A Little Taste
The pregnancy had made her tired, more so than she had been with Waverly. She had fallen asleep on the couch while watching a movie with Waverly. Cooper had curled up next to her while Mylo was laying with Waverly fast asleep. Nicola hadn’t slept very well. She was finding it harder to get situated the right way and she hated how much room the pregnancy pillow was going to take up. She had gotten up and got on the couch the last few nights and she hadn’t expected Theo to follow. She was having the most vivid dream about their family. She could see Waverly chasing Mylo around the yard of their house. She smiled as she heard a little voice call her “Momma”. She bent down and she could feel their arms wrap around her. She smiled. “Now where is your daddy?” Nicola picked up their child and stood up. Seeing Theo she smiled. “There’s daddy.” She smiled as she put their child down and they took off running towards Theo as they screamed “Dada.” She woke up to the sound of notifications going off on her phone. She groaned as she reached over and grabbed her phone. Some of it was from Marc who was taking over a lot of her work load, a few missed texts from Gabe and Theo checking to see if she was okay or if she needed anything. She loved how attentive Theo was being with her since they had found out that they were expecting. Even if it meant going out late to get whatever she wanted to eat he did.
Sitting up she felt Cooper stir next to her. She smiled as she saw that Waverly was still fast asleep. Nicola’s relationship with her biological parents was not as it should be. She didn’t feel love from either one and she didn’t want her children going through that. She stood up and grabbed the cover that had been knocked into the floor and placed it back over Waverly and Mylo. She leaned down and gave her a kiss on the forehead and headed into the kitchen. She shook her head and smiled when she saw the cotton candy grapes that she had fallen in love with since the beginning of her pregnancy.Theo always made sure that she had way more than enough or anything that she was craving. She grabbed the grapes and some apples. She grabbed a plate and cut her apple into slices and sprinkled a little bit of salt on them. She grabbed the peanut butter and smeared some next to the apples and then placed some of the grapes onto her plate. She placed a hand on her stomach. “I just want you to know that you are so loved by me and your daddy and your big sister. I really wish that your other big sister could be here. She would love you so much. She had such a big heart just like your sister Waverly but I can promise that Sarah will watch over you and protect you.” Tears filled her eyes and slowly fell down her cheeks.
Hearing her phone ring she smiled as she saw that it was Theo. “Hey honey. I just woke up a little bit ago. I’m fine I promise. I was just talking to the baby and then I started thinking about how Sarah will never know her siblings and it just hit me all of a sudden but I’ll be okay.” She smiled as she listened to his voice. “You know you look so good in my clothes.” “How do you know that I’m wearing your clothes?” She questioned. “I bet you are standing in the kitchen with those grapes you love so much and apple slices with peanut butter and probably just a little bit of salt.” She laughed. “Turn around.” At first she thought she was hearing things. “Honey just turn around.” Shaking her head she turned around. She hung up her phone. She laid her phone down and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around him. “I needed this.” She admitted. “I told you I’d be fine.” She looked up at him. “And like I’ve told you I know you and when you said you are going to be fine you are anything but.”
It didn’t take long before Waverly came running to the kitchen. She wrapped her arms around Theo’s waist. “Did we wake you?” Waverly laughed a little. “No.” She came around and got up in a chair. “You didn’t wake me up. I…I had a dream and then I heard dad—Theo and I wanted to come see the two of you.” Nicola smiled. “What did you dream about?” Waverly looked down and then back up at the two of them. “I dreamed that I had a little brother and a little sister.” Nicola laughed. “Are you sure that you and da-I mean Theo aren’t going to have twins?” Nicola didn’t know what to say. She bent down and whispered to Waverly. “Do you want to ask him what you were talking to me about?” Waverly nodded her head. Nicola smiled. She knew that she was probably going to get emotional. Ryan wasn’t in the picture and Theo was the only dad that she knew. “Go ahead. You can ask him.” Waverly was a little nervous but she still looked up at Theo and smiled. “Can I…..would it be okay if I called you dad?”
