They stayed in bed the whole time. Suddenly the door swung wide open and Aiden came running in.
"MOMMY!!!" he came running to the bed and jumped on it.
"Hey baby" Melinda said as if nothing had happened.
"How are you?"
"I'm okay…"
"Mommy, I want to know the truth!!!" he said seriously.
"Awww… You're sweet. You're acting in the same way your dad does" she told him.
"What do you mean?" Aiden wanted to know.
"Daddy always uses this sentence and now you, too. That's cute honey."
"Mommy, I'm not cute… I'm a hard guy" Aiden said and Melinda and Jim had to laugh.
"Let's go with hard, cute guy, okay?"
"I can live with that. But you're changing the subject… How are you?"
"I don't know how I feel" Melinda told her son.
"Why not?"
"Because of all you had to go through."
"But for you it was harder!!! He hurt you."
"Baby you don't have to be strong for me. It's my job!"
"I'm not strong for you. I swear! This idiot hurt you. I just sat there…" Aiden said in a bit louder voice.
"What did I tell you about those words?" Jim asked his son.
"Sorry but he just is one."
"I know but still you don't have to say words like this" Melinda told him. "And still… You were there. Maybe he didn't hurt you physically but mentally?!"
"Mel, it happened 5 weeks ago. For him it's like any other ghost dream. He doesn't think about it so much. Believe me…" Jim threw in.
"Okay…" Melinda looked to Jim and then back to Aiden. "Baby, why won't you come here to me?"
"Dunno… I thought you didn't want me to come into bed to you" he answered shyly.
"NO, it's okay for me. Just come here!!!" she opened her arms and Aiden came to her and Jim on the bed. Melinda hugged him tightly.
"Mommy, I can't breathe anymore!"
"Ouh sorry, baby" Melinda said and loosened the embrace.
"It's okay…"
They enjoyed their family hug.
"Erm… Aiden where's grandma?" Jim wanted to know.
"She said she wanted to do the groceries because, according to what she said, our fridge is emptier than empty. Why?"
Melinda gave Jim a questioning look.
"Well, yeah… I didn't have the strength to do this the past week because our anniversary came closer and it killed me not to know if we could spend it together or not" Jim explained Melinda and turned to Aiden then. "So she brought you here and left then?"
"Yes, she wanted to bring me up here but I told her not to get off the car. So I got out and walked here all on my own" Aiden told them proudly.
"Wow… You did great! You really grow up too fast! Yesterday you were my little baby and today you're a young little man" Melinda said with tears in her eyes.
"Don't cry mommy. I still am your little baby but I don't need the diapers anymore, okay?"
"Okay" she answered stunned at his maturity.
Then someone knocked at the door.
"Come in" Melinda said and Dr. Martin came in.
"Oh, hello Melinda, Jim, Aiden" he said a bit confused.
"Hello" they all said in unison.
"Erm… Melinda, how do you feel?"
"I'm okay. Therapy wasn't that great but physically I'm fine" she said honestly.
"Okay, that's what I wanted to hear."
"Why?" Jim wanted to know.
"Because you can go home if you feel good enough to do it."
"Of course I am!"
"Yeah, I thought that you'd say this. The thing is we took some blood of you yesterday and we don't get any results because they fell down. So we need some more blood and then you can go home…"
"Ouh, okay. When will you take the blood?"
"I'll send a nurse to you as soon as I leave the room."
"Okay."
"BUT TAKE IT EASY! No physically work and definitely no stress. So the store means off limit for you!" Dr. Martin said to her.
"Okay. I won't do anything. I'll just stay on the couch and let Jim do everything…" she said. 'As if' she added in her thoughts.
"Okay" Dr. Martin said.
"Thank you!" Jim and Melinda said.
"You're welcome. That's my job!" he told them and left the room.
Then a nurse knocked at the door and took some of Melinda's blood and left again.

After that Melinda got up, packed her stuff and put the bag on the bed. Jim and Aiden went to sign her discharge papers. Melinda sat down on her bed and waited for her men to come back. Then they finally returned.
"You're back… What took you so long?" she asked while she hugged Aiden.
"What do you mean?" Jim wanted to know.
"You were away for like 15 minutes for just signing the papers" she explained.
"There were quite some people and I called my mom to tell her the news. Then I signed the papers and came back. And it just took us 10 minutes!"
"You know what, I don't want to fight now. I'm not in the mood now…" her eyes fluttered in a strange way.
"Mel? Are you okay?" he asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine" she lied. In fact she felt weak and sick but she just wanted to go out of the hospital. She knew that Jim would have let her there if he'd knon the truth.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, it's okay. Don't worry" her eyes went back to normal.
"Okay… And just for the record… I am always worried" he told her.
They left the room and went down to Jim's car. Then they drove back home.

When they arrived Jim took Melinda's bag and did the laundry. Melinda wanted to clean up the bathroom but Aiden took care of her and started to cuddle her so she couldn't work.
"Baby, please go to your room and play a bit. I have to work."
"No, mommy, the doctor said that you have to rest and you promised him. So please…."
"Aiden…"
"Mommy… Let's just go downstairs and watch some TV."
"Okay, we'll go downstairs and watch some TV. But just for one hour! After that I really have to clean up…"
"Okay. Come on. I don't want to waste a minute…" Aiden took her hand and leaded her to the living-room.

One hour later he was sound asleep and Melinda carried him up in his room. Jim saw her tucking him in.
"Honey, weren't you two downstairs watching some movie?"
"Yes, we were."
"How did he come up here?"
"I carried him" she told Jim.
"Melinda…."
"Jim, I really am okay!"
"What did you promise to Dr. Martin?"
"I didn't promise him anything… I crossed my fingers" she grinned at Jim.
"You know that's something Aiden wouldn't do anymore. That's just childish!" he told her.
"I'm not childish" she said mad at him but didn't want to yell because she didn't want to wake up Aiden. Then she went out of the room and into the bedroom. Jim followed her.
"Melinda, I don't understand your behavior…"
"There's nothing to understand, okay?!"
"I don't think so…"
"Why?"
"You're hiding something…"
"No I'm not!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am."
"I don't believe you… You don't seem like you're okay!"
Melinda went over to Jim. She looked him deep in the eyes. She came closer to him and kissed him hard but passionate on his lips. She played on his lips with her tongue and asked for entrance. Jim opened his mouth and their tongues were playing together. She pressed him hard against the wall and started to remove his shirt. While she kissed him she explored his body with her hands. After that Melinda pulled off her shirt and bra. Jim started to touch her. Then she pressed herself against him while he pressed himself against her. Because he was stronger he pushed her to the bed. There they were laying down and covering each other with kisses all over their bodies. They played at each others jeans. They opened the buttons and removed the jeans. Now they were just laying there just with their under trousers. Then she removed his underwear. He did the same to her and rubbed himself against her.

Suddenly Jim stopped her.
"What's wrong?" Melinda asked him breathlessly.
"Melinda…"
"What?"
"Why are you doing this?"
"What?"
"Why are you trying to have sex with me?"
"Because I want it… And you're ruining the moment now!"
"Mel, I don't think that you want it… I think you just want to forget what happened to you and this won't help" he told her seriously.
"That's not true. I think I know what I want and what not."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am…"
"But I can't do it. I have a bad feeling about it. I think it's too early for you!" he explained her, stood up and took his boxers. Then he went back to bed and hugged Melinda.
"Why do you think that?"
"Because first, Dr. Martin told you not to overdo it and I already told you my second reason…"
"Okay" she said sadly.
"Don't be sad. I just want you to feel comfortable and I don't think that sex would make you feel any comfortable, okay?!"
"Yeah… Can we talk?"
"Sure. What about?"
"About us…"
"Us?"
"Well, not us… More about our future…"
"Okay" he said a bit sceptical.
"Well… I don't know where to start…"
"Take your time babe. Everything is okay. Just tell me when you're ready."
"Okay. Thank you, Jim. You know…" she paused. "I…"
"You…"
"I have to start in another way…"
"Alright."
"You know when I dream about the future I dream about us… You and me… And our son. We're a strong family. But still… Something is missing" Melinda explained him.
"What? For me it sounds perfect…"
"It does?"
"Sure… All I ever wanted was you, a child and becoming a doctor… And I reached all of it… So?!"
"I'm not as happy as you are…"
"Why not?"
"Something is missing…"
"What?"
"I don't want Aiden to be alone…"
"What do you mean?"
"I want a second child, Jim."

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