Pregnant
Later that night Rae stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her hair then looked in the mirror and suddenly felt nauseous. She dove over to the toilet and threw up her entire lunch. She felt her stomach convulse again and she vomited again. Feeling rather weak she sat up, flushing the toilet she rested her head on the cool porcelain. She thought about it for a second. 'I must have gotten a touch of whatever my uncle had… it's been going around.' Then she stood up and pulled her clothes on, which consisted of a long sleeved blue shirt that hung to her mid thigh. Then suddenly she noticed something.
Rae put her hand on her naval, "Wait a second…" She had a flash back from the restaurant, she had sniffed the air and smelt fresh bread, when she asked Mia if she smelt that Mia had shaken her head. Then she looked back in the mirror, she hadn't been able to eat lately without feeling slightly nauseas, and her breasts hurt… Rae's eyes opened wide and her heart began to beat faster… oh god… she couldn't be… there was no way…'Oh god… oh god no…' Rae put her hand to her chest as she realized that she had been right, her naval was bulging slightly, just slightly but not enough that it could be noticed unless she was in tight clothing. A slight bulge that hadn't been there before. "Jesus CHRIST!" Rae cried out in frustration and sank to the floor.
"Rae? You alright in there?" Ed called.
"Ye-yeah…" Rae's limbs felt weak, her head swam. What in the hell was she going to tell Ed? Tomorrow was his birthday… he would notice… she knew he would notice. She decided that she was just going to wait up that night… she would just wait. 'Damn… why now…' She felt weak and feverish, her stomach swam and she vomited again. Ed opened the door. Rae was kneeling by the toilet. She flushed it and looked up at him, her head still swimming the nausea still grasping her stomach. Her face was flushed and sweaty. Ed hurried over to her.
"Rachel, what's wrong?" Ed asked her, helping her up.
"Nothing Ed… just leave me alone." Rae pushed him off and walked down the stairs.
"Uh oh…" Ed frowned slightly… he wanted to know what was going on… but at the moment he wasn't going to bother her.
Rae sat back on the couch, her long gleaming black hair thrown over her shoulder. She folded one of her knees up and sighed to herself. 'I really should tell him...' She looked out the window at the blizzard that was still casting a stormy sky over the city of Central. She sighed again and put her hand over her naval and smiled. 'What'll he say though... it's his fault... okay and mine.' Rae looked into the dying embers of the fire and smiled slightly. 'Edward... should I tell you or should I not... I don't want to ruin your birthday...' She wrapped her arms around her knees and rested her chin on her kneecaps. 'What would he say if I did tell him... I mean I'm still surprised but... I've been nauseas, my breasts are sore and I can smell everything what else can it be? I can just imagine his face right now...' She smiled softly and closed her eyes then suddenly the angry face of Roy pushed Ed out of her mind. 'OH GOD! What am I going to tell Uncle ROY? He'll blow his top!' Rae gasped slightly as someone snuck up behind her and pinched her sides.
Rae looked up at her brother-in-law, "Alphonse... don't scare me like that!" She laughed as the young man joined her on the couch.
"Alright. You just looked so sad... I couldn't stand seeing you like that." Al smiled at her and put his hand on hers as she sat down next to him normally. "C'mon Rae...something's wrong." Al looked at her seriously. She looked up at him, ever since they had met Al had become her confident whenever Ed was getting on her nerves. She loved that man to pieces but sometimes he could be a little... rowdy. She knew that Al wouldn't tell... she could tell him and see what he said about what she should do.
"Al... can I trust you?"
"Of course you can Rae." He smiled. Rae looked back into the dying fire.
"Al, I'm pregnant and I don't know how to tell Ed... I mean how do you think he'll react." She looked up and Al just smiled softly and squeezed her hand.
"I'm surprised at you Rae... I would've thought Ed would be the first to know... hasn't he been talking to you the way he talks to everyone else?"
"How does he talk to everyone else?"
"He says that his dreams have come true, he has the most beautiful wife in the world... he couldn't get any happier... then sometimes his face will sink and he says, 'Now if only I had a son... that would make me the luckiest guy on earth. I would have a beautiful wife and a child.' I swear he gets more and more like Hughes as the days go on. Rae his world revolves around you... you know that right? He hates it when you're displeased so he tries as much as possible to be as perfect as he can. He tries to hard to be a better person and you're the reason he tries."
Al looked over and noticed that the older girl had tears in her eyes, she squeezed her night shirt with her left hand, her engagement ring glittering in the dying light, "Al does he really... really talk like that? H-he never says anything like that to me... I mean... Al I love him to death... I always will... I love him so much that it almost hurts me..."
"Then tell him... tell him about it. He might surprise you..."
"I'll tell him then… thanks Al." She smiled at him and hugged her younger brother.
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