Chapter 3: Afraid of
A/N: Thank you so much for your reviews, the favourites and the follows. I'm glad you like it. It was my very first idea for a story but didn't write it until now. So, in the previous chapter they met the two lovely girls and decided to adopt them. Will they be able to adopt the two girls? Will they be able to be a family? We'll find out the answer about those two questions and more in this chapter. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: Any situation or character that appears in the drama isn't mine.
The next morning they went back to the orphanage to speak with Sister Anna about the adoption. They had decided to spend as much time as they could with the two girls before they returned to Downton. Once they arrived Elsie went upstairs to see them as one of the nuns informed her that Christine had a cold while Charles followed Sister Anna to her office to speak about the adoption.
"I spoke with Mrs. Carson last night and we would like to adopt the girls. We want so much a child but we don't know if we are going to have our own child. We loved these girls from the first time. It is our chance to be parents and their chance to have parents.", he explained to the nun.
Sister Anna took a few moments to think it. She took a deep breath and looked at him. "I understand very well, Mr. Carson. I don't think there would be a problem to adopt them but it will take a few months before we have the final decision to know if you will be the parents of Rose and Christine.", she explained to him and saw the worry on his face.
As the two of them sat in the office speaking about the adoption, upstairs Elsie was placing wet flannels with cold water on Christine's hot forehead. The girl was burning up with a fever and Elsie had offered to take care of her for a while. She sighed in relief when she noticed that the fever was coming down and kissed the little girl on the forehead softly. "Thank you, mama.", Christine said in her sleep as she took hold of her hand and smiled.
Elsie tried to hold back her tears when she heard the girl calling her 'mama' but a few tears found their way out of her eyes. Suddenly, she felt a hand on her shoulder and was surprised to see Rose standing next to her with a sad smile on her face. She smiled at her while she placed her hand on Christine's forehead and noticed relieved that the fever was already low. She decided to spend some time with Rose and sat with her on her bed. "Rose, I would like to ask you something.", she began a little afraid of the girl's reaction. She took a breath when the girl nodded and waited for her to continue. "Would you and your sister like to have parents?", she didn't want to ask her immediately about her and Charles thoughts of adopting them. She wanted to know first their thoughts before asking anything more.
"We would love to have parents, Mrs. Carson but no one want to adopt us.", she looked at her hands letting her tears fall. "We miss our father very much and our mother, even if we never met her.", she offered a little smile when Elsie took hold of her hand.
Elsie knew that this was the perfect moment to ask her what she wanted from the moment she saw them today. "Rose, what would you say if my husband and I become your parents?", she looked for a moment at Christine who seemed to sleep peacefully and then looked at Rose.
The girl was staring at her with wide eyes and an open mouth. Elsie was afraid that she didn't want her to become her mother but she was very surprised when she put her arms around her and kissed her on the cheek. "I would love that, Mrs. Carson.", she said when she pulled away with a smile on her face. "After you left yesterday, Christine and I talked about you and Mr. Carson. Actually, my sister said that she would like to have you as our mother and she hoped that our mother was like you.", she informed her and looked at her sister who had still the smile on her face.
Elsie smiled when she saw the gaze of the girl towards her sister that had inside the worry and the love. "My husband is downstairs with Sister Anna talking about adopting you. We would like very much to become your parents.", she was very happy when the girl hugged her once more.
After a while Charles joined them in the room where along with his wife and Rose talked about many things, including the adoption. They were happy to see that Christine was much better and she had woken up to talk with them. Charles informed her about their plans and she was excited about having them as parents. Although, he explained to… his three girls that this matter will take a few months to be over and know if they can be a family at last.
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They walked hand in hand back to their room in silence. He had noticed the worry in her face and he wished he could do something to know that they were going to become the girls' parents. He wanted so much to see his wife happy, not sad and worried like now. As they were sitting in the sofa of their room sipping their wine in each other's arms, he was imagining how their life could be if in the end Rose and Christine became their daughters.
"Chares?", he was brought out of his thoughts when he heard her calling him. "What were you thinking, love?", she was watching him with interest.
"I was imagining our life if in the end Rose and Christine become our daughters. I know how much you want them to be our daughters and I want it very much, as well. I want us to be happy Elsie, but it pains me to see the worry on your face.", he caressed her face with his thumb. "What can I do to make you feel better?", he was looking her straight in the eyes.
She took a few moments to think about it and then turned to face him with her loveliest looks. "Make love to me, Charles.", she was staring at him and he couldn't deny her anything.
She leaned forward slowly and placed her lips on his slowly kissing him passionately. He put his arms around her without pressuring her, he let her take the lead tonight. He was going to make love to her slowly and gently because he wanted to show her how much he loved her. They broke apart breathless trying to calm down and catch their breaths. After a few moments, she took his hand and stood up from the couch. They walked together towards the bed as she let him take off her clothes while she was taking care of taking off his clothes.
Slowly he started working on the buttons of her beige silk blouse that was making her look so beautiful while she started working on the buttons of his shirt. His hands went to the buttons and zipper of her skirt behind her as her blouse and his shirt were lying on the carpet behind them. As her skirt fell on the carpet next to her blouse, he lifted her a little and placed her back down away from their clothes. They stepped out of their shoes while his hands were working on her corset which after a minute was lying as well on the carpet. All the while they didn't stop staring each other in their eyes or kissing passionately. Next were her shift and his trousers which were lying on the floor. They walked towards the bed as he was kissing her lips, her neck. She was wearing only her knickers and her stockings while he was wearing his pants and his shocks. Slowly without stopping his attentions to her lips or neck, he placed her in the middle of their large four-poster bed.
He started giving attention to her breasts, sucking and kissing them hard. Then he made his way until he reached her knickers. His hands loosed the two ribbons that were holding them and pulled them slowly off of her body. He turned his attentions to her stockings, taking them off slowly first the one and then the other. Now she was lying on the bed with her gorgeous body naked in front of her husband's eyes. He made his way with kisses to her lips and kissed her passionately. She could feel the fire of desire building in side of her and the wetness in her center. She wanted so much to feel him inside of her but she knew that this night it was going to be slow and gentle as it was their first night together three months ago.
As he was kissing her, her hands went to his pants and started pulling them off of his body. He stopped kissing her, quickly taking off his pants and shocks and threw them in the air finding their way at the pool of clothes on the carpet. He started once more kissing her lips, her cheeks, her neck and her breasts. His right hand traveled down to her center and entered two fingers inside of her. He became more aroused when he heard her groan in pleasure. He was so glad to know that he was the one to do that to her. He knew as he moved his hand against her that she was ready for him and his actions wasn't helping him either. He took out his fingers and moved his body on top of her gorgeous body. Slowly in one long thrust he entered her while the room was filled with groans and moans of pleasure. They started moving in a slow, gentle and steady rhythm. His gaze never left her own as he was making love to her slowly and gentle. They moved faster as they were nearing their climax and found their release together with each other's name in their lips as Charles spilled himself inside of her.
After a few moments of staying together and kissing softly, he moved so he could lie next to her. After covering their naked forms, he pulled her in his arms and soon they drifted off to sleep dreaming about their life with their daughters. Somehow he knew that in the end they would be happy with their children. A smile appeared in each face meaning that their dreams were happy ones.
Please, please, please review. I would like to know what you think of this chapter. The last part is something that I haven't written so far in my life and I hope I did it well.
To Be Continued…
