Ash's point of viewYou never realise how long a minute is until you wait for those seconds to slowly tick by, especially when those seconds could be something that will change your life forever. then times that minute by three and fuck that's a long time!I look at Anna as I hold her shaking hand in mine and whisper. "Breathe baby, ……."She takes a deep breath as we wait for those last agonising thirty seconds. "It's time, baby…." I whisper; she shuts her eyes, clutching my hand as she says."I can't look, Ash...""It's okay", I reply before I walk over to the side and look down at the two tests sitting on the counter.Fuck………..I pick them up with my own shaking hands and walk back to Anna; before placing them in her hands, she still has her eyes squeezed tightly closed, and I whisper."Open your eyes, baby."It takes her a while; she takes a couple of deep breaths before she opens those beautiful blue eyes of hers before looking down at the tests sitting in her hands.She burst in
Anna's point of view.Ash Runs off to get some pregnancy tests, and I walk back upstairs and sit down on the bed, my mind a roller coaster of emotions. Can I be pregnant? No, surely not since being turned back from a vampire; I haven't even had a period yet; this must be a bug, even if it's lasting longer than usual.I can't be pregnant.I tell myself, but deep down, I think it's more the thought of taking a test knowing that it will most likely turn out to be negative.I know Ash is right, we need to know, but I don't know if I'm strong enough to confirm it when it's something that I've so desperately wanted for so many years.I hear Ash opening the front door before coming in; he runs up the stairs, most probably taking two at a time; he's so excited, and I know that he wants this too; the thought of letting him down breaks my heart. He pulls me inside the bathroom, passing me the tests with shaky hands. I take a deep breath before taking them off him.God, I'm going to break his he
Anna's point of view.I never knew being pregnant could be so tiring, not that I'm complaining because I wouldn't change a thing. I'm so happy I'm finally at this point in my life; growing a tiny human inside me is a dream that I never thought possible. A miracle. I just never knew how tired I would feel, bone-shattering tired, and the morning sickness has been horrendous, although I have no idea why they call it morning sickness, and it's morning, evening, and night sickness, and I'm really struggling with it.I know Ash is worried about me; he managed to get me in to see the doctor just to make sure that me and the baby are okay. If I were a normal person, I would probably laugh it off, but I'm not an average person; I'm far from it on the outside. I may look like any normal young woman, but on the inside, I'm a woman in her sixties, pregnant with her first child.And add to that that I'm also an ex-Vampire Queen who was once forced to drink blood.Yes, most definitely not normal.
Anna’s point of view.We head home together feeling much better about everything after speaking with Dr Rollingson. Maybe it's just me; I mean, I've never been pregnant before. Maybe this is normal; I've heard of other pregnant women saying how bad their morning sickness was, so perhaps it is just me being mard.I need to get my act together and stop feeling sorry for myself.That night much to Ash's annoyance, I insist on making dinner, trying my best to carry on as normal as possible, hoping that If I don't think about it, it will go away. Still, of course, it does not, and I feel absolutely dreadful, not that I’m going to tell Ash that, though every time he walks into the kitchen, I smile and tell him I'm fine.He walks in again, looking at me as he says. “Let me finish the dinner babe, go and get some rest,”I smile as I reply. “I’m fine, Ash; honestly, stop making a fuss.”He shakes his head as he walks out of the room. I know that I’m not being fair to him, but I don't know what
|Ash's point of view.Although I'm excited for Anna and this pregnancy, I'm not enjoying seeing her go through this.; she looks terrible; if I thought she looked pale when she was a vampire, it's nothing compared to how she looks now.I managed to get an early appointment at the local doctors, and even though the doctor assures us that everything is okay and Anna and the baby are both fine.I'm still worried…….Hearing the heartbeat and seeing our little dot eases my worries a little; it's a relief to know that the baby is thriving, but I can see that Anna isn't, and I'm sure it isn't normal to be this ill, I know that women get morning sickness, and some have it worse than others, but with Anna, it's just constant, she can't keep anything down, but it's not only the morning sickness. It's everything, she looks exhausted, and it's breaking my heart to see her so ill.She tried so hard to pretend that everything is fine, I just want to make this okay for her, but I don't know how. She'
Ash's point of view.We wake up the following morning, and if anything, Anna seems to be worse, there's no way I can leave her.I walk over to the window picking up my phone to call Bear; I need to let him know what's going on.He answers after a couple of rings"Hey, buddy, what's up?"He asks I let him know what's going on with Anna, and he agrees to look after the club as well as picking Dylan up after school and taking him to train at the Pit. He's a good friend, and I know he thinks the world of Anna, and he's just as worried as I am, something isn't right, and I don't know what it is or what to do, Bear sighs as he says."Yeah, I think you're doing the right thing; you need to be with her. Don't worry about the Fire Pit or Dylan. I will make sure everything is taken care of."I sigh as I reply."Yeah, I think it's for the best as well; Bear and I know you and Stan will take care of the crypt for me if you don't mind picking Dylan up after school; yeah, that would be great. "B
Ash's point of viewI carry my girl through the doors of the hospital before sitting her down in one of the chairs in the waiting room, kissing the top of her head as I say."I'm just going to go and sign you in, baby."She leans her head back against the chair as she nods her head.I head over to the desk where I give her name and a brief description of what's been going on with her, minus the Vampire part; of course, if they need to know, I will speak to a doctor, not a receptionist.When a bed is found in a maternity ward, I find a wheelchair and help her to sit down before we follow the nurse down a long corridor.The nurse on the ward checks her in before she shows us to a room; she places a hospital gown on the empty bed as she says."If you want to get changed into a gown, one of the doctors will be here to see you soon."She closes the door before leaving the room, and I help Anna out of the wheelchair; she is so weak that she doesn't even try to stand up as I lift her out of
Ash's point of view.After Dr Fallon leaves the room, one of the the nurses comes in to get Anna prepared for her scan. Thankfully she is already wearing a hospital gown, so it's mainly just transferring her onto a trolley to take her down to the scan room.When we get there, Anna doesn't have the energy to get up onto the table, and I lift her up as she puts her head on my shoulder, her eyes wide as she looks around the room.I Whisper quietly to her. "Everything will be okay, baby."The nurse pulls me behind a screen as the scanner moves over Anna; she looks so tiny lying on that table, so small and so helpless as the massive scanner passes over her.And all I can do is watch from behind a screen; I can't even hold her hand.When the scan is over, I carry Anna back to her room, she is clearly exhausted, and I don't want to wait around for a hospital porter to get her back to her room.I kiss the top of her head as I lay her down on the bed before covering her up and pulling a chair