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Armani woke up from his sleep, to Nai groaning, and seemingly talking in her sleep. His eyes shifted over to her quickly, and she was still sleeping, so he knew she was probably having a nightmare. She'd had a particularly bad day today, and she was nauseous all day long. She couldn't keep anything down. She just drank ginger ale and some toast he made her.
"Wake up, Nai," he spoke, voice coated in sleep still. "C'mon mamas, wake up," he shook her slightly, making her whine. "I know baby, get up for me," he sighed, rubbing his hand on her back. She slowly woke up from the dream, eyes cracking open.
"Mani?" she mumbled, turning to her other side and moving toward him. He sat up a little against the headboard and let her get between his legs and lay on him. "It was bad," she sniffed.
"What happened, baby?" he asked. She wasn't still dreaming about Hailee, he knew that. She had finished her grief counseling, and was doing better in that regard. He knew she's always remember her, but she wasn't still holding on. She was excelling at work once again, he was reminded of when she first started working.
But, she was becoming much more anxious due to her pregnancy. She was nervous about being a mom and being able to care for her baby sufficiently. She often worried about delivering her daughter safely, making sure the house was going to be safe for her, and other things. Things that would seem miscellaneous to other parents were very big deals to her.
"S-somebody was trying to take her, and—and I couldn't get to her. She was just crying and screaming and I couldn't help her," she sniffed, wiping at her face. "I'm sorry Mani,"
"Stop apologizing, Nai," he sighed. He hated when she apologized over things she literally couldn't control. "Nobody's gonna take her okay? Nobody is gonna be able to get to our baby or you. I'm here, nothing is gonna happen to her. As long as daddy got y'all, y'all good, right?" he asked, kissing her forehead.
"Yeah," she nodded, calming down slightly. He always made her feel so safe and secure, she always felt like when she was with him, nothing could happen to her, he wouldn't let anything happen.
It was one of the things that made her fall in love in college. One of the only other people who she could count on in her life to bring her security was her dad, and for him to do so, and so soon after meeting him was amazing to her.
After a little while, Mani's arm stopped moving on her back, and she knew he fell back asleep, luckily he wasn't sitting straight up, so his neck wouldn't be hurt tomorrow, if she stayed here all night. She probably wouldn't for the sake of his comfort.
"Just me and you up now, princess," she smiled slightly, rubbing on her stomach. She was six and a half months pregnant now, and her baby was growing healthy. They had picked a name for her, and they were gonna wait till her baby shower, which was in a week, to tell everyone.
Her dad was begging to know now, because he wanted to get the baby a gold plated bracelet with her name engraved in it, in typical Gionni fashion. Doing the absolute most, but Nai loved it.
