AN: I just wanted to thank you all for reading and reviewing! The next chapter the babies are gonna start coming! I will have one chapter to each birth, prepare for fluffy-ness!
Chapter Eleven
Joint Baby Shower
Anna woke up late in the morning and she knew something was off. Normally, Rodney would be bothering her, even though she was almost eight months pregnant, he would still pester her to do the little work Weir would allow her. She swung her legs over the side of the bed, and rested on her side and pushed herself upright. The next task would be far more difficult with her huge stomach. She pushed off from the bed with both hands, almost losing her balance but gained it back with a huff. Resting her arm fully on her stomach she looked down at her burgeoning belly.
"You better be the healthiest baby ever born." She groaned, waddling to the bathroom.
She showered, rather quickly since she couldn't reach her legs to shave. She slowly stepped out of the shower cubicle and finished drying off. She brushed her hair, still slightly damp and dressed in her normal clothes. A pair of maternity jeans her mother sent her, the only pair that fit, and a long tee shirt, that actually fit her stomach and breasts. She didn't even try to get her shoes on; her feet were swollen so much she had to get a pair of new slip on shoes. After she slipped her shoes on she padded to the living room to see Ronon, splayed out on the couch, snoring rather obnoxiously. She shook her head and started to shake him.
"Ronon," she said shaking his broad shoulders. "Ronon, wake up." She said with more force. He shot straight up, pulling his gun out of his hostler and aiming it toward the wall. She took a step back as he put his gun back.
"Sorry," he mumbled, looking rightly guilty. Sitting up, he rubbed his eyes. "What time is it?" he grunted.
She took a breath, knowing Ronon would never hurt her. "Almost eleven," she said nodding to the hanging clock.
"Hungry?" He asked standing, just as her stomach growled loudly.
"Starved." She pouted, holding her stomach.
"Let's go," he huffed, nodding to the door. She walked ahead and he followed her to the mess.
She had a large meal, since she missed breakfast and it was closing in on lunch. After they both filled their rather empty stomachs, they headed for Rodney's lab. Before they even got there Rodney intercepted them.
"Where are you going?" Rodney asked incredulously.
"To the lab." Anna said confused.
"I thought your sister had the thing on the North Pier." He asked waving his hands around, clearly hiding something.
"What thing?" she asked befuddled.
"I don't know, she just told me to tell you to go to the North Pier." He said quickly.
"Okay…" she said suspiciously but started walking toward the transporter. Rodney went in the opposite direction. "What's going on?" she asked Ronon as the doors closed.
"No idea." He said quickly as the doors opened to show the hallway were their apartment was. Anna could sense Ronon was lying too. Waiting in the hallway was Becka, Radek, Teyla and John.
"What is going on?" Teyla asked suspiciously as Ronon and Anna joined them.
"You'll see," John said biting back a smile.
"Put these on." Radek said handing the women blind folds.
"What?" Becka hissed.
"Pardon me," Teyla asked looking at the blind fold.
"Trust us." John asked with a sigh. Anna looked up to Ronon and he nodded.
"Alright," Anna said placing the blind fold around her eyes. She felt Ronon gently lead her toward the North Pier, she heard the doors slid open and the salty ocean air hit her face. There were hushed voices and she knew they had just walked into a surprise baby shower before Ronon took off her blind fold.
"Surprise!" The small crowd of women, and Carson, called out. Anna smiled with a bemused look, while Teyla and Becka embraced the women in the crowd. Jen jumped forward excitingly, before realizing Anna wasn't that surprised.
"I could never surprise you." Jen said shaking her head.
"Because you always whisper," Anna whispered leaning close to Jen.
"You and your super hearing," Jen muttered rolling her eyes. Anna chuckled and Jen guided her to the large couch were Teyla and Becka already sat. Ronon helped her lower herself onto the couch then walked over to where John and Radek sat, away from the group of giggling women, and Carson.
"This is wonderful." Teyla beamed.
"Oh my gosh, this is great. Thank you all!" Becka cried out, hugging the closest person to her, which was Laura.
"You're welcome, Becka." Laura choked out.
"We got you all something!" Jen called out, handing out presents to the heavily pregnant women.
"I never understood baby showers." Radek said confused as he watched people hand Anna, Teyla and Becka gifts to open.
"It's so other people buy you the stuff you need, and then you don't go broke as fast." John aspirated, resting his hands behind his head.
"I see." Radek said with an understanding nod.
"They look happy." Ronon said watching Anna open a book one of the other assistants got for her.
"Anna kinda looks annoyed." John said almost fearfully.
"She's happy." Ronon said knowingly.
"How do you know?" John asked befuddled.
"Just do." Ronon shrugged.
"Whoa," Anna mumbled, holding her stomach with a smile.
"What is it?" a few women said excitedly, in unison.
"Hiccups." Anna replied with a bigger smile.
"Is it weird?" Beth, a botany assistant asked, almost giggling.
"You have no idea." Becka laughed.
"The movements have always caught me, unprepared." Teyla said slowly, with a contagious smile.
"You can prepare? She just takes a shot at my ribs, or internal organs whenever she wants too!" Becka bellowed, jokingly.
"I don't think our insides will ever be the same." Anna smiled.
"What's it like?" Beth asked excitedly.
"What's what like?" Anna asked confused.
"You know, being pregnant." Beth was so anxious to hear the answer she was almost buzzing.
"Scary," Anna mumbled before the other women gathered their answers. All attention was turned to her. "Everything you do, or don't do carries over to his health. You take one wrong step and you could lose him." She muttered, still holding her belly tightly. "It's fun, too, people take care of you even though you are still capable of doing it yourself. You get a little love kick every morning instead of a loud violent alarm clock." She laughed, so did the crowd. "It's the little moments that take the edge off your fear, that make you relax. Then you almost slip in the shower and it all comes back." She sighed. Becka quickly started talking to try and turn the mood.
"It's awesome." Becka said with nothing but seriousness. "Sure, they rearrange your organs for fun, but a little part of you tolerates it because you know it will be worth all the long painful nights. You'll have someone that loves you with all their little heart, just because a machine beamed a fertilized egg into your womb." She laughed.
"I must agree with both Anna and Becka. It is rather 'awesome', but you can't help but be afraid. All the things you could do wrong, or that could happen. Even so, something will always remind me, everything will be fine." Teyla said dreamily.
"That's so beautiful." Jen cried.
"I thought we were supposed to be the emotional ones." Anna asked Carson with a raised brow.
"Aye, I think your hormones are starting to rub off on everyone else." He laughed.
"Just think," Laura said excitingly, "In a few short weeks, you'll all have little babies." The women broke out in giggles and started suggesting names.
"Few short weeks. We'll be dads." John gulped after hearing Jen's little reminder. "We'll be dad's." he repeated with a dry throat. There was a deathly silence over the small group. Reality had never descended so quickly on the three men. The metaphorical ton of bricks had come down hard.
"We're gonna screw this up somehow." Ronon grumbled.
"Hopefully no one will notice." Radek gulped.
"Mommy will have our ass, if we do mess anything up." John said knowingly.
"We will." Ronon grunted.
"Stop being so negative, if me and Radek screw up, our daughters will have Daddy Issues. Your son will just prefer his mother." John spat.
"Have you ever raised a child before?" Ronon hissed.
"No," John mumbled.
"Then I have good reason to be negative." Ronon growled.
"Just ruin it for all of us." Radek grunted snidely.
"Thanks for the great party everyone." Becka cried out, hugging the two girls closest to her, once the last of the presents were opened.
"Am I late?" Elizabeth asked from the doorway of the pier. Everyone turned to look while Teyla pushed herself off the couch and greeted Elizabeth.
"Not at all," Teyla beamed. "Thank you for coming Elizabeth." She said with a quick hug.
"Sorry I'm late." Elizabeth said almost teary eyes.
"It is fine." Teyla hastily reassured.
"At least you came." Carson smiled.
"So, what did I miss?" Elizabeth asked, sitting next to Teyla.
After the women caught Elizabeth up they continued with the baby shower well into the night. The women begrudgingly went their separate ways after all pregnant women voiced their tiredness. Ronon started to usher Anna out with her first yawn, she barely had time to thank Jen for the party. Radek did the same with Becka, while John let Teyla stay with her friends until she almost fell asleep.
"That was nice." Anna said with an absent smile.
"I thought you would like it." Ronon said with a hint of smile.
"I'm surprised you went along with it." She laughed, knowing Jen and Laura weren't the easiest people to work with.
"I just did as I was told." He said with a shrug.
"Jen can be bossy." She laughed.
Ronon made a face but didn't say anything, Anna couldn't help laughing.
"I'll see you in the morning Ronon." She whispered walking past him to her room.
"Night," he murmured, watching her disappear into her room.
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