Sheo's Story

Chapter Sixty-Six

Theo's POV:

Shai and I were relaxing inside after a long, quiet swim in the sea. She was cuddled up under my arm and we were talking about everything we were going to do over the next two weeks, this was one of our first chances to really sit down and let everything sink in. We are married! I keep remembering the first time I saw her and how never in a million years I would believe we are where we are today. I have nothing but pride in our relationship, even the low times just count as proof towards how strong we are. I look down at Shai and see her eyes wanting to close and go to sleep, so I gently stroke her hair to soothe her into it. I want her to know I don't mind her sleeping as it gives me more chance to think about everything. 

All I've really been thinking about though is the past or two weeks into the future, I hadn't really thought about our actual future, obviously we both want children and a life together, but how long do we wait before we start all of that? We still have the filming to do, and we're lucky that right now we're in the same film. We hadn't even considered us being in difference countries filming for months if we have children. I would usually talk to my sister about this kind of stuff but I doubt she'll want to here it, I definitely think Kate will be the perfect person to talk to but I couldn't do it behind Shai's back, and I would never expect her to worry about all this whilst we're here. 

I kiss Shai's forehead to try and wake her up, it's only 6pm and I think we should probably have something to eat. She flutters her eye lids and shines a bright smile in my direction before kissing me. "Hey," she said in her 'morning' voice, even though it's not morning. "We should eat." I said smiling as she stretched her long arms and legs. "Yeah, I'm starving." She chuckled, but then she kissed me again but for longer this time. "Thank-you." She mumbled between kisses and I held her tight. 

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Shai's POV:

Theo set the table with a velvet red cloth, tall, beautifully scented candles and roses. Although everything is so perfect, and 90% of the time Theo seems to be genuinely enjoying himself, he needs to understand that I know him better than anyone, and I can tell he's holding something back. Usually I'd just straight out ask him, but I think I'm scared for the reply and something is mentally stopping me. Surely he can't be having regrets about the wedding but still going to this much effort for me? I sit at the table and wait for him to serve the food he's made. He sits down opposite me and we eat. I compliment his cooking skills and he laughs a little. I can't keep acting like he's okay when he's obviously not. Something's wrong. 

"Do you regret marrying me?" I said, thinking out loud, instantly feeling the stab in my stomach as I waited for a dreaded reply. His eyes widen in shock at the question and walks over to my side of the table. "For a smart girl, you've just asked the most stupid question, I love you Shai, and I would marry you a thousand times over to show you that." Relief fills my body and my heart relaxes, I let out a sigh but I can see him still looking at me waiting for an explanation as to why I asked him such a crazy thing. "You just seem a little off, that's all, maybe I'm still tired." He breaks our eye contact and looks to the floor, smiling. "I'm fine, honestly I'm just so overwhelmed and in shock that I have you and I'm just waiting to wake up from this dream." He kisses my hand and lifts me up so he's carrying me into the bedroom, "time for bed." He said with a cheeky wink.