Broken

Chapter 12

"Did you just say you're happy I'm pregnant?" I asked disbelievingly. Why would he be glad that I'm having a kid? We're only teenagers.

"Yeah. I did."

"Why?"

He sighed. "Well, I wanted to wait to ask you this but...." He got down on one knee. My eyes widened. "Will you marry me?"

I jumped out of the hospital bed, fighting the pain, and threw my arms around him. "Yes! I'll marry you!"

I heard him sigh of relief. "Oh, thank god! I was so scared you were gonna say no."

"Why would I say no? I love you!"

He smiled. "I love you too." He kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around my waist. Once we broke apart I climbed back into the bed.

*9 months later*

I'm standing in the church pacing back and forth. Today is our wedding day and I'm so nervous. Allison and Emily are both my maid of honors and Darren and Zac are both Ben's best men.

I continued pacing around the room in my wedding dress when Allison came in wearing her maid of honor dress. The dress is mint blue and goes down just past the knees. It has a black bow by the waist and it's sleeveless.

"Calm down, Harmony," Allison told me.

"I can't! I'm so scared! What if he won't want me anymore when he sees how fat I am in this dress? What would I do?" I started sobbing.

"Don't cry. You're gonna ruin your makeup."

I looked at her feeling angry. "Now is not the time to make jokes. I might lose my boyfriend as soon as I walk down the isle."

"You're not gonna lose him. You look gorgeous, even if you are pregnant. Besides, he loves you. Everything's gonna be fine."

"I guess you're right. I'm worrying over nothing." It's probably just my mood swings. Stupid pregnancy.

The door opened and my dad came into the room. He took time off work to come to my wedding. I'm surprised he was even willing. Usually he never is. It's not that I'm mad at him for always being gone. He's my dad and I love him. I just wish he would've come home more often.

"I think we're starting," he said. He looked at me. "Oh, Harmony, you look so beautiful." He came over and hugged me.

"Thanks dad."

"I'm so sorry I was never home. I was just so busy working." When we broke apart from the hug I noticed he had tears in his eyes.

"Dad, you're crying."

"Yeah, I am. My little girl's getting married!"

I opened my mouth to respond but the music started playing. The bridesmaids and groomsmen walked down the isle. Then Allison went down with Darren. Emily and Zac went after them. Lastly, the flower girl which was Ben's cousin Olivia walked down, throwing the flower petals.

My dad turned to me. "Ready?" I nodded and we stepped through the doors. Everyone turned to look at me. Ben smiled bright when he saw me. I smiled back. My dad and I continued walking down the isle until we made it to the front. My dad released me and sat down at his seat.

Ben whispered so only I could hear, "I love you."

"I love you too," I whispered back. He took my hands in his and squeezed.

The priest had just started speaking when I felt unbelievable pain in my stomach. I groaned. "Ow!"

Ben's expression went from happy to concerned. "Harmony, what's wrong?"

"I don't-" I felt it again. "Owww!" I doubled over and fell to my knees. I heard everyone gasp.

"Harmony!" Ben grabbed my hand and tried to help me up.

"I think... I'm.... having the... baby..." I said through the pain.

His eyes widened. "Crap!" I saw him turn to Darren. "Do you have your cell phone?"

"Yeah." Darren reached into his pocket and grabbed his phone.

"Call an ambulance! Harmony's in labor!"

"It's a girl!" the doctor said.

I gasped. "We're having a girl?" I asked happily. Ben and I decided to keep the gender a surprise until the baby was born and now we know it's a girl. "I've always wanted a girl!" I turned to Ben and hugged him.

"Congratulations. I'll be right back with your child," the doctor said. She left the room.

"I'm sorry the wedding got ruined," I said apologetically to Ben.

"It's not your fault. And we can always reschedule."

"True."

"So what should we-"

I was cut off by the doctor coming back into the room. "Okay. I'm back with your baby. Would you like to hold her?"

My face lit up. "Really? Can I?"

She laughed. "Yeah."

"Yeah, I wanna hold her!"

"Okay." She handed me Ben and mine's baby. I looked down at her and smiled. "You two can think of names for your child and I'll be right back to put it on the birth certificate." She left.

"So what do you want to name her?" Ben asked.

"What do I want to name her? She's your child too. You have a say in what we name her."

"How about this? You can pick her first name and I'll pick her middle name."

I shook my head. "That's not fair to you."

"Yeah, it is. I'm fine picking her middle name."

"You sure?"

He laughed. "I'm sure."

I smiled. "Okay. Thanks." We took a couple minutes thinking of names. Finally a great one popped into my head. "I got it!"

He looked at me. "Really? What is it?"

"Payton."

He smiled. "I love it." I smiled too. "How about Elizabeth as her middle name?"

"That's a great middle name!"

He grabbed my arm and pulled me into a tight embrace. "I love you."

"I love you too."

The doctor came back in. "So have you thought of a name?"

"Yeah. Payton Elizabeth," Ben said.

"Okay. What's the last name?"

"Judge."

"Alright. I'll put that on the certificate." She smiled and walked away.

Payton Elizabeth Judge. That sounds perfect.

(A/N That was the end of this story! Thanks for reading! I had a lot of fun writing it and I love my fans! If you haven't already I'd really appreciate it if you read my other stories. Thanks!)