"Jessie."

89

March 15th

27 weeks

"Hello everyone!" Jessica said cheerfully.

"Morning." The class said.

Jessica wore a baggy shirt to hide her now quite large stomach.

"Morning, Mrs. H."

She instantly though back to Micheal and how he'd graduated and her chest tightened.

Jessica looked up to the Johnathan and her eyes teared up.

"Are you okay?" Lonnie asked.

"Yeah, yeah." Jessica tried to shake off the random ping of sadness.

Jessica couldn't manage to shake it. After that class period, Jessica decided to go home early and called Danny.

When Jessica finally got to Danny, she looked over at him and began bawling.

"Woah woah, honey what's wrong?"

"This baby's making me crazy." She sobbed.

"Oh honey." He hugged her and she sobbed into his chest.

"I-I-it all s-started because s-someone called me Mrs. H." She sniffed.

"So?" He asked confused.

"Micheal used to call me that."

"Micheals at home, you wanna go see him?"

"Y-yes." She bawled.

"Mama?" Oliver said sadly.

"Mamas okay Ollie." Jessica turned around rubbed his leg.

"Lub you."

"I lub you too babyboy." She smiled lovingly back at him through tears.

*

Jessica burst through the door and went straight down the stairs to his room.

Micheal turned around to his very distressed mother.

"M-."

She hugged him and cried. He rubbed her back and she finally was able to pull herself together.

"I love you." She said to him, wiping her eyes and going to walk away.

He grabbed her arm and she turned around.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just got a little emotional today."

"Mama!" Oliver screamed from the top of the stairs.

"I'm coming Ollie!"

*

"What's wrong with Mom?" Micheal asked Danny later that night.

"Huh?"

"She sobbed on my shoulder earlier."

"Oh, she's just emotional Son."

"Is it her time of the month or something?"

"Yes." Danny answered quickly.

*

Jessica hummed and danced around with Evelyn and Oliver as she cooked.

"Get it baby!" Jessica said to Oliver who was pumping his fist into the air and bouncing.

Evelyn was swaying and jumping around. 

Jessica knelt down and hugged both of them.

"Promise mama never to grow up."

"No wayyyy." Evelyn said pushing away and giggling.

"Wayyyy." Oliver said mimicking his sister.

"Guys turn around and let daddy take a picture." Danny said and bent down to snap the picture of Jessica and the kids.