The minutes were ticking by like hours. Myka hadn't been away from Helena for this long since they had found out that she was pregnant. Helena had been sent off on what was meant to be a simple snag it, bag it, tag it, but a week later she still hadn't come home.
Myka laid there on the bed, stroking her ever protruding stomach, as it seemed the only way to calm down the child that was growing inside of her. She was waiting for that nightly phone call that they had with each other. Hand hovering over where the answer button would appear once her wife started to call her. She didn't want to chance missing it.
The phone vibrated. Making Myka jump slightly.
"Hi beautiful"
"Hello darling. How is the little one?"
"Kicking like hell. Missing mummy's stories." Myka winced as their unborn child gave a kick to the kidney.
Helena chuckled. "Did you go to the Doctors today then?"
"No. I'm waiting for you to get back, and before you tell me off, I want you to be there. After all we are going to be finding out the sex, and I want you to be there, not half way over the other side of the country"
"OK darling, I should be back soon."
"But how soon?" Myka whinged.
"Tomorrow, or the day after" there was more certainty in Helena's voice since the last time they had spoken. Myka smiled to herself when she heard those words.
"Thank god for that, I've been missing you so much. We need you back here."
"I know you do darling, and I will be. I promise."
"Good, now either get some sleep or finish getting that artifact so you can get back to us!" Helena loved it when Myka was assertive, especially in her current state.
"Ok darling. I will talk to you tomorrow. I love you. Both"
"We love you too." With that the baby kicked again, as if in agreement, and both women put the phone down.
Myka felt more comfortable with going to sleep now that she had heard Helena's voice. Knowing that she was safe, well as safe as she could be when out hunting, made everything that little bit easier. However what Myka didn't know was that Helena had completed her mission the day before, and what Helena had been doing was trying to find the perfect gift for her wife and child. This task was made rather more difficult when she still didn't know the sex of her baby. What she also didn't know was that Helena was already outside of the B&B when she was on the phone to her.
Once Helena knew that Myka would be fast asleep she crept up into their room and slid into bed next to her sleeping wife. It didn't take long for Helena to fall asleep finally cuddled up to her pregnant wife.