Tombstone Estate

[Midori]

It had been a long day for the Hollidays. A long week was capped off by a nice get together at the Waverly's home, Veranda Incognito, which was but a few miles from Tombstone. At 7 months pregnant, it was a relief for her to be in her own home, laying on her own couch under the care of her husband. They took this night for themselves after a week of him being away on diplomacy. Secretly, she hated him being gone on those missions but she accepted it as she had when she married him.

Before they settled on the sofa by a warm fire and a big screen television for a movie, John came out with a bottle of sparkling water and two glasses. He had also brought out some popcorn and some foot cream. As they so often did, they toasted each other before dimming the lights for a good movie, an old Earth movie they were fond of.

She laid back with her feet on his legs, her belly more than filling the kibuki gown she was wearing. She nestled herself into the cushions and rested her hands over her chest, turned her head towards the screen and watched, enjoying the attention her feet were getting.
Doc rubbed her feet with care and couldn't help but notice her stomach. He place one hand on it, hoping to feel something move. She then turned to him and asked, "She quiet tonight."
He left his hand there, feeling her stomach. He was in awe how someone so small as Midori could carry such mass.

"How do you feel?" he asked of her, "Does it hurt?"
She smiled as she enjoyed his touch, "No hurt. It just very uncomfortable. You know, your daughter pressing down on everything. She make me have to pee more often and I cannot get comfortable."

Just as he was about to move his hand, he first felt a kick and then a shift as her stomach moved. Through it all, Midori smiled and chuckled, "She know you are there."
He was proud of himself and chuckled himself. Finally, he returned to rubbing her feet.

"We still haven't come up with a name," he said as they watched the movie.
"I thought we could mix a name of our mothers," she suggested.
He looked at her, "What? Alice? Kind of plain I think."
"Well you must have someone in family for a name," she quipped.
He shrugged, "I had no siblings, my mother died when I was young and I was largely estranged from my father. My only partial family was my cousin Karen."
"I sure we come up with something," she answered as she felt a bit guilty for pressing him on the family he never really had, "but we not have much time."
He just smiled back to her, "I know, Dahlin'."

They spent the evening watching the movie while he rubbed her feet as he did many a night.

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Married to Ambassador John Henry "Doc" Holliday