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[nyota_uhura24]

Nyota was trying, unsuccessfully, to understand how she'd gotten to this point. It hadn't been the most pleasant of days, mostly because she'd already thrown up several times, but nothing had gone horrible wrong. She'd been glad to get off shift and return to her quarters to rest and go to the bathroom for the seventeenth time that afternoon. She'd even been planning to read that bawdy Ancient Andorian ballad Yaxaria sent her. Then she'd walked in the door, seen the picture of her sisters on the mantle....

...And instantly burst into tears. Now she was sitting on the couch bawling her eyes out for no apparent reason and wondering why there were no pickles in her room. She grabbed her PADD, sent John a message asking him to bring some, and curled up on the couch, staring at the picture and wishing Sadiki and Chiedza were there with her.

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[ltkyle.livejournal.com]

John was fully aware of the symptoms that come with pregnancy. He'd never had to really witness it before, but he knew it happened. When she sent him a message, asking for him to bring pickles, he assumed that this was definitely one of those situations where she was feeling a bit out of sorts. he wasn't about to worry too much, but by time he made it back to her quarters, he was met with a disturbing sight.

Uhura, curled up on the couch, sobbing. John, looking no more concerned than he usually did, walked carefully over to her and sat himself down beside her, though not close because he wasn't sure what she needed and he wasn't going to overstep his bounds. He set the pickles on the table and waited, patiently for her to decide when she wanted to talk to him, if she did.