A/N: Sorry for the big delay on this chapter. I just started school and everything's been getting in the way and I've had no time to write :( But hey! I tell you something - Spock is coming in the next chapter! YEY. So yeah, this chapter has a wee bit of retarded grammatical errors because I'm too lazy to go over it but I'm sure you'll manage c: Enjoy x
Warnings for this chapter: Just the usual Mpreg.
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek.
Chapter 5: That Warm Feeling of Home
It's been a month since Jim had gotten the job at the diner. He was starting to show, which was a problem for him. He tried his best to hide his baby bump by buying bigger sized t-shirts and maternity jeans with the black elastic waistband instead of buttons and flyers. It helped him, but not enough. Some people still noticed and decided to be nosy about it.
He was at the diner as usual, working on his day shift. He served tables and handled the register. Jim seemed to have developed a friendship with everyone who works here. Even some of the customers who come here daily. He got along really well with everyone, especially Lauren. Even after that embarrassing moment that happened last time, it was all forgotten. His training went on for 2 weeks and got used to place very easily. Scotty had also come into the diner whenever he could when Jim was in his working hours. Scotty had enjoyed the diner's company along with Jim's whenever he went.
"Order for tabel 3 iz ready!" Chekov called out to Jim, placing 2 plates of waffles on the bench top. Chekov was Jim's favourite. He's like the little brother he never had. He was just so innocent and so cute and everyone seemed to have thought the same.
Jim quickly grabbed the plates of waffles and jar of water and walked over to a table that two old looking women had sat in, "Here's your order ladies. Waffles, one with strawberry drizzle and the other with maple syrup and ice cream." Jim smiled sweetly and in return the women did too. "Can I get you anything else?"
"Oh no, dear that would be just fine," one of them said with her kind elderly voice.
As Jim was just about to walk away one of the women let out a very tiny high pitched gasp, "dear? I hope it isn't rude to ask, but are you with child?" she smiled.
Jim sighed and smiled, "yes I am."
"Oh how exciting!" she almost whispered, beaming at him, "how far along are you?"
"I'm about 4 months now." Jim answered for what looked like the one hundredth time to the one hundredth customer today.
"Aw, you and the other father must be so happy!" The other woman cheered.
"No ma'm, I'm on my own." Jim shrugged.
"Oh dear...that must be so hard.." the old woman lowered her voice.
"No, it's not as tough as it looks." he chuckled.
"Oh trust me darling, it is actually harder than it seems. Good luck, and thank you for the waffles." the both smiled sweetly. Jim smiled back and walked away, feeling slightly uneasy.
"Hey Jim are you ok?" Lauren asked, worried for the uncomforted look on Jim's face.
"Oh no, I'm good. I'm just getting sick of people asking me about my kid's dad." He complained.
"That sucks. At least your shift ends in fifteen minutes. And besides, you're going to your mom's today for the weekend, it should be a good day, and just ignore those old coots back there." Lauren smiled.
"Thanks Lauren. I guess you're right." Jim said then went to get the order for the next table.
Later on, Jim's shift finished and was so relieved that he was finally getting out of the diner. He was pretty tired, considering he was working for six hours straight today. He went home, packed a duffle bag and headed to his mom's house.
"Jim! It's so good to have you again darling," Winona smiled, hugging her son.
"Hey mom," he said tiredly.
"Oh, Jim you sound so tired." she worried, "Look, why don't I just make dinner and then you can go sleep. Is that ok?"
"Yeah I'm ok with that." Jim replied. He was starving anyway.
Winona made meatballs and spaghetti for dinner and Jim was stuffed. He had eaten so much that Kirk Jr was moving around a lot. Maybe it liked Winona's cooking so much, Jim thought.
"Well I'm going to head to bed." Jim said, sounding more tired than he had been earlier.
"Sweet dreams Jim." Winona smiled sympathetically as she took the dirty plates away.
Jim stepped inside his old room and huffed out a chuckle as he observed it. Everything was still as it is. It was a plain room. Maybe a couple of posters on the wall and stickers on the wardrobe but on his dresser, was all of his trophies from high school. There was a trophy for playing chess, competing in the one hundred metre runs. They were all in first place. Jim may have a genius mind yet he tried his best to be an average kid in high school.
After admiring his awards for a few moments, Jim dressed himself in a long grey nightshirt and kept his boxers on. He was starting to have a bit of difficulty doing simple things now, like bending down to take of his pants or put his shoes on. His stomach was starting to get in the way of things but it wasn't all that bad. Although the back pain had slowly started. He got in his old bed, piling up some some pillows to support his back. He started thinking about what he was going to do in the morning. Thank god it was the weekend, he can probably sleep in tomorrow.
Jim lost his train of thought when he felt movement from his baby. He smiled, placing his hand on his stomach and rubbed small circles, calming it down.
"Go to sleep baby." He whispered, still rubbing smooth and gentle circles.
He turned on his side because he was starting to get uncomfortable. Moments later, when the baby stopped moving, he fell into a deep and blissful sleep.
The next morning, Jim had been woken to the smell of the most delicious thing ever. It smelled like creamy buttery pancakes that was so fresh, that the smell could light up a sky from a rainy day. It reminded him of the time when had first entered the diner that he works in. Almost the same smell of deliciousness.
"Jim! Wake up! I made pancakes!" Winona shouted from downstairs.
Jim looked over at his digital clock, it read 9:00am. It was so early and he wanted to sleep in, but those damn pancakes are making his stomach grumble with hunger. Ah screw it, he's getting up.
"Coming!" Jim replied after getting out of bed.
He went to the bathroom to do his business and brushed his teeth then went downstairs still in his nightshirt and boxers. He also had ruffled morning hair which looked really adorable.
"Good morning sleepy head." Winona cheered as she passed Jim a plate with a stack of three pancakes drizzled with maple syrup.
"mornin'." He murmured, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Get any goodnight's sleep?" she asked as she took in a mouthful of pancakes.
"Yeah. This little one here was moving a lot during the night." He chuckled, patting his stomach and Winona just giggled in response, then taking another mouthful of pancakes.
"What do you want to do today?" Winona asked after swallowing.
"Hmm..I'm not really sure. You got anything in mind?" Jim asked, seeing that his mom looked like she already had something to say before he even spoke.
"Well..I'm thinking we should go shopping today." Winona said hoping Jim would say yes.
"Shopping? For what?" He said taking a bite of his pancakes. My God, they were so delicious and the taste was so mesmerising that Jim wanted to moan with pleasure. "Mom, these are so delicious." he moaned.
"Haha, thanks," She laughed softly. "And shopping for baby stuff! For you!"
"Baby stuff?" Jim said with pancakes still in his mouth. "Mom, we don't even know if it's a boy or a girl." he swallowed.
"Yeah I know, I know. But it's not so wrong to have a bit of fun for once. I'm sure we'll have a great time Jim." She said, hope in her eyes.
"Ok fine." Jim groaned playfully. "But would you please let me have seconds after this?" Jim smiled with puppy eyes.
"Of course you can sweetie." Winona laughed, consuming a generous amount of pancakes in her mouth this time.
Jim and Winona were out at the mall searching for some stores that would be suitable for him and his baby. They found a little store that contained a lot of baby things and maternity clothing for both men and women. This seemed to be the best place to look. There were sections for baby boys, baby girls and both genders. There was also a section for toys that were split into three parts - boys, girls and both genders.
"I feel so weird being here." He whispered to Winona, pulling his over sized jumper down, to hide his growing middle.
"Hey, a lot of men go through this, and women too. It's alright to feel a little nervous, since it's your first time." Winona smiled sweetly at him, almost instantly making Jim feel better. "And hey since we don't know the gender of your baby, then we can look in the all genders section." She said, grabbing his arm and walking towards it.
They both looked at the little one piece pyjamas first. They were so cute. The colours consisted of light shades of green, yellow and white with little animal decorations on them. Perfect for both genders. They picked out two yellow and two white footie pyjamas. Jim liked the yellow better because it had a cute little elephant on it.
As they look around some more, Jim froze in the middle of the toys' section. His gaze turning towards something further back in the store. It was a crib, and it was the most beautifully built crib Jim had ever seen. He walked up to it, gently caressing the dark coloured and varnished mahogany wood that had little carvings of the moon and starts on it's frame. It was perfect.
"That's a nice crib," Winona popped out of no where, causing Jim to slightly flinch away from his deep thoughts. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." she chuckled.
"It's ok. And yeah, this crib is perfect." He smiles.
Later after admiring the crib, they leave and head to other places for Jim this time. They picked out clothing that finally made Jim comfortable enough to move around in. Today seemed like a very nice day. Jim enjoyed spending some quality time with his mother. And since there's a baby coming on the way, Winona had been ten times happier than she had been in years.
The weekend had just ended and Jim has never been so relaxed and happy in such a while. All the time he had spent with his mother in the past two days, was treasured in his thoughts and memories because he hasn't had such a good time with her in a long time. He missed that feeling. That feeling of home. His father may have not been around his whole life, but he was still happy and thankful for his mother. After they went shopping, they stayed at home most of the time, catching each other up on what had been going on in the past couple of years.
Right now, Jim had already packed his duffel bag and was heading out the door.
"Jim, wait!" Winona hesitated, "There's something I've been meaning to ask you, before you leave."
"Sure what's up?" Jim said, walking back into the house, leaving his duffel bag in the car.
They both went inside, and Winona sat down with him at the kitchen table.
"Well Jim there is something I want to offer you." She cleared her throat, "I was wondering if you wanted to move in with me and I would help raise the baby, since there is no one else to support you, I thought it would be the right thing to do...as a mother. And I don't want you to be like me when your father wasn't around."
Jim tensed a little at that last bit his mother said about his father. It took him a few moments, but he finally responded, "I..I don't know what to say mom.."
"You don't have to say anything, honey. Look. Go home now and think about it, I don't want you to rush your decision. Take all the time you need." She smiled, a tint of gloss sparkled in her eyes.
Jim was a little nervous. It was a hard decision and his mother was right, he will need to think about this.
A/N: yep...shitty ending I know. But I hope it was good enough for now c: I will try to update next week but I won't make any promises (but I do promise to try make time). So yeah, for now, please review and tell me what you think! I will put Spock in the next chapter and I will try and make the other characters more involved with the story! :)
ALSO! VERY IMPORTANT! I need you guys to vote! Baby's gender will be revealed VERY soon so...boy or girl?! Tell me in the reviews!