Early Elizabeth and Henry stories are always some of my favourites so I decided to give it a try and write something about it. I'm not satisfied with my work but I've made it far enough into writing it that I dont want to just delete it. Hope at least someone enjoys it! leave review or suggestions if you can! They always help :)
Elizabeth and Henry had been married now for a little over two years. In those two years Elizabeth had gotten her dream job as an analyst at the CIA and Henry was a marine fighter pilot, arriving from overseas where he had been deployed for the better part of their marriage.
After a few months of readjusting to each other and their new lives, they had decided they were finally ready to start a family. There was no rush to get pregnant, but they had been actively trying. A lot.
Early one afternoon, Elizabeth was in her office trying to accomplish some work, attempting to find some answers to a case she had recently been assigned by Conrad.
Sitting and reading, she suddenly felt a surge of nausea come upon her. Attempting to suppress it, she was unsuccessful and ran out of her office and headed straight to the washroom. As she was emptying the contents of her stomach, from across the stall she heard someone say "what is wrong with you? are you pregnant or what?!". It was Isabelle. "Shit" she thought. At that moment it hit Elizabeth, the nausea, the fatigue, her emotional state that had Henry concerned. She was pregnant. It had yet to be confirmed but finally piecing all the symptoms together, that had to be it.
After a few moments, Elizabeth was able to catch her breath and answered with a smart remark that her and Henry had gone out to eat the night before and she must have eaten something bad. Isabelle said nothing but she was skeptical. She knew full well it was just a matter of time before Elizabeth and Henry decided to start a family, and with the sheer happiness Elizabeth had been exuberating lately, Isabelle was sure it was related to the amount of sex they were having since he arrived from overseas.
Later that afternoon, Elizabeth and Isabelle were working on a case together when Elizabeth felt the nausea return. She was quiet and tried to be discrete but Isabelle the analyst saw right through her.
"Bess, what is up with you? Are you sure you're ok?"
"Yeah, I'm OK" she said unconvincingly, again.
"If you're not feeling well you can go home, I got this", Isabelle said.
With all the conviction she could muster, Elizabeth unconvincingly told her friend that she was fine and to leave it alone. She made it through the rest of the afternoon, but just barely.
That evening, after work, Elizabeth decided to make a quick stop to the drug store before heading home to her husband. She hadn't yet told him of her suspicion, but he would soon find out.
Henry had noticed his wife wasn't quite herself lately, she was often tired and a little nauseous but he figured she was coming down with the flu. Or maybe she was stressed out due to work and it was finally catching up to her. Henry hated seeing his wife not at her best and he always tried to take care of her but when he didn't know what the problem was, there was nothing he could do to help. He had decided he would make her favourite meal and treat her to a special night in hopes of making her feel better, or to at least make her open up and tell him what was wrong.
Elizabeth walked through the door of their home to find an incredibly sexy looking Henry cooking in the kitchen, she could smell that he was making dinner but before even being able to make out what he was making, the smell made her stomach turn once more.
Henry noticed her presence but before he could even say hi, he was surprised to see her run straight towards the washroom. He followed her and immediately heard what was happening in there. As a supportive husband, he went in to hold her hair and rub her back as she was trying to catch her breath. He just sat with her, trying to be the supportive husband she needed right now. He still didn't understand what was wrong but It didn't take long for him to notice the bag from the pharmacy and its contents that had been haphazardly tosses on the floor.
A pregnancy test.
At that moment, it hit him like a ton of bricks. He realized the symptoms she had been experiencing were probably due to something other than stress or the flu like they had originally thought.
Once she was able to sit up and finally catch her breath, she leaned back against the tub and rubbed her hands over her face. That's when she realized that her husband had noticed what was in the bag and he knew what was happening. Henry gave her the sincerest look that was full of love and she just fell into his embrace. At that moment, they both knew but they needed confirmation.
5 minutes. 5 minutes was a long time to wait for a stick to turn blue. For a result that could potentially change their lives forever.
But there it was. A positive pregnancy test. That was it. She was pregnant. Elizabeth and Henry were expecting a baby.
"Babe" he said in the most loving tone, as he grabbed her and pulled her into his warm and loving embrace. She was crying. Tears of joy. She was having a baby with the love of her life.
Henry noticed her tears, that's what made him break. If there was one thing that broke his heart, it was seeing his beautiful wife cry, whether it was sad or happy tears. When he saw her cry, he shed a few tears himself. He was still in shock but was so incredibly happy that he and his amazingly perfect wife had been able to create a miracle.
It took a few minutes before they were able to recompose themselves and fully process what was happening. After a few minutes of sitting together, Henry realized that supper was still cooking, he thought to himself that the fire alarm had not gone off and nothing smelled burnt so it should be fine, none the less he needed to check to make sure, his only problem was, he didn't want to leave Elizabeth's side, she still wasn't feeling well and was not ready to move just yet, but she knew Henry would be right back.
He went and took the dinner out of the over and opened all the windows in the kitchen, hoping the smell of the food would dissipate outside so Elizabeth could safely make it to the kitchen without her stomach turning again.
When he was finished in the kitchen, he went back to check on his wife but he found her once again over the toilet. He thought to himself that it would be a long pregnancy if the nausea didn't dissipate within a few weeks.
They eventually made it to the living room where Elizabeth was able to lay down on the sofa to relax. The smell of dinner was no longer an issue and she was feeling a little better. Henry sat with her for a while before he had the nerve to ask her if she wanted to eat, but after throwing up what seemed like 3 day's worth of food, he knew she needed something in her system, if not for her but for the baby that was growing inside her.
When he got the nerve to ask her what she wanted to eat, Elizabeth wanted to tell him to fuck off but she knew he meant well and that he was just concerned so she asked him to get saltines and ginger ale to start, in hopes of settling her stomach, then maybe she could think about a meal, though she wasn't convinced she'd be able to keep it down.
After finally being able to eat what to her felt like a full meal, but to Henry only few bites, Elizabeth was more than ready to call it a day and head up to bed. It had been a long day and she was beyond exhausted and more than ready to head to bed and snuggle up to her husband. Henry was willing to do anything for his wife, she was carrying his child after all, the least he could do was hold her while she tried to get some sleep after the rough day she had.
They made their way up to their bedroom and Elizabeth got changed into some comfy pajamas, while she was changing, Henry snuck up behind her to give her sweet kisses on her neck and started rubbing her belly, telling her that she was beautiful, how much he loved her and how lucky he was to be able to call her his wife. Elizabeth's heart soared, she couldn't believe how lucky she was to have the perfect husband who was so supportive and loving and would do nearly anything for her. As much as she was enjoying her husband's affection at the moment, she really just wanted to get to bed and he understood that.
She finally crawled into bed and covered herself in blankets, Henry decided it might be a good idea to keep a garbage can next to the bed, in the event she would be sick again, though there was nothing smelly around, he thought better safe than sorry. Elizabeth just laughed, he was so concerned but she found it endearing.
"Babe, I'm going to be fine, just come to bed. The only thing I need is you."
That melted Henry's heart, he couldn't deny her anything so he stripped down to his boxers and crawled under the blankets with her.
"I love you baby" he whispered in her ear.
"Are you talking to me or the other baby", she joked.
"Both" he said as he was snuggling up to spoon her.
She just smiled. She didn't think life could ever be this way, after all she had been through as a child and now her life was beyond any expectation she could have ever dreamed up.
Henry closed the gap between them and pressed his body against her back, she immediately relaxed in his arms and let a heavy breath. Henry wrapped his arm around her slight body and placed his hand on her abdomen, he was still in shock that there was a baby in there and that her belly would get much bigger in only a few months. He couldn't help but smile.
Elizabeth was finally starting to relax when she felt Henry's hand slide on her belly. For her, that made it very real, she knew she was in good hands with her husband and that he would take good care of her and their baby.
With Henry's strong arms wrapped around her, holding her and their baby, Elizabeth drifted off to sleep. Henry laid in bed for a while before he was able to relax enough to fall asleep, he enjoyed watching his wife sleep so peacefully for a few hours.