12 Halfway there
Kyle POV
"Kyle? Come here, please!" I heard Amy call out.
She was in our hotel bathroom getting ready for the day. I got up and went into the bathroom to see what she wanted. Carefully I opened the door to stick my head in. At the sight that presented itself to me, a big smile immediately spread across my face.
Amy was standing sideways with her sweater pulled up under her breasts so she had a good view of her baby bump in the mirror.
"Yes?" I asked as I stood next to her. One of my hands came to rest on her belly.
"Is it my imagination or has he grown quite a bit in the last week?" she wanted to know as she turned back and forth to see herself from all sides.
"He has indeed grown quite a bit. I mean, what else is he going to do. He's not getting any smaller, Ams." I replied with a laugh as I gave her a kiss on the temple.
"I guess not. But still hard to believe." she said.
I watched through the mirror as her hands slowly and gently stroked her bump. A soft smile on her lips. Amy's eyes sparkled with pride. I was proud, too. And relieved, because with each passing day we got along better. The joy of having our baby was so much sweeter now that I was finally sharing it with her.
"Are you ready? We should get going." I said a few minutes later.
"Yeah, let's go." she replied, tugging down her loose sweater.
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After helping Amy out of the car and taking our bags in one hand, I grabbed my wife's with my free hand. Together we walked hand in hand towards the back entrance of the arena. We didn't get far, though. Suddenly we heard Adam calling after us.
"The O'Reilly's... It's about time you guys got your act together. I'm happy for you," he said when he saw us approaching.
"Yes, I think so too. You look so happy. Are you together again? Like officially?" asked Britt who was standing next to Adam.
"We are. We decided to give our marriage another chance. And we're going to move back in together, too," Amy said as she looked at me. Very lightly, she squeezed my hand.
"Really? Oh that's fantastic! Come here. I want a hug!" Britt cheered and pulled Amy into her arms.
"Oh! What was that?" she asked in surprise as she quickly broke away from Amy.
"What was what?" asked Adam.
"I... um... I'm not sure. Amy, what was that?" stuttered Britt, looking at Amy in confusion.
"Oh that? I guess that was the little guy." Amy laughed as she smoothed her sweater so the bump showed.
"Oh my god! Are you guys serious? My gosh, that's amazing!" retorted Britt before putting her hands over her mouth.
"Congratulations. We're so happy for you guys. That's huge." said Adam, giving us a hug.
Amy looked at him suspiciously. And then she looked at me suspiciously.
"He already knew, didn't he?" she asked with a smirk.
"Yes, but I swear it wasn't my fault," I replied as I scratched the back of my neck.
"That's true, Amy. He didn't say anything. Nick stole his phone and saw the ultrasound picture." said Adam in my defense.
"It's okay. I'm just surprised it stayed a secret." replied Amy, much to my relief.
"Wait a minute! You knew and didn't tell me?" asked Britt to her boyfriend.
"Hey, I couldn't, okay!? I was sworn to secrecy." replied Adam, holding his hands up in surrender.
"Well, anyway... Congratulations. I can't wait to meet Baby O'Reilly. Little guy did you say? Good to know." she then said to us.
"Let's get to work people we have plenty of time to talk about this." Amy then said as we finally made our way inside.
"How far along are you exactly?" Britt then wanted to know.
"Twenty weeks. Halfway there." my wife replied.
"Wow. You guys kept that to yourselves for quite a while," Britt wondered.
"Okay. I'll get to work then. Promise me you'll call me if anything comes up and I'll be right with you. I'll see you in catering. I love you." I said as we arrived at the locker rooms.
"I will. I love you too. And I'll wait for you until after the show so we can go back to the hotel together." she said.
"All right. But if it gets too tiring for you, you can go back to the hotel beforehand. I'll go with the guys then. I don't want you to wear yourself out," I replied.
"Okay, okay. I'll take care of myself. You're already in full daddy mode." said Amy with a grin.
"And that's a bad thing?" I asked laughing before kissing my wife goodbye, while I caressed her baby bump.
It felt so incredibly good to have her by my side. Almost as if the last few years hadn't happened, or as if they had just been a bad dream.
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