Reassurance.

chapter twenty.

I wake the next morning to a horrible stabbing pain and a dull ache in my stomach. Well I know what this means...  I groan and turn over trying to get into a comfortable position and find Jamie lying peacefully next to me. I dont think he had the intention of falling asleep, with me, in my bed. With the pain not going away I roll out of bed carefully, making sure I dont wake him. I tiptoe to my en-suite.

I scramble through the drawers in my bathroom trying to find what I so desperately need. Shit Shit Shit. Theres none here and I start to panic. Mums room. I think to myself and slowly pull my door open, once out I tiptoe to my bedroom door open it and run to the end of the corridor. I get into mums room and start looking for what I need. I find a full box and grab it, then leg it back down to my room.

I get back into my room, forgetting im supposed to be quiet and I find Jamie sat on my bed, staring at me. I stop dead in my tracks, a full box of tampons in my hand and I feel my face heat up. No way. I drop my hand that has the box in it down to my side and look back at Jamie.

"Good morning, I think i'll leave you to it." He mumbles but flashes me a handsom smile before leaving.

I make my way into my en-suite and get sorted, then change from pyjama shorts to some hollister trackies, I pull on my nautical sailing hoodie over the top to shade myself from the air conditioning thats on in the house and get rid of my goosebumps. Im craving bacon so I rush down to the kitchen.

I get downstairs to see the boys are all still here and I stop still in the middle of everyone when I see Jamie, remembering the embarrassment of what happened and my face burns.

"Everything alright sis?" Adam asks me.

"Spiffing." I blurt out, very unlike me and this causes some strange looks from the boys.

"Er, okay... Bacon?"

"Of course, thanks." I crawl onto a bar stool and wait for Adam to plate up some bacon for me. I thank him when he does.

"So whats the plan for today?"  I ask them.

"Just chilling by the pool really its like 32 deegrees today." Luca says then eyes me up and down. "Why are you wearing a hoodie in this weather?"

"Air conditioning chilled me"

"Oh right, Well yeah pool day today then turns out mum and dad will be home early so theres a family dinner tonight."

"Okay" Whats with my short snappy answers? I just cant get over the humiliation.

Everyone finishes breakfast and changes into swim stuff and heads out to the pool. I stay sunbathing with Jamie next to me and while everyone else is in the pool, we start talking. I guess its because the boys are so loud, aswell as the music playing that he chooses this moment, now that hes used to the way Adam and Luca protect me.