☆.｡.:* BABY STEPS .｡.:*☆
act three — the time apart
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authors note: i hate this chapter. i'm sorry x

"hey ben." thea greeted one of her closest friends with a beaming smile on her face, the first genuine smile in a while before her attention was diverted to bens large dog running over to her, her immediately cooing over him. "hi Oscar, hi baby, did you miss me?"

"I was reading something the other day and it said that dogs can sense when somebody's pregnant." ben came out with the random fact, mason laughing at the obsession that oscar had developed for thea so quickly into the night.

"is that why you're rubbing your nose on my belly? can you hear the baby?" thea smiled happily at the large dog that was sat in front of her, resting the side of his nose along the curve of her bump as thea played with his fur.

"this is why you're such a good mum, there's just something about you that radiates pure maternal energy." mason said, making thea remove her gaze from oscar and onto mason, trying to hide the blush on her cheeks.

"that is probably the best compliment I've ever recieved and you're gonna make me tear up in a minute." thea giggled, fanning her eyes making ben chuckle.

"I don't want you crying when tonight is all about us having fun. so are you gonna give me a hug or what?" ben opened his arms for thea to hug, her wrapping her arms around his neck and his around her waist as he squeezed her so tight that she thought she'd legitimately explode.

"try not squashing my bump please." the blonde woman chuckled, her playful comment making ben loosen his grip on her, not wanting to let her go after the past few days she'd had. "please tell me you've already ordered the food, im absolutely starving."

"I knew you'd say that and I ordered it about ten minutes before you got here and don't worry, I ordered your favourites."

"does my order include chick-"

"yes, chicken balls, I've bought you ten of them." ben interrupted her, following with a chuckle as the chelsea players watched as she clapped her hands excitedly.

"Benjamin chilwell, you know the way to my pregnant heart." thea joked, gently kissing the top of oscar's head before walking behind the two men into the living room, the large white dog following beside her closely.

"hear that mason? I have her heart."

"oh I'm wounded, thea, can't believe you're cheating on me." mason joked without thinking about whet he had said, his eyes widening as the realisation hit him. "im so sorry, I didn't mean that at all."

"mase, its okay, I know you're only joking." thea giggled, resting her hand on his bicep, gently squeezing it to show that she wasn't annoyed or upset. "you don't have to stop making jokes around me."

"how are you feeling?"

"i'm good, chilly." thea nodded, looking up at mason who still had the same look on his face as a few seconds ago but he just sent her a sympathetic smile.

"i'm being serious, thea, you can be honest with us."

"im not as bad as I was when I first found out but obviously, its only been a few days so im not fully over it yet."

"you don't have to rush your feelings, take your time doing what you want to do."

"yeah, my mum and cass said that to me the other day when I went round to hers."

"great minds think alike then. are you gonna meet up with him?"

"Im gonna have to talk with him sooner or later and with the gender reveal in a couple of days, I don't want it to be awkward when both of our family and friends will be there."

"are you excited for the gender reveal?" mason asked and he knew the obvious answer, she'd been waiting for the day since she found out that she was pregnant again.

"yeah, of course I am, but I just have a nagging feeling in my head that something is gonna happen."

"just remember that if you ever need us, don't hesitate to call us because we're always here for you, you know that right?" ben placed his hand on thea's leg, grazing his thumb over her legging covered knee making thea smile at him gratefully.

"i do but i don't want to feel like i'm constantly annoying you or anything like that."

"nothing you do would ever annoy us." mason told her as ben nodded in agreement, noticing that thea's hormones were getting the better of her before changing the demeanour of the topic. "unless you were threatening us about your chicken balls."

"you know how i am about my chicken balls so don't take it lightly."

about two marvel movies and a bunch of chicken balls later, it has gotten to the point in the night where it was too early to go to sleep but too late to drink anything that contained caffeine but that didn't stop ben from being sprawled across the couch, his mouth wide open as snores left his mouth every two seconds.

"mase, i have to ask you something." thea murmured, running her fingers through masons growing hair, the brunette strands effortlessly falling through her fingers.

"what is it?" he mumbled back and thea knew he was growing tired by this point but she was so sure that what she was going to ask was going to wake him up completely.

"i'm gonna ask ben when he's awake but i was wondering if you want to be the baby's godfather?"

and just as she had thought, mason turned around faster than you could say chelsea, his mouth agape as he looked like he had seen a ghost, but in the best way possible. "seriously? you're not joking with me?"

"i'm deadly serious, you're so important to me and i want you to have that role in my baby's life. are you up for it?"

"i would love to be the baby's godfather." mason clarified, him now the one with a heartwarming smile on his face, the edges of his mouth reaching across his face as his cheek was pressed against the side of her stomach. "would you like that?"

"what are you on about?"

"the baby kicked when i said yes so i'm talking to them, i'd appreciate a bit of privacy please." he looked up to thea with a look on his face that basically told her that what he was saying was the most obvious reason in the world.

"my apologies." the pregnant woman held her hands up in defence, beginning to turn her head so it made it seem like she wasn't but giggling when she saw mason roll his eyes before she looked away. "go ahead, i'm not listening."

"i'm just your mummy's friend but i want you to know that you're already so loved by us all and you're not even here yet." mason reached his hand up to thea's stomach, tracing letters and numbers that she could make out to be from his jersey. "but your mummy's not had it easy so please go easy on her for the rest of the time that you're in there."

"you really do want me to cry tonight don't you?" thea spoke up once mason had softly kissed her bump, the pair of them feeling the baby kick once more. "you're not just my friend, mase."

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tgreenepriv a night of eating chicken balls, watching marvel movies and spending time with 3/4 of my favourite boys <3

12 comments

masonmount would've been better if louis was with us tbh

benchilwell plans for another one that include louis?

tgreenepriv masonmount benchilwell it's nice to know how loved my son is 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

_cassidygreene just saving that last photo for future references
tgreenepriv post it and I swear watch what happens
_cassidygreene I always knew that you were the aggressive sister

_cassidygreene those chicken balls look heavenly
masonmount she refused to share them with us
_cassidygreene what do u expect from her 🤣🤣 she's pregnant and she'd marry them if she could
tgreenepriv at least then i'd actually be getting married to something

benchilwell i was not expecting it to go that far...
tgreenepriv fake it till u make it <33333