Month 6
Edward started his third trimester still not having admitted what had happened. The Boggs, minus Kim, suspected that Jim had something to do with Edward's pregnancy, but he refused to say anything about it. Thankfully, Jim had not made any appearances lately.
Peg and Kim noticed that Edward was starting to get more emotional, though. Peg explained that it had to do with hormones, and that it was nothing to worry about. Still, it was kind of strange when Edward would randomly start crying. He always cried quietly, too. One minute he'd be sitting there, on the couch, watching television with the family, the next he'd be bawling silently, clinging on to whoever was holding him, which was always Kim or Peg.
Much as he appreciated Peg's kindness, Edward always liked it more when Kim was the one taking care of him. She'd sit with him, and wrap her arms around him, and hold him tight. Usually she'd run her hands along his side or back or whatever part of him happened to be within reach, then she'd play with his hair.
Unlike Peg, Kim didn't mutter re-assurances to him while he cried. Rather, she stayed quiet, letting him get all of his hurt and fear out, occasionally kissing him on the forehead. Often, she held him until he fell asleep.
He knew it wasn't real, and that he probably shouldn't be thinking it, but Edward couldn't help but pretend during these episodes that Kim was holding him in a different way than a sister would hold her brother. Rather, he imagined that she loved him, that he was hers and she was his.
