Here and Now
Chapter 21
1
It took a while for Chris and Jill to get Jenny to sleep. It was a good thing neither one of them was tired, because Jill still wanted to give Chris his reward.
"Jill, do you think tonight is the night?" Chris asked.
Jill nodded. "Maybe. I've been taking my temperature daily. We have these next few nights to try, and then we'll wait and see," she said.
"All right," Chris said.
Jill locked the door to their room, in case Jenny woke up and managed to get out of her crib again. That girl had figured out how to escape her crib, and sometimes she would wander the house at night. Jill didn't want her daughter to walk in on them making love. Jenny wouldn't understand it yet, but Jill still didn't want her to see it.
Jill toyed with the neckline of her nightie, and grinned invitingly at Chris. Jill was already having fun. It went a long way towards keeping her mind off of Jenny being sick. She hoped Jenny would sleep through the night; she generally did. If she didn't tonight, she'd wander the house aimlessly for hours while she and Chris were otherwise...occupied.
A momentary flush of doubt cascaded through her. "Chris, are you sure you want me to have another child right now? I mean, I know I do...but if you don't, we can wait until you're ready," Jill said.
"Jill, I'd love another kid. Jenny is so adorable, and she'll be a good big sister. I have always wanted a son, so maybe..." He let his words trail off, a lingering question.
Jill nodded in agreement. That was all Chris needed to take the initiative. He drew Jill close and kissed her soundly. Jill responded in kind, as she always liked when Chris took matters into his own hands. Still kissing her, Chris lay Jill on the bed. Chris knew what Jill needed, and he knew she liked making out with him. He was more than happy to oblige.
The two of them had been sleeping together for several years, even before Jill had conceived Jenny, but they had always used protection until that night. They knew neither one of them had any diseases, and Jill didn't think she would get pregnant that one time...but one time, it seemed, was all they needed. The one time they wanted to spice things up in the bedroom, Chris managed to knock Jill up. And now...now that they knew how Jill's cycles ran--and now that they knew they were ready for another child--tonight was the best time to try as she was most fertile.
Chris took off his shirt and Jill ran her hands up and down his chest. They both had a lot of scars, but neither one cared much. The battle scars just added to the interest they both had in each other. They knew each other like nobody else did. This sudden knowledge made Jill's heart race, and gentle traces became more insistent, savage.
"Easy, Jillian!" Chris jumped under her rough embrace. "I guess it has been a long time," Chris said continued, grinning. He knew how much Jill liked it when he used her full first name. "Ready?"
2
When Milly had told Wesker about Jenny, she never expected that Alfred and she would be charged to kidnap the child. Of course, she should've known she was going to be Wesker's lackey for a while. Since Alexia had taken Steve and left to find a mate, they monitored her to make sure she didn't run off with her son and never come back. Millicent thought it was funny how she kept Steve on a short leash,
Milly gazed at the child sleeping in her crib. "She's cute, isn't she?" Milly whispered. Alfred seemed uneasy, but maybe it was just because Alexia was in another country and didn't take him along.
"The only children I find cute are Alexia's daughters and...maybe...Amanda," Alfred said.
Millicent picked Jenny up. The child didn't wake up. Milly knew how to carry sleeping children, having dealt with three little girls on a regular basis.
Milly scowled. "Sheesh, Freddy, what is wrong with you? I know Alexia is off with Steve, and I know she didn't bother to even ask you if you wanted to join her...but there is no need to be such a cunting arsehole with me! Lose the bloody attitude!" she snapped.
Alfred rounded on the diminutive assistant. "You want to know what my problem is? You, want nothing to do with me, because I know the way you are. You like girls," Alfred said.
"What does me liking girls have anything to do with you?" Milly asked, c as she carried Jenny outside. Alfred followed her.
"Never mind. It would never work. You want Alexia," Alfred said.
"Bloody hell, Ashford! Stop being vague," Milly said.
"I love you!"
Milly nearly dropped Jennica in her surprise. She laughed manaically. "Alfred, you are simply preposterous!" she said. "You're quite right. It would never work. I like women, and one day Alexia will be mine. Savvy?" She tutted. "I'm sorry. You're my friend, but that's all you'll ever be!"
Jennica's blue eyes snapped open. She noticed two things at once: one; for some reason, she was being carried, and two; it was not by her mother. She started to cry. Millicent was glad they had gotten outside to the getaway car. She managed to get Jenny into Amanda's car seat, but the kid wouldn't shut up.
"Now look what you did, Millicent," Alfred scolded. She was sleeping so soundly too. Your cackling awakened the brat! Why won't you take me seriously? I wasn't kidding when I told you I love you. It was not a joke! I really have fallen for you, so why can you not see it?"
Milly bristled. "Come on! We must get back to Wesker!" She peered at Alfred from behind her specs. "Do you think he will reward us well, when we present him the child?" Millicent asked, totally ignoring Alfred's last statement.
He sneered at Milly, before he turned his attention elsewhere. "I wonder when Alexia is coming back," Alfred muttered under his breath. Then he turned his head, and yelled at Jenny. "Shut up, you bloody brat!"
"Alfred, shut your gob! Yelling at her like that isn't going to make her any quieter!" Milly snapped, as she started the car. She didn't have a driver's license, but didn't stop her from jumping behind the wheel. She hoped there weren't too many people on the road at this hour. She knew she had to get Jenny to Wesker safely.
Alfred sat in the back with Jenny, and it was obvious he didn't like it very much. "Can you turn the radio up loud so don't have to listen to the brat?" Alfred asked. "She is driving me insane!"
"I can, but I'm not going to." She reached over her seat and pointed at a diaper bag. "Why don't you give her one of the bottles I nicked from Alexandra and Allison earlier? She's probably hungry!" She shook her head, flustered. "No wonder Alexia thinks you're so useless!"
Alfred folded his arms and stubbornly refused to move. His anger grew with each minute the little girl screeched in her jump-seat. Because he chose to ignore her, Millicent could feel her own anger rise in her throat like acid. If only he'd feed the child, maybe she'd quiet down!
"Alexandra and Allison are not half as bad as this, and they never were," Alfred complained. "They were quiet since the moment I pulled them out of Alexia," In fact, we thought Allison was unhealthy because she did not cry at first."
"The twins scream and yell all the time! They're monsters!" Millicent growled. She tried to pay attention to the road, and dealing with a whiny thirty-five year old and a screaming toddler didn't make that very easy.
"Alexia thinks she is starting to get old. That is why she thinks she needs to have another child right away. I just wish she had taken me along with her," said Alfred, sighing melodramatically. "I do not understand why she took Steven along with her and not me. I miss her so much."
Milly tried to pass a slow-moving truck, with very little success. "Feed the child please. She's distracting me, and I am losing my patience," she said through gritted teeth. "I don't want to kill us all, if you please."