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Over the next few months Maggie and Forrest continued life as they had and although the topic of children did sometimes get brought up they had not truly argued about it since Christmas. It was now July and Bertha was due at any moment. Maggie had volunteered to help with the birth and they had been staying at the farm for a few weeks now so that she would be there when it was time however the baby did not seem to be in any hurry. On the very last day of July, Bertha went into labor and Maggie helped her bring the next little Bondurant into the world. Jack Bondurant Jr. was born later that day and the boys were called in to meet the new addition. Jack held his son for the first time and Maggie thought she saw a few tears in his eyes, when he looked at the precious baby. Forrest and Maggie said their goodbyes and headed back to the station that night.
They were getting ready for bed and Forrest could tell that Maggie wanted to talk about it. He had realized, after having seen his new nephew and the look on his baby brothers face when he saw the new child that maybe he was ready for this, maybe he wanted this now too. He climbed into bed with Maggie and she lay down on his chest gently tracing his scars kissing them every now and again. He hummed loudly at the sensation.
"Maggie… Woman…" Forrest said softly but she chose not to answer him. "Maggie… look at me. Wanna talk to ya." He said softly and he pulled her face gently so that he could see her eyes. "You really want this? You wanna have a little baby round this place?" He asked gently.
Maggie nodded her head. "Yes Forrest I do but I know your not ready. Its okay, though, I have you and our niece and nephews." She said trying to sound optimistic but he could hear the sadness in her voice.
"Maggie, I realized today watching Jack with J.J. that I want that too. Not necessarily a boy I don't really care what we get I just want what I saw in Jack tonight and I think I'm ready for it."
Maggie's eyes grew wider as she realized what her husband had just told her. "You mean it really you're ready to start trying?"
He grunted affirmatively.
"Oh Forrest." Maggie said before she captured his lips in a deep passionate kiss.
Their kissing became more and more heated as Forrest rolled them over so she was under him. He kissed her jaw and down her collarbone, to her breast and the scar left there by the men who were now long gone, simply a memory. He lavished her body with kisses and Maggie began to moan from the pleasure. He made his way back up her body and joined them together. They made love slowly that night. Maggie was overjoyed that he was now ready for children. Watching her sister-in-laws have babies had been hard on her but now she had the prospect of having one of her own and she was overjoyed. After, they lay in bed Maggie fully on top of Forrest their hands tangled together. Maggie put her chin on his chest and looked up at him.
He grunted at her letting her know he was listening.
"Forrest, if we do this you have to promise me no more danger, no more running off half cocked to spew vengeance, no more stupid things that could get you killed. I don't want to have to raise our child without you, it would kill me." She said softly tears welling up in her eyes and spilling out.
Forrest ran his thumb over her cheeks to catch the tears.
"Shhh, Maggie I promise I will always be here with you. I ain't never goin' anywhere. You got that?" Forrest said forcefully.
Maggie nodded and kissed his lips lightly. She lay back down and began to fall asleep but before she did she kissed his chest again and whispered, "Thank you Forrest."
Forrest kissed the top of her head and moved his hand through her hair and whispered back, "I love you Maggie, always."
Over the next few months their lives proceeded much as they had before. Maggie was enjoying getting to help Bertha with J.J. and she and Forrest continued to try for a child of their own. They had decided not to tell the family that they were. Maggie had become slightly discouraged during the first couple of months and did not want to get everyones hopes up. Towards the end of October Forrest noticed that Maggie seemed to be exhausted by the end of the day but thought that it was because of the extra work she was doing to spruce up the station. One night when he made it up to bed after looking in on the books he noticed that she had not fallen asleep as she had the last few weeks.
"You ok woman?" He asked as he came into the room.
Maggie looked up at him smiled slightly and nodded her head.
"Im fine Forrest." She said as he laid down on the bed.
"Mkay just been more tired then usual lately, shouldn't work so hard downstairs." He said as she laid down cuddling up to him for warmth in the autumn chill.
"I'll take it easier now that I got most of it done." She said softly fading out at the end as if she was falling asleep right then.
"Night woman." Forrest said softly.
The next morning Forrest woke to his wife leaving the bed swiftly heading toward the wash room. He trudged out of the bedroom and toward the sound of Maggie gagging. When he walked in he found her leaned over the sink heaving as if she had just thrown up.
"Maggie…. Ahhhhh... are ya sick, woman? What's wrong." He questioned as he walked to her feeling her head to see if she felt warm. She didn't feel warm to him so he was really unsure of what it could be that was making her sick. Maggie shook her head gently and then turned to him.
"I don't know Forrest, I feel just fine now maybe it was something I ate last night." She said as she walked to the bedroom and grabbed a robe.
She then headed down the stairs to begin making breakfast as Forrest would need to leave for the mill before too much longer. Maggie had been sick on and off for the last week or so but had managed to hide it from Forrest until now; she thought it was just a little bug that would go away with time but now she was begining to wonder if it wasn't something else. As she walked into the kitchen she noticed the calendar on the wall. Was it really already November 15th she thought briefly. And then it hit her and she allowed herself to think about what she had not allowed herself to think the last week. What if she was sick because she was pregnant? That would explain her tiredness as well and she was defiantly late in fact she couldn't remember when her last cycle was. She placed her hand over her stomach without even thinking about it. A slight smile coming over her face.
This was how Forrest found her when he came down the stairs. He wasn't exactly sure what to say when he saw here standing there like that so he just stood there looking at her until she turned her head and looked at him.
"Uhhhhh… Ummmm… ya ah ya think maybe… uhh ya…" Forrest muttered still shocked by her current state.
Maggie looked at him for a while and then smiled wide and nodded her head slightly.
"I think I might be" She said softly.
Forrest looked at her and then walked over to her and wrapped her in a hug.
"I still need to go to the doctor Forrest. Make sure you know."
He grunted and then gave her a swift kiss and walked into the kitchen to help her with the breakfast. After they had eaten he left for the mill and Maggie headed for the hospital to see the doctor.
When Forrest came home early from the mill he found Maggie behind the bar flipping burgers for the men sitting in the station for a late lunch. They greeted him and he gave them a grunt in acknowledgement. Maggie had seen him walk in and noticed that he was walking straight for the office and had closed the door when he got there. She finished up with the burgers then and told the men to holler if they needed anything. Maggie opened the door to the office and found Forrest in his chair waiting for her as she knew he would be. She walked over to him and sat down in his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving him a chaste kiss.
"So what'id the doc say?" He muttered softly.
Maggie smiled and said, "Well, you had better be sure you wanna be a Daddy cause we got us a baby on the way."
Forrest smiled then, wider then Maggie could ever remember seeing him smile before.
"I love you woman." He said before kissing her passionately his hand drifting to her still flat stomach. They held their embrace for a few more minutes before Maggie heard the door to the station open and Bertha calling for her. Maggie called out that she would be right there and then gave her husband a final quick kiss.
"I don't want to tell anyone just yet you okay with that?" She asked as she got up.
"Whatever you want Maggie." He said gently.
Maggie walked towards the door and then paused before opening the door.
"I love you Forrest. Thank you for this." She said softly.
"Love you woman. I reckon I should be thankin you not the other way round."
Maggie chuckled and then left the office to see what it was that Bertha needed.
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