The Joys of Expecting

Posted on Thu Mar 19th, 2020 @ 5:39pm by Brigadier General Kaden Ross

1,745 words; about a 9 minute read

Mission: Episode 106 – Stalemate
Location: Ross Quarters USS Mercy
Timeline: MD1 1900 hrs

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"Freya, I am sure he didn't mean it." Kaden said leaning up against the wall next to bathroom with his arms crossed.

“Oh yes he did!” Freya shouted from where she was sitting on the bathroom floor.

Kaden sighed rubbing the bridge of his nose he tried again to open the bathroom but Freya still had it locked. "Freya, come on out and talk to me...please..." He practically begged. "I think you look just fine and that should matter shouldn't it?"

“It matters to me!!” She called back as she stood and looked at herself at the mirror. Freya had always prided herself on her slim figure, now she was 18 weeks pregnant and pushing into the fifth month of her pregnancy she was starting to show a fair sized bump for the mid point of her pregnancy. Her midwife had been quick to reassure her that it was simply because her baby was surrounded by plenty of fluid.

Kaden finally placed his hands on his hips tapping his foot. "Freya Ross, are you going to seriously let some punk teenager call you a bloated whale get to you?" He pounded on the door a few times. "Come on out here and talk to me or so help me I will blast this door open." The big man was merely bluffing and being a wise ass but he hoped it was enough to get his beautiful wife to come on out.

Freya slowly emerged from the bathroom in a sexy maternity dress that she’d chosen early on because she knew Kaden would like it. It showed up her bump and growing cleavage quite nicely. “Are you sure I don’t look fat? You know how much I hate that!”

Kaden happy she came out before he felt had to do anything rash smiled as he kissed her. "Freya...I swear to you that you are still the most beautiful angel I have ever seen." He looked down and noticed the nail paint on her toes was a mess. "Well so much for that spa visit you had." He hobbled half way over to the couch before extending his hand. "Come on, let me help you fix your nails."

Freya smiled and nodded. "Okay, I'm sorry for being so silly! You know how much I like looking after my figure and I over-reacted."

Kaden took a seat on the couch next to his cane while he watched Freya get her makeup kit from her vanity. "It's okay, I am just sorry your day at the spa was ruined. You been looking forward to relaxing there and get a make over for the past week." He sighed clearly a bit annoyed. "Damn kids these days I swear..."

Freya smiled. "Well we'll make sure we raise ours to be more polite." She relaxed back in her seat with a cushion behind her back. "I shouldn't have taken the comment seriously, it was my own fault."

Kaden shrugged as he placed Freya's bare feet on his lap. "I thought Betazoids had tougher skin anyway to things like that...you seem to always around me..." He held his hand for Freya to give him nail paint cleaner to start fixing the mess on her toes.

“We normally do.” Freya handed the nail varnish remover to Kaden. “It’s being pregnant, the changes in my hormones make me feel pretty vulnerable sometimes. I can cry at the silliest things!”

Kaden went to work and shrugged his his shoulders. "You seem to be good around me," He paused. "Just cause you got that baby bump don't mean I don't find you any less attractive. You are still my cute little Betazoid angel like the day we met on the beach." Kaden smiled as resumed fixing her toes.

Freya smiled and wiped away an emotional tear. "See what I mean? I am so lucky to have you Kaden! I'm really glad I decided to tell you how I felt about you."

Kaden paused again. "If I recall you accidentally read my thoughts of me wanting to ask you out but I was too shy to." He grinned. "Still forgive you for that by the way..." He teased.

"I hope so! That could have gotten me into a lot of trouble!!" She grinned. "I'm glad I said yes then and yes to marrying you as well."

"Well, you read my thoughts on that too cause I couldn't get the words out to propose..." Kaden said sticking his tongue out.

“You did ... eventually!” Freya grinned as she watched him carefully cleaning off the old nail varnish off her toes ready to start a new coat. “I’m glad you did. Now look at us! Expecting our first baby!” Her smile practically glowed.

Kaden shrugged his shoulders. "I did eventually yes, but you already knew I was trying to propose." He focused back on Freya's toes. "Well, I wouldn't ask for anything different I know I still need to work on things but...I am happy where my life is."

"That's good. Which reminds me, with General Hurd gone his orders no longer stand. Are you still happy for me to remain on full maternity leave for the duration of my pregnancy and the two months after that he originally ordered?"

"I don't see why not far as I am concerned his orders still stand as does you being my assistant." Kaden moved on to her next toe. "Just focus on the baby and relaxing."

“Aye Sir!” Freya grinned as she saluted. “I thought it best to ask as you are in charge now.”

Kaden finished cleaning Freya's painted toes before holding out his hand to have her give him the color of nail polish to apply. "I understand, there won't be too many changes I still got to fill out the staff again but I am sure Bremer is already on top of getting new bodies." He replied.

“Of course” She smiled “But there’s no reason why I can’t help you with the paperwork, I am your assistant after all. I can either work from here or take up residence in your office during the day to go over personnel requests and day to day reports.”

"Care for me to apply a new coat? Trust me I got pretty steady hands have to when disabling explosives under pressure. My MARSOC instructors made sure of that." Kaden said still holding out his hand.

“Please do” Freya smiled. “You know that still makes me nervous, the idea of you having to go diffuse explosives. I know it doesn’t happen very often but it’s scary nonetheless.”

Taking the nail polish Kaden went to work. "I hadn't done something like that in a long time so I consider myself lucky." He looked at his legs thinking about the fire that nearly killed him in the recent battle. "Well, mostly lucky."

"No I'm the one whose lucky!" Freya smiled at her husband. "Lucky to have you as my husband and the father of our baby. I'm a very lucky woman."

Kaden again shrugged his shoulders as he shook his head. "I suppose so I can understand how are feeling right now. I am glad how things are turning out for us despite the few bumps we had." He looked at the woman of his life. "Any idea if it is a boy or girl yet?"

“Do you really want to know?” She offered a smile. “I am getting a sense but I could be wrong.”

Kaden stopped turning to face Freya clearly intrigued. "Wait, you can SENSE our kid now? What is it thinking? How is it feeling?" Clearly he was excited and curious.

“Well... first off the baby isn’t an it! He or she is just that, him or her not it.” She grinned. “As for sensing, yes I can. Just as I’m aware of our baby, the baby is aware of me in some rudimentary way. Betazoid children are usually not born with their abilities, I was one of the rare ones. I’m hoping our baby won’t be born that way. Right now he is sharing my body and therefore my abilities in some way.” She paused to see if Kaden caught what she’d said about the baby being a male.

Kaden sighed as he felt somewhat stupid. "Look, I wasn't trying to be mean just till I know what gender our kid will be I tend say it quite a bit." He told her.

“Hey I didn’t mean to make you feel bad.” Freya gave Kaden an apologetic look, before smiling. “You have a son Kaden, of that I’m 90% sure but we’ll have the doctor confirm it when I have my scan.”

Kaden perked up again. "A boy? You mean we are having a son?" He asked.

Freya grinned and nodded. “Just what you always wanted.”

Kaden shook his head. "No, I wanted a daughter too." He corrected.

“Well there’s nothing to say we can’t have more children!” She smiled as she kissed him on the cheek and cuddled up.

Kaden rested his head Freya's pondering over what she said. "Well, you are right nothing out saying we couldn't. You gonna be okay with a couple of studs for a while?" He asked.

"Of course!" Freya grinned. "I'll be the happiest woman there is!"

Kaden's brow creased as he looked at Freya. "I thought you already was!" He exclaimed.

“I am!” She paused. “Sorry I didn’t mean to sound like I wasn’t happy.” She waited for him to finish her nails before moving so they could cuddle up. “You know how much I love you, I always have and I always will. I’d be lost without you.”

Kaden propped his feet up on the table in front of them rubbing his left leg for a moment. "I love you too, Imzadi." He replied resting his hand on her baby bump. "Just don't let any of those kids out there get to you. Cause it don't matter how big you get I still find you a fox."

Freya placed her hand on his. “Then I’m happy and I’ll try not to feel like a baby space whale!” She smiled warmly.

"I hope not last thing I want to do is have to blow up the bathroom door just to get you to come out." Kaden teased.

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