Beaming Love

Sickness

"Jen!"

"JEN!"

"Where are you?"

I hear Brad running up the steps as I lazily lift myself off the floor hoping the movement does not cause any more nausea.

"Are you okay? You don't look too good."

I start to tell him that no, I'm very obviously not okay, but I quickly get interrupted by an overpowering wave of nausea.

He jumps over me to hold my hair back as I go right back to vomiting profusely after hoping I was finally done with this. He tries soothing me as I try to figure out how I could possibly still be vomiting when I haven't eaten anything.

"Court called me worried because you weren't on set yet and you weren't answering your phone."

He pulls me on his lap once I'm finally done and cleaned up, trying to calm me down.

"When did this start?"

"As soon as I woke up. In the shower and everything. I left my phone in our room and just didn't have the energy to go get it when it rang."

He wraps a towel over my shivering body, pulling me closer as his hands rest on my huge belly.

"She must not like something you ate yesterday. You had that chicken last night, maybe that's it."

"I've made it the last 7 months eating chicken. She better not be pissed about it now."

"That was just an idea..."

We sit in each others arms, oddly enjoying the moment even though we're stuck on our bathroom floor waiting for me to be sure I can sit up without vomiting. He gets me some water eventually, and when I can keep that down we decide it's time to move on with our day.

"Let's order some pizza. We can just have a lazy day and lay around. We wont get too many more of those days."

"Okay but I feel really gross. I thought I was over all this vomiting."

"Well, what if you start a bath to get cleaned up? I'll order everything and then join you."

"Really? All the vomiting didn't turn you away and gross you out?"

"Nah. I got over that the first few months when it was bad. Just get comfortable."

I take his advice knowing how badly I need it. This pregnancy, although mostly easy, has still taken a huge toll on my body.

The warm water helps relax my sore muscles as I slowly lower myself into the tub, submerging myself. I feel the pressure quickly melt away from my aching back as it's finally getting relief from lugging around my huge belly.

She starts kicking, liking the warmth of the water as I rest my hands, laying my head back for a much needed rest.

"You look comfortable," I feel him slipping in the tub with me, pulling me closer "I got the extra large pizza. I wanted to make sure you'd have enough."

"This is why I love you. Even if you got me in this situation in the first place."

"Well, soon it'll be worth it. I mean, I've heard it will be."

"You think having someone rip apart my body and then sucking the life out of my boobs is worth all of this?"

"Maybe the part after that?"

"I guess we'll find out."

I take some of the pizza from the tray he has set up, laughing as Brad gets hot pizza all over himself.