Taking Chances (WILL EDIT LATER)

Chapter Thirty.

Tuning out the movie she and Brenna were watching, Nicola scrolled through her Instagram making herself feel upset. Everything in her feed these days consisted of women bragging about how amazing their labors were and how incredible their partners were in supporting them and blah blah blah. Nicola wished that Taron was sitting next to her on the sofa and not Brenna. She really wanted Taron to experience everything she saw on her socials. Feeling the baby kick for the first time, go out on craving runs, rub her back, hold her when she couldn't sleep.

Absentmindedly, Nicola rubbed over her bump and got a reaction from the baby. The feeling made her heart happy and she was glad that she made the choice to raise this baby on her own. She had been doing it with Jasmine, what was one more.

Throwing her phone on the cushion next to her, Nicola grumbled to herself as she got up for the millionth time. Her stomach had been feeling quite unsettled, especially after she had eaten that bloody combo of Tuna with the juice, mint choc chip ice-cream with chocolate sauce, peanut butter and welsh cookies piled into a large bowl. This had to be the weirdest thing she had craved but shit, it really hit the spot.

By the time Nicola got back, Brenna was flipping through the movies on netflix. Nicola smiled at her and walked into the kitchen to boil some water. She was praying that some of her peppermint tea would ease the pain in her belly.

"Are you ok?" Brenna asked after hearing a very loud sigh come from the other room.

"No." Nicola called back. Brenna got up and went to see if she could help.

Nicola told her everything that was on her mind while Brenna made the tea and got Nicola settled on the sofa. She even covered Nicola in the throw blanket that usually sat on the reclining chair.

It was going to be a long night but that just made her glad that she could be there to help in any way that she could.

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Continuing with the sore stomach, Nicola barely got any sleep as she was up and down. It seemed as though the baby had dropped even lower as well and the pressure from that was uncomfortable and the Braxton Hicks contractions were on a whole new level of torture. Nicola was just not winning.

"Fuck saaaake!" Nicola grunted, ripping her covers off of her to move to the bathroom. At this point, she was beyond tempted to pitch a tent and camp in the bathroom so that she would have to move that far.

When she was done, she washed her hands and waddled back to her room. She grabbed her water bottle and took a big drink from it. Thankfully she could feel her body ease up a bit and she felt relief. Nicola climbed into her bed and fell against her pillows, falling asleep faster than you could blink.

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Now having been in New York for at least a day or two, everyone very quickly got into the routine of relaxing and enjoying their time away. Taron had even managed to sneak out during Mikey's quiet time and buy his son and Jasmine a little something to go along with the showing of Frozen on Broadway. It may have been his birthday but with the fact that his sisters already had their Elsa and Anna dolls, he wanted Jasmine and Mikey to feel included, hence the gifts.

"Right, before we leave, I have something for you." Taron said, looking at Mikey. He handed over a small gift bag and the little boy immediately ripped into it. This gave Taron the time to hand Jasmine's gift to her.

Jasmine took it from him but looked at him in disbelief. Why would he get her anything? No one besides Nicola had bought her anything and truth be told, she really didn't know what to do with the bag in front of her.

"Just open it." Mari said, earning a warning glance from not only her parents but from Taron as well.

"This is Jasmine's gift, not yours missy." Taron said. Mari smiled sheepishly and turned her attention back to Jasmine who now began cautiously peering into the bag.