A/N: Hello, everyone! I would like to thank you for your reviews, the favourites and the follows. It's been a while since I last wrote a story about Downton Abbey. In this story Elsie, Beryl and Isobel have the same age while their husbands are a couple of years or three older than them. I have some ideas and plans for this story as it continues. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except from the idea and any characters that I created.
She slowly opened her eyes and smiled when she noticed her husband sleeping peacefully next to her. She remembered the times that he would wake her up with kisses and they would make love. She preferred making love in the morning as they were rested and relaxed. Thankfully, their daughters didn't come anymore to their bed in the morning which was one of their fears and they had to lock their door. Suddenly, her smile faded and got out of the bed quickly. She managed to go to the bathroom just before she started throwing up.
A few moments later she rested her back against the wall and took deep breaths to calm her stomach. She loved so much being pregnant but she hated the morning sickness. She had ended up in the hospital with dehydration when she was pregnant with Sybil. Slowly she stood up from the floor to wash her mouth and face. She was a little dizzy and went to bed again. Thankfully, her husband didn't wake up. Two more days, then she could tell him about the pregnancy.
About an hour later Charles woke up and noticed that his wife was still sleeping. He sighed in relief as he had noticed that the last few days she wasn't feeling very well. He hoped that she was feeling a lot better today. He wanted to know what was going with his wife, but he knew that she would come to him when she was ready. It was something that he had learned from the beginning. He got out of bed to have a quick shower and get dressed to go to the office.
"Good morning, love!", he greeted her with a kiss on the lips when he got out of the bathroom. "How are you feeling?", he noticed that she was a little better than yesterday and sighed in relief.
"Much better, love.", she didn't get up immediately as she liked to watch him going through his morning routine. "I guess that with all the work we had the last few days, I didn't eat or rest enough.", she didn't tell him the whole truth but she wasn't lying either. They had a lot of work at the school the last few days.
"Are you working today?", he sighed when he couldn't fix his tie as he wanted.
"No, I am not working today.", she chuckled as she watched him. "Come here, Charles.", she smiled at him and waited until he was sitting next to her to fix his tie exactly as he wanted. "Will you drop Margaret off at the school on your way to work?", she took his hand and squeezed it.
"Of course, love.", he smiled at her and kissed her hand. "What are you going to do today?", he was still a little worried about her but she seemed better than the previous day.
"I have to drop off some papers at school and then I am going for some shopping. Sybil and Margaret want some things.", she looked at the clock on her nightstand. "Oh my! You have to leave, Margaret is going to be late.", she moved the covers out of the way and stood up.
"See you in the afternoon, love.", he kissed her on the lips and left quickly.
After she was sure that everyone had left, she went quickly to have a shower and get dressed for the day. She was picking up the papers she needed to drop off at the school, when two small cards fell on the floor. She picked them up and saw that they were the cards Isobel and Beryl gave her that day at the doctor. A couple of minutes later she picked up her phone and dialed the first number she saw.
"Good morning, Beryl.", she greeted her with a cheerful tone in her voice. "I am Elsie. We met at the doctor's office a few days ago.", she explained to the other woman. "I am fine. How are you? Great.", she took a deep breath. "Listen, I have a day off today and I was wondering if you and Isobel had a couple of hours free to have a coffee.", she really hoped that they had. "Oh, great. I have a couple of errands to do first. How about we meet in about an hour at the entrance of the mall? Lovely. See you.", she placed her phone in her purse and smiled.
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She had parked a couple of blocks from the mall as she wanted to walk a little. As she was walking she passed outside a shop with clothes for babies and stopped. Absentmindedly her hand went to her stomach as she looked all the clothes and things the baby would need. She smiled and looked down at her stomach for a moment. "I have an idea about informing your father of your existence, pet.", she looked once more at the shop and continued walking.
As she walked towards the entrance of the mall, she noticed that the two women were waiting for her. She walked a little faster and greeted them. They decided to have a cup of coffee before going to shop. They chose were they would like to sit and sat down. "Good morning, ladies. What can I get you?", the waitress asked them.
"A cup of green tea for me, please.", Isobel was the first one to order.
"A hot chocolate for me, please.", Beryl told the young woman and looked at Elsie.
"A hot chocolate for me too. Thank you!", Elsie watched the young woman leaving before turning her attention to the two women.
"How have you been, Elsie? You were a little pale when you left the doctor's office the other day.", Beryl asked her with a little worry.
"I am a little better. Although, the morning sickness got worse the last couple of days.", she informed them.
"You're pregnant too?", Beryl and Isobel said at the same time.
"Yes. The doctor informed me that I'm pregnant. I'm in the second month.", she explained. "You are both pregnant?!", she asked surprised.
"Yes.", Isobel spoke first. "I'm in the third month with twins. She did an ultrasound and found two. I was so surprised when she told me that I was pregnant. I thought that I had something serious because of the dizziness and the nausea.", she put her hand on her abdomen.
"Do you have other children?", Elsie asked her interested in her story.
"I have a son, Matthew, from my first marriage.", she smiled at the thought of her son. "I got married with my Reginald when I was twenty years old. He was a doctor and I met him when I went at the hospital he was working to do my training to become a nurse. We were convinced that we wouldn't have any children as I hadn't gotten pregnant during the first three years of our marriage. I was surprised when I learned that I was pregnant a couple of weeks before our fifth anniversary. I organized everything and I told him the news on our anniversary.", she took a deep breath. "Reginald died six years later in a car accident. I was so devastated, but my son kept me going. I met Richard twelve years ago when we starting working together at the hospital. We got married in December of 2006. I got pregnant during a few months later but I had a miscarriage.", she shrugged and smiled sadly at the two women.
"What about you?", Elsie asked Beryl after a couple of minutes as the waitress brought them their order.
"I'm in the third month as well. I was shocked and surprised when the doctor told me the news. I have three more children. My eldest, William, is thirty years old. My second, Alfred, is twenty six years old and my youngest, Daisy, is twenty two years old.", she took a sip of her chocolate. "I never thought that I would get pregnant in my age. Bill, my husband, was surprised in the beginning but we are both very happy. We haven't told the children about it, yet. We want to wait until I am in the fourth month.", she smiled and placed her hand on her abdomen.
"What about you, Elsie?", it was Isobel who asked her.
"I got married with Charles when I was twenty years old. I have three girls. My eldest, Anna, is twenty seven and getting married in August. My second, Sybil, is 24 years old and finishing her studies to become a doctor. My youngest, Margaret, is fifteen years old. We thought that I had something serious, but it turned out that I was pregnant. She came as a surprise to all of us. Anna and Sybil were a big help with the baby.", she took a sip of her chocolate. "I haven't told my husband and my children about my pregnancy, yet. I will tell them next week after my appointment with the doctor. I want to be sure that everything is alright before telling them. I am a little concerned that Margaret will get a little jealous as she had all of our attention since she was born.", she placed her hand on her abdomen and looked at the two women.
"I am sure that everything will be alright. Margaret is fifteen years old. If she gets jealous or angry, you can all speak to her and help her understand things.", Isobel said with a reassuring smile and squeezed Elsie's hand.
"I am hoping for a little boy. I want to give my Charles the chance to have a son and teach him things.", she smiled widely as she imagined her husband playing with their son. "He loves our lasses very much, but I know that he would have liked to have a son.", maybe he would get the chance this time to hold a baby boy in his arms.
"So, let's finish these and go shopping.", Beryl pointed at their cups and grinned. She wanted to buy a couple of things for the baby and look around for things for the nursery. The three women were sure that there were new things for babies since the last time they had a baby.
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To Be Continued…
