Damn writers block...trying to stop me...won't let it...

*Hits head with brick*


SEVEN: Loose Women

Matt slept soundly under the sheets with his head against the large, soft pillow. His mind drifting through nothing but happy thoughts. He had his back to the window so the morning light couldn't stop his dreaming. Until something else did…

The bed suddenly shuddered and then the bed springs creaked, the commotion forced Matt to open his eyes. Groggily, he turned over and saw Sarah was not there. He sat up and saw the bathroom light was on, the sounds coming from it told him what was happening.

Five minutes later, Sarah emerged from the bathroom. She staggered in, hand on her stomach and looking drained. She groaned as she sat back on the bed.

"Feeling better?" he said.

"A little. Being pregnant is hard on your tummy!" she moaned.

However, an hour later there was no evidence to suggest Sarah had been sick. Matt watched from the kitchen as Sarah got more and more food out of the replicator, since becoming pregnant Sarah wasn't holding back.

"You're gonna make yourself sick twice in one day." He told her.

"Mi cunf helf it!" she said with her mouth full, "Mi juff cunf shto eatin!"

It was half an hour later when Sarah had finally finished; there was the litter of many different kinds of food scattered on the floor. Sarah cleaned it all up, feeling a little embarrassed that she had behaved like a pig.

"Well at least I'm not getting any weird cravings." She pointed out.

"I'd say food is your craving!" said Matt, "The weird ones are most likely still to come."

Sarah looked round, the amount she had eaten, if she carried on like this for the next 9 months…

"Matt, would you still love me if I was…?" she didn't want to say the last word.

"What kind of question is that, eh? I've told you that I'll always love you no matter what you look like, short, tall, thin, fa…big-boned,"

"Smooth dodge," she said.

"Thank you."


Now five weeks gone, Sarah was sitting outside in the field in front of the house, the horses were not afraid of her and the young ones even came up to sniff her. Sarah always loved horses; she used to ride them when she was little.

The ponies that licked her fingers and let out little whinnies just melted her heart.

Matt stepped outside carrying his change bag with his racing gear in; he was due for another practice at the track. He walked over to his wife and placed his hand on her knee.

"You being all motherly to them?" he asked.

"They just seem to like me," said Sarah.

"Maybe they can see a good mother when they see one,"

Sarah looked down at Matt and smiled at him, Matt however was checking his watch, he looked up to her again.

"You sure you're alright with me going out, cos I can cancel if you want?"

"No, no," Sarah insisted, "It's an important meeting and you gotta be there, I'll be fine."

Matt checked his watch again, then made his way over to the drive where his car was stationed, being the only one who used it; it wasn't a luxury or sporty car, just a pick-up.

The horses then looked up from their grazing and casually trotted away, Sarah wondered what had made them all move on. Then, down the path, Sarah could see Susan walking towards her; she had Eclipse on her shoulder.

Sarah was surprised, pleasantly surprised, "Hey, Sis!"

"Hi, Sarah, don't get up!" she said, and sat down next to her.

"What brings you here?"

"Matt called and said you might want some company," said Eclipse.

Sarah looked over to Matt, he was bunging his bag into the passenger seat, "Really, Matt, I said I'd be fine!"

"It's more of a surprise, actually!" he said.

Sarah frowned, then all of sudden she couldn't see as something covered her eyes, they felt like hands, "Guess who?" came a voice.

"Michelle?"

The hands withdrew and Michelle stepped in front of her, the two girls screamed as they hugged each other, they hadn't seen each other since the wedding.

"I can't believe you're here!" said Sarah, overjoyed.

"Well here I am!" said Michelle, "We gotta lot of catching up to do!"

"Not without us you don't!" came another voice from down the path.

"Roxy! Nat!" cried Sarah, ecstatically.

Roxanne and Natalie came walking down the path towards them, Natalie was still wearing her green uniform, she had just come back from a mission before heading to their dimension.

"We're not too late are we?" asked Roxy, "This was the time Matt asked us to arrive?"

Sarah looked at her husband; he had a sneaky grin on his face. "How long have you've been planning this?"

"Ages. Had to find out when everyone was free to visit. Thought you could have a girls-only day or something." He said.

"And that's exactly what we're gonna do, right?" Michelle said to the others.

"Okay, I'll be back tonight, you ladies have fun!" he waved to them, got in the truck and drove off. Sarah watched till he was out of sight.

"He's some fella, eh?" asked Roxy.

"The best." Said Sarah.

"What does a girls-only day involve?" asked Eclipse.

The six women sat outside and talked for hours, mostly about what they had been doing over the last few months. Roxanne had just finished her three day climb of Mount Everest; she had her film crew in her back pack filming the whole thing. Michelle was currently doing photo shoots for next year's calendar and Natalie was still working for the US government, she wasn't allowed out in public as they were still afraid of her after she rampaged through San Diego.

They talked as the sun slowly sailed through the clear sky. When the temperature slowly began to drop they made their way inside, the three guests were amazed at the house, Michelle collapsed onto the bed to see how soft it was, while Natalie toyed with the TV, forgetting the last time she had been able to watch a television set. Roxanne tried out the replicator, managing to get coffees for everyone, water for Eclipse as apparently she was allergic to coffee, Fang said the last time she tried it she turned red and began steaming.

They all sat down in the living room, Roxanne, Sarah and Natalie on the couch, Susan in the armchair and Michelle lying down on the floor. Eclipse sat on Susan's knee. Soon they got onto the subject of relationships. They took it in turns to tell the others.

"Since me and Nathan became business partners the bar business has sky rocketed and we're saving money on deliveries cos I can easily carry it all by myself!" said Susan. "We're thinking of using the profits to help construct a house for ourselves to live in, we were thinking somewhere near San Francisco."

"Well you all know what's been happening with me and Matt," said Sarah, putting her hand on her stomach, she was slowly starting to show, although she thought all the food she had eaten this morning was the cause. "What about you, Roxy?"

"Well, you know Jim, he was on the boat the day I became Annazon. He and I have been working together longer than anyone else on the team, and recently we've been having a…thing,"

"A thing?" asked Michelle.

"We were doing a short trip through the Egyptian desert; we arrived at the pyramids a few days before the camera crew so we just reminisced about old times, then we sorta…"

"Got it on!" said Eclipse, quickly covering her mouth, shocked at what she had just said. The others laughed however.

"Not quite," chuckled Roxy, "We both realised that two people who work together this entire time share more between them than just work, so we've recently been going out."

"I apologize," said Eclipse, "I don't know where that came from!"

"I think I do," said Susan, "Seems Fang's been rubbing off on you!"

"How are things between the warrior princess of Serene and the rapidly evolved mutant snake?" asked Sarah.

"We can't seem to take our hands off each other, nor his tail." The alien princess blushed, "We were thinking of moving to a place in L.A. I am told there are large houses there and wide open areas for Rex to play in,"

"So you two are actually living together now? That's great!" said Susan.

"We've currently been staying at General Monger's facility, but Fang says its wrong that 'home' and 'work place' should mean the same thing."

"What about you, Michelle?" Sarah asked, everyone looked at the youngest member.

"Oh, I've got three boyfriends at the moment," she said.

"THREE?" everyone said at once.

"Well my parents wanted to make sure that I was with the right guy, someone who wouldn't be with me just for the media attention. So they actually set up 'auditions' to see who would be right for me, there were thousands of guys lining up and have since been whittled down to three, we're dating separately and sometime soon I get to choose which one I feel I have a connection with."

"Woah." was all Susan could say.

"And I really like them, and I don't wanna have to send two of them away," she sighed.

"I'm sure you'll make the right choice," said Sarah, "What about you, Nat?"

"Oh…well…um…" Nat struggled to gather her words.

"Go on," said Michelle, "We wanna hear!"

"Well, when I'm not on a mission I am kept inside the government facility under supervision, there are patrols that go past my room every fifteen minutes. But recently there is this one soldier who stops by my door briefly, the others just walk past. He says he's just doing his rounds, but then I found out that he had secretly rearranged the rota so that he could walk past my room more often."

"Ooh, Natalie's got an admirer!" Michelle grinned.

"You should ask him out!" said Roxy.

"Oh come off it," said Nat, "Who would want to go out with me?"

"If I swung that way I'd be all over you in a shot!" said Michelle, "But seriously, after all that you've been through, you deserve to have someone in your life!"

"Oh, I don't know!" Nat said, sounding unsure.

Sarah put her hand on Natalie's leg, "Come on, do it for me. I don't want my baby to think its Aunt Natalie hasn't got anyone."

Natalie looked at Sarah with surprise, "Aunt?"

"Sure, you're all gonna be aunt's," she told all of them, "We're all different versions of each other, that practically makes us all sisters. And your family too as far as I'm concerned, Eclipse."

Eclipse smiled at her. The others were all filled with glee; they hadn't considered becoming aunties before.

They carried on talking till the light of day was replaced with the inky dark of night. Roxanne and Michelle had to get back to their realities; they had to be up early for work the next day.

Natalie was just on the verge of saying goodbye when Matt came back.

"I'll give you a call some time," she said.

"Please do, I had a great time having you all here, it meant a lot." said Sarah.

The two hugged and then Natalie put her hand on Sarah's stomach, "I look forward to seeing you again." She smiled.

"We gotta get going too," said Susan.

"We'll walk with you back to the facility, Natalie." Said Eclipse.

They said their goodbyes to Sarah and Matt and walked into the night. Sarah crouched down and picked up her husband as he walked in the door.

"Had a nice time?" he asked.

"Oh, it was the best! Thank you so much!" she said.

Just then her stomach growled, Sarah blushed, "I think it's time for a snack."


*Hits head with break continuosly*