First Newsie Fanfic! Yay!
Jack Kelly lay in bed staring across the room at his wife who was typing away on her typewriter. It was just passed ten o'clock and she was still hard at work from when she had sat down there four hours ago. She was under the impression that he was asleep but he couldn't. He sat there watching her in the lamplight. From the back you'd never know Katherine was eight months into her pregnancy. She'd always been tiny since Jack had known her and she still was, everywhere except her baby bump. She always complained to him about how big and awkward she looked but to him she was still just as beautiful as before.
His mind flashed back to that morning when they were having another discussion about how Katherine looked while pregnant. "Jack Kelly I have no idea how you still find me attractive." she stated as she struggled to button the front of her dress over her large belly. Jack chuckled and took over buttoning her dress. "Because you're my girl and I will always love you no matter what you look like." She sighed, "I'm huge, I'm starting to waddle when I walk, I..." Jack cut her off with a kiss. "You are perfect."
The memory from that morning was gone and he was back watching Katherine type away on her typewriter. He got up and gathered one of the blankets in his hands and walked across the room to her. She was so focused she didn't even notice Jack was there until he wrapped the blanket around her shoulders. She jumped slightly, "Hey. Did I wake you?" Jack wrapped his arms around her neck and shoulders, "Never." He kissed her temple lightly, "Ace it's late you and our son need sleep."
She finally took her hands off the keys and smirked, "Our daughter is asleep, stopped kicking hours ago. I'm fine". He ran his hands through her curls, "Come on," he whispered. She sighed finally giving in to him, "Fine."
The two of them made their way back to bed. Jack laid down allowing Katherine to curl into him. "Better get some sleep while you still can." He set a hand on her belly. She smiled almost instantly falling asleep, "Yeah." She mumbled.
The next morning she woke up, stretching her hand over to the left side of the bed to reach for Jack. She was surprised when she found the side empty, she opened her eyes, "Jack?", she mumbled. She struggled to sit up but when she did she noticed something on her nightstand. A red rose and an envelope sat there waiting for her. She looked at the gift puzzled, it wasn't her birthday and it wasn't their anniversary, what was this for?
She took a quick sniff from the rose and began to carefully open the envelope. She pulled out a pencil sketch of her, a pregnant her cradling her belly. Although whenever she looked at herself in this state in the mirror she always felt huge and not pretty in the slightest but this picture was different. He had captured her in a way that made her feel beautiful. She could see all the love he put into this drawing. She finally noticed the writing scrawled across the top. Happy First Mother's Day was written in Jack's almost chicken scratch handwriting. She giggled, "So that's what it's for". She got up out of bed and took the rose and the drawing and went to find Jack. She followed the scent of coffee out to their small kitchen where she found him leaning against the counter.
He smiled seeing her in the doorway. "Hey you," he said setting his coffee cup down going to her, "Happy Mother's Day Ace." He said wrapping his arms around her. She giggled, "I don't think I get to celebrate Mother's Day until I've actually had the baby." He smiled placing a hand on her swollen belly, "And miss out on a chance to show my girl how much I love her? Never." He laughed as he kissed her nose. As if on cue the baby kicked against Jack's hand, "See he even agrees with me," he smirked. She kissed him back. "It's a she," she giggled "Thank you Jack."
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