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Chapter Three

As her pregnancy progressed Serenity began she felt nauseous and at times like she was going to throw up. Then it really hit her when they were over to Joey's for dinner. Rene was eating when she got the feeling and ran to the bathroom and Marik got really concerned and went to see if she was alright and found her vomiting and he held her hair out of the way and when she was through he gave her a wet wash cloth to wipe her mouth. She rinsed her mouth and they went back to the table and she started to cry.

Mai smiled at Joey and he said "Sis, you're having morning sickness and it doesn't always hit in the mornings. Mai had it and it hit her different times of the day or night."

Marik then said "Dr. Peters told us about that but I never knew that it could cause her to be this sick."

Mai then said "It'll go away when she is in her fifth month but until them well hon that's just one of the things we as new moms have to deal with."

Rene wiped her face and she said "I guess I can deal with it because I really want to have this baby." She looked at Marik with such love in her eyes that it made him want to cry and he leaned over and kissed her.

After dinner while Mai was doing the dishes, Rene sat in the kitchen and talked to her and Mai said "You know that I'm planning a bridal/baby shower for you and I'm inviting all our friends."

Rene laughed and then she said "Marik told me that Joey is going to have a bachelor party for him at Seto's and Joey even hinted that there might be a stripper and he's so afraid that I'd be mad."

Mai laughed and she told her "I know when Joey told me well I let him know that the stripper had better be an old wrinkled woman and he just laughed and said well I don't really know Bakura is paying for the stripper so we'll see." Rene nearly wet her pants laughing and then she covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom again.

When they got home that evening, Marik had her sit down and put her feet up and he rubbed them and she nearly fell asleep. He gently picked her up and carried her to the bedroom and she woke up and smiled at him and then she ran to the bathroom again and was there with her and he carried her back to bed and as they lay there he whispered "Rene I love you so much and this baby was made of that love."

She went to stay with Mai during the daytime while Marik was at work because as he said "I won't worry so much if you're with someone." Mai thought that it was so romantic that he'd be concerned about her being alone, besides Mai loved the company.

When Rene went to her next appointment Marik took the day off and went with her and when they got into the room the Nurse said "Undress and put this cloth gown on." Marik didn't know if he liked the idea of the doctor seeing her naked but he didn't say anything. Dr. Peters did a pelvic exam and well Marik was a little uncomfortable but when the doctor said "You're doing just fine and you can get dressed." Then Marik was a lot better.

It was exactly two weeks later that Marik dropped Rene off at her brothers and he and Joey rode together to Kaiba's for the bachelor party. When they got there everyone cheered and Bakura said "Well you're giving up your freedom for married life and for once I can say you're making the right decision." They party was going strong when Roland opened the door and then announced "Sir, there's a Miss Sweet Sugar's here."

The men looked and there stood the most beautiful thing that any of them had seen and then she gave Roland a tape and as he put it into the stereo and started it well Sweet Sugar started dancing and gyrating all over the place and the men cheered and shouted and then she finally ended up on Marik's lap and he just smiled and said "Damn your good."

The stripper kissed his cheek and said "Hell I better be good after all those damn classes I've been taking." Bakura was nearly on the floor from laughing while the others didn't know what the hell was going on till the lady stood up and took off her wig and there stood Ishizu and well lets just say that Ryou, Yugi and Malik all fainted while Joey, Seto, Yami and some of the others stood up and said " Marik, here's to the end of your freedom."

Ishizu kissed her brother's cheek got her coat, took her tape from Roland and whispered "Can you give a lady a ride home?" Roland laughed and said "This way."

At Mai's the women were all there except for Ishizu who was being driven there by Roland and as she changed in the back of the limo he said "Are we still on for this week-end?"

Ishizu smiled at him and said "Yes, and I can hardly wait to get the hell out of the city even if it is only for a few hours." Roland walked her to the door, kissed her and left to go back to the Manor.

When Ishizu came in she smiled at Mai who was laughing and none of the other women knew why. Then Mai said "Alright we're going to play a few games, have some refreshments and then Rene is going to get lots and lots of gifts." Rene shouted "Yeah, I love gifts."

When it was time for the gifts, well Rene got several gag gifts, several sexy outfits for the bedroom and lots of gifts for the baby. All the baby gifts could be for a boy or girl and she even got a crib, high chair and car seat from Seto, Mokie and Roland. When it was all over Rene sat on the couch with her legs up while Mai and Ishizu were laughing about the other party and then Rene realized what they were talking about and she too started laughing and then she ran to the bathroom but this time she had to pee so bad and almost didn't make it.

Marik got lots of gag gifts one from Bakura, it was a g-string covered with pretend cowhide and it had a holster with a tiny gun and when he held it up Bakura said "You can now tell Rene that she under arrest and you have the gun to do it with." Marik turned beet red and all the men laughed till they had tears running down their faces. When the party was over Marik wanted to go home and just hold Rene in his arms relax.

Joey and Marik were on their way home when his cell phone rang and it was Mai and she said "Don't forget to stop at the florist and get the roses and then go to Barney's and get the strawberry's and cream."

Joey laughed out loud and he said "Will do."

Marik asked "What was that all about?"

Joey said "Oh you'll find out when we get home."

As they walked into the house Ishizu was just getting ready to leave because Roland was on his way there and as she passed Marik she said "Be a good boy tonight." He laughed and kissed her on the cheek and he said "You be a good girl and don't do anything that I wouldn't do."

Ishizu smacked him as she opened the door and there stood Roland and she waved good-bye and they left.

Joey carried the things Mai asked him to bring home to the kitchen and as she came and stood behind him, put her arms around him and then she said "Give the roses to Marik to give to your sister and put the strawberries and cream in the fridge till later."

Joey kissed her and took the roses and signaled to Marik to come over to him and he handed him the roses and said "Give these to Rene and tell her that you love her."

Two hours later they were finally home and Marik had carried everything that they got inside and as she sat on the couch she smiled up at him and she said "I love you, let's get married next week-end."

Marik just stood there and then he sat down and said "Can we get married that quickly?"

Rene laughed and she told him "We already have our blood tests done and we can go to the Court House and get the Marriage License and then all we have to do is to let our friends and family know about it, so it doesn't seem that it'll take a long time."

Marik kissed her and then he said "You know that I love you and if you want to get married next week-end then we'll get married." Serenity gave him a hug and then they walked to their bedroom and as she got ready for bed Marik lay down on the bed and he looked up towards the heavens and he vowed that he'd make always make their lives together as happy as he could. He then thought about their baby growing inside of her and he smiled as he thought about when he would be able to hold their child in his arms.

Rene came out of the bathroom and as he sat up she looked like an angel and he got up as she lay on the bed and he lay next to her and he kissed her and they made love and then fell asleep.

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