Cravings
Chapter 33: Cravings
"Oh, and Peter? Can you add mozzarella sticks to that order? And extra ranch? And barbecue sauce?"
Cindy is stretched out on the couch with a pillow propped behind her head as she lazily sorts through the emails on her tablet. Peter turns his head back to the living room from the kitchen with an eyebrow raised and studies Cindy for a moment.
"That's...an odd request, but sure. I'll add it to your order Cindy. Anything else?"
Cindy closed her eyes for a moment and pushed herself up into more of a sitting position. "I could use some fried pickles here."
Peter then gave Cindy a surprised look. "Really? Fried pickles? Don't you hate that stuff?"
She resists the urge to roll her eyes and instead glances at her stomach where her baby bump has come to be more noticeable, even though she was wearing a new loose top that Jessica bought for her to help her deal with her pregnancy. Her fingers brush over the fabric of her shirt and she smiles as she flattens her palms across her stomach before turning her attention back to Peter who's still standing halfway in the living room, waiting patiently for her to respond.
"Hey, I may not like them, but the twins do. And what the twins want, the twins get. A pair of happy spider twins means a happy Cindy, which then means a happy Peter. Think of it as a process," Cindy jokingly said.
"Yeah, a brutal process," Peter thought as he let out a huff and nods before disappearing back into the kitchen.
Right now, Cindy was in her fifth month of her pregnancy, and it was quite a rough ride for the both of them. In the first few months, Cindy's body didn't show that much change, other than Cindy having cravings now and then and sometimes she would get cranky. As time passed on, Cindy's body was showing the signs of pregnancy, and that's where everything changed for the both of them. During one of their outings, the media found out about Cindy's pregnancy, and it didn't take a second or two to figure out who the father was. Ever since then, their daily life has changed as they now must take every precaution every time they come out of their apartment. Not only that, but due to Cindy's position and her pregnancy, she had to be monitored and guarded every day out of safety. And it was driving her crazy. She missed the freedom and privacy she had before getting pregnant.
"Is this what a pregnant woman feels like?" Cindy thought as she rubbed her stomach. "Well...without the constant watching of course." As Cindy was rubbing her stomach, her mind went back into the past and relieved the memories. Even now, she couldn't believe this. She would have never guessed that her future would end up with having superpowers, marrying a very successful CEO who has the same powers as her, and finally, ending up with twins on the way.
Suddenly, Peter came into the living room with a bag of chocolate chip cookies in one hand and a bag of potato chips in the other hand. He then signaled Cindy to move her legs so he can sit on the couch. Cindy got the message and moved her legs over so Peter can take a seat. Her feet find themselves back at Peter's lap as she pulls a cookie and a chip from the bags and ate both of them together.
"Dinner should be here in, oh, I'd would say...about thirty to thirty-five minutes," Peter said.
Cindy looks up from her tablet and grimaces.
"What's wrong Cindy?" Peter asked as he took a cookie from the bag and ate it.
"I don't think that's enough. Can we add an order of Chinese food from that place downtown?"
Peter looked at her in silence. "Wow. Reed wasn't joking about Cindy having huge cravings," Peter thought. It was clear that Cindy was planning on having food from both places at the same time. Even with their enhanced metabolism, Peter was getting a little bit worried for Cindy. But he still did it, because Cindy asked him to.
"On it honey," he replied. And then he went back into the kitchen to order food from the Chinese restaurant. As he dialed the number, he asked, "Yes, it's me. I would like our usual order please."
"Oh, with an extra order of lo mein!" Cindy said as she was dusting the few cookie crumbs from her shirt.
"With an extra order of lo main please."
(A few hours later...)
After Peter got the takeout Chinese food and the takeout pizza, he then brought them over to the living room table, which was a marvel itself. On the table were two large sized pizzas, mozzarella sticks, lo mein, fried rice, sweet and sour chicken, broccoli beef, kung pao chicken, and stir-fried vegetables spread out. Peter was surprised at the amount of food in front of him.
"Uh Cindy? Are you sure we're able to finish all of this?"
"Maybe, maybe not. Anyway, I'm hungry now, so let's start eating."
As Cindy said that, they then started going through the pile of food. While Peter was eating one piece of food at a time, Cindy was stacking food on top of food. She was going through a piece of each dish all at once in a fast pace. And she was not stopping. Right now, she was adding sweet and sour chicken on top of her slice of cheese pizza and took a huge bite out of it.
"Wow Cindy, you sure are quite the artist," Peter jokingly said as he slurped up some lo mein noodles.
Cindy pouted on what Peter said and replied, "Well this is what happens when there's a pregnant spider-powered lady here. She will have some cravings and will want to eat whatever she wants and how she likes it. And said woman happens to be your wife."
Peter laughed at Cindy's statement. "True," he said as he took a mozzarella stick, dipped it in barbeque sauce, and took a bit of it. "Want some?" he asked.
"Sure," Cindy said. She then took a bite of the mozzarella stick Peter was holding. "Tasty."
Peter chuckled at Cindy's actions. "Glad you like it," he replied. As he said that, he then had an idea. He grabbed a slice of pizza while grabbing some broccoli beef and placed it on of the slice of pizza he grabbed earlier. Then he took a bite of the combination he made.
"Copying me?" Cindy asked with a smug grin on her face.
"Maybe," Peter said teasingly.
And then the dinner between the two turned into a taste test of trying out different combinations between the foods on the table. Peter and Cindy tried each combination, and each one of them somehow worked together in harmony, no matter what combination they end up with. In the end, Peter and Cindy now found new combinations of foods they like. One of them which was kung pao chicken on top of pizza. Right now, Peter and Cindy were done with all of the food on the table, much to Peter's surprise. What's even more surprising is that Cindy ate most of the food, not that Peter minded. It did make his pregnant wife happy.
Right now, Peter was cleaning up the table while Cindy was eating a grapefruit. As Peter was done cleaning up, he returned to sitting right next to his wife.
"Hey Peter?"
"Mmh?"
"Do you think we can survive this? I mean the pregnancy."
"Yeah. I mean we faced things worse than this before."
Cindy let out a chuckle. "Fighting crime and pregnancies are two completely different things," she jokingly said. "We fight crime on a daily basis so much that we're used to it. Pregnancies though? That's something new."
"Yeah. But there is one thing those two have in common," Peter said.
"And what is that?" Cindy asked.
"Both of them pack a punch on us."
Cindy laughed at what Peter said. "I love you."
"I love you too."
And Peter and Cindy shared a kiss. During their make-out session, Cindy felt something kicking inside of her stomach, which made Cindy cut the kiss off.
"Oh!"
"What is it Cindy?"
"The twins just kicked!"
"Really?!"
"Yeah! You want to feel it?"
Peter nodded and moved his head towards Cindy's stomach. For a few seconds, he didn't feel anything. Then suddenly, he felt two small kicks, surprising Peter.
"Oh my god," Peter said. "Guess the twins wants to be born early."
Cindy giggled. "Seems so."
And the two stayed on the couch in their positions, with Peter's head on Cindy's stomach listening to the twins' kicks.