I've been staying at Jarnettes house for a couple of days now with Leia wand it feels so nice not to be at home on my own. Leias been sleeping downstairs with Alfie Jarnies dog and they seems to be getting on really well like they always do. Jarnies been cooking the meals since I can't cook and even when I ask to cook she always tell me to sit down and rest.
"Hey, can I help?" I ask watching her prepare food for later "no no, I'm quite fine here. Go and sit down, that's what Lizzie would want" I nod "she would but I don't do anything at home when she's there and I'm a practical person. Please let me do something" jarnie smiles "you are so pushy. If there really is something you want to do, you can chop up some carrots" I grab a chopping board and a knife from the counter and start peeling the orange veg. "How's your back today?" "Better, those pain killers helped me sleep so much better" she smiles softly cutting the broccoli "I'm so glad to hear it". We finish cutting the vegetables and we decide to watch 'its a wonderful life' because it's Jarnies favourite Christmas movie and Ive never actually seen it before which is awful. It's such an iconic film and since Lizzie's an actress it's doubly awful. Leias sitting by my feet and every so often I stroke her head whilst she licks my hand.
My phone starts ringing and Jarnie pauses the film "it's lizzie" I tell her looking down at it "take it, I don't mind waiting" "thank you". I stand up and answer whilst leaving the lounge "hi baby" I say moving to the side so Leia can run up past me "honey it's so good to hear your voice. Are you okay? I saw the footage on the CCTV camera" I walk into the room I'm staying in and sit on the bed looking out the window "yeah I'm fine, it wasn't a very big fall. Did you see the scan I sent?" "I did and I replied to it. Our baby's looking big. Did you get to hear the heartbeat? You were really looking forward to it" I smile remembering it "I did, don't be mad. It was so cute, my heart melted. Your mum came with me, she cried" Lizzie laughs from the other end "aww, I wish I was there. Are you sure your okay?" "I'm fine, I don't need you worrying about me. All I have is a slight graze on my spine but I'm fine and the baby's fine. Your mum's been looking after me. Me and Leia are staying at hers this week, she didn't want me staying at home on my own" "that's fair. At least I have someone watching you, checking your taking your vitamins and eating". I lay down on the bed and pat the spot next to me which Leia lays down on "so how's filming?" "Brilliant. It's amazing. Not as amazing and brilliant if you were hear of course" "well no, obviously not" I chuckle in response. "Scar slipt up, she told the whole cast about the baby" "what! It hasn't been twelve weeks yet, something could still go wrong' I tell her panicking "sssh baby, don't think like that. They all said congratulations and after Christmas, Chris wants to take us out for a meal which isn't a bad thing baby" "I know it isn't a bad thing, I'm just not sure how I feel about everyone knowing. That's all" "aww baby. Everyone is really excited, there's nothing to be worried about. What have you a mom been doing?" "Um nothing really, we went looking for cars yesterday and I've found one I like the of, it's a hyundai sonata and it's only $20,000 dollars so it's not that expensive" I share "is it a family car?" "Yeah. Three proper seats at the back and a gigantic boot space for Leia" "oh ok, when I get home we can look more into it. What else have you done?" I look up smiling and out the window. My smile immediately drops seeing the figure at the bottom of the garden beyond the fence who I saw a couple of weeks ago. "Baby, you still there?" Lizzie asks but I don't answer "y/n, baby. Is everything okay?' I pick up the phone with a shaky hand and bring to to my ear "y-yeah, I'm here. We um, we haven't really done anything more. I've only been staying here for two days" I keep watching out the window to see if anything changes "ok. How are my other babies?" "Leias getting on with Alfie and she's been really close to me since the fall. The baby's fine, strong beartbeat like I've already told you and measuring perfectly" "aww that's great news babe. When will we find out the gender? If you want to" I smile and lay back down on the bed being spooked out by the figure "13 weeks for an NT scan but its 70% accuracy. Do you want to know the gender or keep it a secret?" "I'm not sure, maybe know so we can buy things but if you don't want to we don't have to, I don't mind" "yeah. I'm not sure if you do. I mean, waiting until birth is something I've always wanted to do. I found out with Grace" "okay, then we don't have to. I'm happy with either way. As long as your both healthy then I'm happy" "me too. Can you talk to me in your husky sokovian accent before you go?" "Of course". She says a couple of sentences which are so horny I thought Lizzie was going break the phone "I'm dripping baby" I joke making her laugh "you will be when I get back. I love you" "I love you too horndog. Do us proud, the four of us are waiting for you" "okay okay, I'll be home as fast as I can. I can't believe you'll be ten weeks, that's insane" "I know baby. I love you, bye" "bye". I roll onto my side and put my head next to Leias "we should go back downstairs to Jarnie" I tell her and moan as I sit up "Leia come on" I tell her and pull her off the bed by her collar "good girl" she follows me down the stairs and we go back into the lounge. Jarnie sit up making room for me to sit "how was it?" "Good. She wants to know the gender of the baby but I don't want to, I'm not sure if we should" jarnie smiles and grabs the blanket from the back of the sofa "what did Lizzie say?" "She said she doesn't mind either way but she did say she wanted to. I'm not sure on what to do" "there will still be three weeks after Lizzie comes back when you can decide together and it doesn't have to be then you find out. It can be a gender reveal or find out later like at 20 weeks. Lizzie won't mind either way, she's just happy she gets to do this with you" she lays the blanket over us "your right, I'm over thinking this way too much" she smiles softly and starts the movie again.
It's now time for bed and I've just cleaned and brushed my teeth, now I'm getting into my pajamas. I close the curtains and change into a tight vest and pajama bottoms that I packed from Lizzie's draw, she won't know. I climb into bed and Leia looks up at me "okay come up here" she jumps up and sits next to me "did you see him? I saw him" I whisper stroking her ears. I lay down and so does she, resting her head on my stomach "are you turning into mama now? Mama always does this" I whisper stroking her fur. I take a quick photo and send it to Lizzie with the caption of 'shes protecting the baby just like her mama' and then put it on to charge. I put the duvet over her and lay on my side "goodnight Leia" I whisper and close my eyes for the night.
