{"id":3807,"date":"2018-12-12T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T19:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2018-12-12T14:48:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T19:48:38","slug":"seven-05-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3807","title":{"rendered":"Seven – 05"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Marin’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

A cradle.<\/em><\/p>\n

Marin sat down heavily in the rocking chair in the corner, bile rising in her throat. She tried to swallow it back down, to ignore the sourness that slicked the back of her tongue and burned in her throat. Thom watched her as he worked one boot off, then the other, wincing only slightly as he straightened back up again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe look on your face makes me think you\u2019re worried,\u201d he said softly. \u201cAre you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA little,\u201d she said weakly, then swallowed hard, blinking. She took one breath, then another, her stomach slowly starting to settle as she did. \u201cYou really don\u2019t remember drawing it?\u201d<\/p>\n

He shook his head. \u201cNo. I was talking to Matt and was just doodling without really thinking. When I looked down was when I realized what I\u2019d drawn. It was mindless except maybe it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe,\u201d she whispered, scrubbing a hand over her eyes as she started to tug off her sweatshirt. \u201cHoly shit, Thom. Do you\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think maybe it means the same thing I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marin nodded slowly. \u201cYeah. Yeah, I think I probably do. Holy shit.\u201d<\/p>\n

They probably don\u2019t even know. Of course, we could be wrong. They might not be. It might be coincidence. It could be nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Or it could be a really, really big <\/em>something.<\/em><\/p>\n

It sent her heart soaring, at least for a few seconds. They deserved to be happy, though she suspected that Hecate might worry herself sick over it, at least at first. She knew that the worry would be there, more intense than the usual pregnancy concerns, worse than the normal first time mom worries\u2014worries that Marin had to admit she had herself with Lin, but had tried her best to bury.<\/p>\n

After all, everything was different now\u2014this was uncharted territory. No one before them\u2014before she and Tala and Neve\u2014had given birth after the end of the world, at least not anywhere near them. They were all figuring things out as they went along.<\/p>\n

Matt and Hecate…<\/em><\/p>\n

She felt tears gathering in her eyes even as she smiled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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