This Kiss

Chapter 100

It was still dark when Doris was woken by small arms and legs hitting the bed next to her. It took her a moment to register where she was but once she did, she instantly turned to wake Emma from her nightmare. She gently placed a hand on her shoulder and spoke softly. "Emma darling. Emma, wake up."

Emma's body thrashed harder as she screamed in her sleep. "No, no, stay away from my mommy!"

Doris sat up and gently took the girl into her arms to stop the violent swinging of her arms. "Emma, sweet girl wake up." She rocked her back and forth while she continued to speak in soothing tones. "Emma, it's okay darling, you're safe, auntie's here." She swayed back and forth, talking quietly to the beauty in her arms until Emma's body went limp and she fell back into a more restful sleep. She shifted slowly to lay both herself and Emma back down. Laying Emma almost completely on top of herself in hopes that the full body contact would help her sleep peacefully the rest of the night.

Just as they were settling back down, Sam knocked quietly on the door and peaked his head in. "Is she okay?"

Doris's eyes flew back open and she whispered. "Yes, just a bad dream, she's fine now."

"Okay. Let me know if you need anything."

"I will. Go back to sleep Sam." As Sam closed the door, Doris kissed Emma's head several times and tightened her grip on the child before closing her eyes and drifting back to sleep herself.

A few hours later, Natalia woke to the sun streaming through the curtains. She felt a familiar weight against her side and turned her head to place a kiss on Olivia's temple. It seemed like it had been forever since she woke with her wife pressed against her. She raised a hand to run through Olivia's hair and just watched her sleep. After a moment, she noticed something out of the corner of her eye, there was a body lying on the floor beside their bed. As she lift her head slightly off the pillow, she realized it was not one body, but two. Ava and Rafe had snuck into their room at some point and made themselves a pallet on the floor.

Olivia stirred next to her and Natalia laid her head back on her pillow and rubbed her hand up and down Olivia's back, hoping to lull her back to sleep. She was unsuccessful however, Olivia groaned and rolled to her back. Natalia turned to her side and propped up on her elbow.

"Hey baby, are you hurting?"

Olivia's eyes slowly opened and she let out a small whine. "Yeah, my r-ribs." She tried to grab the pill bottle from her nightstand but Natalia stopped her.

"Hey, stop. I'll get it baby." She whispered. She carefully slid from the bed and stepped around her children, making her way around the bed and handing Olivia a pain pill along with her heart meds and a bottle of water. She helped Olivia to sit up and sat on the edge of the bed beside her. "Here you go honey. Take these."

Olivia gratefully swallowed the pills and handed the water bottle back to her wife. "Th-thank you s-sweetheart."

Natalia swept the hair from Olivia's eyes and smiled at her. "Of course, baby. Do you need anything else?"

"No, I'm o-okay. Thank y-you."

Natalia carefully leaned in to kiss Olivia's lips. Pulling back slightly, she pressed their foreheads together. "How's your head feeling?"

"Okay, h-hurts a little, b-but not a-as bad as my r-ribs."

Natalia sat back and looked into Olivia's beautiful face. "I'm so sorry honey, I wish I could take it all away for you."

Olivia smiled at her love. "I'm glad it was m-me and not y-you sw-sweetheart." Suddenly a thought occurred to her. "Om my god, D-Doris and Emma a-are in o-our r-room, she saw ev-everything." Olivia started panting loudly.