Roman and Ella climbed the stairs together. The Girls were ensconced on the sofas with popcorn and watching a scary movie. He smiled at Ella and saw how happy she was. Plus she had eaten and not been ill which was a bonus.
They walked through to their bedroom and he kissed her slowly and thoroughly.
"What is that in aid off?" she asked with a slow smile.
"I've missed you, thats all."
She grinned.
"I'm always here." She told him pressing her hand on his chest over his beating heart.
He smiled and slowly began to undress.
She pulled off the bathrobe and was about to drop it to the floor when she caught the expression on his face.
She walked over and hung it up on the back of the closed bedroom door.
"Happy?" she asked him a grin on her face.
"Yes I am." He said. He dropped his trainers and socks in an untidy mess on the floor. Adding his top and trousers to it.
"Happy?" he asked.
She laughed.
"Much better!" she commended.
He smiled and went to climb in bed.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" she asked.
"No I don't think so." He grinned.
She reached down and pulled the nightdress off and dropped it on the floor.
"Ok then." She said climbing into the other side of the bed.
He reached down and tugged his boxers off and pulled her into his arms.
"You are seriously going to wear me out!" he grouched.
"Oh come on you love it when I'm demanding!" she said to him.
He rolled over so that she was on top.
"Take me then!" he told her.
She bent and kissed him slowly. Her hair falling down in a velvet curtain. Suddenly a rush of nausea went through her and she groaned. She pulled away and stood up. She felt the blood rush out of her head and she swayed. Roman stood quickly and put his arms around her.
"Steady." He murmured softly.
"Oh god!" she moaned.
He sat her on the bed and picked her robe off the back of the door.
"Deep breath hun." He told her wrapping the robe around her.
She looked at him and reached out. He caught hold of her hands and sat for a long time until she felt like she could move.
"I hate this," she told him.
"It's going to be ok. We'll get through this." He told her.
She laughed.
"How? Because the only thing that doesn't make me feel like a hormonal freak is to make love to my husband and I can't even do that." She moaned trying not to cry.
He laughed and lifted her chin up.
"I don't need sex to love you El. I told you that when I first met you." He smiled down at her. "Look at you. I'm so proud of you. Looking after Annie, caring about Nicole, keeping an eye on me and all the time you feel like crap."
"Ha!" she muttered. "I'm a mess and you might as well just admit it" she grouched. "One minute I'm screaming at you like a banshee and the next I won't leave you alone!" she blushed as she admitted that she had turned into a sex mad, well banshee.
He laughed.
"Yes but I do consider that I'm at fault to a certain extent." He grinned at her. "I rushed you into marriage without talking certain things through," he referred to their pasts. "And then I did actually get you pregnant unless there is something you've been wanting to tell me?"
"No it's definitely yours! I can write a list of all the men I've slept with and it would barely fill a post it note! We'll have to get the phone book out for your list! You can just cross out the ones you haven't slept with. Shouldn't take you long!" she grinned at him and noticed the tide of colour that spread along his cheeks.
"Yes, well it's different for a man!" he said for want of anything else. "And yes, I am aware that is sexist! Before you thump me!" He was still blushing.
"Rachel and Leah and I had an interesting chat the other day!" she told him, her nausea was definitely receding she thought trying not to grin at his discomfort.
"I only dated Rachel once and well Leah was." He broke off unable to phrase the nature of the relationship with Leah. Had they been friends with benefits or could it have been more? He asked himself.
She looked at him from under her lashes.
"And then of course Charlie and Martha." She said softly. "And that is only Summer Bay!"
"Obviously, I have had some experience. I'm not a saint." He grouched.
"What role would you have taken in Lindsay's life Roman?" she asked suddenly realising she was being serious. She reached out and squeezed his hand.
He looked at her.
"I don't know. Jack would have sidelined me, I think. It's not something I ever really gave a thought too. It's hard to explain I know you are pregnant and aside from worrying myself sick I'm over the moon. This baby seems real to me. It wasn't ever like that with Martha, even though I thought I loved her, and I think the word Panic pretty much describes the state of mind I was in when Natalie took her pregnancy test. " He told her, and it was the longest conversation he had ever had about his feelings, she thought.
She reached across and kissed him gently on the lips.
"What was that for?" he asked.
"Because I love you." She told him.
"Even though I've slept with half the western world?" he queried self-mockingly.
"Presumably that statement just refers to women and don't forget to include all of Summer Bay!" she grinned. "Exactly how close is your relationship with Colleen?" she asked him.
"Excuse me, you're hormonal and you know where I keep my knives, like I'm going to answer questions like that!" he grinned.
She put her arms round him and they hugged.
"Exactly how big a post it note?" He asked eventually. "Like a little one or one of the bigger ones and how big would your writing be?" he found himself asking almost against his will. "Would you use both sides of it?"
She giggled as she pulled away from him and crawled underneath the covers and he switched off the lights and climbed in beside her.
He reached out and pulled her into his arms holding her close.
After a long time, knowing she was still awake he kissed the back of her neck and pulled her tight against him letting his hands gently roam over her body.
"Yes!" she said into the dark.
He sighed and rolled her over and underneath him.
She kissed him and pulled him close running her hands down his back and holding his waist.
He pressed gentle kisses to her neck and down.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
She sighed.
"Yes." She told him.
She cradled his face between her hands.
"Make love to me please." She asked him.

Annie looked over at Nic.
"Your worried about her aren't you?" she asked her.
Nic tried to look brave but found her eyes filling.
"Yes of course I am but its more than that." She looked up as Annie stood and moved over to the sofa she was lying on.
"Budge up." Annie ordered,
Nic moved and Annie lay down next to her. She put her arms around her and pulled her cover over the pair of them.
"You and Ella and Geoff made it ok for me to tell you about the baby and the divorce. You can tell me anything." Annie told her.
"You are going to hate me." Nic said.
"Is this about Ruby?" Annie said softly.
"Yes," she said quickly, "I want her for my other bridesmaid and I haven't told her about you." She said.
"Well we'll deal with that when Hurricane Ruby hits town." Annie said without malice. "What else is bothering you?"
"You are as bad as Geoff!" Nicole muttered.
"Yes. And just wait until you've lived with Irene for a while!" Annie told her.
Nic laughed.
"Don't get me wrong I really like Irene and of course I am going to adore living with Geoff but I am so going to miss Ella." She said and then grinned and added. "And my dad of course."
"I doubt she'll stop being there for you." Annie said.
"I know." She said with a sigh.
"But?" Annie asked.
"Oh Annie. I thought this was in the past." Nic started crying softly.
"Seems to me Darl that the best way is just to spit it out!" Annie said in a near perfect imitation of Irene.
Nic laughed despite the tears.
"Geoff wants to include someone at the wedding who." She stopped. "Well he got a bit." She stopped again.
"Did he…." Annie started to ask.
"No!" Nic exclaimed. "No!" she said again in a quieter tone.
"But?" Annie asked again.
"Well it was close. And I thought that I wouldn't have to see him again. I didn't think Geoff was still in touch with him." Nic said and a shudder ran though her.
Annie held her and waited until the other girl was calm again.
"You need to tell Geoff." Annie said.
"I know. I just don't want anything to spoil the wedding." She confessed. "Pretty selfish, eh?" she muttered with a mocking expression on her face.
"You have to think about if you and Geoff want secrets between you or if you want to start married life off as a couple." Annie said wisely. "I learned that lesson the hard way." She told her.
"Oh Annie." She said and put her arms around the other girl. "I should be cheering you up!" she muttered, feeling guilty.
"Don't be daft!" You needed a hug and after what you guys have done for me today well least of my worries is to come and give my big sis a hug!"
"Oi!" Nicole said. "Less of the big!"
"Older?" Annie said with a slight giggle.
"I think we'll just stick with the Sis part, thank you very much!" Nicole told her.