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Chapter rating: T
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6th March
Bill quietly let himself into his house, aware that Laura was most likely sleeping upstairs.
During their phone conversation last night, Laura mentioned that she'd recently been having some pretty bad morning sickness, so Bill insisted she use the key to his place, he'd given her a few months ago, and rest instead of coming to pick him up.
Walking into the bedroom Bill found Laura stretched out in the middle of the bed, hugging his pillow as she slept. He placed his bag at the foot of the bed before sitting on the bed and whispering "hey sleepy head", as he brushed her hair out of her face.
Blinking slowly Laura stretched before smiling at him and patting the space next to her on the bed.
"How are you feeling?" he asked lying down next to her.
"Okay at the moment, but I don't know why they call it morning sickness, the only time I seem to feel okay is between 12 and 4pm" she replied resting her head on his chest.
"I know, if I could take it away I would" he said kissing her on the forehead. She pulled the blanket down, to just below her waist and grabbed his hand bringing it down to rest on the small hard swell that was beginning to form.
Bill brushed his fingers over her stomach, loving the knowledge that underneath his hand their child was slowly growing. "They've definitely gotten bigger now" he commented moving down the bed to place a soft kiss on her stomach, before sighing and saying "as much as I wish we could stay here for the rest of the day, our sonogram is in an hour, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing the baby for the first time".
"Hi Laura" Dr Jane greeted the couple, when she and Bill entered her office.
"Hi Jane, this is Bill Adama, the father" Laura said wrapping an arm around Bill's bicep.
"Nice to meet you" Jane said, shaking Bill's hand in greeting before slipping on a pair of disposable gloves.
"How are you doing Laura?" Jane asked, as she prepared the sonogram equipment, while Laura laid down on the bed.
"I am pretty tired, my breasts are definitely getting bigger and the morning sickness is pretty consistent, but other than that I'm doing okay" Laura replied squeezing Bill's hand.
"That's pretty normal for this stage in your pregnancy, your body is working really hard to prepare for and grow a human being, but I'll prescribe you some tablets for the nausea, they won't make it go away completely but they should help" Jane said as she squeezed some gel onto Laura's stomach.
"You ready to see your baby?" Jane asked Bill.
"Definitely" Bill said moving the chair so he was sitting up against the bed, one of Laura's hand clasped in his.
Jane grinned at the pair before moving the sonogram wand and saying "it looks like we were right at your last sonogram Laura, the measurements show you're ten weeks pregnant now and you're baby's about the size of a strawberry," moving the wand over Laura's stomach she added "here's the head and you can see their arms and legs have now developed".
"Do you want to hear the baby's heartbeat?" Jane asked, grinning as the couple nodded their heads, their eyes not breaking from the image of their baby on the screen. The rhythmic sound of the baby's heartbeat filled the room and Bill leaned down to kiss Laura, amazed at what he was seeing and hearing.
"I'll print you out a couple of pictures and I'll see you in four weeks' time" Jane said whipping the gel off of Laura's stomach.
"Thank you" Laura and Bill replied gratefully, as Bill helped Laura off of the bed.
"That's ours" Bill said mesmerised as they sat in the car looking at the sonogram picture.
"I know, we created that" Laura said leaning over to kiss Bill softly, before buckling her seatbelt and adding "come on, the boys finish school in twenty minutes and I'm sure they'll be very excited to see their father".
Bill was preparing dinner in the kitchen we Lee walked in, a concerned look on his face.
"What's up buddy?" Bill asked kneeling down to his son's level.
"Is Laura alright?" Lee replied tugging on the bottom of his shirt, a nervous habit he had picked up as a young child.
"Why do you ask?" Bill asked confused.
"She has her head over the toilet in your bedroom and I think she's sick" Lee told him.
"I'll go check on her buddy, thanks for letting me know" he said patting Lee on the shoulder and moving towards the stairs.
Bill walked into the bathroom to find Laura with her head resting on the toilet and a hand clutching her stomach. "Oh sweetheart" he said grabbing a hair tie and pulling her hair out of her face, while he rubbed her back in soothing circles.
"How long have you been in the bathroom?" he asked when she lifted her head up to look at him.
"Maybe fifteen minutes, I went to come down stairs, and the smell of dinner cooking, made my stomach turn" she replied.
Lee poked his head around the doorway carrying his favourite stuffed toy "Laura?" he asked cautiously.
"Hey buddy" she said motioning for him to come in.
"I brought you Bob, he makes me feel better when I feel sick" he said offering the teddy bear to her.
"Thank you Lee" she said taking the teddy bear, while Bill pulled him into his lap.
"Are you okay?" Lee asked.
"Yeah, I just have a tummy bug" she said. She and Bill had decided to not tell the boys until she was past the first trimester.
"I hope you feel better soon" Lee told her.
"Thanks buddy, why don't you help you Dad finish dinner, and I'll be down shortly" she said flushing the toilet.
"The boys are asleep" Bill told Laura walking into his bedroom and turning the hallway light off.
"Did they go down okay?" Laura asked rubbing moisturiser into her hands, before settling down onto the bed.
"Yeah, three stories later their both out like a light" he said grabbing Love and Bullet's on the way to his side of the bed. It had become their nightly ritual, as soon as the boys were asleep they would lie down and Bill would read to Laura, who with how tired she was becoming because of the pregnancy, wouldn't last long before she fell asleep.
Laura snuggled into Bill's side, and he opened up the book to where they had left off before he shipped out. He took a deep breathe about to start reading before changing his mind and saying "Laura" as he linked their fingers together to get her attention.
"Yes honey" she replied looking up at him from where her head was resting on his shoulder.
"I've been thinking about how neither of our places are big enough to raise three children, and about how we should consider the possibility of finding our own place to move into" he told her watching her face nervously.
"You want to move in together" she said slightly baffled, although she knew it was the next logical step for them to take.
"Yes I do. You're the one for me Laura, and with a baby on the way, I think we should find a permanent place to call home where we can raise all three of our children" he replied resting his hand on her stomach.
"Okay sure, I think that's a good idea" she said smiling at him before adding "read some more please".
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