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Helen took a deep breath before she walked out of the carriage. She had finally made her choice. She was going to leave everything behind. It took her four months to decide that. Seth had slept with Katherine, so what? Big deal. That's why she decided that there was no reason to avoid her brother. It wasn't her business who Seth slept with anyway. So it didn't matter. That's why Helen finally answered one of his letters and asked him if he would mind to spend some time with her. Of course Seth didn't mind. He invited her in his mansion to spend a couple of days together. And just as Helen thought, Roman didn't mind that either. He wasn't happy to have his wife and his baby away from him, but he was ready to do everything to make her happy. So he didn't pout too much and showed her how much he loved her one last time before she left.
Helen saw Seth standing on the front porch, waiting for her. When he noticed her a wide smile spread over his tired face. He looked like he didn't get enough sleep. He approached her and brought her in a tight hug. Helen breathed in deeply in order to remember his scent, although she had never forgotten it. She buried her face in his chest as he brought her even tighter to him.
"I missed you, Hel… "Seth murmured into her hair. And he really did. Usually his strategy was perfect. Every time. Or at least that was what he thought. This time he failed hard. When he thought that the time and the distance will help him forget her, he was wrong. It didn't happen exactly that way. In fact it was exactly the opposite. The time made Seth realize his true feelings for her and namely that he loved her. Not in a sister way. The distance only showed him how much he cared about her and how much he missed her. His love for Helen seemed to him even more sacred since they had to be separated from each other. Had to? No, they hadn't. Seth himself decided they had to. And there you go… he was unhappy, miserable. He couldn't really sleep at night. He wasn't really living. It was all his fault. No one else's, but his.
Helen of course didn't look different, not much at least. She was bigger and that was an understatement, considering the fact that she was four months pregnant, but she was still beautiful. Seth was ready to swear that the pregnancy had made her more beautiful than before. And somehow he was sure that she would be even more beautiful if she was carrying his child, not Romans. He had thought a lot these couple of months. And he was thinking about her and Roman a lot as well. Although Seth knew it was normal for his best friend to touch her, since they were married, just the thought of that itself made him sick. His own mind was messing around with him. There were images visiting him almost every night, when he had time to think and they made him angry. Seth didn't want anyone's hands on her.
"I missed you too, Sethie…" answered Helen.
The day went off pretty good. Seth and Helen had some tea, then took a walk in the garden and talked. About nothing serious of course. Just about how have their lives been lately. Helen couldn't force herself and ask him about Katherine. Although she wanted to know the story, she knew that it will hurt her to hear it. And she was glad that Seth didn't talk about that either. It was really nice day. Everything was fine, except the fact that Helen couldn't stop thinking about Seth and Katherine. But she told herself she won't ask. As she promised herself, everything was in the past now. That meant she wasn't going to ask. Ever.
Now Helen was lying in her bed. Yes… her previous bed and her previous room before she married Roman and moved into his home. And her mind wandered around. She couldn't sleep. She didn't want to think and she didn't want to be alone. She sighed, tossed the blankets to a side and got up from the bed. She slipped out of her room and quietly tiptoed to Seth's door. Helen slightly knocked. After a few seconds the door opened. Seth stood there with his messy hair and only in his underwear. He looked down at her, surprised.
"Hey… sorry… Did I wake you up?" Helen whispered, trying to ignore every part of his body. It was making her want sinful things. That's why she was concentrating on his face, no matter how hard that was.
"No, I can't sleep. Is everything alright? Are you okay? Is the baby okay?" He asked worried as he looked down at her. She was wearing only a baby blue night – gown. It was loose, but it cupped her breasts perfectly and Seth could see her harden nipples, poking underneath the material. He licked his lips and put a lot of effort to look at her eyes again, no matter how distracting and begging for his attention her breast were right then.
"Yes, we are fine. Don't worry." Helen said and smiled up at him as she gave a pat to her baby bump slightly as if to prove her point. "I just felt a little lonely… and I didn't want to be alone. Do you mind if I stay with you for a while?"
"No, not at all… come in." Seth shook his head, closing the door behind her. He made his way to the bed again and he noticed that Helen was just standing there, not sure what to do. He pat the place next to him. Helen looked at her brother for a moment and then made her way to the bed as well. She laid next to Seth and moved closer to him.
They just stood like that for a while. Nobody was talking. They were just enjoying each other's presence. It was quiet until Helen whimpered slightly. Seth looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"What is it?" he asked.
"The baby… just kicked me…" Helen answered and within seconds there was a huge smile shining on her face. "It is for the first time! It has never kicked before!"
Seth looked at her weirdly. He wasn't sure what to say.
"There… it kicked again!" she almost yelled, which made Seth jump a little. "And again! Feel it, Sethie! You've got to feel it too."
Without waiting for an answer she grabbed his big hand and placed it over her belly. He felt it too. He had to admit that it was strange and funny, but it was a great feeling. Seth smiled widely as well.
"My baby is kicking!" Helen exclaimed happily again. She knew it wasn't something big, but it was exciting to feel your own baby moving inside of you. "Roman would be happy to feel it."
