Terra Tunn: The Castle on the Plain: Stuck in bed

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Saki lay on the bed, Puffball snuggled under her chin, her half of the luxurious sleeping place almost invisible under books and notebooks, though at the moment she was taking a breaking, snuggled deep in the folds of her bedding, her hands resting over her swollen stomach.

The baby would be coming soon, and she was completely holed up in her room. Moving around simply took too much, and she was worried about hurting the child if she tripped or misjudged the closeness of a table top.

So now she lay, studying in the day and snuggling in against Jubal at night, enjoying his pressence and the time she could spend learning last minute tidbits about childcare.

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[mancalledjubes]

Jubal's eyes were unconsciously wide as he carried the plate of blue jello up from the kitchen. He'd just learned the hard way that jello didn't teleport very well, but had quickly cleaned up the stain and gone back to the cook with an appealing grin to get another portion. The elderly man had shaken his head at him, but supplied a second helping of the treat, complete with strawberry garnish and a piping of delicately pink whipped cream.

"Hey, babe," he said without taking his gaze from it. "You hungry?"

[innocent-lips.livejournal.com]

She looked up, then broke into a grin.

"Is that blue raspberry?" she asked eagerly.

[mancalledjubes]

"Yup!" He grinned back, eyes dancing at her delight as he brought it over to the bed.

[innocent-lips.livejournal.com]

"Thank you!" she beamed. "I was just wishing for some... ohh, look at the creme!"

She moved some books aside eagerly, inviting him to side beside her.

[mancalledjubes]

"Careful..." he coached himself as he did so. "Careful, Lee, don't drop this one. Careful...."

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Saki giggled and kissed his cheek, relieving him of the dish.

"Is there a new spot on one of the carpets?" she asked innocently, taking a bit and revelling in it and then offering im a bite.

[mancalledjubes]

"No." He grinned with embarrassment. "It was on me."

Then he took the bite and sighed. "Mmmm."

[mancalledjubes]

He put an arm around her and kissed her hair, then teasingly made as though to put more cream on her nose. "Yup. Cavity city."

[innocent-lips.livejournal.com]

She giggled and caught the finger with her mouth instead, sucing all the cream off before giving him a kiss... and sticking some behind his ear.

[mancalledjubes]

"Bleah!" He flinched and nearly levitated off the bed, but stopped himself and settled for laughing as he cleaned up the mess.

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"That's what you get," she giggled, snuggling against him. "Truce?"

[mancalledjubes]

"I didn't know we were at war!" He blinked at her and wibbled just slightly.

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She blinked, then shivered.

"I didn't mean that," she said, blinking tears back rapidly as she fought against the surge of hormones.

[mancalledjubes]

"Yeah." His arm went around her so that her head was laying on his shoulder, his other hand going down to rest on the curve of her stomach where the baby lay quietly projecting his happy thoughts and attempts at conversation. The thought that they'd soon be holding that tiny child awed him despite all the things he'd seen in his lifetime.

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She closed her eyes, then smiled.

"I won't be useless anymore, either," she giggled.

[mancalledjubes]

"You're not useless," his voice was tender.

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All I can do right now is lay in bed and eat," she smiled. "I think that is a bit useless."

[mancalledjubes]

"Nuh uh. You're taking care of baby. That's the most important thing in the world."

[innocent-lips.livejournal.com]

"I... I guess so," she blinked, not having thought of it that way.

[mancalledjubes]

"Yeah." He gently smoothed her back.

[innocent-lips.livejournal.com]

"But Layka has Kev now.... so he's supposed to protect her, huh?" she said softly as the thought occured to her.

[mancalledjubes]

"If she needs protecting. But I keep an eye on them all, too."

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She smiled.

"You're the best," she said, kissing the tip of his nose.

[mancalledjubes]

"Nahhhh."

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"Yes. And if you say otherwise I'll think you are calling me a liar," she said, giggling.