God Save The Queen

Chapter 17 POV Ciaren

POV Ciaren

Poppy woke me up in the middle of the night and told me she wasn’t feeling well. Her hair was soaked and her temperature was so high that I panicked. I told her I would be back in a minute and I ran out into the corridor and ran as fast as I could towards the queens bedroom door. I knocked and knocked until she finally answered. When the door opened her sweet scent flooded out. I could tell she had been asleep because her hair was messy and she asked me what was wrong as she tied her short satin housecoat with a huge yawn. “I’m sorry to bother you, but Poppy is sick. She has a high temperature and I don’t know what to do” The Queens eyes were wide as she barged by me and ran along the corridor and up the stairs to our bedroom. I had to be quick to keep up with her. She ran into the room and ran towards Poppy. My poor little sister was so ill that I had a lump in my throat. The queen took her in her arms and took off her pjs and sat her up a little to let her sip some water. Then with one hand she poured some water onto Poppy’s pyjama top and put it on Poppy’s forehead to cool her down. She rocked her back and forth until Poppy fell asleep. “It’s just a little fever, she will be fine” Then she lay her down on her side and got into bed beside her. “I’m going to stay here tonight if you don’t mind” she said “thank you for being here. I didn’t know what to do? My mum died a few winters ago from a bad flu and I panicked tonight when I seen Poppy not feeling well” The queen reached out and touched my hand “Poppy is so lucky to have you as a big brother” I went over to my bed but I couldn’t sleep. I spent hours staring at Poppy because she was my everything. Then I heard the queen whispering “stop worrying, she’s going to be fine” and let out a laugh because I had no idea the queen was still awake. I sat up and whispered back “I’m sorry I can’t help it. Are you sure she’s going to be ok?” I asked “Of course she is. Try and get some rest. And no snoring please” she said with a sweet little giggle. I lay back and stared at the ceiling sniffing the queens beautiful scent and I managed to drift off to sleep. That night I dreamed about her all night. I dreamed that when I went to her bedroom door that she answered it and dropped her silk dressing gown to the floor and she was completely naked. She was stunning and when I looked down I was naked too. She took my hand and dragged me into her bedroom and suddenly we were having s*x. I was sniffing her neck as I slowly grinded into her. She was flicking her hair from side to side and rubbing her t**s and I was ecstatic. Then I woke up with a start and I noticed that the sun was just coming up. I looked over at Poppy’s bed and the queen was awake and hugging Poppy. “Her fever is so much better now, she woke up and she was a little shivery so I put your t shirt on her. I hope you don’t mind.” I was still coming round “Of course, I’m glad she’s feeling better” I quickly got out of bed and ran the few steps to Poppy’s bed and quickly got under the covers. Poppy was between me and the queen “look at her little face, she looks so peaceful now” I said and kissed her forehead. “She’s lucky to have you” she said “No, she’s lucky to have you, if we were still living over there with those guys we wouldn’t have had a clue what to do” she gave me a shy smile. “you’re doing great” she rubbed my arm and we smiled at each other and Poppy started to snore “how can such a beautiful little girl make a noise like that?” I said and we both laughed “she gets that from her brother. You’re snoring could wake the dead” I knew she was teasing me but I liked it. She lay back and blinked a few times and then stretched “you must be exhausted, you should go back to bed and get some sleep” She shook her head “No I want to be here when she wakes up” she said and I loved how much she cared about Poppy. The queen yawned and looked around “this used to be my grandmothers room. I used to share it with her when I was a little girl. Then Lady Sutton gave me one of the huge bedrooms downstairs” she said and I was shocked. “I thought you were Lady Sutton. I seen the painting down stairs.” “I wasn’t always a Lady. My Gran was the house cook and I used to visit her in the summer holidays. Then when my mum died when I was a teenager I had to come here to live with my grandmother. I was so heart broken and Lord and Lady Sutton, my husbands mum and dad were so good to me. They taught me how to ride horses and shoot and fish. And I absolutely loved it here. It was so nice to be part of a family. I think because their son was a bit older than me and he had left for university that I filled that space for them. They were lovely people and years later I married their son and really became one of them. This has always been my happy place. My sanctuary from heartbreak from the outside world, that’s why I wanted it to be a sanctuary for all of you” “you’re so lovely, you do so much for everyone. But I must admit you have a crazy side” she stretched again and said “you haven’t seen the half of it sunshine” she had a smirk on her face and I knew that I didn’t want to know the half of it. “I hope you know everything I do is to protect the people I care about. And to help people that can’t help themselves.” I nodded my head “That makes a lot of sense” “you have no idea what we lived through after the bomb went off, it was a living nightmare. The things I seen are still with me, it’s still with all of us” it was quiet for a moment and I felt guilty for having had such a dirty dream about her. “now let’s get some sleep” she said and she closed her eyes. I stared at her beautiful face and I had to hold myself back from kissing her. She was absolutely gorgeous in every way and I wanted her more than anything.