You're Beautiful To Me

A month later I am starting to show and I freak out, my clothes getting tight again but Frank assures me I look beautiful. I wake up one morning and shower and as I'm getting dressed I stand infront of the mirror in my boxers, turning side on and rubbing my hand over my bulging stomach. I feel my breathing hitch a little and the door creaks open, Frank coming into the room with Anna on his hip, a teething ring hanging from her mouth which she pulls out when she sees me, waving it around while babbling at me. "Ba ba ba da da" she babbles and I shoot her a small smile as I say "Is that so baby?" She keeps waving the teething ring around, trying to bring it back to her mouth and Frank gently grabs her wrist and guides it back to her mouth. Once she's happily sucking on it again Frank turns his attention back to me and says "What's wrong babe?" I sigh, my hand rubbing over my bump again as I say "I just....nothing really fits very well anymore and it's only gonna get worse and I....I'm getting fat again." "Hey hey no babe, you look freaking incredible and if you're worried about your clothes, how about you get dressed and I'll take you shopping for some new ones?" I sniffle a little as I look over at him and Anna pulls the toy from her mouth again to squeal before she throws it at me. "Hey little miss what was that for?" I playfully scold her as I pick up the ring and shake it at her. Her little forehead crumples for a second before she waves her hand around and babbles "Da da da da" at me loudly. Frank chuckles and I walk over and press a kiss to her forehead as she hits at me and squeals before letting out a little giggle. I leave the room and wash the teething ring off before going back and offering it to her and she takes it and shoves it into her mouth again. Frank sits on the bed with Anna standing in his lap while I get dressed and when I'm ready Anna throws the ring at me again and squirms around trying to get out of Franks arms. I reach out and take her, cuddling her to my chest and Anna's little hands pat at my cheeks before her little fingers start grabbing at my lips and I nibble on her fingers making her squirm in my arms and squeal.

Once we get to the mall we put Anna in her pram and Frank pushes her as I walk beside them and when we go into the clothing store a sales assistant comes over and looks at my bump. "Oh my goodness, how far along are you?" "Um three, almost four months." "You look great" she tells me before showing us to some appropriate sized clothes and tells us to ask if we need anything before wandering off to help someone else. I look through the racks of clothes and I pick out a few things before I'm interrupted by Anna screaming her head off. When I look over at her her little face is screwed up and red and Frank is kneeling infront of her trying to calm her down. "Hey hey little miss, what's wrong?" I ask softly as I kneel beside Frank and I reach out and pick her up, cuddling her to my chest and she buries her face in my shirt, her hand clenching into a fist around the material and she brings it to her mouth, chewing and sucking on it while she continues to cry. "Oh my poor little girl" I sigh out before asking Frank, "Can you pass me the teething gel?" He digs through the bag on the back of the pram before pulling out the tube and I hold my finger out, Frank squeezing some on for me and I gently pull Anna back from me a little and slide my finger in her mouth, spreading the gel around on her sore swollen gums and she chews on my finger a little. When I remove my finger from her mouth I grab her teething ring and get Frank to put a little more gel on it before I offer it to her and she opens her mouth, taking it back in and her cries slowly die down. "There you go beautiful girl" I say softly as I press soft kisses to her cheeks and forehead before putting her back in the pram but she starts to scream again so I pick her back up and stand up, cuddling her to my chest and she lays her head against my
shoulder as she chews and sucks on the teething ring. Once we are finished in the clothing store Frank puts the bags in the pram while I continue to carry Anna and we head for the coffee shop, Frank getting a coffee and I get a chocolate milkshake since I can't get anything with caffeine. Once we sit in a booth Anna lets out a little yawn and her eyes start to droop and she's almost asleep against my chest when someone comes over and says hi and when I look up it's Mikey. His voice startles Anna and she starts to cry again and I sigh before starting to jiggle her in my arms while I rub her back gently and Mikey looks guilty and quietly says "Sorry." "No it's alright, she's just teething right now." "Awww" he coos and reaches out to gently rub at her back too. I grab the gel and take the teething ring from her mouth and add more, her screams escalating while it's out of her mouth and when I offer it to her again she takes it back and babbles softly around it before going quiet again, her little eyes slipping closed again and she sucks on it until she falls asleep.

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