He Who Conquers Others Is Strong, He Who Conquers Himself Is Mighty

Left His Brain In Hawaii

"Will you just relax?" I hissed at Julian. He was getting on my last nerve being all twitchy and fidgety. He kept looking around to the door and checking his phone and watch every three seconds. "He's never late. Why are they late? He's never late" he waffled- still bloody fidgeting. I rolled my eyes for like the millionth time and shook my head and added in a dramatic huff too. "maybe they are stuck in traffic. Maybe they got a puncture, I don't know!" I snapped, throwing my hands up in frustration. "or maybe they're late because of the same reason we were always late!" I snapped again giving him the stink eye. Julian looked at me with wide eyes and pink cheeks. "babe, I told ya, I don't feel right 'having sex' with you being pregnant" he said in a pathetic whisper- like the baby could hear him. I huffed again and crossed my arms over my stomach. "it's perfectly natural Julian. How do you think it got there in the first place?!" I sassed him and he sighed, "babe, Penny- I just, I don't feel right...I mean, our little baby is in there...and like, is there enough room...."
"oh don't be ridiculous Julian!" I snapped again, "it's not that big!!" 

His expression turned from uneasiness to one of shock at my words and I couldn't help but smirk, even though I meant the baby wasn't that big, I thought I'd let him come to his own assumptions... "oh look, they're here" I said, seeing Jamie and Danny walking through the restaurant towards our table. But Julian seemingly wasn't that interested now that they were finally here. Ha. That'd teach him for not wanting to sleep with me. 

"Hey you guys!" Dola beamed a smile as he walked over- arms outstretched for a hug. "Hey love birds" I giggled back at the pair of them. "how have you been?" I asked after pulling away from his big bear hug. "good. Vacation was awesome wasn't it Jame?" he beamed a smile back at his girlfriend before moving over to Julian. "hey Jamie" I giggled at her as she rolled her eyes and took a seat opposite me. "hey Pen. How's things?" she asked me, "seen that little niece of yours yet?" She asked with a grin, knowing just how desperate I was. I laughed and nodded. "Nick wasn't too impressed with the gift we bought Abbie though" I giggled. "oh yeah! Man, that thing weighed a ton!" Danny gasped, "yeah, but you didn't have to carry that fucker on your own man!" J exclaimed and I laughed. "C'mon Pen, you're a strong girl!" Danny looked at me in surprise. I was never one to shy away from manual labour. But I looked at him with a small smile and bit my lip. "I was too busy holding the baby" I excused myself. "oh but how beautiful is she J" I cooed at the thought of her. "yeah" J chuckled. "she had us both smitten huh" he grinned, sliding his hand over my lap to take my hand in his. "absolutely" I smiled up at him. "It would have been so easy to steal her" I laughed, and J squeezed my hand "but there's no need to now..." he said, looking from them to me and back again. I followed his gaze towards our friends and I saw Jamie's jaw drop and her eyes go wide. "haha I know man, now you guys have Winnie" Danny chuckled. "she's totally your furbaby" he carried on as my face turned to surprise. I looked to Julian and then Jamie and she was still looking at me shocked. "When January rolls around, our lives are gonna change" I carried on, leaning into Julian as he moved his arm around my shoulders. "yeah. Bro, I'm so ready for the Bowl. Gonna be epic this year" Danny spoke up, yet not looking away from the menu. Julian, Jamie and I all shared a look and Jamie rolled her eyes. "Dola, you ain't mentally home from your vacation yet are ya" Julian chuckled.

"when you guys flew home, did you leave his brain in Hawaii?" I leaned across the table to whisper to Jamie. She snorted and rolled her eyes. "too much sunshine?" I suggested and she laughed. "shall we see how long it takes him to realise?" Jamie smirked at me and my face erupted into a large grin. "absolutely" I raised my glass to her. "and congratulations" Jamie smiled at me as she clinked her glass against mine.

.........

Dinner was good. Thankfully none of them ate anything that would set off my nausea, and I ate the biggest fillet of salmon I could order. "you feeling alright babe?" Julian asked me as I sat back in my seat and rubbed my stomach. "yeah, that was the best fish I've ever eaten" I sighed in contentment. He chuckled at me and leaned a little closer, "let's hope you keep it down in the morning" he winked and I scoffed at him, "gee thanks husband" I rolled my eyes playfully and he chuckled more. "have you got to eat like certain things?" Jamie chirped up. I looked over to her and smiled, "plenty of fruit and Vegetables. Fish maybe twice a week. Red meat and dairy." I informed her, "and I got like a cabinet full of vitamins I take too" I added. 

"man, I frickin' hate diets." Danny huffed, "no one should go on a diet. A varied, healthy lifestyle. That's all anyone needs" Danny interrupted us, "Sweetie, your career insists on you permanently being on a diet." Jamie smirked, knowing her choice of words was going to annoy him. "It's not a diet." he huffed, "it's a diet plan" he corrected her, oblivious to the fact we were teasing him. "but you two, you two are beautiful. You don't need no diets" he grumbled waving his hands around. 

"Danny boy, how many Tequilas have you knocked back?" Julian half chuckled, half questioned him. "two" he replied simply. J looked at me and raised a brow. "I'm not drunk" he grinned. "just high on life" he said, giving me and Julian a smirk. I rolled my eyes but laughed at him, "what have you done to him Jame?!" J laughed, and Jamie flushed bright pink. "she made me the happiest man on the Earth, that's what she did" Danny interrupted. "having her move in with me. It's completed me" he sighed, pulling her roughly into his chest, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. J and I sat there watching them both with big smiles on our faces, highly amused at our friend's actions right now. "who would have thought Jules, 3 years ago we'd be in this position now?" he said, uh-oh philosophical Danny was rearing his head...."I know Danny boy. Never expected it" J replied as he looked into my eyes. I smiled at him and bit my lip as I felt his hand gently graze over my tiny baby bump. "we're lucky sons of bitches ain't we" Danny added. "seriously dude, how many have you had?" Julian questioned him again. "I wanna order some champagne." he said, ignoring J's question. I shot a slightly alarmed look at Jamie and Julian and then looked to Danny. "Um, not for me Danny...." I said watching him trying to flag down a waiter. 

"huh?" he looked around at me with confusion swimming in his dark eyes. "I'll take a pass on the alcohol" I said with a smile. He sat back in his chair as his eyes darted from me, to Julian, then back to me again. "y-you're not on a diet are you..." he asked as his eyes went wide. I giggled and shook my head. "a-and...." I could see him mentally counting and then he swallowed hard. "y-you weren't talking about the super bowl either were you?" he gasped. Julian and I both shook our heads as we grinned stupidly at our friend. "Oh my god guys!!" he gasped so over the top dramatically. 

"aannnd the Penny's dropped" Jamie sighed, before dropping her face into the palm of her hand.  

.............

"babe, I know it's Dola, but shit, can't we bend the truth and tell him we aren't getting the baby baptised?" Julian said as we drove home after dinner. I giggled at him and picked up his hand in mine, "yeah he was a little too over excited wasn't he" I giggled thinking back. "maybe it was a good thing he hadn't realised until later, or dinner would have been a totally different experience" I giggled, "I mean, I know he is happy for us, and he would make an awesome Godfather-" 

"babe, I agree with you, but please do not fuel his fire. Swear to me you are not going to tell him that until we are actually planning the baptism?!" I sensed the panic in Julian's voice and I giggled. "my lips are sealed. It's not just us he's going to drive crazy, think of poor Jamie" I sniggered, feeling slightly amused by the thought. "man, she's gonna kill us for this" Julian sighed, but the smile he sent me showed me he was just as amused as I was.