The next morning she gets up and plays with Toby, and gets him breakfast.
There is no sign of Edwin anywhere. His parents were worried. This was
highly unlike him, to be running off by himself to deal with something.
"Oh, well. He'll just have to get over his little snit. He's not the one who has to deal with all the problems and possible complications of pregnancy. He's not the one that's going to have to deal with the morning sickness, and he won't have to buy new clothes every couple of weeks because he's outgrown his. And for damn sure, he's not the one who's going to have to do all the work when it's time for the baby to be born. He's not going to have to deal with the pain of labor. I will. Screw it, I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap," she thought as she ate a light lunch.
That afternoon, Kit lets his parents know that she's going to go take a nap, and goes upstairs, curling up on the bed in a ball, her back to the door. Just before she drops off into oblivion, she hears Edwin out in the hallway.
A couple of hours pass, and Kit feels something soft tickling her cheek. She swats at it a couple of times and hears soft laughter. One of her eyes pops open, looking to see what the heck was going on, thinking that it was Toby wanting her to get up and play with him. Instead, she spots Edwin kneeling by the side of the bed, softly stroking her cheek with a single perfect red rose. She had no idea how he had found out about one of her deepest hidden childhood dreams, for someone to wake her like that one day.
"Wake up, Sleeping Beauty." He smiles and she returns it, suddenly launching herself out of the bed and making a beeline for the bathroom. He matches her step for step and he holds her hair out of the way while she vomits what was left of her breakfast and lunch out of her stomach and supported her upper body as she lost strength. When she got finished and rinsed her mouth out with a cup of water that he had gotten her, he scooped her into his arms and carried her back to the bed.
"I'm sorry I ran out on you like that last night, little fox," he softly told her as he laid her on the bed and stretched out next to her. "The only excuse I can offer is that I wasn't thinking straight. It's not that I don't want children; it's just that I wanted to wait a little before I had them. I wanted time to convince their mother that she was beautiful and that I was deeply in love with her. I really wanted my child to be conceived in love and not forced on you like what has happened." Her eyes filled with tears as he ran his hand over her still flat abdomen, silently laying claim to her and the child growing within her. "I wanted you to know before we started that you wouldn't have to worry about raising this child alone, because I will take care of the both of you. You never had anyone to take care of you, and you turned out wonderfully, but it took two of us to create this baby, and I take care of my responsibilities. I wanted to make sure that you knew that you wouldn't have to worry about bringing a child into this world and into the same situation that you grew up in."
"S'okay. That's what I figured was what happened. After I had some time to think about it, I realized what had happened. If it makes any sense at all, it shocked the snot out of me too. Although, I should have known when I didn't get my period like I usually do. I'm usually regular as clockwork. Stress or not."
"Oh, well. He'll just have to get over his little snit. He's not the one who has to deal with all the problems and possible complications of pregnancy. He's not the one that's going to have to deal with the morning sickness, and he won't have to buy new clothes every couple of weeks because he's outgrown his. And for damn sure, he's not the one who's going to have to do all the work when it's time for the baby to be born. He's not going to have to deal with the pain of labor. I will. Screw it, I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap," she thought as she ate a light lunch.
That afternoon, Kit lets his parents know that she's going to go take a nap, and goes upstairs, curling up on the bed in a ball, her back to the door. Just before she drops off into oblivion, she hears Edwin out in the hallway.
A couple of hours pass, and Kit feels something soft tickling her cheek. She swats at it a couple of times and hears soft laughter. One of her eyes pops open, looking to see what the heck was going on, thinking that it was Toby wanting her to get up and play with him. Instead, she spots Edwin kneeling by the side of the bed, softly stroking her cheek with a single perfect red rose. She had no idea how he had found out about one of her deepest hidden childhood dreams, for someone to wake her like that one day.
"Wake up, Sleeping Beauty." He smiles and she returns it, suddenly launching herself out of the bed and making a beeline for the bathroom. He matches her step for step and he holds her hair out of the way while she vomits what was left of her breakfast and lunch out of her stomach and supported her upper body as she lost strength. When she got finished and rinsed her mouth out with a cup of water that he had gotten her, he scooped her into his arms and carried her back to the bed.
"I'm sorry I ran out on you like that last night, little fox," he softly told her as he laid her on the bed and stretched out next to her. "The only excuse I can offer is that I wasn't thinking straight. It's not that I don't want children; it's just that I wanted to wait a little before I had them. I wanted time to convince their mother that she was beautiful and that I was deeply in love with her. I really wanted my child to be conceived in love and not forced on you like what has happened." Her eyes filled with tears as he ran his hand over her still flat abdomen, silently laying claim to her and the child growing within her. "I wanted you to know before we started that you wouldn't have to worry about raising this child alone, because I will take care of the both of you. You never had anyone to take care of you, and you turned out wonderfully, but it took two of us to create this baby, and I take care of my responsibilities. I wanted to make sure that you knew that you wouldn't have to worry about bringing a child into this world and into the same situation that you grew up in."
"S'okay. That's what I figured was what happened. After I had some time to think about it, I realized what had happened. If it makes any sense at all, it shocked the snot out of me too. Although, I should have known when I didn't get my period like I usually do. I'm usually regular as clockwork. Stress or not."