CARDIGAN, K.G

seventeen

THE NEXT FEW DAYS were amazing. it was honestly a breath of fresh air for both juniper and george. but in the back of both of their minds they were just waiting for the switch to flip. from george being there— to him being there but not there..

juniper had grown attached to her unborn baby ever since she embraced the fact that she was expecting. george seemed almost the same, always reciting the french lullabies and stories he had learned in his broken french to junipers stomach.

a few weeks had passed as juniper sat on her chair, reading as she felt a gush of water drown her dress. "brimsley..." she said slowly as he approached her confused. "yes your majesty?" he asks carefully.

"the baby is coming." she says slowly as panic sets in his face. a few hours later juniper was in a bed screaming her lungs out as lady danbury held her hand. "george, i need george.." she says to lady danbury as she nods before going to find the king.

a few minutes later juniper heard some arguing outside that was mostly muffled by her screams, then george walked in. his face was filled with worry, his pupils dilated in distress. "hi." he says trying to seem like he wasn't stressing.

"hi—." juniper begins as its cut off with an agonizing scream. "are you ok? what can i do?" he asks. "i'm ok.. i'm o—." juniper begins as she feels another contraction, causing her to scream again as george attempts to tie her curly hair back with a ribbon.

"i'm not ok. je ne peux pas le faire." she says as it takes george a second to translate before he grabs a hold of her hand, flinching a bit as she grabs it as tight as she can. "you can do it. i know you can." he whispers as he places a kiss on her temple, not caring about her sweaty forehead.

"george my head— it's sweaty." she says in between screams. without answering he places another kiss onto her temple as he pushes the rouge hairs back. "i love you." he mutters as juniper begins pushing.

juniper didn't respond as she was screaming in pain but he saw her slightly nod her head as their baby was born. "it's a boy!" the doctor announces as people inside the room and in the hallway cheer.

as juniper felt the small cold hand of the baby touch her chest she began to cry. she then turned her head up to find george admiring her even though she thought she looked despicable.

"you've done it." he whispers. "george, we shall call him george." juniper says as george nods in delight. "i've never seen such a beautiful woman, especially after childbirth." george says. "you've never seen a woman after childbirth.." juniper says with a laugh as george's rolls his eyes.

"prends le compliment juniper." he says as she smiles. "your french has gotten better." she mutters. "of course it has." he brags. "do you want to hold him?" juniper asks george as he nods almost instantly.

"i'm a bit.. worried though. i've never held a baby." he says truthfully. "well now you'll be holding this little one all the time." juniper says as she carefully hands the baby over to george. he held the baby with ease as it seemed like he'd never let him go.

it was a sight that warmed junipers heart so much so that she had no room to worry about anything bad happening. she remembered when her father first told her the news of her marriage and she laughed in his face, thinking it was a joke.

but now here she is.... with a family and in love with king george.

n,
a bit of a short and sucky chapter but i've literally neglected this book saur bad that i felt horrible for not updating🧍🏽‍♀️