Part Seven: Quickening
Rated: K+
They were watching a movie, curled up on the couch together, when she suddenly gasped and began frantically feeling around for his hand.
"What's wrong?!" he demanded.
"Shhhh, you'll scare him; give me your hand."
He did so bemusedly, as the first few strand's of "Little Priest" began to emit from the movie, as she explained, "For a couple weeks now I've been feeling like there's butterflies in my stomach but I couldn't be sure because it always appeared right after I ate and could've been just a gas bubble or something but it's—he's been getting stronger and you might be able to feel him now…"
'C'mon Dev, let him feel you,' she thought and a second later a goal-scoring kick was given to her right-side kidney, 'I need that!'
But Kevin had felt him and that made her happy; besides she could function on one perfectly working kidney right?
"He's gonna be strong isn't he?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, just like you."
Before he could respond Ajit, Anyando, and Aza came loping in. Anyando took up residence on the remaining section of couch.
Ajit and Aza took their places at their owners' feet.
Gwen chuckled as Kevin gave a resigned sigh; having the three cats was like having three kids, this meant almost zero alone time.
But as they went back to watching the movie she nestled deeper into his hold, her head resting on his shoulder as she began to drift off.