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After she was dressed and ready for the day, Barbara Chesterton watched her reflection as she washed up the breakfast things. Alfie was late to help her but for once she didn't mind since it gave her time to think. They had celebrated Ian's running for council the night before and she felt awful to be the bearer of bad news, particularly she'd had chances before.

Once she had finished, she found Ian in the back garden with some of the boys, constructing another hammock.

"May I talk to you for a moment?" she asked once he looked free enough. Some of the boys made noises to suggest that Ian was in trouble.

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first_in_time

"We should get as much in as we can before the final trimester," she said with a sigh, "if this baby is going to be anything like John I'll be the size of a planet, hot and constantly uncomfortable. Kissing naked will be the last thing I'll want to do."

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splendid_roman

"It's a different time of year, so you might not be as hot." Although he was resigned to the idea of not kissing naked towards the end of her pregnancy.

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first_in_time

"I might not be but we'll see how I go. I can normally stand the heat inside the dome." Barbara pulled him in for another sweet kiss.

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splendid_roman

He smiled at her afterwards. "We should get back. We don't want to leave the boys looking after Johnny for too long."

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first_in_time

"We'll come home and find him wrapped up in dough and ready for the oven," Barbara chuckled.

She hugged Ian again and as she did so, gently pushed him away from the tree so that she could take a step forward without treading on his toes.

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splendid_roman

"I hope they won't be quite that bad." He chuckled and took her hand to walk home.

((OOC: I've run out of things to say, shall I start a new thread?))