Halcyon

In Ten Years Time

The following morning Nikki lays awake in bed with Jack who has just come back from the toilet, he climbs back into bed and cuddles up to Nikki, he runs his hand over her hip and smiles at her as he lies on his side. Jack leans forwards and kisses her, "Mmm, morning breath" He chuckles as they pull away from the kiss.

She sits up and looks down at him before he slips his hand around her waist and pulls her back down onto the bed, He pulls her closer once she is laying down and continues to kiss her passionately. He moves so he is kneeling over her as he continues to kiss her, "Mmm Jack" Nikki giggles as he rolls her pyjama top up.

Nikki reaches for his boxers but as she does so they are both interrupted by a very loud vomiting sound from the room across the hallway, followed by Poppy calling out "Mummy!" a voice shouts.

Nikki looks up at Jack and sighs as he moves off her and stands up and pulls a top on, Nikki climbs out the bed and sorts out her bed shorts before walking out the room and into Poppy's.

They both enter Poppy's room to see Poppy sat up in a puddle of her own sick which somehow has managed to get up the wall beside her. "Mummy... I'm sorry" Poppy cries as she looks up at both her parents.

"Hey baby... don't cry, you don't need to apologise baby girl" Nikki smiles as she carefully stands Poppy up in her bed and lets some of the vomit rolls off her. "Stay there baby... Jack get me a washing basket" she speaks as she begins to strip the bed around Poppy.

Jack comes back upstairs with a washing basket and a few other things to help Nikki clean up Poppy. Nikki then completely strips Poppy down and lifts her off the bed and walks her through to the bathroom and stands her in the shower, while Jack cleans up the bedroom.

Nikki removes the showerhead from the stand and then kneels down as she starts to wash Poppy down, She washes the sick out of Poppy's hair as she starts to notice spots on her back again.

Soon Poppy starts to cry again as she stands in the shower, "Darling what's wrong?" Nikki asks. Poppy steps forward to hug her Mum but at the same time sick launches from her mouth down the front of Nikki. "Oh.."

"Mummy!" Poppy cries hysterically as she looks at her mother who has frozen.
"Erm... Jack!" Nikki calls out.

Jack soon walks into the ensuite to see Nikki knelt on the floor with sick all down the front of her and Poppy stood in the shower crying to herself, on closer inspection he notices Poppy coming out in little red spots. "Here, undress, I shall get the washing basket and a sick bowl by the look of things" Jack speaks as he leaves Nikki to sort herself and Poppy.

Soon Nikki has sorted Poppy out and has set her on their bed with a mop bucket next to her just in case she is sick again, Nikki has just come out from the shower. Jack walks into the bedroom with Maddison and looks at Nikki who is standing in her towel around her body. "Well, I gather today's lazy day plans are ruined" Jack speaks looking at his daughter who is looking down at her lap feeling sorry for herself.

"Oh well, we always have next Saturday... in ten years time" Nikki chuckles as she changes into something comfortable for the day.
"It's all worth it in the end!" Jack replies as he pays with Maddison who is squealing at him for attention.

Nikki just nods as she finishes getting dressed and lifts Poppy up off her bed and holds her against her hip, she also grabs the mop bucket and heads downstairs followed by Jack with Maddison against his hip.