become teary at the thought of her own children. The nurse looked up with a smiley face, “would you like to know the sex of the babies”, Cesca bit her lip with excitement, Jonah having to tell the nurse their decision, “Yes, please. That would be great”. His words were stutters with the nerves; his hands were sweaty, his knees once again wobbling all over the place. “Right well I can happily say you are expecting a beautiful healthy girl...” Cesca’s heart melted another gorgeous girl to dress up, Jonah was excited but was secretly hoping to be having a son and then “and a boy”, the couple couldn’t have been more thrilled, one of each. The best of worlds, Cesca’s face beamed and Jonah’s lips met her cheek, “I am so proud of you Ces, our gorgeous baby girl and boy, we need to think of names”.
Mia crept into the lounge through to the dining table and plonked herself as quietly as she could on to the chair whilst Jonah clunked around in the kitchen pouring her cereal and making toast, “Shh”, Mia said rather cutely, Jonah couldn’t hear though through all the noise he was making. He soon appeared; Mia lapped it all up as usual she was rather good when it came to eating. Jonah put her bowl in the dish washer and wiped her face. Cesca meanwhile had woken up; the banging had finally stirred her. She widened her eyes as she adjusted them to being open; Mia bounced over, no longer being able to contain her hyper self. “morning baby”, Cesca said as Mia sat with her, “watch my belly, it’s really sore today”, Mia stroked her mummy’s tummy “Sorry”, Cesca smiled at Mia, she couldn’t help but continue to be the cutest thing, Cesca found a whole heap of enjoyment knowing that she was hers, her little girl, her baby. Cesca enjoyed a hug with Mia, this really was a morning of intimate moments, it was lovely and calm, a real sense of relaxation floated around, this was defiantly a great atmosphere for the babies, Cesca defiantly didn’t need any stress. She pushed her hair away from Mia’s eyes as she said “You need to go and get ready, you’re going to see Granddad and Aunty Ruth”, “With mummy and daddy?”, “No, sorry baby. Mummy and daddy are going to the doctors”, “Can I come”, “Mia, you need to go to granddad’s, we won’t be long, Granddad has asked us for tea, she we shall be with you as soon as we get back”, “promise”, “I promise, now go on, you don’t want to keep granddad waiting”. Mia headed upstairs, Cesca could hear Jonah helping her the words “Mia, they don’t go on your head”, echoed in the room, a giggle crept over her as she began to laugh to herself, this day really was turning out to be another beautiful day, the sun was shining the birds were singing and the Kirby household was filled with love, care and protection and a whole heap of laughter, can’t forget the laughter that really had made the morning different that and Cesca not being able to sleep very well.
Mia was soon running down the stairs, “careful Mia”, Cesca called through, but it was as if her words were a warning for what was to come, there was a loud bang and then a few consecutive noises until Mia landed at the bottom of the stairs on her bottom with a sigh, “Mia?”, Cesca panicked, Mia ran in “Ow”, She said, rubbing her bottom, “Oh come here sausage”, Cesca gave her a hug, “You okay now? You have to be careful on the stairs, have you not had enough accidents on them to have taught you a lesson missy”. Cesca laughed, but was giving a serious point, was Mia really silly enough to try that trick twice. Well it appears she was. They were all dressed, teeth brushed make-up done. Cesca had been ready for ages, it felt strange not to be delaying everyone else, it was soon approaching 10 thirty so they all decided they should go, they had to drop Mia off before the scan, they knew that Marcus would get them chatting so gave themselves plenty of time to talk, hoping that they then wouldn’t be late. Mia was in her tiny red converse; her hair was braided into two plates, her fringe clipped back with a cute sunflower clip. Cesca had gotten up and grabbed her bag, Jonah had the keys in his hand and ushered them all out. Mia held Cesca’s hand, Flopsy in the other; she was still Mia’s most treasured possession. Jonah clipped Mia’s seatbelt in before getting into the driver’s seat of his car; Cesca wasn’t in the best of shapes to be driving. Cesca smiled at Jonah the anticipation was killing her. They pulled away towards his dad’s house before turning on the radio, Mia’s tiny fingers were pressed up against the window, making pretty pictures, “As pretty as they are Mia, your marking the window”, Mia continued despite Cesca asking her kindly to stop, “Mia do you want to be cleaning it”, she removed her finger calmly before gazing out of it as usual, it was a rather cute look for Mia. “Granddad’s house”, Mia called out as they arrived, “it sure is Mia, come on then”, Jonah helped Mia out of the car, before watching her tiny legs bolt towards the door, Jonah pulled his wife closer to him “Believe we haven’t had the chance this morning”, Cesca blushed, before giving Jonah a loving kiss. They headed for the door which Mia had practically knocked down, Marcus opened up, “Who goes there”, and he said in his best ogre voice, he had Mia in fits of giggles. “Morning all, so I guess we shall be seeing you shortly”, “Yes you will, we better get on with it, see you soon”, “Bye Mia”, Cesca called out before heading back to the car, to make the most important trip of the day, the doctors. They were all seat belted, Cesca had a question that had been stirring in her head all night, “J..” , Cesca said, “yeah”, “I have been thinking, today is a big scan, we can find out the sex of the babies”, Cesca said, “yeah”, “I have been thinking, today is a big scan, we can find out the sex of the babies”, “We can”, Jonah teased her with his response, “Would you like to”, Jonah paused leaving her in suspense before replying with, “I thought you would never ask”, a smile lit up Cesca’s face as her hand cradled her stomach, she was finally going to know them properly, it were as if they were spies, hiding behind their identity, to the world they were just babies but they were soon to be their gender. Jonah smoothly pulled in to a parking space, before taking a deep breath, “you ready?”, “You kidding I am so excited”, Jonah clasped Cesca’s hand before they went in “I love you”, Cesca’s bottom lip popped out, similarly to Mia’s when she would have a tantrum, she held back the tears, she was rather emotional at the minute, all this baby malarkey. They headed in tapping in Cesca’s details into the digital reception. The screen told them to take a seat, so that’s what they did. Cesca’s hand was bound by Jonah’s his legs were shaking, “Do you want to quit with all the movements”, Cesca smiled, “Sorry”, he smiled back, suddenly aware of how jittery he was, how nervous he was, “J, it’s going to be fine”, “I know”. Jonah never was one for hiding how her truly felt, Cesca rested her head on his shoulder, attempting to reassure him but that was never going to happen until they had seen their babies again.
“Francesca Kirby”, a clear sensitive voice called out, the pair of them stood up, and followed the nurse through to the room, Cesca took a seat on the bed before being told to roll up her shirt, “This will feel cold, but you will already know that.” Despite having this process done a million times, she still managed to squirm at the coldness. It may have been expected but it was always going to be a shock. Jonah couldn’t help but giggle as he sat next to her, holding her hand. The lady moved the monitor around picking up the heart beats. They were both fluid healthy hearts, they were reassured; Jonah particularly that they were doing great and they had nothing to worry about. Cesca had a tiny tear trickle down her cheek, Jonah wiped it away, and she smiled. There was always something inside of Cesca that would become teary at the thought of her own children. The nurse looked up with a smiley face, “would you like to know the sex of the babies”, Cesca bit her lip with excitement, Jonah having to tell the nurse their decision, “Yes, please. That would be great”. His words were stutters with the nerves; his hands were sweaty, his knees once again wobbling all over the place. “Right well I can happily say you are expecting a beautiful healthy girl...” Cesca’s heart melted another gorgeous girl to dress up, Jonah was excited but was secretly hoping to be having a son and then “and a boy”, the couple couldn’t have been more thrilled, one of each. The best of worlds, Cesca’s face beamed and Jonah’s lips met her cheek, “I am so proud of you Ces, our gorgeous baby girl and boy, we need to think of names”.
