Love At First Joke | Sal Vulcano

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Cassie jumped out of bed, sprinting to the bathroom before she threw up into the toilet. Her head was pounding and her stomach cramped. How much did I drink last night? she asked herself, as she began to clean it up, knowing that Sal wouldn't be able to face it.

She was almost finished cleaning, when her throat tightened and she threw up again.

"Damn it!" She loudly whispered, trying not to disturb Sal who was still fast asleep. Cassie went to clean up the mess again.

A little while later, she saw a shadow cast over her. She turned to find Sal, with a worried expression upon his face.

"Baby, is everything okay? Why didn't you wake me up?" He asked, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"Because it's gross and I know what you're like with germs and sickness. It's fine. I'm fine. I promise. Must have been all that alcohol last night." She let out a small laugh.

"Cassie, if you're sick, tell me. I know what I'm like with germs but you're more important." Sal replied, placing a kiss to her temple.

Cassie nodded and continued to clean up the mess she had made. Sal joined her, pulling faces and dry heaved once or twice, causing Cassie to giggle.

Once everything had been cleaned up, Sal walked Cassie back to their bed and laid her down. He pulled the covers over her and kissed her forehead.

"You get some rest baby. I'll go and make some breakfast." He whispered, walking out of the room.

Sal made it to the kitchen. Cooking some bacon and eggs for Cassie. He got out a tray and laid out the cutlery and plate ready. As the bacon and eggs were cooked, he laid them out on the plate, creating a smiley face. He hoped that it would cheer Cassie up a bit.

Sal grabbed the tray and carefully walked back upstairs. He pushed the door slightly ajar to peer in to check on Cassie. She was laid on the bed, curled up in a ball. Her hands were wrapped around her stomach, trying to ease the pain.

"Hey" he softly spoke, as he entered the room. "Are you up for some breakfast, sweetheart?" He placed the tray of food onto the nightstand and sat on the side of the bed. His hand gently touched her forehead, whilst his thumb slowly stroked up and down. Cassie slowly opened her eyes and looked at Sal.

"No...I'm sorry...you've gone to all that effort." She frowned.

"It's no problem, there's plenty of alternatives on how to get rid of it." He chuckled, as he patted his stomach, gaining a small giggle from Cassie. "Get some rest sweetie. I'll be downstairs if you need anything."

**

Most of Sal's day was spent watching TV, going to check on Cassie every so often. Each time he went up to see her, she was in the same position.

Around dinner time, he went up to check on her again. As he opened the door he saw that she wasn't in the bed. With that, the sound of the toilet flushing came from the bathroom. Cassie stepped out and walked over to Sal.

"Is everything okay? Did you throw up again?" He asked, worry in his voice.

Cassie shook her head, "No, no. Just needed the bathroom." She giggled. She wrapped her arms around his torso and placed a kiss to his chest. "Thank you for looking after me today."

Sal looked down and placed a kiss to the top of her head.

"It's no problem, but I hardly did anything. Are you up for some dinner?"

"Yeah please...I'm really hungry!" Cassie replied.

Sal held her hand and walked her downstairs. They reached the couch, before Sal wrapped a blanket around her and let her lay down on the couch, while he went and cooked dinner.

**

A few days later, Sal woke up and got out of bed to get ready for filming. It was his punishment day. His most hated day.

After he was ready, he went back into the bedroom to say goodbye to Cassie. She was still in a deep sleep and he hated to disturb her. He left a small note on the nightstand before heading off to work.

A couple of hours later, Cassie woke up. She still felt nauseas, like she had been since that night of drinking. She ran to the bathroom, throwing up all of her insides. This can't be because of the drinking, she thought to herself, maybe I should take a pregnancy test, just to be sure.

Once Cassie was dressed, she grabbed her car keys and drove to the nearest store. She was looking at the pregnancy tests, when a hand grabbed her shoulder. Startled, she quickly turned around to see Joe smiling at her.

"Hey" he smiled.

"H-Hi Joe." She stammered.

"Whatcha buying there?" He said, peering over her shoulder. Before Cassie could say anything, his eyes widened and he stared at her. "Pregnancy tests? Are you-are you pregnant? Does Sal know? How far along are you?"