With Or Without You Chapter 10, a misc. tv shows fanfic

After we move off the bathroom floor Jayne asks for something to eat so I head back downstairs to do her some toast. When I get back upstairs I find her back in bed.

"Sorry" she says. "I always get tired after an asthma attack"
"I know. I know how you are at the rink when you have them"
I sit next to her on the bed and give her her toast.
"With vegemite"
"Thanks"
She eats it in her usual messy style causing me to frown.
"What?"
"Crumbs Jayne. Try to get them on the plate instead of on the bed"

She frowns back, and brushes the offending crumbs on the floor.

"Jayne!"
"Hey you, it's my bed, and my floor"
"Yes, but it'll be me doing the vaccuming"
"Only because you're so fussy you won't be able to leave it there"
"And you would leave it there until you could hardly see the floor"
"I'm always on top of the housework when Kieron and Jess are here….which…they haven't been for a while"

She sets the empty plate on the floor.

"I haven't even dared to think about how this is going to affect them"
I put my arms around her.
"We'll get there. Remember, we're taking things slowly, one step at a time"
She rolls over to face me.
"Was it bad, for Jack and Sam?"

I mull it over for a minute, not really wanting to upset her.

"At first, yes…but…they were used to me being gone for months. The only difference was….was that I went home to a different house…instead of….what was mine and Jill's house"
"Do you think you've…"
She looks down.
"I don't know….damaged them in some way?"
"I think that them growing up with parents that didn't get on would have been worse"

I place my fingers under her chin and tilt her face up to meet mine.

"Try not to think about that. You won't damage them"
I smooth errand strands of hair behind her ears.
"You're supposed to be resting anyway…not sending your mind into hyper-drive"
"I know….I'm just scared"
"Don't be"
I lean down and kiss her gently.
"Phil must also be aware that something's wrong?"

She wrinkled her nose in thought.

"I think so…..well he must, because he hasn't been up here since the show started….I think he's just ignoring it, like I have been…like maybe if we both wait long enough…things will get better….but, well, they won't."
"Funny sort of work he does…..not even coming up all series?"
"He does what he needs to do in his studio"

She takes a deep breath.

"So that's a bit of problem, as far as you and I are concerned"
"I told you, it's fine…you tell him when you're ready"
"I know, but it's going to be awkward if we're all working on the same show, I don't want him coming up and causing friction"

I saw her point.

"So, you think we should hold off until the show's finished?"
"Actually, I thought it would be best if we waited until the tour"
She glances up at me.
"If that's okay with you?"
"I said….."
"….Yes….when I'm ready"
"Well if that's when you're going be ready then that's fine"

She moves so her heads on my chest and I absent-mindly play with her hair.

"So….me and you" she says, after several minutes.
"Who would of thought it?"
"About several million people"
"Maybe more"
"Well they were right"
"If only we'd listened to them sooner"
"The media's going to have a field day"
"Fuck the media"

"Jayne Torvill!" I act shocked, though it always amuses me when Jayne swears because it doesn't happen very often. She turns towards me and blushes.
"Sorry"
"You're right though….we'll just have to remember not to shag in public"

Now it's her turn to look mortified.

"Chris!"
"What?"
"I'm sorry, but some of your outfits are very revealing"
"Like what?"
"Like…the hotpants from last year for one"
"Oh….yes"

She moves in to kiss me deeply and I moan slightly at the feeling of her body pressing against mine. As we break apart I see her eyes sparkle.