Mother Or Father

Chapter 2: Things Aren't Working Anymore

Ten years beforehand
Bjorn's Point Of View
Things have been difficult between Torvi and I of late she's always bitching about how Asa wasn't sleeping through the night while I was away raiding and it's like I'm sorry that I was out making a name for myself and that one of our children wasn't sleeping, I can't help that because I'm not a God am I. She's been talking to my mother more and more asking for tips on how she got Gyda and I to start eating food by ourselves and if she's not doing that she cleaning or doing something around the house and not paying me any attention. She never listens to my tales of when I was away raiding with my father, mother and brothers because she falls asleep like it's boring her to sleep and I know that she hasn't gone raiding since Erik was born and that was ten years ago now but she still trains with him and I and soon I'm going to start training Siggy.

"Bjorn are you home?" Torvi yelled from the door but I was to busy trying to find a way out of having to talk to her right now unless she was going to give me some attention then I don't want to deal with it right now and anyway I'll be leaving soon.

"Your leaving tomorrow morning right?" She asked and when I nodded my head she walked across the room and kissed me, only breaking the kiss to pull my shirt over my head and for me to untie her dress, later she was there naked under my body, this is the attention that I was wanting.

"You know that every time you cheat on me I can still smell her on you Bjorn and that this was the last time that this is going to happen because I'm leaving and tonight where asking the children if they want to stay here in Kattegat with you or come with me to a village where the name Bjorn Ironside is only a name to them nothing more." She told me but didn't more from her spot in my arms but I was still coming down from our high that I didn't even realise that she said that she was going to be leaving me and that she knew that I cheated on her but didn't say anything only kept being the perfect wife and mother for me while I was off fucking English women and not doing much for my children, wow I'm not the best father after all.

"Your leaving me?" I asked because I wanted to make sure that I heard her properly.

"Yes Bjorn and you can't do anything to stop me seeing as I'm a free woman and I can do as I please and your not the only one with a King for a father." She told me still not moving from her place in my arms and I know that she would stay there till just before the feast so I just tell her,

"Your right you are a free woman and I think that we should just sleep for the rest of the day, or at least till the feast or till the children get back from there day with my mother." She nodded her head before letting me pull her closer to me knowing that this is our last time just being together makes me think back to the first time that I met her, she was just standing there talking to the slave that is now my sister-in-law Margrethe and offering her help it made me fall for her and she got something that no one I had ever introduced to both my parents she got there approval which is hard to come across., the thought of that put a smile on my face as I fell into a deep sleep.

"Bjorn, Torvi it's time for the feast and was asked to come and get the two of you." Ubbe said before throwing some pillows at us to wake up and I was first up so I told him,

"If you throw another one of them pillows you will be feasting with the Gods tonight my brother." Then he backed away out of the room and probably sitting on one of the chairs in our dinning room.

"Torvi it's time for the feast." I told her and she woke up but turned to me saying,

"But before the feast we're talking to the children Bjorn because I'm leaving you and there's not much that you could do or say to get me to stay because I'm always the last thing on your mind unless you want to have sex but if I don't want that you just go and fuck someone else." And I knew that there was nothing anyone but the Gods them selves could do to get her to stay here and wait for me to come back.

"Okay will'll talk to the children before the feast." I said before opening the door and walking towards the Great Hall only to get all five of my children then walk back out and down to the docks so that all of us could talk about what's happening between their mother and I.

"Father, Mother why are we here and not at the feast?" Erik asked but not wanting to prolong this I just tell them all straight,

"Your mother and I are not going to be together anymore and where letting you pick where you want to live." I told them and Erik and Guthrum both went to there mother's along with Hali and Asa but Siggy said,

"I'm sorry Mother but I want to stay here with Father." And that took me back to when I was only a child a few years older then Erik and me picking my father first then changing my mind to go with my mother and I never regretted that I changed my mind because I know now that if I'd picked my father I would of been the last thing he was worried about.

"It's fine Siggy, we'll come and visit if you want to stay here with your father or you could come to us but I'm not mad at you for picking him just like your father's not mad at your siblings for picking to leave with me." She told Siggy and the boys who looked a little shocked that there mother was so okay with her not being picked.

"Now where going to go and feast then I'll pack our bags then we say good bye later tonight." Torvi told the children who all walked off back to the Great Hall but Asa was still on her hip.

"You will always have my love and protection Torvi, so if anything happens you know where to find me and I'm not going to make you do anything that you don't want to and I never will." I told her as we walked into the Great Hall.

Most other nights I would sit with the boys and drink but seeing as four out of five of my children are leaving tonight I thought better of it and sat with my family which may be for the last times till we all reach Valhalla.

After the feast

"Are you sure that you want to leave now Torvi and not wait till morning?" I asked her ask I helped pack her cart full of all my children's and wife's things out of my house into their bags which is just another thing that I may never see again.

"I'm sure Bjorn, Good bye Lagertha I'll miss you. Good bye the sons of Ragnar and Ragnar. Bjorn where the hell is Siggy?" She asked and thinking of it I haven't seen her since we started packing the chart but then Siggy came running with a bag,

"I want to go with mother I'm sorry father." Yep she's definitely my child, she pasted Torvi her bag who put it in the chart and then let me say my good byes to may children.