Trapped In Her Heart

One year later. 

"Here you go." Opening the back door to the yard, Ellie squatted down. "No playing with mud, okay?" 

Paying no heed to what she had just instructed them, Bojo and Boji ran outside. 

"Wait—" 

"Don't worry madam, I will take care of them." 

"Thank you so much Annie, please bring them in before it starts raining." 

"Sure madam, don't worry about that," Annie, their new helper assured her before stepping out in the backyard to watch the dogs. 

A couple of months after getting married, Ellie and Sebastian shifted to a new place which was in the same area as Owen and June. To make things even more better, Noah and Melissa also shifted right next door. 

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Upstairs.

Ellie and Sebastian's room. 

"From the right…..no no go left…...yes right there..." 

Helplessly shaking her head, Ellie sighed when she saw her husband engrossed in the new habit he had taken up, GAMING.

Crossing her hand in the front, she frowned, "Seb, we need to talk." 

"One second babe, we are about to win," he answered without taking his eyes off the big screen.

"Seb, it's important." Without waiting for his reply, she added, "I need space." 

"Yeah, it's right there, just—" Stopping midway, he took off his headphones. "Wait, what did you say?" 

"I said I need space—" 

Keeping his controller down, Sebastian quickly got up. "What are you talking about babe? We have lots and lots of space here." 

"You are not understanding what I am talking about." 

"Huh?" Grabbing her hand, he made her sit on the bed. Squatting right in front of her, he panicked, "Let's talk it out, okay?" 

"Talking is not gonna help, everything is over now." 

"Don't say that babe, of course there is a way. If there is no way, we will look for one." Without waiting for her reply, he inquired, "Is it because I am gaming too much these days?" 

"N—" 

"I'll stop it—not completely stop but I'll minimize it, we will fix a schedule and I will game only at that time—" 

Placing her hand on his shoulder, Ellie interrupted him. "Seb, I don't have any problem with you gaming." 

"Then what is wrong?" When she did not say anything, Sebastian panicked, "You are scaring me now." 

"We need more space." Looking around, she frowned, "You tell me, how is a crib going to fit here? And this bed is also small, we will definitely need a bigger one otherwise you will have to sleep on the floor after the baby comes." 

"Okay, I will sleep on the floor. I don't have a problem with that but where did space come from?" 

Raising her brows, she questioned him, "So you are willing to sleep on the floor and leave the bed for me and the baby?" 

"Yes, of course. I will happily leave the bed for you and the baby," he confidently stated. 

Fl.i.c.k.i.n.g his forehead, she sighed, "You are an intelligent but dumb man." 

"Huh?" 

"Why don't you go down and get me some water?" 

"Okay, I'll be right back." He then rushed out of the room only to dash inside after a few seconds, with a horrified look on his face. "W—What did you just say? B-Baby?"

"Ah! Thank God," she exclaimed. Smacking his arm, she grunted, "You acted so dumb." 

"We are having a baby?" 

"Of course we are having a baby, I am indirectly trying to tell you that but—" 

"Why didn't you tell me directly?"

"How is that fun?" 

"You are crazy. Come here—" Pulling her into his embrace, he exclaimed, "I am going to become a dad." 

"And I am going to be a mom." 

Pulling away, he frowned, "But I don't know how to be a dad. What if—what if I mess up? What if I don't be a good dad?" Without waiting for her reply, he added, "Suppose if the child does something wrong and I have to be like 'Don't argue with me young lady, you are grounded'—" Looking at Ellie, he asked, "Did I say that right? Did it sound authoritative and dad-like?" 

Bursting into laughter, Ellie pulled his cheeks. "Why are you so cute? What am I gonna do with you?" 

"Babe, I am worried. Excited and worried." 

"Okay, why don;t you talk to Noah and take some tips from him? Anyway, that crazy guy has already read all the pregnancy books after Mel got pregnant," she suggested. 

Noah and Melissa were already five months pregnant now. After getting pregnant, Noah read all the information available on the internet about pregnancy and tons of books which included a couple of 'How to be a cool dad?'. 

"Great idea, I'll go call him. No wait, first let me book an appointment for you—" 

"I already did that, we just need to inform our parents and mine too," she stated. 

"Okay, I'll quickly call dad and let him know. After that we will video call our mom and dad from Seattle." 

Grabbing his hand, Ellie said, "Why don't we video them together?" 

"That is even great, I'll call dad and ask he is busy—" 

"No, I mean—all the four parents." When Sebastian did not say anything, she sighed. Tightening her grip around his hand, she added, "Seb, it's been a year already. How long—"

"Babe, I think we already had this discussion earier." Cupping her face, he stated, "I always listen to you and I will for the rests of our lives but not for this. My decision is still the same and if you can't persuade me then no one can." 

"I didn't mean to upset you or something, I just thought since it's a good news, we should share it with everyone." 

"Don't worry about that, dad will surely scream and tell the entire L.A about it," he chuckled. 

After the incident which happened right before their wedding, Sebastian and Rebecca were no more in talking terms. 

Though Rebecca tried to contact him several times and also apologized for what she had done, Sebastian refused to talk to her. 

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