Honey, I’m Home! [Camila]

[lucan]

He had no idea what to expect from a pregnant woman. He’d never even been in the same room as one before, well….Cait was an exception, but to deal with their problems – that would be fun…not. He knew that one moment Cam would look at him as though he was breakfast, and the next she would be crying and telling him that this was not a good idea. He knew that much about the mood swings that were to be expected, but nothing else.

Rest was an understatement. He gladly welcomed it when he had the chance, but there would be no rest when he eventually took over from his father. “I’ll be fine” Luc smiled a little sleepily, “Besides, I want to stay awake and actually spend some time with my wife…I feel guilty for leaving you after your birthday.”

He’d cursed to himself when he’d heard that they would be riding out a day after Cam’s birthday. He hadn’t told her until that evening and there had been some words exchanged – she was only looking out for him, but he had warned her before they had married, that life would be like this. Luc had given her enough chances to back out, but she’d stuck by him, and he couldn’t have loved her any more than he already did.

She’d been taking sleeping drafts? Lucan studied the bottle carefully. “These are safe aren’t they?” he asked, a little unsure. He’d never had cause to take a sleeping tonic in his life. “It won’t harm the baby?” Thank goodness she was going to stop taking them; he didn’t want to take any chances.

[Lady Camila of Faintree]

Lucan was most likely just as tired as Cam was. It had been a long trip for him and a long time of short lived nights of tossing and turning for her. Camila almost wished that they would just crawl into bed right now, and fall asleep. She longed to fall asleep with his arms around her. Just even knowing that he was sleeping next to hear would be enough reassurance for her and her mind could finally feel at ease. But Luc insisted on staying awake to spend time with her, which wasn't a bad thing, but they both obviously needed to sleep. Cam smiled a little at his words, the expression hardly making any sense to the situation, really. "You better." She said with a smirk on her face with a sudden change of mood - she didn't really think it was a mood swing, though. Camila reached up and kissed him to let him know she was only joking. She didn't need him to think that she was being serious. Yes it had been a disappointment to see him leave the day after her birthdaym but he had nothing to do with that, and even Arthur had told Cam that it hadn't been the plan for him to be gone so long or even much at all.

"Yes, it's safe. Caitrin has been making them for me and I trust her." Camila explained. "She took them herself when she was pregnant." And look how the twins turned out! They were amazing. Cam loved them to pieces and she loved seeing the look on Lucan's face when he got to play with them.

There was a slight tap on the door and Cam gave Luc a small look before walking over to the door. Behind it, a servant stood with a letter for her. She took it, thanking him as she turned back to her husband and closing the door. A thought lingered in the back of her mind. Thomas didn't really come to give them news or announcements when they were alone much anymore, probably still embarrassed about walking in on them all those months ago. The thought made her laugh on the inside as she opened the letter.

(bad! horrible! sorry!)