Very short, I know. I'm sorry, but I just have not had much inspiration or motivation lately. I do hope to post again soon and hopefully some ideas will pop into my head!

Mary woke up with a strange feeling in her stomach. It felt as though there were bubbles inside of her or some kind of fluttering. For Mary, this was the first real sign of her pregnancy. She did not suffer from any morning sickness and did not have any strange cravings yet. She placed her hands over her slightly rounded stomach to see if she could feel anything from the outside. There was only the slightest of motions that could be felt from the outside. Mary turned to Matthew in bed and shook him awake.

"Matthew, wake up! Quickly!" Matthew woke up startled expecting the worst.

"Are you all right? Is everything okay? Is it the baby?"

Mary had not meant to startle him so she quickly settled him down before he had a heart attack.

"No Matthew everything is fine! Don't worry, I just wanted to tell you that I can feel the baby fluttering around. You might be able to feel it a tiny bit if you put your hand on my stomach!"

"Really, its so early on?" Mary took one of Matthew's hands and placed it on her. "Look you can feel for yourself."

Matthew was amazed by what happened. Although it was very faint he could feel something was moving moving beneath his hand. For Matthew, this was also the first clear sign that Mary was indeed pregnant. Matthew could only smile back at Mary and leaned in to give her a simple peck on the lips. Mary had other intentions though. As Matthew began to pull away she grabbed the back of his head to prolong the kiss. After a few minutes Matthew was finally able to break free from kissing Mary.

Surprisingly, Matthew and Mary had remained quite strong all through the pregnancy so far. Only little bits of bickering, but nothing that had put any strain on their relationship. Both had agreed that it was very important to get their education. So for now Mary would finish out the school year and have the baby shortly afterwards and would most likely take a year away from school. Matthew would stay in school even after the baby was born. Isobel, Matthew's mother had moved to Cambridge so that she could be close to help Mary once the baby was born. Isobel had offered for Mary and Matthew to live with her, but they decided to wait until the end of the school year when their residence contract was up. This also allowed them to have some much needed privacy before the baby arrived.

Even though Mary was remaining at Cambridge for the winter semester she decided to take a lighter course load so that she did become overly stressed or anxious. Mary was only at the end of her first trimester so she wanted to make sure things could remain as peaceful as possible considering that life would become more and more difficult to manage as the pregnancy proceeded.

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