So, the baby is almost here!

Chapter 10- 6 and 7

It was 2:00 a.m and Liz couldn't sleep, she could not get used to the baby kicking and today it seemed like if he had a party inside her. She went to the kitchen to look for something to eat, maybe that was going to calm him down but those three donuts worked out as caffeine for him so she decided to text Jack to see if he was asleep and that way she could distract herself

Hey, you awake?

Send: August 14, 2009. 2:23 a.m.

After 5 minutes he finally answered

From: Jack Donaghy

I am, what are YOU doing up?

August 14, 2009. 2:28 a.m.

Oliver has been kicking for the last two hours and I can't sleep

Send: August 14, 2009. 2:30 a.m.

20 minutes have had passed since Liz sent that last message to Jack and still no response, maybe she woke him up and now he had felt back to sleep. She went to the living room and turned the TV on, The Parent Trap was on, and who doesn't like to watch that film over and over again? Her favorite part was on, when Annie finally meets her mother but it was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"What the wha…" said Liz as she stood up to open the door, it was Jack, he wasn't wearing pajamas or a tracksuit, he was wearing a suit (how weird of Jack) and his hair was perfect, as usual.

"Heeeeey there, you shouldn't have bothered", said Liz as she let him in

"Oh, it's okay Liz, I was…" Jack paused for a second, he couldn't tell her that he was at a very boring date with a woman who didn't shut her mouth, it was a shame that she had an amazing body and a perfect face, but as soon as she opened her mouth all of that disappeared. He took her to his apartment to at least fuck her and she did not shut her mouth, he didn't even kiss her, so Liz's message had saved him from a terrible date "I… um… I couldn't sleep either, I was at… my office, doing some...charts, you know me"

"Charts? Wow, you really couldn't sleep, huh?"

"Yup, so…. Is Oliver still kicking?"

"Yeaaah! As I told you before, he's been like this for about two hours"

"Sit down, I'll try to make him stop"

They both sat on the couch and Jack began talking to Oliver

"Oliver Dean Donaghy, I'm calling you by your full name because I want you to know that what I'm going to tell you is very serious"

Liz laughed, Jack was so cute when he talked to Oliver

"You need to sleep because your mother has to rest, she has to work tomorrow and you don't" this was followed by a kick "Don't try to argue with me", but apparently Oliver was not going to follow any order

"Well, at least you tried" said Liz

"I did my best… What are you watching?"

"The Parent Trap, don't tell me that you've never seen it"

"I haven't, actually"

"Are you serious? C'mon Jack, it's a classic!"

"Fill me in", he said and then Liz began explaining the film but before the movie ended they were already asleep.

Liz was woken up by the light coming from the window, she was in her couch, she'd probably felt asleep while watching the movie with Jack, she thought… wait… where's Ja… that's when she felt an arm around her, she was laying on the couch and Jack was right behind her with his arm around her belly. She freaked out, but she did not move because she didn't want to wake him up and make this more awkward than it already was so she went back to sleep, or at least she tried.

Jack woke up 30 minutes later, he was disoriented but then he realized there was a woman wrapped in his arm. He was still sleepy so he thought that it was the woman he went out with yesterday, but then he remembered that nothing happened between them so then it was… Liz… Oh God it was Liz! He should have left when he realized she had felt asleep but he was to tired to stand up and go. His arm was around Liz and his hand could touch Liz's baby bump, he moved his arm and tried not to move, he was going to wait for Liz to woke up, other way he was going to wake her up.

They were both laying on the couch, awake, thinking that the other one was still asleep, trying not to move to not make this much more akward. It wasn't until Jack spoke

"Are you up?"

"I am" said Liz as her cheeks turned red

"Would you mind…"

"Yes, of course" said Liz as she sat down on the couch

"Thanks" said Jack as he stood up "I'm sorry, I was really tired yesterday and I didn't realized tha…"

"It's okay, don't worry, truth to be told I hadn't slept that good on weeks"

"Really? Me neither"

"Yeah, don't worry, let's forget that this happen… you want breakfast?"

"Sure"

They made their way to the kitchen and Jack made pancakes with strawberries and whipping cream on top

"I didn't know that you were good on the kitchen"

"There are a lot of things that you still don't know about me Liz, I can surprise you"

"You definitely can, I wouldn't mind if you made this every single day when Oliver is born"

"Oh, about that..." he said as he swallowed a piece of pancake "I've been thinking about the thing we talked about, about what are we going to do when the baby is here aaand I thought that maybe you could move to my apartment for a couple of months, that way I could help you with the baby 24/7, well except when I'm working but that way it will be easier than having him every two weeks with me and then with you"

Liz didn't say anything

"Only if you want to, that's the only solution that I thought of"

"But… it would be awkward you know? That we are like... sharing a room"

"Oh, no, no, you'll have your own room, you can have one of the guest rooms and then the other could be for Oliver and if you feel tired one day you can simply come to your apartment to rest and I'll take care of him, what do you think? I was thinking that maybe next month you could move or maybe when you are 8 months pregnant, just in case you go in labor, that way I'll probably be there and when you go out from the hospital we'll go directly to my apartment and all of your stuff will already be there"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, of course! If I wasn't okay with it, I wouldn't be telling you this"

"Then yes, I think it's a good idea"

"And whenever you want to leave you can leave, you don't have to pay rent or anything"

"Alright, I like your idea"

"Perfect, then whenever you want, just tell me and I'll send someone to pick up the things that you want to take"

"It'll probably be next month, when I'm on maternity leave, because by that time I'll get bored to death so it will be good to have someone to talk"

"Yeah, whenever you want, you just call me and you don't have to pack anything, I'll have someone that will do that for you"

"Thank you, that's very sweet of you"

They continued eating, both of them with big smiles on their faces.

The next month was, what Liz would call, the roller coaster of emotions. Moving to Jack's, even knowing that it was just temporary, and maternity leave was hard for her, it was one of those things that you know they are happening or are going to happen but you never really realize until it's happening. This was the point on her pregnancy when she realized that this was actually happening, she was huge, she called herself a walking planet. The last week before Liz went on maternity leave, the writers went crazy, they tried to write the shows for the rest of the season but it was impossible, Liz told them that she'll be working from her home so she wouldn't mind if they send her e-mails related to work. Frank was left on charge and on Liz's first day off, her e-mail was full.

Being at Jack's wasn't that bad after all, every day she discovered new rooms in there and when she got bored when Jack wasn't around, she went out for a walk on the big city. She spent a lot of time on Central Park watching kids play, Moms' going out with their babies on their strollers for a walk and some couples that were expecting as she was. Those moments in Central Park sometimes made her change her mind, maybe she did wanted the romantic part of the pregnancy, she wanted a husband that hugged her an kissed her as they walked around Central Park. But she couldn't complain, even though she was not romantically involved with Jack, she felt that he was doing a great job.

One day Jack told her to go to 30 Rock to check on the writers, he was going to be there so if anything happened to her he would immediately take her to Lenox. When she got there, all of the cast and crew of TGS were gathered on the studio for a big surprise baby shower.

She was so happy to see all of them; they haven't burn down the studio so that was good. Jenna sang a very weird song that she had made up for Jack and Liz but they had to stopped her when she said something about a happy married couple, Kenneth read out loud all of the things that the kid should never do, thinking that maybe he would listen and he would not drink any hot liquids. Pete gave a speech of how wonderful kids were and the way that they ruined your life. Maybe this was a pretty awkward baby shower, but she'd rather be with these dummies than to be with her old friends and her mother's crazy friends.

They gave her lots of gifts; some of them were ridiculous, like the vodka that Jenna gave her in a baby bottle in case Oliver wanted to forget about his problems, to the crib that Toofer, Lutz and Frank gave her so she could take Oliver to work.

A week later Jack surprised her by showing her the nursery, how could've she been so dumb and not realized that there were people working on Jack's apartment all of this time that she had been there? Probably because she slept a lot, she got tired very quickly. The room was painted yellow, a very soft yellow, next to the crib there was a rocking chair and on the wall was a big TGS sign. There was that thing where you change the baby and it was already full with diapers and some shelves to put Oliver's toys. She really wanted to help with the nursery but this was beyond perfect, she sat on the rocking chair and pictured herself with Oliver in her arms trying to make him go to sleep by singing a lullaby.

One night she had trouble sleeping so she decided to go to the nursery but she was stopped when she saw Jack inside, standing in the middle of the room with his arms crossed and staring at the crib. It was kind of weird that they haven't told each other exactly how they felt about this whole thing, but somehow they felt that they were in the same channel and they understood each other perfectly.

Liz had a lot of time for herself and that wasn't helping very much, she was getting really nervous about the big day so she convinced Jack to go to prenatal yoga. It was a little to late but as the instructor told them, it's never too late for now. They kept asking them if they were married but this time they decided to explain the situation. Liz learned a lot in there, somehow that calm her down a bit.

As for Jack he was more and more excited everyday that passed, Liz was huge so he thought that every time she moved, it was because she had a contraction, but she made it very clear that she was okay and that if she have had a contraction she'd probably be screaming and pulling his hair. At this point he thought all day about Oliver, so sex didn't crossed his mind. He already made his little suitcase for when Oliver was born and they had to run to the hospital.

When Jack arrived from work, Liz had already made dinner, sometimes it was good, other times it was horrible so they laughed and then they ordered food. After that they went to the movies or stayed on Jack's apartment and watch a movie, and other times they went out for a walk. They were like a married couple except that he was not doing any of the rights that a husband has and by that he meant having sex or at least kiss her, but he was glad that Liz allowed him to live the pregnancy so close to her, if she was one of the women that he sometimes had sex with and she was pregnant, they would only allowed him to be around her because of his money, but this wasn't the case, he enjoyed Liz's company and she seemed to enjoy his.

TBC