September 20, 2014
Chapter One-c: Crowded Dwelling
Sawyer jumped out of bed and quickly made her way to the bathroom. Maddie was in there, taking her old sweet time about it, too. By the time Sawyer could get in she’d nearly soiled herself. Carefully, she undid the package on the pregnancy test. Reading over the instructions, she couldn’t wait to see the results. Yes! Yes! Yes! She squealed quietly to herself. She was eating for two. She couldn’t wait until Erik was home from work. She knew he would be ecstatic. The moment he walked in through the front door, Sawyer flagged him into the bedroom. Madalyn pretty much kept to herself these days. If she was aware of what was going on between her very young husband and their new roommate, she never let on. Never gave them any grief about it.
Sawyer embraced Erik and kissed him passionately. “I have Big News,” she said. “I’m pregnant!”
Erik smiled and held her tight. “Thank you, Sawyer, I’ll never forget this. You’re giving me such a gift. You have no idea.”
“It’s a good thing I’m chubby. She may never catch on.”
“Well, she may be old, but she isn’t blind. I think this is where the ‘boyfriend kicking you out’ story might well suit our situation.”
“Well, I’m not too keen on that story. You’re my boyfriend, after all, and well, unless you sent me a text I never received, I haven’t exactly been kicked out, either.” Erik hugged her tightly.
“I love you,” he said. “I have never been so happy as when you moved in. I was a drowning Sim, and you saved me.”
“Oh, Erik, you make me feel so flirty,” she sighed.
Despite her figure, Sawyer did show. Toward the end of her pregnancy, she waddled so badly, a Sim would have to be totally blind not to guess the reason behind her weight gain. Still, Maddie didn’t meddle. Oh, she was quick to inspect the bassinet when they set it up in the corner of the master bedroom. But, she said nothing about it. Just patted the side of it and walked off. Erik figured it was due to her profound sense of guilt for having tricked him into marrying her. Nor did Erik provoke Maddie in any way. Instead, he worked extra hard at balancing his attention between the two women in his life. Aware that Sawyer, in her ‘delicate’ state needed attention, to know that he still desired and loved her and Maddie, who was starting to slow down and was noticeably prone to aches and pains. She was also very tired, bordering on exhaustion, these days. She hardly ever jogged anymore. Erik feared the end was near and kept a strict eye on her. He catered to her so much, in fact, that it drew out a side of Sawyer he’d never even knew existed.
After spending the entire evening losing to Maddie at cards, he crept into the master bedroom, so as not to awaken Sawyer. “Oh, so you’ve finally had your fill of playing the dutiful husband and now you think you can just slip between the sheets next to me? Did you really have to give her the entire evening, Erik? The whole, plum evening!” She was red-cheeked with rage.
“Sawyer, sweetness, you know my situation. Maddie’s given us a lot of latitude here. She’s been very generous where most women wouldn’t. This isn’t like you to be so selfish.” Suddenly Sawyer was in tears. Erik felt like a monster. He wrapped his arms around her.
“We were supposed to pick out names,” she sobbed. “You never even checked in with me. I’ve been having pains. I think I may be in labor. Oh, ow …” Sawyer grabbed at her swollen belly and groaned loudly.
Erik jumped out of the bed. “What should I do, what should I do?” he panicked. “Hospital. Let’s get to the hospital.”
“Oh, it’s too late …” The healthy squalls of a new born filled the air. Sawyer held the wiggly newborn tightly in her arms. She gently kissed his little cheek and smiled, making cooing sounds at him. “It’s a boy,” she proudly declared and settled him into the bassinet.”What should we name him?” Sawyer said.
“Braylon. His name is Braylon,” Erik affirmed. “Look at him, he’s so perfect.”
