What is it, Nym?

Chapter 10

"Are you sure that you that you don't need anything else?"

Nym laughed, and told me to sit next to her.

"I'm fine, baby. Come here."

She moved and I noticed she was trying to hide a sore neck.

"What did I say about you being in pain? Come here."

I moved, and she sat in front of me. I started rubbing her neck, and she groaned. I smiled, knowing that I could help a little. She leaned back and I started on her back.

"Better?"

She groaned, and I realised that I wasn't going to get a coherent sentence out of her. She often got like this, when I rubbed her back. She was 7 and a half months now, and we were both excited. Our parents had surprised us with stuff for the babies, so we didn't have to worry about getting anything for them for a while.

"Yeah, thanks baby."

I kissed her shoulder, and stood up. Nym stood up and we walked into the nursery. We were sorting through everything we had gotten from friends and family. Nym sat down and looked at me. I picked up a pink one piece and smiled at her.

"What?"

She shook her head, as I sorted through stuff.

"Nothing. I was just thinking."

"About?"

I looked up, as I folding some more clothes. We had gotten everything we could possibly need and more.

"Everything that happened between us. I really don't know what I would've done without you these past few months." 

I drop what I was folding onto the dresser and walked over to her. I knelt in front of her, taking her hand. She looked at me, and I smiled at her.

"Nym, when you turned up that night, all I wanted was to be there for you. When you kissed me, I couldn't believe it. I knew I liked you, but I didn't want to say anything and upset you. I can't wait for these 2 to get her, so I can adopt them and be there for the 3 of you."

Her hair turned pink, and she smiled. I really meant what I said. I wanted to be there for them.

"I thought you would reject me when I kissed you. I didn't think-"

"Don't be silly. I wanted to do that, but I didn't think it was a good idea considering what had happened. But, I'm here for you and I'm not going anywhere. I love you, Nym."

"I love you to, baby."

I kissed her and stood up. I grabbed what I had been folding and folded it. She made a joke about all the clothes we had gotten and I threw it at her. She caught it and folded it, laughing. We finished sorting everything out and went out to the living room.

I sat on the couch and Nym sat next to me.

"Hey, you hungry?"

Nym nodded, and I made us something. When we were done, Nym wanted some ice cream. She'd had a few others, but this one hadn't changed. I got some for her, and sat next to her.

"Better?"

She smiled, and turned to look at me.

"Yeah, could you get time off for tomorrow?"

We had an appointment the following day and I had managed to get the time off.

"Yeah. Don't worry, I'll be able to go. I always make sure I get time off for this. How's Kingsley?"

"Fine, he's keeping an annoyingly close eye on me lately."

That wasn't surprising, considering she only had a few weeks left.