When the day met the night Part 2

Chapter Six

We had been back in LA for two weeks. Jared had gone downstairs to make a few calls while Bluebell and I lay in bed a bit longer. I was reading emails on my laptop and she was quietly looking at photos on my phone. Out of nowhere I felt a wave of nausea go through me. I lay there for a minute waiting for it to pass. "Bluebell, why don't you go find daddy" I said, if I was going to be sick I didn't need her to see it. "Okay" she said climbing down off the bed. I sat up and suddenly felt my stomach heave, I held a hand over my mouth for a moment and watched as she tottered out the door, then quickly ran to the bathroom, promptly vomiting into the toilet. I sat on my knees holding my head in my hands while I took some deep breaths. Shit, shit, I thought, I got up and washed my face and brushed my teeth. I quickly closed the door and went to the cupboard and found a box I'd been hiding there, I opened it up and took out the package. Here goes I thought, I sat down, peed on the stick, then waited. Almost immediately the second line started appearing. I closed the lid, sat down on the toilet and stared at it for a few minutes. That night in London suddenly coming back to me, he hadn't know it yet, neither had I, but his instinctive need to protect and be gentle with me had kicked in. That explained his unexpected fear of hurting me, my heart thudded loudly in my chest at the thought. Suddenly there was a knock at the door, I jumped in surprise, "Harper are you okay?" I heard Jared's voice, "Blue said you looked sick, can I come in?" I took a deep breath, "yes, come in" I said clearing my throat. He opened the door and walked in, Bluebell stood peeking around the door, he walked over and knelt down in front of me. He pushed my hair away from my face, "what's wrong, don't you feel well?" He said concerned, taking in my pale face. I shook my head, "I just... I feel sick" I whispered looking down at him. "What is it? Can I do something?" he said, I didn't speak, I just pointed to the sink where I had placed the stick. He glanced at it almost dismissing it, back at me, but then realized what it was and whipped his head back to look at it carefully. He was silent for a moment then, "two lines?!" he asked grinning, I nodded slowly. I could see the pure joy and excitement on his face, it made my heart skip a beat bringing a smile to my face as well. "Oh my God Harper, this is fantastic!" he said excitedly. He stood up pulling me up with him and wrapped his arms around me and leant in to kiss me softly. "Are you happy?" he asked gently, I could tell he was anxiously waiting my reaction, I nodded, "yes, I'm happy" I said smiling at him. Bluebell was standing at the door watching us, "mama, okay?" she said watching us curiously. Jared went over to her and picked her up, "yes she's okay, she's got a baby in her tummy!" he said kissing her, she giggled. I groaned "no Jared! she doesn't know how to keep a secret!" I said groaning, he shrugged smiling, "she'll forget in ten minutes". I walked back into the bedroom and lay back down on the bed, he sat next to me on the side, "can I get you something? A cup of tea?" He said his fingers trailed up and down my arm, Bluebell was pulling at his hand, "come on, I'm hungry" she said jumping up and down, "I'm fine I'll come down in a minute" I said with a smile. "Ok cool" he said swinging her up into his arms, he was whizzing her around as they left and I could hear her squeals all the way downstairs. I was still in shock but I could see how happy he was so how could I be otherwise. I made my way downstairs a half hour later to find his mom had arrived. "Hi honey, are you okay you look a little under the weather?" she said immediately coming over and hugging me, then pulling back to scrutinize me. "I'm okay, I think I've got a bug or something" I said smiling. She frowned, "are you sure? can I do something for you?" she said, not buying my story, she could sense when something wasn't right, just like her son. "I'll be fine" I assured her. "Do you want some tea and toast?" said Jared, I nodded, "thank you" I said smiling at him, sitting down. We chatted for a while, Bluebell was singing and chatting when out of nowhere, "grandma, mama has a baby!" she said loudly, my tea cup cluttered on to the plate and Jared and I just looked at one another in shock. His mom looked at us both, waiting for some sort of confirmation or denial. He started laughing, I shook my head and a small smile appeared on her face, "so I guess that's why you're a bit under the weather?" she said, "we literally just discovered it, this morning and he told her" I said shaking my head, "well I won't tell anyone don't worry" she said smiling warmly. "Okay let's go get dressed" he said picking up Bluebell and going upstairs. "So you finally relented?" said Constance quietly as soon as he'd left the room. I sighed, she had known about my reluctance for another baby. "He just wanted it so much, I couldn't keep saying no, not that I didn't want to, just not yet, but it's here now..." I said shrugging. "Are you okay about it?" she said, "I'm just scared after the last time, that's all, it will be fine I'm sure" I said biting my lip. "I understand, but it will be okay, they'll be prepared and preempt anything" she said, I nodded taking a deep breath. She leaned over and hugged me. "What's wrong? what are you guys talking about?" we heard Jared behind us, he was holding Bluebell. "Nothing, the baby" I said smiling, he looked at me curiously, "what about it?" "Nothing!" we both exclaimed together! "Well I'll be going, you guys can have some family time" she said laughing and standing up, I walked her out and bid her goodbye. "Let's go buy baby stuff" said Jared excitedly when I walked back in. "We don't need anything, not yet anyway" I said shaking my head smiling. "But I want to.." he said, "yes buy stuff!" said Bluebell, "you two are exactly the same, all you want to do is buy stuff!" I frowned jokingly. They looked at me frowning, the exact same look on their face! "fine, I'll just tag along" I said. They practically started jumping around in excitement. We spent the afternoon shopping, having lunch and more shopping. I ignored the people snapping photos of us and just enjoyed being out and about together. That night after I put Bluebell to bed I walked in our room. He silently held out his phone to me. I grabbed it and looked, it was a tabloid post. There we were coming out of a baby boutique, the article read, 'is there another Leto baby on the way?' I groaned and gave it back to him. "I told you we shouldn't have gone in" I said frustratedly. "Who cares, people are going to know soon enough" he said shrugging, "yes but I mean you haven't even told your brother yet" I argued. He shook his head, "I did and Tomo, I had to, we're gonna need to change dates and schedules, sorry, I hope you don't mind?". "No it's fine, I just don't want everyone to know, not yet anyway" I said lying down. "I don't care Harper I'm ecstatic and I want the whole fucking world to know about it" he said sharply. "So am I, I just want that first few weeks to pass and then we can relax" I said smiling. My answer reassured him and he lay down next to me, nuzzling my neck. I turned and wrapped my arms around his neck, "so do you remember when I was pregnant with Bluebell?" I said slowly, running a finger across his bottom lip. "Hmmmm .... yes" he said raising an eyebrow, without warning he bit my finger, I yelped laughing and he let it go. "Well, how about it?" I said giving him a small sexy smile. "I suppose I can oblige" he said rolling his eyes, pretending to be put upon. I quickly sprang up and pushed him onto his back climbing on top of him. "Come on you sexy fucker, screw my brains out" I said leaning down to kiss him, biting his lip. He grinned, grabbed my ass with both hands and proceeded to do just that.