Without Her

Chapter 22 - I Thought It Was Nothing

"No! No!" Jac shouts, dreaming.

Kian wakes up from her movement, and shouting and he tries to calm her down by stroking her hair.

"Stop! Get away from me!" She shrieks.

Suddenly, she shoots up breathing heavily "Why are you staring at me, what happened?"

"You had a nightmare." He replies, concerned for her.

"I don't have nightmares, Madani."

"You do, you also talk in your sleep." Kian says, getting up off of the bed.

"Oh?" She says "What did I say?"

"No! no! And Stop! Get away from me!" He replies "What's haunting you?"

"Nothing." She replies, standing up and walking over to a bag.

She picks out some clothes, and changes into them.

Kian can tell somethings wrong with her, he can tell by her facial expressions.

Jac notices Kian watching her "Women, have a right to dream you know?"

"Yeah, but I'm just worried for you." He replies "You're stressed, somethings upsetting you."

"Look it's nothing Kian, there's no need to worry." She sighs.

"Well I'm going to be your husband soon, so really we shouldn't keep secrets from each other should we?" He replies.

"You can talk." Jac says, rolling her eyes.

"Hey!" He says, tickling her playfully.

"Don't do that!" She laughs, as they embrace and kiss "Do that again Madani, and I won't stop at anything to see you punished."

"Oooh, and what punishment will that be Miss Naylor?" He teases.

"You'll see." She winks, breaking away from him.

"I'll be right back." Kian smiles, walking out of the room.

Kian walks back in the room, with Harriet in his arms.

He passes her to Jac and she smiles "Hey, there little girl."

"Hah, Sacha's taken to calling her Little Bean." Kian says, chuckling.

"Should of called her Beanie." Jac replies, looking at the sleeping baby in her arms.

"Can't believe, we did it." He smiles back, "We have a baby, of our own."

"Yeah, I can't wait to go home with her." She beams "Hey missy, mummy is taking you home today."

"Today?" Kian says, shocked.

"Yeah, the midwife said I could go later today." She replies, looking at the hat Harriet has on.

"Wow, that's early." He says, sitting on the bed beside her.

"I gave birth to a baby two or three days ago Madani, I didn't have a big operation." Jac says, rocking Harriet.

"Well technically you did, they took you down for your haemorrhage."

"Well I'm fine now, okay?" She says, with a stern look.

"Yeah yeah, whatever you say Jacqueline." He replies, stroking Harriet's hair.

Jac turns and gives him her trademark Naylor Death stare "Is that right?"

"Yeah, it is." He grins, as she leans her head on his shoulder.