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 Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:22 pm
Shidiomi was still sitting beside Demetrius on the booth bench, being well behaved as he could manage with his current mood. His ears perked up when he heard footsteps and noticed Ali come over. "Momma told you to sit?" He cracked a smile.
Demetrius nodded to Ali when she sat down. "Mistalina understands how you feel, she was much the same before Nymue and his brother were born." He shifted the sleeping infant in his arms.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:26 pm
Ali nodded an affirmative at Shidiomi, leaning back against the hard plastic of the seat booth and exhaling a massive sigh of relief. Her back might not feel any better, but her ankles surely did. She quirked a hint of a smile at Demetrius. "Yeah. And I'm grateful for it. I'm just glad I'm not having twins too..." she said, resting one hand atop her belly. That would have been awful, to have twins. She would likely have exploded long ago.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:31 pm
"It was hard on Momma. S'why she got Demetrius." At least that's what he'd been told, but no matter the reason he was glad for someone else around the house. He leaned over on the bench and rested his head against the persacom's arm.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:35 pm
Had she not been pregnant, tired, and hungry, Ali reasoned that it was quite possible she could have had a more intelligent response than a nod of understanding. For a moment she just sat there, resting and trying to regain enough strength to sit up straight. After a moment, she sighed. "Wish I was that lucky. I've got some help too, but I live alone and work and go to school. It's rough." She grinned a bit at Shidiomi. "You like having a little brother?"
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:40 pm
"Mhm." The catboy nodded. "I help Momma and Demetrius take care of him."
Mistalina came back finally with a tray balanced on her hand and she slid it onto the table before carefully taking the seat next to Ali. "I used to work, haven't had to for a while, sometimes I miss it though."
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:43 pm
"You're better at being a big sibling than I was. I was little when my sister was born, and we've fought since she was old enough to smack me," Ali said, chuckling faintly. Despite the fact that they fought, she missed her sister a great deal. The girl was fun, if a royal pain in the rear.
She was distracted by Mistalina's arrival. "I wish I could get away with not working. I won't for a few weeks after the baby is born, but I have to otherwise. It's not so bad, though. You get to meet all sorts of people," she commented, wrinkling up her nose a bit at some of her creepier memories of the zoo. "Usually nice ones."
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:49 pm
Mistalina chuckled and nodded. "School and work, at the same time is a lot. Especially with a child too." She picked up the hamburger off the tray and offered it to Shidiomi who unwrapped it and thankfully started eating without complaint. With a sigh of relief the tiefling picked up the salad and popped the lid off.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 4:53 pm
Ali nodded vigorously. "Yeah. I'm just glad school will be out before the baby's born. Or... I hope so." She went a bit pale at the thought and then shook her head and retrieved her own salad. "Thank you again for waiting. I appreciate it a lot," she said, giving Mistalina a grateful smile and then commencing to glance around for a fork.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:00 pm
"Your welcome."
Mistalina wasn't terribly impressed by the greens in the salad, they had probably been sitting in that odd little refridgerator too long. It was still edible though, especially when dressing was applied. The tiefling wasn't one for talking much while she was eating so she would eat in silence unless Ali felt like being talkative.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:28 pm
After finally locating a fork and opening her salad, Ali picked through it for a few minutes, sort of shoving the lettuce and toppings around with her fork. She managed to eat a few bites of lettuce before switching her attention to the much more appetizing grilled chicken strips atop it, wisely leaving the dressing aside. Like she needed the fat that was in that. She was about halfway through her silent meal when she felt something odd in the region of The Baby. She paused in her eating and set her fork down, eyes wide and the odd rolling sensation. It almost felt like the baby was rolling over inside her, and it was strange. "For the record, and I say this with you all as my witnesses, I am never getting pregnant again! Ever!" she squeaked.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:36 pm
The tiefling chuckled, she knew that odd look. "Moving, hm?" She put down her fork. "Alendan and Nymue used to keep me up nights."
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:39 pm
Ali carefully closed her salad and put the fork atop the lid, looking decidedly pale. "Yeah... I've felt kicking and stuff before, but that was the first time I felt that rolling thing." She shuddered a bit, giving Mistalina a nervous smile. "How did you manage to get any sleep, with two of them doing this??"
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:46 pm
"You get used to it; it gets sort comforting almost...after a while." Mistalina popped the lid back on her salad for the moment as well, having only finished about half of it. "You feeling alright, Ali?"
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:51 pm
Ali swallowed a bit. Comforting? This? It felt like she was on a roller coaster ride, inside her own belly. It felt odd, and suddenly, she wasn't hungry any more. "It's not very comforting at the moment..." she said, giving her salad a longing look. "And I'm not feeling very hungry anymore. Well... I am, but I'm not. Just... blurgh," she said oh-so-eloquently, not quite sure how to communicate what she was feeling. She tentatively wrapped one arm around her belly. Oh, this so did not feel right.
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 8:03 pm
"Need to get home and lay down, perhaps?" Mistalina looked concerned and started to slide toward the end of the bench seat to get up if the girl said yes.
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