I love how you are all responding to the baby idea :D hope you like this chapter.
Previously-
'who's ready for a camp fire?' Deacon excitedly asks
'ME! me me me' Daphne says excitedly jumping up and down
'I really am glad you are okay you know' Juliette says as she looks to Rayna
'I know' Rayna smiles
'no, I have been horrible to you and I had no reason to be, I have idolised you for a long time, I just, I don't even know but I'm sorry'
she doesn't realise that what she's about to think, she actually says out loud 'Do you want a baby?' she mumbles as her breathing evens out, she's fast asleep
'I love you' he whispers kissing her forehead
Chapter 14
4 am, Deacons eyes are struggling to stay open, he props himself up a little bit to wake himself up just as Rayna lets out a small cough, he eyes her for a second but she's still asleep, he decides to go make himself a cup of coffee otherwise he's gonna conk out.
He carefully extracts himself from the confines of the covers and gets out of bed, he walks towards the door, turning round to check on Rayna who is sleeping soundly, he opens the door quietly and heads downstairs. As he is washing out his cup he hears a noise, not quite able to make it out he moves back towards the stairs, then he hears it, he shoots up the stairs taking them 2 steps at a time and bursts into the bedroom seeing Rayna shoot up in the bed violently coughing hysterically
'Ray? Ray!' he runs towards her and takes hold of her shoulders, tears are streaming down her face, her continuous violent coughing is turning her red in the face
'Rayna breathe honey, come on' he tries to calm her down but she's full on sobbing making it worse, now gasping for breath, in a panic Deacon tries anything, he starts rubbing his hand up and down her back, he looks at her and realises it's working a little, still rubbing her back he tries again
'Rayna watch me okay, watch' Deacon breathes in and out slowly, watching Rayna shakily do the same, her sobs have now turned into slight hiccups and her coughing is calming. He takes her into his arms and she wraps her arms around his waist tightly and buries her head in his chest still taking deep breaths. After a while he looks down and sees she's drifted back to sleep. He carefully removes one of his arms from around her and reaches over for his phone
'Hi this is Deacon Claybourne, I'm calling about Rayna'
'Mr Claybourne it's 4 am in the morning is everything alright?' Doctor O'Brian replies
'Rayna woke up to a hysteric coughing fit, she couldn't breathe, she's fell back to sleep now but I don't, I don't want it to happen again, is there anything I can do to prevent that? She really doesn't wanna come back to the hospital and I don't wanna wake her' he quickly says letting out the breath he's been holding in
'It's perfectly normal Deacon, yes it may be scary and it will probably happen for a while until she fully heals, just do the breathing patterns we taught you to do with her and everything will be fine' Doctor O'Brian soothes
'Are you sure? She was going red in the face and crying? It, that doesn't seem very normal' Deacon worries
'For someone in her condition it is, how is she positioned right now?'
'She's on her side like you told her too, she keeps rolling onto her back though but I pull her back on her side like you said'
'Okay good Deacon, could you prop a pillow underneath her hips and shoulders? That way she's raised up a little but her chest area is still flat' he instructs
'Yeah, I can do that, thanks Doc'
'No worries, any more questions don't hesitate to call' he replies then hangs up
Deacon does as the doctor says taking both his pillows, he puts his arm under Rayna's neck/shoulders and lifts her a little, a sigh escapes her lips but she doesn't bat an eyelid, he places the pillow there and lowers her back down then does the same placing the other under her hips then rolls her back onto her side.
It's now 4.20 am, she should be up in a couple of hours, Deacon decides to catch a couple of hours sleep otherwise he will be a walking zombie later on. He remembers what Rayna said before she fell asleep last night and smiles, falling asleep the smile still plastered on his face
7 am
Peggy Kenter heads downtown to the police station, she hasn't heard any news on Teddy since he got arrested and was allowed his phone call.
She walks up to the front desk the man behind it looks up, he notices her from the papers, being a big Rayna Jaymes fan he immediately remembers seeing her in the divorce article being the one who Teddy had an affair with.
'Yes?' he asks tiredly
'um, I need to speak to someone, a Detective Saunders or Riley about Mayor Teddy Conrad?'
'I'm not sure if they will tell you anything hon, you have no business with the mayor' he replies flatly
'I'm carrying his child' she states eyeing him
His face drops '4th floor'
'Thank you' Peggy sarcastically replies before heading towards the elevator
Deacon has just re-entered the bedroom carrying a tray of eggs, pancakes and bacon and a glass of orange juice with pain meds for Rayna, he decides against bringing up a trip back to the hospital after what happened last night for now.
Rayna hears movement and slowly opens her eyes, she spots Deacon carrying a tray, realising he's bringing her breakfast in bed she smiles brightly and gently props herself up against the headboard
'Good morning sunshine' he says giving her a cheesy smile
'Good morning good lookin' she smirks
He crawls onto the bed balancing the tray skillfully, this was one of there morning rituals back when they were dating, he places the tray in her lap then sits next to her
'ooo real food' she exclaims excitedly 'that hospital stuff is like cardboard' she shivers remembering the stuff they called food, Deacon laughs at her
As she is taking her pain meds Deacon decides to bring up the topic Rayna started whilst semi unconscious last night, deciding to play around with it
'so, uh Ray?'
'Yeah babe?' she replies a mouth full of bacon
'Are you happy with just Maddie and Daphne?' he asks
'What do you mean? I have Maddie, Daphne and you' she smiles pecking him on the lips
'I don't mean that babe, I was just wondering if you've ever thought about having another baby? Us having another baby' he grins
She gasps 'I talked in my sleep didn't I?'
He grins and kisses her 'you did' he mumbles against her lips still smiling
She pulls back 'wait, you're not freaking out?'
'no' he says looking her straight in the eyes
'so uh' she starts shyly 'what do you think?' she says blushing, looking down at the tray of food
He cups her chin and tilts her head till she's looking at him 'I think that I would love to have another baby with you Rayna Jaymes' he smiles looking at her adoringly
'Really?' she beams looking like a little kid on Christmas day
'Really' he grins 'but' he playfully smirks 'we need to be doin a little more of this' he pulls her body close to his, he leans down and captures her lips in a passionate kiss wrapping his arms around her waist, her hands slide up his chest, cupping his cheeks then moving one to his neck keeping him in flush against her and the other rakes through his hair, tugging on it a little, she lets a moan escape her lips which Deacon takes as an invitation to carry on.
I know, this chapter isn't very good
The next chapter will be a lot longer and include more
please review :D