Chapter 7: A happy moment interrupted and a serious talk
Author: ZeusFluff.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Revolution characters. Date Started: 10/21/15. Date Finished: 10/21/15.
"Hey Charlie? No snowballs in the face ok sweetie?"
Charlie nodded and pelted her dad in the shoulder with another snowball. Rachel had dressed Danny in his warmest clothes and took him outside to play in the snow. She smiled at him as Ben scooped the small boy up in his arms and swung him around. Charlie ran in circles around Ben and threw snowballs at his legs. A wave of dizziness overtook Rachel and she could barely see straight. Falling against the porch support beam her vision started to darken. She could barely hear Ben's voice.
"Rachel?"
Charlie raced towards her mother and got down on her knees next to her.
"Mommy!"
Ben looked to Charlie and Danny and spoke.
"Charlie take Danny inside. Mommy's going to be just fine. It's ok."
Charlie took Danny by the hand and led him inside the house.
"Ben what's going on? What happened?"
Ben pushed her back down on the pile of thin blankets they shared.
"You fainted. Do you want to fill me in on what's going on?"
Sometimes it surprised Rachel that Ben could read her like an open novel. Uncanny really.
"I guess I should've told you when I figured it out…"
Ben put all the puzzle pieces together and sighed.
"How long have you known?"
Rachel took the cup filled with water and took a drink before speaking again.
"Almost a couple of months."
Shaking his head he poured more water into Rachel's tin cup.
"I wish you had told me you were pregnant before now. We barely have enough food to feed Charlie and Danny."
Rachel knew things would only get harder from here on out, but maybe, just maybe they would get lucky. Spring would be here in another month and things would be better. There would be more food.
"We'll be ok Ben. I mean, you've just bagged a large Elk. That'll keep us full for a while."
Ben grew concerned and shook his head one more time.
"You do realize how dangerous this is for you don't you? For the both of you? 7 months from now when you go into labor what am I supposed to do? I'm not a doctor. Anything could go wrong. You could die."
Rachel leaned her head back against the blankets serving as a makeshift pillow.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it won't we?"
Charlie came up to Rachel and sat down next to her. Smiling at Charlie Rachel kissed
the crown of her head and ran a hand through her curls.
"Charlie mommy has something important to tell you."
Perking up, Charlie sat up straighter and spoke up.
"What?"
Rachel put on a brave smile and looked Charlie in the eye.
"Mommy is going to have a baby. You and Danny are going to be a big sister and brother."
Charlie's eyes lit up as she looked at her mother.
"Is it a girl?"
Rachel let out a semi-soft laugh and shook her head.
"Oh baby, it's too early right now. Mommy doesn't know. We'll just have to wait and see when their born."
Ben shot a worried glance in Rachel's direction and then squeezed her hand. This had just gotten that much harder for them.
To Be Continued…
