Chapter 17
"Ordinary Pleasures"
Lily came home after shortly after Ian's visit. Deanna was still in the bathtub when she hears the door swish open. She quickly grabbed a nearby towel and threw on her terry cloth robe. When she exited the room Lily came through the door and gave her mother a kiss. Deanna still wasn't 100 better but seeing Ian again somehow made her fell strong.
"Hello mommy, I didn't mean to interrupt anything I just wanted to get my things. Are you feeling any better now?"
"Yes, much better. Your overnight bag is on your bed why don't you take Rachel with you while I talk to her mom?"
Lily nodded and the two girls moved to Lily's room. Rachel looked over Deanna as she said hello.
"I'm glad to hear you are getting well and thanks for letting Lily stay the night Rachel is so excited. I'll bring her by at noon tomorrow."
Deanna nods as the girls smile the door swishing behind them. Deanna went into her room and took out a new pair of pajamas. The others were soaked with water from Ian's arrival. Just as Deanna put her shirt on another pain caused her to double over gasping for air. She stumbled to the floor in agony. The pain ripped through her like a bolt of electricity, Deanna worse fears seemed to be happening. She was loosing the baby. Lucky for her there wasn't any blood are fluid it must have just been a cramp. Dr. Jay'Cel warned her that as the baby grew inside of her the pain would get worse. When she recovered enough to move to the bed she closed her eyes her thoughts of Wil helped her through the pain.
Oh Wil where are you?"
The next morning Deanna woke to a sudden bought of nausea. She ran to the nearby bathroom and tuned the water on in the sink drowning out the nausea she was experiencing. She couldn't take it for another 8 weeks the anti-nausea medication wasn't working
"Why did I have to have a betazoid pregnancy instead of a human one. If I were human the nausea would have passed at 12 weeks gestation but since I am a betazoid my second trimester wouldn't start for another eight weeks. Creating a new life is hard"
As the morning passed Deanna only suffered a few episodes of nausea. Looking at the clock Deanna got dressed and waited for Lily to come home. Just as she finished her last report the doors swished open Rachel and Lily came through the door. Deanna ran to Lily and gave her a hug with a few thank you's they left once more.
"Mommy Rachel's house is really fun we got to sleep on the floors and play lots of games. When I have a party I want Rachel to come."
"Well, your birthday is about seven months away she can come to your party."
"What if the baby is born?"
"The baby isn't due for another six months we will cross that bridge when the time is closer."
"Okay are you feeling better?"
"A little bit but that smile of yours always makes my day."
"It's a gift."
Lily kissed her mother's cheek and hurried into her room to unpack. Deanna was happy to see her again. Deanna closed the computer panel on her desk and let out a long sigh. She couldn't remember being so tired in her last pregnancy with Ian. Maybe it was normal to feel awful.
"Lily when you're finished come and see me I have something I want to talk to you about."
"Yes mama."
Chapter…18
