That night, Vanessa invited Stella, Ryan, and Brianna over for dinner. She was excited to tell Stella about their unborn son. Vanessa was in the kitchen making dinner when Zac came in. He saw Vanessa cutting vegetables and meat.
"Babe, be careful" Zac said.
"Zac, I know how to handle knives" Vanessa said getting angry as she continued to chop vegetables.
"Hey I am just trying to help you, honey" Zac said calmly.
"No you are not. You are trying to control everything I do" Vanessa said angrily.
Vanessa put down the knives that she was holding and went upstairs, slamming the door of the master bedroom shut. When Zac heard the bedroom door shut, he sighed knowing it was a mood swing and it would pass in a few minutes. Troy walked into the kitchen looking confused.
"Daddy?" Troy asked.
"Yeah bud?" Zac said kneeling to his level.
"Is mommy mad at you?" Troy asked sadly.
"Aw Troy" Zac said picking his son up.
Zac walked to the family room with his son in his arms and set him on the couch.
"You know how your brother is inside mommy's tummy?" Zac asked trying to explain hormones to his three year old son.
"Yeah" Troy said snuggling into his father's side.
"Well, the baby sometimes makes mommy angry. She can't help but get upset. Mommy doesn't mean to get upset though, it's just that her body is getting ready to have your brother" Zac said explaining Vanessa's condition.
"Is she going to be like that forever?" Troy asked.
"No, just until your brother comes, then she will be the same as she was before" Zac told his son.
"Oh" Troy said.
"Hey, how about we go check to see if mommy is okay?" Zac suggested.
"Okay" Troy said.
Zac picked Troy up and carried him upstairs and saw that the bedroom door was still closed. Zac opened the door and saw his pregnant wife, lying down with tears running down her face.
"A very concerned three year old wants to know if you are okay" Zac said holding Troy.
"Aw Troy, I am sorry I yelled. Come here honey" Vanessa said wiping her tears.
Zac let Troy down from his arms and watched him walk to the bed.
"Sweetie, the baby sometimes makes me upset and I can't control it. If you see me mad, I am not mad at you okay? I could never be mad at you. The baby is controlling my body and whatever the baby wants, it will take" Vanessa said.
"You aren't mad?" Troy asked softly.
"No honey" Vanessa said about to pick her son up.
"I got it" Zac said.
Zac picked up Troy and set him on the bed. Troy crawled next to Vanessa then snuggled into her body. Vanessa stroked her son's hair and kissed his head.
"You still love me?" Vanessa asked her son.
Troy looked up at her and nodded. Vanessa then smiled.
"I love you Troy, so much" Vanessa said.
"I love you mommy" Troy said.
The doorbell rang and they all had forgotten that Stella and Ryan were coming over. Zac, Vanessa, and Troy went downstairs. Zac walked to the front door.
"Daddy, can I open it?" Troy asked looking back at his father.
"Go ahead, Troy" Zac said.
Troy opened the door and saw his aunt, uncle, and cousin.
"You are getting so big, Troy. Can I have a hug?" Stella asked bending down to his level.
Troy ran into his aunt's arms. Stella then picked her nephew up and walked to the kitchen.
"A very excited three year old just opened the door for me" Stella said kissing her nephew on the head.
"He was very excited when I told him that you were coming for dinner" Vanessa said as she looked at Troy.
"How are you feeling, Van?" Stella asked as she put Troy down.
"I am feeling okay. I just had a mood swing and it scared Troy" Vanessa said.
"Did you explain to him that the baby is making you be the way that you are?" Stella asked.
"Yeah, and he understood that. He was really upset" Vanessa said.
"Troy is three Van. He doesn't understand pregnant women and how they act" Stella said.
Zac came over to the two sisters and wrapped his arms around Vanessa.
"What are you guys talking about?"Zac asked.
"I was just telling Stell about the mood swings and how Troy got upset" Vanessa told her husband.
"Oh. Yeah, we had to explain to him that she can't control anything that is going on in Van's body" Zac said.
"I think you can control one aspect" Stella said talking about her sister's sex life.
"Actually, she hasn't been aroused so far" Zac said.
Vanessa blushed.
"Van, it's okay. I hated Ryan throughout the whole pregnancy" Stella said.
"Yeah I know, this baby feels different through" Vanessa said.
"How so?" Stella asked.
"I am more moody and I have to go to the bathroom almost ten times a day" Vanessa said.
"That's normal, Van. I was like that with Bri" Stella said reassuring her sister.
"Oh" Vanessa said.
Zac, Vanessa, Stella, Ryan, Brianna, and Troy all ate dinner and discussed the new addition that would be coming in five months. That night, Stella and Ryan had just left. Vanessa and Zac were putting Troy to bed.
"Good night Troy, I love you" Vanessa said kissing Troy's head.
"Good night, bud. I love you" Zac said.
Troy closed his eyes and fell asleep. Zac and Vanessa walked out of the room and into the master bedroom. Zac took his shirt off and Vanessa wrapped her arms around him. Zac kissed Vanessa's lips hard.
"Make love to me" Vanessa said breathlessly.
Zac lifted Vanessa's shirt off as she unbuttoned Zac's pants. Vanessa jumped into Zac's arms. Zac made little kisses from Vanessa's neck all the way down to her bellybutton, which had now been pushed out due to the start of pressure in her stomach. Zac took Vanessa's pants off and gasped.
"I love you babe" Zac said as he took his wife's underwear off.
"I love you too" Vanessa said.
Zac picked Vanessa up and she wrapped her legs around him. Zac and Vanessa made love all throughout the night. The next morning, Vanessa got up with a sheet around her and went to the bathroom to throw up. The morning sickness had decreased which made Vanessa happy. After she finished, Vanessa then brushed her teeth and went back to bed.
"Did I hurt you Van?" Zac asked concerned.
"No, it's just what I needed" Vanessa said snuggling to Zac's chest.
"I love you" Zac said looking at Vanessa.
"I love you too" Vanessa said kissing Zac on the lips.
"What time is your doctor's appointment?" Zac asked.
"It's at eleven" Vanessa said.
Zac wrapped his arms around his wife but pulled back.
"What's wrong?" Vanessa asked.
Zac pulled the bed sheets off of their bodies. He then saw a bulge in Vanessa's stomach. Zac smiled. He pulled the sheet that was covering Vanessa's stomach off.
"I love you baby" Zac said kissing Vanessa's small bump.
Vanessa smiled and put her hand over the small bump. Zac put his hand on top of hers and kissed Vanessa's lips. The rest of the day the little family relaxed around the house. They could not wait until the baby arrived.