I'm yours

Part 31

As soon as she sat in her dark grey Audi r8, Beth started screaming from happiness. Sure, she was given weird looks from the passers-by, but she didn’t care. To hell and everything, she just found out she was pregnant, after 8 years, she was pregnant.
With her hands trembling, she started the car and went to the nearest store; she was going to need some body paint.

Today it was her turn to make dinner and for the starters she made buns in the oven. To secure some time before Sebastian came home from work, she made him go to the other part of the town to get her one thing from the specific store. Then she felt bad because she didn’t even need it, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
With buns, she made peas, pork ribs, baby carrots and baby corn so it indicates on the baby.

“Hey, hon, I’m home!” Sebastian, who finally got home, shouted from the kitchen. The table was set for eating and the kitchen smelled nicely, but no signs of Beth. “Hon?” he asked once again while taking off his jacket and putting it on the hanger. “I got that thing for you.” Nothing.
A faint sound of the TV reached his ears from the living room. Loosening the tie around his neck, he walked into the living room and found Beth there, sleeping in an armchair. An apron was still on her. She seemed happy and relaxed while sleeping, but he needed to wake her up. No matter how hungry she was, she always waited for him to come home so they could eat together.
“Hey Chubby, wake up.” He gently whispered into her ear and kissed her cheek. She slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them. “Oh, hey. Welcome back. I fell asleep, sorry.”, “Really, there is no need for apologizing. Come, let’s eat. I’m starving.” Beth smiled and nodded, accepting his hand to help her stand up.

“Is today some special occasion?” Sebastian asked, looking from the prepared food to Beth. “No.” ‘Yes, you have no idea.’, “Why?” Beth asked, trying hard not to smile. “Just… asking.”, “Uh, damn. Could you please take buns from the oven? I left them inside so they stay warm.”, “Sure. Why did you bother to make buns anyway? It just took your time and energy.”, “I just felt like it.” When he showed his back so he could do what she asked to, Beth covered her mouth in order not to laugh. She couldn’t wait for the end of the day so she could finally tell him.

After watching a movie together, Beth pretended she was tired and said that she couldn’t stay awake any longer. Well, there was some truth in that. “Already? But it’s only 11.”, “I’m sorry. I don’t know what has gotten into me all of a sudden.” Beth gave him an apologetic smile and kissed him; it was their routine to watch their favorite series together on Friday night, but she needed some time to prepare everything.
When she disappeared out of his sight, Beth quickly went upstairs to the bathroom and took a shower. Then, while standing in front of the mirror, she took blue and red body paints colors and started writing on her body, starting from her shoulder- ‘Kiss me here’ and drew baby footsteps which connected the words on different places on her body.

The series ended and Sebastian headed to bathroom after turning the lights off. It wasn’t that funny without Beth; he was laughing more at her than the series, to be honest.
The bathroom smelled like Beth’s favorite musk shower gel; even though it was her favorite, she used that one only sometimes, but smelled heavenly after using it.
After doing his hygiene, he went to their bedroom, expecting it to be in dark, but instead both of the night lamps were turned on and Beth was sitting on the bed wearing the black nightie. It was short, only to cover her butt and perfectly pointed out her body. He was the one who bought it for her, although both of them knew she wasn’t going to wear it; she slept naked most of the time.
“Finally.” Beth said with a sigh, but didn’t seem angry. On the contrary, there was a smile on her lips. He liked where that was going.
“I thought you were tired.” Sebastian said with eyes narrowed while walking to his wardrobe. “Never mind that, I have a surprise.” Beth stood up and turned to him. “Oh? What kind of surprise?” he closed the wardrobe door and approached Beth. Only from up close he saw something red and blue on her body. “What are those?”, “It’s up to you to find out.”, “And what do I need to do to find out?“, ”Just follow the steps.” Beth simply said with a smile and turned her back to him just to show him a card on the nightie on which said ‘Take me off’. Sliding his hands along the smooth fabric on her body, he reached the end of it and slowly took it off, revealing Beth’s half-naked body. On the top of her right shoulder with blue letters wrote ‘Kiss me here’ and a red arrow pointing the spot. He didn’t need to be told twice. After leaving a small peck on her shoulder, he followed the tiny spots that were gradually becoming larger and ended up on the other shoulder on which wrote ‘Here, too’. The next one was on her collar bone ‘How about here?’
Beth covered her stomach and waited till he went through all the marks. The final one was above her belly button where it wrote ‘Hi, daddy! Can I have a kiss, too?’ Sebastian, kneeling on the floor before Beth, stared at those words as if his life depended on it. Beth widely smiled, waiting for his reaction. He stared until tears filled his eyes and started flowing down his face. At last he kissed her stomach and hugged her, leaning his head on the same place he kissed. Seeing him cry made Beth cry, too. From happiness, of course.

7 AND A HALF MONTHS LATER
 CHRISTMAS EVE

“Sebastian, hurry up! I’m in need!” Beth, sitting on the couch and sweating like an idiot, shouted to Sebastian. The temperature in the house was above normal because Beth mustn’t ever be cold, by Sebastian’s orders.
“In a moment!” he answered back and came a minute later, carrying plate with food. “Aw yes!” she cheered up after the first bite of her sandwich with peanut butter, turkey, pickles and ketchup. It has become her favorite sandwich since the 3rd month of pregnancy. “What else do you need?”, “Nothing, sit down here.” Beth said with a mouthful of food and showed with her head on the place next to her. Sebastian slowly sat down and Beth rolled her eyes; he’s been too frightened if something could happen to her that was caused by him. When she entered the 8th month, he refused to sleep in the bed with her and slept on the couch instead, until she got mad at him and didn’t speak with him. Then he came back.
He also didn’t let her do any work around the baby’s room or any work at all. She was lucky if he even let her cook. Or shower alone.
There were 2 hours until the Christmas and they were sitting in the living room, watching TV.
“Ooh, bathroom.” Beth suddenly said and got up with the help of Sebastian, then went to the toilet. It really was bothersome to go to the toilet every 15 minutes.
While washing her hands, she felt something in her abdomen. At first she thought it was the baby moving, but realized it were contractions.
“Sebastian!” she yelled, feeling uneasy. He burst in the bathroom a second later, looking what happened. “Hospital. It’s happening.” Beth simplified in few words and headed out to prepare for leaving. “Oh, my God, it’s happening! Stay calm, stay calm Beth, you’re gonna be fine. Oh, my God!” Sebastian started panicking and walking mindlessly around Beth. She stopped walking to look at him; she’s never seen him like this before, but she saw this coming ever since the baby started growing.
“Sebastian! Calm down, madman. We practiced this, remember? Now, will you please drive me to hospital?” she smiled and gently touched his cheek. “You can do this, you will not pass out, okay? Now go.” He helped her put on the shoes and coat on. When he went to get the car, Beth took her bag, prepared for hospital, and locked the house.
Sebastian was just coming out of garage and instead of stopping, he kept going. Beth just stood there and sighed, waiting for him to come back. She hoped he’d realize she wasn’t there before he gets to the hospital. ‘Should I cry or laugh?’, “I married an idiot.”