"Hah! Alois I can't!" Hannah wheezed out. Her breath was visible.
"Come on we just have a few more laps." Alois grabbed Hannah's and and gently pulled his pregnant girlfriend forward.
"I-I..Oh lord." Hannah wheezed and put her hands on her knees.
She coughed up cole and spat on the sidewalk. Her breath was hard.
Alois sighed and crouched down infront of her. His blue eyes studied her intently. "Do you think you can go one more?" He questioned softly.
Hannah shook her head head, still wheezing. "No." She whispered. "No." She said a bit louder.

"Wanna start walking back?" Alois stood up taking her hands.
Hannah nodded, exhaustion on her face.
With one hand he pushed some hair from her face and kissed Hannah's head. "You did amazing today."

They silently began to walk back to the apartment complex. Hannah's breath returned to normal about ten minutes into the walk. She clung to her boyfriend like a sucky sea anemone.
Alois didn't mind. These were her delicate months and he needed to support her in any way he could.

"Are you hungry? Do you want something to drink?" Alois asked as they passed a bodega.
"Mm." Hannah answered.

The bodega smelled of cardboard. There was an old indian man behind the counter.
Hannah got some yogurt covered almonds and seltzer water.
Alois settled for the old hershey bar.

"This is fake." Alois looked up from the fake ten dollar bill he was given.
"No exchange." The man said flatly, his accent thick.
Hannah had already opened her almonds and were nibbling on them, hugging the seltzer to her breast.

Alois scowled. "Listen grandpa I want a real bill. The fuck am I gonna do with a fake ten?" Alois slapped it onto the counter.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave please." The old man motioned to the door.

Hannah sniffed and rose her eyebrow. "Just give him another ten, there's nothing hard about that."
Alois had an impatient look on his face. "Well?"
"Leave." The old man ordered.

Alois nodded. He slowly backed away from the counter.
Hannah looked at him curiously.
Alois snatched a box of Grandma Ruth cookies; which costed a dollar each. They were aleast twenty in the box.
"Run Hannah! Run!" Alois took off running out of the bodega.
Hannah gripped her seltzer and hurdied behind him.

"Thieves! Stop them!" The old man hobbled out of the bodega, yelling.

Alois banged the corner, nearly knocking over pedestrians.
"Here you want cookies?" Alois stuffed a pack into a woman's hands and slapped a pack on a child's heads.
"Merry Christmas!" Hannah wheezed as she passed them.
They turned on wall street and Alois distributed the last of it to some old lady with a walker.

"Oh my god!" Hannah laughed/wheezed when they'd settled down on a bench.
Alois laughed and shook his head.
"Oh my god- Baby- merry Christmas? Really?"
Hannah shrugged and coughed. "What else was i supposed to say?"
Alois hugged Hannah and kissed her head. "Fuck, you're amazing." He whispered.
Hannah smiled. Her cheeks were turning a bit red.

"You're freezing." Alois pulled back and looked her up and down.
Hannah shrugged once more. "And wheezing."
"Let me hail a cab okay?"

~♡~

Hannah relaxed on the couch as she sipped her seltzer and rubbed her belly. She was in some nice fuzzy pants and a turtleneck.
Alois was currently out buying her some food, since she'd dropped her almonds during the dip.
Hannah liked the quiet. She could relax.
Hannah sighed and looked around. She felt almost lonely without Alois here. The apartment was so big. It had stairs and a second floor, which they never really used.
The apartment had a navy blue, grey, brown and white color scheme. The floor was all brown wood.
Heck; the couch she was on was navy blue.

Alois was a huge fan of navy blue.
She liked brown, chocolate brown, alot.

Hannah hummed and took another sip. Looking back on it now, she should have gotten flavored seltzer.
"Mm. Baby you upset with mommy?" Hannah looked down at her belly as she rubbed. "For running all of those laps?"
Hannah kept rubbing even if she didn't feel anything.
Well- kicks. Hannah always felt the baby inside of her, even when it wasn't moving. It made her surprised. Sometimes scared.

"You should be happy, yes you should." Hannah cooed. "Daddy's out getting us food so we can get fat and happy."
Hannah smiled when she felt a little movement. "You like food don't you?" She stopped rubbing, letting her hand on the bottom of her belly. "Oh yes you do, just like mommy."

Hannah remembered when she found out about her pregnancy. She was scared. She went days on end without eating or sleeping. She'd even went as far as to douche, just to get rid of the baby.
It's funny how Alois found out about her being pregnant. He walked in on her as she douched one afternoon.
Hannah what the fuck? He asked.
To which she'd answered in a very angry tone, Go away!
She'd fucked around and forgot abortion pills on the counter, out in the open.

Hannah didn't know why she would wanna get rid of a sweet little baby that's done nothing wrong in the first place.
Hannah didn't actually want to start a family until she was in her 30's and married. But maybe the universe was telling her something.
They were already in the 9th month and Alois hadn't split.

Speaking of the devil, The lock turned and Alois came through the door, holding bags from the supermarket.
Hannah sighed and got up. She waddled over. "What'd you get?" She took some bags from him.
"The usual." Alois hummed as he put the bags down and peeled off his coat.
"Red velvet oreos?" Hannah questioned as she took them out of the bag. "Nice."
"Yeah- they reminded me of your middle name, Scarlett." Alois kicked off his shoes and sighed.

"That's disgusting Hannah." Alois chided as he watched his girlfriend mix oreos and cheetos in the blender. Hannah glanced back at him, a pout on her face. "I say nothing about your fishnchips fetish." She turned around and stopped the blender. There was a yellowish red-ish concoction in the blender.

"Mm, this is amazing." Hannah spooned more of it into her mouth. Alois watched on with disgust evident on his face. Cheese and cream? It was enough to make him gag.

"So- anyway." Alois pushed the red velvet Oreos away from himself, towards Hannah. "We ran at least a mile today. Tomorrow we'll do two, since you're eating all of that junk food." Hannah le tout a whine. "I don't wanna." She huffed. Alois rolled his eyes. "You were the one who was preaching on and on about how you wanted to get your body back."

Hannah sighed and sat on one of the bar stools. She pulled the Oreos towards herself and began to help herself. "Yeah- But can't i just be pregnant and eat and eat and eat all I want?" She pouted and took more oreos. Alois snorted. "Uh, no. You heard the doctor. You're due sometime next week. So you have to be active." Alois let out a sigh, frown gracing his features. "Im not doing this to be mean, I just want to make sure you're okay, Y'know?"

Hannah glanced up a him then back to her Oreos. "I just wanna curse you and doctor out in Patios. But I'm fine. Can't I just pop some olive oil bottles?"

Alois let out a soft chuckle. "Hannah olive oil won't lube up your vagina." Alois reached out and grabbed the Diritos. "Alright, how about we wait until you have baby A, deal?"

Hannah let out a deep guttural sigh. "DEAL."