22 chapter twenty two

The flowers were blooming, the sky was cool; the air fresh, the environment lively, her backyard filled with friends and her front yard filled with cars and lights was everywhere.

Nicholas had requested Max make her cake, two steps cake.

Nicholas handled barbecue and Lucky fixed the drinks; Susan, Cassie and Jessie took turns ushering people into the house; Nicholas allow Amber to dress up as much as she wanted.

When she came down; she greeted her friends and moved on to say Hi to Amber, her mom and her grandmother, Maria came with her kids and Lucy was around with Pheobe; she smiled at her employees, her parents; some of her cousins celebrated with her, none of her niece or nephew like to miss aunt Amber's party; it was fun and she didn't feel like sitting when her friends and Nicholas insisted she sit; she was pregnant not dying.

She smiled; few weeks after she visited Jake in jail; she had woken up; each day with the urge to go back to bed; she had thought because Nicholas didn't let her sleep on time when she had to wake up early the next morning and she had only vomited twice because she had eaten something that was bad for her stomach.

Nicholas insisted on her going to the doctor but she kept insisting she was fine; instead of taking her to the doctor; he had brought the doctor to their home. Nicholas had been most joyous when he heard he was having a baby with her; he was more than excited; he had visited the doctor privately and came back with a do and don't for a pregnancy phrase and he wanted to do all.

The day he found out; he kept talking about the long list of baby names he thought of and he only shut up when she kissed him and then they made love.

When her belly began to show; Nicholas kept asking if she was okay, comfortable, if she needed a pillow but Jessie and Apirl kept telling him to not worry that if she needed anything she would call him; on his phone, restaurant, at the office and he had even brought a landline in case she didn't know where she kept her phone.

There was a time, he had called home; no answer, twice. Called her phone, no answer and he knew no one was home with her that day.....he panicked and began rushing home. She was in the kitchen when she heard him drive in and opened the door. She stood at the door watching him look around with his eyes for her until he looked at the kitchen door and had come straight to her and hugged her; telling her how worried he was that, she didn't answer her phone after that day; She worked from home, Nicholas made sure he'd come back home to help her do the cooking and her mother stayed weekends not to invade the young couple's privacy.

It was amazing: except for the fact Nicholas would buy her ice cream and keep in the fridgerator, whenever she craved for it.

He wanted to live every moment with her and enjoy it to the fullest.

'Hey.' He called when she waved her friends off.

Susan was pregnant with Lucky's baby but she haven't told him yet. Cassie had given birth and named her baby; Jasmine.

But she didn't know what to name her baby yet and Nicholas haven't decided.

'Are you hungry?' She heard Nicholas whisper in her ear.

She hit his shoulder; he won't mind stuffing her with food if he could.

''Nicholas, I just ate.'

He held her loosely in front of him.

'I am hungry.' He said as he kissed her neck.

Then she grasped his meaning and smiled. 'I'm cold.'

He wrapped his hand round around her arms. 'Sorry.' He said as he looked at the delivery guy that approached them.

'Good day, Mrs Mitchell.'

Nicholas still held her and kissed her neck. He loved it when they called Amber; Mrs Mitchell.

'Good day to you Stanley. What can we do for you today?' She asked the delivery guy; Nicholas was slowly warming up to. Nicholas didn't feel comfortable to have her with him alone.

'Happy birthday.'

'Thank you Stanley.'

The guy nod and presented the delivery he held in his hands and produce a sheet her to sign.

She smiled at him and signed it. 'Thank you.' She said before the guy before he excused himself.

Nicholas and her went into the house; Nicholas locked and bolted the doors before he came to sit by her; he raise her legs and placed them on his laps. She unwrapped the package; she gave Nicholas the card to read as she opened the present.

'It's from Jake.' He simply said not smiling.

'Any thing else?' She asked, because apparently she was not hiding anything from him.

'Happy birthday, my queen.

More than a thousand queens

Have a great party

Enjoy with gale.

I love you.

Jake.' 

Nicholas read and then grew quiet; still looking at the card; to understand word for word.

He was upset; Jake added he loves her; did Jake forget she was married now.

'Don't look upset, Nicholas. I love you, you know that, right?' Amber told him as she touched the back of his head and gently massaged.

He smiled and nodded his head; Jake's letter had no effect on him after what she just said.

She finished unwrapping the present. It was a picture of she and Jake; he had framed it up; they took picture on a horseback together; she had a white horse and he a brown horse; she took the picture as innocent as possible but when she looked at Nicholas face; it amazed her; he was actually smiling.

'It is nice to be remembered.' He said simply; Amber never took down their wedding picture; she never took off his ring; one thing which draw him close him to her was the fact that she was ready to pick out the good in someone and she was ready to give someone another chance.

When she had said yes to Jake about being friends with him; he had thought how could his wife chose to remain friends with him but Amber came back to him; she gave him another chance and it wasn't a crime if she gave her ex another chance.

He watched her look round; he had never seen a pregnant woman before now; Cassie had looked round and always wanted to eat everything she saw but his own pregnant wife; he didn't know if she was deliberately starving herself or starving the baby; Amber was even more conscious of what she ate now.

He smiled at her as he rubbed her legs. She was pretty, more beautiful than he had ever seen her. His Amber was the beautiful among all the pregnant women he had seen.

She looked at the picture again and gently dropped it, not to destroy the frame; 'I will hang it up later.

She stretched and grumbled. 'If you didn't stuff Me, up with food; this dress won't feel so tight.' She said as she hit his hand.

He smiled sheepishly. 'I can help you take it off.'

She looked at him to a moment; Nicholas winked, she just smiled and shake her head and was about to remove her legs from his laps, when he held her still, looking at her questionably.

'Where are you going?'

Amber looked at him and playful pushed him that he let her leg go, she pulled it off his laps. 'I am sweaty and hot; I need a cool shower.' She said standing up.

Nicholas stood up too, and stood in front of her. 'I can help you cool off.' He whispered as a cunning smile reached his lips.

Amber fought the need to laugh; he looked so cute and dangerous right now.

She touched his chest gently and he closed his eyes for a moment as her hand travelled down his chest to his stomach; she moved closer to him, her hand was dangerously close to his crotch, Nicholas was about to open his mouth.

'If you can catch me.' She smiled and remove her hand from his body and quickly walked past him; sometimes he wondered how pregnant women could run very fast.

'Put off the lights.' She said as she mount the first stair.

'You guys are disturbing!' They heard from upstairs.

Amber smiled at her sister-in-law as she entered her room; Jessie had gone for her trip with George; this evening; by the time, they get back she expects a wedding. Before she reached their door; Nicholas had caught up; with her; he hugged her back and she laughed.

'Are you sure, you didn't miss one light.' She laughed wholeheartedly.

He kissed her neck. 'No I didn't.' Then he turned her round to see that he didn't miss anyone; it was just the stairs light that was on.

'I think we should have the Christmas just to ourselves.....we will hang up Santa and play Christmas songs.' She smiled at the thought she voiced out loud. 

The living room was beautiful; dark and beautiful; she had never celebrated Christmas with Nicholas before and she would love to do it with him.

She looked at him and he looked at the living room and he smiled. 'Apirl, will go out all night and we will have the house to ourselves!' He loudly purposely for Apirl to hear.

Amber could picture her rolling her eyes and....'You guys act like children after all. I am not surprised you want me out on Christmas Eve.' Came her voice from her room

Amber and Nicholas laughed.

'Imagine, I will be chasing the kids round the table and you making cookies....'

'Why do I have to do all the work!' She snapped at him.

He put his hands round her arms and kissed her ears and her neck; 'Because I love you.'

She just smiled. He suddenly swept her off her feet into his arms. 'About this tight gown...'

She giggled as he kicked the door open and uses his legs to kick it closed. Nicholas had dropped her the bed gently and lay beside her. 

'Did I tell you, you look pretty this evening?'

She blushed; she hadn't even had the strength to put on makeup so, she just went for a brown powder, eye shadow and a pink lipstick. She didn't even put too much effort.

She shook her head.

He moved closer and kissed her forehead and looked in her eyes. 'You are beautiful.'

She put her hand on his face. 'You tell me the that, everytime just by looking at me.' She said as she leaned and kissed him softly. 'Thank you.'

She kissed him again.

'You don't have to say thank you.'

'I do.' She looked in his eyes and then kissed him passionately, lips for lips, tongue for tongue; butterflies flew in her stomach, making her palm tingle.

'Is this you being horny?' He asked with a smile as he held her waist gently.

She laughed and looked at him, he looked at her briefly and kissed her again.

'This is me, wanting to make love to you.'

'My Amber?' He called as he kissed her neck.

'Yes, Nick.'

'Why are you so delicious? You are like an apple I just love taking.'

She laughed and kissed him.

'Ok, no more talking.' He said if she turned on him; sat up on his crotch and kiss him passionately as her hands slowly unbuttoned his shirt.

She loved him so much and she only saw predictions of how happy, they would be for more than ten years to come.

She would his and he would be hers; loving each other and caring for each other. 

Forever.

'I was thinking, Nicko...' She stopped to breathe.

'Hmm?' He still kissing her as his hand went round her body.

'What if we have twins?'

'Hmm mmm.' He smiled still kissing her neck.

She met his lips again.

Nicholas jerked as he now understood what she said. 'Twins?' His eyes bolted from their sockets.

Amber laughed and then look at Nicholas again before kissing him again and again and the subject of the twins was forgotten.

She had no doubt, they would be happy. For many years.