Left Behind

Birth Class

"Jessica Phyllis Lange! You have a name for her but won't tell us!" Jane exclaims

Jessica rolls her eyes "Can you keep your mouth shut! I want it to be a surprise. Besides, I'm not totally sure yet. I have to meet her."
Jessica starts folding baby clothes and putting them into the dresser.

Jessica and her sisters were decorating the nursery now that it was painted.

"I can't wait another four weeks! Just go into labor now. I need to know!" She whines

"Can it, Jane. You didn't tell anyone Lillian's name until she was born. Now you know the pain." Ann crosses her arms and looks at her sister sternly

She rolls her eyes and huffs "Fine, whatever."

"Jess, you know what I was thinking?"

"Hmm?" Jessica turns to Ann and smiles

"We should hang up a picture of you and Danny somewhere in here." She says looking at the empty walls

"Aww, that would be cute." Jane adds

Jessica shakes her head. "I don't know..."

"You don't have to... but I think it would be nice."

"You think?" Jessica asks nervously

"Yeah."

Jessica hesitated at first. All of her and Danny's pictures were pushed away somewhere. Jessica really didn't want to have to look at a picture of them all the time. It sounded bad, but it was really just hard for her to see what they once where.

But, Jessica agreed.

"Do you have any we could hang?"

"Maybe... let me go look." She says leaving the room.

Jessica goes into her bedroom closet and pulls down a box filled with framed pictures. She sets them down on the bed and looks at all of them. She couldn't help but cry. It was a lot to see all of these pictures of the couple dating back to high school.

She finally picked one.

"This is so cute. Maybe we should hang it right here." Jane says pointing to a spot near the dresser.

Jessica nods and let's her sisters do what she wants. She walks over to the rocking chair to sit down and take a break. She had been so achey.

"Are you okay, Jessica?"

Jessica pauses for a moment and looks around.
"This is all so crazy... it feels like just yesterday he was here. Then, I found out I was pregnant. Now, I have a month to go until I meet her. It's weird putting together a nursery and hanging up little baby clothes." Jessica catches her breath and chuckles

"I'm going to be a mom. Almost nine months and I still haven't wrapped my head around all this." She shakes her head, and then suddenly the tears come again. She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help it. This was the normal now.

Both of her sisters give her a hug and laugh at all of her emotions. They tried their best to brighten the mood.

"Oh Jess! You're going to be a great mama. We can't wait to see you holding your little girl. It's amazing how fast time flies when you're expecting." Jane says

"She's going to be here so soon!" Ann adds

Jessica cries even harder. "I know!"

"I didn't mean to make you more upset. This is all exciting!" Ann says trying to fix herself

Jessica wipes her tears and tries not to cry. She began to laugh. "I know! I just can't seem to help it anymore. Everyone makes me cry!"

"Welcome to our world." Jane says