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Chapter 25

She made it to four before her stomach simply wouldn't stay calm. At three Liz started eating crackers and sipping ginger ale. It appeared to be working and then her hormones decided it wasn't. Luckily she was able to hold off on vomiting until she made it to their room upstairs. There was no need to nauseate anyone else.

After getting sick she brushed her teeth and walked out to find Emily waiting for her. "I thought for sure it would be Jason." Elizabeth was still feeling a bit shaky.

"I asked him to let me come up." Emily walked over to the bed and pulled back the covers. "Lie down."

Elizabeth sat on the side of the bed and kicked off her shoes. "Don't let me sleep for more than an hour."

"Sounds good." Emily knew the drill. She'd done this with her sister during Jake's pregnancy although the afternoon naps hadn't been proceeded by vomiting. "You getting sick in the morning too?"

"Nope. This baby likes the mornings. It's the afternoons I am having issues with." Elizabeth said yawning. "I guess I'll be taking late lunches at work and napping in the on call room."

"As long as you snack during the day no one will fight you on it." Emily sat next to Liz. "So Johnny and Maya seem cozy." Elizabeth would fall asleep faster if someone was with her. Otherwise she might try to get up and do something. Like the time at the mansion Alice busted Liz doing laundry when she was supposed to be sleeping.

"I know. I wasn't even thinking of them as a couple, but they look good together." Elizabeth could feel her eyes closing.

"They do. Can you imagine how cute their kids would be?" Emily said smiling. "We are going to have to help that along."

"Which of your grandfather's cars did she get?" Elizabeth was fading fast.

"Jason picked a Cadillac. Edward loves them so he had a newer model." Emily explained and when she looked over her friend was sleeping. Quietly she went back down and found Jason. "Liz is sleeping, she said an hour which is how long she usually napped with Jake. I can have this place cleared out by then if you want."

"No, it's fine." Jason told his sister. "She will feel bad if she doesn't get to say the goodbyes and hand off the take out bags. I'll go up and check on her in about fifteen minutes. Can she get something for the nausea?"

"Probably not. If it was extreme Joyce would give her something, but what she's experiencing is normal." Emily assured her brother.

"I can't find what causes it." Jason had been doing some searches.

"No one really knows, but some studies say that women who suffer morning sickness have healthier pregnancies. If this time goes like the last at around twelve weeks this will stop. Trust me Piph is going to have Liz on the scale regularly if this keeps up, so don't do it here. Let us fight about that with her. I'll let you know if there is an issue." Which they were expecting based on the last two pregnancies.

"The crackers aren't helping." Jason had hoped they would.

"Try a different type." Emily suggested. "Sometimes you have to experiment. Try plain crackers and see if that works. In the meantime you and I are going to keep this party going. Any games planned?"

Jason just looked at his sister. He wasn't playing party games. "No, but I do need to walk the mutts."

"Please, you and I both know those slipper eating machines are pure bred." Emily told her brother. "Our grandfather and aunt wouldn't get anything else. Go take the dogs out and I'll man the guests."

"This isn't the Wild West Em, I doubt anyone is going to break a chair over another person's head." Jason teased his sister.

"You never know. That Dr. Hunter is a trouble maker." She said smiling. "Actually you should take him with you. He can show you how to walk the dogs."

"I think I can figure it out." Jason said laughing. "Matt is occupied with teaching Jake how to escape from the baby jail."

"Matt graduated top of his class." Emily said watching her husband with a fond smile. "He's a good catch."

"I graduated at the top of my class too." Jason said laughing harder. "Those are the ones you need to watch out for. I'll be back. Don't let him teach Jake to climb over the gate." The little boy was already learning that from watching Cameron do it.

Emily just smiled watching him go. He was a lot lighter now, and it was wonderful to see.

By five Elizabeth was back down stairs with her guests. "You feeling okay?" Johnny asked coming over. He'd been worried when she disappeared, but the lovely Maya gave him a crash course on pregnant women and their need for naps. Maya was interested in high risk obstetrics which meant she'd be working with Kelly.

"I'm fine, I promise." Elizabeth smiled up at him. "How are you today?" He didn't seem down anymore and she just bet that was Maya's doing.

"I am spectacular." Johnny said giving her a wide smile.

"Did you ask her out yet?" Elizabeth said trying not to laugh.

"Not yet. I figure it was bad taste to hit on her in your house. So I've left it at subtle flirting. When I walk her to her new car after this shindig breaks up I'll ask her then." Johnny explained his strategy.

"Will you be following her home?" Elizabeth asked her friend.

"Not unless she is having trouble with the car." Johnny said frowning some. "I should tell Jason to suggest she drive it around a bit so if there are any issues we can address them now." Although Jason had told him the car handled well on the ride over.

"You are just looking for a reason to get dirty." Elizabeth chided him.

"Always. I'd have a reason if a certain person hadn't scooped me on a certain garage." Johnny said mock glaring at her.

"It's not my fault John Zacchara has a crush on me. I'm much prettier to look at during closing." Elizabeth said batting her eyelids.

"That's just wrong." Johnny told her.

"I know." Elizabeth said laughing. "Go talk to Maya." She said giving him a small push.

"Liz?" Sabrina came over now that her friend was free.

"Hey, having fun?" Elizabeth noted that after filling her glass Milo hadn't let the nurse get too far away.

"Yeah, actually I'm going to go." Sabrina said as she turned pink.

Elizabeth wondered what that was about. Not the leaving, but the blush. "Okay."

"Milo and I are going to go get some coffee." Sabrina said starting to smile.

"Oh." Elizabeth couldn't help but smile too. "I'll pack up some things for you both to take with you." Including some extra cookies to have with their drinks. It was Christmas Day and nothing was open so that coffee was happening at his place or hers.

"I can help." Sabrina offered. Actually she was hoping to speak to Elizabeth alone.

"Sure." Elizabeth picked up on the unspoken message. "Come on." The caterer had placed all the containers out so that Elizabeth could pack whatever her guests wanted. She knew what Milo would want and quickly put it together. "What would you like?"

"Whatever." Sabrina said shrugging. "It was all really good."

"That it was." Elizabeth agreed.

"Thank you, for inviting me today and for telling Milo to give it a shot." The guard had been very upfront in the fact that he asked Liz for help. Sabrina thought that was just the sweetest thing ever.

"He's a great guy." Elizabeth told her friend. She guessed that Sabrina was nervous. It was a big step to put yourself out there again after having your heartbroken.

"I'm going to take some time and find out." Sabrina told her friend. She was ready, it was time to get her life back. No one said she had to marry Milo but if she didn't even try how would she find the place her heart belonged. "I'll see you tomorrow at work right?"

"Nope I'm on vacation for the next week. I'm going to connect with my inner slug." Elizabeth joked placing the containers in bags.

"I'll tell you how things went when you come back." Sabrina was hoping she had something good to report.

"If you want, I'd be happy to be nosy." Elizabeth said walking back out with her friend. Milo was in the hall with both their coats. "This is yours." She told the guard. "Merry Christmas Milo."

"Merry Christmas Liz." Milo said leaning over and hugging her. "Thank you." He whispered.

"Drive careful you two." Elizabeth said standing in the doorway and watching as they got in their cars.

"Hey, get out of the doorway. It's cold." Jason said putting his arm around her waist to draw her back into the house. "What did you do to make them leave? And will it work on everyone else?" Jason asked laughing.

"It hasn't been that bad." Elizabeth said looking up. "We are under the mistletoe."

"Why do you think I stopped us here?" Jason said pressing his lips to hers in a sweet kiss.

"Ki!" Jake yelled from the doorway.

"They are in the hall kissing." They heard their oldest child announce. "Again." He added on after a brief pause. Elizabeth started laughing and placed her head on Jason's shoulder.

"I can't wait for him to bring someone home for the first time." Jason said holding his wife close. "I will tell them all about how Cameron hates kissing." He told her plotting his revenge. "My mother did that to me. The first girl I ever brought home Monica pulled out my baby pictures. I was mortified."

"The first guy I ever brought home my mom told him he could do better and later that week I caught him kissing Sarah." Elizabeth confessed.

Jason forced himself to stay relaxed. He was working on his anger at Elizabeth's family. With the exception of her brother Steven they had treated Elizabeth horribly while she was growing up. Now her parents were doing better, but they still had a long way to go. Jason felt that they should try to do more than a making call on major holidays and on birthdays. "I'm sorry about that, but I can't help but be grateful he screwed up. If he turned out to be prince charming you wouldn't be here now."

"Yeah, I would." Elizabeth said enjoying having Jason close. "This is where I was supposed to end up." Just then she felt a pair of arms wrap around her leg. Looking down piercing blue eyes looked back up at her. "Hi Jake."

"Ma." The toddler said smiling.

"Hey buddy." Jason leaned down and picked up his son. "Did Uncle Matt set you free?"

"He's probably a bit hungry." Elizabeth had stopped breastfeeding, but she still pumped because Maggie recommended breast milk until Jake was at least eighteen months. However her son was a biter, and those little teeth were sharp, so he now got his milk in a cup.

"I'll take care of that, you go in with our guests." Jason told his wife. He knew she had pumped a few hours ago.

"You are using our son to hide from company." She accused. Honestly Jason still wasn't one for being around a lot of people. All afternoon he'd been taking small breaks which she understood.

"Yup. Come on. Cameron did you want a snack?" Jason called out. The older of the Morgan boys had been too excited to eat much.

"Okay daddy." Cameron said following his dad into the kitchen.

"Elizabeth." Epiphany appeared in the hallway. "I need to head into the hospital for an emergency surgery. I had a great time enjoy your vacation."

"Thanks for coming." Elizabeth gave the older woman a hug. "I'll send your stuff with Stan."

"Sounds good." Piph said heading to her car.

Stan and Zoe left next, they had a date to see some friends. Maya and Johnny followed not long after. Maya wanted to leave before she got too tired and Johnny wanted to make sure she got home okay. Elizabeth packed them all some goodies and waved as they pulled out. Emily and Matt hung around for a bit before they too called it a night. The youngest Quartermaine child couldn't help throwing out that she was going to her dog free home. Which made Jason glare at Edward as he remembered he needed to walk the dogs, again.

This time Cameron bundled up and went along to learn how to start caring for his new pet. Edward took the opportunity to escape to his room, but not before telling Elizabeth how wonderful she looked in those earrings. "I'll get Jake ready for bed and you handle Cam, then meet me in our room." Elizabeth whispered to her husband.

"It's a date." Jason told her. When he finally made it to their private suite he found his wife under the covers asleep. He just took a moment to look at her. His wife, the mother of his children, and the only woman to truly hold his heart. She was the reason for everything he did. "Night baby." He whispered kissing her softly before heading in to get a shower.

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