The Planet and the Stars
By: DekotaSkye
(Some dialog is taken from Terra Firma. It takes place after Bad Timing and shortly after the beginning of the fifth season.)
Part 2: Sharing
John stood on the other side of the grid-door listening to sounds of retching. A few microts later, Aeryn staggered back from the refresher chamber and carefully crawled onto the bed, hoping the last bout of morning sickness was over. She buried her head into her pillow. John smiled in sympathy, what a way for her to start a day.
She rolled onto her back, covering her abdomen with her hands and closed her eyes. He heard her whisper, "Please go back to sleep, little one."
About two days ago this started with Aeryn getting up and rushing to the refresher chamber. He rolled out of bed and followed close behind at the sound of violent gagging. Afterward he had lovingly helped her back to bed, he wiped her face with a damp cloth.
"It'll be all right," he said reassuringly.
"Only because you're not the one emptying your guts out," she griped. "It must have been something I've eaten."
Brushing strains of her black hair from her face, he mused. "I would hazard a guess this could morning sickness."
Turning an eye toward him. "Morning sickness?"
"Yeah, pregnant women get it in the early part of their expectancy. At least some human women do."
"And how long does this last?" She asked him suspiciously.
"Ah, maybe the first two or three months."
She gave him a blank stare before turning her head away, to mutter under her breath. "Frell, this is what I really need at the moment."
After Aeryn had recovered from her morning sickness John had seek out D'Argo to ask him. "You know something about pregnant Sebacean females, right?"
Bowing his head slightly, D'Argo studied his friend. "Sort of. Why?"
"Well, Aeryn woke to morning sickness and I was wondering."
"Morning sickness?" D'Argo asked mystified.
"Yeah, pregnant women throw up a lot after they wake-up in the morning," John said. "I've heard my older sister said she had morning sickness at night to, so I think it might be different with each woman."
Shaking his head D'Argo held up his hand. John stopped rambling. " Lo'Laan never had this morning sickness at anytime of the day, during her whole pregnancy."
"Great! Now Aeryn will say it's my fault," John groaned.
"What do you mean your fault?" D'Argo asked puzzled again.
"She'll see it as a human thing."
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you more, my friend," D'Argo said as he patted John on the shoulder.
Now here he stood watching his poor love suffering with another bout of sickness. Opening the door he approached the bed cautiously. Aeryn lay with her back to him. He stopped just short of his side of the bed. Attentively, he asked, "Aeryn, how are you feeling?"
"Better as long as I don't move."
He climbed into bed, stretching out behind her, and gently took her into his arms. She moved closer to him. The motion was a mistake. Another wave of nausea hit, and she swallowed a moan as she turned her face into the pillow.
Sensing her distress, John mumbled in her ear as he gently made soft circles on her lower back. Aeryn turned her face once more toward the wall, and closed her eyes in pleasure. He could feel her relaxing. Kissing her on the side of her neck he held her closer.
Aeryn took his hand and hugged it to her face. Sighing, she muttered out. "I am glad we have gotten this time together. I love you so much."
"I love you too," he whispered. Then once more they let silence stretch out for the time as they held each other.
"John?"
Burying his face into her hair, he muttered. "Go to sleep, babe, you'll feel better when you wake up."
"John, I've been wanting to talk to you about something?"
"Can't it wait till later?" He pleaded, not really wanting to talk but only to cuddle with her.
"No. We're alone and no one is needing us right now," she reasoned.
Giving into the enviable John turned his head looking up at the ceiling. "Go for it," he said.
"Go for what? All I want to do is talk and we can do that from here," Aeryn said.
Rising up on his elbow John peered into Aeryn's face, the corner of her mouth twitching. She cut her eyes up at him. Kissing her on the cheek, he whispered as he lay back down, "Funny, Aeryn, real funny. Now what is it you want to talk about. the baby's name?"
"Name?" Aeryn asked in confusion. "Is it important to name the baby now?"
"Not really but we're going to have to come up with some possibilities."
"Ok, maybe later. I need to talk to you about something more important."
Hugging her close, he waited for her to speak. Nervously, Aeryn paused for a moment. Taking a deep breath she asked, "When you find another way back to Earth and we go there for a visit, what do you think your family will feel about us creating a baby?"
John remained quite still as the impact of those words hit him. The longer he delayed in answering the more apprehensive Aeryn grew.
"John?"
The uneasiness in her voice drew him from his stupor. "They will be happy for us."
"How do you know?"
Gently, John said, "Face me." He helped her turn to face him. Settling back down, her eyes searched his.
"How do you know?"
"Because they will care for any child we have. She will be taken into the family and loved no matter what."
Her eyes searched his face. "Your father told me that he wouldn't be shocked if we cared for each other. He knew that we." She let the sentence die out with a little shrug.
John rested his head on his elevated hand. Stunned, he asked. "He said this? When.where.?"
"When we took a side trip to your large-ring planet."
"Saturn. What else did you two discuss?"
She traced his chin with her finger. "The possibility of our species being related. A little of this and a little of that. "
"Hmm, "he mused as his other hand took a strand of her hair, and started to play with it. "So he guessed we had strong feeling for each other?"
"Yes," she whispered as her finger moved to outline his lips. Those beautiful, sexy lips, she mused, as she pondered if should let her desire to kiss them take over.
"So, if Dad guessed that," John paused remembering what his father had said to him on their last talk. "You know Dad said that when I had kids of my own."
John broke off when he saw the smoldering look in Aeryn's eyes. He raised her fingers to his lips kissing them. She lay there motionlessness. Clearing her throat she managed to say, "He thought that if we worked things out we might."
"Yeah, Dad understood more about our relationship then I was letting on."
Aeryn rolled onto her back staring up at the ceiling. "I was trying so hard to learn if you really had any feeling for me and I asked your father, Olivia and even your girl friend." Shaking her head, she said. "Jack."
Sitting up, John interrupted in astonishment, "What do you mean you spoke to Alex about you and me?"
Frowning slightly at his tone, she said exasperatedly, "Because I wanted.no, I needed to know if there was any hope for us. You weren't coming forward with the truth."
"Yeah, I told you my reasons," John retorted.
Seeing the hurt and annoyance on her face, John took a deep breathe. Getting angry was not something he meant to do.
"Aeryn, I'm sorry," he said softly, as he laid back down trying to take her into his arms. She pushed him away, turning her back. Giving a heavy sigh, he lay there and thought sarcastically to himself. Great going John. Here she is sick because she's having your baby and all you can do is snap at her.
"Aeryn, you're right. I shouldn't be getting mad at you." He rolled over onto his side facing her back. "What did they all have to say about us?"
"You really want to know?" She asked after a few more microts of silence.
"Yeah, I really do."
Peering over her shoulder at him, she said. "Your Dad said he believed you still had feeling for me, but that you were back home on Earth now, and needed to time to figure it out. Alex said that every time she asked you about us, you would say nothing was going on, several times. I thought that was bad, but she said I had a lot to understand about humans."
"Oh, how is that?" He inquired as he touched her gently.
"She said sometimes when a person repeats a lie they're trying to convince themselves." She turned her eyes to his. "She said that you were still very much in love with me. I wanted to believe them but."
"I know. And I so wanted to tell you, but with Scorpius and."
She placed a finger on his lips stopping him, and whispered, "I know."
He took her hand in his and kissed it. "That's all past now. They so much as guessed the truth, and I know that they will love you and our children."
Smiling she lay her head on his shoulder as he pulled her closer. He laid his hand on her abdomen. "You, me, and this little one are a family. Everyone back on Earth and here on Moya is our other extended family. She will be well loved."
Aeryn trailed her hand on his chest. "I love you."
"Never have any more doubt. I love you beyond all hope."
They lay there together for a few microts when D'Argo's voice came over the comms. "John. Aeryn, we have a situation. You both better get up here."
Moaning John shared a brief kiss with her before rolling off the bed. He glanced over at her. "You don't feel sick now?"
"No, like clock work it stops after an arn or two," she said passing him at the door. "I'll forgive you anyway."
"Forgive me?" He countered joining her.
"Hmmm. Pilot and I searched Moya's data banks and it is not common for pregnant Sebaceans to have this morning sickness. Since you said Human's do, it has to be your fault."
"Yeah, yeah. It's always the man's fault."
"I love you any way. until the next bout of sickness."
Finis
By: DekotaSkye
(Some dialog is taken from Terra Firma. It takes place after Bad Timing and shortly after the beginning of the fifth season.)
Part 2: Sharing
John stood on the other side of the grid-door listening to sounds of retching. A few microts later, Aeryn staggered back from the refresher chamber and carefully crawled onto the bed, hoping the last bout of morning sickness was over. She buried her head into her pillow. John smiled in sympathy, what a way for her to start a day.
She rolled onto her back, covering her abdomen with her hands and closed her eyes. He heard her whisper, "Please go back to sleep, little one."
About two days ago this started with Aeryn getting up and rushing to the refresher chamber. He rolled out of bed and followed close behind at the sound of violent gagging. Afterward he had lovingly helped her back to bed, he wiped her face with a damp cloth.
"It'll be all right," he said reassuringly.
"Only because you're not the one emptying your guts out," she griped. "It must have been something I've eaten."
Brushing strains of her black hair from her face, he mused. "I would hazard a guess this could morning sickness."
Turning an eye toward him. "Morning sickness?"
"Yeah, pregnant women get it in the early part of their expectancy. At least some human women do."
"And how long does this last?" She asked him suspiciously.
"Ah, maybe the first two or three months."
She gave him a blank stare before turning her head away, to mutter under her breath. "Frell, this is what I really need at the moment."
After Aeryn had recovered from her morning sickness John had seek out D'Argo to ask him. "You know something about pregnant Sebacean females, right?"
Bowing his head slightly, D'Argo studied his friend. "Sort of. Why?"
"Well, Aeryn woke to morning sickness and I was wondering."
"Morning sickness?" D'Argo asked mystified.
"Yeah, pregnant women throw up a lot after they wake-up in the morning," John said. "I've heard my older sister said she had morning sickness at night to, so I think it might be different with each woman."
Shaking his head D'Argo held up his hand. John stopped rambling. " Lo'Laan never had this morning sickness at anytime of the day, during her whole pregnancy."
"Great! Now Aeryn will say it's my fault," John groaned.
"What do you mean your fault?" D'Argo asked puzzled again.
"She'll see it as a human thing."
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you more, my friend," D'Argo said as he patted John on the shoulder.
Now here he stood watching his poor love suffering with another bout of sickness. Opening the door he approached the bed cautiously. Aeryn lay with her back to him. He stopped just short of his side of the bed. Attentively, he asked, "Aeryn, how are you feeling?"
"Better as long as I don't move."
He climbed into bed, stretching out behind her, and gently took her into his arms. She moved closer to him. The motion was a mistake. Another wave of nausea hit, and she swallowed a moan as she turned her face into the pillow.
Sensing her distress, John mumbled in her ear as he gently made soft circles on her lower back. Aeryn turned her face once more toward the wall, and closed her eyes in pleasure. He could feel her relaxing. Kissing her on the side of her neck he held her closer.
Aeryn took his hand and hugged it to her face. Sighing, she muttered out. "I am glad we have gotten this time together. I love you so much."
"I love you too," he whispered. Then once more they let silence stretch out for the time as they held each other.
"John?"
Burying his face into her hair, he muttered. "Go to sleep, babe, you'll feel better when you wake up."
"John, I've been wanting to talk to you about something?"
"Can't it wait till later?" He pleaded, not really wanting to talk but only to cuddle with her.
"No. We're alone and no one is needing us right now," she reasoned.
Giving into the enviable John turned his head looking up at the ceiling. "Go for it," he said.
"Go for what? All I want to do is talk and we can do that from here," Aeryn said.
Rising up on his elbow John peered into Aeryn's face, the corner of her mouth twitching. She cut her eyes up at him. Kissing her on the cheek, he whispered as he lay back down, "Funny, Aeryn, real funny. Now what is it you want to talk about. the baby's name?"
"Name?" Aeryn asked in confusion. "Is it important to name the baby now?"
"Not really but we're going to have to come up with some possibilities."
"Ok, maybe later. I need to talk to you about something more important."
Hugging her close, he waited for her to speak. Nervously, Aeryn paused for a moment. Taking a deep breath she asked, "When you find another way back to Earth and we go there for a visit, what do you think your family will feel about us creating a baby?"
John remained quite still as the impact of those words hit him. The longer he delayed in answering the more apprehensive Aeryn grew.
"John?"
The uneasiness in her voice drew him from his stupor. "They will be happy for us."
"How do you know?"
Gently, John said, "Face me." He helped her turn to face him. Settling back down, her eyes searched his.
"How do you know?"
"Because they will care for any child we have. She will be taken into the family and loved no matter what."
Her eyes searched his face. "Your father told me that he wouldn't be shocked if we cared for each other. He knew that we." She let the sentence die out with a little shrug.
John rested his head on his elevated hand. Stunned, he asked. "He said this? When.where.?"
"When we took a side trip to your large-ring planet."
"Saturn. What else did you two discuss?"
She traced his chin with her finger. "The possibility of our species being related. A little of this and a little of that. "
"Hmm, "he mused as his other hand took a strand of her hair, and started to play with it. "So he guessed we had strong feeling for each other?"
"Yes," she whispered as her finger moved to outline his lips. Those beautiful, sexy lips, she mused, as she pondered if should let her desire to kiss them take over.
"So, if Dad guessed that," John paused remembering what his father had said to him on their last talk. "You know Dad said that when I had kids of my own."
John broke off when he saw the smoldering look in Aeryn's eyes. He raised her fingers to his lips kissing them. She lay there motionlessness. Clearing her throat she managed to say, "He thought that if we worked things out we might."
"Yeah, Dad understood more about our relationship then I was letting on."
Aeryn rolled onto her back staring up at the ceiling. "I was trying so hard to learn if you really had any feeling for me and I asked your father, Olivia and even your girl friend." Shaking her head, she said. "Jack."
Sitting up, John interrupted in astonishment, "What do you mean you spoke to Alex about you and me?"
Frowning slightly at his tone, she said exasperatedly, "Because I wanted.no, I needed to know if there was any hope for us. You weren't coming forward with the truth."
"Yeah, I told you my reasons," John retorted.
Seeing the hurt and annoyance on her face, John took a deep breathe. Getting angry was not something he meant to do.
"Aeryn, I'm sorry," he said softly, as he laid back down trying to take her into his arms. She pushed him away, turning her back. Giving a heavy sigh, he lay there and thought sarcastically to himself. Great going John. Here she is sick because she's having your baby and all you can do is snap at her.
"Aeryn, you're right. I shouldn't be getting mad at you." He rolled over onto his side facing her back. "What did they all have to say about us?"
"You really want to know?" She asked after a few more microts of silence.
"Yeah, I really do."
Peering over her shoulder at him, she said. "Your Dad said he believed you still had feeling for me, but that you were back home on Earth now, and needed to time to figure it out. Alex said that every time she asked you about us, you would say nothing was going on, several times. I thought that was bad, but she said I had a lot to understand about humans."
"Oh, how is that?" He inquired as he touched her gently.
"She said sometimes when a person repeats a lie they're trying to convince themselves." She turned her eyes to his. "She said that you were still very much in love with me. I wanted to believe them but."
"I know. And I so wanted to tell you, but with Scorpius and."
She placed a finger on his lips stopping him, and whispered, "I know."
He took her hand in his and kissed it. "That's all past now. They so much as guessed the truth, and I know that they will love you and our children."
Smiling she lay her head on his shoulder as he pulled her closer. He laid his hand on her abdomen. "You, me, and this little one are a family. Everyone back on Earth and here on Moya is our other extended family. She will be well loved."
Aeryn trailed her hand on his chest. "I love you."
"Never have any more doubt. I love you beyond all hope."
They lay there together for a few microts when D'Argo's voice came over the comms. "John. Aeryn, we have a situation. You both better get up here."
Moaning John shared a brief kiss with her before rolling off the bed. He glanced over at her. "You don't feel sick now?"
"No, like clock work it stops after an arn or two," she said passing him at the door. "I'll forgive you anyway."
"Forgive me?" He countered joining her.
"Hmmm. Pilot and I searched Moya's data banks and it is not common for pregnant Sebaceans to have this morning sickness. Since you said Human's do, it has to be your fault."
"Yeah, yeah. It's always the man's fault."
"I love you any way. until the next bout of sickness."
Finis