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Chapter rating: T
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17th July
At 6:30am Laura woke up to the feeling of the baby pushing against her bladder. Sighing she walked, well really sightly waddled, to the bathroom.
She was washing her hands when she spotted two sets of eyes peering at her from the bedroom door. Chuckling slightly, she placed a hand on her stomach and walked over to where the boys were standing, before saying "come on" and gesturing towards the bed. A grin broke out on each of the boys faces, and they ran to the bed, Lee hoisting himself up, while Zak waited for Laura to place him on the bed.
"Oof" Bill grunted when Lee accidentally kicked him in the stomach, while trying to get comfortable.
"Sorry Daddy" Lee said giving him a quick hug, before settling down next to him.
"We have company" Laura told Bill grinning and laying down next to Zak.
"I see that" Bill replied pulling Lee into a tight hug, causing the young boy to squeal. Bill loved hearing the sound of his son happy. Two weeks after the initial hearing, child protective services concluded their investigation and recommended Carolanne attend a three month rehabilitation program, hoping the help would change her behaviour.
The courts subsequent to the recommendation ordered Carolanne to compete a three month period at a facility two hours north of Caprica City, in place of a penalty for the simple assault of a minor charges. Carolanne initially agreed, however when Bill arrived to pick her up and take her to the facility she was nowhere to be found and they were unable to contact her.
A week later, with no contact from Carolanne, the courts determined she had terminated her parental rights and Bill Adama and Laura Roslin were given permanent full time custody of Lee and Zak.
At first the boys had been upset and confused as to why their mother left without saying goodbye, but after long discussions with Bill and Laura about how sometimes people who like too much adult juice make mistakes and need some time to get better by themselves, they were starting to accept the change in their life and routine.
"I want to feel the baby" Zak said placing his hands on Laura's stomach.
"The baby's asleep at the moment, for once, maybe later bub" she replied running a hand softly over his head.
"Okay, sleep baby" Zak whispered to her stomach, before making himself comfortable between his brother and Laura.
An hour and a half later Laura woke up to the smell of eggs cooking, smiling she stretched her arms above her head and grabbed her robe.
"Morning" she said walking into the kitchen and over to where Bill was cooking omelettes, running a hand gently down his back.
"Morning" Bill replied kissing her softly, and rubbing the swell of her stomach.
"This smells great" she said looking into the pan.
"I'm glad you think so, it was especially requested by the boys for the baby" he replied chuckling, "Zak wants them to be active for the baby shower, so Kara can see".
"I love him, I'm so happy their excited about the baby" she said sitting at the dining table and resting a hand on her stomach.
"I know, especially with everything that has happened over the last month, its good their happy and settling into their new routine" Bill replied, dishing up the omelettes onto plates.
"Breakfast is ready boys" Bill called into the living room where the boys were watching cartoons. The boys came running into the room, Zak sitting next to Laura, and Lee next to Bill.
"Are you boys excited for this afternoon?" Laura asked as she cut her omelette into bite size pieces.
"Yep, we have a surprise for the baby" Lee told her excitedly.
"You do and what would that be?" she asked looking at Bill with a raised eyebrow.
"You'll just have to wait and see" he replied smirking at her.
Marcy and Ellen had planned the baby shower together, Winnie the Pooh themed as per Zak's suggestion. Laura almost regretted introducing the pair a few months ago, together they got along like a house on fire, and both seemed to immensely enjoy teasing Laura until she was blushing.
At 1pm Marcy and Ellen arrived arms laden with Winnie the Pooh paraphernalia, as well as games, favours and much to the boys delight food, including a two tiered yellow cake, decorated with bees, honey pots and Winnie the Pooh characters.
"How's my favourite pregnant lady, going to tell me the sex yet?" Marcy asked hugging Laura, who was dressed in an off the shoulder white lace sundress.
"Aright, the baby's playing soccer with my bladder at the moment, and nope, I don't know and we won't know until he or she is born. But I'm excited to see what you two have planned" Laura replied trying to peek into the bags the pair had brought along.
"You've got to wait like everyone else missy" Ellen said before adding, "okay we've got an hour before the guests arrive, you sit and enjoy yourself while we get the place ready". They had decided on a co-ed baby shower, wanting to include the boys and Bill in the festivities. So Bill's parents, Saul, as well as Abigail and Cheryl's partners were invited, and to ensure the boys were entertained Kara Thrace and Galen Tyrol were coming over as well.
An hour later the living room was decorated with pink and blue balloons, Winnie the Pooh characters, a congratulations banner and honey pot's containing favours. In addition two tables were set up, one with games and the other with fruit and yoghurt parfait, a Greek pasta salad, minus the feta, mini blue and pink meringues, chicken salad sandwiches and honeycomb. They had gone with ombré grapefruit mocktail.
"Wow, it looks great, thank you both" Laura said giving each of her friends a hug, just as the doorbell rang.
"Kara's here" Zak shouted running to open the door, although he had been told many times that he shouldn't answer the door without an adult. Rolling her eyes Laura followed him and found Kara and Galen waiting behind the open door.
"Hi you two, come on in" Laura said gesturing inside.
"Feel Laura's tummy" Zak instructed Kara, placing her hand on Laura's stomach.
"It feels funny" Kara exclaimed giggling, as she felt the fluttering movements of the baby underneath her hands.
"So for our final game we are going to play Daddy knows best, I'm going to ask you a few questions and you have to give us your honest answer Bill" Marcy explained to Bill and the group, before asking "what has been Laura's biggest food craving during the pregnancy?"
"Pickles and vanilla ice cream" Bill said with hesitation, causing the group to burst into laughter. "At the beginning of her second trimester I got woken up at 3am, because we didn't have any pickles in the house, and Laura was craving them so much that she threatened to withhold certain adult night time privileges, if I didn't go and find some that very moment".
"You didn't have to go into detail" Laura groaned, as she blushed and put her head in her hands.
"But we're glad he did" Ellen replied chuckling before pulling out a bag with pink and blue tissue paper from behind the couch, and handing it to Laura and Bill who were seated next to each other on the couch, "present time, this is from Saul and I".
Laura looked inside the bag to find a stuffed sheep which played white noise, as well as a grey elephant hooded bath towel and a pacifier inscribed with the words mute button.
"Thank you" the pair replied sincerely.
"Us next, when we had our first this present helped keep him occupied for hours, so we're hoping it will for you too" Abigail said, as Larry handed Bill a large box. Inside the couple found a large beige musical play mat which included a rattle, mirror, and toys that either squeaked or made crinkling sounds.
Next up were Cheryl and David who gave the couple a silver cloud counting sheep bouncer. Followed by Bill's parent's who brought the pair a rocking chair. And then Marcy who brought a set of bibs and onesies, which had either a duck, a monkey, a dog, I love Mommy, or I love Daddy printed on them, as well as stacking cups and rings.
Finally it was Elosha's turn. "Me being the practical one got you these" Elosha commented producing a bag filled with an electric breast pump and a baby bottle set which included four 150ml bottles, four 260ml bottles and an electric steam steriliser.
"Thank you Elosha, these will definitely come in handy" Laura replied inspecting the set.
"Our turn" Lee said, jumping up from the foot of the couch and following his father out of the room, before returning with a white wooden toy chest, decorated with safari animals.
"Open it" Zak commanded jumping up and down excitedly.
Laura smiled and lifted the lid, finding a mobile with Tiger, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore and Piglet, each hanging from one of the four corners.
"The boys and I were in the model shop and in the kids section there was a DIY Winnie the Pooh mobile, so we decided since we were already going to make the toy chest, we should make a mobile too" Bill explained.
"We helped build it" both boys piped up.
"It's fantastic, I love it and I'm sure the baby will too! Thank you" she replied hugging the boys tightly and kissing Bill lightly on the lips.
"I have one more present" Lee said running into the kitchen before returning with a stuffed brown bear, "it's a teddy bear for the baby, to make it feel better, when the it's scared or not feeling well".
"That's very sweet of you Lee, thank you" she replied smiling and running a hand over the top of his head.
Bill finished cleaning the kitchen up after dinner and walked into the living to find Laura and the boys asleep on the couch. Smiling he looked at the trio who were snuggled together, a boy on each side of Laura, her arms wrapped around them. He quietly walked over to the T.V and turned off the cartoon they had been watching.
"Sweetheart" Bill whispered, lightly running the back of his hand over her cheek.
"Hmmm" she said slowly opening her eyes, "what time is it?"
"Nearly 8pm" Bill replied kissing her on the forehead.
"Oh, the party must have worn all three of us out" she commented looking down at the two sleeping boys.
"Well it was a lot of excitement for one day" Bill said, as he roused the boys from their slumber.
"It certainly was" she replied chuckling, as she reflected on the day's events. Placing a hand to the small of her back, she followed Bill and the boys up the stairs towards their bedrooms.
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