#arthur. chat.

[aggressivelyastrid]

Exchanging Aria had become increasingly easier as the years passed, and at this point, she didn’t so much dread having to hand her daughter over as much as she looked forward to spending a bit of time with Arthur before doing so.  She also saw her free time as something to look forward to, as it allowed her to explore parts of her life that she couldn’t quite do with her daughter and made her miss the little girl, making their reunions so much more rewarding.  It made her cherish her time with Aria more, and as a result, appreciate Arthur for his part in bringing her into her life.  Walking up to his apartment, she knocked on the door and adjusted Aria in her arms.  When the door opened, she smiled and held the girl out to her.  “Delivery for Arthur Pendragon.  I’ll need your signature in the form of a belly kiss right...” she paused and tickled Aria’s belly, “here.”

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[aggressivelyastrid]

Astrid tried her best to remain calm as she watched the changes through her apartment window.  When that calm began to fail, she knew she couldn’t stay away from Aria any longer.  She knew she should probably text Arthur first, but he might try to convince her everything was fine and that wouldn’t make her panic go away.  It was a bit more difficult than she would have liked (it was times like these that she missed her dragon), but she eventually made it to his place and, panting and sweating, knocked on the door.

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[aggressivelyastrid]

Astrid had just put Aria down for her nap and decided to take a break before jumping back into housekeeping.  Arthur should be back from the college soon and would be able to help her out a bit too.  Almost on cue, as she sat down on her couch, he walked through the door.  “I think you might have ruined my couch,” she commented, realizing how sunken in it had become.

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[aggressivelyastrid]

“Arthur?” she called into the Staff Room, not wanting to go in and get into trouble with another teacher.  When it seemed no one else was in there, she stepped further inside.  “You better be in here, you giant pain in my ass.”

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[aggressivelyastrid]

While her morning sickness had slowly gone away over the course of the semester, her need to pee had kicked up and taken its place.  She still ended up having to leave a few times during Arthur’s classes, but she had come to sit right by the door so it wasn’t as much of a disturbance to her classmates.  By this point, her belly was very distinct, and everyone knew that she was pregnant without her having to share the news.  After returning from the bathroom for the second time this class, Astrid pulled her ultrasound back out of her notebook and wrote another idea for a name for her daughter.  This first one, Sassa, joins a list of other classic Viking names.  She returned her attention to the lecture, then packed everything up when the class was over.  As she was leaving, the ultrasound slipped out of her notebook and onto the ground without her noticing, and she made her way out, unknowingly leaving it behind.

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[aggressivelyastrid]

It was her first day of classes and Astrid was pretty excited.  She had never really taken a proper university class, and she was interested in learning new things.  She only had one class on Mondays, a history course that she had picked last minute to fill her class load.  She arrived before the professor, sitting near the front so she could get good notes and hopefully leave a good impression before her pregnancy got out and possibly ruined that.  She was pulling something out of her bag when she heard the professor enter, and when she looked up, she saw none other than Arthur.  “Oh you’ve got to be kidding me,” she muttered a bit louder than intended.

[aggressivelyastrid]

Astrid was sitting at the bar, only buzzed but easily on her way to getting drunk if she wanted to.  That was yet to be decided.  She turned when she heard something at the back of the bar, an amused smirk brushing her lips at the sight of a drunkard singing along with the music playing.  In the time of her turned away, someone sat beside her.  She rotated on her stool to face that person, and when she did, her smile dropped.  “Not you again.”

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