Laura walked in the house exhausted. Jason brought her stuff in and sat it down. "Ya want me to hang out awhile?" he asked. "No, I'm going straight to bed; I'm so tired I can't move." She said. Jason moved and pulled her into a hug. "I missed ya, you take off like that again and you going to get it brat." He said. She hugged him back. "Yes sir." She said laughing. Jason left and she climbed the stairs. She almost walked into her and Marks room but she stopped herself. They weren't together anymore. She turned and went into her old room. She got undressed and took a bath. God it felt good. She leaned back and closed her eyes. She realized she had set there so long the water was cold. She went to get up and realized she couldn't. There were disadvantages to being as big as a whale. "Oh dammit." She cursed. "Looks like you need some help." Said a voice. A voice she very much recognized. She looked up and Mark was standing there with amusement apparent in his eyes. She took the hand he offer and let him help her up. He handed Laura her robe while running his eyes over her body. Damn she was beautiful. She looked so vibrant. He wanted to take her in his arms. Devin saw him eyeing her and quickly pulled the robe on. He was probably thinking how fat and ugly she had got. She felt tears prick at her eyes but quickly blinked them away. Damned if I will cry in front of him she thought. He saw her eyes tear up. What the hell had he done now? She walked into her bedroom and sat on the bed. "What are you doing here?' she asked. Mark grinned. "I live here baby doll." He said. Laura was trying to control the overwhelming urge to throw herself in his arms. "You know what I mean Mark." She said. "Well let's see my girl takes off for four months without a word to anyone and finally calls to say she coming home. I thought I would be here to make sure you and the baby are okay." He said. Laura jumped up angrily. "Listen buddy you don't want this baby or me, so don't try to lay some guilt trip on me." She shouted. This was not going the way Mark had planned. They would see each other fall into each others arms, get married and be happy. She wasn't going along with that plan he could see. "Laura if you had of waited five minutes instead of running off like some child, you would have known I just needed some time to adjust to the idea of being a father." He said. Laura stamped her foot at him. "I'm pregnant now, I don't have time to wait for you to grow up and decide it s cool for you to be a dad now." She said. Mark was getting angry she was being bull headed. "Listen here little girl, if you would stop acting like a two year old throwing a temper tantrum, maybe you would realize I want to marry you and make a family for this baby." He shouted. Laura knew he was just trying to do the right thing to sooth his conscience. "Your fucked up attempt at chivalry is unwanted and not needed, in fact you can take your stupid marriage proposal and stick it up your ass." She shouted right back at him. Mark had to take several deep breaths to control his temper. He looked at her and smiled but it wasn't a nice smile. "Laura I need you to remind me of something." He said. "What?" she snapped. "In about three months time after you have the baby and your feeling better, me and you going to go in our bedroom over there and were going to have a little old fashioned talk." He said. She looked at him confused for a moment. Then she realized what he meant. "Fuck you, you better not lay a hand on me you bastard." She screamed. Mark just grinned. "A trip across my knee is just what you need, little girl." He said. Laura stood there and fumed. How dare he threaten her? Mark seen she was getting upset. He picked her up kicking and screaming and took her to their bedroom and laid her on the bed. "As long as you stay here you will stay in our room with me." He said sternly. Laura went to get up. "Laura just lay there and get some sleep, I aint going to hurt ya you know that." He said. Laura sat back and tried to calm down. She turned to her side and closed her eyes. She heard the door shut. She let the tears come now that he had left. She cried herself to sleep.
Laura woke up and remembered where she was at. She got up and went and got her cell. She rang Jason's number. "Hello." Jason said. "Jason I need you to come get me, Marks here and he is driving me crazy." She said. "No." Jason said. "What?" she asked not believing what she heard? "Listen Laura that man sat in my living room and cried over you trying to find out where you were. He loves you. You need to work this out. Stop acting like a kid, your going to be a mother. You need to think about what's best for the baby." He said. "Well thank you so much for the lecture Jason, that's just what I needed." She snapped and hung up. God was everybody on his side. She got up and went downstairs. She went in the kitchen to get some water. Mark grinned at her. "Hey sleeping beauty you hungry?' he asked. She didn't answer she just sat down and drank her water. Mark sat a plate down in front of her. It was lasagna, one of her favorites. She was starving. She ate everything on her plate. "Good to see you still got a good appetite." Mark said. She glared at him. "I know I'm fat, you don't have to point it out." She said. Mark frowned. Did he say that? She was losing it. "John called you got an appointment to see him in the morning." Mark said. She just nodded. She got up and started to wash the dishes. "You don't have to do that, I will." Mark said. "I'M PREGNANT, NOT SICK!" she shouted at him. He didn't say anything thing, but he did help her wash them. Laura couldn't stand being so close to him. She wanted to jump on him and screw his brains out. She was shocked by her own thoughts. But God she missed his lovemaking. I'm eight months pregnant as big as a whale and horny she thought. She laughed out loud at her thoughts. Mark looked at her. "What?" he asked. She looked at him. "Nothing." She said. Hell Laura what's wrong with you he probably wouldn't want to touch you looking the way you do now she thought. She felt a tear roll down her cheek. She wiped it away impatiently with the back of her hand but not before Mark seen it. Lord talk about mood swings he thought. Mark dried his hands and threw his arm around her shoulder. "Come on I got some movies to watch." He said. Laura started to protest but Mark held his hand up. "You don't have a choice." he said. "You're a big bully." She said. "Yea I know." He said
Mark put in the movie. It was one of the Hell raiser movies. "Mark I hate scary movies." She said. "Well I like them." He said. He took her hand and led her to the floor in front of the couch. "If I sit on that floor I will never get up." She said. "I'll help ya up ya silly little thing." He said smiling. He helped her down and propped a pillow behind her back. Then he sat down next to her. The movie started and when the first scary part came on Laura covered her face with her hands. "Mark this is gross." She said. Mark chuckled and pulled her against him. She didn't pull away it felt too good to lay there against him. She kept hiding her face in his chest. Mark looked at her, god he loved her so much. Laura jumped and put her hand on her stomach. "What's wrong baby girl?" Mark asked worried. "Nothing, the baby's kicking." She said "Can I feel?" he asked. Laura looked up at him and nodded. He put his hand on her belly and jumped when he felt a strong kick. He smiled and his face was filled with amazement. "That's awesome." He said. Laura smiled. "I know, its wonderful." She said. Mark kept his arm around her and they finished watching the movie. "Come on lets get you to bed." He said. He helped her up and walked upstairs with her. He stopped her when she went to go in her old bedroom. "I thought I told you once you stay in our room." He said. "Mark I'm not sleeping in there with you." She said. She would probably rape him if she did she thought. Mark picked her up and took her in his room. He sat her on the bed. "Fuck!" she cursed. Mark got her nightgown and walked toward her. "Mark leave me the fuck alone you asshole." She shouted. "Are you through throwing your fit?" he asked. "No asshole as a matter of fact I aint." She yelled. She grabbed the phone from the bedside and launched it at his head. He ducked and it crashed into the wall. Mark looked at her. "Ya know darlin that's going to be quite a spanking you got coming." He said grinning. "To hell with you!" she yelled. "Ya done gone and got mean on me girl." He said laughing. He handed her the gown. "Now put it on and climb into bed." He said. Laura stared at him. He started to move toward her. She quickly took off the robe and slipped the gown on. "Good girl." He said infuriating her even more. She climbed into bed and laid there. Mark took off his clothes and climbed in naked beside her. Oh great she thought, just what I need. She scooted over to the edge facing away from him. Mark reached over and turned off the lamp. She felt her self being hauled over to him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek. "Goodnight." He whispered. God she wanted him. He was already sound asleep. It's going to be a long night she thought. She lay there a long time before she finally drifted off to sleep.