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Chapter 7- Jane

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The house was quiet. All the animals were outside enjoying the fresh, cold air. Small amounts of light ever came in. Just slants of white light against the hard dirt floor.

Jane sat on the pile of straw. Her stomach was well bloated. The child within her had almost full grown.

For six months she had felt her child inside her, growing every day. The baby was due any day.

"Jane, how are you feeling?"

Madison had come to watch Jane every day except Sunday since Jane had been bedridden. She had insisted after the many times Jane had refused.

"You can't expect me to leave you here all alone all day?"

After days of trying to get Madison not to waste all her time here, Jane gave up.

Now, Jane looked to her friend next to her.

"I wish the sun would come out again."

Winter had sprung upon England and the clouds rarely let the sun shine anymore.

Madison shrugged.

"Well, at least it isn't hot. When I was pregnant with my youngest son, it was during the summer, and nothing can get worse than staying in a hot stuffy room for two months."

Jane smiled lightly.

"I will be sure to count my blessings."

She stretched slightly and smiled.

"Madison, she's kicking."

Madison beamed and lightly pressed her hand to Jane's stomach to feel the baby.

When William was home, Jane called the baby a 'he', but she truly wanted a girl.

She should want a boy. The church wanted her to want a boy. But she couldn't change what she wanted.

And neither could Madison. Madison has always wanted a girl too.

"She will be a healthy baby, Jane. I can feel it."

"I believe you." Jane scowled slightly remembering the nights the baby's activeness had kept her awake, but quickly shook it off.

"What do think her name will be?"

Jane looked to her friend. She had thought of the possible names the priest of the church might call her baby.

"I don't know…" Jane began.

"Don't worry. Your child will be called the right name. When I was pregnant with my sons, I couldn't imagine anyone else finding the perfect names for my boys. But now I can't even imagine my babies being called anything else."

Jane's hand drifted through the clean hay. William had done everything but inspect every piece of straw to make sure Jane was lying on clean hay.

"The priest wants me to drink red wine." Jane slowly looked up to Madison. "So the baby will be a boy. William even bought a small bit of red wine last week. He was so eager to present it to me, but I never drank it. I threw it out into the river the next day so he wouldn't see. I don't want a boy, Madison. Whenever I imagined my family it was a girl that was on my lap."

She looked down to her hands holding a piece of straw.

"It isn't wise to deceive your husband." Madison was stiff, as if repeating these words from someone else.

Jane could feel her eyes turn hot. Emotions had become so strange.

Madison suddenly grinned.

"But I say it isn't wise to force us women to always listen. I'll be right back."

Jane watched her friend stand up and walk outdoors with a cup.

She came back with a cup full of snow.

"Drink this. They also say drinking cold water leads to a girl."

Jane felt her heart pounding. This would be disrespecting her husband. The church. It was a wicked thing to do.

But her hand reached for the cup. Part of Jane had always been shy. Growing up with so many people telling her how she should be made her timid around authority. The part in Jane that begged for adventure and freedom had always screamed and begged to be let out.

It cracked through when Jane made a grass house. It cracked through when Jane kissed William with passion and pleasure. And it cracked through now as she brought the cup of snow to her lips and let the cold ice turn to liquid in her mouth.

Jane smiled at her friend when she set the cup down.

"It is our little secret." Madison pulled her smaller companion into a hug.

"Thank you," Jane whispered.

Her mind was at war with itself. What she was doing was wrong, but it was what she wanted.

Why should she care what the church wanted? She should do what she wanted.

That's disrespect. What would William think?

The conflict went on in her head until William came home and shook off the snow. He had gone to the market for food and some seed.

It was a long process because this was the time everyone wanted seed.

His hair was frosted, but he smiled down at Jane. She felt the guilt overpower her mind.

Here her husband is, having decided to go out in the cold all day just so that he can get a few seeds to help keep his family alive and well.

And she was selfish enough to go against his wishes.

"Hello, William." She breathed, not wanting him to hear the guilt in her voice.

"Jane darling, ma'am." He nodded at Madison.

She had insisted him not to call her "Mistress", but he felt awkward calling her by her name.

Madison looked to her and said politely, "Thank you for having me, Jane."

Jane nodded and Madison walked to her horse, Tempest, on the other side of the house.

Both William and Jane insisted on letting the horse camp out in the house while Madison stayed.

"Goodbye." Jane called out as her friend left.

William turned his eyes to his wife. "What shall we have for supper than? Shall it be pottage with chicken or pottage with salmon?"

Wrinkling her nose at the fish, she chose chicken.

Watching her husband make the supper meal with no shame made her make one decision.

She would not go behind William's back and drink the melted snow again. If her child was a boy she would accept it.

But Jane knew that she still kept her fingers crossed for her baby girl no matter what she did.

So, what gender do you think the baby will be? Will the baby even live? What will happen in the future? Please review! :)