Unbroken C.B

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Quick Character recap! Chase is Gabriel's best friend, and Penelope "Penny" is Chase's girlfriend! 

Warning: I just finished writing this and it's 1am, so I'm not even gonna lie to you, I half ass edited this and am just praying there aren't mistakes... if there are, I will read through a little later and fix them. Sorry for being lazy lol 

*Leighton's POV*

There are three things that I hate in life.

1: Stress

2: Dressing Up

3: A bunch of people

So who the fuck let me allow Aaliyah to plan my baby shower?

The second I gave her and Katrina the reins of this event, there was instant regret.

I got home from work, and the first message I saw on my phone was "Have you figured out your baby registry yet?" which stressed me out.

Aaliyah kept hounding me about it, which meant I was now sitting in front of a laptop next to Colby who was playing Mario Kart with Stas and Brennen.

"What do you even need for a baby? Other than like clothes and bottles and diapers? I don't want to add expensive things" I frowned, quickly opening a new tab to Google baby must haves.

"Have you thought about the nursery?" Stas asked and I sighed, opening my texts with Gabe.

Gabriel had sent me some pics of the nursery's paint color, and I was starting to feel guilty.

He had more done and ready for this baby than I did.

"I wanted to wait... cause I want to know the gender, and get a feel for them y'know?" I spoke quietly, feeling ashamed.

One thing I will never get used to, is that someone always has an opinion. If you're pregnant, you have to be doing this and that or you're going to hurt your baby. 

One thing my mom told me about is how much worse it gets when the baby actually gets here. How many people who don't even know you, will give you their opinion and how someone will call you a bad mom no matter what you do.

When I was over for dinner one night, one thing my mom told me was "Do it your way" which has been the best advice I've gotten so far.

I texted Gabe, asking if he wanted anything put on the baby registry before googling must haves.

"Jesus Christ!" I yelled, startling all three of them.

"What?" Colby asked, turning to look over at me as he crossed the finish line, coming in 4th place.

"You got beat by NPCs!" Stas laughed, having come in second place.

 "Car seats are so expensive!" I frowned, seeing the one listed was 300 dollars.

"How much are they?" She asked, moving to sit next to me. 

"This one is 300. Is it a bad idea to get a used one?" I asked and she shrugged.

"You could always have it checked" She suggested and I nodded, scrolling through some car seats.

I then fell down a rabbit hole of infant car seat safety, tuning out Colby and Brennen's' trash talk as they continued to play.

"I should get a convertible car seat right?" I asked no one in particular.

"Like.. the car?" Brennen asked, making me laugh.

"No! It grows with the baby, so you don't have to keep buying car seats" I explained, letting out an oof sound as Colby bumped into me when he leaned back against the couch in frustration.