You're Beautiful To Me

The next morning I wake up freezing cold, curling up as much as I can with my stomach and shivering so hard my whole body shakes and my teeth rattle. I'm awake for a few minutes before Frank comes in and when he sees I'm awake he says "Oh baby, are you alright?" "Ccccold Frankie" I stutter out and he comes over and scoops me into his arms, carrying me from the bed to the bathroom. When we walk in the room is steamy and I spot the bathtub full of hot bubbly water. I turn my head to look at Frank and smile. "Thought it might make you feel better baby" he tells me as he puts me down and I work on undressing so I can climb in. "I gotta get back to Anna baby." I pout as I turn to look at him again and he says "I'll be back, hang on." He leaves the room and I finish getting undressed before climbing into the perfectly hot water, sliding below the bubbles and laying back with my head resting on the edge of the tub. I smile as I lay back, happy that when we bought this house I convinced Frank to get such a big tub. A few minutes later I hear the door open and I open my eyes to see Frank coming in with Anna in his arms, closing the door behind himself as he walks in and takes a seat on the closed toilet. "Feeling better now?" He asks and I nod as I say "The water is amazing babe." We sit in silence for a few minutes, me just needing to know Franks there and Anna makes a few little noises, enjoying cuddle time in the warm room with her daddy. "Will you sing to me Frankie?" I croak out, my throat feeling worse and worse as time goes on. "Of course babe" he tells me. "Any requests today?" He asks as whenever I'm upset or sick he sings to me to make me feel better. "No, whatever you feel like" I tell him and he smiles and nods before he opens his mouth and starts to softly sing, wary of my headache and Anna falling asleep in his arms. I let my eyes drift closed again as his voice lulls me into relaxation and after a while he says "Don't fall asleep in there baby. If you wanna hop out now I made you some potato and pumpkin soup." My stomach clenches and growls at the thought of one of my favourite foods when I want to eat but the voice in the back of my head tells me I'll regret it if I eat it. I sigh as I pull myself out of the tub and Frank waits while I dry off and redress before leading me from the room and into the living room. Once Anna is in her bassinet sleeping and I'm settled on the couch under a blanket with the tv on low volume Frank leaves the room and comes back with a steaming bowl of soup and some tea and pills. I take the pills, swallowing them down with some tea before Frank takes the cup back and sits it on the table, picking up the bowl and sitting beside me, offering it to me. I shake my head and he sighs before picking up the spoon and scooping up some soup and carefully holding it to my mouth and as we lock eyes his gaze holds just the hint of a warning to it and I open my mouth, letting him put the spoon in and feed me the soup. Once the hot thick liquid hits my tongue I feel my resolve to not eat crumbling, Franks soup perfect tasting as always. I let him feed me a few more spoons before he offers me the bowl again and I take it, starting to feed myself and before I realise the bowl is empty. "I'm proud of you babe" Frank says when he sees I ate it all and I hand the bowl back, suddenly desperate for it to be far away from me. Once the bowl is on the table Frank sits back and pulls me into his side, letting me lay against him with my head on his shoulder and I can feel the soup sloshing around inside me. We cuddle together and watch tv until I feel the soup coming back up my throat and I jump up, running from the room and into the bathroom.

Once im done vomiting I wash my mouth out before making my way back out to the living room and Frank is sitting there looking concerned. "You alright babe?" He asks and I shake my head. Frank grabs my arm and gently pulls me down so I'm laying with my head in his lap and he lays the blanket back over me. "Just relax baby and I'll take care of you" he tells me and I let his fingers carding through my hair lull me back to sleep.

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