Ellison Iris Haney

Single mom to Walker Haney (1) || Receptionist || Owner of Toddler Delights

[ellisonhaney]

xniklausx​:

Niklaus raised his brows slightly when she spoke about finding out the gender as early as possible. Not that he had any problem with that. He was just surprised to hear those words coming from her mouth. “Yeah, I don’t think I have the patience to wait until the baby is born to find out the gender. I heard you can find out as early as like….ten weeks? With a blood test or something. Maybe we can ask about that today— see want the doctor says.” if they knew the gender then they could both start preparing more. Three months had already passed, they only had six months left, which seemed like such a small amount of time to prepare for something, or in this case, someone, that would change their lives forever. 

When they reached the third floor, Niklaus stepped out and headed over to the empty seats in the waiting room. “If you need any help with getting a nursery ready at any point in time, just let me know. I’ll probably start clearing out one of the rooms at my place to do the same thing.” that is, if she was even planning on making up a nursery for the baby. 

The surprise the blonde felt from that revelation was obvious in her eyes as she looked over at Niklaus with raised eyebrows. So they could find out the gender already? She’d assumed it was much later with a scan, but that just went to show how much she knew about the ins and outs of this. “Oh…so we can, yes, let’s ask about it today then that’s a good idea.” Just another layer to be worried about, great. Did she have a preference? Ellie hadn’t bothered to stop to think about that and now it felt like it was too late to ponder it, they were moments away from their appointment at this point. “I didn’t know it could be done this early, you apparently know more than me.” She murmured, taking a seat next to him with a creak of the plastic underneath her, picking up the pen attached to the clipboard.

“Well it’ll be sleeping in my room for the first couple of months I would assume, that’s what we did with Walker, since there is such frequent feedings anyway. I’ll let you know though.” Swallowing she got as far as writing her name, date of birth, and address before pausing once more to look at Niklaus. “You’re going to make up a nursery at yours?”

[ellisonhaney]

xniklausx​:

Niklaus wasn’t too disappointed with her answer, honestly. Sure, he would have preferred coming into the room with her at the beginning, but he had to remind himself that this was a completely different situation he was in compared to his first child. He’d actually been dating the mother of his now fourteen year old daughter when they’d gone for her twelve week scan. He could understand why she’d want someone she was actually close with in the room with her at first. He was happy to wait outside with Walker for a little while anyway.

Once the receptionist instructed them to head up to the third floor, Niklaus walked with Ellison over to the elevator so they could do that. “I’ll give it a look over when we’re in the waiting room.” he nodded his head, pressing the button for the third floor once they were both inside. “I still can’t quite believe that this is happening….it’s crazy.” the man started, watching the numbers go up on the top of the elevator doors. “I think everything’s going to feel a lot more real after this scan…” he added, a smile forming on his lips as he looked back at her.

The elevator started rising as the blonde stared at the closed doors in front of her, finger toying with the edge of the clipboard nervously. Gritting her back teeth she glanced over at him, seeing his smile, and using everything inside her to force one of her own in his direction. It was true after this scan everything would be far more real because they’d have actually seen their child on screen. Ellison would have heard the heartbeat which is more than she could say for any of her previous three pregnancies. They’d never got this far.

A piercing ding signalled they were on the third floor, stepping out into a clinically lit hallway where you could thankfully not hear the usual beeping of hospital machines. Maybe because this floor wasn’t for those who were currently sick, that was novel for Ellie for sure. “I want to find out the gender as early as possible so we can prepare properly, I know it’s more common for people to want it to be a surprise but…I think we’ve had enough of those to last a lifetime.” Niklaus had said he wanted to be involved back at her apartment so telling him how she wanted to do things was at least doing that. It was probably the most honest she’d been so far.

[ellisonhaney]

xniklausx​:

“Oh okay, that makes sense.” Niklaus was thankful for the short amount of time they’d have while her friend was parking the car. It gave him a chance to ask questions he probably wouldn’t have while they were around, like who was coming into the room with her, for example. Walker was obviously fine— Niklaus loved kids, after all….so having the child around would never be an issue for him. It was just the friend of Ellie’s that he was unsure of, and that was only because Niklaus didn’t know who they were. He only had their name so far.

“Yeah, of course.” he felt relieved when she told him that he could come into the room at some point. It was a lot better than spending the entire time in the waiting room only to be given a disk with the ultrasound/heart beat on it instead. “I’ll stay out here with Walker until you’re ready for me to come in— assuming he’ll be okay with me looking after him for a little while.” 

Ellison was possibly being selfish but she wasn’t thinking about if Niklaus liked her answer or not, nor if he liked the way the appointment was going to go, because she was too wrapped up in her own emotions. Fears, excitement, overthinking, the blonde was in turmoil right now. “Great, then we’ll do that. Walker will be fine with you, he’s actually too sweet sometimes, too trusting.” It was joke but no laugh escaped her because the nurse at reception had asked for her name, pulling Ellie’s attention back to the situation at hand. “Ellison Haney, I’m here for a twelve week scan.”

Passed a clipboard across the desk she was instructed to go to the third floor, take a seat on the chairs in the waiting room up there, and fill out the paperwork while waiting to be called. “Thanks.” Was all she muttered before explaining that Bren would be arriving with her son soon and requisition she be sent up to the third floor as well. Once that was sorted the southerner pointed towards the elevator. “Shall we? I uh, this is a lot of paperwork, I think you have to fill some out too. It says ‘if the biological father is present’ and…you are … so.”

[ellisonhaney]

xniklausx​:

“That sounds about right. I’m a little worried, not gonna lie.” Niklaus shrugged it off though, not wanting Ellison to have to deal with her own worry, as well as his. He was aware of the fact that she’d been through a lot with her last three pregnancies— he couldn’t imagine what was going through her head right now. The least he could do was try and keep himself calm. “Yeah, of course.” he nodded gently at the suggestion to go into the building, following her through the sliding doors and into the reception area/waiting room.

“Where’s Walker today? Or that friend you said you were bringing?” were they going to do this by themselves? Just the two of them? “Just so there’s no awkwardness when your name gets called out— am I coming in with you or waiting out here?”

“Honestly, I’d be more concerned if you weren’t.” Ellie murmured with a smile in his direction as she headed into the reception area, going straight to the desk to wait for the nurse behind it to take her name. “Oh no, he’s here, Bren is here too they just went to park the car. I thought it was probably a good idea for you and I to have a bit of time before all the crazy kicked off.” Her hand ghosted across her stomach with a tight smile, swallowing the wave of anxiety that swept over her. Normally she was arriving at a hospital before this stage of her pregnancy under a lot more emergency rather than at a pre planned appointment. The fact it was different made it somehow more nerve racking.

“When they…? Uh, can you stay out here with Walker for a bit and then I’ll send Bren out to watch him while you come in, if that’s okay? I just need someone I know properly to be there at the start, I’m sure you understand.” After all Ellison was letting the man come into the room at some point which was more than she’d agreed to a week ago. Improvement, right? “Or if you don’t want to stay out here with Walker then he can come in at the start too, Bren can just hold him.” 

[ellisonhaney]

[ellisonhaney]

xniklausx​:

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Niklaus had arrived at the medical center earlier than the time of the appointment, but that was only because it had been the only thing on his mind since he’d woken up that morning. He needed to know that the baby was safe and healthy….he was in a constant back and forth between getting excited about this pregnancy and stressing out/worrying about it. The worry most likely came from not knowing what was happening, so after today, maybe he’d be a little less stressed. He wanted to start telling his family about this child, mainly his siblings, because other than Fallon, the man had no one he could really talk to about this just yet. He still wasn’t even sure if he’d be allowed to come into the scan today.

He waited outside of the building, keeping an eye out for Ellison. He really wanted to smoke a cigarette, but now wasn’t the time or place even though he was stressing out a lot. When he finally saw Ellison heading over, a soft sigh left his lips. At least if they were inside, the urge to smoke would lessen. “Hey— how are you?”

Thanks to Bren, Ellison hadn’t had to drive herself and Walker to the appointment, which was lucky since she couldn’t seem to stop her hands shaking and every five seconds she felt like she was going to burst into tears. Taking a deep breath she thanked the other and slid out the car seat to set her feet on the sidewalk. Bren was going to go park the car with Walker which left the blonde free to go in to meet Niklaus who she hoped was already there because sitting on her own in a plastic hospital chair wasn’t really what she fancied. Still the woman didn’t even get into the building before she saw the blonde waiting for her, breaking out into a small smile. It was reassuring to see him in a weird way.

“Worried, tense, tired, busy, but fine. How are you?” She replied with a sigh, pushing her hand through her messy hair and she nodded towards the door. “We should go in, I don’t want to be late.” Even if it was her who had arrived second. Her hands clasped together as she walked into the hospital to see him from noticing the way they trembled.

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: yeah thanks for the correction.

Niklaus: no im not just saying that. i want to move forward. i wanna get excited about this.

Niklaus: it's obviously not the most ideal situation we're in, but im happy about this baby.

Ellison: You're welcome.

Ellison: We can't move forward faster than time will let us.

Ellison: That's not how it works. You can't want to get excited but want to hide it from your daughter that's just...like living in opposite land.

[ellisonhaney]

fallonxmorgan​:

“Nah, she’s fine. Plus, she’s been in a phase lately where she’s like a cling wrapped to me. It’s cute, but a little suffocating sometimes.” Fallon smiled weakly, placing a small kiss to the top of the toddler’s head. “Exactly. And like, I was only doing what I thought was best for my child. I don’t need her to go through any feeling of having a parent come in and out of her life.” The model paused, pursing her lips. “Well, I’d be lying if I told you that I didn’t feel something for him. He was such a huge part of my twenties, and now we’ve got Birdie.” Fallon shrugged. “I can’t just sit here and be like ‘nah, there’s nothing there’ when there clearly is. But I’m in a different place with being sober and having settled into being a parent, and unless he gets in the same place, too, it’s not going to work again.”

“I can imagine, but sweet, you’ll be grateful for it once she gets older I’m sure.” Ellie gave Birdie a small wave with her fingers before turning back to the conversation. “No, that would be the worst outcome, it’s a much better idea to protect her until you know what is going on in Bradley’s mind.” She muttered, brightening when her tea arrived so she could take a sip carefully, quickly realising it was too hot to drink and setting it down again. “Don’t lie, you’ll only end up telling me the truth in the end once I’ve given you a couple of glasses of wine down the line.” She chuckled, pressing her lips together and softening as she mentioned Birdie once more, knowing what she meant. Now they had Birdie and there was more to be careful about than before, she only wished she could have protected her son in the same way. “No one is asking you to lie about how you feel or anything like that, just to be careful, if he worms his way into your heart properly then it’ll be even harder to…be rational. Right? I don’t want you two getting hurt, Fal.”

[ellisonhaney]

victoriaxwarner​:

Victoria smiled once the woman agreed, falling into step beside the blonde. “Great! I haven’t really met anybody from that part of my life since I moved here, it’ll be nice to be able to talk to somebody about it.” The brunette had suppressed as much of her life in New York for as long as she could, but between Taylor coming back, and now meeting somebody who had been involved in the same kind of upbringing, the dancer wondered if it was coming time to confront her demons. Victoria shrugged, turning her head to glance at the pram the woman was pushing. “How old is he?” She asked, tucking a loose hair behind her ear. “I’m Victoria. And you?”

“I…right…I just don’t really like talking about it too much.” She muttered but it wasn’t going to make any difference, the other woman had obviously made up her mind about where the discussion was heading and the blonde had no chance of steering it away. Following her as she set off walking Ellie looked down at Walker at the same time as Victoria, as she had now introduced herself. “Oh, he’s literally turning one tomorrow, I’ve actually got to finish putting things together for his birthday this afternoon as well so I can’t stay out for coffee long.” Every excuse she was feeding to the other in order to get out as fast as she could, forging her pathway for later. “Victoria, nice to meet you, I’m Ellison. So you’re from....New York?” 

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: its not like i came to your place expecting to find out i was going to be a father.

Niklaus: yeah, okay..

Ellison: *going to be a father again

Ellison: Yes okay? Or are you just saying that? If you want to be excited Niklaus, be excited, it's fine

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: I didn't force you too tell me anything.

Ellison: I felt a lot of pressure from a lot of different directions

Ellison: look...it's not important you know now we should just move forward

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: I never said that.

Niklaus: why tho? you're twelve weeks now and you're still being weird about it. what difference would it have made if you told me now or of you told me two weeks ago?

Ellison: The difference would be it would have been my decision when I told you!

Ellison: Look i'm not talking about this again because everyone seems to be of the opinion that I owe other people stuff during this pregnancy like i'm not the one growing the god damn baby

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: I just want this baby to be okay.

Niklaus: should have been able to??

Ellison: And I don't?

Ellison: I wanted to wait to tell anyone until 12 weeks, but that didn't go to plan

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: I wanna get excited about this baby, but you acting weird is making me worry tho.

Niklaus: Exactly. I'll be a lot better about this once we've gotten this scan done.

Ellison: Me acting weird? Now you're acting weird!

Ellison: Like I should have been able to, but okay.

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: You're still being negative too. You got weird after I referred to you as having more than one kid.

Niklaus: And she's a child. I don't want to say anything to her until for sure that everything is fine.

Ellison: I know I did but it's not stopping you!

Ellison: Fine, fine, it's up to you she's your daughter. I don't think you should have to tell her before you're ready.

[ellisonhaney]

I thought if I could touch this place or feel it This brokenness inside me might start healing. Out here it's like I'm someone else, I thought that maybe I could find myself If I could just come in I swear I'll leave. Won't take nothing but a memory From the house that built me.

[ellisonhaney]

Text:: Niklaus

Niklaus: oh no, my kid has been asking for a sibling for years now. so she'd be ecstatic.

Niklaus: i just know she'll have questions that i need to prepare myself for.

Niklaus: also dont wanna get her hopes up or anything

Ellison: Get her hopes up?

Ellison: Hold on a second, you were happy to preach to me to think positive

Ellison: And now you're going to be negative once we passed 12 weeks?