Jane put the last tray of the day on the counter waddled to the elevator making her way to Rafael's suite. She was tired. She worked the whole day at the hotel and was working on set editing a script yesterday. She loved what she was doing and needed the money but it tired her out; especially with her pregnancy progressing.
All she wanted to do was sleep and she was too tired to drive home. Jane would either stay in one of the rooms in Rafael's suite or have him drive her home when he was done with work.
Jane waddled to Rafael's door and rummaged through her purse retrieving the keys that Rafael gave her so that she could come and go as she pleased. She pushed the door open, walked into her "room" and lay on the bed.
She placed her hand on her belly and started talking: "you're making mommy very very very tired". She yawned and closed her eyes, her hand still on her belly. The baby kicked again causing her eyes to open. "Baby, can you please let mommy sleep? Please? Just for ten minutes." She pleaded to her unborn baby.
Jane managed to find a position that she was comfortable in, the baby had stopped kicking, and she closed her eyes taking full advantage of this opportunity knowing that it would not last too long.
When she awoke half an hour later Rafael was opening the door. "Hi baby." He greeted, smiling, walking and sitting down next to her. He put his arm around her shoulders and let Jane snuggle up closer to him.
"How are you feeling?"
"The event today kicked my ass. I was on my feet all day and your baby won't stop moving and it's driving me nuts." She gave him a small smile. "I want this baby out of me." She whined.
"Only a few more months and we'll be able to hold our baby. And he or she will be driving us crazy in a different way." Rafael touched her belly, smiling thinking of what the future held for him.
"Oh! I can't wait" Jane said sarcastically.
They sat together in silence, Jane closing her eyes as Rafael stroked her hair. Suddenly, Jane was reminded of something and pulled herself up, Rafael holding her back as support "What are we going to do?"
"About?" He looked at her puzzled.
"My due date is not getting any farther away. I still live with Abuela and mom. There isn't enough room for me and the baby. Especially when you come over to see the baby and knowing you that's going to be almost 24/7." She told him.
"Yeah you better believe I'm going to be over every day after work and weekends."
Jane chuckled, thankful that he was going to be a present father unlike Rogelio (not saying that she didn't appreciate him now). Jane spoke: "Babe. Where are you even going to sit? You've seen my house right now. There's baby stuff everywhere and it'll be four people permanently living in that house. I don't think there's room". She looked at him pleading for guidance.
Rafael stayed quiet trying to figure out what to say to her. "Hello, can you say something please?" She turned to him, shook his shoulder in an attempt to get his attention.
"Sorry! I was just thinking and I have an idea. You can live with me. What do you think?" Rafael waited for an answer.
"What? Where is this coming from? She propped herself up slowly.
"Well, you're right about not having much room in the house and the baby is going to be here soon, and I know we haven't talked about it till now, Just think about it though, you'll have more space, you'll have me around pretty much all the time for help and I know despite the fact that you won't say it and because they love you and won't kick you out but you feel like you're imposing on your mom and grandmother." He listed. "And you spend almost all your time here anyway, with work and you usually write here anyway. The only thing you do at home is sleep.
Jane lay back into Rafael's arms, Rafael kissing her forehead. She sighed, he made valid were getting closer and they were having a baby. Moving in together isn't totally out of the blue. Jane was quiet trying to process everything. Was this a good idea? Did she have any other options? Did she want to do anything or move anywhere else?
After being quiet for what seemed like eternity to Rafael, she finally spoke up, albeit slowly. "The answer's yes. I want to move in with you. You make good points. I think this will be good for us." She looked at him to see his reaction.
Rafael didn't say anything, but he did lean forward to kiss her. With her, nothing else mattered. He was happy. She made him happy.
She put her hand on his stomach to stop him. He pulled back and asked: "What? Come on Jane, this is a good occasion."
She nodded acknowledging what he was saying. "I just wanted to make sure, things were still clear. I'm not ready to have sex yet."
Rafael looked at her sincerely and nodded. "Jane, just because I asked you to move in with me doesn't mean we're going to have sex. I know that it is important to you and I respect that. I'll wait till you're ready. You're worth the wait." Rafael said earnestly. "I love you so much" Rafael said and leaned in. Jane responded: "I love you too."
Jane pulled back and looked at Rafael: "Now the question is, how I tell my mother and Abuela? She brought up; eyes wide open in a panic. They would be crushed.
Rafael looked at her and shrugged. He didn't know what to tell her. They would definitely be devastated. Ever since, he had met Jane (not including the time they kissed five years ago), her family had always been the most important thing in her life.
"Whatever they say, we'll handle it together and if you change your mind at all, at any point, we don't have to move in together." Rafael reassured her.
"I'm going to need a couple of days to figure out how to tell them." Jane sighed; she was excited and scared all at the same time.
Rafael and Jane didn't talk anymore about it that night. They just lay together thinking about their future together.