Prologue
"Ugh
honey" Jessie groaned from where she was laying on the couch
watching something on tv.
"Yes cherie?" Sylvain asked, sticking his head out from where he was in the kitchen making dinner.
"When're daddy and Trish supposed to be here?" she asked, looking over at him with a slightly uncomfortable look on her face.
"In a little while" he answered. "John told me about 5 or so because Kevin has karate tonight".
"Oh ok" she said, struggling to stand up.
"Cherie?" Sylvain questioned, looking at her with a matching look on his face, as he wondered what she was doing.
"I have to pee" she said, managing to get into a standing position. "Plus I'm going to make sure Rosie's dressed and all". With that she made her way upstairs. After she did her business in the bathroom she went into Rosie's room. "Baby are you ready? Grampa, gramma, and Kevy'll be here in a little bit".
"Havin' twouble tyin' shoe" Rosie said, trying to tie the shoe, only managing to knot the laces.
"Here baby" Jessie said, helping her unknot and tie the shoe before tying the other one for her. "Come downstairs ok? That way you'll be down there when they get here".
"Otay mama" Rosie answered, skipping happily downstairs. About an hour later, promptly at 5, John and everyone got there. Rosie excitedly went and answered the door, barely able to open it since she was a bit too short. "Gampa! Gamma!" she exclaimed, throwing herself into John's arms, who welcomed her happily.
"Hey babydoll how are you?" he asked, carrying her over to the couch.
"Fi'e" she answered, playing with the front of the jersey he had on.
"That's cool" he said, bending over to kiss Jessie. "How are you babygirl?"
"Fine daddy" she said, smiling halfheartedly at him. "Just being kicked repeatedly in the stomach".
"Been there done that" Trish joked, bending to hug her. "Sucks don't it?"
"Yep" Jessie answered.
"Don't worry" John said, what he thought was soothingly. "You only have about 3 more months left right? That's not so bad it'll be here before you know it".
"You try carrying a 9 pound object in your stomach and then after 9 months of it kicking your bladder all the time and making you eat alot of crap you don't normally eat then you can shove it out of your di..." Jessie said before John interrupted her.
"Yeah I get your point" he said, holding his hands up in defeat. "So I'm guessing today's not been a good day".
"No" she mumbled, trying to get comfortable on the couch. "It hasn't".
"Sorry" he said lamely.
"Its ok" she said. "Its not your fault, its his". Sylvain who had just walked into the room rolled his eyes a bit.
"Here we go" he mumbled in French, forgetting that Jessie was quite fluent in it.
"Shut up" she shot back, also in French.
"Dinner's ready" he told everyone, a fake pleasant smile on his face.
"Good I'm starving" John said, standing up and walking with Rosie toward the dining room area as Sylvain helped Jessie stand up.
"Did you make all this?" Trish asked, looking at the food spread out on the table.
"Oui" Sylvain answered. "I did".
"Wow looks good" she praised, helping Kevin scoot up to the table in his chair. Once she did she sat down and fixed him a plate before fixing her own.
"So babygirl how soon after you have the baby are you going back to work?" John asked, taking a big bite of the food on his plate.
"I dunno" she mumbled. "Stephanie said I have the option of taking 3 months off after, I'm just not sure I want to take that long. I may just take the 6 weeks they recommend that you rest and go back".
"Yeah" he said. "You know, everyone's missed you backstage, they ask me about you all the time".
"Aww" she cooed, a smile on her face. "That's nice. Makes me want to get back even more now".
"Shelton and Mickie said something about coming to see you soon" Trish told her. "They're supposed to be in Boston in about 5 weeks I think for an autograph signing so they said they might stop by".
"Yay" Jessie cheered, smiling widely. "Maybe Mickie and I can go shopping".
"Will you want to?" Sylvain asked, laughing. "You get tired coming down the..." he trailed off and quit laughing when he saw the look on her face.
"I'm sure she'd like that" Trish said, trying to diffuse the situation.
"I'll call her in a few days to talk to her about it" Jessie said, smiling at the woman she considered her mom. "Maybe we can do some shopping for the baby, I still need to get some clothes and stuff. Gah I'm so glad that we know its a boy, that waiting thing sucked".
"Yeah Kevin was like that" Trish laughed. "He took forever to turn around so they could tell that he was a boy". Throughout the rest of dinner everyone made small talk, laughing and reminiscing a bit about everything.
"Cherie" Sylvain said, once they had left. "I'm going to go out, Rene is meeting me at a bar and we're going to have a few drinks".
"Why don't you invite him here?" she suggested. "I haven't seen him in a while, it'll be fun".
"Oui, but I don't want us being too rowdy around you or Rosie" he said, looking at her sheepishly. "Plus its late and Rosie's going to sleep soon and all..."
"Oh ok" Jessie said, her expression falling a bit. "Alright well I'll see you later I guess".
"Oui" Sylvain said, kissing her cheek. "Bonne nuit". Once he was outside and in his car he got his cellphone out and dialed a number. "Hey I'll be there in a few minutes".
