Page 59 of His Sunshine Baby

“Elena! Elena, babe! Wake up, babe!”

I finally open my eyes, out of breath. I’m trembling all over, and it takes me a few seconds to recognize Daniel, holding my wrists with panicked eyes.

“Are you okay, babe? Moon Goddess, you scared me!”

“Da… Danny? What happened?”

“I don’t know, I think you were panicking. You were crying and shivering. Did you have a nightmare?”

A nightmare? Now that he says it… Something vague is floating in my mind, but I can’t remember exactly. What was that about? That dream felt so familiar… and I’m feeling terribly cold and lonely. I grab the blanket laying at one end of the couch and wrap myself in it, under Danny’s worried eyes.

“You’re cold?” he asks.

He puts a hand on my forehead to check my temperature, frowning.

“How rare… You’re never cold, usually. Do you want me to get you some medicine?”

“No, never mind Danny. My period might be coming, that’s probably the reason. You know I always get unwell before that.”

“What?”

He gets up to check on our calendar hanging in the kitchen, but it’s no use, my period is so irregular and unpredictable, any attempt at tracking it has been useless so far. Daniel comes back, looking upset.

“It’s been a while… Shit, and I’ll be away at that seminar next week too!”

“Seriously, Danny, it’s okay. I’ll just wait for it to pass.”

I grab my phone and text Nate that I can’t come tonight. I don’t give him any details, and just say that something came up. As usual, he doesn’t ask for any more details. Daniel, however, is watching me with his worried expression.

“I don’t want to leave you alone when you are like this.”

“Danny, I’m going to be fine, stop being such a worrywart. I’ll just text Eric to ask him to take over the training for now and stay home until I’m better.”

That doesn’t take the worried look off his face. I know why he’s so worried about me, but I shake my head.

“Danny, I…”

“You should see someone, Elena, to check.”

“Daniel, stop it. I’m over what happened back then, okay?”

“Then why are you so afraid to check if you can still have children or not?”

I glare at him.

“We are not talking about it, Danny. I don’t want kids anyway.”

He sighs.

“Alright… Sorry babe. I’ll go check what we have in the medicine cabinet, okay?”

Daniel leaves the room, and a heavy silence falls. I’m so tired… Is it because of the rain or my nightmare? I’m feeling so gloomy suddenly; I’m almost regretting canceling on Nate tonight.

I close my eyes, trying to chase the darkness away.

I’m sorry Angel, but I don’t want to think about you right now, it’s still too painful…

Chapter 9

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