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Chapter 36

By week ten Elizabeth was clearly pregnant. Her belly was a lot bigger than last time and it took oversized shirts and larger scrub tops to hide it. She had also started wearing Jason's t-shirts to bed and not taking them off until she was under the covers. This self-consciousness was a new thing for her. For the first time while pregnant Elizabeth was stressing over how she looked. At her next appointment she was expecting Kelly to say she now weighed too much. She'd never been this heavy this early in a pregnancy. It made her feel unattractive.

Add to that she also had another worry. She and Jason hadn't made love at all since her belly started growing. He was working a lot, staying late most nights and leaving earlier in the mornings. The other day when Elizabeth called to ask him to pick something up on his way home Mel answered the phone. It was nine at night, she should have been gone for the day. Jason always made Gina leave at five. He said he liked having the office quiet. But clearly that wasn't the case with Mel. No she got to stay. Why wouldn't he want her around, she smart, and pretty with perfect skin, and skinny.

It was driving Elizabeth crazy. She hadn't ever taken an instant dislike to a person before. Or at least not without a valid reason. Everyone else really liked Mel. So why didn't she? Just the other day at lunch Diane talked about going shopping with Jason's assistant. How Mel had impeccable fashion sense. Elizabeth had barely managed to keep from rolling her eyes.

She wasn't worried, even if Mel was perfect. Elizabeth trusted Jason more than anyone else, and she knew he was being faithful. It was just that even the thought of the blonde woman was enough to make Elizabeth want to hit something. She wasn't violent by nature, so it was a bit perplexing. "Get a grip Morgan." She said going to the bathroom, again. She avoided looking at herself in the mirror while washing her hands, she didn't need a reminder of how bad she looked.

She was in the living room when the front door opened. Getting to her feet she walked to the hall arriving just as Jason walked by. "Hey. Sorry I'm late." He leaned in and gave her a kiss. "I got the potato chips you wanted." It was the first junk food she craved.

"Thanks." She wasn't hungry anymore.

"I'm surprised you aren't upstairs asleep." It was almost eleven.

"I couldn't seem to turn my brain off tonight." Elizabeth said looking over at him. "I guess I can't sleep without you next to me."

"Is that right." Jason liked hearing that. "I don't sleep well when you aren't home either. It doesn't happen these days, but the nights you had emergency surgeries I never went back to sleep. The bed seemed too empty. Come on we'll go upstairs, I'll shower and we can both get some sleep." It was killing him to lie next to her all night and not have her, but she hadn't been the least bit interested in sex lately. She didn't even want to cuddle. He figured she was tired and he wasn't going to make her feel guilty for not being up for sex when she was almost three months pregnant. This was normal for the first trimester according to his readings.

"Yeah, sleep." Elizabeth said softly. "I am tired."

"You're working hard." Jason said coming over and giving her a hug.

"Are you going to be late tomorrow night?" She asked as they headed upstairs.

"Probably." Jason was thinking that after this client's contract was up in a few months he would not be renewing. The fact that Mel spoke fluent German was actually making his nights shorter. He felt bad asking her to stay. He and Francis had spent the better part of every night this week redoing the shipping schedule to make this client happy. Neither one of them was thrilled that the guy was wanting extra shipments to come in. Not only did it affect other clients but the odds of getting busted went up with too many ships docking.

It had been Francis who came up with the solution of bring the extra merchandise in through Baltimore. The Douglas family had been happy to get the business. The client was also pleased because he was saving on ground transport because his inventory was headed to North Carolina anyway. So after this week they should have everything worked out.

Jason put Elizabeth in bed and showered when he came out he curled up behind her and placed his hand over the swell of her stomach. "You're bigger." It was amazing to watch her grow round with their child. He knew that in the coming weeks her stomach would rapidly expand. He was looking forward to that.

Elizabeth nodded but didn't say anything.

"Night baby." Jason said closing his eyes and drifting off.

Elizabeth didn't get to sleep for a long while.

The next day at the hospital Elizabeth was picking over her salad in the cafeteria when Kelly joined her. "I know you are having more than that for lunch." She said looking at the small salad and bottle of water on Elizabeth's tray. "Where's your protein and calcium?" The doctor asked her friend.

"Not very hungry." Elizabeth said shrugging.

Kelly was a very good doctor. She had been practicing long enough to know what moods pregnant women went through. Her own pregnancy only helped increase that knowledge. Her friend was blue. Which was pretty common among mommies to be. "Even when you aren't hungry your baby is. At least have some juice or a piece of fruit. This is baby number three I shouldn't have to give you this speech."

"I'm only going to throw it up." Elizabeth said quietly. "Besides I'm huge, the baby has plenty to snack on."

"Huge?" Kelly said stopping her fork halfway to her mouth. "Why on earth do you think you are huge?"

"I'm not even three months and I'm in maternity pants. I didn't need them until the end of my last pregnancy. I already look five months pregnant and I know I'm only going to get bigger. I know everything happens sooner, but this is ridiculous." Elizabeth said blinking to stop the tears from falling. "I see myself when I get out of the shower. It's no wonder Jason isn't interested in sex."

"Whoa." Kelly stood up. They needed to move somewhere more private. "Come on." This was not a conversation to have in the cafeteria and it was clear Elizabeth needed to talk. They took their food, along with a bottle of juice for Elizabeth, up to Kelly's office. "Okay talk to me. Not as your doctor, but as your friend. You and Jason aren't having sex?"

"He got this new assistant, you saw her. Looking at her he probably realizes that he can do better than his whale of a wife." Elizabeth told Kelly. "He's working late all of a sudden and I barely see him anymore. We haven't spent time together because we aren't home, and awake at the same time. I'm watching what I eat, but I'm still gaining weight too fast." Elizabeth was crying now. "I'm huge! There is no way he thinks I'm attractive."

Kelly just looked at her friend. "I threw Cody out of the house, at sixteen weeks. He came home smelling like perfume. I didn't let him explained just called him a cheating bastard and threw him out. He went to Jake's for the night. The next morning this woman who had to be seventy came to the house with a tin of cookies to thank my husband for changing her tire the night before. She had hugged him which was why he smelled like her sachet." Kelly had felt like an idiot.

"I feel like I'm going crazy. Jason wouldn't ever cheat on me. I know that for a fact." Elizabeth was looking at her friend. "But he likes sex and we aren't having any."

"He is more in tune with you than any husband I have ever seen, including mine." Kelly told her friend. "He might be picking up on the fact that you don't feel like yourself right now. I'm guessing he doesn't know what is causing you to feel that way."

"So I am not crazy? I've never had a guy around before while I was pregnant. I never had to worry about being attractive while growing another person." Elizabeth wasn't vain by nature, and this was exhausting.

"Nope, you're not crazy. Lots of mommies to be worry that their spouses won't find them attractive." Kelly said trying to relax her friend. "Okay, I'm going to switch to doctor mode." She stood up and took Elizabeth to an empty exam room. "Hop up." She patted the table and when Liz laid back Kelly did a massage. She hadn't seen Elizabeth in a medical capacity so this was the first chance she got to see her tummy. "Are you sure about your conception date?"

"Yeah, why?" Elizabeth turned worried eyes to her friend.

"Hop down." They went down the hall and Kelly put her on the scale. "You've gained two pounds in not quite two weeks." Since Liz was underweight to start it wasn't a problem but with her still getting sick it was surprising. "Let's check your blood pressure." Kelly figured it would be up some because she could see her friend was nervous. "But first I'm going to call Jason, you are right you are big even for a third pregnancy. Let's get you into a gown and get some blood taken. And while we are walking back I want you to take some deep calming breaths. Jason isn't the type of guy who cheats. I had one so I know. Even if he was, he's not cheating with Mel." Kelly had seen the blonde woman on a date the other night and thought that Mel and her date made a cute couple. "I'll send in the nurse to get some blood."

Kelly made two calls. The first was to Jason, he would come and no doubt bring the guys with him. The second was to Piph, because Liz was going home after this appointment, who would no doubt alert Elizabeth's family members. The waiting room would be packed. Kelly was pretty sure she knew what was going on, so at least everyone would find out at the same time. The blood work was just in case Kelly's guess was wrong. But she was so good she knew it wasn't.

Jason was shown back to the exam room. His heart had almost stopped when Kelly called him and said to come over. This was the second scare and he wasn't sure how many passes the universe was going to give them. "Hi." He said taking Elizabeth's hand. "What happened?" He was trying to stay calm, so that he didn't upset her further.

"Hi Jason." Kelly heard the question and took it upon herself to answer. "We were in the cafeteria and Elizabeth remarked that she was fat so we came up to have a look." Her wording was deliberate. Having Jason defend how she looked should help Elizabeth feel better.

Jason's brow furrowed as he looked at his wife. "You aren't fat. You're pregnant. Did someone say something to you?" He wanted to know.

"Kelly said I'm too big." Elizabeth told Jason.

The mob boss looked at the doctor and glared.

"I said you were bigger than I would have expected at almost eleven weeks." Kelly clarified.

"It's her third baby." Jason spoke up. "The book said everything happens earlier."

"She's big even for that." Kelly said turning on the ultrasound machine. "The blood work is being rushed but going just by feel, and my awesomeness, I think there is more than one baby in there." She announced looking into two pairs of stunned blue eyes.

"But we did an ultrasound." Jason said looking at his wife's tummy.

"Some people make it to the delivery room before we find the second baby." Kelly said urging Liz back down. "Babies are sneaky. I know a few tricks, we'll try them." She squirted gel on Liz's stomach and picked up the wand. Leyla came in and smiled at her friends. "I need you to work the wand while I manipulate the uterus a bit."

"Sure thing." Leyla took the probe. "What are we looking for?" The nurse asked.

"There is the baby." Kelly pointed to the screen. "I think there is another baby behind it. These ultrasounds you've been having are early, and the babies are small so they can easily play hide and seek. As they grow they need more room and usually the second one pops out by twelve weeks. However like I said sometimes the second kid stays hidden the entire time." The whole time she was talking Kelly was gently pushing on Elizabeth's stomach. It took a few minutes but as they watched a second sac emerged from behind the first. "Ta da! It's the only magic trick I know." She said laughing. "Damn, I'm good." Kelly said patting herself on the back.

"Oh my god." Elizabeth said crying. "Twins."

"You almost made it off the high risk list." Kelly said printing out some pictures.

"Wanna go for three?" Leyla said laughing.

"I am your boss." Elizabeth reminded her friend.

"Yeah, and your husband introduced me to the person who is probably going to be the love of my life. So if he wants another baby, I will find you one." Leyla said cleaning her friend's stomach.

"What?" Elizabeth asked confused.

"I found someone perfect for Leyla." Jason found he liked playing matchmaker. He did so well with Kelly and Cody why not try again. He was thinking that Ritchie could use a social life too.

Elizabeth looked at her friend. "I'm glad to hear you are dating again." She knew her fellow nurse had been lonely since her last relationship ended.

"I'm hoping there isn't another one in there. Triplets are a nightmare. The labs should tell me if we need to go looking for more." Kelly looked at Jason. "Show off. You know Cody is going to take this as a challenge right?" She joked.

"Twins." Jason said looking at the picture Kelly handed him. His lovely wife had two babies inside her. "Fraternal twins."

"Not necessarily." Leyla told Jason. "Identical twins can each have their own sac." Leyla was training to be an ultrasound tech. She would go for her certification in the fall.

"I'm going to see how big your fan club in the waiting area is. The two of you need to talk." Kelly gave her friend a pointed look.

"Jason?" Elizabeth started when they were alone. "How come you don't want to have sex? Is it because you don't find me attractive right now?"

"What?" He asked putting the picture down. "Why do you think that? It's not true." He cleared up. "I want to have sex."

"But you haven't seemed like it. Even when you are home, you don't seem interested." Elizabeth told him.

"I was trying to be considerate. I'm hard most of the night. I'd be an asshole to wake you up when I come home so we can have sex. Especially since I'm spending so much time at work these days." Jason told her feeling guilty. He hadn't been giving her the attention she needed.

"You could wake me up in the morning before you leave." She suggested as her cheeks flamed. "I've missed you. Missed feeling close." Elizabeth finished quietly.

"I could do that." Jason said smiling. Leaning forward he kissed her. "I want you Elizabeth, all the time." That should clear things up.

"You don't have to say that." Elizabeth dropped her eyes.

Jason would be happy to show her if that would help clear this up. "Get dressed and I'll take you home. We have time to get in some sex before you get sick. We have to get started on our back log." Jason said smiling wider.

"Back log? That's sexy." Elizabeth said rolling her eyes.

"We can wait." Jason knew she wasn't going to have that.

"I don't think so." Elizabeth said walking into the bathroom to get her scrubs.

Jason took a deep breath and let his system settle. "Twins." He said again trying to wrap his brain around that.

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