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CHAPTER 76

You wake up Saturday morning for qualifying still pregnant. All of your attempts over the last few days to get the baby out have failed, not sex, not spicy food, not herbal teas, he's just content to stay inside. Pierre's mom arrived yesterday and has been a big help in making food and cleaning up. You groan as the baby kicks your bladder and you begrudgingly roll out of bed heading to the bathroom. You take a minute to stretch your back as you feel it tightening.

"Okay little man, you had your chance to come out. Now you need to stay inside until Monday, okay?" You say to your belly, and you feel a kick in response. You decide to hop into the shower since you're already up. Might help my back too. You smile feeling two strong arms wrap around you from behind.

"Didn't think you'd get to shower without me this morning did you Mrs. Gasly?" Pierre whispers into your ear, you feel your face immediately flush.

"Not at all Mr. Gasly. Just waiting for you to join me." You say leaning back against him. Pierre wraps his hands under your swollen belly and slowly lifts up taking some of the pressure off your back. You sigh and feel like a big weight has been lifted. The two of you stay like that for a few minutes before he slowly lets your belly back down and you feel the strain in your back return.

"I told him he's got to stay in there until Monday now," you say putting a hand on your belly.

"He'll come when he's ready." Pierre says kissing your cheek. The two of you finish showering and step out brushing your teeth together. Feels almost back to normal.

You slip into a black floor length body con maxi dress, one of the only things that still fits comfortably with your belly, and head to the bathroom quickly blow drying your hair and applying a light layer of makeup. You grab your purse and pass, making sure you have everything you need for the day before heading downstairs to join Pierre and Pascale.

"Oh Maddie, don't you look radiant." Pascale says hugging you.

"You're too kind Pascale, I feel like a whale." You say putting a hand on your belly.

"Are you sure you want to come to qualifying today?" Pierre asks taking a bite of toast.

"For the last time yes, I'll be fine. I'll be in your change room the whole time watching, your mom will be with me, and if anything happens I'll let you know. But it won't because we agreed on Monday, right little one?" you say looking at your belly and you get a soft kick in response.

Pierre just chuckles. Pascale passes you some toast and orange juice. "You know when I was pregnant with Pierre, the only thing that worked to get him out was sex."

Pierre nearly chokes on his toast, "Mom!"

"Sorry honey but it's true, I'm just saying it wouldn't hurt to try." She says taking a sip of her juice.

"Oh, believe me, we've tried." You say smirking at Pierre, and you laugh as Pierre's face turns red.

"Alright, well on that note, I'm going to get going." Pierre says walking over and kissing you quickly. Pierre had some media stuff he had to do before FP3 today, so he was going in early with John. Pascale driving with you in later just before qualifying.

As Pierre leaves, Pascale turns to you and asks, "how are you really doing?"

You nearly breakdown, "I'm so tired and sore, I just want this baby out of me."

She walks over and wraps you in a big hug. Since your mother is not the warmest person, you've really grown close with Pascale who is overly warm over the years and consider her like a second mom.

"Gasly's are stubborn as anything, sometimes it takes some time to convince them." She says rubbing your back. You spend the next few hours relaxing with Pascale, making sure everything is ready in the nursery and hospital bags packed into the car for today just in case, your back still giving you a hard time.