Dead Sea: Lennon's Story- H.S. Fanfic

First Comes Love, then Comes...Marriage

Lennon: 22
Nora: 22

November 2035

"Hey,"Lennon greets, walking through the front door of Nora's apartment and bending down to slip off his dirty black converse, putting them on the floor by the door.

"Hey,"Amelie greets, turning her head to look over at Lennon from her seat on the couch where she's currently shoving popcorn into her mouth and watching a show. She watches as Lennon begins to walk out of the living room and into the hall towards Nora's room. "Good luck."

"I'll need it?"Lennon asks, turning around in the doorway and raising an eyebrow at Amelie with a little grin on his lips.

"You'll need it,"Amelie confirms with a little chuckle, throwing another piece of popcorn into her mouth. "She's been sobbing all day."

Lennon sighs and runs his fingers through his curls, leaning even more heavily on the doorway with his shoulder. "These pregnancy hormones are gonna kill me."

"I think they're killing her,"Amelie jokes, but really she thinks she's right. She's never seen her best friend this emotional. Even the littlest things set her off into complete tears. "Don't tell her you're out of pasta, that's our most recent break down."

"She doesn't even really like pasta,"Lennon chuckles, shaking his head in exhaustion and confusion.

"I know,"Amelie giggles with a shrug. "Apparently the baby likes pasta."

"Oh gosh,"Lennon sighs dramatically, turning to begin his trek towards Nora's room again. "Pray for me."

"You're gonna need more than prayers, I'm afraid,"Amelie teases, chuckling quietly as she watches Lennon patter down the hallway.

"Hi, honey,"Lennon greets as soon as he pushes Nora's door open. His eyes are met with Nora curled up in the fetal position and gripping a pillow to her stomach as she buries her face in it, her shoulders trembling with loud sobs.

He frowns and cautiously walks closer, reaching out to put a gentle hand on Nora's lower back, "what's going on baby?"

"I dunno!"Nora sobs, looking up at Lennon with swollen eyes and damp cheeks, her face red with exertion.

"Okay, that's okay,"Lennon nods knowing that sometimes it's hard for Nora to put her feelings into words. He just needs to give her a minute and she'll come around.

He climbs up onto the bed and crawls to lay behind her, spooning her as he pulls her body in closer to his, snuggling his face into her neck as his arm wraps around her protruding belly to grip one of her hands. "We don't need to talk, we can just snuggle."

He presses a few gentle kisses to Nora's neck as his thumb rubs over Nora's knuckles, resting on top of her 12 week bump that's already measuring the size of a 18 week bump.

He feels Nora's body tremble with sniffles under his cuddle as he continues to bury his face quietly into her neck, allowing her all the time she needs to just cry it out because if there's one thing Lennon has learned about Nora being pregnant, it's that she's a very emotional pregnant lady. It's really one of her only symptoms, other than having round ligament pain, her hormones and emotions going haywire are the biggest clue that she's growing a baby. She only had morning sickness a few times, which Lennon was very grateful for since he's not a bodily fluids kind of guy.

He feels Nora break into even louder sobs, making him frown and hug her tighter to his body. "Baby, tell me what's going on. What's wrong, hmmm?"

"I want to be married before the baby comes,"Nora tearfully admits, her hand gripping tighter onto Lennon as he continues to brush his nose against her neck, his leg going to tangle in between hers and rest there.