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Chapter 26
Natalie sat up in bed, it was the middle of the night and she didn't quite feel right, almost sick, almost like she was catching a bug of some sort, she was about to run to the bathroom when she felt better, she looked at the clock, it was only three thirty in the morning, she looked over to John next to her and he was sound asleep, she caressed his face as he contently slept and she smiled, she laid back down in bed and brought her body close to his as she thought about how wonderful the past three weeks of marriage were.
Their Honeymoon was great, it wasn't a traditional Honeymoon where the married couple spent it alone but one spent with others, it didn't bother either of them one bit, they loved having their son with them, and Rex too. Natalie thought at she yawned, she also let out a small laugh too, Rex was more of a handful than her almost year old son, he was tiring; Rex, but she loved him.
After the honeymoon the days went quickly, they came home and got comfortable, comfortable for now in there new surrounding, there temporary surrounding, their temporary home. They had still been looking for there own place, their own home but nothing they saw felt right. John had been back working for her uncle Bo at the police station, he had gotten the job with the Llanview PD before the wedding but hadn't actually started working on any cases till they got back, he loved, he loved being a cop again, he told her after his first official day as Lt John Mcbain, Chief of Detectives that it felt good, it felt right.
Natalie continued to work at BE, it was important to her, she cut back more hours and she smiled to herself in her sleepy state at her grandfathers words.' My God Girl, are you going to give up everything for that man' she smiled as her eye lids started to lose control and close completely as she answered Asa's question in her head.
'I'd give up everything for him' she smiled even sleepier this time and fell back to sleep.
It was some time around six this time was Natalie was woken from her sleep, this time it wasn't because of feeling sick but by the ringing noise of John's cell phone, he jumped up a second after her at the noise and grabbed it off his nightstand.
"Hello" he said groggy into it before even looking at the caller id
"Oh, hey Kenny yeah, No, I'm awake, what's up? " he asked as he sat up straighter in bed, he knew this had something to do with Christian and the Feds so he got out of bed and walked into the hallway to speak with him.
"So you think you've got something, no, you know something, something concrete, or a hunch, a hunch Huh? Okay, that's better than nothing, well...did you just say what I thought you just said, there's no way, none, are you sure that is what your instincts, your gut is telling you?" John told him and he almost couldn't believe it, if it was true, if the person Kenny just named was the guy, the head of all of this, the one putting all the pressure on Natalie, then it, then this, was the biggest con yet. He was silent for a few minutes while he heard Kenny speak.
"Kenny, just make sure Okay, this is definitely not something I want to be accusing and not have all the facts, talk to you later" John told Kenny and he hung up his phone, he walked back into the bedroom to hear Natalie sick in the bathroom, he reached down and rubbed her back for a few minutes and she smiled up weakly at him.
"I should've remembered how sick Jessica's cooking makes me," she said with a half joke. He smiled back at her.
"Are you sure it was Jess' cooking and it's not something else?" he asked, she knew what he was asking and she shook her head.
"No, it was Jess' cooking, its too soon and I'd know" she told him and he helped her up, she brushed her teeth quickly and they returned to bed.
John wrapped his arms around her tight with his chest to her back and held her as they were both wide awake, they had about an hour before they had to officially start there day.
Natalie turned her body around and faced him; she knew he was awake although he had his eyes closed.
"What did Kenny want?" she asked him and he ignored her, acted like he was asleep.
"I know you aren't sleeping, don't just ignore me" she told him with back bone
He smiled a bit and she saw, she smiled as he opened his blue morning eyes to see her staring at him
"It wasn't anything important, he just needed to tell me some things, try and go back to sleep for a Little bit longer, you need all the rest you can get if you aren't feeling well' he told her dismissing what she wanted to know, he knew she wasn't going to let it go so easily.
"John, don't just ignore it, and me, especially if it has something to do with the feds and the case, I have a right to know" she told him and he smiled at her persistence's
"Natalie, it wasn't anything of importance, he just found a few things out but it was nothing, it probably wouldn't take us anywhere and it was just a hunch, so trust me and lets just enjoy this last hour of closeness before work and CJ gets up.
"I've gotta go Babe" John told Natalie as he kissed her goodbye around eight am, she kissed him back but took his hand before he walked completely out of the kitchen, she was feeding CJ in his hi chair, and the boy had food all over his face.
John looked at her, as she wouldn't let his hand go, he knew what she was doing.
"John"
" Natalie, I'm just meeting Kenny, he's going to tell me more about this hunch he has, nothing more, that's it, if I feel it too, the hunch that is, if my gut tells me something you will be the first person I tell okay" he told her and she smiled at him.
"Okay, I love you"
"Me too, but remember what I told you, what I've been telling you, Agent Johnson, stay away from him, actually since I'm going to be out of Llanview, I'm gonna call Rex to come stay with you and our boy till I get back in town,"
"That's not necessary, Grandpa and My dad have all this extra security her at Llanfair, and well... I think Agent Johnson has moved on, on from the case cause he hasn't bothered us in awhile"
'No Natalie, I'm sending Rex over today, got it" he said and he smiled at her as he used his stern tone.
"That was pretty good Huh? Almost sounded like I wear the pants around here huh?" he told her and she laughed
"Yeah, almost" she said as he kissed her again, he turned as she let go of his hand and he looked at CJ and the mess he was, he smiled.
"Take care of mommy buddy, see ya later " he told him as he kissed the top of his head. John started walking out the kitchen when Natalie called out to him
"Is Johnson apart of this? Is that why you keep warning me about him and especially even more now?" she asked and he turned back towards her.
"Natalie, he has always been a part of this, whether he is directly in this, I don't have proof of it but... but my gut says he is and well... well there is definitely something else on Agent Johnson agenda when It comes to you so please be extra careful, Okay? I love you," he told her and he saw her face
"Just be careful John alright," she told him as he walked out of the house.
Natalie turned and went back by CJ; she took him out of the Hi chair as she started to feel sick again. She ignored it for a minute when she walked her son inside and put him in the pack and play in the living room. She ran to the bathroom and was sick.
Natalie was still feeling awful fifteen minutes later when Rex came banging at her door. She was laying on the couch resting and screamed for him to come in.
"Hey, you guys are gonna have to start paying me soon, first babysitting the kid on your honeymoon all those nights you wanted alone time and now babysitting you" he told her, she turned her head to look at him and she gave him a evil glare.
"Crap! You look bad again, almost as bad as you did when you were having that afternoon sickness with CJ," he told her and she smiled weakly at his words.
'Afternoon sickness, what are you Roxy mixing up your words, it's morning sickness you dope and I'm just sick, we ate at Jess and Nash's last night, you know how Jess cooks"
"Yeah, what ever" he said and he took a seat across from her on the Love seat that faced the couch. She sat up for a minute, confused and thinking
"Do you really think I look like I did when I was pregnant with CJ?" she asked him starting to think it was possible. Maybe she was pregnant...
"I'm no expert but... but you looked pretty shitty the whole nine months you were pregnant with him and you're looking pretty green and shitty now" he told her and she shook her head
"Thanks, you sure know how to make someone feel good"
"Glad I could help Sis, always glad to help" he told her as she got up from the couch and went to find her calendar. She shook her head as she read it.
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Hours later
"Slow down Mcbain, you're going to kill us," Kenny told John as they drove really fast towards Llanview
"I can't, I've gotta tell Natalie, your hunch, my gut, its too much to ignore, I think we're on to something" John told Kenny as saw the on coming car.
"JOHN! Watch out!"
