Safety Net

24

Jo woke up, sobbing. She picked Hazel up, holding her tight to her chest. Unluckily, Alex had been in the cafeteria, getting breakfast. She sat there, shaking and crying with a newborn in her arms.

Alex nearly dropped his water bottle when he walked in. "Hey, hey, hey.." He ran to her side "What's going on?" He side hugged her, rubbing her arm. "Let me take Hazel, okay?" Jo nodded, handing her over. She fell into his arms as soon as Hazel had been calmed down and put in her bed. "P- He-" She choked "He's going to take her."

"What?" He furrowed his eyebrows. His face relaxed when he realized she had a night terror. He hugged her tight "I'm here. No one is hurting you or Hazel." He rubbed her back. He had thought she was okay now. Maybe not fully, but at least not at night terror level.

Jo nodded, soaking his shirt. She wiped her tears, slowly but surely calming down.

A few minutes later she was almost back to her normal self, just shaken up. She had told her self It was just a dream. He's in prison. multiple times. It seemed to calm her down. She spent the whole morning with Hazel. She didn't want her out of sight. That was her baby girl and she'd do anything to protect her.

She stared into her beautiful blue eyes. She knew they wouldn't last, but she didn't mind. From what she read, they would probably become hazel, just like her own. Before she knew it, it was lunch time. "Are you hungry?" Alex asked her, smiling at them. She turned her head to face him "Yeah."

He grabbed two sandwiches. They sat on the bed, eating as Jo held Hazel to her breast. "I'm getting pretty good at this." She grinned proudly.

"Look at you go! One arm!" He smiled widely as he spoke with a full mouth. "She's also pretty good at that. She takes a few minutes to latch, but that's not bad."

She nodded "Im proud of her." She looked down to see her with closed eyes, still eating. "Sleep, girl." She chuckled.

A few minutes of silence past "I was thinking... maybe you should try therapy." Alex cautioned.

"I don't know... maybe." She shrugged "I'll try it." She agreed "I'll go to therapy to try and help, but I can't guarantee it will work."

"Of course." He nodded