Can You Hear Your Heart

Chapter Seven

I'm feeling much better now. At last, I feel more like myself as I finish off my first trimester.

The time I was able to say goodbye to morning sickness was last week on a Saturday morning. I woke up in the middle of the night and I made my last trip to the toilet. But when I went to the kitchen to get a glass of water, I discovered something new about me.

The moment I entered the kitchen that morning, I smelled this odd smell almost immediately. My eyes landed on the stove, but there was nothing. Anna sometimes forgets to put some foods away, but she didn't this time.

That's weird, I thought to myself. My abilities are only among the ice extremities. The last time I was tested at the facility, I'm not a werewolf-like meta human with ice abilities. Sam is the only one like that.

But as I stepped around the counter and into the kitchen, the smell became more powerful. It wasn't pleasant either. It was like an old and moldy smell. I stepped to the stove again and sniffed. Nope. Not there.

I went up to the sink. Not there either. When I opened the refrigerator, the smell just hit me in the face with such force that I covered my nose with my hand.

I would have just left it there and forget like it was never even there. I mean....it was three in the morning. But of course my hormones ran all over the place, making me open the refrigerator wider in order for me to start cleaning it out.

I was midway there. I was actually surprised at how fast I took all the things out just because of a penetrating smell. Gosh. This child is making me crazy....

Then my sisters stepped in with squinting eyes and confused looks. I smiled at them and said, "Hey ladies. I'm sorry if I woke you up I just--"

"What in the world are you doing, Vivica?!" Indina asked as I took out some old salads they must've forgotten from a while ago.

"I'm cleaning this thing out. Do you not smell that?!" I pointed towards the open refrigerator.

Indina stood silent to sniff and shook her head. "No, Vivca. I don't smell anything. Do you smell it?" Indina said to a groggly Anna. She silently shook her head. I could tell that she's angry at the way I've woken her up.

"Are you sure? Because it's really strong. I can't be going crazy here now," I said with a hint of concern. I think I am going crazy or maybe I just needed a snack, but my nose acted upon that hunger.

But Indina gently shook her head. "No. You're not crazy. It's part of your pregnancy. Just....don't make too much noise, okay? I have an important business meeting tomorrow or....what time is it?" She looked at the clock on the stove top and her eyes grew wide. "3 AM?! Lord. Vivica. Go back to sleep, will ya?"

"I can't," I said. "I can't because then this smell will haunt me all night."

"Just be quiet, okay?" Anna said as she rubbed her eyes. I nodded at them and they both hesitantly went back to their rooms.

I continued on as quiet as possible. I was actually almost done until I took out a glassed jar of jello that Anna must've made yesterday. Of course my clumsiness took the best of me there when the jar slipped out of my hands and the glassed jar broke into a loud sound of a million pieces.

I gasped and quickly crouched so I could put my hands on the floor and freeze up all the glassed pieces. This way it makes it better for me to see every single piece. But I still woke up my sisters, again, and all they did this time was help me out so I could finish up quicker. Hey. At least I cleaned out that thing and found the source of my panicking nose. It was a moldy cheese.

Despite of my guilt for ruining a night for my sisters, my heart skips a beat since today I'm going to another appointment with Shaun. Well, this time we try to put on our armor just in case we get anybody else that's rude. So we quietly enter the clinic and sit at the waiting chairs.