5 Months in…

Amity's belly had really swollen up. At this point the baby began to kick and it was at 1st a strange feeling but as time went on Amity got used to it. The young witch was in the midst of handling their finances when the little one began to kick. " Looks like someone is tired of me doing the bills. Sorry little one let me finish this then we can go see mama." Amity said, still feeling a bit odd talking to her belly. After another 5 minutes the bills were taken care of and ready to be mailed. One of the many changes Raine

made as prime minister was a fair tax system and implementing checks to simplify payment. In the old days the emperor sent out tax collectors along with his coven guards to make sure the populace paid. The burden often fell on the lower witches as those in high society like her own family were given unfair tax breaks. As she put the bills in the mailbox she felt a sharp back pain. " Titan that hurt." Amity said as she made her way upstairs to Luz. Luz Noceda-Blight was busy at work. She may not be teaching but she still was hard at work writing for her publisher. Her 1st book tales of the Owl house had been a NY Times bestseller. She had spent 2 months promoting it including an

appearance on the late show with Stephen Colbert, a huge fan of fantasy novels. Problem was she had been in a serious rut of writer's block trying to come up with a follow up. Deciding to write a collection of short stories called Tall Tales of The Boiling Isles which was a modest hit. The publisher were adamant on a sequel to tales of the owl house so she was hard at work trying to finish the book having even bought edibles for inspiration. She was busy typing away when Amity walked in. "Luz my back hurts, can you give me a massage?" Amity said as her wife continued to type away. "Not now sweet potato I've gotta finish this final chapter of my follow up to tales of the owl house."

Luz said when her wife began to cry" So that's how it is, you care more about your work than your pregnant wife who is in desperate need of a back rub." Amity said as Luz looked up from her work laptop." Amity I'm sorry. Look, go to the bedroom and I'll be there in 5 minutes." Luz said as Amity, still crying, nodded and went to the bedroom. Luz thought to herself " Man those pregnancy emotions are no joke." as she went back to work she finally finished the book. Closing her laptop she went to the bedroom

where Amity was waiting. "Ok sweet potato i'm here to give that backrub." Luz said as Amity layed on her side as she began to give the massage. " Oh titan, I really needed this." Amity said as Luz worked her hands like magic on Amity's back." You better not be faking for a free back rub bec my fingers are sore from typing all day." Luz said, causing Amity to be frustrated. "I would never try to get an easy back rub." Amity said. " Oh really, what about our honeymoon in Puerto Rico ,El Escambron Beach. When

you wanted me to exchange the can of sunblock spray I bought for a bottle of sunblock lotion." Luz said, causing Amity to blush. "Oh right, I almost forgot about that." Amity said as Luz continued to work on Amity's back. After about 30 minutes Amity's back pain had subsided and Luz was exhausted. As she looked over at her beloved, with baby

in tow she reached out her hand touching the belly as Amity smiled. As she touched the baby began to kick. " Amity, I felt our child's touch. Hi there little one, I can't wait to meet you." Luz said smiling. "You know they say the fetus can hear you." Amity said, grabbing her wife's hands. "Well if that's so why don't I sing you the lullaby my dad sang to me when I was a baby." Luz said as she cleared her vocal chords and she began to sing in a sweet and soft voice.

DUÉRMETE MI NIÑA

DUÉRMETE MI AMOR

DUÉRMETE PEDAZO

DE MI CORAZÓN

ESTA NIÑA LINDA

QUE NACIÓ DE DÍA

QUERE QUE LA LLEVE

A LA DULCERÍA

ESTA NIÑA LINDA

QUE NACIÓ DE NOCHE

QUERE QUE LA LLEVE

A PASEAR EN COCHE

DUÉRMETE MI NIÑA

DUÉRMETE MI AMOR

DUÉRMETE PEDAZO

DE MI CORAZÓN

As Luz finished the song Amity said" That was so beautiful. But how do you know it's a girl?" Luz looked at her wife and responded. " I've just got a feeling. Call it a mother's intuition." This got a laugh out of Amity who responded" Don't you have to be a mother to have a mother's intuition." Luz looked at her wife and said" Call it whatever you like. I just have this feeling that I can't shake." As the young couple lay in bed just enjoying the company of each other their stomach began to grumble. " Looks like we both

want to eat." Luz said, climbing out of bed." Don't you mean all 3 of us want to eat." Amity said as she just sat on the bed. "Oh right my bad. So what do you want to eat?" Luz said ." I want pizza topped with pickles." Amity said catching Luz off guard."That has got to be the most disgusting combo I've heard. But that's pregnancy cravings for ya." Luz thought to herself." Okay I don't think they sell that,but I can buy a plain pizza pie and a jar of sliced pickles and you can add them yourself."Luz said to which Amity nodded. And like that Luz was off to get her sweet potato the meal she desired