Emily woke up the next day, she wasn't even sure what time it was or how long she had been asleep. She had never slept so hard that she didn't dream at all and felt like she'd just fallen asleep. The smell of coffee and bacon lured her out of the warm comforter, her warm feet touching cold wood floor. She dug in the bag Olivia had packed for her to find a pair of socks and put them on. She felt strange as she walked through Amanda's house. She wasn't sure if it was because she now had this sudden awareness that she was pregnant or that it was her first night sleeping at Amanda's house and waking up in a strange place. Emily could hear Amanda talking to Jesse about what they were going to do that day when Emily heard her name.
"Maybe Emily will want to come with us." Amanda said, placing bite sized pancakes on Jesse's high chair tray.
"Maybe," Emily said startling Amanda. Her startled face turned into a smile.
"How are you feeling?" Amanda asked, "Do you want any coffee, you're allowed to have a certain amount of caffeine a day so don't let anyone make you feel bad for needing a pick me up."
Emily paused at the pregnancy talk. She hadn't even thought about what she could eat or drink and what she couldn't do while pregnant. To be honest, it still didn't even seem real.
"Sure," Emily said, sitting gently down at the table, bringing a leg up, and wrapping her arms around her knee, "I should probably make an appointment, huh?"
"You can go to the dr I had when I had Jesse if you want," Amanda said, then felt awkward, "I mean, if you want to."
"Yeah, that sounds good," Emily said noticing Amanda's awkwardness, "I don't know any doctors here anyway."
"Ok," Amanda said with a big smile, "I can call her now if you want."
"Sounds good to me," Emily said as Amanda sat a plate of pancakes and bacon in front of her. Emily stood up and ran to the bathroom as she emptied all the stomach acid she had in her stomach. Amanda rushed after, quickly grabbing the hair that tumbled down. With one hand she held her hair and with the other rubbed her back. She knew all too well how horrible morning sickness was and just how much of a lie the name of it was. She tied up Emily's hair and went to the kitchen and came back with a small glass of milk.
"It soothes your throat after throwing up." Amanda said, cocking an eyebrow, "trust me."
Emily sipped it slowly and Amanda was right, her throat felt much better and her nausea was going away too. Emily got up slowly and put the toilet seat down to sit.
"It'd be nice if I could stop throwing up," Emily said, sipping more.
"It should fade in a couple weeks," Amanda said, rubbing Emily's back again, "When I was pregnant with Jesse, before I knew, I threw up at a crime scene."
They both started laughing in sync. Why did Emily just love the sound of Amanda's laugh?
"I think I'll try to eat something," Emily said standup up, Amanda giving her a quick boost.
"I'll go call the doctor and set you up an appointment," Amanda said, smiling.
Emily slowly nibbled the pancakes Amanda hand mad for her. She didn't want to eat to fast and end up throwing up again. Amanda was on the phone with the doctor, Emily had given her all her info to set it up. A few minutes later Amanda hung up and came to the table.
"You're all set! You have an appointment tomorrow morning," Amanda said before stuffing a bite of pancake in her mouth. A thin line of syrup was dripping down her chin. Emily would have said something if Amanda could have caught it in time but instead she reached across and used her napkin to wipe it.
"Oh," Amanda said surprised, "Thanks, Hun."
She smiled and took the napkin, she didn't know why that didn't feel awkward at all.
"Is there anymore?" She said lifting her chin and turning her face from side to side.
"I think you're good," Emily said, slightly blushing. Amanda noticed.
Emily finished one pancake and decided she would try to eat some bacon. It smelled so good and the nausea was gone. She took a bite and she couldn't believe how good it was. She didn't notice she was being watched until she finished the whole piece. Amanda was silently laughing as she sat feeding Jesse.
"What?" Emily asked, grabbing napkin, "Do I have something on my face now?"
Amanda laughed louder, "No, I just remember when I was pregnant and everything tasted so good."
"Oh," Emily blushed, she didn't realize she'd so visually enjoyed her bacon. She stifled a giggle as she sheepishly looked to Amanda.
"Oh, um, Olivia said she will be going with you to your appointment," Amanda started, taking a sip of orange juice, "And if she can't for some reason, I can if you feel comfortable with that."
"Oh, uh, ok." Emily stumbled through her words. She didn't feel uncomfortable at all with the idea of Amanda going with her. Maybe it was because she had been pregnant before so she'd probably know what to ask, but then she wanted Olivia to go because she was her sister. She decided she would just let what will happen, happen. She had a feeling she was going to have a lot of appointments anyway.