Hello again readers :) Yeah, I took a long break, I know. I just had so many things to do, took a new job, deal with daily life problems... But recently I found my motivation to write again - I know the Second Round waiting for me to finish it up, but maybe it has to wait some more... but don't give up the hope! The Scorch Trial movie is almost here :) After I see it I'll instantly keep going with the writing :D
About our current little story: on the workplace I have two colleagues who are pregnant right now and I talk with them a lot. Probably this was my inspiration :) I am not pregnant, never was and not will be soon, so I hadn't got any experience in the topic, I just built in what my friends told me. I hope it is not too unrealistic - but I didn't go into the details so much :) I just wanted something sweet with my OC. Still don't have a beta-reader, sorry for that and the mistakes, I tried my best. So yeah, I hope you'll like it, and feel free to leave your mark as a review :)
It doesn't matter if the night was already falling; the stick hotness was still there. Zera sat in the deer-pelt bed and tried to sleep in the last couple of hours, but she had trouble with it. With the summer and her advanced pregnancy she was more annoyed than ever. Moving around was a great challenge now, her back was in constantly pain and the baby kicked more and more – mostly her stomach, liver and bladder. Sleeping in a comfortable position was a wish what is long gone now. She always thought pregnancy will be 9 months of blessing, the soon-to-be mother is always happy and excited and peaceful. The truth was something harsher. She just wanted it to end now, give birth, but please God, let her sleep on her stomach already, without back pain and without rushing to pee in every freaking five minutes! And stop starting to cry in random times would be awesome too. She felt herself way too big, miserable, unbearable... and there were times when she totally, utterly could hate Newt because all of this. He did this with her, and still he was the one, who could sleep, eat and move without any trouble and pain. She moaned at the thought.
- Let me guess... hatin' me again? – asked a deep, low voice in her ear. He sat right behind her, rubbed her back and tried to ease her pain a little. Since the really hot kicked in Zera wasn't sleeping much and he was right next to her, talked to her, calmed her down, when her mood changed and hated everything and everybody. He knew she does not really hate him or their kid, she just fed up with being unable to do everyday's things.
- Of course and I doubt this will ever change after this 9 months. – she teased him. Zera knew she never ever can stop loving him, but the teasing was really the minimum he deserves to get after all. 9 months are really freaking long time!
- Nah, I know you are lying. You have an awesome boyfriend darling, way too awesome. Nobody hates me and nobody could, deal with it. – he laughed, as his arms sneaked around her and embraced her in a hug.
- Boyfriend? I think you would be my husband by now, if we still have the old, normal world we used to have before the madness.
They fell in a short silence.
- Would you marry me if we still have a normal world around us? - whispered his question into her ear.
Zera was thinking a little. – I don't know. I know I love you and I want to be with you and I still want to give birth to your kids, but I don't believe we need the government's approval to do all of that. We are still a family, married or not. At least in my eyes and I really don't care about other people's opinion. Feeling I belong to you is more than enough to me and most important that it was my choice, just as it was yours. Without vows and religion and law.
Newt smiled on that. Yeah she was just like that, never cared about the other's opinion at all. Not here, not in the Maze, when everybody said she will die outside at night, she just simply didn't give a single fuck. He kissed her shoulder lightly.
- I would totally marry you.
Zera smiled at that and they stayed silent again. Minutes passed then Newt spoke.
- I was thinking about names again.
- I'm listening. – slowly this kid will be born, but they still had some problems with the names. They had some ideas, but none of them was The One yet. But the baby needed a name, so they had to hurry with the brainstorming.
- Well, to be exact I was thinking about boy names only.
- Somebody is very confident about the baby's sex – she looked back over her shoulder.
- It's just a feeling. – Newt moved his hands to Zera's belly to feel their baby inside – You will be a boy, right bud? I know you will. Don't get me wrong, I'll still adore you if you turn out to be a girl, but we both know, you are a boy.
- Okay Mr. Fortune Teller, you shall give me the name of our first son then.- she laughed.
- A few came to my mind, but I liked one really much. What do you think about Daniel?
- Daniel? Daniel... – Zera repeated the name to see if it fits enough – I think it's really nice Newt. I love it! – she gave a bright smile to him.
- We found the name then!
– If he will be a boy... – she warned him – He still can be a she.
- He will be a boy. – he turned to the belly again - Right Danny? Never mind your mother; she knows nothing about stuff like that. Now, you have your name, you have one thing only: come out kid. We are waiting for you very much here.
- Oh yeah, we have just that ahead of us. Giving birth. Child's play. Don't mind me, I am just sitting here, give birth after that you two can run away, holding each other's hand.
Newt laughed softly, kissed her neck and hugged her again.
- You will love your mum so much, son. Just like I do.