***Hey Readers, Well Since my story kind of changed a little from the 1st chapter, I had to change that around , so there's now a prologue. sorry about that, anyway I hope you guys are still liking the story. thanks so much for reading. Much Love :) ***
Chapter 8: One month Left
~*~ 3 Months Later ~*~
Ugh! I hate this summer heat, I only had one more month to go and my back hurt like all the time, and my ankles were swollen because of the July heat. Thankfully I was able to buy some maternity shorts so I didn't have to keep wearing the leggings, in the spring they were fine but once June hit along with the heat I just couldn't do it. I felt like I was going to pass out on that first day of heat. Thank goodness for Michael, he saw that I was not feeling good in the least so he took me to get the shorts. He is so amazing, these past few months he's acted just like I imagined a father would act about this pregnancy and the baby, he loves cuddling with me with his arms around my very pregnant belly, he gets excited when the baby kicks, and this month he's going with me to labor classes. He still hasn't officially asked me to marry him yet and we haven't had sex at all, I know he wants to wait but it's really hard, my doctor said that I'd have a higher urge in my 2nd trimester and wow she was right, even when he just held my hand I totally wanted to do more, but now I mean I still want it but I'm so much more tired and I feel icky almost all the time, so it's better for him. I still don't really get why he wants to wait so bad, but I'm too shy to ask him about it, maybe I'll ask Sarah.
I've been going to church with them every Sunday, and I really do like it, the people are really nice to me, I have gotten a few strange looks but most of the people are so nice, one day the pastor talked about how we all sin and God can't have sin around him, so since He wanted us to be with Him He sent His Son Jesus to die for our sins, and if we wanted to get to heaven we needed to ask Jesus Christ to be apart of our lives and save us, I thought that was kind of weird why would you tell your son to die for the world? I asked Michael about it and he said God did it because He loves us so much, and Jesus didn't stay dead, three days after he died he rose from the dead, when Michael said that I was shocked...whoa, did He really? I couldn’t get that out of my mind, I felt in my heart that it was true. So one night I started talking to God, I asked Jesus to come into my life, and I all of a sudden felt at peace, I wasn’t worried about the pregnancy or anything, so that night I stayed up almost all night talking to God, I told Him everything, my hopes, fears, frustrations, everything. When I told Sarah, Michael and their parents they all hugged me and Sarah said “welcome to the family” it was really cool. They gave me a Bible which I started reading everyday, I couldn’t get enough. I finally found out why Michael wanted to wait, it's in the Bible, sex is for marriage basically. That made me feel guilty because I had sex when I wasn’t married. I talked with Michael about it and He said that God already forgave me and now He's blessing me with a beautiful little baby, that made me feel so much better, it felt great, like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. So anyway I have one more month to go and tomorrow I'm starting labor classes. Today I just felt like sleeping, it was so hot out for me I didn’t want to do anything. Michael was so amazing he brought me some ice water and some frozen raspberry yogurt, that helped a lot. By the time dinnertime rolled around I was feeling much better. I ate with the rest of the family. Then after dinner Michael and I watched a movie, and cuddled. After the movie he walked me up to my bedroom, lightly kissed my lips and said goodnight.
I fell asleep thinking about him.
~*~
I woke very suddenly, breathing heavily. When I realized where I really was I started calming down, 'wow, it was just a dream' I thought to myself. 'it had seemed to real' I looked at my still pregnant belly. I had dreamed about being in labor and giving birth to my baby girl, it felt so real. The scary part was, in my dream I was all alone. I was just left alone at the hospital, with no one helping me but this nurse named Emi. I couldn’t shake the dream and go back to sleep so I tiptoed down to the kitchen. I searched around for the makings of a sandwich, I'd kill for one of Michael's amazing sandwiches but I didn’t want to wake him.'ugh where is the sandwich meat' I couldn’t find it, so after searching and getting frustrated I gave up on the sandwich, I started looking around for other food but nothing sounded as good. I closed the pantry and turned back to the refrigerator, I almost jumped out of my skin all thanks to Michael sneaking up on me.
“what are you doing Kells?”
“you scared the crap out of me, I'm hungry, I wanted a sandwich but I can't find the meat”
“sit down sweetie, I'll make you a sandwich”
“are you sure? I didn’t want to wake you but I was really craving one of your amazing sandwiches”
“Sweetheart, don’t worry about it, next time just come get me”
“really?”
“yes Kelli, now sit” I sat while he made me a sandwich, my favorite, roast beef, he used the leftover beef that his mom made for dinner, sourdough bread, cheddar cheese, mayo, spicy mustard, tomato’s, pickles and lettuce. It was amazing. Just what I needed.
“so why are you up this late Kells?”
“I had a dream and I couldn’t go back to sleep”
“what kind of dream?”
“it was kind of a nightmare, but then it wasn’t”
“want to talk about it?”
“I dreamt about giving birth, I had the baby and it was awesome...”
“what was the nightmare part then?”
“I was alone...”
“what do you mean?”
“I was totally alone, I didn’t have you, or Sarah, or your parents, or anyone, the only person who was there was a nurse, it was so scary”
“your not alone though Kelli, we're all here for you, I'm here for you”
“I know that, but the dream just seemed so real” I started crying and Michael pulled me into a hug
“Kelli, it was a dream, there's nothing to worry about, I am not going anywhere”
I smiled at Michael, he kissed me.
“I love you Kelli, forever”
“I love you too Michael” after I was done eating, we both went back to our rooms and I fell back to sleep with a smile.
~*~
the next morning Michael went to work, and Sarah and I went to the park, the doctor said it was good for me to walk, so that’s what we did.
“are you okay with Michael and I?” I asked her.
“of course I am! I always thought of you as my sister, now if you guys get married we will be sisters”
“yeah. Do you know why he hasn’t asked me to marry him yet?”
“I have no clue Kelli, Michael like to do things different, I know that he wants to ask you soon though”
“how do you know?”
“I can tell, he's getting nervous about something”
“do you think he'll ask before or after the baby is born?”
“I don’t know Kelli, but I know he will ask, he wants to marry you”
“I want to marry him too Sarah, I really love him”
“I can see you do, that's why I'm so happy for you guys, my brother found someone he loves with all his heart and she loves him just as much”
we continued to walk in silence.
~*~
I sat next to Michael as he drove to the community hospital where the labor classes were being held that night. He had the radio playing, it was on a christian station, we were both caught up in our own thoughts. I was nervous about the class tonight, I'll probably be the youngest mother there.
We found a parking spot semi close to the entrance, and we walked in. we had to take the elevator down to the lower level where the conference rooms were. We walked in right on time, Michael was holding my hand.
The lady by the door asked us to sign in then we took our seats. They started out talking about the pregnancy and what happens to your body, then they started talking about labor and the different stages of labor, what I'll feel, what my body does, and then they talked about delivery, how the baby comes out, how my body works with the baby, everything, it was pretty cool. After the presentation they asked us to move to the floor, Michael sat behind me and I had to lean back against him, he wrapped his arms around me. They had me do relaxing breathing while Michael coached me through it. They had me get into different labor positions, some standing up others laying down, it was kind of a workout for me, but Michael helped me through it all.
After the class was over he took me out for some frozen yogurt.
“so what did you think of the class?” I asked him.
“if was pretty cool, it was good to know what to do when the time comes”
“yeah, so when I go into labor, where are you going to be?”
“Love I'll be where ever you want me to be”
“do you think you could be in there with me?”
“of course honey, I didn’t think you'd want me in there though”
“your the only person I do want in there Michael”
“really? I didn’t think you'd want me to see anything”
“you'll be up near my head the whole time, I really want you with me if your okay with it”
“Kells, I'd be glad to be in there with you”
“thanks Michael, that means so much to me”
“of course sweetie, I love you”
“I love you too”
we continued to eat our desert, just looking into each others eyes.