Going all the way to America to face Rowan’s parents was something that was one hundred percent terrifying. Isabella would have rather done this entire thing over the phone, but she knew that Rowan was right when he said that they had to tell them in person. She wasn’t far enough along that she couldn’t safely travel, but there were still so many worries. What if they hated her for dragging her son into this? Then again, it wasn’t like she had asked to get pregnant. Sure, people probably thought she did since they hadn’t used protection that one time, but dammit, this wasn’t the plan. Isabelle wanted to go work for the Ministry or maybe at Mungo’s, but now she was going to have to put her entire life on hold. It wasn’t only her, though… It was Rowan’s life as well. Bella felt incredibly guilty for possibly ruining whatever life he had planned for himself. It was bad enough that she had been the reason he uprooted his entire life in America just to be with her. Hell, she didn’t even treat him that good.

None of this seemed fair.

But fair was a rare concept in life. The only thing that she could do was go on and try to make the life for herself that she had planned in the future happen a little sooner. Bella had been terrified that Rowan was going to leave her. Sure, he had made a promise to her, but surely a baby changed all of that… At least, that had been what she thought. Rowan didn’t want to run and hide though. He wanted to step up and be the father that this child needed and deserved. It was that which made her fall that much more in love with him. With every passing day, Rowan was proving to be one of Bella’s best choices in life.

So, when they got to Rowan’s house and had his parents in front of them, she clung to his hand like she had never clung to anything before. She was positive that the waves of nausea were not simply due to being pregnant. This was the nerves as well. God, what if they hated her? They were definitely going to hate her. She was convincing herself of that moment when Rowan finally let the news out, clearly having seen that she was having so much trouble with this.

The reaction that they got once the words finally tumbled from her boyfriend’s lips had shocked Bella. They… they were happy for them. And then they were hugging her and oh god she had to hug them back because it wasn’t polite to just kind of push them away, so she did. She embraced them as they had embraced her, but was incredibly grateful when she was released. Hugs were not her forté.

Rowan took her hand after that and lead her to another room and before she could actually say anything, she bolted for the nearest bathroom and emptied the contents of her stomach straight into the toilet bowl. Nerves and pregnancy were not a good combination. Once she had finished, she washed her hands and mouth before pulling out a small toothbrush and getting rid of the nastiness that made it’s way back up her throat.

With a soft sigh, she looked over her reflection in the mirror and wiped at her eyes where the eye-liner had smeared a little before making her way back out to Rowan and offering him a sheepish smile. ”Sorry. I think I’m okay now. That was… Why aren’t they mad?”


notes;; it's a million years late, but I love you!