Mel had sat stewing at home long enough. She did manage to escape to go to work on occasion, but mostly been sitting around the house she now shared with Nathan wallowing. She was pregnant, she felt like a fragile piece of shit that couldn't even watch a movie about Batman without bursting into tears when someone got hurt, and she hated it. She ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS]Mel couldn't believe it. She'd managed to keep her breakfast down, and even get through a shower without feeling like she was about to fall over. It felt like a miracle. Her hair was washed and she no longer felt like she smelt like a toilet, or had that icky grimy feel over her skin. She wasn't completely better, but there was ( Read more... )

As Matt rode his bike in the opposite direction to his home as he left work, he found himself wishing he could erase the whole month that had just passed and it do it over. In general, the only time he really got angry was when his sisters were threatened; he normally wasn't an angry person. In fact, he was usually one of those placid easy-going ( Read more... )

Even with bits of Kleenex shoved up both their noses as they suffered together, he still managed to make her feel special.

[Follows THIS and THIS]Nathan was pretty sure it was supposed to be the pregnant woman doing all the throwing up, but the minute she confirmed the suspicions, it seemed like all he could do was throw up. He knew it was a mix of shock and panic, not to mention already being dehydrated from the flu. Pregnancy really had been the last thing he had ( Read more... )

Still waiting for the punch-line.

Mel had been standing on Nathan's doorstep with the brown paper bag from the chemist for nearly ten minutes. She was definitely nervous about talking to him, and considering how much her nerves were already capable of ruling her, it was any wonder she had become immobile now. She couldn't even manage to get the key to the door without dropping it a ( Read more... )

5.11. "Houston, we have a problem."
Apollo 13

Co-written with randybyname
[Follows THIS and THIS]Melanie hadn't slept all night. Not since she worked out that something very important, and something that came every month was late. She should have been due near the beginning of the week, but several days had passed, and still no period. Sometimes it happened ( Read more... )