A/N: Ok, don't hurt me…This is like the time lapse chapter…rushing through like three months…Again, some more symptoms from WebMD…lol…This ones' cute though! The ending is adorable and YES! Henry makes EVERYTHING better!
I want a Henry…
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Disclaimer: I don't own N2N! *Goes to chase after Henry*
It seemed to be the longest school day of Natalie's life. Everywhere she went, people would glare and talk among themselves. No one would look at her the same. They all had looks of confusion, disgust, and shock plastered on their faces. She wanted to just disappear into thin air and never come back.
By the time she had reached her English class, the last class of the day, she was completely shutting everyone out, something she never did. And by everyone, she meant almost everyone. Everyone but Henry.
"Nat? Are you ok?" He asked after class ended, slightly concerned at her unusual quietness.
All she could do was shake her head in disagreement, nonverbally telling him no. She wasn't ok.
"What's wrong?" He placed his hand gently on her cheek as her head began to lower, staring at her feet. He soon began to stroke it softly, bringing his fingers underneath her chin, forcing her to look up at him.
"You mean…" She mumbled quietly. "You don't know?"
"What don't I know?"
And before long, Rosie had left her seat in the row across from Natalie, neither of them even daring to look at one another.
"She told everyone. Every fucking person here knows…" She managed to raise her voice a bit to get Rosie to hear her.
"They do?" Henry looked around the room and finally realized what all the glares meant. "Oh, Nat, I'm sorry…"
Her face reddened with a mix between anger and embarrassment as he leaned forward to pull her into a quick but comforting embrace. She knew resisting it wouldn't work. She knew that she wanted him to comfort her. Her arms were soon around him as well, never wanting him to let go.
She hid her face quickly in the crook of his neck. As she cried, she could just smell the familiar scent that followed him around. Something between a sweetness and a smoky scent. She remembered when they were first going out how she would freak out about the fact that her boyfriend smelled like smoke all the time, terrified that someone would just become suspicious one day. But as they went on, she got used to the smell, a lot less potent lately. She didn't care if he smoked or not, she still loved him. And now his arms were loosening around her body as she sighed.
"So how are you feeling?" He asked, curious for an answer.
"Like fucking shit…"
"I'm sorry…" He grabbed her hand and kissed it gently. "Do you want me to take you home?"
"Yeah…"
He kissed her again and whispered, "Ok. C'mon, let's go…"
About two months had passed. She had gotten used to the same old routine: Wake up, go to school, ignore the glares, focus on class, avoid Rosie at all costs, then pour heart out to Henry, let him do his comforting, go home, sleep, repeat.
She was beginning to feel a bit better rather than disgusting and shitty. According to what she remembered, by now she was already three months completely in, just starting the fourth. Her sore breasts and the morning sickness had gone. Now she was on to the second trimester. She grabbed the handy dandy pamphlet and read…
After the first trimester ends, the pregnancy goes straight into the second one. Most women report that the second trimester is the easiest and most comfortable of the three. But once again, many changes are still happening as your baby develops.
-Backache
The alarm decided to scream into Natalie's ears that morning. She covered them with her pillow before quickly putting the alarm on snooze, falling back onto her bed. But the alarm wouldn't give up. It rang once again. She figured it would be easier to get up anyway as she angrily shut the alarm off.
She sat on the edge of her bed and jus stretched, but quickly stopped and winced. Oh my God…she thought. My back KILLS. She grabbed the pamphlet that sat next to her bed, remembering reading about this. Oh my God! My back hurts 'cause I'm fat! How fat am I?!
She never seemed to notice that she was gaining so much wait that it actually put pressure on her back. She looked over at the clock. Damn…
She was going shopping with her mother for clothes that actually fit her. She had to admit that she was a bit excited. She'd never gone shopping with her mother before. Mind you, she'd never really been shopping with anyone before. So as soon as she heard her mother's car pull up in the driveway, she grabbed her stuff and ran out the door.
-Breast Enlargement and Weight Gain
Diana seemed to be pretty chatty in the car, sort of still holding onto the whole mother/daughter thing.
"So does anyone at school know?" she asked somewhat curiously.
Natalie sort of blushed and replied quietly, "If by anyone you mean everyone, then yes. People at school know."
"Aww, honey, I'm sorry…that's gotta be terrible…"
"Terrible doesn't even cover it…"
She sighed deeply and looked out the window for the remainder of the car ride. And before long they had arrived at the mall and were soon walking around looking for some kind of clothing store. They stumbled across a few and went in to try stuff on.
Nothing fit.
"Mom…" Natalie whined from the dressing room.
"What?"
"I can't get this off…"
"What do you mean?"
She sighed and shouted, "It's, like, stuck…"
She heard her mother make her way over to the dressing room as Natalie unlocked the door for her to get in. She tried to tug at the outfit, but it was stuck…in only one area.
"Holy crap, Nat!" Diana shouted bursting into giggles.
"What?!"
"Your breasts are HUGE!"
Natalie blushed a deep, dark red and sank into the corner of the dressing room, hoping no one around her heard the comment…even though she knew they all did. Maybe this is why we never went shopping…
"Mooooom…."
"What? It's only natural. You see, your body's building up-!"
"Mom! Stop!"
She shrugged and finally got the top of the outfit to move. She eventually slid it down to her legs and stepped out of it. Shaking her head in embarrassment, Natalie went to throw on her normal clothing.
"You know…" Diana started with an evil smirk. "I bet Henry's gonna be a lot happier to see you now next time you see him…"
"MOM!!" She blushed yet again. "Oh my God! Why would you even think of that?!"
"Well, I dunno…I mean, you should've seen your father when I was pregnant with your brother…"
Natalie completely froze and the blushed the deepest red ever, feeling slightly sick to her stomach. "Mother…I did NOT need to know that…"
Her mother just shrugged as Natalie walked away in disgust.
Another month passed…Natalie was getting big as ever, now entering her fifth month. Her and Henry had another appointment that day and were on their way over. They both were in his car, just talking, blasting the radio. A picture-perfect moment…Until she was greeted by a slight jolt coming from her ever-growing belly.
Her hand flew over to where she had felt it. It came again. She tried to remember what the pamphlet said. The most exciting part of the second trimester.
-Quickening
A huge smile spread across her face, a dazzling one. Her hand was glued to her stomach. As they hit a red light, Henry looked over at her, somewhat confused about why she was smiling.
"What are you doing?" He asked her.
But instead of answering him, she grabbed his hand and placed it where hers had been. She smiled again and whispered, "It's moving…"
He couldn't help but to break out into a smile as well. He looked down at her bulging belly and then up at her sparkling eyes. He was speechless. He didn't know what to do. This was his child. Their child.
"Natalie…" He leaned towards her and kissed her passionately, causing her to giggled uncontrollably. They would've continued all day if it weren't for that car that was beeping behind them, telling them to go. Henry rolled his eyes and his window and stuck his middle finger out to the other driver.
Everything was going fine. Both Natalie and the baby were healthy. She had gained just enough weight, not too much, not too little. She had moved up a bra size, which fit her a lot more comfortably than the old tiny ones she used to wear.
She was getting an ultrasound. The ultrasound, too. They wanted to know the sex of the baby and this was the test that would tell them. As the doctor searched around, she finally got a good view of the baby.
"You see?" She said, pointing out an area of the fuzzy picture. "It's a girl."
Natalie smiled yet again. She looked up at the ultrasound image. She could make out the baby's little hands and feet, it's head. At the moment, the little thing was sucking it thumb, an awe-striking moment. She looked over at Henry, who was holding her hand, and smiled.
"It's a girl."
A/N: Awww…adorable, but confusing…what did you think? GACK! HEARTBURN!
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