Coming Home

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

***32 Weeks Pregnant***

I have been on bed rest for the last couple of months and it's starting to take a toll on me and Juice. I know he's getting tired of no sex. I can see it. I get up and move to the couch and see he's sitting in the kitchen with a beer at the table. "You're not supposed to be up." he tells me and I don't respond. I sit on the couch and pull my feet up under me and just rub my stomach. "You okay?" he asks as he leans against the doorway between the living room and kitchen. "I've been thinking about things. Neither of us are happy Juice. I see how miserable you are and I can't do anything to change it without hurting Perry. It's not fair to us or him to have us this miserable." I tell him. "What are you saying?" he asks. "I think I might move to dad's for a while. You can't keep your head straight if you're stressed and I can't give you that release that you need." I tell him. "We're not doing that." he says. "Yeah. We are. I love you Juice. More than you know but I can't stand seeing you stressed like this and I can't give you what you need. It's not fair to you. I'll call dad now and see if I can move up to the cabin." I tell him as I go to stand. He comes to help me and cups my face and says "I'm just worried about you guys." I pull away from him and say "I know." before walking away. I make it to the bedroom before the tears start to fall. Before I can pick up my phone, I feel a sharp pain and I cry out. Juice comes running and before he can ask what's wrong, my water breaks. "Juice?" I ask. Cupping my face, he kisses me softly and says "Let's head to the hospital."

We get there, and they get me hooked up to monitors. "Your water broke so we can't stop the labor but even being born eight weeks early, he will be okay." the doctor tells us and I just sit there and rub my belly. She leaves the room and he says "I just texted Opie to get your dad. Told him your water broke." he says. "I still want to move up to the cabin." I tell him. "Fuck that. Baby look at me. You've seen me stressed out. But it's not because of the no sex. You've still been taking care of me but I've been stressed because I'm scared I'm gonna screw this kid up." he tells me. "Juice if you need that release I understand." I tell him. "Baby, you give me the release I need. Don't worry about that. You're the only one. I just want to be a good dad." he tells me. "You will be." I say. "She's right Juice. You're going to be a great dad." Opie says as he hugs Juice and then me. "How you doing Bitty?" he asks. "I'm okay Giant." I tell him. "No you ain't. She was talking about moving up to the cabin for a while." Juice says. "Why?" my dad asks. "She thinks I've been stressed out because of not having sex." Juice tells them. "You're not moving to the cabin." my dad says. "That's right. You're staying home with me and our son." Juice says as he kisses me softly.

Few hours later, Perry is born and we have everyone in the room with us and my dad is holding his grandson. Mary walks in and over to me. I'm really surprised to see her there. "How's my grandson?" she asks. "Perfect." I tell her. She looks at me and smiles softly and says "You did good baby." I smile softly and say "Thanks Ma." I see her walk over and she kisses Piney's lips and me and Opie say at the same time "What the fuck?" They look at us and say "We're not the same people we were back then. We're just taking it a day at a time." he tells us. Opie and I look at each other and say "Congrats?" They look down at Perry and Kenny and Ellie walks over and kiss his head. "Welcome to the family." Ellie says and she looks at me and smiles.

A little later, it's just us in the room. "Six more weeks." he says. I look at him. "At least now we know how many days until we can finally be together again." he tells me. "I've missed you." I tell him. "At least we can fool around more now." he tells me. I kiss him softly and say "Yeah babe. We can." I look down at our son and he's looking up at us. He gives that little angelic smile and see he looks just like Juice. "He looks like you." I tell him. "He has your eyes and lips." he tells me. I look up at him and say "Thank you for not giving up on me." Kissing me softly he says "Never baby." before we spend the rest of the evening just us and our son.