Sitting in the lounge room, Annie flicked through the channels of the TV. There were so many channels she just couldn’t decide what to watch. But she decided to leave it on and talk to her cookie. Her stomach was slowly becoming more visible and she could see a little bump.
“Hello cookie, it’s your mommy here.” Annie said peering down at her stomach.
She knew there’d be no response, but she had learnt in school that babies could hear loud and clear the voices of the parents. Joseph had walked in as Annie was talking to her child. That was a good bonding step that Annie was taking He thought to himself as he watched Annie talking to her stomach.
“Annie, it’s very good to see that you’re bonding with you’re cookie already.” He said.
“May I?” He asked making his way over next to Annie.
“You want to feel my stomach” She guessed as Joseph shuffled across the lounge, closer to Annie.
“Yes I do. If it’s ok with you?”
“Of course it is doctor. I mean, Joseph.” She giggled reaching out for his hand to place over her stomach.
“Feels nice.” He said. “It must be an amazing feeling for you?”
“Oh it is.”
“You know, I wonder what my parents are doing right now. I wonder if their searching for me? Or if they’ve even noticed me missing yet?”
“Whatever they’re doing, whatever they know Annie, I won’t let them hurt you again, because you’re safe here now.”
“Why do you care so much about me, Joseph?”
Joseph was not sure what to say. “You just seem to hit a spot in me that makes me feel warm.” He said, but quickly.
“Oh well in that case it’s okay.” She said.
“I wanted you to know that when I signed for your release from the hospital I put a fake name down even though they know me, I don’t want your parents coming after you or finding where you are.” He had begun to explain.
“Ok then, so what did you put down?” She asked.
“I put a simple name, no last name or signature but I signed at the bottom as a caretaker named Anthony.
“Anthony hey, I love it.” She laughed. “Although that’s really sneaky of you, I still love the fact that you’re doing everything to protect me.”
“I just want to make sure that you are safe and I told the hospital not to tell them who you left with so I wouldn’t be questioned, incase they came to the hospital to find out how you left, or if you were admitted.”
“You are like my guardian angel.” She told him, yet again wrapping her arms around his body.
“Thank you Annie.”
“Though Joseph.” Annie paused.
“Yes?”
“What will I do about my school, I’m still required to attend my school, you know!” She told him.
“And you still will. No days off unless it’s needed too, understood?” He said.
“Understood!” She repeated simply.
Time flew by and the pair soon found themselves asleep together in each others arms.
When Joseph woke up and realised this, he had to wake up Annie as soon as possible and move her to her bed.
“Annie, Annie.” He called, trying to gently shake the girl awake.
“What?” She responded, tired.
“We have to go to bed, it’s 2 in the morning and we feel asleep on the couch, I don’t know how or why, but I’m sorry in anyway if I made you feel uncomfortable for being in my arms, so I thought I’d wake you up, so you can go to your room?” He said, scared of Annie’s reaction.
But she didn’t yell, didn’t scream, or didn’t shout. The girl just rubbed her eyes and said. “Okay Joseph, thanks for waking me, I’ll go to my bed now. And please don’t apologise for you did nothing wrong. We were only sleeping in each others arms, it was kind of nice. What’s so wrong about that?” She asked him, now standing on her feet.
“Oh well, I just wanted to apologise anyway.” He told her.
“Please don’t.” She said again.
“May I help you to your bed Annie?”
“Oh no thank you Joseph, I’ll be fine.” Annie soon left.
He had wished that he hadn’t awoken and because he had, he wanted to take Annie to his bed and hold her.
Annie found her room and fell asleep again as soon as her head touched the pillow. She was becoming more tired now being pregnant. So she went to rest.
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