Chapter 41
"Grieving Hearts"
A few weeks have gone by. Riker and Troi still have no memories of what happened to them on their way to Valen II. They do however still have the letter that was found in Troi's pocket. Lily is sitting at the dining room table coloring when Riker comes in.
"Hello Lily. What are you drawing?"
"It's a picture of our family see...that's you, and mommy. This is me and this baby is my baby sister."
"Your baby sister?"
"Yeah. See these wings are her angel wings on her way to heaven."
"Oh I see that. When you are finished we can put it up with the rest of your art. Now what do you want for breakfast?"
"Whatever you make daddy. Just don't make it to spicy mommy doesn't like that."
"I won't."
In the bedroom Deanna is splashing water on her face. She looked awful, the normal glow of her face was replaced with a pale look. She felt just as she looked, awful. It had been a rough few weeks. She still didn't retain any memories of her shore leave and the note she found later in her pocket kept her guessing. Something wasn't right and she knew it. Deanna let out a long sigh and continued into the sonic shower. A few minutes later Lily was eating as Will headed into the bathroom.
"Honey, are you okay? Do you want something to eat?"
With a groan Deanna answered
"No thanks honey, but I could use a nice glass of Galvian Tea."
"Sure."
Will began to turn away then turned back to Deanna who was placing a towel around her body. Will opened his mouth to say something but he just turned his head and walked away. Something was wrong with Deanna she hasn't eaten in three days. A few minutes later Deanna exited their sleeping quarters. Lily looked up and smiled at her mother. Deanna returned the smile. She walks up to the table and dons the breakfast Will has made. Her stomach churned at the looks of the breakfast.
"What is that Will?"
"It's breakfast a new recipe I found in the replicator. Something called scones I added the gravy would you like some?"
"Ah no thanks the smell doesn't agree with me."
Deanna turned away from the breakfast and headed to the replicator.
"Galvian Tea double sweet."
The hum of the replicator soon produced a cup of tea. Deanna took in cautiously and took a seat next to Will who was digging into his breakfast. Deanna turned up her nose at the smell she wasn't sure what it was exactly but it spelled terrible.
"Honey are you sure all you want is tea. You haven't eaten in three days. I'm not a doctor but I think you are supposed to eat."
"I just don't feel right. I don't know maybe it's a result of what happened to us while we were away."
"Mommy, why aren't you hungry. The last time you acted like that you were pregnant with my baby sister. Maybe you're pregnant again."
Deanna in mid sip spit out her tea at her daughter's remark. Will laughed lightly as he looked at Deanna who now had a surprised looked on her face.
"Do you think you're pregnant honey?"
"I don't know, I mean I don't remember a lot from our time on the planet. I can't even tell you when I had my last cycle. What is the date today?"
"Stardate 44532.3"
Deanna headed into their quarters and looked at the chronometer. One thing she did know is when she had her miscarriage a few months back.
"Lets see today is Stardate 44532.2 and my miscarriage was Stardate 44821.4 lets see that was 3 months ago, it took a few weeks to get back to normal making my period...oh my god two weeks late. Lily was right I might be pregnant."
Will ad Lily come in a few minutes later. Deanna was still staring at the calender. She was in total shock she couldn't tell if she happy or scared.
"Honey, what's the matter?"
"I think Lily is right. If I did the calculations right I'm about two weeks late for my period."
TBC...Chapter 42
