17 weeks: rough roads

Jamie woke up to Eddie tossing and turning wide awake next to him, having a panic attack. "I can't do this anymore." she started to cry. She was grasping at her neck.

Jamie immediately jumped up to her attention, "Hey, hey, tell me what's wrong," he said to her. He sat up and pulled her into his arms when he felt her shaking. "Eddie, ed, I need you to calm down, relax," he tried and held her close to his heart. It always seemed to calm her down when she focused on the beating rhythm. He wasn't going to lie, she was having a rough time with the pregnancy. She was still getting sick, not as often, but enough for her to call in sick at least once every two weeks. When they called Dr. Kwak, he explained that that was normal for her to feel like that every once in a while.

Her breathing started to get back under control and she laid in his arms while tears started to slow. "What's wrong, babe?" he asked her softly.

She closed her eyes and settled into his arms. "My legs are throbbing, my stomach hurts from stretching, I cant sleep or-or." she stuttered and let out a deep breath.

"Okay, okay," Jamie soothed. "Do you want me to get you something? Do you want me to rub your legs?" She didn't respond, she just held onto him and shut her eyes in pain. "Babe, please… look at me," he told her and held her chin up at his eye level. She let out a shaky breath and stared at his face, " I know this is rough, I know," he said to her understanding. Her face was crumbling down, "It's okay."

"I can't sleep, I'm in so much pain," she frowned with watery eyes and tears running down her face.

Jamie hugged her tight against him and she laid on his chest while he brushed through her hair, "are you comfortable?" he asked lightly as he tried to get her to fall back asleep.

He watched her twist and turn all night. She was no longer able to sleep on her stomach which was how Jamie watched her fall asleep every night before she was pregnant. He saw her eyes starting to close in exhaustion and watched her like a hawk for the rest of the night.

The sun was shining through the curtain, Jamie woke up first and saw her in the same position she was when he watched her fall asleep on him. Her eyes slowly started to open, she stayed in the same position and he watched her yawn.

"Hey, try to fall back to sleep," he suggested while rubbing her side. "You had a rough night." he reminded.

She looked up at him and settled back down into his chest, "thank you" she responded sleepily, "for last night."

Jamie looked down at her. She sounded depressed, " I hate seeing you sad." he told her truthfully.

"I'm not," she said to him lightly and unbelievable.

She looked up at him, "If I need to tackle you right now to make you smile, so be it." he said to her. "I will take my pants off right now and be that crazy stripper you had at your bachelorette party." He said serious.

She laughed, "oh no please don't," and shoved her face into his chest.

"There she is," Jamie smiled happily to see her face light up again. "you're my world." he reminded her, "I never want to see you sad, okay?"She nodded her head and cuddled closer into him.

"So, how are you guys doing at home now with the pregnancy?" Danny asked Jamie while him Frank and Henry were drinking after dinner, and the girls were hanging out in the kitchen.

Jamie sighed and released the drink from her mouth, "It's been rough for her." he responded truthfully. "She's having a really rough time."

Henry looked at Jamie in concern, "what do you mean, is she okay?"

"She's getting there." he sighed. "She's not sleeping. I woke up to her crying in pain last night," he told them. "Her morning sickness keeps coming back and she keeps getting cramping on her legs, and I can't do anything to help her."

"How's she doing today?" Frank asked hesitantly.

Jamie leaned forward on the sofa, "she's a little better, I mean, she didn't fall back to sleep last night until 4:30, and woke up at around 8ish."

"Poor girl," Henry sighed. "I don't think anyone had it as bad as she is now."

Danny waited, "this is the part where I miss Linda, She would know exactly what to do. Erin was like that a little in the beginning and Linda helped her out and told her how she can get rid of some pain, but she wasn't in as much pain as Eddie." he thought aloud.

"She looks cute though," Frank chuckled, "with her bump."

Jamie smirked, "yeah, she definitely glows." he said while smiling. "She is all sass, but she is so excited whenever we go shopping, she heads straight to the baby aisle and comes back with loads of stuff." He remembered.

They all laughed. "She might look tough, but she can get really soft."

Danny smirked, "she's going to be a great mom."

"She definitely will."

They continued to talk for a little while and turned on the game. Eddie came into the den after they finished cleaning and having small talk. She walked over and sat next to Jamie. He pulled her into his side while she rested her head on his shoulder blade. "You okay?" he whispered, loud enough that everyone heard and looked over at her in concern.

She placed her hand on her stomach and closed her eyes, "yeah," she whispered as Jamie planted a kiss on her head.

Danny looked over in Jamie's direction, "she okay?" he mouthed to him.

Jamie nodded his head and looked back down at her while she was staring at the game with heavy eyes.

Danny looked over at Eddie, "are you guys going to find out what you're having?" he wondered patiently.

"Yeah," she said in the midst of a yawn, "in 2 weeks we have it planned," she said getting excited.

"What do you think you're having?" He asked her curious to see what his instinct was.

"I personally think its a boy, he thinks its a girl." She responded to his question. "But," she sighed gratefully, "I don't care what it is, as long as the baby's healthy, that's all that matters to me." she pointed out.

"Amen to that," Frank said.

Jamie looked down at her, "we're gonna have a real healthy kid the way we're going," he joked as she shoved her face in his chest.

Jamie could tell she was getting tired and knew she didn't sleep well last night, "ready to head home?" he whispered to her?

She nodded her head yes, and watched as Jamie got up first. "Come on, let's get some sleep," he said and held a hand out for her.

17 weeks finished! I hope you guys like it so far. Leave your opinion!