Familiar Feeling / Ned Stark

20. Ruin It

Everly unwound herself from ned like she did every morning and went to tend to the youngest stark children- that ironically were not stark at all. Rickon was asleep still so she moved to brans room

Bran smiled up at her reaching out of his crib

"Mama!"

"Hi sweet boy." She whispered picking him up and telling him into proper clothes. He ran around the room contently as she fixed his bedding and opened the curtains. Bran came barreling into her legs as age heard rickon cry out. Everly was quick to move to his chambers.

She picked him up only for a wave of nausea to flood her. She out him down which he didn't like one bit and continued to scream as she ran to the balcony to barf over the side of the railing.

"Fucking hell!" Rodrick shouted wiping at his head. Everly wiped her mouth before hiding. She felt so embarrassed.

"Jon," ned put a hand on his shoulder. "Where is your mother?"

"She wasn't feeling good. I brought her tea." Jon answered

"Not feeling good?"

"Tummy troubles." Jon agreed.

"Tummy troubles..." He repeated. "Oh my... oh my!" Ned ran off. Jon stared perplexed.

"Is she going to be okay?" Jon shouted

Ned burst in and looked to Everly in the cold hard floor curled up into herself.

"I'm dying leave me ned." Everly whined dramatically. 

"You are pregnant." Ned begged it to be true. She looked so wonderful with a baby in her arms. She was such a good mother. She was going to be a mother again. They were going to have another child.

"I can't. We-"

"Everly. It's possible?" Ned begged helping her up off the floor. He held her close kissing her forehead

"Of course It is! We are at it little rabbits in heat!" Everly agreed.

"Everly!"

"In having de ja vu!" she countered feeling faint. It was a familiar feeling, her and ned alone trying to figure out what to do. How they were going to survive this pregnancy. There would be no hiding it this time.

"It is going to be different this time." Ned corrected.

"How can you say that?"

"Because it's you and me. We have always been meant to be Everly . Fated like soulmates."

"What if we mess everything up?" Everly whimpered.

"We won't." Ned assured. "I promise."

"What do we tell people?"

"Leave that to me." Ned begged. "I will make everything right. Baby just let me hold you..." she snuggled into his chest. "We are going to be parents again."

"Jon is going to be a big brother."

Ned smiled into her hair. They had to tell Jon the good news.

"What if it's just the flu?" Everly countered. "We should wait a moon make sure it's not-"

"Everly, please please please don't steal my joy. I have wanted us to have another baby since jon was born."

"I'm not stealing your joy ned im just being realistic." Everly countered. "What if it's nothing-"

"What if it's everything!" Ned begged. 

"What about Catelyn?"

"Why do you have to go and ruin a good moment bringing her up?" Ned countered kissing her. 

"What about her?" Everly countered. 

"Let me handle her."

"Dont say handle, it makes it seem like you are going to kill her." Everly countered, Ned debated that. "NED!" 

"I was just thinking about it, I wasnt going to do it... I was just thinking about it." Ned mused kissing her again. 

"EDDARD STARK!" 

"We are having another baby." he whispered against her lips. 

"I think so." she agreed resting her forehead on his shoulder hiding her face in the crook of his neck. "I'm nervous." 

"Why?" He pulled her back so he could see her better. 

"I'm not as young as I was when I had Jon." She answered. Ned scoffed. 

"You are young and beautiful and sexy and flexible-'

"Ned!" Everly laughed out. 

"You are strong, Everly." Ned added holding her face in his hands. "You are so strong. We are going to have another baby and she will be perfect like you."

"Or sweet like Jon."