Heavenly Virtues

Part 49

St. Patty's Day was finally here, and Ashley was excited not to hear the boys go on about it anymore. She woke up with the nausea that had been eating at her these past few days. She quickly scrambled over murphys sleeping body, kneeing him in the stomach in the process. She heard him groan in pain as her feet hit the ground, and she took the few steps to the toilet.

In her rush, she knocked over the fold out divider, breaking it before she dropped to her knees and had her face in the toilet. Her stomach heaved as last night's dinner made a reappearance. Within seconds, Murphy was up and beside her, holding her hair back. Ashley groaned as Murphy started to rub her back "ye okay love?" He asked her with worried eyes. She nodded as her stomach settled. "I hate this." She whined as she leaned onto his shoulder.

She heard rustling behind her and risked the movement to look to where the noise came from. Connor had rolled out of bed and was cleaning up the broken divider. Ashley wiped her mouth and started to get up. "Sorry Connor, here let me-" Connor held his hand up to her before caressing the side of her face and kissing her hair. "Relax lass, yer carryin' our wee one. I got this." She smirked as him, "I could get used to this." She said with a small giggle.

A wave of nausea hit her again, and she turned quickly to empty the rest of her stomach into the toilet. "Oh, can ye now love?" Murphy joked from beside her before he got her elbow in his rib.

Ashley quickly found that coffee settled her stomach enough for her to get up and move around. She was off to work, and the boys were off to mass before work. The plan was to meet back at the apartment and then head out for drinks. Ashley, who was now the DD, would hang out with the guys and drag them home once they got too rowdy.

When she got to work, Darlene was on her in no time. "Do you have the photos?" She whispered to Ashley, as if it was top secret. She giggled and pulled it out of her back pocket, "oh, look at the Lil peanut. They're so small!" Ashley's cheeks were starting to hurt from the smiling. "Yeah, they're small, but they're packing a big punch." Ashley instinctively rubbed her stomach.

"Morning sickness?" Darlene asked, handing the photo back to her. Ashley nodded, "I don't remember the last time I puked this much." She sighed. Darlene looked like a light went off in her head. "You know! When I was pregnant, I found that peppermint tea with ginger in it worked wonders. Let me make ya a cup." Before Ashley could protest, Darlene was off, jetting around to make her a tea while also getting the diner ready to open.

The day went by quickly, and Darlene was right about the tea. Although not super tasty, it did wonders for the nausea. Ashley found her way back to the apartment with deli sandwiches in tow for the twins and herself. She was starving, and although she knew it would come back later, she dug into the sandwich before her butt could hit the sofa.

As her mouth was full with the sandwich, the phone rang. "Hello?" Ashley did her best to answer over her full mouth. "Ashley? Is tha ye lass?!" Ashley smiled wide. "Hi Annabelle, yeah, it's me. The boys aren't home yet." She stated as she eyed her sandwich on the table. "Oh, good lass. I'm gonna call when they get home. Gonna get em good, scare the fuckin shite outta the ungrateful piss ants." She chuckled.

Ashley scoffed a laugh, "what are you gonna do?" Annabelle laughed heartily, the thickness of her Irish accent coming out the same way it did when the boys had drank their fair share. "Ye'll see lass." With that the phone went dead, Ashley shook her head as she put the phone down and started on her sandwich again.

When the boys came home Ashley's brows furrowed as she watched Connor, adjusting and readjusting his crotch. "You okay Con?" She asked as Murphy passed her and kissed her on the head, moving to strip for a shower. He groaned as he took off his pants, earning a laugh from Murphy. "Dumb ass got kicked in tha nuts by a girl today!" Murphy teased. Ashley furrowed her brows as them "WHAT?! Why?" Connor was fully stripped now as he collected ice into a bag "if tha was a woman I wanna see some fuckin' papers, cause she musta been post op!" Connor exclaimed.