Belle (
provincialbelle) wrote2011-10-27 07:21 pm
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After several days, Belle could no longer ignore the signs. She had been so tired that she had barely made it out of bed and her muscles ached fiercely with a sort of fatigue that seemed to be warring with the swelling of her ankles for the most distracting symptom. Once she factored in the irritation and the headaches, she didn't want to do anything, let alone get out of bed.
Maybe, she reflected, it was a good thing that she was still at the Homestead. She couldn't imagine this would go over very well if she had left it. For one, no one would have found her for some time and wasn't that just a scary thought? As it was, she struggled with her bedsheets -- her body a decent temperature, but her limbs sore and she wanted to warm them -- and curled up on her side, making herself as small as she could be.
She just wanted to sleep. Maybe it wasn't right that after three days, she had spent more time asleep than awake, but she didn't care. She felt like she deserved a small break. It would all go away, she told herself. It would all fade.
Maybe, she reflected, it was a good thing that she was still at the Homestead. She couldn't imagine this would go over very well if she had left it. For one, no one would have found her for some time and wasn't that just a scary thought? As it was, she struggled with her bedsheets -- her body a decent temperature, but her limbs sore and she wanted to warm them -- and curled up on her side, making herself as small as she could be.
She just wanted to sleep. Maybe it wasn't right that after three days, she had spent more time asleep than awake, but she didn't care. She felt like she deserved a small break. It would all go away, she told herself. It would all fade.
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He knocked lightly on the door before pushing it in, settling on the edge of her bed. "Belle? What's going on?"
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How long had it been and he hadn't noticed?
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It sounded a little needlessly concerned but it was Belle. Nothing was ever too much.
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It was kind of weird, in a way, but he wasn't going to argue against it. It was better than the alternative, anyway.
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"I love you, Belle, I don't want...I don't want to miss something big because we're being stubborn."
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"You never have to do anything alone as long as I'm here."
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Billy was one of the most easygoing men in the world, though, so it was a no-brainer that he would love Belle.
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"I think about getting more serious sometimes. Does that surprise you?"
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"I think we need to be able to live a little before getting married and having kids."
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There was also the matter to worry about because, though she hadn't told him, she had been (and was still) late. "You want kids with me?" she asked, a tentative wariness to her words, not sure how to bring up her worry that all this, all these symptoms, could be somehow related to her late timing.
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"I've always wanted a family, Belle."
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Jacob had a sinking feeling that maybe this being sick had something to do with, well, that and while he wasn't prepared for it, he would support her all the way.
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"Okay, then we definitely need to get you to a doctor so we can get a test run. I'm sure Dr. McCoy can do it."
Dr. McCoy was the only clinic doctor he'd even really met; Jacob was just too healthy otherwise.
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