Chapter 15
"Trying to Pretend"
The next day Lily was up and finishing breakfast when her mother came out of her room. It had been a rough night and morning for her and Lily knew she needed the rest. Lily turned to the sound of her mother's footsteps behind her. When she turned around her mother looked very sick. However Lily wouldn't let her guard down as went to the recycling bin. Deanna was clearly suffering from a bad case of morning sickness and try as she might she couldn't keep it from her daughter.
"Mommy Rachel's mommy will take me to Daycare today. I called her up and told her that you weren't feeling good and couldn't take me there. Don't worry I didn't tell her about the baby I just told her you were sick. I better get ready she'll be here soon go rest mommy I'll be alright. You need to take care of my baby sister."
Deanna laughed lightly at her daughter's prediction she was sure it was a girl even if Deanna didn't want to know something about the way Lily said sister made her think. Soon there is a chime at the door.
"Come in…Lily will be ready soon."
Rachel land her mother came through the door. Both could tell that Deanna wasn't in good shape.
"Sorry I look a mess I just haven't felt very well today. I'm sure I'll be fine in the morning. Thank you for taking Lily to daycare."
"Any time Counselor if it alright with you Lily can stay with us tonight there isn't any daycare tomorrow and Rachel would really enjoy her company. We can bring her home by noon tomorrow you should be feeling better by then."
"Sure thanks again for taking her with you and for letting her spend the night come back after school and we'll get her things for the night."
Rachel's mother nodded and left with both of the girl the door swishing behind her. Deanna again let out a sigh it was the right choice. Deanna moved back into her room and pulled a blanket from a nearby chair.
"Troi to Commander Davenport"
"Bridge here the Commander is in a meeting with Starfleet they may have found the missing crew mates. Do you want me to give a message to her when she completes the meeting?"
"Yeah, please tell her I won't be coming into work today I have not well."
"Yes Sir Bridge out."
Deanna hated to lie to her crew but she just couldn't work feeling as poorly as she was today. The last thing she needed was patients to find out the real truth. Deanna closed her eyes and slowly drifted of to sleep.
A few hours later Deanna awakens with another cramp this time in her back. As happy she was about having Wil's baby she couldn't help but miss how easy Ian's pregnancy was. Deanna slowly gets up as the blanket tumbles to her feet. Walking with her hand on her back she enters her bathroom. The cramp becoming unbearable she sits in front of the sink. If she could just reach the medication Dr. Jay'Cel prescribed for her migraines. She reached but there was no use it was to far and she was in to much pain. Crying softly on her lap Deanna faints not from the pregnancy but from the pain. Another few hours passed before she regained consciousness her back still ached.
"Maybe a warm bath will relax the muscles in her back. It always helped when I got cramps."
Deanna reached for the knob on the tub and began to turn the water on. Dumping her favorite bubble bath in with it nothing help dull pain then a bubble bath. When the water was full Deanna nightgown fell to her feet as she stepped over it and into the tub, the bubbles were high just like she liked. Deanna turned on the jets on her lower back. It wasn't long before her pain began to fade. Drifting again off to sleep Deanna was plagued with memories of her first child Ian. He would be 16 soon she often wondered how he would turn out. When the steam lifted a young man came out of the shadows. Deanna opened her eyes as she sensed another presence in the room.
"Hello Mother I've missed you."
Deanna almost didn't believe that it was him his smiled always made her happy.
"Oh Ian I've missed you so much."
TBC…Chapter 16
