Expect the Unexpected

Chapter 11

Brian's POV

I had sleep the owl night but it was not a restless sleep, it was all about different nightmares. Image of Michelle drugging herself while being pregnant telling me it was all my fault. Seeing the not so bright future of my son. I had woke up often, cover in sweat and just as tired as I was before I got in bed. 

I had trouble with Aiden this morning and my patience was thin but I succeed to keep it until Mary came back home. When she was finally here, her touch made me feel secure, she had took Aiden and 5 minutes later he had stop screaming. She always knew how to do with him, from day one. After I had put myself together I got up and search for her through the house, she was in the backyard humming a song to Aiden as he just listen to her. I walk up to Mary, "Acid Rain is a love song, it's not for babies" I say as I stand beside her looking at her then to Aiden who was discovering the world around him. "You didn't know? Aiden is my new boyfriend!" She said jokingly, I laugh. It's been a while since I last laugh and laughing with her was feeling good even thought that she always say that her jokes sucked, I didn't found them that bad.  Mary stop my track of thoughts when she spoke up, "You know Brian, it'll be hard for sure but don't give up. I'm here to help you until you don't need me and you are a great father never have a doubt on that okay?" She said taking a tone that made me feel safe, not that I need to be safe but the fact that I know that she was going to stay with me until I didn't need her. But I regretted sending her home when we were in Australia because of my stupid stuck feeling and because I acted in a selfish way. I don't want to make the same mistake twice. 

Mary's POV

It's been four months that I was helping Brian out with Aiden. It's been pretty good since Brian and I would never shout at each other but just really act as partners in this, Aiden was yelling enough like that thought. 

Aiden was now asleep in my arms and I felt tired myself since it was almost midnight and I've been up since 6am. I needed sleep. I got up and walk up the stairs quietly to put Aiden in his bed hoping he wouldn't wake up. As I got out of Aiden's room, I hear whimper coming from Brian's room. His door was half close, I didn't know what to do. Should I go in and try to help him with what ever it was? But I didn't want to enter in his privacy. While I was in this thinking I hear Brian mumble, "no, no, no!"  it was a low and harsh mumble as if he was angry at someone but scared at the same time. I took no other time to think and just enter in Brian's bed room, it was dark but I could make my way to Brian by the light of the moon passing through the curtains. He was moving in his bed like if he was fighting with someone, or maybe running away from. "Brian wake up it okay" I repeat to him calmly as I took hand of his large shoulders and try to wake him up. Suddenly I receive a punch on my jaw from Brian as he suddenly wakes up. I didn't scream or move my head, I just stayed in place and absorb all the pain because I know it wasn't his fault and I wanted to know more about what was those nightmares about. Brian sat up in his bed. "Mary, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?" He ask, I took a deep breath before talking, "Well I just hear you speak in your sleep and I wonder if you were okay, but it seem like you were fighting or something" I told him but as I speak I could feel the pain in all my jaw, I'll probably have to hide the bruise with a lot of make up. Brian open the light on his nightstand. He gasp softly as he slowly turn my head into the light, -shit- I told myself. "How? When, fuck, who did that to you Mary?" He said as anger rise up in him ready to kill the one who had hurt me, he just didn't know it was him. "Brian, tell me about your nightmare and I'll tell you after" I told him as I put a hand on his knee trying to calm him down. He looked into my eyes, he tried to figure it out himself while looking into me but the only person I knew around here was his friends that were mine too, so no clue on who else it could be, he gave up and sigh. "I've been doing these nightmares since I got Aiden, they are just ugly and mean nightmares about Michelle coming back to hurt me and the kid or her telling me it was all my fault if she drugged herself. And I just want them to stop Mary, I'm tired of this" Brian said, he put his soul at his naked, didn't hide anything to be proud and show off, he showed me is weak and broken side, the one he never wanted to show to anyone else. The one that he was ashamed of, that every man is not proud to have, a soft and weak side, no faking.  "I know Bri" I told him as I pull him into my arms. I played in his hair for a little while trying to make him forget about his nightmares but he came back with the question, "You didn't tell me who hurt you like this" He said pulling away a bit as he check the bruise again on my jaw. It fucking hurt but when I was speaking and listening to Brian it seemed to fade, like if he was morphine to me. -Shit Mary! hide it iup!-  I look down at my hands, what am I suppose to say? it was him? He would hate himself and I didn't want him to do anything stupid but I would never lie to him about things like that. "I came in your room because I heard you whimper in your sleep and you didn't look like if you were in a good dream so I grab you by your shoulders and shake you lightly but" I took a deep breath, "You hit me but you were in your sleep Brian it's not your fault it doesn't hurt that much" I say, Brian's eyes started to water, damn, "I-I'm sorry Mary, you should leave I'm too dangerous" He said as he curled up in a ball in his bed, his eyes were looking into the dark searching for an answer, Brian was lost. 

I lean to him to touch his arm but a drop of blood fell from my mouth. "Brian, I think I'm bleeding, is it normal?" I ask him on a nervous tone, because I almost never got into a fight even thought I knew how to kick someone's ass. He got up and put hand under my jaw, "We'll go in the bathroom Mary, it'll be okay. It happen to me too before" He said as we both got up and walk in the bathroom. He checked my mouth and everything was okay and it stopped bleeding. We were in the bathroom and I could feel that he felt guilty about putting this bruise on me. "Mary, I will never forgive myself for doing this to you, I'm so sorry. But I don't want you to leave" Brian say, he really looked sorry, poor baby. "I take this as a love mark" I told him trying to tense down the atmosphere. And it worked because he chuckle, "Yeah, I love you that hard" He said but he open his eyes wide, looking at me like he had let something slid from his mind. I just stand there in surprise as I could feel my cheek burn up. Was it true, was he really in love with me or was it only because of the moment? Maybe he was only in love with me because I was the only girl that was around him since he had Aiden.  But I could see that Brian was uncomfortable with what he said, making my heart crush a bit, but who cares about my feeling hen?!  "It's okay Brian, I-I'll go.." I was cut off by Brian's lips on mine. I was so surprise that it took me a second before kissing him back. He put his hands on my back making me even more closer to me as I caress his strong arms. It has been so long since I last felt his lips on mine, my knees were feeling weak as butterflies were burning from so much joy and love that I was feeling. This kiss was different from all the other ones that he ever gave me before, the others were only lust but in this one, I could feel feelings in it, it had a meaning, not only just to kiss, he had kiss me because he couldn't say it better that he wanted me to stay. 

We pulled apart to breath for air. We were both smiling like goofs at each other, his brown eyes had changed form sad to really happy. "Come sleep with me?" He ask, kissing my forehead as I nob. We enter back into his dark room and we buried ourselves under the comfortable blanket as we both cuddle, he made sure that my jaw was okay before we both feel into sleep in each others arms, feeling tired from emotions, not from sex this time.