Christopher set a plate down in front of Lucy and she responded with a polite yet forced smile. Jiya watched as future Lucy pushed her eggs around her plate, a dish she used to love, with a disgusted face before getting up and following future Wyatt.
"I'm not getting in that new lifeboat," present Wyatt's voice broke through the silence, "I heard her throwing up yesterday complaining of a rough landing and now she won't even eat, she loves Christopher's scrambled eggs… I'll take my chances with our old bucket of rust." Wyatt huffed as he stared down the hallway. The rest of the bunker ate their meal in silence.
It wasn't until a few nights later when Jiya got out of bed to get a glass of water that she heard noises in the kitchen. She peaked around the corner and saw future Lucy and Wyatt standing at the stove together. Lucy was cooking something at the stove as Wyatt stood behind her rubbing her stomach, whispering things in her ear that caused Lucy to smile. It was the most domestic Jiya had ever seen the pair and she almost felt like she was intruding on their moment, but from the looks of it Jiya guessed that they did this all the time. The two didn't even notice Jiya they were so wrapped up in each other. She stayed there for a little while longer debating if she should just go back to her room but just as she was turning to leave Wyatt gave Lucy a lingering kiss before walking off in the opposite direction. She watched Lucy reach up and grab a bag of her herbal tea, that's weird when has Lucy ever been a fan of tea much less herbal. As Lucy began to dunk the tea in the water while absentmindedly stroking her stomach it all clicked for Jiya, she's pregnant! She left Lucy in her own little bubble for a while before quietly walking up behind her wearing a shit-eating grin. "So how far along are you?" she teased.
"Jesus Jiya! Don't sneak up on people! And I don't know what you mean", Lucy replied clearly avoiding the question.
"Oh come on don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. Our Wyatt said you threw up when you got here, you turned down a cup of coffee, you didn't eat Denise's eggs which you love and you're making a cup of herbal tea which I've never seen you do in your life. Look you're still rubbing your stomach for god sakes!", Jiya laughed. Lucy blushed slightly and looked down at her tea.
"Like I told your Wyatt, the new lifeboat is rough and we've learned a lot of surprising things in the past few years, like about coffee… and eggs… and the benefits of herbal tea!" Lucy rambled, something she did when she was trying to avoid answering a question. At her friend's raised eyebrow, it was clear that she wasn't buying it, "I'm almost 12 weeks" she admitted shyly. Jiya squealed so loud Lucy was afraid she was going to wake the whole bunker. "Jiya shush please! Don't tell anyone. Your Lucy and Wyatt would be beyond freaked if they knew."
"I promise I won't. Have you told anyone in your timeline?"
"We told them a few days before we came here, actually in my time you confronted me about your suspicions a week or two ago and the conversation went pretty much like this" Lucy said with a laugh, "we told Christopher pretty much right away seeing as she was going to have to sneak me out of the bunker for doctors' appointments." Lucy smiled at the memory of when her and Wyatt told Denise she was expecting, she went full mama-bear setting up doctors' appointments, checking in on her constantly, basically being everything her own mother wasn't and more. Lucy's breath caught in her throat one day when she saw Denise knitting the crappiest little blanket, it was a weird mustard yellow color and the blanket started off square and somehow got rounder towards the top but her heart swelled at the thought of how loved this baby was by so many people and it wasn't even born yet. Then Lucy's face went serious, "I mean it Jiya you can't say anything, not even to Rufus, I want present Lucy to find out she's pregnant organically. We know lately Rufus doesn't exactly have the best track record of saying the right thing", both girls laughed at the thought of their friend, "finding out I was pregnant one of the happiest days of our lives and I am so excited for her", Lucy's voice broke on the last part with tears starting to form in her eyes. Jiya instantly pulled the older version of her friend into a hug. "I'm ok", Lucy insisted, "it's just these damn hormones."
Lucy bid her friend goodnight and took off down the hall to her room, but not before sneaking into the two Wyatt's room (the Wyatt Wing as they started calling it) to pay a quick visit to her sleepy husband. She prayed present Wyatt wouldn't wake up as she pushed the door open slowly. Knowing him and his Delta Force reflexes he'll wake up if I so much as blink in his direction… although after the day he's had there's no way he's waking up. If Lucy couldn't fall asleep in her husband's arms she would do the next best thing and sneak in for a quick goodnight kiss. As she placed a kiss to his bearded lips she heard him whisper, "Goodnight Baby doll."
"Goodnight Sweetheart" she smiled into his lips. She was almost to the door when she heard a faint,
"I love you."
"I love you too."
