Sydney

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

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I was up. I could not sleep. I felt so empty without the baby next to me. My heart ached to see Rafe. We should be bounding right now. I should be planning his meals. Getting up in the middle of the night when he cries.

Not Crystal. I knew she was doing great with my baby. I knew I was going to see him the next day.

Why did the next day seem so very far away? My tears fell. I tried not to wake Finn. He needed his rest so he could be at work the next day.

"Syd?" he calls out to me softly in the middle of the night.

"Hey" I say softly.

"Sweetheart, are you alright?" he worries over me. He sits up in bed yawing.

"Go back to bed Finn. I will be alright. I am worried about Rafe. He needs his mother" I sigh. I brush away tears.

"He does. He will see you in the morning" he reminds me.

"I wish he was here with us now. During our first night here" I stammer. Tears fall. Finn scoops me up in his embrace.

"Syd, I am sorry. I will ask Crystal to summon my father. See if something can be done to make Rafe human so we can be a family" he sighs.

"Can your father do that?" I wonder. He smiles as he holds me.

"He made the true love spell. He lost his first love a long time ago. She was a human" explains Finn.

"Wow, I never knew he made the spell. How sad for your father. He never saw her again?" I ask Finn. Finn shakes his head.

"Sadly she could not go one knowing they could never be together. She hung herself. He was going to marry my mother anyway. He had to marry for the kingdom" explains Finn. "And later he grew to love my mother"

"That is still so sad. I could not imagine my life without you in it" I sigh. He holds me close.

"Father was worried the same issue might happen to one of his kids one day. He came up with the spell. I am thankful he allowed us to be together. I could not have gone on without you" he vows softly to me.

"Same here Finn" I sigh. I kiss his hand as I hold his hand in mine while he holds me. I wondered how Crystal was doing with Rafe. If he was giving her a hard time. If Crystal was up all night with him. Or if he slept at night. What did merbabies do anyway? Were they like human babies?

"I love our little boy Finn. He is so sweet. Such a doll. He is so perfect. It is so amazing you can swim at that age! Humans can't" I mention to Finn.

"Well we were born to swim" chuckles Finn. He holds me close.

"You know what?" he asks me.

"What?" I ask.

"I am going to call tomorrow off work" he decides.

"No why?" I worry.

"So I can get a hold of my father. I want to be able to have Rafe with us" he says.

"You would do that?" I wonder.

"You know Syd I would do anything for you" he vows.

"I would do anything for you to Finn. I love you" I promise him.

"I know Syd. Hard to think we will be married in a few days here! Wow it is coming fast huh? A baby? A wedding" he chuckles.

"I feel all grown up" I remark. I smile.

"Same. We need to think about a home. I want to buy you a home one day" he says thoughtfully.

"Let's get this wedding done first future hubby. We have all the time in the world for that" I giggle.

"Think your mom would help us find our own home?" he wonders.

"Might" I say. Dad would be flying in for my wedding. Even though I did not come to his. It would be time to face the music soon. I still had to tell my father about Rafe. About merfolk. Most of my family knew. Most did not. I had work to be done before the wedding. All I could think about was my little baby needed me. I needed him.

"Syd? What else is on that pretty little mind of yours?" asks Finn.

"Father. My father. You were talking about them" I sigh.

"What about your father?" he asks.

"Well I never went to his wedding. Here he is coming to our wedding. I had a baby. Did not bother to tell him. He will be hurt. I need to make things right with him before the wedding" I sigh.

"You can do it. I know you did not mean to hurt your father" he says.

"I hope he will see things that way" I worry.

"Finn" I ask.

"Yes love" he asks me.

"Can we elope? Get it over with? This wedding is to much work. I just want to be married to you" I grumble. He laughs.

"Syd you know your mom and gram have worked hard for our dream wedding to happen. We have come this far. You know you want a wedding" he laughs. "Give it time. Everything will fall into place"

"I hope you are right Finn. Why does it feel like everything is against us?" I worry.

"It is all in your head sweetheart. We will be married. Rafe will be at our side. We will raise him. Have our own little home here. Wait and see" he vows. It did sound like a lovely dream. I wanted that more than anything in the world.

"I do want that. I wish it was just well... a little bit easier for us" I sigh.

"Me to sweetie. I do to" he agrees with me. He leans back on the pillows in the bed. He pulls me back into his arms. Making me giggle.

"You know the quicker you get to sleep the faster morning will arrive" he points out to me.

"I do not know if I can sleep" I worry. I snuggle up to his side.

"Close your eyes. Imagine Rafe smiling back when he sees you in the morning. You are back together. Think happy thoughts. Think about you walking down the beach in front of family and friends to me. Wearing your gram's wedding dress. Saying I do forever..." he whispers softly to me as his hand strokes my arm gently as he holds me.

"That does sound like perfection" I yawn.

I close my eyes as I rest on his chest.

"Sweet dreams Syd. I love you" he whispers as he kisses my hand.

"I love you to Finn" I yawn before falling asleep in his embrace.

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