When We Were Perfect

PREVIOUSLY

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If it wasn't for Vahide, Daniel didn't know how he would have handled her and her terrible mood swings that made him worried and amuse at the same time seeing this side of Amy.

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Amy was still the same except that she would come home in the evening and spend the rest of the day in her room. Daniel would sometimes also see her talking to Martha or walking in the garden at night. But she still avoided Daniel and would only talk when he asked her about her health or sometimes he would budge her with the baby topic but her only response was curt answers. It was fine for Daniel as long as she slowly came to accept that they were going to be parents. Unlike her, he enjoyed every single thing related to her pregnancy going as far as reading parenting guides and what to expect during pregnancy. The only thing he couldn't do much was touching her bump and feel his child. But he hoped that Amy would allow it someday or be more comfortable with it.

Somehow this child gave him hope that maybe there was still a chance for them, that Amy would give this relationship a chance. His heart somehow made him believe that Amy would happily embrace their child once it is born because no matter how much stubborn and rude she becomes, she could never abandon her own child. She couldn't be that heartless, only if he knew how wrong he was.

Closing his laptop, Daniel shrugs his jacket and skips to the entrance of the office not wanting to be late for today. Lance as usual was waiting for him.

"You can take the remaining day off Lance, I will be okay myself," Daniel said taking the keys from Lance.

"Are you sure Boss?" Lance asked in a monotone.

"Yes, if I want anything, I will ring you!" Daniel smiles shocking him and sits in the car as Lance nods and closes his door. He drives to Amy's workplace listening to the soft music playing in the background. Parking his car in the parking area, he walks inside. Talia glances at his striding figure nearing her desk and smiles professionally.

"Good Evening Mr Saritas! you came at a good time, Amy just finished her work," She informed noticing something different about Daniel today.

"Well! That's good, I should go see her." He responded with a grin. Talia just gawked at his unusual cheerful demeanour, wondering what made him this happy.

He was about to step forward when the door opened and Amy walked out holding a water bottle, staring at Daniel in confusion.

"What are you doing here?" She blurted out making his smile falter.

"Tesoro, you forget!" Amy just shrugged her shoulders still staring at him.

"Forget what?" Daniel sighed, his gaze shifting to her bump.

"We had an appointment with the doctor today," He said reminding her. Suddenly remembering that, she frowned and turned to Talia.

"Talia there are some papers at my desk, that needs to be scanned. Remember to do that by morning and please bring my bag from inside," Amy stated sighing at the last part while Talia went inside.

"If these life changes weren't enough now I have to add these appointments too," Amy retorted while Daniel continued to stare at her, she never failed to spoil his mood any day. Talia came back, handing Amy's purse to her.

"Have a nice evening!" Talia chirped, Daniel smiled back at her while Amy simply walked past them not acknowledging her response. Daniel followed her behind and helped her to settle in the car while texting Neil to bring her car home. Settling in Daniel starts the engine silently praying that this appointment goes smoothly.

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"Good Evening Mr and Mrs Saritas," the female gynaecologist greeted them with a smile, right now they were sitting in the doctor's office. She was an elderly woman probably in her sixties but one of the best in town, now with age, she only handled a few cases but Daniel Saritas did have an advantage when it came to his resources.

"Evening!" Amy firmly responds already bored while Daniel nods at her.

"How are you feeling today?" The doctor asked politely going through some of her recent tests.

"Could have been better!" Amy replied, Daniel warily looked at her.

"Is everything alright, did something happened?" She asked setting her glasses on her eyes.

"This pregnancy and life happened! What else," Amy blurted with an unpleasant expression making Daniel gap at her with shock but soon he became pissed at her words. How can she act like that right now? The doctor glanced between both of them awkwardly, the tension thickening in the room as no one uttered a single word.

"Let's proceed with this ultrasound, shall we?" She asked awkwardly clearing her throat. Amy huffed and went to lay on the bed opening her legs wide as the doctor turns the lights off ready to perform the ultrasound. Daniel sit's on the chair beside her, Amy slowly unbuttoned her shirt below the chest area making her bump visible to Daniel whose eyes widen seeing the protruding part, his hands itching to rub it. The doctor comes back switching the machine, Daniel nervously glanced at the screen.

The doctor grabs the transducer smearing it onto a cold gel going back and forth on her bottom abdomen, Daniel's eyes are focused on the screen as the doctor intently watches the details showing on the screen while pressing some buttons.

"Here it is, Mr and Mrs Saritas meet your baby!" The doctor said pointing to the screen, Daniel's senses skyrocket as he watched his child on the screen, a soft heartbeat echoing through the room, his whole world stops at the moment. There on the screen was someone he could call his own, his own flesh and blood. The one who he could hold and embrace in this cruel world, Amy and his child. Words couldn't describe the love, admiration and joy his heart held at the moment. On the monitor was his entire world, giving him a new reason and hope to live in this world, to make himself more of a better person just for this tiny human being who was going to be dependent on him. He glanced at Amy who was frozen looking at the screen, in her eyes he saw a hurricane of emotions that he couldn't decipher at that time but for sure there was a glistening he didn't fail to miss, wondering whether she was feeling the same emotions as him.

"What's the gender?" Daniel asked bluntly smiling at the screen. The doctor chuckles at his eagerness. Clearly amazed that how the father was more eager and excited than the mother.

"Well! let me see" she replied moving the transducer back and forth again trying to get an adequate position but huffing when she couldn't spot the genitals.

"The baby is quite a mover isn't it," she mumbled repositioning the transducer, Daniel patiently tapped his foot on the floor while remained still, watching the doctor. A while after observing and clicking a few buttons, the doctor smiled.

"It looks like you guys are expecting a boy, Congratulations!" She said with a grin. A drop of tear fell from Daniel's eyes which he quickly wiped away.

A BOY

He was going to be a father to a little boy.

The doctor hands Amy some tissues to wipe the gel and settle her dress. While Daniel went to sit in front of the Doctor's desk absorbing the new information about his baby boy. The doctor smiled seeing Daniel's happiness, usually, it would be the mother who would act like him but here it was complete the complete opposite. The doctor wrote something on her clipboard before handing the prescription to Daniel.

"Here are some medicines that she will need to take from now along with the previously mentioned vitamins, the meals should be on time and healthy and the most important thing, keep her away from any strenuous activity and the stress. I can see you care a lot about her, keep that up!" The doctor gently smiled. Daniel listened to every bit of what the doctor said making a checklist in his mind. 

"Is there anything else, we need to know?" Daniel asked folding the prescription and placing it in his pants pocket.

"Yeah! Be careful and gentle during sex, like I said strenuous activity could be risky for both mother and child," the doctor said bluntly closing her file, a tinge of redness covered his ears hearing her words. That was something he had to never about because Daniel knew it would remain a one-night thing between them always. Amy strolled towards them wiping her hands and fixing her shirt.

"Well! I will see you guys next month," the doctor said, Daniel, thanked her before leaving the office with Amy who had a permanently grim expression etched on her face.