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"Tell the waiter I want one of those cheese burgers, and yes, yes I do feel a little bothered by it at times. However, I know now that I'm with you it won't hurt as bad, especially compared to the birth I have in store in the future for my child." Rakawa's hands went to her belly and she smiled at Will.

Rakawa picked up her cheeseburger and bit down into it. She chewed and swallowed the delicious meat and told him, "Yes I will, and I'm betting you're saying all this just cause I bought a cheeseburger with three patties on it." She held the foot high burger in front of him and waved it around, "Would you like some? The meat is plump and juicy."

Rakawa finished up her burger and wiped away the condiments dripping from her mouth. "I must look like a pig and I'll sound like one too in a moment, but I hope your wallet can handle my appetite and house supplies. I feel like getting another burger, actually make that two and a bag of those french fry things."

Normally, Rakawa would have eaten healthier wild food, but since she was in town she felt oddly like splurging on goods. It was not often that she came to town with Will. Yet they had begun to frequent it more often. Her eyes glazed over as she noted that he might possibly want to still live in the cave and told him, "I don't mind living in the cave, but let's not actually make it a permanent reside if we have to. I'd like it to be our special place for special moments; that means no children allowed in there in the future, if you catch my drift."

Rakawa looked up as she devoured her fries and heard her stomach grumble more. "Um, actually I need a bit more food. Ask the waiter to get three more plates of fries and a large soda."

As Rakawa finished speaking her face turned green and she wondered why in the world she wanted to devour this much food. Hearing her belly growl more she pat it and looked at Will with worth. "I think our baby is quite greedy Will, I'm scared I'm going to eat us out of house and home before I'm through."

Rakawa continued to eat and eat. After thirty minutes passed she stacked all the plates that had come her way on top of one another. There were a good four stacked on top of one another, and she set her empty soda glass next to it. Pushing her seat out from behind her, she stood and noticed her belly had grown taut from having eaten so much food at once.

She looked down at Will who was still seated and said, "If you can help me, um, I'd like to go home with you honey. I feel like I ate twice as much as a normal woman would eat. I read a book you had lying around about diet, since I wanted you to get stronger, and I calculated my normal calorie intake via it. I probably should have about 3,500 per day, but today, at this meal alone I've felt like I've eaten over 7,000."

Rakawa sat next to her husband near his fire pit once they were inside the cave and said, "Please do make me some healthy stuff tomorrow. I'd like to see what vegetables you can scrounge out around here. I may decide to eat as much as I did of that meat in terms of those delicious veggies."

She wrapped her around around his shoulder and leaned into him. She then kissed him on the cheek and looked out at the sunset. "Just think, seven months from now I'll be as big as the sun just before giving birth to a cute, little child. I know you'll help me reach that goal honey, so don't hold back on the good food if you don't want to cause I love you very much and will always eat what you make."

Rakawa let herself become absorbed in his kiss and after two minutes said to him, "You really know how to kiss." She kissed him again feeling this really was a dream for her rather than a reality she was living.

Hugging him, she let a thought that suddenly came into her mind when he spoke of out, "Will, before we continue on with raising this child. I need to take you back home and take you through some very important basics of raising giant children. Um, not saying you can't raise one with me; it's your child after all inside me, but you and I could get really hurt if we aren't careful. We'll need to spend at least two months with Lahana. They're the handlers of all children under age five. They do things such as feed them, clothe them, and play with them since women and men often have to go back to the task of hunting once their child is born."

Rakawa sighed and rubbed her temple, "I think I'll also need to get a tattoo of protection, so I'll need you to come with me to choose it for me. It's not something that actually physically protects you, but indicates you are protected by the forest. I can still get hurt if I wear it, but it's like an important ritual. You'll maybe want to have my help finishing up the house. But then we only need furniture in it."