Forever

The Reversed Cycle

Ten months later
Mary's point of view
I can't believe how lucky I have to have such a perfect husband and such a perfect child. I don't know what I ever did to deserve them. I looked outside at Francis and James playing by the lake. He's such a good dad. I love them both so much. Cathrine and I were having tea because she wanted to talk about James. "So How is he feeding?" She asked "He is feeding very well." I smiled "And his sleep cycle?" She asked "He's reverse cycling, I'm up all day while he's sleeping and I'm up all night playing with him." I said "Just don't play with him, let him bore himself and go to sleep." She said "I'm not going to lay there and let my baby cry. And besides if I do that I won't be able to sleep through his crying!" I said "Francis was an awful sleeper, I did that and it worked." She said "Can you please take him tonight, Francis and I really need some time alone." I said "Of course I can, I will get him to go to sleep." She said "Cathrine that's not the point, I'm asking my mother in law to please watch her beloved grandson for the night." I said "Mary of course I will, bring him to my chambers after dinner." She said "Thank you so much Cathrine." I said "It's my pleasure Mary." She smiled "Have a nice day Cathrine." I smiled "You too Mary." She smiled, I walked out to the lake to Francis and James. "How are my two favorite boys doing?" I smiled "Well I got James to stick his tongue out." He smiled "Did you do that James?" I smiled sitting down next to him, James smiled at me. I picked him up and kissed his cheek. "Oh and something else happened too." He said "What happened?" I asked stroking James's little cheek. "He took three and a half steps before he fell." He smiled "Oh my god! He had his first steps and I wasn't here!" I said "Mhm but I was here." He smiled "I hate you!" I said "James show mommy how you can walk." Francis said, he took James from me and walked about two feet away from me and stood James up. "James come to mommy." I smiled clapping my hands. He stumbled over to me smiling and fell into my lap. "Oh you did so good my love." I smiled holding him up. "You got to see his second steps." Francis smiled "Well it's a good thing you have been playing with him all day because he needs to sleep on a normal schedule." I smiled at James. "Oh my god I know." Francis said. "Francis you aren't the one that needs to feed him, coddle him, and change him." I giggled "Hey I change him a lot, it smells awful but I still do it." He laughed "Well your mother is going to take James tonight so mommy and daddy can have some time alone." I giggled coddling James, he started crying. "I think he's hungry, he hasn't ate since this morning." I said "I'll come with you." He said, we walked inside to James's nursery. I pulled my dress off and James started breast feeding. "So we get time alone tonight." Francis smiled "Mhm." I smiled "oh my god yes." He smiled
Later that evening
During dinner James was yawning like crazy. "Francis I'm going to take him to bed." I said, Francis finished chewing then wiped his face. "I'll come with you." He smiled "Okay." I smiled, we walked back to our rooms and James had an accident. Francis and I cleaned it up. "He still smells awful so I'm going to give him a bath." I said "All right I'm going to get some work done." He said "Okay." I said, I went in the bathroom holding James and took his clothes off, I put him in his crib wrapped in a towel so I could change into my nightgown, I told the servants to prepare a bath and I changed into my night gown. James was playing with toys in his crib, he smiled when I came in. I picked him up and brought him to the bathroom. The bath was ready so I took James out of his towel and set him in the bath. He smiled and started splashing the water. "What are you doing James?" I giggled playing with his feet. "Ma." He smiled "Mama." I smiled, he started giggling and continued splashing. I got soap and started wiping him down because he smelled like poop, he didn't like not playing so he started crying. After I was done I picked him up and dried him off. I put him in a diaper and his pajamas and put him in his crib. He fell asleep right away, thank god. I kissed his forehead and quietly closed the door then went back to my room. Francis was still working and someone knocked on the door, I opened it up and it was Cathrine. "Where's my grandson?" She asked "Oh thank you Cathrine but we tired him out today so he is peacefully sleeping." I smiled "Oh okay, well if it's okay with you I would like to spend the day with him some time soon if that's okay with you." She said "Of course you can, just let me know when it works for you." I smiled "Okay thank you Mary." She said "Cathrine, is everything okay?" I asked "Everything is fine dear Mary." She said "Okay we'll let me know if you need to talk." I said "Goodnight Mary." She said "Good night Cathrine." I said then closed the door, I went over to Francis and sat in his lap. "Mary I have so much work." He said "I know you do, but I don't think you should let all this stress get to you. I think you should let me relieve some of it." I smiled "Oh and what would you do?" He smiled "I would do anything my king commands me too." I smiled "Work isn't that important." He smiled "Your finally seeing that." I smiled "Did James go down okay?" He asked "Yeah, he didn't like that his bath wasn't all about playing but he went right down." I said "Good." He smiled then kissed me, he picked me up and brought me over to the bed. He laid me down. "I love you Mary Valois." He smiled "I love you Francis Valois." I smiled "I love you so much I'm going to put another baby in you." He smiled "Let's wait a little before I have to push another baby out of me." I giggled "Okay well I love my child and I want another one." He smiled "You want a big family but yet you don't have to give birth to them and deal with all the side effects of pregnancy." I smiled "Well I will always help you with all that." He smiled "I know you will sweetheart." I smiled "I don't know if I will ever be able to tell you how much I love you." He smiled "You tell me everyday by just looking at me." I smiled "Oh baby I love you." He smiled then kissed me.