The next morning, Jess awoke to find Kris watching her, with a smile on his face,
"Morning Princess"
"Hi, how long you been awake?"
"A little while"
"You should've woken me"
"What and ruin the peace and quiet, its hardly quiet when your awake" he joked, Jess then hit his arm playfully
"Ouch, that hurt"
"Good it was meant to" she replied with a smirk, and she lay back in his arms.
Kris did not stop watching her though, making her more self conscious of her new body shape again, she pulled the sheet over her more, to cover up her nude body, just as she did Kris took her hands, and removed the sheet from her body once again. "Don't, you look incredible Jess" she looked into his eyes and saw the honesty and truth in them, to him she was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. Kris slowly rose from his position, lying down, and crawled further down the bed, so he was in line with her tummy, he gently lowered his head and peppered soft kisses over her swollen tummy, and then gently lay his head on her tummy, being careful not to put too much weight on the baby Jess was carrying inside. Suddenly feeling more confident of showing Kris her body again, Jess just lay her head back on the pillow, and moved her hand over Kris's head, that was still resting gently on her tummy, Jess proceeded to stroke Kris's hair. They lay like this peacefully for half an hour or so, but Jess could not help but muse on that fact that this peace, happiness, and security she was feeling now, was so far removed from her previous pregnancy, and a sense of regret washed over her that by running away all those years ago, she may have stolen many moments like this from her and Kris. She was soon kicked out of those thoughts, by the kicking in her tummy, Kris's head shot up in confusion, as he had felt it while his head was lying on her tummy. Jess smiled, as she had forgotten that he had never felt the baby kick yet, "The bump has a habit of doing that lately" she said laughing at Kris' startled reaction, "Is that him?" Kris asked, "yep that's your son Kris, and I have a feeling we may have a footballer on our hands, as he seems to like using my insides as a football" she replied laughingly as Kris looked on in awe at her tummy.
After a while, the two got up, and had a shower then went to get breakfast, as they had a long day ahead of them. They had to go to the letting agency Kris was using to rent the flat out, originally both Kris and Jess were going to sell their homes (Kris' apartment in England, and Jess's in Spain), to help pay towards the new bigger home in Spain, however after the turn of events surrounding his Nans death, Kris inherited a sum of money, whilst it did not make him rich, it meant that he could afford to buy the new villa in Spain and keeping his apartment Manchester as an investment property, that one day he could pass to his children when they were older. They also had to go to the solicitors to sort some paperwork, and to the bank to sort out Kris old bank accounts, not to mention the first trip to the rubbish tip, to chuck out some of the things Kris did not want, and that were not been left in the flat for the new occupiers.
By the end of the day, both were exhausted, so the three of them (and the bump) decided to go for tea at Kris local pub to save the hassle of cooking and washing up after. The other locals could not get over how the three of them looked good as a family, none of them used to seeing Kris as the "Family man", but all said it suited him. Katie was sitting in Kris arms, fast asleep, they had been in the pub for a while, and Kris had delighted in showing off his family to those that new him, eventually they decided to go home, it was only early but they decided it would be best to get Katie in bed, and both of them were shattered any way.
When they got into the flat, Kris took Katie to her room, and laid her in the bed, he knelt at her bedside for a little while, just watching his angel in a peaceful sleep. By the time he had come out of her room, Jess was no where to be found, he checked the lounge, kitchen, dining room and their bedroom, eventually he found her though, in the bathroom.
Kris could not help but think what he was seeing was a divine sight, there she was the love of his life, the mother of his children, lying in the bath tub, covered in bubbles, with her head lying back and her eyes closed, with tiny candles dotted about the bathroom, just completely relaxing.
"Quit staring and get in will you, it will get cold if you stay there much longer"
Kris was jolted out his thoughts, by that "How did you know I was standing here?"
"Because I know you, besides, I heard the door open wider than I left it, now are you getting in here, or do I have to drag you in"
"Yes ma'am, who can resist a demand such as that" he said chuckling.
He got undressed and got into the bathtub behind Jess, the two of them lay down in the water, and just relaxed in the calming presence of one another, and the twinkling candles.
