The City Of Love {Stacey}

[Anastacia Potter]

Stacey had felt him acknowledge that she was there with him, when she had wrapped her arms around him. After she had murmured an apology to him, and begun to cry, she felt him move a little, not knowing whether he was getting ready to move around, or was just moving in general, because he felt her there. Who knew what he was going to say or do.

She caught that weak smile of his, and knew that what she was about to say would put a bigger smile on his face. The look in his eyes were a mix of everything, and she knew that they would soon change as well. He seemed to listen to what she said, as she went on about what she was feeling. Well, really it was only part of the whole thing. She then told Brendan her decision.

For a moment, Stacey got no response, and then Brendan knelt down, so he was at her level. He took her hands in his own, and told her that he had done a lot of thinking himself, and that he wasn't going to lose her over this situation, and if she didn't feel ready and she wanted to terminate the baby, then he wasn't going to stop her. Stacey's smile turned into a frown, looking at him, wondering if what she said, she actually did say. Or did she just think she said it. "Uh?"

Then as Stacey moved in her chair, sitting forward, it seemed to have registered what she had said. He asked her what she had said, and before she could repeat it, he slowly picked her up onto her feet with his hands, and then wrapped his arms around her. He then swung her around. Memories of Brendan doing this last night came back, and Stacey felt tears begin to form in her eyes. She was beginning to feel happy now with her decision, and knew that Brendan probably felt the same way. It had killed her to be apart from Brendan over the last couple of hours or so, but now they were together, and were now going to be working together to bring this baby up as their own.

Finally Stacey felt her body stop spinning, and was soon put down back to a standing position. She felt a bit light headed, but that could be from the ever growing excitement she was feeling now. She never wanted to see Brendan so upset ever again. She knew that it was fully her decision to make, but now after some serious thoughts had known that this decision was the right one for her, as well as Brendan.

Brendan then spoke, asking her what had changed her mind, and that she wasn't going to go through this pregnancy alone, and he would be there every step of the journey, and that they would get through the tough time together. Stacey thought for a moment, and decided to answer his question. "I love you so much Brendan Harris, and I knew that I couldn't terminate the baby. We have so much love for one another, and I knew that this baby was made from that love. Once it is born, I know that that love will be moved to that little one."

Then Brendan pulled her close to himself, and she felt so much love in that gentle hug of his. As he lent in for a soft kiss, she saw tears rolling down his cheeks. She felt that she was the happiest person right now. She had a fantastic fiance, who was everything she could imagine. She was now having his baby, after some difficult thoughts over what to do, and she was in the most romantic place on Earth. What more could she ask for now?

She pulled apart from him. Stacey looked into those eyes of his, which were saying so much right now. She gave him a playful slap on his upper arm, not that hard, but still "You know, you had better keep to what you said. You sure had better be there for me during the tough times." Stacey pointed in the direction of where her laptop was. "I spent a few moments on the internet before, and boy, what we women have to go through. I still have eight months to go, and don't know how I can handle all of what I read." She headed inside the room, and began to list stuff, counting on her fingers. "There is still morning sickness for the next two months. There is the moodswings, which I hope you can handle. There are the hot flushes, plus so much more shit that I have to handle."

She made her way over to the bed and sat down. "But through all of that, there are some good points too. The feel of the baby growing inside, just knowing that we have created this life. And ... " Stacey smirked at him. "...we can still have sex." She knew Brendan would like that one.

[brendan]

Brendan had been so lost in his own thoughts when Stacey had been speaking to him, he hadn't registered her saying she was going to keep the baby. It wasn't until he was almost half way through his speech he began to back track on what Stacey had actually said to him, so when Stacey had said 'uh?' he was already beginning to hear what she had actually said, and the pained and confused expression on his face and eyes, began to slowly change to that of happiness.

That was when he had asked her what she had just said but hadn't needed her to repeat it, as he gently pulled her to her feet and wrapped his arms around her swinging her around. He would never have forced her into making a decision based on what he wanted, but boy was he glad she had decided to go through with the pregnancy. He wanted to do this, he wanted to be there with her through the whole thing, he couldn't believe they had created this new life which would be growing inside of Stacey and he'd get to see the first photos of his child inside Stacey's womb. See his child growing at each scan they attended, get to be there through everything, which he missed out on with Libby, and the most special thing of all was, he'd get to do it all with Stacey.

When Brendan had asked Stacey what had changed her mind, listening to her response could only make Brendan smile deeply, knowing that's how she felt, filled his heart with love, which was rather surprising because he wasn't sure it could hold any more love, but it keeps doing it every day. When she had finished speaking, Brendan took her in his arms again, and kissed her on the forehead, before, holding her at arms length. "You're ma whole life Anastacia Potter, an' damn righ' it was made from love, keep tellin' maself there's no way I can love ya anymore than I already do, but every day I wake up am proven wrong time an' time again. Libby's gonna be over the moon, as fer ma mom and dad.." He couldn't help but roll his eyes then and laugh, because he just knew how they would react over the news. "D'ya mind if I send Libby an e-mail tellin' her the news? She knew wha' I had planned fer this weekend, an' she's been askin' abou' it. I can jus' hear her now in ma head." He laughed again then, he was just so happy now again.

His emotions had certainly been put through the ringer today in such a short space of time, but now, he was just as happy as he was last night. Thinking about last night then brought another thought into his head. With Stacey now being pregnant, he wanted to bring the wedding forward as soon as was possible. He wanted to do all of this the right way around. He knew it wasn't something which could happen while they were in Paris, apart from having to be a resident of Paris, it took over a week to get the license, at least back in Las Vegas it was so simple.

"Stacey, I ain't sure how ya'll feel abou' this, but, well now yer havin' ma baby, I'd love to bring the weddin' forward, it's so easy in Vegas, we could get married almost righ' away when we get back, an' then I can take ya away somewhere real nice fer our honeymoon. Wha' ya say?" He used her proper name again, like he always did when he wanted her to know how serious he was being. Although, now that he had said it, he was beginning to regret it slightly, after the way she had responded to finding out about having his baby, but he hoped this time, it would be something which wouldn't make her upset or freaked out.

She then pulled apart from him, and he felt her playfully slap his arm, to which he pretended it had hurt, by rubbing at it, and going "Ouch, ya bully." But he smirked right after it, and then listened to everything she was saying about he had better be there for her during the tough times, and then began to list off everything she would be going through. He didn't want to interrupt her, so he just let her talk, and as she headed in to the room, he followed her and then she sat on the bed and began to list off some of the better things. Before she finished off her last sentence however, Brendan began to speak.

"I'll be there fer ya, jus' like I said, sickness, am already dealin' with, an' ain't doin' too bad a job of it, mood swings? Hell wha' woman don' have those? Hot flushes? Piece of cake. So much more shit WE have to handle." He put emphasis on the word we, "Bambi, ya ain't gonna be doin' this alone, I swear to ya, we'll get through it together. I love ya, an' tha' means takin' the good with the bad. I ain't goin' nowhere." Then he grinned as she was talking about the good things, and he slowly bent down and put his hand on her stomach and pressed it gently, his eyes sparkling, knowing he had indeed created a life, and this time he was going to witness it all from day one.

"Can't wait to feel tha' first kick." Then she said those final words, which made him raise his eyebrows and he smirked at her, those dimples once again coming out in force. "Is tha' righ'? Ain't nothin' better than make up sex." He then reached for her, all thoughts of visiting the L'Arc De Triomphe forgotten for the time being, and started to remove her clothes, tossing them aside on the chair, and then unbuttoned his shirt, throwing it aside as well, before he gently pushed her back onto the bed and came down to meet her lips with his own, kissing her with the passion he had been doing since they arrived in Paris.

[Anastacia Potter]

After Stacey had told Brendan why she had changed her mind, she kind of had a feeling that all was well between them now. She was getting more excited about carrying and then giving birth to their first child together. Brendan took her in his arms, and kissed her on the forehead. It was so nice. And then holding her out at arms length, he said that she was his whole life, using her full name again. Then he spoke about how he keeps telling himself that there is no way that he could love her anymore then he already did, but he keeps proving himself wrong each time he wakes up. Stacey felt fresh tears in her eyes, but not enough to start rolling down her cheek, she hoped. All she could do was smile at that.

"I love you so much too Brendan Harris." With that she gave him a quick kiss, and smiled all the more. When Brendan asked if she minded him telling Libby of the news, Stacey shook her head and smiled. "No. I don't mind. Maybe later I could email her myself and just talk to her as well. Woman to woman." Stacey had to smirk at that one.

Then Brendan said her name, and she knew whatever he had to say was something that was kind of serious to him. So Stacey gave him her full attention. He mentioned about bringing the wedding forward. Well, Stacey had thought about this when she was on her own. She had wondered if Brendan would want to get married soon enough, and do the proper stuff. So she was glad that she had thought about that aspect before. Stacey looked at Brendan. "I am glad that you mentioned that. That had been in my thoughts, when I had time to think. I was wondering if you were the kind of guy who had marriage before kids. So now I know where you stand with that issue." Stacey knew well enough to not keep Brendan in suspense. "Well, I have already said that I would marry you, so why wait?" She then smiled broadly at him, and shrugged her shoulders. Hopefully that was the answer he was after.

Stacey had to laugh out loud at how Brendan reacted to her playfully slapping him. She was waiting for a slap on the ass, but maybe not. Then Stacey began to list off a few things that she had to deal with. Brendan finally got a word in and spoke. She had to shake her head, and smirk, as he responded to every single thing she listed. Of cause he had to mention about moodswings. But then he emphasised that it was the two of them, not her, that would be going through it all. "Well, if you put it that way, then fine." Again she smirked, and then rolled her eyes.

"And I love you too." She couldn't wait to start this new adventure in their lives. He grinned, and pressed his hand on her now flat stomach. It felt nice for him to do that. Stacey looked at him, and smiled warmly. "I am sure that you will be doing a lot of that once it starts growing. And I can't wait for you to do it all the time." She couldn't, that was for sure. Just knowing that the baby would start kicking not for a while was fine with her, but she couldn't wait for it to start.

Stacey knew that Brendan would make a comment about the whole sex thing while she was carrying. She had noticed the whole eyebrow raising, and smirk he gave her. And those dimples were just the icing on the cake. "Yes, that's right." Before anymore could be said or done, Brendan reached for her, and began to remove her clothes, where they were thrown on the chair. And then before she had time to even start removing his clothes, Brendan was unbuttoning his shirt, where it was thrown as well. He then pushed her back onto the bed. Stacey used her hands to help move herself back, where her head soon rested on the pillows.

His lips then met hers. Again she was met with so much passion behind those kisses. Stacey kissed him back, letting her tongue explore his mouth. Her hands soon decided to go for a wander, and removed his pants. She knew deep down that this would be the best love making session ever. Before they started, Stacey lent up to Brenda's ear, and whispered breathlessly, "I love you so much, and can't wait to be your wife."

[brendan]

After Brendan had told Stacey she was his whole life, and how he couldn't think he could love her anymore but kept proving himself wrong each new day, he noticed tears well in Stacey's eyes, and the smile she gave him was endearing. The tears hadn't fallen this time, but Brendan knew they were tears of happiness. However, he still used his thumbs to gently wipe at her eyes. There was no need for tears anymore, from either of them. Well, maybe there was, but not right at this minute.

When Stacey said she loved him so much too, he felt his heart melt, and he sighed gently, giving her the sweetest, warmest smile, with his eyes sparkling, his dimples showing as always. When Stacey kissed him, he kissed her back, gently, even though he would have loved to have made it more passionate, but they weren't really done talking yet, and there would be plenty of time for passion later.

Brendan grinned when Stacey said she didn't mind if he was to tell Libby the news, but she also mentioned maybe she could email Libby herself, and maybe even talk to her, woman to woman. Brendan chuckled at that, but didn't think it was a bad idea. "I don' mind if ya wanna do it yerself sweetheart, although I'll probably still email her or phone her later anyway. Missin' ma little Kitten."

After Brendan had asked Stacey about bringing the wedding forward, he wasn't sure what her response would be and he had to admit, he was worrying about it a little, as he really didn't want for either of them to feel the way they had been feeling over the past couple of hours, it had been horrible being apart from Stacey like that. But at the same time, he wasn't stupid, and he knew they'd probably have a lot more moments like they just had, even the best marriages, had their ups and downs, it wasn't healthy otherwise. He listened to what she had to say, how she had been thinking about it, and wondering if he'd be the kind of guy to want marriage before kids. Well, he had stated that when Libby came into his life, that if he'd known about her, he'd have did the right thing by Faith. But of course, in a way he was now glad he hadn't known about Libby at the time, because he probably wouldn't be with Stacey now.

He of course didn't interrupt her while she was talking, instead just nodding his head where he felt it was necessary, and then she said she had already agreed to marry him, so why wait. She then smiled at him broadly and shrugged her shoulders back. Brendan grinned himself then. "Tha's jus' fantastic Bambi, I'll be sure to get it sorted out the minute we get back home." Vegas was a brilliant place to get married, all you had to do was hand over I.D. of who you were, your social security number and pay $60 and bingo you had your marriage license. Of course, after that they just had to find a place to get married.

In a way Brendan already had that covered if they had problems getting a church at short notice, his parents had acres of land with the vine yard, maybe Stacey would be happy about a gazebo wedding in the grounds of his folks vine yard. He'd have to talk to her about that more when they got back to Vegas. He then leaned in to kiss Stacey again, he had been missing the closeness and her touch since having their time apart before.

After Stacey had listed off heaps of things she'd have to go through and Brendan had jokingly responded to each one, he had then said that they would both be going through it, and not just Stacey, he could only smirk at her response. She was so god damned beautiful and irresistible to him. "Yeah, tha' is the way am puttin' it." He grinned then, and just for the sake of touching her, slapped her ass playfully. Something he had gotten into since that day waiting for the elevators, when he realised how mischievous Stacey had got since arriving in Paris.

When he had said once more he loved her, and they would get through everything together, and pressed his hand on her stomach gently, Stacey grinned at him. She then looked up and smiled at him before saying she was sure he would be doing a lot of that as the baby is growing, and she couldn't wait for it. "Am sure gonna love it Bambi, an' I jus' know yer gonna be glowin' through out the pregnancy, yer gonna be one of these beautiful pregnant women, pregnancy is only gonna enhance the beauty ya already hold." Maybe it was cheesy, but Brendan didn't care, he totally believed it, he could just see her with a baby on the way, and he could just see her when her hair was turning grey. He then took a mental note to mark those lines down, they sounded good to him and might just work in a song.

When Stacey commented that it was indeed right they could have sex, Brendan could only smile all the more and wink at her before beginning to hastily remove her clothes. After everything they had been through so far that day, he just wanted to make love to her, feel himself inside her, share that magical moment he loved with Stacey so much. He was so fired up for this bout of love making, he was already removing his own own clothes, rather than waiting for Stacey to do it for him.

As Stacey moved herself up the bed, Brendan did the same thing also, still keeping himself close to her, then he was kissing her passionately, his tongue finding hers, as they explored each others mouths in a passionate frenzy. Brendan was going to make sure this was possibly the best loving making session they would both ever have. He had no idea why he was thinking that, other than wanting to make up for earlier. When Stacey lent up to his ear and breathed that she loved him so much and couldn't wait to be his wife, Brendan just winked and grinned at her, "Well, wha' can I say to tha'? Other than, I can't wait to be yer husband." And with that he met her lips once more with passion.

[Anastacia Potter]

Stacey had a feeling that Brendan was going to miss Libby. They really only had about two weeks together, before he swept her off to Paris. "You can still tell her, because you might get to send your email before me. It will probably be better coming from you, being her father and all. But I will definately mention it in my email. Don't you worry."

She listened to Brendan's response to the whole getting married thing. Stacey couldn't wait to be Mrs. Anastacia Harris. Finally she would break away from her past, and join this now great looking future, with a great looking husband. Stacey had thought that she would have had a couple more years left in her before she did any of this. But it felt right with Brendan. And then when Brendan said that he would be sure to get it all sorted the minute they got home. "You do that Brendan Harris. And I will look into the arrangements for the day. Later on, we should make a list of what we need to do for it, as I presume that we will want to make it all official quickly." Looking down at her stomach, she then said, "What with this little one on the way now." Then her thoughts went to wondering what sex it was. Would she really want to know before it was born?

That slap on her ass was just the topping on all the cheekiness she had infact brought out of herself after she told him she was keeping the baby. But that cheekiness aside, then came the talk about how she would look during the next eight months. She felt herself blush as Brendan went on about how she would look, and that she was going to be one of those beautiful pregnant women, and that it was only going to enhance the beauty she already held. She took his face in her hands. "You don't need to sweet talk me like that Mr. Brendan Harris. But while you are bringing out the compliments, you may as well save those type for when I feel fat and hate my body." She then let go of his face.

After Stacey had said to him breathlessly that she loved him, and couldn't wait to be his wife, he had winked at her, making her heart skip a beat. And then grin followed, and he told her that he couldn't wait for him to be her husband. Then his lips were on hers, bringing on the passion that they truly had for each other.

29th June 2009

Well the following afternoon/nights activities in the room were nothing more than brilliant in Stacey's book. She just loved being close to Brendan, and they sure did not break apart from each other for more than five minutes. If they weren't making love, then they were just laying in bed, in each other's arms. During these moments, they would chat about the baby, and what they thought might happen over the next eight months. Of cause they had the leaflets that the doctor had given them, but Stacey couldn't wait to get back to the United States to see a doctor from their own country. But she had been grateful that day when they found a doctor. She would have played on her mind why she was feeling sick each day, not confirming it until they got home.

Occassionally during this time, when Brendan was off to the bathroom, or up doing something else, Stacey would lift up the sheet over her, and just look at her stomach, wondering how it would look, and wondered when she would start to show. She knew that it probably wouldn't happen for another two or three months, but she knew that she couldn't wait.

The morninng hadn't been too bad for Stacey. She had obviously been sick, and at least now she knew why. The first time, Brendan had been asleep, and she didn't want to wake him at all. But the second time was when they were both awake, so obviously she wasn't alone this time. That time, Stacey had turned to Brendan, after chucking up, "I wonder how much more of this I will have. It had better not be for the next two months. At this rate the baby won't have anything to feed off. I will be empty."

After a breakfast of dry biscuits, Stacey felt a bit better. She knew she wanted what Brendan had ordered, but knew in reality that it wouldn't stay down at all. What was the point of eating something nice, when it would just come right back up again. It was a waste. As she finished off that last mouthful of biscuit, Stacey turned to Brendan, "Might as well keep some of this food for later. I might just want some." Thinking for a few seconds, she said, "I wonder what I will crave as the months go on?" She hoped it was something that she enjoyed now, and not some mixed up experiment which she felt like eating, regretting later.

[brendan]

When Stacey said that he could tell Libby as well, and that he'd probably be more likely to send an email to her before she did herself anyway and that it might be better coming from him, he just gave Stacey a warm smile. "Well I don' mind if ya mention it to her an' all, cause she sure loves ya, I know tha' fer sure." He then gave her one of his grins, where his whole face lights up including his eyes.

"I will definitely do tha'. An' yeah, hell I wanna make it official quickly. The folks are gonna have a field day over this. An' I was jus' thinkin' afore, wha' abou' havin' the weddin' at ma folks vine yard? They got heaps of land, we could have a gazebo fer the weddin' ceremony and arrange a marquee fer a reception? Although, only if ya wanna, jus' thinkin' if we have problems gettin' a church at short notice ya know?" As Stacey looked at her stomach and mentioned the fact the little one was on its way, then it meant he wanted to get it sorted more than ever. Not that his parents were particularly that old fashioned, but he knew they'd be happier knowing they'd get married first before the baby came along.

"But, all tha' pretty stuff, am sure ya migh' wanna deal with yerself. Maybe ya could get together with Debbie, an' I jus' know Kitten would love to be a bridesmaid or flower girl or somethin'." Alright, so maybe he was getting somewhat carried away with it all, but he knew how he felt about Stacey, and the idea of marrying her as soon as possible, well, it was giving him a satisfied feeling, especially now they had created life together. He felt like they were finally complete.

When Brendan had been giving her all the compliments about how beautiful she'd look as the baby was growing, and her belly would swell, he knew she'd blush, like she always did, and then he felt her hands on his face. He grinned, "Well, ya should know by now it ain't possible fer me to stop complimentin' ya. But don' ya worry yerself sweetheart, ya'll be sure to get them sorta compliments when ya start to feel fat an' hate yer body, but jus' know tha' I'll never feel tha' way abou' ya or yer body maself." He winked at her again then. In fact, truth was, he couldn't wait to be standing behind her, when she was in full bloom, and wrap his arms around her, holding onto his baby inside of her. He just knew it would be the most wonderful feeling in the world.

29th June, 2009

Brendan and Stacey had then spent most of the afternoon and night making love, and lying in each others arms. They of course spoke about all things to do with the baby which would be arriving in eight months time. He was so glad that they had got things sorted out the day before, and of course the whole making up sex thing was just amazing in Brendan's eyes.

Now they were onto another day of their planned week away, and even though Brendan knew that every morning would be met with Stacey feeling sick, it felt good to know what was causing it, and that there would be this wonderful new life at the end of it all. He had been asleep the first time she was sick, but when she was sick again, Brendan had been awake. He didn't watch her be physically sick, but he just stood by the door, to make sure she wouldn't get weak and faint. Then when she had finished, he just ran his hands through her hair, and hugged her softly to him.

When Stacey spoke to him about the length of time she might have the sickness for, he just kissed her head gently, and then ran his hand through her hair again softly, "I ain't sure Bambi, done a bit of researchin' maself at some point last nigh'. Apparently it can jus' depend on the woman, but the general impression I got was tha' it usually disperses after the second month." With that, he pulled her into a hug gently again. He said he'd be there through it all, and he would. "Only good thing abou' ya bein' sick now, is we know we're gonna be blessed with a baby at the end of it all."

Brendan felt horrible for being able to eat a good breakfast, while watching Stacey eat dry biscuits, but he knew she'd feel better by noon, and he could make it up to her then, by spoiling her with anything she wanted to eat. "Yeah, sure we can keep the food." Then she mentioned about cravings. He had read about that as well, that would be fun. He could just see himself having to head out to the late night super store or pizza parlour to get her a weird concoction to eat. "Well, wha'ever yer cravin's are, am sure I'll be there to get wha'ever ya wan'." He laughed then, taking a look outside and seeing it was another really good day.

They had been lucky with the weather so far, "When we're gettin' ready to leave, grab yer swimsuit, think it's good enough to take ya to one of them water parks if ya wanna go?" Other than that, he thought they could maybe take a look at the L'Arc De Triomphe, take a walk down the Champs Elysees. He then went into the suitcase and grabbed a pair of swim shorts and some towels.

[Anastacia Potter]

Stacey listened to what Brendan had to say, in regard to the wedding and the arrangements. It sounded like to her that he had been thinking about this for some time, even though they had only been going out for just over a month. But it would seem that they both loved each other, and Stacey knew that she had fallen in love with Brendan from the moment she had laid eyes on him. Stacey nodded as Brendan spoke, and then replied, "Well, you have been doing a bit of thinking about it, haven't you?" With a smile, and a reassuring hand on his arm, Stacey continued. "It does sound nice, all of it, Brendan. But let's get home first, or we can make more definate plans on the cruise home. We might have some free time during that week." Stacey wondered about that. Would they? Or would they just stay in their room for the whole week?

"It would be nice to talk to Debbie about it. I don't really have any girlfriends, so she would be the perfect person. And I am sure that Libby will be throwing herself in with the idea of being flower girl. Why shouldn't she be?" Stacey knew that she might have to think of some things herself, not letting Brendan have all the fun of organising the wedding.

Stacey knew that Brendan would say all of those things in regards to how she will start to look after a while. "Well Brendan Harris. I can't wait for the compliments to start flooding in at those times."

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29th June 2009
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Stacey listened when Brendan was answering all of what she said, in regard to being sick during the pregnancy. "Well, Mr. Know-It-All, that's great to know. And here I thought I would have another two months of it." That was great news for Stacey. She hoped that she was like most women, and stopped having morning sickness. She didn't know if she was able to handle two months of it. Brendan then pulled her into a hug gently. Then as he said about what good would come out of it, Stacey just rolled her eyes. She knew that was the case, but she felt like crap now, what with being sick.

Once again, her Know-It-All fiance spoke about the cravings. "You have been reading up a lot on this. I have to say, more than I have. I only scanned the net for about a few minutes." She made a mental note to look into more about everything when she had free time. "I just hope that I crave ice cream. Love the stuff. Especially chocolate ice cream. Yum." But she stopped right there, as she felt she couldn't think about it as it was just make her sick again.

Stacey listened to what Brendan had planned for that day. She was starting to feel a bit better, but still not sure when she would be okay. Yesterday she was feeling better around late morning, noon time, so hopefully she would be in full swing by lunch. The day did seem nice outside, and it was a waste to just stay inside, even if they would have their own activities to do in the room. "Okay B," Stacey replied after Brendan mentioned the whole swimsuit thing. Thinking about what she normally wore, a blue bikini, she wondered about what sort she should wear once she started showing. "Maybe when we get back, I will have to start thinking about what sort of clothes I will be able to get into as I won't be able to wear that bikini for a while after I start popping out."

She then laughed, and shook her head. She had a while yet to think about buying maternity things, but still it was something else she had to think about as the time goes on. Stacey knew that Brendan would be the only one she could go with, what with not having any real girlfriends out there. That thought made her feel a bit down. Normally these were the times when you could share things with friends, especially ones who had already been through it, or were at the same time. Stacey then looked out the window, feeling lost in thought.

After a few seconds, Stacey smiled at Brendan, got up, and went to sit on his lap. Wrapping her arms around him, she rested her head on his chest. "The water park sounds nice. But I might just be the one who might just relax on the lounges for a while. Then get in the water a bit later." She also made a mental note to bring along her camera to take some nice holiday shots of them.

[brendan]

When Brendan had spoken to Stacey about using his parents vine yard for the wedding, he had basically just got so excited about Stacey agreeing to bringing the wedding forward he got a little carried away. He should have known better, it wasn't just his day, it was Stacey's as well, and when it came to it, it was always the bride's big day, never the groom's. He just gave a weak smile, and shook his head when she mentioned he had been doing a lot of thinking about it. "Not really, it only came to ma mind now, tha' we migh' have problems gettin' a church tha's all." He was pushing it too much, he realised that now. He would have to back down a little. The soon as he had started talking about the plans for the wedding he had a feeling he'd gone too far with it.

However she did smile and laid a reassuring hand on his arm, and continued with it sounding nice, but to let them get home first, or possibly talk about it on the cruise home. He nodded his head then, and gave her a slightly warmer smile, the dimples just about showing. "Alrigh', sorry sweetheart, guess I jus' got a bit carried away with it all, only cause I love ya so much an' don' wan' nothin' goin' wrong. But yeah, guess there's still time enough yet to get it sorted." He did feel a little stupid now and maybe even a little down, but only because he was worried he'd pushed Stacey too far with his overactive brain.

When Stacey said it would be good to talk to Debbie, and how she figured Libby would be throwing herself in with being a flower girl, and why shouldn't she be, Brendan felt like he could relax again a little bit, and he smiled more deeply this time, he couldn't wait to see his little Kitten all dressed up in a lovely pretty dress for the wedding. He could just see it in his head now, she'd look so cute and pretty. "Well am glad ya don' mind havin' Libby as a flower girl if tha's wha' she wan's. An' I know Debbie will be only too happy to talk to ya abou' the plans. Ill probably get some cheeky remark from her mind, somethin' along the lines of it bein' abou' time I got married." He chuckled slightly after saying that.

When Stacey said she couldn't wait for the compliments to start flooding in when the time came, he just winked at her, with a deep smile. Not that he would just keep the compliments for that time, Brendan just couldn't stop complimenting her full stop. Stacey would just have to get used to it.

*** 29th June, 2009 ***

When Stacey called him Mr. Know-It-All, he just frowned slightly, but keeping his eyes smiling, he shrugged his shoulders back, "Sorry, jus' after ya said ya were keepin' the baby, I couldn' help but look into some stuff. Don' mean to come across as a know it all." He actually began to wonder if he'd upset Stacey a little with that information. Maybe he should just be letting her look into all that kind of stuff himself, instead of stepping on her toes or stealing her thunder. After all, she was the one carrying the child, not him.

When he clocked her rolling her eyes after he had commented that at least something good was going to come out of the sickness she was suffering just now, he definitely began to wonder if he was upsetting her, or annoying her. Or maybe it was just hormones. But oops, there he goes again with the know it all information, so he wasn't about to open his mouth this time.

He just gave her a look of apology, as his eyes sparkled, and he shrugged his shoulders back again a little. "Jus' had some restless sleep after we, well ya know, finally settled fer the nigh', only I wasn' settlin' too well. So used the time to do some research, tha's all." Stacey then went on to mention that she hoped she had cravings for ice cream because she loved it, especially chocolate. He was going to say, well I guess we'll find out soon enough, but decided to bite his tongue and keep it to himself, "Well, like I said afore, anythin' ya ever wan' no matter the time, I'll get it fer ya if we don' have it in." He wrapped his arms around her then and hugged her to him gently again.

Brendan was glad when Stacey seemed to like the idea of going to one of the water parks. It was just such a nice day out, he figured it would be something nice and relaxing for them to do for a little while anyway. Stacey then began to speak about getting different clothes for when she starts to show. "Don' worry sweetheart, we can go on a major shoppin' spree when ya feel it's necessary. Get ya some real fashionable clothes which will look good. Course we're also gonna have to turn one of the spare rooms into a nursery now, an' get all the essential baby items." Brendan's eyes were beginning to sparkle and gleam again as he spoke about the baby which was still only just a four week old foetus, but he was so happy about the fact Stacey was pregnant, it was just too difficult to hide it and not talk about it.

He watched as she laughed and shook her head at what she had said with regards to getting maternity clothes, but really it wasn't bothering him, listening to her speak about it already, after all, he was excited about the prospect of the baby arriving, and of course had been doing late night research. So he couldn't really say a thing.

The next thing Brendan saw Stacey get up and come toward him and then she was sitting on his lap. He felt her wrap her arms around him and lean her head on his chest, and so he wrapped his arms around her waist to hold her in place, and then kissed her on the head. Stacey then said the water park sounded nice but she might just lay on the loungers for a while. Well that was fine with him. "Tha's alrigh' Bambi, wha'ever ya wanna do is fine with me." He then bent his head down to kiss her gently on the lips.

**** 2 hours later ****

Once Stacey was feeling much better, they both left the hotel, to do the typical tourist thing. Brendan made sure to carry the bag with their swimsuits and towels, because he wanted them to go down the Champs Elysees first, and have a look at the L'Arc De Triomphe. It only took them about half an hour to reach it, Brendan also packed his cameras which he used for his journalism, because he wanted to make sure he got enough footage and photos of them enjoying themselves.

Standing in front of the L'Arc De Triomphe, Brendan noticed that it was a monument with the names of the dead who had served in the war. He had always wondered what the big fascination was over it, so he immediately, stood and bowed his head, and gave a moments silence in their memory.

"Wha' ya think Bambi? Nice monument eh? Jus' a pity tha' it's all abou' those who died in the war." He then took his camera out, and grinned, "Go on then, go stand by it, an' I'll take yer picture, migh' as well do the tourist thing while we're here." He chuckled then, as he set the camera ready to take the photograph. He'd have to see if there was anyone who looked trustworthy enough to take a photo of the both of them together. He'd keep his eyes open for that one. The best type were old people, they were less likely to make off with your camera.

[Anastacia Potter]

Stacey listened to what Brendan said about the whole wedding thing, and was quite surprised that he had only really just thought about it all. But she supposed that why he was so good at thinking about things, was why he was the editor in chief - probably used to thinking quick on his feet. So that was probably a good attribute to have. When Brendan said sorry, Stacey just waved her hand a bit slowly. "Don't be sorry. It's nice that we are both thinking about it, even if it won't be for a couple of weeks at least." With that, Stacey kissed him tenderly.

****
29h June 2009
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[/b]

Stacey saw that frown, when she called him a Mr. Know-It-All, as Brendan then said sorry. "I was kind of kidding. I just feel like shit and just will say things without thinking. I should say sorry now." Stacey felt so bad now, saying it. She hadn't meant to say it, but because of the way she was feeling, after being sick, it just slipped out. She wondered if that was what was going to happen now. She would have word vomit, along with normal vomit? This was a side of her she hadn't seen in a while - irritability. Or was this the whole thing where the mood swings came into it. Shit.

Stacey listened to what Brendan said about him not sleeping after one of their love making sessions, and looked stuff up. Again she felt bad, after that look he gave her, when she had rolled her eyes, at him saying more information. "Well next time, if you want, we can look up stuff together, and then discuss it. How is that?" She wanted to make light of how she had been acting, and wanted to make it right between them. If this was how she was going to get for the next eight months, Stacey would try and make sure that she was thinking before she was speaking.

When Brendan replied to when she spoke about having to buy clothes when she started to show, he told her not to worry, and that they would go on a major shopping spree when she felt it was necessary. Stacey had to smile when he said that they would have to turn one of the spare rooms into a nursery now, and get all the baby stuff for it. She saw his eyes shine as he spoke about all of that, and all she felt was warm inside, hoping that the waterworks would hold off for now, which it did.

As Stacey wrapped her arms around Brendan, as she sat on his lap, with her head on his chest, his arms were soon felt around her waist. Then that unmistakable kiss on her head, which she murmured to. She was glad that he was okay with her just laying there for a little bit at the water park. She looked up at him then, and smiled warmly, blinking slowly at him. Then his lips met hers, ever so gently, which was nice for now.

**** 2 hours later ****

After two hours, Stacey felt a bit better, and knew she would be okay to now go and head to the water park. The warmth of the sun was nice on her skin, and she knew it would a nice day to just lay about, but also to get cooled off in the water. Stacey held Brendan's hand as they headed out into the city, while he carried the bag with their swim stuff in it. The walk was nice too. The people they walked passed were always interesting to see as well. Stacey knew that most of them were French. Also you could pick the tourists, like them, out and about.

Half an hour later, Stacey and Brendan were standing in front of the L'Arc De Triomphe. Stacey kind of glanced at it, not really knowing what it ready stood for. Then she saw Brendan stand still and bow his head. Looking more closely, Stacey saw that it had names on it. Brendan then made a comment about it. "Well, it sure is rather big. But I suppose it is nice of them to construct something like this to remember people by, especially people who fought in the war." Stacey really wasn't one for history, so it didn't really mean much to her. But she could see that it did for Brendan.

Brendan then gestured for Stacey to go and stand by it. Stacey nodded, "Okay." She walked over to the left hand side of the momument, and smiled, waiting for Brendan to take the picture. Stacey then walked over to Brendan, after the picture was taken, "Here. I will take a picture of you as well." Once Brendan answered her, and stood where he wanted to stand, Stacey took the picture. Once it was taken, she handed Brendan the camera back. "I'm not sure how good it is. But I am sure that you will be able to do something with it."

[brendan]

When Stacey told him not to be sorry and that it was nice they were both talking about it, even if it would be a couple of weeks away yet, Brendan just gave her a deep smile. "Alrigh' Bambi." Then her lips were on his giving him a tender kiss, to which he of course returned just as tenderly.

**** 29th June, 2009 ****

Brendan hadn't expected or wanted Stacey to catch the frown which he'd done after she called him Mr. Know-It-All, but she had, and now she was commenting on it, saying that it was her turn to apologise. Brendan just gave her a tender look of love, he wrapped his arms around her tenderly. "No need to apologise Bambi, said I'd take the good with the bad, am here fer ya, no matter wha', jus' remember tha', an' I love ya unconditionally, tha' means lovin' everythin' abou' ya, which I do." He then bent down to kiss her on the head, then her neck, her cheek, before reaching her lips, and tenderly kissed her again.

After he had explained his reasons for knowing so much, Stacey suggested that next time they look at stuff together and then discuss it. He gave her a deep smile then, "Tha' sounds like a plan Bambi, we should be doin' tha' kinda thing together, why should I have all the fun eh?" He winked at her after that, he was so in love with Stacey, he felt like he was falling in love with her every minute of every day. Maybe that's why when he thought he had upset her, he got so upset and apologetic, because the thought of upsetting her, didn't sit well with him.

Talking about the baby was making Brendan go misty eyed, and when he mentioned about turning one of the spare rooms into a nursery, and buying all the essential baby items, he saw Stacey smile. That beautiful smile he loves so much. Only two emotions brought on tears for Brendan, extremely happy and extremely sad, and right now he was extremely happy, but so far, he was being able to keep the tears at bay.

Brendan couldn't wait to get to the water park, he'd probably spend quite a bit of the time, sitting writing some song words down, a few sentences had went through his head and he'd thought they would make good lyrics for a song. Then when he got back to the hotel, he'd start messing around with a tune to go with it. He wasn't about to go carrying his guitar around with him during the day.

**** 2 hours later ****

The monument meant quite a lot to Brendan because his grandfather had fought and died in a war, his grandfather on his father's side, as opposed to his mother's side. Which was why he felt the need to bow his head in remembrance to all those names on that monument. "Yeah, it's big alrigh', but then guess it had to be, lots of folks died in them wars. Ma grandfather died in one of them wars." Brendan felt himself get a little sad then, he hadn't been around to know him, which was what made it so sad for him.

After he had finished paying his respects, he told Stacey to go stand by the monument so he could take her photo. Once she was in position, and he caught that beautiful smile of hers, which made him lose concentration for a few seconds, he took the photograph. "Tha's real beautiful Bambi." He shouted over to her, not caring who heard him. He was allowed to compliment his fianceé. When Stacey told him to get his photograph taken as well, he smiled at her, "Alrigh' Bambi." He handed her the camera and went to stand by the monument, doing his tourist thing, when he knew she'd taken the photograph he made his way back over to her. He winked at her as she said she wasn't sure how good it would be, but he was bound to do something with it.

"Am sure it's jus' fine Bambi." He wrapped his arm around her waist then, and was about to head back down the Champs Elysees to head toward the water park he knew they had. When a slightly older woman approached them with a kind smile. "You want photo together, oui?" She asked, obviously French, but looking at her, Brendan figured he could trust her with one of his prized possessions. "Oui, tha' would be great, thanks." He gave her a deep smile, and handed over his camera, after showing the woman how to take the photograph.

"C'mon sweetheart." He said to Stacey, as he walked with her back to the monument and stood in front of it, going behind Stacey, and wrapping his arms around her waist, making sure his hands were placed right across where he knew her baby bump would be in a few months time. Once the woman had taken the photograph she came toward him and gave him the camera back.

"Beautiful!" She said, Brendan smiled deeply, "Merci beaucoup!" She smiled brightly back at him, and nodded her head, "Welcome!" And with that she was off, Brendan felt quite good at having been able to get a photograph with Stacey at the L'Arc De Triomphe. Very much the tourist thing to do. "Alright' let's go, shouldn' take too long to get to the water park from here." He swung the bag over his shoulder again, and wrapped his arm around Stacey's waist to head in the right direction.

{ooc - alright I have no clue if Paris has a water park - but in this rpg thread they do lol}

[Anastacia Potter]

"Yes. Why should you have all the fun. Even though I will be having the physical fun of it all." She was being sarcastic with the last sentence. She would infact be carrying the child and all, so it was only fair really to say that. The only downfall so far was the morning sickness, which would subside in the next month hopefully. Stacey had only very shortly seen and read a bit on the net that afternoon before she told Brendan her decision, so could only imagine what else she had in store until the baby was born. Then the whole thing at the end, where she gave birth. Luckily that was further away. She didn't have to think about that yet.

**** 2 hours later ****

Stacey listened to what Brendan said about the war, and that his grandfather had died in one of the wars. Stacey took his hand, and gave it a squeeze. She had no idea about her family history at all. Stacey had been away from her family for so long, she wondered if any of them really cared what she was up to. Her father would probably disown her the moment she set foot on their doorstep. "I never did do well with history, but I think it was sad that all those people had to die defending their country." She just wanted Brendan to know that she understood why the monument was there, and that she was there for him.

Stacey had to smile even more when Brendan shouted that the picture was beautiful, or maybe she was. Then she went over, took the camera off of Brendan and took his picture. Stacey just knew that the photograph would be okay, but not the best, as Stacey hadn't really used her camera very much, and knew that the type that Brendan used were the best you could get. So she had hoped that she had the camera in focus before taking the shot.

Brendan then wrapped his arms around her waist then. She knew that this was the best place to be, in his arms. Or maybe the second best place to be. Then a woman came over to them, asking if they wanted a photo together. She let Brendan answer, as it was his camera after all. So soon enough they were getting their picture taken together in front of the monument. It would be one of the best pictures from their trip, she was sure of it. It would definately show that they were so in love right then. His arms around her waist, and his hands right on her stomach. Stacey then had a thought about how it would feel for his hands to be right there in a couple of months time, when she started to pop out a bit. Stacey knew that it would be just as good as it was now.

The woman who took the picture said it was beautiful. Well I hope so, Stacey thought, giggling a little. Brendan smiled at the woman and thanked her. When the woman left, Stacey listened to what Brendan had to say about going. "Okay. And I feel like going for that swim now. The weather is really nice now, and the sun has warmed me up now. As well as you doing the same thing." She smiled, looking down at the ground. Feeling his arms around her waist, Stacey put an arm around Brendan, and they were off.

As they continued to walk, Stacey spotted an ice cream parlor. She started to slow her walk, and then completely stopped, almost pulling Brendan with her. "Sorry Brendan. But I think on such a nice day, we should eat an ice cream on the way to the water park. What do you think?" She already knew that if he said no, she would just go in herself, leaving him out there. Stacey didn't care. The weather was nice for it. If he said yes, she knew that Brendan would know the answer to the flavour she wanted. Chocolate.

[brendan]

When Brendan had said why should he have all the fun, he could only chuckle at Stacey's sarcasm when she replied back to him. "Yeah, an' I'll be there to hold yer hand, sharin' tha' physical fun." He winked and grinned then, he was being a little sarcastic back, knowing full well, his hand would likely be crushed during the labour pains, not hat he knew what it was like of course, he had just been told time and time again by his mom, that men didn't know the half of what women go through.

**** 2 hours later ****

When Brendan told Stacey about his grandfather dying during the war, he felt her squeeze his hand, so he looked up at her then and gave her a weak smile to acknowledge he had got her sympathy in that squeeze. When Stacey spoke saying she didn't do well with history but it was sad all those people died defending their country, Brendan turned to her, and gave her another weak smile. "Didn' do tha' great with history maself Bambi, only know wha' I know cause dad told me." He hugged into her then a little. "But yeah, it sure was sad."

After Brendan and Stacey had taken each other's photograph a French woman had approached Brendan asking them if they wanted their photograph taken together. Brendan had of course agreed, she was a slightly older woman, so didn't think she'd be likely to run off with his camera. Brendan, had wrapped his arms around Stacey, with his hands on her stomach, knowing full well in a few months, he would feel the nice round swell. He couldn't wait until that moment arrived, and feeling his baby kick, it would be amazing.

Once the lady took their photograph and he had thanked her, he began to look through the camera, as it was a powerful digital one, it was great to be able to see the photos right away and keep the ones you wanted and delete the bad ones. He smiled deeply, when he saw the one of Stacey on her own, and then, when he saw the one of them together, he almost felt a tear in his eye, it was simply beautiful.

"Look at tha' Bambi, she was righ', it really is beautiful. Tha' one is sure goin' in a frame when I get home, to sit on ma desk, along with the one of me, yeself an' Kitten." He was simply bursting with pride, and he was sure glad he had brought his journalism camera along with him. It really did take the best photographs. He then flicked to the one Stacey had taken of him, "Ya know, tha's not a bad photo, told ya there'd be nothin' wrong with it." With that he gave her a hug, and a lingering kiss, before putting the camera back into his bag.

When Brendan had spoke about heading to the water park now, Stacey mentioned she was ready for a swim. The sun had warmed her, and then she added as well as himself. He smirked at that one, "Is tha' righ'? Well I've been told am a bit of a hot blooded male...." He trailed off, laughing, he was of course just messing around, he wasn't that big up on himself. Of course, he hadn't even thought about the fact he could make it even warmer what with his ability. He wondered if he should do it, the weather reports could just put it down to a miracle or something.

So, he did just that. The weather had probably already got brighter, just down to the way he was feeling right at that moment, but he closed his eyes, and within a few seconds, he could feel the temperature rising a few degrees, he had probably made it closer to high eighties, when it was probably only high seventies before.

"I migh' jus' be sittin' loungin' around maself for a bit, got somethin' in ma head, I kinda wanna get written down afore I forget it." He was of course referring to the lyrics which kept popping up into his head.

Once Brendan wrapped his arm around Stacey, he felt her own wrap around his own waist, and they began to walk toward the water park. As they continued to walk, after a short time, Brendan felt Stacey slow her walk down, and then she stopped, and before he knew it he was being pulled in the direction of an ice cream parlour. "Sure, why not, I agree with ya, real nice day fer one." So, he followed her to the parlour, and he went right to the counter. Of course, not knowing whether this person was going to understand English or not, Brendan went right into French, one phrase he had learned from languages at school.

**"Un glacé du chocolat et un glacé du fraise, sil vous plait." The man behind the counter nodded his head, and soon Brendan had two huge tubs of ice cream, a chocolate and strawberry one, he handed the chocolate one to Stacey. "There ya go sweetheart." He then handed over the money for the ice creams to the guy who had served them, and then Brendan picked up two plastic spoons, and handed one to Stacey.

"Ya still alrigh' with walkin' to the park? Or would ya rather sit in these seats here, an' then continue after?" He only asked, because there was a free table, but he had a feeling Stacey wanted to continue walking to the park, eating the ice cream.

**Translation: Chocolate ice cream and strawberry ice cream please.

[Anastacia Potter]

Stacey was glad that she wasn't the only one who didn't do well in certain subjects at school. Though she did love writing, which hadn't really come up in topic yet. Maybe she would surprise him one day with a short story or something just for him. After the photos were taken, Brendan flicked through the pictures that had been taken. The first one that Stacey was shown was the one of them together. She smiled when Brendan mentioned that it would be going in a frame when he got home, to sit on his desk at work. "Well then, you will have to make two copies. One for work, and one for your house. I would love to have it on the wall somewhere." There were a couple of them together, but this one showed them out on holidays, which was just as nice.

She wondered if he was being nice, about her taking a good photo. "I suppose so." Stacey thought for a second. "Maybe I should get some tips from you about using cameras. I think I should upgrade mine when we get back home. Will need a proper one to take photos of the baby, when it comes." Stacey hoped she wouldn't be one of those mothers who just kept taking pictures. But sometimes it was good to capture everything.

All Stacey could do was shake her head at him, rolling her eyes at his comment about being a hot blodded male. "Well, in some aspects you are." She couldn't help but grab that ass of his, just as she finished off of his cheeky comment. But he was, especially in bed. Just as she made the comment, she saw him close his eyes, and then the sun got just that much warmer on her skin. Stacey wondered if he was the one who had just done that, as he had the ability. Leaning in, she whispered to him. "Did you just do that?" Then she moved away, and smiled, knowing full well he probably did.

After that moment, Brendan mentioned that he might just lounge around himself, as he had something in his head, that he wanted to write down. Stacey then wondered if it was a song or something. She knew he liked to write songs, and she had even had one dedicated to her already, which she loved. "Well then. I might just have to go swimming on my own then." Stacey loved teasing him so much.

Stacey smiled when Brendan agreed to get some ice cream. It wasn't a craving by any means, but just knowing that the weather was nice and warm now, that it would be nice to cool down with some cold ice cream. So Brendan followed her into the shop, and he ordered their ice cream for the two of them. It was a good thing that Brendan knew a little French, as she would have had to do a lot of gesturing and pointing with what she wanted in regard to ice cream.

Her eyes nearly popped out of her head seeing the huge tub of ice cream that Brendan had handed over to her. "Thank's Brendan, but I don't know how I am going to get through all of this. I might have to hand over some of it to you later. I think if I eat all of it, I might just be sick. And we both know that I have been through that already this morning." Stacey had no intention of being sick all over again. Once or twice in the morning was enough for now.

Stacey wondered what she wanted to do. "If it's okay, we could eat and walk. I can handle that." Wrapping her napkin around the tub, Stacey hoped that would stop any moisture getting all over her hands. She started walking, following Brendan, as he probably knew the way to the water park. Stacey dipped her spoon into the ice cream, and took out a spoonful, placing it in her mouth. It was really good ice cream.

[brendan]

When Brendan showed Stacey the photographs on the camera, and mentioned about putting the one of the both of them into a frame to sit on his desk at work, Stacey mentioned making two copies, one for his desk and one for 'your house'. Wait, did she really just say 'your house'? It wasn't just his house now, it was Stacey's house as well. She was his whole life, his whole world, she was a part of his everything, and that meant it was no longer just his home, it was their home. With a smile on his face, but a slight frown, "Stacey, it ain't jus' ma home anymore, it's our home." He put emphasis on the word 'our', "But yeah, I'll be sure to make two copies, would love tha' on our wall." He grinned at her then, frown gone, and hugged her into him.

He noticed the sound of her voice when she spoke of the photograph she had taken herself. He shook his head gently, with a warm smile on his face, "Don' sell yerself so short, it's good, an' I like it, ain't tha' all tha' matters?" Stacey then spoke of getting tips on how to use a camera from him and upgrading her own camera when they got back. "Well, I can give ya tips anytime ya wan' ya jus' hafta ask. As fer upgradin' yer camera, we'll get tha' sorted when we get home fer sure. I know I'll wanna take plenty of photos maself." He winked at her then, of course Brendan already had the best camera and video camera there was on the market, but they were bought for his journalism, but he used them for personal reasons as well, and he knew they'd be getting used a lot when the new baby came into their lives.

When Stacey shook her head and rolled her eyes after his hot blooded male comment, he knew his words had the desired effect. Of course Brendan was teasing her, because he wasn't that up himself. Then Stacey mentioned he was, in some aspects. "Is tha' right? An' jus' wha' would they migh' be?" He asked, teasing her right back, but just then, he felt her hand on his ass and grab it, and he pretended to jump. He loved when she did that, and of course, he slipped his hand down from her waist, and squeezed her own right back, before slipping his arm back up to her waist again and hugging her to him.

When Stacey commented on the fact the weather had got warmer, she leaned into his ear and asked if he had done that. He grinned, and winked at her, "I migh' have done. Am jus' so happy righ' now, so thought, why not share it with Paris?" He then stopped walking, and turned Stacey to face him, and kissed her tenderly. He didn't care about public displays of affection he loved her and wanted to show it.

When Stacey mentioned about going for a swim by herself because he had mentioned sitting and writing the lyrics which were in his head, he knew she was teasing him. He then gently grabbed at her sides and tickled her a little, "No, no, I think I can find time to get in there with ya, gotta get some splashes in ya know." He winked at her and grinned again. He just loved Stacey so much, and the idea of being in the water, with his arms around her, sounded good to him.

After Brendan had bought the ice cream, Stacey thanked him, but mentioned she might not be able to eat it all. "Tha's alrigh' Bambi, sweetheart, jus' throw away wha' ya don' finish." He then looked down at his own tub and realised just how big it actually was. "Shoulda pointed to the smaller tubs I think, probably ain't gonna eat all of mine either." He laughed again then, as he continued to eat the ice cream.

Brendan smiled at Stacey when she said she wanted to walk and eat, "Alrigh' tha' suits me an' all." He gave her one last hug, before using both his hands to obviously eat the ice cream, one holding the tub, the other holding the spoon. The water park according to the map he had been looking at was only a short distance from them now.

After walking for about five minutes, Brendan could see the entrance to the water park "Well, wha' d'ya know, looks like eatin' an' walkin' is a god thing, we're here already." He then headed toward the entrance, and paid the entrance fee, and immediately made his way to a couple of free loungers. Looking around, it looked fantastic. There were different swimming pools everywhere, probably different depths, and then the one major pool, which had by looking at it, mechanical waves going, and a huge flume, and lots of other chutes into the water. Looked like it was going to be a heap of fun.

"Ya know Bambi, migh' jus' enjoy havin' a swim around in there." He winked at her, and grinned again, as he put the bag down next to the lounger he was about to sit on.

[Anastacia Potter]

Stacey knew that the house that Brendan owned would soon be her own as well, but at the moment she still classified it as Brendan's. Brendan smiled at her, with a small frown to add in effect, saying that it wasn't just his house, but it was their house. She shook her head, "Sorry. I think I am just used to the house being yours. But I know that I should class it as my own as well with you, as I have been living there practically from day one." After he said that he would definately make a copy of the picture, he grinned and gave her a hug, which was really nice.

When Brendan complimented her somewhat on taking the shot of him, Stacey smiled a little. "I suppose so. As long as it clear enough to see." Stacey had tried to make it focus well before she took the shot, so had hoped that Brendan wasn't all fuzzy. But by the looks of it he wasn't, which was good for her. She could keep the picture, and look at him whenever he wasn't around, which would be mainly when he was at work. When Brendan said that he would be sure to give her tips, Stacey smiled even more. "Thanks. It would be great to learn some tricks on it. I normally just use the basic features, and never bother with reading the manual, or mucking about with the camera." Sometimes Stacey never really had the patience for it.

Stacey knew that Brendan was teasing her when he asked her about her comment, about how she said that in some aspects he was a hot blooded male. "Well..." And then she grabbed his ass, which led to him pretending to jump, or so she thought he did. She should have known better than to do that, as she soon felt his hand move from her waist to her own ass, giving it a squeeze. Just that physical contact between them, made Stacey want to drag him back to the hotel room, and do more than sqeeze each other's bums. But she had to restrain herself. There would be lots of time for that after going to the water park.

She loved how he said that he wanted to share some of his happiness with Paris. Well, Stacey knew how he was feeling. She was still so happy at what had happened over the last two days. First she was engaged to Brendan and then the news of her carrying his child. And now they were just being together, which was nice. Stacey didn't know how she would go being apart from Brendan, when he went back to work. "Why not." After they kissed, Stacey told him, "I love you so much." She just couldn't be happier.

Stacey couldn't wait to get in that water, with our without Brendan. But thinking about what they could get up to in the water, put a smile on her face. "Well then. You might have to hold off on that writing then. I want you in that water from the moment I get in there. Then later after we get out, you can do all the writing you want. I will be too tired to do anything then." Stacey always had fun in the water. But if she was in it too long, she got tired. But then that gave her an excuse to get some sun on her skin. It wasn't the most tan, so she tried to get some sun when she could.

When Brendan commented about her throwing away what she couldn't eat, Stacey raised her eyebrows. She hated throwing stuff away, but if he wasn't going to eat it, then she would have to get rid of it. "Okay. But you have to know that I hate throwing anything away." Stacey would make sure that she would eat what she could, before throwing any of it away. At least he wasn't going to eat all of his, so she didn't feel that bad.

After five minutes, they reached the water park. Stacey smiled at Brendan after he spoke. "Looks like it. Can't wait to get into that water." Looking down at the ice cream that was still in the tub, Stacey frowned. She had only managed to eat about half of it. Stacey loved her ice cream, but not that much. It was a pity to waste it, but also knew that Brendan probably wouldn't eat it. She soon spotted a bin, and dumped the rest of it. Stacey then followed Brendan to the lounges he was walking towards.

Stacey had been to some water parks, but nothing like this one. She didn't like the slides, as she sometimes felt that she might fly off them, and get hurt. So she always stuck to just the pools, which suited her fine. She just liked to just swim and splash, which was just as fun to her as going on the slides. There were a few different pools, so she would have to check out which one she wanted to be in in a few moments.

Brendan soon spotted and mentioned the big pool, where the waves were being created, and other things that were going into the pool. "Um, yeah. But I think I would love to just go into a normal pool for starters, if that is okay. Somewhere we can just be together, where we don't get thrashed about." Don't get her wrong, she kind of likes waves and stuff, but would mostly prefer the calm water. Did she really want to lose anythign that she had eaten between now and before?

Stacey sat down on the lounge, and reached into the bag for her bikini. "I will be back. Just going to go change into this." Stacey then also grabbed a towel, to wrap her clothes into. She made her way to the baths, where she could change. Five minutes later, Stacey made her way out of there, and headed back to the lounges. She put her clothes into the bag, and sat down on the lounge. Reaching into the bag, Stacey retrieved the sunscreen. Looking at Brendan, she smiled, shading her eyes from the sun, "Could you put some of this on me?" She stood up, waiting for Brendan to reply.