Unknown To You: Sweet Dreams
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The car journey home was relaxing to Kori. She still had trouble sleeping sometimes and would have to get up in the middle of the night due to her morning sickness. It's not really morning sickness if I get it in the night as well, is it? she thought to herself. She lay on Richard's shoulder, closing her eyes once in a while. Her eyelids felt heavy and soon, she couldn't resist. Gentle snores filled the car and Vic grinned to himself.
"Sweet, isn't she Richard?" he said. No answer. He looked into his mirror and smiled an even bigger smile. Richard was sleeping as well, holding Kori in his arms like she was a giant teddy bear. Kori and Richard were sleeping in the same bedroom again and Richard hadn't been having much sleep either due to Kori's unexpected bouts of morning sickness. Vic kept quiet for the rest of journey, stopping only once to pick up Kori's prescription. He drove as slowly as he could, wanting to allow the couple as much sleep as they could get.
"Yo, dudes, get up," said Vic as soon as they reached home. Richard's eyes flicked open slowly, taking in the properties of his surrondings. Where am I? he wondered. Then, remembering that he'd fallen asleep in the car, attempted to get up and stretch. He moved slightly, but felt a weight on his shoulder. He looked over and saw Kori laying on his shoulder, deep in slumber. Richard smiled; she needed to rest.
"Hey Vic, do me a favour and pick her up. Take her to our room and place her on the bed. I don't want to wake her up," whispered Richard. Vic nodded and gently picked up Kori bridal style. A piece of paper fell from her hands and Richard bent down to attrieve it. It was the ultrasound photo. He smiled to himself and got out of the car, following Vic to the bedroom. Vic put Kori down gently onto the bed and Richard signalled a thanks to his friend. Vic smiled to him and left, closing the door as gently as he could.
"Dude!" The sound of Gar's voice scared Vic out of his skin and he glared at the little guy. However, Gar wasn't threatened by his stare, probably because Gar had closed his eyes and looked away from him like a little child wanting to get his own way.
"What...?" asked Vic, confused by the fact that Gar hadn't been intimitated by his stare. Gar turned around to look at him and dragged him along to the common room. Rachel sat at a table, book in her hand and cutlery either side of her. Vic gulped. He knew what he had forgotton to get; he'd forgotten to buy lunch. Vic laughed an un-reassuring laugh. Rachel looked up from her book and both Rachel and Gar looked at each other, a sly smirk forming on each other's faces.
"Why ya'll looking at me like that?" questioned Vic, worrying for his own safety.He backed away slowly from the two. Both Rachel and Gar were now moving nearer towards him, revenge present in their eyes.
"This is going to be fun..." smirked Rachel, before closing the door behind them.
Richard placed the photo on Kori's table, next to her clock. He took off her shoes and jacket, leaving her in just her t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms. He untied her messy ponytail and let her hair flow freely onto her pillow. Getting up, he drew the dark red curtains, blocking any sunlight coming into the room and cuddled up next to her.
"My princess," he whispered softly into her ear. Slowly, he drifted off to sleep next to her, breathing in her beautiful scent.
She awoke to find herself in bed. Wait, wasn't I in the car last time I remembered? She looked at the clock. It was 7:36pm. Her eyes widened. She'd been sleeping for 7 hours! Sliding out of Richard's grip, she made her way to the closet to change into some comfier clothes. However, before she got there, she ran towards the bathroom, her morning sickness kicking in. Richard awoke at the sound and rushed over to Kori's side. Damn, I fell asleep...he cursed himself, rubbing Kori's back and holding her hair away from her face. When she's finished, Richard ran her a bath and brought her clothes in for her.
"Are you alright now?" he asked her, handing over the clothes. She nodded, wiping her face clean with a damp cloth.
"I'll meet you in the common room, OK?"
"OK"
He opened the doors of their bedroom and walked to the common room. Entering the room, he could smell something nice cooking; Vic's famous spaghetti. He took a seat at the table next to Rachel and Gar.
"Hows Kori? Is she OK?" asked Rachel, eyes never leaving the presence of her book.
"Yeah, she's just taking a bath. Anything happen while we were asleep?" he asked her. Just then, a plate of spaghetti was put in front of Richard and he looked up at Vic. Rachel and Gar looked at him evily.
"Nope, nothing, it was all quiet," Vic gabbled. Richard gave Vic a confused look, but quickly let it pass. Rachel looked at Gar and Gar looked at Rachel, before both turning away, both turning a slight shade of red.