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Kate’s morning sickness was flooring her, she’d been incapable of spending more than an hour without heaving into the toilet, and after an incident the day before, Anthony had told her to stay at home today, he had caught a ride with Sophie and Benedict and she was under strict instructions to stay at home.
She had wanted to argue but as she had gotten out of bed and was not even halfway through getting ready for work when her stomach and lurched and she promptly emptied her stomach into the toilet and Anthony had leaned against the door frame twiddling with his wedding ring looking amused at his wife, hunched over the toilet, her skirt on and her bra. “You’re taking a sick day” he said
“I am fine Anthony. It’s morning sickness. I can work” Kate said with a groan as she sat up and took the proffered towel from her husband.
“As your boss and your husband I am saying no. You need to rest my love, you’re carrying precious cargo… I will bring your laptop home tonight and then you can work from home for the rest of the week and when we see the midwife next week, you can ask her for some remedies since everything else isn’t working” he said, giving her back a rub.
She was about to argue when she wretched and heaved into the toilet again. Anthony grimaced, he hated to see his wife like this but he knew that she was growing life in her, their child was growing in her stomach and he couldn’t be more thrilled.
“Stay at home Kate” he said softly as he rubbed her back and after she finished throwing up she nodded.
She hated being idle, she hated sitting around and doing nothing, her morning sickness usually passed around 2pm but until then she sat on the sofa and binge watched Parks and Recreation on the sofa, nibbling ginger biscuits and stroking Newton who was sitting at her feet.
Once she stopped feeling sick she decided she would cook Anthony something for dinner that night, she had been craving some vegetable soup and homemade bread. She had no idea how to make fresh bread other than her roti’s but she wanted a proper thick white bread and lashings of butter so she message Sophie, who was without a doubt the best baker in the family.
Sophie had come through trumps and sent the easiest bread recipe she knew which she’d taught Benedict to make so Kate knew if Benedict could make it then she would manage.
Kate carefully made the bread mix up and Sophie had told Kate how to use the Proving option on their fancy oven, something she didn’t even realise was a feature of her oven but she set that off and moved onto her soup.
She decided she wanted some music as she prepared her vegetables for the soup so she placed her iPod onto the docking station, scrolled through and put some Abba on and began her preparation.
Newton was sitting in his bed in the kitchen as he watched Kate slowly dance and sing along to the music as she worked, her vegetables simmering away as she poured in the stock to her soup as she found her favourite song coming on and using her spoon as a microphone, she gave Newton a private show, not realising she was going to be interrupted soon.
“Honey honey, how you thrill me, Ah-hah, honey honey Honey honey, nearly kill me Ah-hah, honey honey” she sang as she waved her hips as she sung.
I'd heard about you before, I wanted to know some more, And now I know what they mean, You're a love machine, Oh, you make me dizzy. Honey honey, let me feel it, Ah-hah, honey honey, Honey honey, don't conceal it, Ah-hah, honey honey”
What Kate hadn’t realised was Anthony had come home from work early. He had felt bad about Kate feeling so sick and miserable so he had ducked out after his last meeting and went via the florists and picked up a bouquet of her favourite dutch tulips and had come straight home.
As he walked through the door he heard Kate’s voice, her singing drifting down to the door from the kitchen, smirking to himself he moved and watched as she turned her back to him. She was so beautiful that it hurt. He couldn’t believe just how lucky he was that this woman was his wife
“The way that you kiss goodnight, (The way that you kiss me goodnight), The way that you hold me tight, (The way that you're holding me tight), I feel like I wanna sing, When you do your thing
I don't wanna hurt you, baby, I don't wanna see you cry, So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high, But I'm gonna stick to you, boy, you'll never get rid of me, There's no other place in this world where I rather would be”
Kate twirled on the spot and clocked her husband immediately, leaning against the door frame, Tulips in his hands, his eyes looking adoringly at her “Shit! Anthony you’re going to give me a heart attack” she said moving to turn the music off.
Anthony shook his head, and smiled at her “don’t” and he took two steps into the kitchen, captured Kate in his arms as he twirled her carefully around their kitchen to the rest of the song, crooning it in her ear along with the lyrics.
Honey honey, touch me, baby
Ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, hold me, baby
Ah-hah, honey honey
You look like a movie star
(You look like a movie star)
But I know just who you are
(I know just who you are)
And, honey, to say the least
You're a doggone beast
So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high
There's no other place in this world where I rather would be
Honey honey, how you thrill me
Ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me
Ah-hah, honey honey
I heard about you before
(I heard about you before)
I wanted to know some more
(I wanted to know you some more)
And now I know what they mean
You're a love machine
Oh you make me dizzy
Honey honey, how you thrill me…
As the last few bars echoed around the kitchen Anthony dipped Kate and in a motion that was reminiscent of what Benedict had done to Sophie at the charity event and the night Araminta was arrested, Anthony kissed his wife. “Hi honey” Kate said as they stood back up from the kiss.
“You’re home early” she added as she righted herself, feeling her cheeks flush with the warmth and a little something extra that had been caused by Anthony singing her favorite song to her.
“I wanted to make sure you and our little BB unit were alright” Anthony said, pressing a hand to the gentle swell of her stomach.
“You’re not calling our child a BB Unit” Kate said with a roll of her eyes
Anthony smirked and shrugged.
“But the little bean settled down around lunchtime so we’ve been making bread and soup for dinner,” she said.
“Good, I’ve taken tomorrow off so I can spend the entire day looking after you both, i’ve brought your laptop home and I picked up some of them chocolate things you’ve been craving” Anthony said
Kate gasped “ohhhhh you got me the jammie wagon wheels?” she said with tears forming in her eyes.
She threw her arms around him when he nodded and produced a 12 pack of the biscuits. “You are the BEST husband ever!!” she declared as she pressed her lips to her husband's lips and far too quickly for his liking broke off, grabbing a biscuit and stuffing it in her mouth, making noises that made Anthony’s pants tighten.
He coughed and felt his cheeks grow hot. “How long do we have left for dinner?” he asked trying to be conversational
“Bread has another hour to prove?” Kate said as she licked the chocolate off her fingers and watched the wide eyed expression on her husband’s face.
“Good” he said as he grabbed her arm and pulled her off up the stairs “I think I need to make sure you’re feeling thoroughly better”
Kate couldn’t help the giggle that escaped her lips as he dragged her off up the stairs, humming honey, honey in her ears as they moved together lost in their own blissful world.