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"What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others."
Lucretius (c. 99 B.C.–c. 55 B.C.)
Katie quickly shut her eyes as fast as she opened them, as the light of the sunrise poured into a small room. A few seconds later she attempted to do open them again, but she was a much more cautious to the sunlight. When looked around, she noticed she was in a foreign place. Bed as hard as rocks, white tile, television from late nineties; she glanced down at her arm, an IV? "Where am I?" She rasped. Looking to her side, Katie saw her purse sitting on a tray. She reached over and grabbed her compact out of it, and was shocked at what she saw.
She looked into the mirror to see, a messy face; her messy face. Mascara was streaked down to the apples of her cheeks, and was hard on her lashes; curse waterproof mascara. She moved the mirror down a little further to see a fine layer of white powder all around her mouth and underneath her nose. "What the hell?" Katie mused aloud. Suddenly, she heard a click. Turning to the door, she saw who it was… DJ.
"Good Morn—," DJ looked down at his watch," Afternoon, baby." DJ took a seat next to his wife with a smile on his face. Katie looked utterly baffled.
"Where am I?" She asked him with a voice as soft and curious as a child's.
His smile faded, and a look of worry covered his face. "The hospital." Katie began to panic, and ask question after question: When? How? Why? She had no memory of last evening. So, her husband being the patient person he is answered every question that she had asked.
"Okay now, tell me why I look like a coke whore?" Katie asked why rubbing the mystery powder off of her face. DJ laughed at his wife's temporary amnesia. He raised a finger to her cheek, wiped a bit of the powder off her face, and licked his finger.
"You don't remember making me scour this entire hospital at two in the morning for powdered doughnuts?" The man chuckled in disbelief. Katie slowly shook her head no. "Well, I finally found some. And, then when I gave you them. You guzzled all five down in under a minute, a then were knocked out right after." Katie covered her face in embarrassment, and let out a fake scream. DJ laughed.
"So when will I be able to go home?"
DJ sighed, and rubbed his temples. "When your test results come back." Katie gave him another look of shock. DJ sighed again, "You are having a complete urinalysis done, and they pricked your finger." Katie became extremely confused. "You had a cup to pee in this morning. You couldn't do it, so… I had to help you, and you kinda peed on my hand." Katie threw herself back onto the pillow, and apologized before groaning.
"When do you think they'll be back?" Katie mumbled into the pillow. DJ told her in a few minutes hopefully. Any "average" person would've had to wait until at least five or six that evening to get their results back. But, since DJ was a prominent young doctor at this hospital, and had friends in the labs; they only had to wait a couple of hours. DJ reached for his wife's dainty hand. He balled it into a fist, and gave each one of her knuckles a kiss. She sighed, and he leaned over and gave her cheek a kiss.
"Mmm… I love a good powdered doughnut." He joked before going off to the bathroom to get a warm towel. Katie blindly reached out for her cell phone which she successfully grabbed. One missed call, from Aunt Lupe; not calling her back anytime soon, no need to hear gossip about the whole south-west today. She sat the phone back down on the side table, and sat up in the bed. DJ handed her the warm rag to wipe her face. He watched her intently as she did this.
Katie pulled her face away from the rag. "What?" DJ shook his head. Even though he would never tell her, he loved it when she took off her make-up or didn't wear any. That's when she looked the most beautiful to him. The bare-faced beauty handed her husband the mascara and foundation covered rag, and like clockwork the attending nurse came in with a clipboard. She gave Katie a huge grin that went from ear to ear, and she nudged DJ with her elbow before pulling her micro braids up into a bun, and checking Katie's vitals.
"What Maxine?" DJ asked the nurse before skimming over the results himself. Suddenly, DJ's eyes flew wide. He plopped down in the chair next to his wife's bed. He blinked a couple times, and then re-read the results.
"What? What's wrong?" Katie asked becoming concerned. Maxine giggled, before writing the stats down on another clipboard, and walking out. DJ smiled and turned to his wife before telling her results.
DJ took in a deep breath. "Well, babe you being nauseous, and vomiting is caused by food poisoning. Which would go away in a few days, if you didn't have a pre-existing condition." Katie furrowed her brows, and placed her chin into her palms. DJ took in another deep breath, "Which is… uh… baby, we're having a baby!"
-Five Weeks Later/ Eight Weeks Along-
"A grand adventure is about to begin."
Winnie the Pooh
Katie looked down at her small pooch that held her child. She placed her hand there, closed her eyes, and began to think about the life inside her. What would he or she look like? Would it be a he or a she? She smiled warmly, and looked over to the bulldog lying on the right of her. Katie rubbed her folds of fur. "Do you think I should tell Love-Bug today?"
"Tell me what?" Leah piped up. Katie didn't know that she heard that. So she sent Leah off on a "Snipe Hunt" or to go on a pointless and futile mission; this one being to find her father's dark blue sport coat. Which Katie figured was probably in winter storage. The older woman sighed and ran her hands back over her stomach. Juju, the bulldog, nuzzled her face into Katie's stomach. She smiled and rubbed the dog's ears and rolls of fur. She and the dog got so comfortable that Katie almost feel asleep. But, she was awakened by the pitter-patter of two little feet. Katie opened her eyes to a dark blue sport coat over her shoulder, and a little girl standing in front of her. "I found it mommy!" Katie was shocked that she found the coat, but hey, she could fix the rip in the sleeve lining now. So, she sent Leah on another errand, to find her pink and black sewing bag. Now, that was not an impossible task.
She promptly retrieved the bag, and Katie began to mend the jacket. Leah watched perplexed by this process. Over, under, over, under, again, and again. Juju just slept and slobbered all over her little "spot" on the couch. Katie was almost done mending the tear when she decided it was time to tell Leah about her younger sibling. Katie tied off the string, and broke it with her teeth. She laid the coat over the armrest of the couch. "Love-Bug, would you like to have a baby brother or sister?" Leah turned to the pregnant woman and began to nod vigorously. Katie smiled and pulled Leah on to her lap (something she wouldn't be able to do in a few months), and began to rub her springy curls. "Well, Leah you are going to have one a little after Christmas this year." Leah's eyes flew open wide, and she began to almost tremble with glee.
Leah erupted with giggles and shouts of joy. But, all of that came to a halt as she began to look at her step-mother's stomach. "Wait, if you are having a baby. Why isn't your tummy big?" Leah asked softly poking at the pooch where her sibling was growing. Katie smiled, but on the inside she was trying to figure out how to phrase what she was about to say.
"Well, Leah the baby is getting bigger inside of me, and as they get bigger. I get bigger." Katie was proud of the way she answered that until…
"How'd it get inside of you? Did you eat 'em? You ate the baby!"
an: Don't ya' just love toddlers? School started for me about two weeks ago AND I am in IB-Prep, so my updates may be every other weekend idk, whatever time allows. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Oh yeah! Chef Hatchet MAY be making an appearance in this story!
Best Wishes,
fulltimereviewer
PS- I am officially taking suggestions for baby names/ gender etc. So if you have any ideas tell me if you don't go eat a banana idk! ^_^ Get some Potassium! (:
PPS- Random thing I learned this week: Spanish Alphabet Song!
PPPS- Chapter Titles will come from a line in the story, that's why this one was REALLY RANDOM!