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Chapter 30
After breakfast Jason put Elizabeth on the couch with Jake. He and Cameron took the dogs out for a romp in the snow. After Cameron and Jake went into the basement to run off some energy. Edward offered to supervise so that Jason could focus on Elizabeth.
"You can go downstairs with the boys if you want." Elizabeth told her husband.
"I don't want you to get lonely." He said kissing her.
"You think I'm going to get off the couch." She said pouting.
Unable to resist Jason sucked her lower lip into his mouth before kissing her until they both were breathless. "I know you will not do anything to endanger the baby." He said smiling at her. "Edward likes spending time with the boys." His grandfather liked sitting back and watching them. They had talked the older man into not leaving until today.
"I'm going to behave." Elizabeth told him.
"There is no need to be lonely while being good." He said reaching for the remote. "So what do you watch when you're home during the day?"
She looked at the clock. "This early it would be Sesame Street." Elizabeth said laughing. "After that it's Arthur for Cameron, then we would play a game because I'd have everything cleaned and straightened by that point. In about thirty minutes I can call the cleaning service Johnny uses. How often do you want them out?"
"Twice a week." Jason figured that should be fine to start. If Joyce wanted Liz on long term rest they could always have the service come out more often. He was hoping that Elizabeth would let the service stay after the new baby arrived. There was no need for her to clean the house.
"I will call Keesha later, I ended up helping Monica plan the party and never got around to asking about nannies." Elizabeth told Jason. "I want to get moving on that right away as it will probably take time to find the right person."
"Sounds good." The house phone rang and Jason answered it. "Send them up." He was grinning when he looked back at his wife. "The Jacks are here." He had fully expected Carly to show up at three in the morning. "I'll let them in." Jason said heading to the front door.
"Where is she?" Carly asked walking in. Jason had the door open before they parked their car.
"Living room on the couch." He said taking her coat.
"How is she?" Jax asked as his wife kept going.
"Good." Jason told his friend. "Where are the kids?"
"We dumped them on AJ." Jax said grinning. "And ran. I don't think your brother was completely awake."
"Mornings are not AJ's best time." Jason answered. "Coffee?"
"Thanks." Jax said following Jason to the kitchen.
"How are you?" Carly asked sitting down and giving Elizabeth a big hug. "Really?"
"I'm good. We are both good. Yesterday, and the day before, I was terrified." Elizabeth admitted to her friend.
"We got in late last night, but Jax wouldn't let me come over." Carly said keeping her friend's hand in hers. "When do you go back to the doctor?" Having had two high risk pregnancies Carly knew the drill. After Joss was born Kelly said no more.
"On the third. I'm hoping to be taken off the high risk list." Elizabeth told Carly.
"Even if they downgrade you, Jason isn't going to let you sneeze without wanting you to get checked out." Carly warned.
"I know." Elizabeth would let him hover some and try really hard not to snap at him. "I hope he makes it to my due date without having a stroke." She said giggling.
"It was close with Jax." Carly was also laughing. "I was dreaming of taking a baseball bat to him by the time I was ready to give birth."
"They love us." Elizabeth said giving a one shouldered shrug.
"They do." Carly was glad she grew up. Jax was a good man. "I'm sorry."
"For what?" Elizabeth wanted to know.
"The Face of Deception." Carly told her friend.
"We already talked about that." Elizabeth had let that go.
"I had no idea what she was doing." Carly said leaning back onto the sofa. "But I didn't even try to make her behave. I was all for her making you miserable, because I wanted to beat Laura."
"It's over Carly." Elizabeth was glad that she didn't have to see Gia again, but would have found a way to be happy for Johnny.
Carly just smiled at Liz. It might be over for her friend, but Carly was just getting started. Gia had no idea of just what was coming her way. She would be in California for the next few months. Then when she got comfortable she was going to be sacked and word was going to get out to hire here was to be on the wrong side of a lot of people. "So when does your nanny start?"
"I have to get the name of Keesha's agency first. Last night I helped Monica plan her gathering on New Year's Eve." Elizabeth explained.
Carly pulled out her phone. "Keesha gave me the name of the agency so I'll just text to it you. Monica left me a voice mail about the party. I'm in charge of the food. Let me know if you have any dietary restrictions. Do you need the name of a cleaning service?"
"Johnny gave me the name of his." Elizabeth saw how this was shaping up. If Jason wasn't watching her then her friends would be. "Before you offer. Francis is going to send stuff over to reheat, for when Jason can't cook. But I don't expect Joyce to put me on bed rest so that shouldn't be an issue."
"What about work?" Carly wanted to know.
"We will discuss that at the visit." Elizabeth was going to end up strangling Carly. She'd been like this with Jake too.
"Hopefully you will still be able to have sex. That damn near killed me." Carly had been told at five months no more sex. When she finally got the all clear no one saw her and Jax for an entire day.
"Too much information." Elizabeth said laughing.
That was how Jason and Jax found their wives. "Were are the boys?" Jax wanted to know.
"In the basement." Jason was thinking maybe they should hide out with them. That was when one of the dogs barked.
"You have a dog?" Jax asked surprised.
"Two." Elizabeth explained about the gifts.
"Morgan has been asking for a dog. I told him Joss needed to be a little bit older first." Carly knew that Cameron and Jake having dogs would start the battle again.
"AJ and Keesha are considering getting a dog." Jason said with an evil grin. He liked getting his big brother in trouble. "A big dog."
"If they get one Morgan will be insufferable." Carly huffed.
"Michael will probably move out." Jax knew his eldest son wanted a dog too. He was just being more subtle than his brother. "Labs are good dogs." Jax had grown up with dogs, and really liked them.
"Monica needs our help with a project." Elizabeth would get Carly on another topic.
"What?" Carly wanted to know.
"Monica wants Keesha to see the mansion in a better light. AJ wants to move in eventually. If she is happy to live there then Monica will leave the mansion to him." Elizabeth explained. "You'd also be helping Emily, who is terrified she will inherit it."
"Why is the mansion Monica's anyway? I know she owned it when Alan was alive, but how did she get it?" Carly remembered Monica yelling on more than one occasion about throwing people out of her house.
"My dad bought the mansion as a wedding gift for my mother." Jason cleared up.
"I thought Edward built it for Lila." Carly said surprised.
"No. That is why one of us will get it and not one of Tracy's kids. I shouldn't say us. I was taken out of the running when I built this house." Jason said smiling. Like his father the house was all about the woman who owned his heart. "AJ is the only one of us who actually wants to live there."
"Why doesn't Keesha like it? Is it because it reminds her of Jason Quartermaine?" Carly asked looking at Jason.
"No, I just don't think she sees it as a family house. It's huge." Jason pointed out.
"Maybe she's afraid AJ will want to fill it." Elizabeth said laughing.
"She does have guests." Carly pointed out. "Maya and Zoe wouldn't ever have to move out."
"They both have gentlemen friends, as Lila would say. So them staying home is not a given." Elizabeth passed along.
"Who is Maya dating?" Carly was always up for some gossip. "When we left she was single."
"Johnny O'Brien rescued her when her car broke down. They are going out soon." Elizabeth passed along.
"I like him with anyone who isn't Gia. Keep me up to date." Carly said getting to her feet. "We need to go rescue AJ, and I want to see Michael. I missed not having him around at Christmas. I will call later to check in." She said hugging Liz again. "If she needs anything give a holler." Carly told Jason. She didn't hug him, they were no longer that close anymore.
"I'm glad you are doing well." Jax said giving Elizabeth a kiss on the check. "We are around if you want to drop the boys off." He said assisting his wife into her coat.
"We will keep that in mind. After the next trip to the doctor we will know if visits by the boys are okay." If Joyce wanted Elizabeth to rest they would have to figure out how to have the kids over without disturbing her.
"Let us know." Jax said as they were walking out. Between all the family members visits could still happen regularly even if the Morgan house was taken out of rotation.
The boys came up and everyone watched Finding Nemo which was the current favorite in the house. Cam was slowly moving out of his Chuggin Charlie phase so they rarely watched those cartoons anymore. Jake was too young to show an attachment to any one thing yet, so they didn't have to worry about the boys arguing over what to watch. For his part Jason hadn't seen most of the more recent children's movies and he was loving them all.
After the movie Edward kept Elizabeth company while Jason, Cameron, and Jake walked the dogs. When they returned Jason commented that Millie was doing very well with Jake. The dog seemed to understand that her owner was young and didn't even tug on the leash when Jake walked her. Dusty was also very well trained as she always came when Cameron called her. Elizabeth looked over at Edward who winked at her and smiled.
Lunch was sandwiches for the guys and warmed pizza for Elizabeth. She proclaimed that her fruit and onion pizza was better the second day. No one else wanted to try to back that claim up. By three-thirty she was nibbling on crackers and by four-thirty she was throwing up. Jason took her upstairs and got her settled before heading back to play with his sons.
"Hey." Jason stuck his head in the door and saw that his wife was awake. "How are you feeling?"
"Good." She was still a bit sleepy, but her stomach was calm.
"Edward left while you were napping. He said that he'll be by to check on you later in the week." Jason said picking his wife up and carrying her downstairs to the couch.
"I'm sorry I missed him. Honestly if I wasn't napping he wouldn't have gotten away. I tried to talk him into staying the rest of the week." Elizabeth admitted.
"I did too." Jason said smiling. "I know that the boys loved that he was here. I liked it too. We had some good talks late at night. Dinner is almost ready, how about if I get you a glass of milk while it's finished heating?"
"That would be wonderful. I am a bit thirsty." Elizabeth said smiling.
"Coming right up." Jason said leaning in and kissing her.
"Mommy you're up." Cameron came in with Jake following behind. "We were drawing, in the kitchen." Cam showed her the picture.
"That's really nice. We need to put that on the wall." They had a special place in the kitchen to hang art projects.
"Can we paint tomorrow?" Cameron loved standing at the easel and painting.
"You can, but I won't be able to paint for a while." Elizabeth explained as Jason returned.
"Why not?" He handed her a cold glass of chocolate milk and helped Jake up onto the couch.
"The paints aren't safe. So I am stuck with my pencils, since I don't like watercolors as a medium." Elizabeth said taking a sip and putting the glass down. "But all the art things are set up in the studio so Cameron you can certainly make something. I bet Pop-pop would love it if you painted something for him."
"I know he would." Jason would go online tonight and find some paints Elizabeth could use. Eight months was too long to go without painting. "Drink your milk."
"Okay." Elizabeth said taking another swallow and making a face. "Is this spoiled?" It tasted odd.
"I don't think so." Jason took the glass and had a sip. "It's fine." He said looking at her.
"I think I'd rather have some regular milk." Elizabeth thought that sounded wonderful. A glass of regular milk.
"Really? You don't like regular milk." She was the only one in the house who wouldn't drink it.
"That tastes funny." Elizabeth told him.
Jason just looked at the glass and then his wife. It was her favorite brand of organic chocolate milk, but clearly she wasn't enjoying it. He and the boys would drink it. Maybe she'd prefer whole milk chocolate milk. He'd put it on the grocery list. "Dinner should be ready. Go wash up." Jason told Cameron. He would wash Jake's hands in the kitchen. "I'll be back for you shortly."
"Okay." Elizabeth was looking forward to getting off the couch. One day in and this already was boring.
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