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Chapter 31: The next months were peaceful times. Lucky was not allowed to leave
his bed for three weeks. When Liz wasn't there, she made sure someone else kept a close
watch on him. Liz was in her third trimester, she was 6 1/2 months pregnant. {That
is 3rd trimester right?}. School had let out for the summer adn she was at home, where
they had finally moved completely in, resting on the couch. The humidity was getting to her. She was glad school was out. It was
not fun being the recipient of all the stares adn pitying glances that accompanied her,
well, rounded figure. Liz's pregnancy had been going pretty well, she hadn't really had
any ridiculous cravings, although she did have mornign sickness. How many times had she
needed to run to the bathrom during first period? Lucky was at work right now. He had taken a job at a clothing store
in the mall, plus he was doing some bussing at Kelly's. Liz herslef worked pretty
regularly at the art gallery, but she only did minimal work at Kely's, seh got tired so
easy. She was goign to keep working at the gallery until she was 8 1/2 months along. The
money there was actually pretty good. She pushed herslef up from the couch adn walked to the kitchen to
get herself a glass of water. She stared out into the backyard as she let the tap run.
Their baby was going to have a lot of room to run around back there. Liz and Lucky had
started working on the baby's room, but all they had so far was a crib. They had both
decided to not know the baby's sex, but it proved problems in decorating. Liz walked back into the living room. She decided to go out back and
mow the lawn. Lucky would be tired when he got home, he didn;t need somehting else
physically demanding to do. She dragged the lawnmower from the back shed and decided to
start with the front yard. The whirrring of the lawnmower drowned out the noise around her. Liz
was left alone with her thoughts. Thank God, life was finally back on track, sort of.
Granted, she would have to finish high school a year later, but that wasn't such a big
deal. Laura had convinced Liz to let her babysit when she went back to school. Liz hadn't
wanted to give her so much work, but she had insisted. Liz was grateful for Lucky, he had been so great during all this. He
had suffered through her mood swings and irratibility. He had held back her hair for her
when she was puking over the toilet. Their sex life had suffered due to their lack of time at home and
need for sleep, but still wasn't that bad. She smiled in rememberance at yesterday
evening. Lucky had come home early. Liz nearly jumped out of ehr skin when she felt someone's arms close
around her. The noise of the lawnmover had prevented her from hearing anyone approaching. SHe relaxed as she realized her attacker was none other than her
fiance. He nuzzled her neck and she relaxed into him without turning around, "Hey
Nik." Lucky stopped his light kisses, confused. The sound of Liz's
answering laugh showed him she was kidding. He shook his head, "How do you manage to
get me every time with that?" She turned around and wrapped his arms around his neck, "You're
just too gullible." "Gullible am I?" he said adn began to tickle her. SHe
squeeled and tried to shove his hadns away, "Lucky, stop it, the neighbours will
see!" Lucky stopped tickling her. He looked meaningfully at the lawnmower,
"What are you doing mowing the lawn? You need to be taking care of yourself Liz, I
don't want you to take any chaces." Liz waved his concern away, "Stop it Lucky, I know waht I'm
doing. A little physical labour won't hurt me. I just feel so useless." "Liz, after you have the baby you can mox as many lawns as you
like," Lucky laughed. Liz frowned and put her hands back on the handle for the lawnmower,
intending to finish the job. Lucky shook his head and pried her fingers off the bar. "I'll finish, "he insisted. "You go back inside and
rest." Liz turned to go into the house, but not before sticking out her
tongue at his back. As she walked she mumbled to herself, "I don't like being a dead
weight, pregnant doesn't mean useless, adn a whole bunch of other related thoughts. She flopped back on the couch. Lucky came in soon after. He walked over to where she sat on the
couch. He tried to kiss her neck again but she pulled away. He sighed. "I'm not
trying to make you mad here, I just don't want you to take unnecessary risks. I know you
hate feelign helpless, but it's for the best I promise." Liz sighed, "Okay Lucky, I'll slow down, but I won't like it
one bit. This helpless female thing really isn't my style." Lucky could sense her reluctance, but was happy she had agreed to
slow down a little. He sat beside her on teh couch and brought his lips down on hers. The
kiss got passionated fast. Lucky would haebv liked to sweep her off her feet and carry her
up the stairs, but after her pregnancy advanced he just couldn't do it. Liz understood, and pulled him up the stairs behind her. She shut
the bedroom door behind them adn began to urgently unbutton his shirt. As Lucky began to caress her he heard her say softly, "Oh
dear." "What is it Liz?" he asked distractedly, kissing her
collarbone. "Well Lucky, remember when you said we could make love until my
water broke?" "Yeah," he said, confused. "Well,"she said hesitantly,"Let's put it this way. We can't make love anymore." |