I woke up again and checked the clock on the bedside table. It's not even nine am yet. I moved Benny's arm off me and had to bolt out of the bedroom, across the dark apartment and into the bathroom, quickly moving to my knees before I hurled into the toilet. God damn it! Every day with this! I don't know how long I sat wrenching on the toilet floor. But I had a moment of respite, leaning my head on the soft toilet roll in the holder on the wall, and I saw the light flick on. I glanced back and saw Benny leaning on the door in his kimono and black boxers.
"Again?" He asks
"Yep" I sighed
"Nine days?"
"Two weeks"
"There is no way in hell that it's still that pizza y/n," he says "It should be well out of your system by now, it's well out of mine," he says crossing his arms over his chest
"You didn't have it as bad"
"True. You're going to the doctor"
"Benny no"
"Don't argue with me I'm calling them now"
"No!"
"Alright. I won't call them, if you get up walk into the kitchen and eat some cheese without being sick"
And the word was enough for me to once again hurl into the toilet
"I'm calling them" he sighed going to the phone and all I could do was lean my head on the toilet seat trying desperately to stop my stomach from killing itself.
I sighed sitting in the vile-smelling waiting room that had a putrid scent in the air of sickness and bleach, people around the room coughing, sneezing and wheezing. I had now been back and forth to the doctor four times for various tests and finally today they called and told us they knew what was wrong and that we needed to come in as soon as possible. "Couldn't they just tell us over the phone" I complained tugging my little white glove up my wrist so less skin contacted the arm of the chair,
"Well it's probably serious," Benny answered beside me with one of his chess books on hand to pass the time "What do you have against doctors anyway? Every time you come here I've had to drag you kicking and screaming" he chuckled "A couple of times literally"
"I don't enjoy being poked and prodded"
"Knowone likes it y/n, but there is something wrong with you else it wouldn't have taken so many tests" he says flicking to the next page
"I think it's a poorly tummy"
"They wouldn't call you in for that y/n it's something serious and you know it"
"Maybe it's food poisoning"
"Maybe"
"What do you think?"
"I have my theory"
"Ohh enlighten me then chess boy?" He didn't answer me simply looked at me I looked back questionably and he glanced at my stomach "I'm not pregnant Benny"
"How do you know?" He chuckled going back to his book
"Because I'm just not I know I'm not"
"How do you know that?"
"Because I'd know if I was pregnant, I'd like to feel it in my womb or something"
"You have your theory I have mine"
"Theory requires evidence"
"Go on then, what's your evidence for a now going on three-week tummy ache?"
"We had that really bad takeaway pizza when we got home from Austin, it made you sick and it's made me sick it's just affected me worse than you" I explained, "what do you think is your evidence?"
"We had sex in Austin. A Lot of it."
"We've had sex a lot of places benny, doesn't mean I'm pregnant"
"I still think it's suspicious we had a boatload of fun hotel room sex in Austin and as soon as we get home you start waking up early to throw up."
"I still don't think so"
"Will you be upset, If you are?"
"But I'm not"
"But if you are. We haven't talked about kids"
"I mean I'll be mad at you"
"But will you be upset?"
"... I guess not. I mean natural progression I suppose, we dated, we got engaged, we got married, it makes sense to have some babies" I explained, "how would you feel if I was pregnant?" I asked uncontrollably feeling my stomach
He smiled taking my hand and giving it a soft kiss beside my wedding and engagement ring "I'd be thrilled if you got pregnant."
"Really?"
"Of course, it'll be fun to have some little Watts running around"
"If I'm pregnant"
"I'm pretty damn sure you're pregnant hun, and if you're not I'll make sure you are when we get home" he winked before returning to his book
"If I'm not pregnant you owe me three months of dishes"
"Deal, if your pregnant you owe me a blow job"
"deal" I rolled my eyes a little
They soon called me so I got myself up with my bag
"You want me to come with you?"
"I'll be okay"
"Alright good luck" he smiled kissing me so I headed in to see the doctor he explained the situation giving me a whole booklet of information and a few pamphlets to go over at home I headed back out where I found Benny still deep in his book
"Let's go"
"I'm coming" he answered with a sly smile, shutting his book up and smirking in his usual way as he followed me "So?"
"Shut up" I sighed handing over my information from the doctor as I made the next appointment with the front desk all with a smirking proud Benny beside me.
Once it was all booked she gave me the card I quickly went out to the car pouting as I took my seat and he only smirked more "Shut up"
"I haven't said a word"
"You don't need to I can hear your ego inflating from here"
He smiled and kissed my cheek even if I immediately wiped it off as I was mad at him and clearly to annoy me more he then kissed my stomach before starting the car up
"I hate you"
"Love you too mama"
"Don't you even start" I warn
"Somebody owes me when we get home"
"How did you know?"
"Honestly? Lucky guess."
"I'm pregnant." I said rubbing my stomach uncontrollably "There's a tiny you inside me"
"Aw baby jr" he smirked stroking my leg
"Why did I let you impregnate me?"
"Cause you love me"
"I do love you,"
I sat reading my new notes from the doctor, all the information about this new trimester and all the rules I was still having to live by.
"Eat your soup," Benny told me as he started a new game
"I'm not hungry"
"You don't eat it you have to have more supplements, it's up to you"
"I'm reading"
"About?"
"The thing developing inside me"
"I'd prefer you not call our child a thing y/n"
"I'm not calling it Jr"
"I think it's cute"
I rolled my eyes a moment forcing down the gross healthy soup until nothing was left and he smiled as he finished his game
"Good girl," he says kissing my temple and taking the bowl to the sink
"We still have that grapefruit in the fridge"
"Yeah, you want a slice?"
"No, bring it here"
"Why?"
"Don't ask the pregnant lady questions just do it"
He did as I asked, bringing the whole grapefruit over to me. "There you are, my baby mama." He smiled and I again rolled my eyes, holding the grapefruit in my hand for a while inspecting everything about it "Are you going to eat it?"
"No"
"...then why did you want it?'
"Hold it" I told him and he took it holding it in his hands a little confused
"Right"
"Feel it's size and weight"
"Okay... kinda heavy I guess, Very round"
"That is the size of our child"
"Really?"
"Yep, twenty-two weeks grapefruit"
"Hu, I feel bad about wanting to eat some now"
"Why?"
"Because it's... it's like our little one"
"Benny it's a fruit"
"Are you sure you're at Grapefruit?"
"That's what the doctor says"
He simply sat the fruit against my stomach noticing how much bigger my stomach was
"Well there's fluid and placenta and all my organs" I began but he simply moved the fruit to another part of my stomach where it had enough space to sit without contacting the space the fruit was in before "No."
"Maybe?"
"No, Benny." I warned snatching the grapefruit back and cutting it open to prevent this discussion but he only smirked "Don't even start"
"What's next?" He asks taking some grapefruit
"Corn"
"What is a whole cob of corn?"
"Yep"
"That's a jump isn't it?"
"Babies grow fast benny, a month ago he was a pear"
"What will it be after corn?"
"Eggplant"
"Oooh babies jumping up fast. You want me to get some corn next week so you can compare?'
"No, anything bigger than this is just going to make me panic"
"Why?"
"Because something that size is inside me and it's one way out is a whole that you struggled to get in when we first got married"
"Good point, what is it when the baby comes?"
"A watermelon or pumpkin" I sighed checking my list
"Ohh shit."
"I'm gonna die"
"You're not gonna die, your body is built for this Hun"
"Yeah, but it's not built to do it... comfortably" I complained "Why can't we reproduce like penguins just poop out an egg and walk around with it between my legs for a while if I get annoyed or for stuff to do you can look after it between your legs"
"I know," he laughed. "Would it make you feel better if I went to the store for another grapefruit and wore it under my shirt the rest of this week?"
"Aw no, but that's very sweet Benny" I smiled moving to sit on his thigh and nuzzling into his shirt
"Are you crying?"
"Kinda"
"Aww it's okay, your hormones are all messed up, you're crying a lot these days"
"I can't help it!"
"I know, I know, I didn't mean to be so sweet I made you cry," he Cooes "just like I'm sure that dog yesterday didn't mean to be so cute"
"He was too cute he had such small legs" I cried
"I know Hun I know, his legs were too tiny for his body"
"He waddles everywhere he goes"
"He sure does" he smiled stroking my stomach "Come on Jr stop making your mother all emotional. I've only just learnt how to deal with her she when's not an emotional hormonal wreck"
"Benny!"
"What? I'm reasoning with him"
"Don't be mean to your pregnant wife?" I told him poking him with each word
"Oww oww okay okay, would a bubble bath help?"
"Yes please"
"Alright, I'll run it for you"
I sat listening to some records absentmindedly bringing handfuls of popcorn to my mouth from the bowl resting on my stomach. But I put my hand in and found only an empty bowl so I went to get up to refill it but Benny grabbed my arm from his chair and forced me back down onto the ottoman
"Stop"
"What?"
"You are not refilling that bowl again"
"What? I'm hungry"
"Y/n I have been sitting here with you since you brought your first bowl full of popcorn I haven't finished one chapter in my book and you just finished your fourth bowl"
"I'm hungry for popcorn"
"That's not even a normal serving-size bowl, that's the bowl we use for Halloween candy and Christmas cookies. Please stop, it's terrifying. I feel like I just watched an alien swallow a human"
"But baby wants popcorn"
"I can tell, you don't even like stove-top popcorn."
"I do"
"No, you don't, you used to hate it and said it tasted like cardboard. Why all of a sudden now you're pregnant you wanna eat buckets full of it?"
"I don't know baby likes it" I pouted stroking my stomach
"Does he now?" He sighed returning to his book
"Baby also likes cherry slushies"
"Humm?"
"And chicken nuggets"
"That's nice"
"And chocolate and coconut"
He sighed putting his book down and getting up
"What?"
"I can take a hint" he sighed going and getting his shoes and jacket on coming back to grab his wallet from the table and to give my lips and my stomach kisses "You be good Jr," he told my stomach "No more popcorn and I'll bring my baby mama her cravings"
"Ummm thank you Benny" I smiled "Maybe bring a hot dog too?"
"Maybe we'll see. Be good or I'll bring you nachos with cheese"
"Oohh" I gulped immediately stopping myself from hurling
"You loved cheese before you got pregnant"
"Don't. Use. That. Word. Benjamin" I warn
"Alright back soon," he says before heading out I just relaxed often glancing at the corner of the apartment Benny was slowly turning into the nursery even if most of it was still in pieces soon enough he returned given he was only going to the 24hr convenience down the street
"Yay! Daddy's home"
"Daddy brought mummy some nice things that hopefully will make Jr very happy" he chuckled kicking his shoes off hanging his jacket and bringing the bag to the small living room table slowly unpacking it "Extra large cherry slush, two boxes of the chicken nuggets, a freshly cooked hot dog he made it special because I told him you wanted one, some coconut and chocolate candy bars, some of that lime gum I know you didn't say it but you'll want it later and another stove top popcorn but you're not having this till next week" he warns
"Ummm thank you Benny" I smiled, giving him a hug and a kiss, quickly grabbing a nugget or two "How'd you get a fresh hot dog?" I asked sipping my slushie
"I'm getting to know the guy in there now, never really used to go there. Except for the odd emergency now I seem to be going every other day. And I've told him your pregnant so he likes to make sure you get a fresh hot dog and the good nuggets" he explained grabbing something else from the bag
"Hey? You got wings?"
"I had to walk there I got something for myself too"
"I'll trade you two nuggets for a wing"
"No. There the spicy ones you don't like them"
"That was intentional wasn't it?"
"Yes, y/n you're heavily pregnant you eat everything. The only thing I've been able to have to myself is... the unmentionable cow product and that's only because the smell, taste or mention of it makes you retch. I want something that's just for me"
"Sorry Benny"
"It's fine Hun, Baby likes to sample lots of foods" he smiled so we sat and ate "Slow down you're going to make yourself sick"
"But I'm hungry"
"I know just slow" he reminds "Did... did you just dip a nugget in your slushie?'
"....no"
"That one of those weird cravings again? Like when you insisted I put honey on your fried eggs, or when I caught you stirring your tea with a banana?"
"Maybe"
"Let me try"
"No"
"Let me try I'm curious"
I sighed but took a nugget and gave it a good dunk in the slushie before handing it over and he took a fairly brave bite
"Oh my god, that's disgusting. What is wrong with Jr that he wants to eat this?"
"I don't know, but I didn't hear you complaining when I was craving just the cookie part of Oreos."
"No, because I got to eat like six boxes worth of Oreo cream without a single cookie in my way. One of the best days of my life" he says and I glared "After our wedding of course" he smiled "What are you doing?"
"Melting the candy bar"
"Why?'
"I wanna put the chocolate and coconut on my hot dog"
"...Jr I am so so sorry for this, your baby mama has lost it"
"He wants it" I argued
I hummed to myself as I shuffled around the concrete floor in my fluffy slippers, my body covered in the only thing I was able to wear anymore, my small sleeveless boatneck white and black mini dress. The fabric is just black with white flowers across it. I hated the dress. I felt like it looked like curtains or a tablecloth but it was the only fabric I could find at the store good enough to use for my maternity dress pattern. My stomach caused the dress to look very tent-like as it pressed against the fabric. I passed around slightly humming to myself one hand stroking my bump and the other holding my biscuit as I nibbled at it slowly.
"Y/n, the doctor said you should get exercise. I'm not sure he meant pace around the apartment all day" Benny spoke as he sat up at the table in his usual jeans black shirt and green button down the calendar beside him and a pile of mail on the other side as he slowly went through everything giving me that look.
"How about you take me someplace then," I said back finishing my biscuit and brushing some crumbs off my dress
"I try, every time I take you anywhere all you do is complain" he sighed "My feet are swollen, my back hurts, and I'm gonna throw up"
"My feet are swollen" I complained "and my back does hurt"
"You gonna throw up?"
"No, but give it time I just had a biscuit"
"I thought you could eat them without being sick?"
"So did I" I sighed
He sighed a moment getting up and coming to try and cuddle me, however, my bump prevented us from having much of a cuddle as it was like trying to hug with a watermelon between us "You're causing your mother problems you know that Jr?" He says stroking my bump I smiled a little seeing how excited benny got stroking my stomach leaning back a little with my hands on my waist so he could enjoy it for while and immediately after he spoke up the baby started kicking I did my best to grit my teeth and just bare it, I know people always describe a baby's kick as a beautiful cute thing but it hurts, the only thing that made it better was seeing Benny's wide smile as he always got so excited whenever he got to feel the baby kicking
"He'll cause even more problems when he's born. At least for now, he's quiet"
"aww, I know kiddo, just calm down a little bit okay? For daddy?" He asked and the kicking died down a little "Good boy" he smiled, kissing my bump and then my forehead "You think you can keep down tea?"
"I hope so, can't I have a coffee?"
"No coffee, doctors orders remember," he says going to make us some tea "ooh almost out of milk" he says
And the second I heard those words I felt it was "uhhhh Benjamin!" I yelled making him jump looking at me and realizing his mistake
"Ohh shit. Sorry Hun It just kinda slipped out"
"Bring me some kitchen towel" I sighed and he happily brought me over some kitchen towel so I could clean up and then stuff my bra to prevent any future leaks, "uh he's stretching those legs today" I sighed as I felt moving and pushing inside me
"Maybe he's got a cramp? Can imagine it's getting a little stuffy in there for him"
"Like to see you say that when it's your internal organs he's playing kickball with"
"Come here" he smiled going behind me
"What are you up to?"
"A surprise"
"I don't know last time you were behind me and gave me a surprise I ended up pregnant"
"Have a bit of faith in me"
"No"
"Trust me as a husband" he laughs so I sighed and allowed whatever it is he wanted to do his hands came around my waist and for a moment I was convinced he wanted at my boobs again as he had found quite a love for them since I got pregnant, but he moved his hands down gently cupping my stomach from below and lifting it gently and slowly for a few moments taking the weight off my stomach and of the baby off my back and my hips holding the weight in his hands
"Aah that's nice" I smiled leaning in his chest a little and moving my arm back to play with his hair
"That feel good?"
"Very good"
"That makes my baby mama feel better?" He asks and I nodded "Okay, I can hold the baby as long as you want me to"
"Umm thank you, Benny"
"You're welcome" he smiled kissing my head
"Where did you learn this?"
"Pregnancy magazine"
"You read them?"
"When you have little naps yeah? I need to know, don't I?"
"I suppose so, I didn't think you cared"
"Of course, I care, you're my wife, that's our baby," he laughs "Of course I care, I'm just not great socially and pregnant ladies are even harder you randomly cry and leak and god knows what else it makes things hard and confusing when your me"
"It's okay Benny, it's still a really sweet thought. You're gonna make a really good daddy"
"You think so?"
"I'm sure of it"
"I know you're going to be an amazing mother" he smiled "You ready for me to let go?"
"Five more minutes?"
"Absolutely"