Chapter 12
- -4 Months Later- -
Marie looked down at her 5 month pregnant belly that she had been acquiring for the last 4 months...it wasn't huge...John said she looked as though she was smuggling footballs under her t-shirts. Marie was sitting around the living room, while John had banned her from the baby's room, cause he was painting and he didn't want to chance her getting hurt.
Marie looked down at her wedding rings...they'd been married now for almost 4 months...Steve had proudly accepted the role as giving her away...
A knock on the front door broke her from her thoughts as she stood and opened the door, not surprised to see Mark and Rachel staring back at her...Ever since Rachel and Mark had gotten an apartment in West Newbury to be by Marie and John, days off were spent at one or the other place. Today obviously it was Marie and John's place.
Rachel and Mark walked in both giving Marie a hug as Marie said, "Mark do me a favor go up and make sure John is still alive...He's been painting the babies room all day and I don't want him getting sick from the paint fumes." Mark shook his head as he chuckled and took the stairs two at a time.
Mark opened the door and found John laying in the middle of the room, Mark walked over and shoved him with his foot as John looked up and said, "What do you want punk?" Mark sat on the floor next to John and said, "You're wife asked me to come up and check on you, she was worried you were inhaling the fumes too much."
Mark looked around the violet colored room and saw the white clouds that John had painted on the ceiling. Mark said, "Purple?" John chuckled and said, "Marie and I argued about the color...she didn't want to settle on boy girl colors, cause we still don't know the sex of the baby...so we settled on Violet...cause it can be versatile...I can't wait till it dries so she can see it...I hope she likes it."
Mark patted John on the back and said, "Don't worry about it man...she's gonna love it." John said, "And just think you'll be doing the same thing not too far down the line...speaking of which...Marie is ready to pop that kid so she can get her figure back for your guys wedding...She's got it down to a science...she'll go in labor and then give herself a year to get her body back."
Mark laughed and said, "Is she going to go back to wrestling full time after the baby is born?" John pulled his knees up , while resting his forearms on them and said, "I don't know...I told her it was her decision...But I also told her if she didn't want to she didn't have to...If I know Marie as well as I think I do...it's gonna be hard enough getting time alone with her after the baby is born...she's already so attached...I mean don't get me wrong...I am too...But I love our alone time...Just talking without any interruptions."
Mark said, "Good luck man...you better knock that kid out with a tranquilizer then, cause one sound and she'll be on that baby like white on rice."
After Mark and Rachel had dinner and talked with Marie and John for a while...they went back to their apartment...and John cleaned up the kitchen for Marie.