One month later!

Sinead woke abruptly, her stomach apparently doing flips inside her. Again. She got up, shoving the soft slippers Jake got her on her feet, and made it to bathroom just in time.

How am I going to tell Jake? She wondered, a little lump of uneasiness settling over her chest. She felt horrible. This had become her morning routine in the past week: Wake, stuff slippers onto feet, then run to bathroom. On the weekend with Jake home, it was harder to hide. She flushed the toilet, and started to head out. She was absolutely miserable. Although she tried to hold the tears back with her Ekat pride, she inevitably started crying. Jake heard her and came in to comfort her, wondering what was wrong.

"Baby, what's wrong?" He asked, trying to soothe her.

"You're not going to be happy." Sinead warned him, as she wiped her tears with his sleeve.

"What is it, Sinead?" he pressured. It wasn't much of a question. He had been suspecting something for weeks…

"I'm pregnant," Sinead croaked. Although it was difficult to say it out loud, she felt some of the weight she had been handling disappear.

"Oh! This is—you know what? Baby, it's going to be all right. I'll be here for you." Jake comforted. He was elated, but tried not to show it.

"You sure?" Sinead questioned, smiling weakly.

"Always."

"I love you."

"I love you, too. I'd never leave you."

"Neither would I."

—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—

Thanksgiving at the Kabra's.

"Well, after Ian's big news, I don't know if I can hold all my food in." Sinead whimpered, making an excuse to use the restroom. She looked so pained that the others let her go without question. Her morning sickness had started to vary in time. She hoped that was a good sign.

Even Cara gave her an uncertain glance as she ran off, although she still hadn't forgiven her. When she and Jake had arrived the day before, Cara had given her a look of such deep disgust that she wondered if she should turn back, screaming for help. But by then, Cara had grudgingly opened the door. But she made sure that the rapidly closing door hit Sinead on the back of her ankles, causing her to trip over onto the marble floor. Cara had barely stifled a giggle: part amusement, part revenge, part satisfaction, and part loyalty to her moping friend, Amy Cahill.

As she was walking back, she saw Amy sitting alone.

"Hey, Amy." Sinead called hesitantly. Although she had no regrets about her choice with Jake, seeing her former best friend like this because of her didn't really make her feel good at all.

"What? You stole my boyfriend." Amy sounded furious, but less so than before. Sinead hoped that this meant that Amy was less angry, not because she was secretly trying to plot revenge or something.

"That's the thing. I'm pregnant with his child." Sinead told her.

Amy blinked in surprise.

"What!? He told me he'd never do it till we were married." Amy said, stunned.

"Well I must be a girl he can't resist. Ta-ta." Sinead called, walking away. She couldn't hide her own gleefulness.

Well, she wasn't a Lucian, was she? She couldn't hide her emotions.

"He was mine first!" Amy slumped in her chair. Sinead was no doubt a traitor.

Actually, maybe they were distantly related. In the art of manipulation.

—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—

"Baby, I'm home!" Jake called, as he opened the door. Sinead hadn't been feeling well, even more so than usual, so Jake had gone to the store to get her some much-needed supplies. Namely, food.

"Did you get me the peanuts?" Sinead asked.

"Uh...I don't see them in the bag." Jake teased, holding up an empty peanut bag after fishing it from a trash can.

"Stop teasing. Did you get them?" Sinead giggled.

"Yes. I got them, and the ice cream, the candy, the drink mix, and the anchovies." Jake listed. "Oh, and by the way, why anchovies?" he added as an afterthought.

"I'm craving anchovies. It's supposed to be normal for expecting moms to crave certain types of food." Sinead explained.

Jake set the groceries on the bedside table, and gave her a kiss.

I think this may be a little shorter. I couldn't do to much because I have one more chapter to write. Again enter 39addict101 contest.