Safety Net

10

Jo had hardly slept that night. The not-only-morning sickness kept her up, as well as that same sensation in her stomach from earlier (which really scared her).

She hovered over the toilet, holding back her tears. What if something really was wrong with her baby?

She laid down on the cold tiles "Oh... this is nice." Jo mumbled tiredly. She rubbed circles on her stomach, letting the tears free fall. This was torture. And the worst part was not having her soulmate by her side. She closed her heavy eyelids as she was overcome by sleep.

Around two hours later she was woken up, again. She pulled her hair back as she threw up in the toilet. She walked out of the bathroom, out into the open planned kitchen/living room. She opened the fridge, on a desperate search for strawberries. She paused as she heard the creaking of the floor boards. "What are you doing?" Paul asked, cranky.

She stood up and closed the door "I thought you might have strawberries..." She said. There was a hitch in her breath as she turned around. She didn't think someone would be so mad over some strawberries.

"So, you think you can just take my food now?!" He asked, furrowing his eyebrows in anger.

"I didn't think it would be a big deal..." She paused "Sorry. I didn't eat any-" She was cut of by a slap across her face.

"I don't care! You don't take anything from here!" He exclaimed as Jo tried not to sob. She had never been this terrified in her life.

She held her hand to the red spot on her cheek, wincing. "I'll-Ill go." She ran into her to grab her stuff, but before she knew it, she was locked in.