Day 2 CS Writing Challenge. Theme: Sweet
At some point in a few years… Emma is pregnant and has a craving for something sweet, but she doesn't find anything in her kitchen.
English is not my native language, so apologies for any mistake
Emma paces up and down the living room with an obvious state of agitation. She is desperate because she needs something sweet and she needs it right now
Emma has already reviewed all kitchen cupboards, opening and closing doors anxiously, looking in the hidden corners of the pantry. She has failed to find anything, not even a simple sugar packet.
Even she has snuck into the Henry's bedroom, trying not to wake him, to look inside his backpack, hoping to find some forgotten chocolate bar. Nothing.
"How it is that possible?" She thinks desperate.
Then she remembers that three nights ago it happened the same, she had an urge to eat something sweet, but that time she was able to obtain her booty after the assault to the kitchen. She made off with everything what she found and now there is nothing.
Emma also recalls that after that assault she was crying a whole day because she felt guilty. Nothing could console her, not even the constant Killian's support.
"Damn hormones!"
Emma wants to cry, she really needs to take something sweet or she'll have to overcome her anxiety breaking objects.
Emma hesitates a moment, maybe she should wake Killian, but she will not. Previous two nights he had to make a visit to her parents' home late in the night, as Emma woke up the first night craving something spicy and the second one, craving something bitter. There is no shop open 24h In this damn town.
Emma knows that if she wakes Killian he will do what she asks without protest, but she doesn't want to upset her parents. So she tries to divert her mind sitting on the couch watching TV, but even in that she is unfortunate, because the first thing she watches is someone cooking a delicious chocolate cake.
"Really? How is it possible that these early hours are shedding a cooking show on TV?". She feels a mad impulse to throw the TV remote at the screen, but fortunately she manages to hold back.
"Really, Emma, what's wrong with you?" Emma is expressing her feelings aloud unconsciously.
"I'm an adult and I have been through this once before. Now I'll go to bed and go to sleep without thinking about chocolate, cupcakes or candy." Her subconscious is playing with her continuously.
"Shit!" She wants to scream and realizes then that she is speaking aloud.
"Great, now I'm thinking out loud, the lack of sugar is driving me crazy. I have to wake Killian." Emma goes to the bedroom before she can do something to repent.
When Emma is in front of the door she hesitates. She really doesn't want to wake him, he is not sleeping well, worried about her constantly. She rests her forehead against the door in frustration.
Finally Emma decides to go herself to her parent's home, no one has to realize. It will be a quick visit and she will return home soon with her sweets.
Emma enters the room quietly. After thinking a moment she decides that it is not necessary to change clothes, no matter the clothes she wears, she feels like a whale, with her 8 months pregnant. She only needs to take her coat and her boots.
Emma tries to be quiet, but her husband is a light sleeper and she notices how he starts to move between the sheets.
Emma bites her lip and remains paralyzed hoping that Killian not wake, but she fails miserably because the boot in her hand falls to the ground with a thud. "Shit," whispers and covers her mouth, but it's too late.
Killian lifts his head a little, still half sleepy, he has trouble focusing his eyes, but when he finally does, he finds Emma in the middle of the bedroom, Killian sits up startled.
"What happens Emma? Does the baby come?"
Emma sits beside him and puts her hand on his shoulder to reassure him.
"shhh, back to sleep, Killian, everything is fine."
"Love, you're in the middle of the bedroom with your coat on, something is not right." He continues worried.
Emma notices Killian's eyes are full of concern, so she finally breaks. She starts to explain him in a tearful voice, "Killian's just ... I had a craving for something sweet but I couldn't find even a sugar cube in the kitchen, I didn't want to wake you up because ..."
"Emma ..." Killian tries to interrupt her unsuccessfully.
"... I don't want to become a dependent pregnant and bother to others, I had thought ..."
"Emma, it's fine, love" This time Killian manages to interrupt her with a light kiss and tells her to wait a moment.
Killian goes to the closet and looks for something inside. He goes back to bed with a box in his hands. Emma looks at him strangely and hopefully at the same time.
Killian sits next to her and smiles. "After the last visit to your parents' apartment I decided to keep emergency supplies, for occasions like this"
He lifts the lid of the box and Emma rushes to look inside. Her face lights up like a child on Christmas Day when she finds that the box is full of food of every possible tastes.
"Killian, this is fantastic!" Emma almost can't articulate words, she is holding a candy bar in her hands as if it were the most precious treasure. She approaches Killian and hugs him tightly.
"Thank you. I don't deserve so much attention, these hormones are turning me into a horrible person." She pouts.
"I must admit that your mood has been quite variable in recent months, but Emma, you're carrying inside you our son. You deserve all possible attention." Killian puts his hand on her swollen belly affectionately and both smile.
"In addition, Love, with this I can avoid the murderous look that your father gives me every time I break into his apartment at dawn." Killian smirks.
Emma is already eating the candy. She knows she must look ridiculous with her mouth full of chocolate, but, after the slight anguish of a few minutes ago, she is happy now.
"And now you've satiated your need for sweet, can we go back to sleep?" Killian lets out a yawn and he taps on the sheets, inviting her to join him.
She finishes eating her candy bar and lies down beside him, they look at each other.
"Thanks for everything, Killian, I love you"
"I love you too. Next time you know where you can find supplies, love ."
This night Emma sleeps better than usual, her craving for sweet is gone and she knows she can always count on Killian to care for her.