Chapter 48. Movement
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By three months, the morning sickness had subsided.
Elphaba had started eating more, getting an increased apetite.
She spent most of her time in the kitchen, eating.
"Where's the baby?" Baxiana asked one afternoon when Elphaba was surprisingly out of the kitchen and in the library. Fae and Musetta were sitting in the armchairs, while Elphaba and Baxiana were sitting on the sofa. All three women were sewing, working on clothes for the baby.
"Didn't you save any of Fiyero's clothes?" Fae asked. Musetta nodded.
"Yes, but it's always a good thing to have something new for the baby." The older woman responded.
"Where's the baby?" Elphaba looked up from her needlework, and smiled at the little girl. Stretching, she set her needlework aside, and turned to the girl.
"It's right here." She said, patting her belly. Fae and Musetta looked up, to see the princess patting her belly.
Elphaba had gotten a small pooch on her tummy; it was small, but it would soon start growing.
Silently, Elphaba reached over, took Baxiana's hand, and placed it on her tummy.
"See? Right there." Elphaba said, laying her hand over the girl's and smiling at her. She tensed, gasping in surpise.
"Elphaba? What's wrong?" Musetta asked, rushing to the young princess.
"He moved."
"What?"
"The baby. He moved." She said, looking up at her mother-in-law.