STARKID Senior Year

The One With The Hand In The Chicken

The entire group slept at Darrens house because everyone fit. Darren and Lauren stayed in his old room, Brian and Meridith stayed in one of the guest rooms upstairs, and Jaime stayed in the other. Dylan stayed in Darrens brother Chuck's old room, and Joey stayed in the down stairs guest room. And because Darren wouldn't let anyone in his parents room and Joe complained about how un comfortable the couches were, Joe slept on an air mattress in the room with Dylan.

Laurens eyes opened and it took her a second to realize where she was. She felt it coming, slowly rising up from the pit of her stomach, morning sickness. She was trapped, in the middle of the wall and Darren. She couldn't get out from the foot of the bed there was a dresser blocking her way. So she did the only reasonable thing

"Darren, Darren, get up, move!" She yelled then shoved him off the bed and jumped over him and ran to the bathroom. Yes Lauren knew that she simply could just have climbed over him but this was was way more fun.

"Lauren what?" Darren said as he hit the floor, "Is it the baby, is it coming, shit him not ready to be a father, I thought I would have nine months to prep, oh God oh God." He rambling as he stood up.

"Stop your damm rambling and come hold my hair." Lauren yelled from the bathroom. Darren rushed to the bathroom and sat down on the floor beside Lauren and held her hair and rubbed her back. Darren watched Lauren basically vomit her guts out, and it still thought to himself man she's beautiful.

When Lauren was finally done she shut her eyes and fell into Darrens loving arms. He held her close and gently rubbed her back. Today was not going to be a easy day.

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Just as Darren had predicted Lauren was having a horrible time. She had skipped out on breakfast because the thought of eating food make her throw up. She pinched her nose while she cooked because even the smell messed with her.

Every eye on the stove was being used. The front eyes had green beans and macaroni, cooking on them. And the back two eyes had carrots and potatoes boiling, for mashed potatoes, on them. The oven had the chicken baking in it. Lauren was glad the Darrens parents had such an elaborate kitchen because it had two ovens. So in the other oven the ham was keeping warm. Lauren basically did everything by herself. She had help, Jaime and Meredith begged for Lauren to give them jobs, and she did, small ones, like Jaime mash the potatoes when there done, or, Meredith can you put these pies in the fridge to keep cool. Even the boys offered to help, but Lauren dismissed them and told them to just go watch the parade.

"Okay, um Jaime and Meredith can you guys go set the tabel?" Lauren asked them while she stirred the macaroni.

"Yea, hey Lo, why don't you go sit down, everything is basically done." Jaime suggested to her friend.

"I can't, someone still needs to mash the potatoes." Lauren replied.

"I can do that, Lauren, why don't you go sit down and watch the parade." Meredith told her. Both Jaime and Meredith just wanted Lauren to rest because they knew she didn't feel good.

"Fine, but um remember the potatoes need to be mashed, oh and un plug the crock pot, the dressing is done, don't forgot about the pies there in the fridge, oh and the ham in the other oven, and turn everything off don't want to burn the house down, and-"

"Lauren we've got this." Jaime said cutting her off. Lauren looked at her friends and took off her apron and walked into the living room and sat down beside Darren on the couch.