Roomie (Matt Sturniolo)

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Matt hadn't been this excited since the night of his wedding. He was the kinda guy to go with the flow, but even since you got pregnant, he'd been counting each day and tracking your pregnancy.

Today, you'd get to see your baby for the first time.

You were twelve weeks pregnant and started showing. Every night, he would rub your belly and talk to it, even though you told him that the baby didn't have ears. He knew that. But he had to let his baby know how much he loved them.

While you slept next to him, he stayed up to watch ultrasound videos on YouTube. He didn't expect to get so emotional. That was how he knew, when he got to see his own child, he wouldn't be able to hold back the tears.

Thank God it wasn't a busy day in the hospital. The atmosphere in the waiting room was different from the last time you were there. But, Matt's heart was racing and you could feel it when he squeezed your hand.

"Relax, babe. I'm not giving birth now" you joked, making him laugh.

"I am relaxed. What are you talking about?" He asked, but he knew relaxed was an understatement. Taking a seat beside the examination table, he watched you lay down on your back.

The sonographer spread gel on your tummy and then rolled a small scanning device around where the gel was. All three of them turned to the screen. As soon as the first image was shown, Matt shakiness faded. His body froze as he looked at the image. That was his baby and they were moving.

"Although you won't be feeling your baby move just yet, they're dancing around inside"

You teared up, but you turned to Matt to see his reaction. He was just sitting there with wide eyes and his jaw dropped. He couldn't look away from the screen.

It was only until you were back in the car, and he was looking at the pictures of their baby, did he start to cry. "This is our baby, Y/N"

Even though your eyes were starting to dry, it didn't take you long to tear up again. You leaned in, kissed him and pulled away to rub his shoulder.

"Would you mind if I replace your picture on my phone with this one?" He laughed, wiping the tears away.

"Of course not" you said, smiling. "I'd do that too"

~

"So..is this Asteria or Grayson?" Nate asked, squinting his eyes at the picture in his hand. Matt tried to focus on driving, but he glanced back and forth between Nate and the road, making sure Nate was being careful with the picture.

"Are you stupid?" He asked. "The baby hasn't got ears yet"

"Oh" Nate laughed, carefully putting the picture down. Matt and Nate were on the way to Nate's brother's bachelor party.

The last time Matt went to a bachelor party, it was the worst experience of his life and he told himself Nate's one would be the last. But then, Nate dragged him to his brothers one, saying Matt could use this as an example to throw one for him.

"So, when are you finding out the gender?"

"We'll get another ultrasound down between the eighteenth and twenty second week"

"Are you nervous?"

"Yeah, but..I'm happy either way"

"No, I mean...are you nervous to be a dad? Im nervous I won't be cool uncle Nate, you know?"

The way Nate blew out his cheeks and shook his head, made Matt laugh. "Nate, you'll be great. Just don't coax my kid into weird shit"

"Hey, most of the trouble we got into was your fault!"