Vivian sat at the small kitchen table in the Benbow Inn, a glass of purp juice in front of her. She stared into its thick, purple depths, a small frown etched across her face. Her green eyes looked tired; she hadn't slept well for… she wasn't sure how long.
The kitchen was beginning to get busy, with B.E.N and Sarah taking plates of breakfast out to hungry guests as Silver cooked the orders. Silver glanced at the young woman as he cooked. "E'reting a'right t'ere, Mrs. Vivian?" He asked, using his mechanical right arm to crack eggs into a bowl, switching mechanisms and then scrambling them. "If ye don' minds me sayin' yer lookin' a wee bit ill dis mornin'."
Vivian took a deep breath before speaking – her stomach had been sick every morning for over a week and just opening her mouth to speak ran the risk of her getting sick. "I'm alright Silver – I think I've just caught some sort of bug is all."
Sarah walked back into the kitchen with an exasperated sigh. "Silver, Mrs. Dunwoody's having one of her fits again; rush that order." Sarah rubbed her neck and put her hand on her hip before turning to Vivian. She began to speak, but when she saw how ill Vivian looked, she took a seat across from her at the table. "Oh, Vivian, are you alright? You're white as a ghost." She reached over and felt the young woman's forehead. "No fever… "
Vivian covered her mouth with her finger tips. "I'm alright Sarah; just a little under the weather is all."
Sarah gave Vivian a look, a mix of disbelief and knowing. "Vivian," she said, lowering her voice so that Silver could not over hear. "You're not..?"
Vivian gave her mother – in – law a confused look. "I'm not what?" she asked, immediately regretting the action. Vivian jumped up from her seat, ran to the (thankfully) empty sink and emptied the contents of her stomach in a series of painful retches. Sarah rushed to her side, holding Vivian's hair and rubbing her back.
When Vivian had finished, tears rolling down her cheeks, the turned to Sarah and asked, "Sarah, what's happening to me? I've done this every morning for over a week now."
Sarah rubbed the young woman's back, a small smile coming onto her face. "Vivian, I think you might be pregnant."
I'm back! Finally! I know, I've been gone waaaaaayyyyyy too long, but I've had some pretty good reasons! I know this is a short chapter, but with life the way it is, writing can only happen in short snippets. You see – I got married, became a mom, stayed in school, maintained good grades, dealt with INSANE in-laws… Life got crazy quick! But here I am, and here you go! I'll hopefully be posting every couple days (er, nights?) or so… granted, I just happened to begin writing again as we're doing home renovations… Shame on me…
Anyway, let me know what you think of this little snippet, and I promise you, next chapter, we're gonna see how Jim reacts to finding out he's gonna be a daddy – Fair warning, it might get a little racy – and just so you know, I'll be writing from experience. Jim's gonna do what my hubby did when he found out about baby :)
So, read, review, enjoy!
Love always,
BBTM XXOO