Chapter 43
Alex woke up feeling too hot and the room spinning. The too hot feeling was because her husband was almost lying on top of her, with his arm thrown over her waist and one leg entangled with hers and his face pressed against her neck. The room spinning was something new. She sat up slowly and it felt a little better, only to have a queasy feeling overtake her. She dashed out of bed and made it just in time across the bedroom to the bathroom, before emptying the contents of her stomach into the toilet. Ryan heard her retching in the bathroom and jumped out of bed, bursting through the bathroom door. "I'm fine, go back to bed." Alex groaned after rising her mouth, and sat back down on the floor leaning with her back against the bathtub. "No, you're not fine." He said looking at her nervously as little beads of sweat formed on her forehead. "Should I call Doctor Roberts?" He asked concern written all over his face. "No, it's 05:30 in the morning I'm sure morning sickness is a normal part of being pregnant." She said trying to put up a brave face so he can stop worrying. He took a seat next to her on the cold white tiled floor, rubbing her back, holding her hair back as she heaved a few more times, before she was certain there was nothing left in her stomach, leaning back against the tub hungry and tired.
"I don't think there's anything left in my stomach after all that." Alex said leaning her head against Ryan's shoulder. "You want me to get you something to eat?" Ryan asks as she gets up to rinse her mouth once more, flushing the toilet before going back into the bedroom. "I'm too scared to eat anything right now. I hope this is not how it'll be for the rest of the time." She whined laying back on the back. "I'll get you some toast or water….or tea. I don't know why I think that'll help, it always works whenever I have a hangover, and maybe it'll work for you too." Ryan said shrugging really uncertain. But grabbing his phone off the bedside table so he can go Google what to do with morning sickness in the kitchen while getting her some tea.
While waiting for the water to boil he decided to call his mom and ask her what he should do. Maybe he should discuss it with Alex first, the whole thing of telling his mom about them expecting, but he's sure she won't mind. It was 06:15 and here he was standing in the kitchen on his day off, where he would've been in bed had it been any other day, He dialed Theresa's number and she answered on the fourth ring, sleep still evident in her voice. "Ryan, is everything okay?" She asked worried. "Yeah, everything's fine mom, sorry for waking you so early. I kinda need some advice from you right now." He said walking up and down the kitchen. "What's wrong? Is it Alex? Is she okay?" He smiled at her motherly instincts, and how she could sense something was up even if she didn't see him face to face. "We're all fine mom, relax. Uhhmm, I, we me and Alex kind of did something and now…. You know what, it's fine I got what I was looking for. Go back to sleep I'm sorry for waking you." He said uncertain not knowing how to break the news to his mother. "Ryan, what did you do? You're rambling and you always ramble when you're nervous. Talk to me." Theresa pushed. "Uhm, Alex hasn't been feeling well and she's a bit queasy this morning, she's been to the doctor but I don't know what to give her to eat. She think after she ate something it might come back up again." He explained giving as little information as possible. "She needs to go back to the doctor again, it could be a nasty stomach bug. But you can try giving her some dry toast, or crackers and tea or water. She can eat small bites of it so her stomach can settle. Is she okay?" Theresa asked concerned about her daughter in law's well-being. "Yeah, she, uhm, mom, Alex is pregnant." He blurted out resting his head against the door of the fridge. "What!? Ryan are you serious! I'm about to be a grandma!" Theresa exclaimed joyfully and Ryan could hear the smile in her voice. "Yes, 7 weeks." He said unable to control the smile forming on his own face. "Ryan that's amazing! Congratulations. I'm about to be a grandma, can you believe that? Is Alex around can I speak to her?" She asked excitedly. "Yeah just hold on." He said walking towards the bedroom.
Alex was laying on her back, legs bent at the knees rubbing her stomach watching the news on TV, when he entered handing the phone to her. "Hello?" She answered waiting for the other person to respond. "Alex! Congratulations child. Ryan just told me you two are expecting." Theresa said happily, and Alex smiled back glancing at Ryan shaking her head at him. He clearly couldn't wait to tell his mom. "Thank you, Theresa." Alex said honestly. "How long has this morning sickness been going on and have you been to a doctor about it yet?" Her mother in law inquired. "I've never had it before, this morning was the first time and I want it to go away already." Alex said thinking back on how bad she felt a few minutes ago. "It'll get better as time goes by, if it doesn't you should go see your doctor. Do you know how nervous Ryan was telling me about it?" Theresa said amused and Alex enjoyed this part of the information given to her since she has something she can annoy him with. They spoke for a little while more before dropping the call.
"Are you mad at me for telling her? I couldn't trust Google so I asked her what to do, and I had to tell her everything eventually." He justified seeing the small smile appearing on his wife's face. "Why were you nervous to tell her about munchkin?" Alex asked looking at him from where he stood in front of her side of the bed. "Because then she'd know what we did to end up here." He said half embarrassed and Alex couldn't help but laugh. "Oh, and when I said the same thing a few nights ago what did you tell me?" She asked amused. "That was so long ago, it was like practically June." He dismissed her statement seeing how much she enjoyed torturing him like this. "Keep this up and you're not getting breakfast." He said trying to sound stern but failing horribly at his attempt. "I'll call your mom and tell her you're mistreating me." Alex blackmailed him holding his phone in her hand laughing. "Babe, I can handle my mom." Ryan said trying to get the phone from Alex. "Oh, so you wouldn't mind if I text her right now." Alex answered slyly looking up at him, a small smile pulling at the corner of her mouth. "Babe, don't be like that." He said getting the phone from her. He'll get a never ending lecture from his mom if Alex has any complaints about him. He got the phone from her putting it on his side of the bed leaving towards the kitchen while Alex continued watching TV.
"What are you doing up? I was suppose to bring you breakfast in bed." Ryan said as he noticed Alex in the kitchen. "I'm going back up now. I just came to check that you're not burning down the house." She commented looking around the kitchen remembering last night's ordeal in the kitchen. Ryan was standing in front of the kettle waiting for the water to boil, when Alex came up and hugged him from behind, kissing the spot between his shoulders. "And now?" He asked turning around to face her. "Nothing, I'm just thinking how lucky I am for being married to such a handsome, good looking, amazing husband." She said smiling up at him. "Aaahhh you have to stop feeding my ego now." He said smiling leaning down to kiss her. "You're the amazing one." Ryan said holding her tightly. Then sending her back up to bed.
He appeared in the bedroom a few minutes later. "Breakfast is served, Mrs Booth." He announced proudly holding a tray with toast, tea, a glass of water and her prenatal vitamins. He waited for her to sit up before handing it to her, and them moved over to his side to get settled in with her. "All right munchkin. Daddy made us breakfast, so brace yourself." Alex joked as she took a bite of toast. "Hey, this is amazing Ryan Booth cuisine that you won't find anywhere else." He said pretending to be hurt. She ate the rest of her breakfast taking small sips of tea in between before taking her prescribed vitamins.
"So, we should probably call your mom and tell her." Ryan suggested feeling a bit guilty that they haven't told Sita about this yet. "Yeah, we should." Alex said thinking about it. "Call or Skype?" She questioned. "Skype." They both replied in unison, figuring it would be best to see one of their mom's facial expression after the joyous way Theresa reacted on the phone. Alex got her laptop from the bedside table and called up her mom, her face appeared on the screen a few minutes later.
"Good morning sleepy head." Alex greeted friendly knowing her mom has been up since 6, because she could never sleep late. "Look who's talking." Sita smiled at her daughter. "Hey, Sita." Ryan greeted moving closer to Alex so they could both see her. "Hello child, how are you guys doing?" She enquired friendly smiling at her daughter and son in law. "We're good. There's something we need to tell you though, ma." Alex answered seriously. "Okay, well what is it?" Sita asked leaning forward on her elbows waiting for one of them to respond. "Ma, I uhm. I am pregnant." Alex uttered carefully not knowing how her mother would respond. Sita sat there with tears rimming her eyes. "Sita, are you okay?" Ryan asked concerned since she didn't say anything. She just nodded her head smiling broadly nodding her head up and down vigorously while the tears ran down her cheeks. "I'm going to be a grandma!" She exclaimed. "Congratulations you two! Do you know what it is yet? How far along are you? Have you seen a doctor? Do you have a name?" Sita rambled as her mind spun trying to adjust to this new information and dealing with this excitement. "Ma, slow down." Alex laughed. "I'm 7 weeks, and no we don't know the gender yet nor do we have a name but we'll let you know as soon as we have more information." Alex answered all her mom's questions. "Go back to sleep now, it's still early." Sita reprimanded her daughter. "And Ryan you make sure she doesn't over do things. Call me if she doesn't listen to you." She instructed her son in law. "Yes ma'am, I sure will." Ryan answered smiling. "My baby is having a baby. Congratulations you two, I love you both." Sita said wiping her eyes. "We love you too." Alex and Ryan said in unison before ending the session.
"What are the plans for the rest of the day?" Alex asked laying back against the pillows looking at her husband. "We can grab lunch and go to the park for a stroll or something." He suggested sniggling closer to her. "But for now, let's get some more sleep." He countered pulling her closer to him.
Hey guys, hope you enjoy this one. Some quality time just the two of them and telling their parents about the baby. I'm stuck not knowing how to continue further so I won't be updating for a few days while trying to figure out where to go from here. (Your ideas are welcome to help me out here.) Enjoy the read. Lovies-S.