I was so tempted to turn this chapter into a story of it's own but then I'd be stuck on this story.

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Written in the Stars

Chapter 7

Sara stirs when she feels a light touch to her hip. She smiles and moves into the welcoming sensation.

"Mmm…" she moans, and rolls over to face her husband.

Gil smiles at her. "You look so beautiful when you first wake up."

"Yeah, whatever." she mumbles. "What time is it?"

"It's early. Sorry I didn't mean to wake you, I just wanted you in my arms." he smiles.

Sara slowly opens her eyes, squinting as they adjust to the light, and finds Gil staring intently at her and a lopsided grin plays across her face as he leans in to kiss her.

Slowly he runs his tongue over her lips before pushing it into her mouth, begging her to kiss him back. She complies and her tongue finds his and they compete for dominance of the kiss.

She trails her hands down his body, pushing down his shorts at the same time, and she pulls away from him smiling.

"Someone's happy." she states, her eyes sparkling.

"I'm always happy." he chuckles.

He gently rolls Sara onto her back and pushes her nightgown up over her hips. His mouth attacks her neck as he hovers above her and aligns himself with her entrance. When he hears her moan he pulls away from her to admire his work and a satisfactory smile lights up his face.

"Don't stop." she pleads.

She finds his sex and rubs him against her, urging him on. He takes the hint and he's just about to push into her when there's a quiet tap on the bedroom door, before it bursts open. Gil moves off Sara so quickly that he falls off the bed and lands on the floor with a thump, thankfully taking a blanket down with him.

Sara giggles as she pulls the duvet up over her and looks over towards the little girl by the door. Her hair's all tousled and she's wearing pink fluffy pyjamas and clutching a teddy bear to her chest as she stares at her daddy laying on the floor.

"Hi, sweetheart." Sara smiles.

Gil's just staring at the little Girl as he tries to decide whether to laugh or cry.

"Mummy, why's daddy on the floor?" the little girls asks curiously.

Sara giggles and looks at her gobsmacked husband.

"I'm not sure, let's see what daddy says."

The child looks expectantly at Gil and after a few seconds of silence she speaks up again.

"Daddy, why are you on the floor?"

He just glares at Sara as tears of laughter stream down her cheeks.

"Daddy?"

He sighs. "Err…mummy and daddy were being very…naughty."

The little girl steps further into the room, smiling.

"Naughty how?" she asks. "I get wrong when I'm naughty."

"Yes you do, and if you're ever as naughty as mummy and daddy have just been, you'll be grounded for life." smiles Gil as he stands up and fumbles to wrap the blanket around his waist. "Alyssa, why don't you get into bed with mummy whilst I go for a cold shower as punishment?"

Alyssa huffs out a breath.

"But what did you do to mummy?"

"Nothing." groans Gil under his breath.

"And what does grounded mean?"

He glares at Sara, as a cocky grin spreads across his face.

"I'll let mummy explain to you."

Alyssa now turns to face Sara.

Sara pats the bed next to her, inviting Alyssa up.

"What are you doing awake this time of morning?" she asks, trying to change the subject.

Alyssa jumps up on the bed and snuggles up to Sara. "Hank woke me up when he jumped on my bed and I can't get back to sleep."

"Aww…I'm sorry sweetheart."

"Mummy, were you being really naughty? What were you doing? Who's going to yell at you?" she asks, still curious.

Sara sighs and wraps her arms around her daughter, panicking a little as she wonders how to answer.

"Well… we don't have anybody to yell at us, that's why daddy's having an awfully cold shower as punishment. You know nobody likes a cold shower. And I guess daddy will punish me later." she smiles, hoping that she's right.

"Can't you punish daddy?" asks Alyssa, sleepily.

"Oh…believe me, I will later." says Sara as she kisses the top of her daughters head. "Are you tired, sweetheart?"

She nods her head in reply as Sara pulls the duvet up over both of them.

Gil emerges from the bathroom a few minutes later and climbs into bed smiling.

"She's so beautiful, just like her mummy. She has your chocolate hair and creamy skin and that dazzling smile which will break many hearts." he whispers, his voice full of pride.

"And she has your gorgeous, ocean blue, eyes."

He leans over to kisses Alyssa's head, then Sara's lips, before they fall into silence and watch their daughter sleep soundly.

"I meant what I said." he whispers.

"What's that?"

His face turns serious.

"If Alyssa is ever as naughty as we were about to be, she will never leave the house again." he says. "And her boyfriend will be eating through a straw."

Sara bursts out laughing.

"Damn right."

Sara awakes with start.

She looks around in confusion and her heart sinks when she realises that it was a dream; that she doesn't have a daughter. She looks out of the window at the stars, which are starting to fade away as the sun rises. She concentrates on that one bright star and makes a wish, wishing that this whole situation is a bad dream or a misunderstanding and wishing that the nurse would comes running in to tell her that she is indeed pregnant.

With tears streaming down her cheeks she places a hand over her stomach. "I know you're in there; I can feel you. I'd know if you were gone. I'd know…" she whispers to her tummy.

Gil stirs next to her.

"Sara?" he asks, and then shifts to look at her.

His breath gets caught in his throat.

"Oh, sweetheart…"

"Gil, you're going to think I'm crazy." she whispers. "But…I…I think I'm still pregnant. And I know what you're going to say but just hear me out. First of all; I can feel it, a sort of motherly instinct. It feels like butterflies but not at the same time. And I've just had a dream where we had a daughter. She was so beautiful, Gil. She had your eyes and your curiosity. She was perfect; so unbelievably perfect. And we were so happy. It was real, Gil, I know it. I can feel it." she cries out, in one long breath.

She squeezes her eyes shut and prepares herself for Gil to argue against her, but he doesn't. When she opens her eyes she sees his filled with tears and she reaches for his hand.

"Gil..."

"Okay, when the nurse comes around we'll insist on a pregnancy scan. But please don't get your hopes up Sara."

"I know it, Gil. I know it.

Gil tries to smile, but fails, as he pulls Sara back into his arms.

Is Sara going crazy or what?

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