Black Out

Chapter 1

Sara lay awake in bed unable to find a comfortable position, she was now nine months pregnant and felt like she was the size of a house although she felt huge when she had the twin she never made it to a full term and they were born prematurely. She groaned in frustration and threw the blankets off her. Rolling over and taking a minute to pull herself out of bed she moved to position the fan so it was blowing straight at her side of the bed. Once it was on high and Sara was satisfied she made her way back to the bed to lie back down.

Although it seemed to have worked for a little while she was still very uncomfortable. Looking over at the other side of the bed and she saw Michael sleeping so peacefully and she couldn't stand it. How could he sleep soundly without a care in the world while she couldn't. She tried rearranging her pillows so that she was sitting up a little and hoped it would help her situation. It didn't. Letting out another grunt she turned and glanced at the clock and it read 3:30am.

It had been like this for a several nights now and she was really getting tired of it and wanted to have the baby now and be done with it. Suddenly she felt Michael shift a little and then his arms came around her as he slept. It really disgusted her that he could sleep and she couldn't and now he was trying to cuddle with her.

Hell no she thought and then aggressively pushed him away from her with so much force that he almost fell off the bed in the process. "Sara what was that for?" he asked her all confused and still half asleep.

"For being a jerk," she hissed at him.

Michael let out a sigh and then pressed him face into his pillow. "Sara if this is about letting the kids stay up an hour longer I'm sorry but come on it was Nicole's favorite movie"

"This has nothing about that," Sara hissed.

"Than what's wrong?" he asked softly as he moved closer to caress stomach and then let his hand trail up to her cheek. He thought for a minute that she had calm down but she quickly pushed him away.

"How can you sleep when I'm miserable and so uncomfortable? I mean you are the reason I am in this situation" She spat out and then smacked his forearm.

"Okay Sara if I remember correctly you were there too and as much a contributor as I was." Michael said with a little chuckle hoping to lighten the mood but it didn't seem to work.

"Just forget about it," she said shaking her head. "Go back to sleep and I'll try not to bother you this time!"

"Sara, come on I'm up now so what do you need?" he asked her as he sat up in bed looking down at her.

"I said forget about it," she said in annoyed tone as she crossed her arm over her chest.

"Fine then I'll just sit here with you" Michael said. The both stared straight ahead not even bothering to look or talk to the other so the room was silent.

After a few minutes Sara got more restless and started moving positions again. "You know what, if your just going to sit like that and do nothing why don't you make yourself useful and get me a snack."

"Fine" Michael said as he got out of bed. "What do your taste buds desire tonight."

Sara brought her index finger to her lips and though carefully about what she wanted. "pickles and mint chocolate ice cream and then a banana with paprika sprinkled on top of it."

Michael looked at her with a disgusted look on his face as he thought about what she had just asked for. "First of all that is disgusting Sara and second we don't even have paprika"

"Well go and find me some" she spat out.

"Fine" Michael mumbled as he pulled on a pair of jeans and a long sleeve shirt. "I'll be back."

About half an hour later Michael retuned with a bag of the things Sara had asked for. While in the scooped the mint chocolate into a bowl with pickles on the side, a banana and small jar that held the paprika on a tray. As he glanced down at the tray he stuck out his tongue and couldn't believe Sara was actually going to eat it.

He made his way up the stairs and entered their bedroom to see Sara sprawled out on the bed watching t.v. As he came into the room she turned her head and looked at him as he placed the tray on her bedside table. "Thought you hated paprika?"

"I do" Sara told him as she sprinkled a lot of paprika on her sliced banana. "Want some?" she asked him and then saw the disgusting look Michael had on his face as he stared at her snack.

"No thank you, You can eat it all" he told her as he climbed back into bed and lay on his side watching her as she dipped the pickle into the mint chocolate ice cream. He raised a hand up and started to caress her large belly as she ate. "It won't be long now until this one joins us" he said with a smile on his face.

Sara nodded and let her free hand intertwine with his fingers on her belly. "Yep pretty soon we'll be doing midnight feedings and playing rock paper scissors to see who has to get up" Sara said with a smile as she thought about how wonderful it was going to be to have a baby in the house again. "I'm sorry I lost my temper with you" Sara said a bit ashamed as to how she acted.

"It's okay you are uncomfortable and I should be doing everything to make sure you and the baby are comfortable. Also I'm a bit use to you jumping down my throat by now and I'm sure tonight won't be the last time."

Sara scoffed and playfully hit his shoulder. Michael couldn't help but laugh and pulled a giggling Sara down onto the bed and wrapped his arms around her.