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Cottage by the Sea
One-shot
The storm arising outside is what wakes she from a dead sleep.
The window repeatedly bangs against the house.
She rises from the bed, her lover's arm sliding from her body onto the bed with a light thump. He is such a deep sleeper, the noise wouldn't have woken him up. On the other hand, she is not a light sleeper. Everything wakes her. Many more things keep her awake. Her lover holds her in his arms as he sleeps, his arm spread across her body, she often rests her hand or hands on his arm, her fingers dancing across his skin. He never wakes. She never sleeps.
She makes her way across the house, taking a second to securely close the window. She watches for a few minutes as she waves crash along the shore, getting lost in her thoughts. Thinking about well, everything. Her past life, her current life. Everything is so different.
Does she miss her old life?
Maybe, a little.
Yes, she misses her family. But she chose this. This was her choice. She believed at the time that she made the right choice. She still believes that she made the right choice. This is the right choice. She belongs here, with him, with her one true love. This is the place where she belongs.
Would she give up her current life for her old life?
No, not even a little.
She loves her life here. She loves her life here with him, with them, with both of them. Her little family. His little family. Their little family. Yes, this is where she belongs. Here, in the cottage by the sea. She wouldn't trade it for the world.
A sudden cry brings her out of her thoughts. She quickly makes her way back to the bedroom, stopping in the doorway as she watches her husband rise from the bed, bending over the crib, pulling their five-month-old son out of the crib, instantly placing the baby boy on his chest. She smiles as her husband gently begins to bounce, sending the little boy back to sleep.
Cecilia would not want to be anywhere else besides here with her husband, Robbie, and their son, Theodore.
Their little family.
In the Cottage by the Sea.
