A/N: Loved the reviews and PMs for the last chapter and hearing people's suggestions for baby names. I meant to ask people for suggestions to see which names would come up. Still not decided on the name.
23 Weeks - Change with the Times
did ur tour get extended?
yeah
should be off soon
what r u doing up? its the middle of the night
couldn't sleep
back was sore
was kind of hungry too...
think i know where this is going
:)
so?
I really need my mango
brought home a few on weds
that was 2 days ago
pls!
i'll do my best, no promises on what i will find at 1am
its nyc, u can find anything at anytime
i have faith in u reagan
i'm sure you do
so does this kid
Oh brother
i luv u!
hurry home
Jamie made his way into the apartment without making any extra effort to be quiet because of the late hour. He knew Eddie would still be up awaiting her latest craving.
And he was right...
"Hey, you're home!" Eddie said happily.
Jamie smiled at her from the entryway where he dumped his things before picking up a plastic shopping bag and heading over to his wife in the living room. "Are you happy to see me or to see what I was able to score on your behalf?" He wasn't going to kid himself about what really made her happy these days.
Eddie laughed, but was unable to keep her eyes from zeroing in on the heavy bag in his hands. "I'm always happy to see you, but even more so when you bring me something good," she replied.
"I bet," Jamie took a seat on the sofa and leaned over to kiss his wife before carefully depositing the bag of fruit in her lap. He then settled back against the soft cushions and slid the shoes off his tired feet to put them up on the coffee table.
Eddie took a quick peek inside the bag, her face lighting up when she inspected the goods. "Woah. This should get me through the weekend, at least. Told you you could do it," she beamed back at him as she took off toward the kitchen to prepare her late night snack.
Jamie snorted in amusement. "Sure. Only took visits to three bodegas and a bribe to the last shop owner to keep them in stock for me." He had a flashback to his conversation with his brother, father and grandfather a few months back...he really hated it when Danny was right.
"Bribe?" she asked.
"Yeah. That's not an easy thing to find in the winter. Wanted to save myself another search of the city for those things," he explained.
"I knew you loved me," Eddie called out from the kitchen, busy peeling and slicing the semi-ripe tropical fruit.
Jamie remained boneless against the sofa. He closed his eyes and considered going to bed but decided instead to keep Eddie company while she satisfied her craving, then they could both go to bed together.
Jamie zoned out for a while until he felt the couch cushion dip beside him followed by a smell that signified the presence of Eddie's food of choice. His eyes popped open and he took an exaggerated sniff of the air. "I don't know how you can eat that," he commented.
She looked at him innocently. "What? It's fruit."
"Mango swimming in vinegar and covered with salt and pepper? I don't even know how you came up with that," he responded.
Eddie shrugged as she swirled a slice of mango in the seasoned vinegar. "I don't either. I woke up one day and I had to have it," she said quickly before taking a bite. Eddie closed her eyes as she savored the tart fruit. "Sooo good," she said with a mouthful of mango. "Want a bite?" she asked and extended a piece in his direction.
"No," he replied quickly as he shook his head.
"Good. More for me." She stuffed another chunk in her mouth and asked, "How was tour?"
Jamie was slow to respond as he observed her eating her snack with a fond smile. His smile grew as a small piece of the fruit fell from her mouth and plopped down onto her growing belly, which she promptly snagged and threw into her mouth. "Quiet at the beginning, but had a collar just before the end of tour and had a few reports to file which kept me late."
Eddie looked over at Jamie and noticed him staring at her. "What?"
Jamie blinked repeatedly as she pulled him out of his zone. "What what?"
"Why are you looking at me that way? Do I have something on my face?" she asked as she quickly wiped her mouth with a napkin.
"It's just funny," he replied.
"What is?" she asked.
"That everything you've been craving so far, although out of the ordinary for you, has all been kinda healthy, even though you put weird stuff on it," he explained.
Eddie chortled at that observation. "I already told you that I blame you for that. When this kid's out, you're taking me to Peter Luger's to make up for the lack of red meat in my diet during this pregnancy."
"I better save up. That'll be an expensive meal if you go back to eating the way you did before," he pointed out.
"I better and it sure will, but it'll be sooo worth it. And plan it now, Reagan. I've already been warned we'll have to plan date nights way in advance," Eddie said. She looked down at the bowl she had in her hands before turning to Jamie. "Do you realize how different everything is gonna be once this baby comes?"
"Sure. No more hanging out with friends on a whim," he began.
"Or late dinners out at ten pm and beers after tour," she added.
"Well, I hear sleep will be a rare commodity, so I don't think we'll be missing our social life at first," he reasoned.
"Linda said I won't be going to the bathroom alone for a few years...still not sure what that's about," Eddie said as she looked to Jamie for an explanation.
Jamie's brow wrinkled in confusion. "I don't know either, but it doesn't sound good."
"It won't be about us anymore. Everything's gonna be about the baby - feedings and poopy diapers and schedules. We'll probably second guess every decision we make, or at least I will, cause well, that's a whole other human being I can possibly screw up," Eddie said.
"We'll have a whole different set of priorities, but I guess that's the trade off for all of the perks that come with having kids. We're gonna have this little human being we're gonna fall in love with the second we see it. Everything new is gonna be an adventure and we get to go through that together," Jamie replied fondly while reaching to caress his wife's stomach.
"It's gonna be a wild ride, isn it?" Eddie asked with a bright smile.
"With you, babe, I wouldn't expect anything less."
