Okay, here's another chapter! This one has a little bit of Marthie in it!

Chapter Ten: Loving You

Cecilia was sitting on the floor of the bathroom, throwing up. This was probably the thing she hated most about pregnancy. Simon came into the room when he heard her.

"Cec, are you okay?"

She gave him a weary smile.

"It's that morning sickness, huh? Are you alright?"

"I can't wait for it to be over. Why is it called morning sickness anyway? I get to go throw up every time I put a piece of food in my mouth! How exciting is that?"

"Umm...are you hungry?"

"Simon!"

"Okay, okay. I was joking," he said, putting his hands up in defense. She pulled him down onto the floor and kissed him. He held her hair back as she threw up again. He didn't dare tell her that her kiss tasted gross. She couldn't help it.

They sat like that for a long time, and they finally went downstairs to see if Castle was still sleeping well, since Ruthie had begged them to let her sleep in the playpen in Ruthie's room. She was, so they went back to bed to try and get some extra sleep. Since they couldn't do what they wanted to do, they slept with their arms around each other.

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Ruthie woke up at nine, and went out to the kitchen to quiet her grumbling stomach. As she poured herself some milk into her bowl of cereal, Martin came into the room.

"Hey, Ruthie. Whatcha doin'?" he asked.

"Eating, what does it look like I'm doing?"

"Oh. I just thought we'd go out for breakfast."

"Well, my stomach welcomes just about everything. Let me finish this and then we'll go out. How are we gonna get a ride?"

"Ruth said she'd give us a ride because she has to go to the store anyway."

"Okay," Ruthie said as she ate her cereal. "Hey, can we stop at Carter's to buy a gift for the babies?"

"Sure. Anything for you, Ruthie."

"I could get used to this," she said. She put her bowl in the sink and they met Ruth in the car. They drove to the grocery store. Ruth let them walk to Bob Evans and Carter's alone, but on one circumstance: they had to stay together and have their cell phones on at all times.

They agreed and went off to buy a gift for the babies. Inside, they saw a bunch of clothes that would be cute for them, but they didn't know which kinds to get. They also saw cute baby blankets and a shelf with a cute rubber ducky theme. They by-passed those, too. They finally came to the stuffed animal section. There were all sorts of cute animals, but they really liked the teddy bears. They picked out three of them. One was dark brown, another was light brown, and the last one was light yellow. They all said "My First Teddy Bear" on them and had rainbow colored bows around their necks.

After they paid for the bears and ate breakfast, they found Ruth in the magazine aisle of the store. Martin picked up a magazine that had Jessica Simpson on the cover of it. Ruthie read the cover. It was Seventeen magazine, and it sounded pretty interesting. She told Martin that she would buy it, and then she pulled him down another aisle.

"Martin, I need you to help me with something. I don't want to tell Grandma Ruth because then she'd buy me everything under the sun and call my parents. Remember when I was in the bathroom for so long at Bob Evans?"

"Yes, but what does that have to do with-"

"I started my period, Martin. I don't know where the aisle is that has tampons in it. Can you help me find it?"

"Do you really want help with something so...personal?"

"Please, Martin?"

When he saw the desperate look on her face, he couldn't help but agree. When they found them, she chose a box and they hurried up and paid for their items and went back to Ruth.

In the car on the way back to the house, they sat together in the backseat of the car. "Ruthie, this is my present to you," Martin said, and then he kissed her. Her first kiss. "I love you, Ruthie."

"I love you, too, Martin," she replied.

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Simon and Cecilia woke up at ten, and as they watched their favorite movie, Simon kissed her. "I love you, Cecilia. And I love the babies. All of them."

"Well, Daddy, we love you, too," she said, and pulled the covers up over her stomach as she leaned into her husband's chest. He smiled down at her, and the only thing she could think to do was to smile back.

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