Selfless love

Chapter 21: Morning sickness

It has been a week and three days since we picked our jobs and moved into our apartments, and currently it is six o'clock in the morning and I am puking into the toilet in the en-suite bathroom of mine and Tobias' apartment. I am five weeks pregnant and my morning sickness started yesterday. But Tobias has been great, as usual, he holds back my hair, rubs my back, whispers soothing words into my ear, and gets me food and water when I need/want it.

So here we are, me puking, him holding back my hair and rubbing my back as I do so. When I'm done I flush the toilet and wash my hands in the sink.

"Do you want me to get you some water?" Tobias asks.

"Yes please." I answer. "And some dry toast."

He nods before leaving the room.

I decide to get ready, we don't have to go to work for another two hours but I probably won't be able to get any more sleep. We started working in the control room three days ago, it's all right, especially since we get to work together, we have the same shifts and everything. The job itself is actually quite boring, just sitting there, watching Chicago and what is going on inside the walls; and in the Amity farms. We keep important files and sort through them. We keep an eye out for any crime and have to call the leaders of the faction that the crime happened in, as well as the Dauntless on guard (the police). Though, no crime has been committed since we started working. It's boring, but we make it fun for ourselves. The pay is good, and when Tobias trains the initiates next year we will get more points as it is a higher paying job. So I think we'll be all right.

When I'm ready I am wearing some black leggings and a black vest, my make-up consists of foundation and mascara, and my hair is in a high ponytail.

I walk out of the en-suite and make my way to the kitchen to find a plate of dry toast and a drink of water on the table for me. Tobias is sitting at the table eating his own toast. I sit down next to him and start eating.

"Thank you." I say after taking a bite.

"No problem. Are you feeling any better?" He asks.

"Yeah." I tell him before taking another bite of the toast. Dry toast seems to be helping with the morning sickness.

"When are we going to tell Amar about the baby?" Tobias asks me. Amar is our boss. He runs the control room, that's why we work on the same shifts, if we had someone else, I'm sure we'd be on different shifts.

"I don't know. The sooner the better, really. I mean, we have to sort out maternity leave, and paternity leave, and the matter of if we have appointments during our shifts we'll need someone else to take over for us, or if I don't feel up to working, he needs to know why. We could tell him today, after our shift." I say.

"Okay, I'm going to go and get dressed." He says before standing up, kissing my cheek and leaving the room.

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It is twelve o'clock and we have just finished our shift, whenever we have a shift it lasts for four hours, we have a shift every other day, but it pays well so it doesn't really matter. Though, if someone else isn't doing their shift for any reason Amar may ask us to step in for them. Which results in slightly better pay for that week, but we only get about ten extra points if that happens.

Tobias and I are on our way to Amar's apartment, where Amar said he would be if we needed anything. Amar doesn't actually work in the control room any more, he just runs it. Though, sometimes he assists people on their shifts.

When we get to his apartment we knock on the door and it isn't long before he opens it. He smiles at us and lets us in.

We all sit down on the sofas.

"How's my favourite initiates?" He asks.

"We're good. We were just wondering if we could talk to you about something." I say.

"Sure, you can talk to me about anything." Amar says.

"You see, I'm kinda, pregnant." I tell him.

Amar looks at us, shocked.

"How far along are you?" He asks.

"Five weeks." Tobias answers.

"Congratulations." Amar says before embracing us.

"Thanks." I say, smiling slightly.

After a few minutes Amar sits back down, still smiling.

"So, we need to discuss work. If ever you don't feel up to working then just give me a ring and I will take over the shift, in the place of both of you, you will both still get paid, though, so don't worry. Maternity leave wise, you can go on leave when you're six months pregnant, you will still get paid as it is a paid leave here in Dauntless. Paternity leave, you can go on leave when she is eight months pregnant, though I will allow you to keep your phone on before then, just in case something happens. Are you planning on coming back to work after the baby is born?" Amar asks, looking directly at me.

"Yeah." I tell him.

"Okay, you can come back to work whenever you're ready to. Four, you're training the initiates, so I will allow both of you to have the time of initiation off, I will take over for you until initiation ends as I am not training initiates any more. Congratulations, again."

"Thank you." I reply.

"No problem. If you need anything just come and find me, or ring me, or whatever." He says.

We nod in reply.

We sit there talking for a bit longer before heading to lunch.

We sit and talk and laugh and eat with our friends for the duration of lunch time, and then we head home and watch a movie. I fall asleep with my head in Tobias' lap and his arm around my waist.

Hey Ravens, I am so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry for not updating. I have had tons of work and I currently have a cold, which is horrible. Good news, I should be getting a new laptop during the next week, if not then the week after so I will be able to update more often, just not as often as I would like to as I have college.

Please forgive me, I'm trying my hardest.

I also know that some of you don't like the names that I picked out for the baby a couple of chapters ago, but they are like the only names I could come up with for possible baby names of the Fourtris baby. So, I'm sorry. I also thought they were rather cute.

Again, I'm sorry. I know you all probably hate me. But I will try to update more often. I won't forget about you or any of my other stories.

I will update as soon as I can.

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