Convincing her

The two of them spent the whole Saturday talking to friends and family and went ahead to turn in early that day because of the fatigue from the previous day. They lay in bed with Jen's back plastered against Lucas's chest and Lucas's arm thrown over her waist, his palm resting on her lower stomach. He was still very excited about the fact that they were expecting a child.

"Now that I think about it, I should have suspected that I was pregnant," Jen said as she looked at the dark sky outside the glass doors on the other side of their room.

"Hmm? Why?" Lucas asked as he snuggled even closer to her. Pressing his face against the back of her neck.

"I didn't even notice when I missed my period cause I was so occupied with my exams. And recently, I've been so picky with my food," Jen said while deep in thought.

"Mmmh," Lucas responded, he was feeling sleepy, especially with how comfortable he was with Jen in his arms.

"I've also been more tired than usual. My mom just thought it was because I overworked myself during exams when I went home," Jen continued with a smile. She could tell Lucas had already fallen asleep because of his steady breathing, and also because he stopped rubbing her tummy.

She silently stared at the scenery outside before she too was lulled to sleep by his steady breathing. She had a peaceful and dreamless sleep and woke up at 8am. She jumped out of bed and rushed to the bathroom. Lucas dazedly woke up from the ruckus and stared at the closed bathroom door.

He blinked a few times and got out of bed and went to knock on the bathroom door. She was too abrupt for there not to be something wrong with her.

"Jen, are you alright?" Lucas asked but received no answer. He was restless enough to just open the bathroom door. He was too worried to wait for a response. When he walked into the bathroom, he found her seated on the floor in front of the toilet while leaning on the cabinet with her eyes closed.

"Jen," Lucas called and rushed to kneel next to her. Jen opened her eyes and smiled at him in n attempt to reassure him. 

"Are you okay?" Lucas asked worriedly.

"Morning sickness, the timing is a bit too coincidental," Jen said as she patted his hand to comfort him. Lucas looked at her with guilt, why was he the one being comforted here?

"Is there anything you wa…" Lucas started to say but was interrupted when Jen lifted herself and started dry heaving. Lucas helplessly held on to her long hair that had come undone earlier and watched as nothing came out of her mouth but the dry heaving didn't stop. It looked painful and uncomfortable and Lucas felt is heart ache the longer he looked at her.

When she pulled back and rested her back on the cabinet once more, Lucas pulled her into his arms and hugged her. He wanted to go through this on her behalf.

"I'm okay, don't worry about it," Jen said with a small smile. She was actually expecting to go through this. She had talked with Leanna several times and the girl had complained about similar experiences so although she did not think it would happen so soon after finding out, she was not too surprised about it. 

"Are you feeling better?" Lucas asked and only relaxed when he felt her nod against his shoulder. He helped her up and helped her to clean up before sending her straight to bed. He also went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth and freshened up a bit before coming out. 

"What do you want for breakfast?" Lucas asked and Jen squinted at him.

"I want to eat pineapple," Jen said and Lucas felt stumped for a moment before he recomposed himself.

"Anything else?" he asked and after some thought, Jen didn't feel like she could stomach anything else. Since there wasn't any pineapple at home, Lucas called to ask the hotel to bring some up.

"Tell them I want it cold," Jen said and Lucas relayed her orders while ordering some light breakfast for himself. He also felt like he did not have much of an appetite.

"Do you want anything? Water?" Lucas asked and Jen shook her head while beckoning him over. He got on the bed and Jen snuggled up next to him. She just wanted to hug him for a while. Lucas who looked like he was ready to pluck the stars for her, was very willing to hug her back.

"Are you feeling better?" Lucas asked her and Jen nodded while laying on his chest. He smoothened her hair as she listened to his heartbeat and felt herself calm down even more.

"Should I start working from home?" Lucas asked and Jen lifted her head to look at him. It would be good if he could do that. She has been clingy with him since she had arrived and she felt like the pregnancy could be the reason why, if she could spend more time with him, she would not refuse him.

"I wouldn't mind it, but is it possible?" Jen asked with hopeful eyes. Lucas looked at her expression and smiled helplessly. She obviously wanted him around.

"I can work something out with Martin, it's okay if I go to the office three times a week?" Lucas asked and Jen nodded. Since Jen arrived, the seven days had been cut down to five days, now the five days are about to be cut down to three. People worry that when the baby finally came, his paternity leave would be one year long. Jen was about to experience what Leanna experienced with Ethan.