Chapter 26
Shore Leave
Month Five: Morning Sickness
I raced to the toilet and vomited in it, flushing it afterwards. "Damn." I washed up and put on my clothes, then went to sickbay.
"Captain, you look pale," Sigmund commented.
"I think...oh, Sigmund...I think I'm-"
The doors opened, and I quickly walked into the bay.
"Ah, Captain!" the Doc came over and looked over me. "You're paler today."
"Doc...I need you to check me over."
He looked over me. "What for?"
"I want to know something, check for me!" I sat on a bed.
He sighed and took out the medical tricorder and ran it over me. "Kate, congrats, you're pregnant."
"Congrats, Captain," Sigmund said. "The sex paid off!"
I glared upwards. "Shut up, Sig, or I'll rip out your chips!"
"Hey, hey, no need to be hostile!"
"I'll draw up a food list for you, Captain, and a regimen." The doctor typed things in a PADD.
"Thanks, Doc." I gave him a kiss on the cheek, then ran off to my quarters again.
"Kate, you're up early."
I turned and saw my mom and dad standing there. "Yeah, I wanted a check-up with the Doctor ASAP." I smiled.
"Why?" Dad asked.
"Oh, nothing...just for kicks, I guess." I turned and took one step before my mom said those magic words.
"You're pregnant, aren't you, Kate?"
I turned and blushed. "Yeah..."
"Well, congrats, honey," Dad said quietly. "There's no need to hide it." He hugged me.
"Yes, congrats," Mom said. "Although is very early in marriage..." She hugged me anyways.
"Hey, mom, not too tight, I can't breathe!"
She let go and smiled. "I was joking about the early thing, you know..."
"I knew. See you, mom and dad." I went to the turbolift, and it opened, revealing Robert shirtless again.
"Sigmund told me that you were in Sickbay..."
"Yeah, come on, I'll tell you on the way to our quarters..." I pushed him in, and got in my self. "Captain's quarters, slowest speed. Robert, I'm...well, how do I say this?" I placed his hands on my abdomen, and smiled up at him. "I'm pregnant, Robert."
He gaped at me. "Pregnant...pregnant..." He fainted in my hands.
"Shit, sickbay!"
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"Well, he didn't take it well, did he?" the Doctor ran it over his body.
"Well, I said that I couldn't say it well..." I let my legs dangle over the edge of the bed facing his right side.
"Oh, I got the diet ready for you." He handed a PADD to me. "And I told Sigmund about it too, so he won't let you have anything that's on the forbidden list." Then he looked at me in the eye. "That means no coffee, missy."
"Yeah, sure..." I went to the replicator. "One coffee please."
"Hey, Kate, no coffee for you!" Sigmund said, and he dumped a cup of...gravy.
"Sigmund...gravy is not a drink!"
"Alright, alright..." It was recycled, and I saw a cup of orange juice come out. I sighed. It was going to be years of coffee withdrawal...
Robert stirred, and I stood over him. "Hi honey."
"Honeybunny? Okay, you were joking right-oh wait, no, you weren't...that's orange juice, right?"
I nodded and sipped it, then went back to the replicator, recycling it. "Orange juice with a teaspoon of sugar please."
"Tisk, Tisk."
"Hey, Sigmund, it's not sweet enough, stupid."
He sighed and dumped it in the hole. "There Miss I-want-to-be-perfect! Happy now?"
I glared and sipped it. Perfect.
"Kate, how can we have a child when we're officers on a starship?" Robert looked at me.
I stared into his eyes. "We take it one step at a time." I turned and went out with the cup, going to the bridge. "Report," I barked out.
"Heading towards Risa, no ships." Jolie stared. "Where's the coffee?"
"I quit, that's all." I sat down and sighed. "No course change, Colin." I already saw his fingers move across the console.
"Aye, Captain!"
I finished it and left it on the console, tapping some buttons.
"Captain." Robert handed me a PADD. "This week's crew assignments."
I smiled. "Well, thanks..."