Twenty Seven

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Two years on....
"I can't work with so many people everywhere" huffed the hairstylist. I was sitting in front of the mirror in my bedroom in London. There was a stylist, hairstylist, make up artist and everyone else who was coming and going. At the moment Jared was lying on the bed with Willow, we could hear Beau playing in his room and Bluebell was standing next to me brushing her hair and trying on jewellery. "Too bad" said Jared cheerfully from the bed, I looked at him through the mirror and he just grinned. "It's fine Sarah, you're almost finished then you can go" I said, she shook her head, "sorry Harper, I'm just not used to all the extra people in such a small space" she said apologetically. We'd been living in London for the past 12 months and despite Jared's insistence on getting a great big place, I'd refused and we were in my small, but big enough, I thought, terrace. I nodded and soon enough she was done. "It's 6.00 the car will be here in ten minutes" we heard Lucy's voice wafting in from the corridor then she appeared. I stood up and looked at myself in the full length mirror, "you look beautiful" said Jared staring at me, "you do look lovely" she said, I nodded, I had a long red gown on, vintage, Antonio had found it for me. Very simple and beautiful. My hair which had grown, was hanging down my back in large loose curls. "Are you going to change?" she snapped at Jared, he rolled his eyes, "calm down, it will take me two minutes" he said climbing off the bed and disappearing into the walk in robe. True to his word he was back quickly with a black tuxedo on, sans tie, open white shirt and looking impossibly sexy. His stylist had been over earlier for his gorgeous hair, however he'd wanted to dress himself.  "Oh you look so sexy" I said breathlessly, he grinned as I stared at him. "Oh for goodness sakes, pull yourself together" said Lucy groaning, Bluebell giggled, "she always does that when she looks at daddy" she said, "I can't imagine why" she huffed, "daddy pretty" called out Lily from the end of the bed where she sat grinning. I laughed agreeing, he gathered her up into his arms smothering her with kisses and she squealed happily. The stylists made a few more adjustments to the dress until they were happy that it was perfect. We all made our way downstairs, a few selfies later and we heard the car arrive. "Bye my loves" I said kissing them all in turn, "we are going to stay up and watch you" said Bluebell, "okay but straight to bed afterwards" I said to them all, they nodded together and I looked to Talia who also nodded in agreement. "All alone at last" murmured Jared in the car, he leaned in and trailed small kisses along my neck up to my ear. "I know, I haven't had a moments peace" I said sighing. He nodded, "well you can relax, for a little while after tonight" he said, "oh I can't wait, speaking of which, I can't wait" I said eagerly, "mmm me too, you're a hard woman to tie down" he smirked, I smiled slyly. "Yes you haven't done that in a while" I whispered. A small groan escaped his throat, I leaned over and kissed him softly. "So, are you excited?" he said grinning, I shrugged, "I am, but I'll be happy when it's over" I said smiling nervously. "Yeah that's how I felt" he said. I'd finally decided to go back to work, one little project that had taken all of three months to film. It and to my surprise, I, had become a huge deal very quickly and here I was in a car being driven to the Baftas. "Let's do this baby" he said kissing me as the car pulled to a stop at the red carpet drop off point. He jumped out then held out his hand to help me out. The next half hour was surreal chatting to reporters and other nominees. I held his hand so tight that he squeezed back and whispered, "I won't let go don't worry", I turned to him and he smiled that big beautiful smile and I melted. "So what are your plans now? Anything else in the pipeline?" asked one reporter, "ah no I'll be having a break for a while now" I laughed glancing at Jared, he nodded a small smile on his lips. "We've got a busy summer coming up" he said. He wouldn't elaborate further and very politely led me away to my relief. I smiled at him, "well we have" he said grinning, "yes" I said smiling knowingly.   About two weeks ago I was in the bathroom early one morning, brushing my teeth when a wave of nausea came over me. I was horrified, I couldn't possibly be pregnant I had been on the pill and strictly never forgot to take it. I quietly locked the door and just to be sure I rummaged in the drawer and found a test. About five minutes later I was staring at the stick with its two lines and felt even more nauseous. I heard a bang against the door as Jared had obviously tried to come barreling in and found it locked, "what the fuck!" I heard him say, "why have you got the door locked?" he called out. "Can I have a minute of privacy for fucks sake!" I yelled back, my voice wavering as I tried to hold back tears. I wasn't sure how he'd react, another baby, fuck. "What's wrong?" he asked immediately, he knew me too well. "Nothing!" I said, "open up, please" he said in a quiet voice. I slowly unlocked the door and opened it a fraction, he looked at me curiously. "You okay?" he said, I shook my head, "please don't be mad, it wasn't my fault" I said quickly, "what wasn't? what is it?" he said anxiously. I stepped back and pointed to the counter where the stick sat, waiting to be acknowledged. He walked over looked at it, looked at me, back at the stick and then said incredulously, "you gotta be fucking kidding me?" I covered my face with my hands, trying to hide the tears. Then I heard laughing, he was laughing, I looked up surprised. "I'm just too fucking potent!" he said really laughing now, "but...." I stammered. "But what? did you think I'd be angry?" he said, I nodded. "You knew I didn't care if we had another baby, are you.. do you want to..?" he said quietly taking hold of my hands and looking into my eyes. "I don't know, I wasn't expecting it, I'm on the pill for goodness sakes" I said biting my lip. "Yeah, that's obviously not working" he said laughing again. He pulled me in close and hugged me against his chest, "I'm actually really happy, but you need to be okay with it" he said in a soft voice. "It's us, it's their little brother or sister, I'm okay" I whispered, I felt him relax and he kissed my forehead. Suddenly it all felt right.  We took our seats and the ceremony started, as the evening wore on our little movie started to win a few categories. During one of the breaks Jared leant in and whispered, "it's your category next, you ready?" I looked at him and shook my head, he grinned at me and gave me a swift kiss. The next few minutes were the most surreal I've ever experienced, I smiled as my name was mentioned and a clip of my performance played. I looked at Jared he leaned over kissing me on the cheek, suddenly I heard my name spoken a second time, "Harper, it's you, you won" he whispered in my ear standing up and holding out his hand, I looked at him stunned and grasped it to stand. "You did it baby" he said wrapping his arms around me and pulling me in close, he kissed me and then stepped out of the way into the aisle to let me pass. I was shocked, he let go of my hand and grinned clapping wildly as I walked off and made my way up on stage to the applause of the crowd. It took me a minute to register what was happening then I smiled and started talking. Just as past winners had done I politely thanked, cast, crew, writers, directors and of course Lucy. Then came the part I had actually thought about, I looked out to find his gorgeous face beaming at me. "Thanks to my babies watching at home" I blew a kiss to the camera "I want to thank the most important person in my world, you're my everything, you always keep me from falling and you help me navigate this crazy life, thank you Jared, I love you" I said smiling at him and I finished there, taking the presenters hand and making my way off stage. The next half hour was madness, photos backstage, interviews with the press. I just wanted to get back to see Jared. Finally he appeared, I excused myself from the reporter who'd monopolized me for the last five minutes and walked towards him. He wrapped his arms around me, the cameras clicked as he kissed me lightly, "God this is mad" I said smiling at him excitedly, he nodded. "I know it's crazy baby" he laughed. The rest of the night was a blur, full of press and photos, we went to 3 different parties and were invited to a dozen more. Finally at 4.30 I surrendered and we headed home, "I'm exhausted" I said as I threw my shoes off in the hall quietly and we stumbled up the stairs. It was finally quiet, he closed the door to our bedroom, I put the statuette on the dresser looking at it for a moment then and I turned my back to him so he could unzip my dress and he helped me take it off. I threw it on the nearby chair and climbed into bed in my bra and panties. I watched him take off his clothes and he lay down next to me on the bed turning to face me. "It's so nice and quiet" I whispered, he nodded, a small sexy smile on his lips. "I'm so glad I'm doing nothing for a while, a long while" I said. "Yeah especially now that I've knocked you up again, barefoot and pregnant, I gotta say, that's how I like you" he said waggling his eyebrows. I raised an eyebrow, but couldn't help grinning at him. "Really? I never figured you for a 60's husband" I said surprised. "Yeah, I never thought I was either until you came along" he laughed. "Well I'll obey you, that's what good little wives do isn't it?" Teasing him with a sickly sweet voice. "oh I'm counting on it" he said with a sexy voice. "Okay, I'm pregnant and I have needs that I've had to, suppress all day" I said in a desperate voice. "You mean you've been horny and you wanted me to fuck you all day? you should have said, I could have obliged at some point" he said with a sly smile on his face. I laughed, "mmmm, you know once is never enough" I shrugged laughing. He kissed me softly, his hand reaching up to grasp my neck and held me close as he deepened the kiss. I reached up and pushed him back onto the bed climbing over him to stand up and slip off my underwear. I watched licking my lips as he slipped off his jockeys sighing with pleasure, he was already hard and ready. I climbed back up, positioning myself over him, "wait, what about.... ?" he said grinning and raising an eyebrow, I shook my head, "No waiting, I've been hot and wet for you all day, I just want to fuck" I said, he nodded grinning and I pushed down impaling myself into his erection, groaning as he filled me completely, taking my breath away. His hands reached up to grab my breasts kneading them gently, his long fingers tweaking my nipples I leaned back my hands on his thighs biting my lip to stifle my cries as his hips pushed up to meet me and I felt him go deeper each time as I rode him faster and more erratic. Suddenly I felt my body start to shake, the intense pleasure shot through me and my orgasm took over. My breathing was hard and fast, I bit my lip to stop from screaming out. As I tried to slow down, his fingers dug into my hips, "keep going" he said in a hoarse voice, forcing me to continue and he thrust up hard a low growl escaping from his throat as he came, holding me firmly in place until the little aftershocks started to stop. I fell onto his chest, both of us covered in a fine sheen of sweat and still breathing hard. "I love you" I murmured sleepily, "me too" he said his fingers trailing up and down my back. What a ride.

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