(A/N) Last One for Today! I'll try and post one more chappie tomorrow!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!

"Mommy…" Colette, shook her mother. "Mommy…" Eve woke nervously, Gabriel sat up, when he felt her move so fast.

"What's the matter?" Eve asked as she peered into her daughter's face.

"I don't feel good." Colette's face shrugged into one of discomfort.

"What's hurting?" Eve asked as she swung her legs over the bed. Gabriel was also up, he was determined to let Eve rest more, she had been going weeks without the proper care she should be receiving.

"My chest…" Eve gave a worried look to Gabriel.

"What is your heart doing?" Eve then lifted Colette onto the bed.

"It can't keep up…" Colette was breathing heavily.

"I need you to breath Colette…you need to watch mommy." Eve then breathed very slowly, Colette trying to mimic her mother. Gabriel watched his little girl, she was suffering badly, and he knew it was mainly because she was scared, these attacks didn't usually happen very often, but when it did, it scared him to his soul.

Colette started closing her eyes. Eve grabbed her chin. "Colette, keep your eyes open!" Eve shouted. "Look at me…" Eve knelt on the floor while Colette sat on the edge of the bed. Colette moaned, she wasn't handling it well.

"Evelyn, we need to…"

"Gabriel, she has to do this…" Evelyn said, not breaking her gaze from her daughter. Colette watched Evelyn…slowly her breathing got under control. Soon Eve had Colette in her arms, and she was sound asleep.

"I'll take her to bed." Gabriel got up. "And I'll check on the boys."

"No, I'll do it." Gabriel didn't argue…he simply took Colette from her arms and carried her to her bedroom, which was the closest to Gabriel and Eve's suite.

Eve placed the covers over her daughter and tucked them under her chin. She pushed aside her daughter's blonde hair and kissed her forehead. Gabriel did the same, and took Evelyn by the waist, and they made their way to each of the boys' room. They were sleeping, and neither Gabriel nor Eve had the heart to wake them with a kiss.

"I'm getting dressed." Eve said as she walked back into their bedroom.

"Evelyn, you're going to rest." Gabriel said, putting his foot down.

"Gabriel, I can't sleep when Colette…is…" Tears started welling in her eyes.

"I know you can't. I will keep my eye on her. You need to sleep."

"I'm fine."

"Evelyn, you're taking care of everyone else…who's taking care of you?" Gabriel asked angrily.

"Don't argue with me…" Eve said very tired. "You won't get much of a fight."

"I doubt that." Gabriel said. "Get back into bed."

"No." Eve tried to walk past him, but he grabbed her about the waist, hoisted her over his shoulder and plopped her down on the bed.

"Stay there. I won't hear any arguments otherwise." Eve looked angry…

"Do you understand that I am their mother?"

"I understand that."

"No you don't." Eve then got up from bed. "If you did, then you'd let me go."

"I am their father. I have as much of a responsibility and love for our children, just as you do." Gabriel clenched his fists, she was being completely unreasonable.

"I am their mother…that's it."

"Evelyn…"

"Gabriel! It is not going to happen! I am going to care for my children. You can't keep me tied up in a little package, and keep me safe from everything! My children come first, and that's it…" Eve then took a breath. "If you can't understand that…well, then there is nothing more I have to say to you." Eve pushed past him and walked out of the room.

The problem was Eve didn't trust many people with her children. It was a fear that built inside of her since the birth of Jack and Gabe, she only trusted Gabriel and herself…and barely anyone else. Eve's parents and Jack were a stretch, and that was only if they were in a rough spot. Gabriel sighed and rubbed his temples, Eve was beyond difficult, and he knew that when he married her, but this wasn't from stubbornness, it was from pure fear.

"Evelyn, wait!" Gabriel called as he ran into the hallway.

"What?" She whirled around, nearly losing her balance. "I have nothing to say to you."

"Good, then maybe you'll listen to what I have to say." Gabriel took her arm and forced her into his study.

Eve sat herself in a chair as Gabriel sat on his desk. "I know you're scared, worried about the children and I understand you're their mother and that you need to protect them. But that's why I am here…I am here to pick up when you can't, and right now, you can't. You're barely functioning, and you need to rest. I can't have you risking our unborn child."

"Are you done Doctor Johnson?" Eve said spitefully.

"No. I am going to take care of the children today. I will put them to bed tonight, and make sure Colette gets the adequate care from me. You are going to stay in bed and rest for the day."

"No."

"Tough." Gabriel then bent down in front of her. "Only for today, please, if not for yourself, do it for me." Gabriel said holding her hand.

"That's not fair." Eve said. "You always do that…because you know I'd just about walk over broken glass for you."

"Exactly." Gabriel then helped her to her feet. "Now, I want you to sleep, and sleep well." Gabriel smiled down at her. "I will handle the children, if anything happens, I will wake you, I promise." Gabriel then leaned down and kissed her. He then opened the door to the study and walked her to bed. He watched her drift off to sleep, and he knew she would be out for hours. Gabriel got up and stretched, his back still bothering him, and walked to Colette's room. He peered in and saw she was sleeping comfortably, he saw the rise and fall of her chest, and was relieved. He looked in on his boys, and tucked them in a bit closer to the bedding.

"Sir?" James knocked on the door.

"Yes." Gabriel got up from Joshua's bed and walked towards James.

"Someone has arrived."

"Who?" Gabriel asked.

"Jack."

(A/N) Am I that cruel? YES! That's why I am going to give you the next chapter! The worst cliffy of them all!