A/N: Short chapter--but sweet. Enjoy! Until next time--ya'll are the best--PCGirl.
Natalie could feel John relaxed next to her and gave a sigh of relief—she opened one eye lid to see that he wasn't asleep though, but lying there quietly watching her. "Morning," she said as she closed her eyes again, "I was hoping you were asleep."
"I was—until about ten minutes ago. How are you feeling? Queasy?" asked John as he pushed aside some of the hair around her face and kissed her forehead.
"No, I feel fine—but we shouldn't say anything in case Jessica and Antonio come in and want to know what we're talking about," she said as she moved in closer to him and he held her a little tighter.
"That's fine—I kinda like knowing something that nobody else knows."
"Your mom knows. Adrienne knows."
"Adrienne knew before we did," he said with a half chuckle that caused Natalie to finally open her eyes and look at him, "Hey there beautiful."
"Just wait about another six months and say that to me then."
"You're right. Then you'll be gorgeous," he said as he pulled her body the rest of the way on top of his. He covered her mouth and a second later they heard Jamie start crying from her room.
Natalie pulled back and laid down next to him again, "In a few months that'll be us with the crying baby."
"I can't wait," he said as he took her face in his hands and gave her one last deep kiss before they finally decided to start their day.
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"Thanks Babe," said John as he took the coffee cup from Natalie and she shut the window so he and Antonio could sit on the fire escape and have a meeting. "So like I was saying—Natalie is not going to let us leave them in a safe house by themselves."
"Well, we can't exactly let them roam around Llanview with Haver on the loose."
"Yeah, well I was thinking—this time we've got Sonia as the FBI Agent, not me. So I don't necessarily have to be in Llanview the whole time."
"Ok," said Antonio as he tried to realize where John was going with this. "So we need a place where us four can stay that is not in Llanview, but within—what, a thirty minute drive?"
"Yeah. I was thinking about Asa's cabin. I've only been up there once, but you know it's pretty secluded."
"Very secluded," corrected Antonio.
"So I guess we're going camping," laughed John as Jessica tapped on the window to tell them breakfast was ready.
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"So are we all in agreement about going up to the cabin?" asked John as he pulled out a pill bottle and took out two pills, passing the larger one to Natalie along with a glass of water.
"Yeah—I'd like to go by and see Mom first though," said Natalie as she took a gulp of water and handed the water back to John.
"Is everything ok? What was the pill for?" asked Jessica.
"It was just vitamins—John thought it'd be a good idea if I started taking them," she said, grinning at John because of the truth. Her mind wandered back to just a week ago—
John opened his eyes to see Natalie's side of the bed was empty and he listened to see where she was—the bathroom had become her normal morning location these past few days—she kept putting it off as the stomach flu. She walked back into the bedroom and a smile instantly appeared on his face, "Sick again?"
"Actually, no. Adrienne gave me something yesterday she always takes when she gets like this—I was just trying it out. Do you want some coffee?"
"No," he said quietly and rubbed his face into the pillow, "Come back to bed."
Natalie smiled at the tone of his voice and sat down on the side, his arm instantly wrapped around and pulled her down so her head was laying on his chest, "You sure you don't want some coffee?"
"What's up with you this morning?"
Natalie moved around so her head was now laying on his arm, she nuzzled into him and sighed, "Nothing."
"Ok," he said—not pushing the issue and they laid there until they soon heard her cell phone ringing from the living room.
"I'm not getting it—they'll leave a message," she said as she truly tried to come up with a reason for getting out of the bed.
"Nat--."
"No, I'm not letting you go," she said as she held on tighter and then the phone began to ring, "Fine—you go get it," she said—as she got up and went to the bathroom and took the test off the counter. A second later she looked up to see John staring at her with the phone in his hand.
"It's Adrienne—she wanted to know if what she told you take this morning worked," he choked out at looking at the box still sitting on the counter.
Natalie grinned at his loss of voice and took the phone, "It worked—I'll call you later," she said hanging up the phone.
John gulped, "So what does it say?"
"We're pregnant," she said as John finally came back to normal and picked her up off the ground.
"Natalie—where were you just then?" asked Jessica after saying Natalie's name a few times.
"Hmmm? Oh, nowhere—I was just thinking about how much different this Saturday is from last week," she said giving John a wink that caused him to chuckle, "Do you have anywhere to go Jess?"
"Yeah, I need to go to the Paper for something, and Antonio should probably drop Jamie off with RJ."
"So John and I will go do what we want to do, and then we'll meet back up here around 2 and head up to the cabin then?" said Natalie, ready to tell her Mom the news and then sit and wait for Haver's next move.