Chapter 4
Three months later.
Jess came in the house and put her bags on the table in the kitchen. "God teaching is a whole new thing to me. Teenagers are foreign creatures. I mean it's not like where're that far apart in age." Jess thought to herself. "Well at least I get to leave at the end April." She thought happily. I had started to show and some students were strting to talk behind my back, God how I don't want to tell them.
After this I went and pulled out some stuff for dinner and then went and got out my flute. I decided to practice some pieces I was going to use this year. I had to pick music for three performances, fall concert and spring, and then graduation. Rob came up behind me when I was in the middle of a song and scared the hell out of me. "When did you get home? I didn't hear your truck." I asked turning around in his arms. God I love his arms they are heaven on earth. "And don't ever scare a pregnant woman." I punched him lightly in the arm and then kissed him "hello."
"I didn't like that song so I decided to interrupt it. You shpuldn't be practicing so much remember you're breathing for two people." He leaned down and kissed me hard. His hands moved from my hips to my butt. I moved mine from his neck to his incredibly sexy abs. "I liked that song. Get used to it; you'll hear it a lot in the next few months. And I'm not practicing to hard." He smiled at me.
"Play all you want. I have a whole barn to play what I want in." He said with a smile then kissed me. "What's for dinner? I better get it going." He said unwrapping from me.
Damn I hated when we had to stop.
"I got out chicken. And I want to cook it." I said with sternness. Rob gave me one of half amused half disgusted smiles that I adored.
"Um. Okay how are you going to prepare it?" He asked scared. I may be the daughter of a chef that owns three restaurants but I did not inherit the cooking gene.
"How's Chicken Parmesan? With noodles or a sandwich?"
"I love Chicken Parmesan. I think noodles would be good." He said kissing me once more.
That is like the only thing I can cook safely. Rob on the other hand is a fricken fantastic cook and usually does the cooking.
Rob went out to the barn and worked on one of his many bikes. I cooked diner, set the table and managed to listen to the six o'clock news all at once! (I deserve a round of applause for that. I successfully multitasked.) I finished all that and went out to the barn. I tip-toed into the barn so that Rob wouldn't hear me and went up right behind him and said, "Boo!" Lame I know but it's not like there are that many words you can use. Rob jumped about six inches in the air. "Jesus, Jess! You scared the hell out of me!" He turned around breathing irregulary. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him, "I'm sorry. I just couldn't resist. You don't know how tempting that was. I could have pinched your butt or something else but that seemed way better." I said with a smile.
"I like the pinching butt idea." Rob said picking me up like I was a small child and carried me into the house.
"Ya but that was more fun." I kissed him hard this time. He on the other hand was great at multitasking, I mean he walked the whole way to the house while kissing me and then set me down in my chair at the table.
"I'm starving." I said as I dug into my food. "This baby eats a ton!" Rob laughed at that.
"I'm sorry that you are SO deprived of food!" He emphasized "so."
"Shut up!" I playfully slapped him.
"Man beater!!" He said rubbing his arm. I knew it was just play, I didn't hit him that hard.
We ate the rest of dinner in a somewhat peaceful manner. We kept making jokes and laughing. Then out of the clear blue sky Rob asked, "What color do you want me to paint the nursery?" I nearly killed myself chocking on my chicken.
"I don't know. I haven't thought about it." I said wrinkling my nose, "Yellow I guess. I mean I want the baby to be a surprise. What do you think?" I said getting up with a few of the dishes.
"Yellow is actually what I was thinking. I don't want to know the sex of the baby either." He said putting his hand on my stomach as I can up from putting the dishes in the dishwasher. He gave me a gentle quick kiss on the lips and then went and got the keys to the truck. I gave up motorcycle riding for the pregnancy. And let me tell you I put a hell of a fight against my mom when she asked for the keys to it.
"Where are you going?"I asked confused?
"Tomorrow is Saturday; I have the day off do I better get started on transforming the extra room. Are you coming?" I stood there for a second and then grabbed my jacket. "Right behind you."
"Who would have thought that there were so many yellows in the world?" I said a bit disgusted. Rob gave me a half smile. I just kept saying that the whole way home from LOWES. After we were home I said we should watch a movie.
"Ok. What?" Rob asked going over to the stand. "Funny, action, war, or something miscellaneous?"
"Scary." I said firmly. Rob turned around and he gave me that half disgusted and half amused expression.
"What? You hate scary. I watch horror, scary stuff not you." He said questioningly and disgusted.
"I just want something scary. What about Van Helsing?" I said coking my head a little."
"Whatever." Rob said finding it and then putting it in. "Do you want popcorn?"
"Ya, I'll go and make some." I said getting up, "I'm starving."
"You're hungry? We only ate two hours ago. I meant it for a small snack." He said turning around and looking at me with disbelief.
"You try being pregnant." I said leaving the room.
Five minutes later we were watching Van Helsing. It was pretty scary when he was fighting Mr. Hyde but after he went to St. Peter's Basilica to tell the Order that Hyde was dead there were some funny lines like, "The hell be damned I am."
"Carl you swore! Not very well mind you. But you're a monk you shouldn't swear at all." Van Helsing pointed out.
"Actually I'm just a friar. I can swear all I want! Damn it!" I loved Carl. He was my favorite character in the movie. (I am a big Van Helsing fan. I watch it all the time. And those are my favorite lines.)
After it was over Rob and I went to bed. On our way up the steps I stated, "That wasn't actually that scary. I mean it was scary at times but it was also funny at times. I mean I never knew there was a 'brighter side of death' I guess Transylvanians believe different things that we do."
"Whatever." Rob yawned. "I'm dead."
Men. God are they stupid at times. I can't believe he just said whatever. But he was cranky when he was tired. I just got ready for bed and snuggled up in his arms as usual. "Night baby." He said kissing my head.
"Night, love you." I mumbled.
"I love you too." He grunted back.
