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Yupppppp, you guessed it.

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Drunk In Love
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"I love you,"
- Layton Iman Westbrook
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Saturday | August 3rd

"Well hello, it's nice to see the two of you again. How are you all feeling? Baby boy will be here pretty soon. Anxious? Nervous?" The doctor inquired, Mrs. Evans. Immediately a smile spread across Maleah's face once the doctor had mentioned their baby boy's arrival. She was super excited about the baby, and couldn't hide it.

"I'm excited for him to get here. I feel like It's been a decade already, so to finally meet my number one guy would complete me." Maleah had explained. This had not been a bad pregnancy for her physically, despite it being draining, at her own expense. Once she'd let go of thinking Benji would be with her just because she'd been pregnant, she was actually able to enjoy herself. 

"What about you dad, are you excited too?"

Benji shrugged. "Yea, for the most part. I'm still kinda nervous, but once he get here I feel like it'll go away." It was a normal feeling, intensified by ten. Benji was a victim to his own mind. The thought of failing his son was always on his mind, so he didn't have time or just allow himself to be excited about being a father soon.

"It will. I've seen so many first time dads that feel the same way as you up until the birth. Once you hold the baby for the first time after birth, that feeling will just fade away. Does baby boy have a name just yet?"

Maleah sighed. "No, we haven't really decided yet."

"Awe, well you still have some time. You're still only in your second trimester." The doctor spoke as they'd proceeded with the routine checkup. Benji usually sat there quietly until they did the ultrasound. Despite not being able to properly view the ultrasound, those were the highlight of the appointments for him. Just for him to see the physical baby inside, made it real for him.

The doctor went on to perform the ultrasound. Maleah hopped up onto the table and lifted her shirt above her belly. The doctor did the routine of placing the gel on, then spreading it around with the transducer probe for an image to pop up on the monitor. Soon it did and his strong, loud heartbeat was heard throughout the room.

"There he is. Your big healthy baby boy, a strong heart beat too as usual. Everything looks good." Mrs. Evans said as she continued to move the probe around, while capturing a few images to be printed for them to keep.

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