Ready To Go [Part 3 of Form A Mountain Series]

Cha. 22

RYAN'S POV

We'd been home for awhile and Pey had an appointment with the baby doctor finally. She woke me up and we got dressed; there was no way I was going to miss this. I drove and she happily sat next to me in the car. When we got to the office, she checked in and we sat down in the waiting room. She was listening to her iPod while I read a magazine. 

"Mr. And Mrs. Ross?" a nurse called. 

I chuckled, no one had called us that until today. I helped her up and she waddled into the exam room. I sat in a chair in the corner while Pey sat on the exam table behind a bunch of machines and a curtain. 

"Hello Mrs. Ross" the doctor said when he came into the room. 

"Hi" she smiled. 

"And you must be the dad" the doctor said to me. 

"Oh no" Peyton said "This is just my assistant. The dad couldn't make it" she joked. 

"This is why I married her" I told the doctor "She's funnier than a pie in the face"

He laughed, "so we'll get this exam going, yes?"

Peyton had changed into a hospital gown for the exam. The doctor lifted it and put some green goop on her stomach. He grabbed the ultrasound monitor and attachment to roll over her stomach. He watched the small television-like monitor and we saw our baby for the first time. 

"Do you want to know the gender of the baby?" he asked us. 

Peyton looked up at me and I nodded. 

"Yes please" she smiled. 

"Well from the looks of this scan you're having a little baby boy" he told us. 

I could see some disappointment in Peyton's eyes; I knew how badly she wanted a girl. 

"It'll be okay" I said, putting my hand on her shoulder. 

"Something wrong?" the doctor asked. 

Peyton was crying too much to answer to I answered for her "she was really hoping for a girl"

"Well maybe you two can try again after this one" he winked. 

He put the scans and video of our baby boy on a DVD for us and scheduled a follow up appointment for next month. I helped her off the table and got her dressed again. 

"A boy?" she asked "A boy? Well maybe he can play guitar and piano like his dad" 

She was smiling; a great sign. I knew she wanted a girl and maybe we really could make more kids after this one was born, but really we did need to wait until after we toured some more and released a few more albums. 

"Want to go out for lunch?" I asked her. She nodded happily and I took her out. 

KENDALL'S POV

As soon as Peyton got home I assaulted her with a hug and demanded she tell me the sex of the baby. 

"It's a boy" she smiled. 

"Congratulations again you two" Brendon said. 

"Thanks" Ryan beamed. 

"I have some kind of bad news" Brendon said. 

We all looked at him funny, he sat us down in the living room to tell us. 

"What is it, Bren?" I asked. 

Ryan looked really nervous, as if he knew something too. 

"We got offered another tour" Brendon announced. 

Peyton jumped up and looked very angry. Ryan pulled her back down but she had the nastiest glare spread across her face. 

"Zack texted me about it today. There was a band that heard about us playing the Fall Out Boy tour and now they want us to open for them" Brendon continued. 

Peyton stood up again. 

"Brendon, I don't know if you've noticed but I'm almost six months pregnant. I can't go on tour!" she yelled. 

"I know" he said. 

"Bren, I have to agree with Pey right now. I'm in the middle of planning my wedding...TO YOU!" I added. 

"Are you saying we shouldn't take this offer?" Ryan asked. 

Peyton smacked him hard across the face and walked out of the apartment without another word. I stood up to follow her. 

"Don't you walk out that door too" Brendon said to me. 

I walked into our bedroom, packed a suitcase for myself and one for Peyton. I grabbed our toiletries out of the bathroom and some snacks from the kitchen. I dragged it all out the door without a word myself. 

"Oh shit" I heard Ryan exclaim as I got in the elevator. 

"OH SHIT IS RIGHT" I yelled back.