~~P&P~~

Jane headed back to her room after seeing the doctor off knowing that Lizzie and Mr Darcy will not likely be needing her anytime soon. She was surprised to see Charles at the small desk in their room he turned when he heard her come in but his smile fell when he saw the look in her eyes and he rushed to her side. "Jane whats wrong, is Elizabeth alright, is it the baby?" he asked surprised at how upset he was at the thought of anything happening to his new sister or her babe.

Jane felt terrible for upsetting her husband so much and quickly said "no everything is fine" but felt a few of the tears in her eyes fall down her cheek. Charles reached his thumb out and gently cleaned them away.

"What's wrong my love, I know these are not happy tears, please talk to me." Charles pleaded.

"I am so sorry that I have upset you I was not expecting you to be here and was just going to allow myself to cry out some of my jealousy and frustration." Jane admitted.

"Jealousy at who?" Charles questioned surprised that his gentle wife would ever so envious of another as to upset her so much.

"My own, sister, I know it is silly and I am rushing to worry, I am a terrible person to be envious of my own sister." Jane's tears were increasing with every word and she could feel herself slipping into a fit of hysteria. She lowered herself to sit on the bed. She didn't want Charles to see her like this, she normally wasn't like this and knew she just needed to let herself feel sorry for herself for a few minutes then she would bounce back but having Charles here was making it so much worse.

Charles brushed her face comfortingly then led her to sit on the bed noticing that she was getting hysterical. "Jane no one could ever say you were a terrible person we all can be envious of others from time to time, what are you envying of your sister's, if it is her distance from your mother I can relate to that" he joked hoping to cheer her up.

Jane let out a half-hearted chuckle at his joke but combined with her husband gentle care she felt herself calming. "No although I have to admit that I have enjoyed being away from mother immensely and am not looking forward to going back. You are going to think me silly and petty but I was a little upset to learn that she was already pregnant, don't get me wrong I am thrilled to become an aunt, but part of me worried that we married at the same time and I am not with child yet, then to find out that she is not going to have one but two babies just made my jealousy flare."

Charles got down on his knees so he could be eye-level with her sitting on the bed and grabbed her hands and held them gently. "I did not realize that you were worried about this, I was led to understand that it is not unheard of for it to take a year or more to become pregnant. Yes your sister and Darcy have been blessed early, but personally I think that right now for us it is a blessing that we have some time for ourselves before we need to worry about a baby. Not that I wouldn't be thrilled if you were with child, I mean I do want children, and of course they are a blessing, its just that I am enjoying having you to myself. That came out wrong I mean we are still getting to know each other b..." Jane silenced him with a searing kiss. "Thanks for stopping me" he managed to say when they came up for air.

"You have no idea how romantic what you said was but I could see you were starting to fumble it so I thought I would show you that I understand what you are trying to say and it makes me love you even more. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders, to be honest I am also happy having some time just the two of us, but I felt that I was letting you down in some way." Jane said looking down in shame.

Charles gently held her face and lifted her eyes to his "Jane you could never disappoint me, it has only been three months, I am sure it will happen in time, but even if we are never blessed with a child I would not regret marrying you. I love you, I do not want you to worry about this again it will happen when it happens, and worrying will only make it more difficult."

Jane pulled him on top of her and attacked his lips again. She was so blessed to have this man love her and she loved him with such a burning passion that she figured it was about time she let all her guards down and show him, she was no longer afraid that he would judge her or think her improper.

~~P&P~~

Charles was laying with his wife in his arms after the most amazing afternoon of his life. Jane had truly let go of all her inhibitions with him, and it had definitely been the best love making of there marriage so far. "So twins?" he asked good humorously and still just a little out of breath.

"Hmm, oh yeah, the doctor says he is pretty sure it is because she is already starting to show and her sickness has been quite strong" Jane answered while still tracing her fingers over her husbands chest.

"They will have there hands full, especially if they have your sister's spirit. It would be nice if we were closer to them so we could help out and vice versa when our turn comes. Would you consider leaving Netherfield or would you rather stay close to your parents?"

"My place is with you, wherever you want to go. Although I must admit Mother is driving me crazy, she has gotten even worse and has no respect for our privacy. I think I would be quite happy to put some distance between us. But do not feel like we have to follow Lizzie either, I love my sister but I mean it, my place is with you, you are my family now." Jane replied looking up into his eyes.

Charles beamed and leaned down to kiss her lips. "What would you say if I told you that I had found a place that was less than a three hour carriage ride from here?"

"Was that where you and Darcy went today?" she questioned back.

"Yes, I am sorry for not telling you, I just wanted to make sure it was even a viable property before I told you, but I set up a viewing for us to go tomorrow. It is quite a bit smaller than Netherfield and will need some updating but I am not too worried as I plan to keep Netherfield as well. I will just hire a steward to oversee things and this way we will have somewhere to stay when we do visit your family, Darcy offered to buy it if we wanted to sell for the same reason, he does not want to be in a position where he would be honour-bound to stay at Longbourn. It's location is optimal, far enough away that we can still have our own autonomy but close enough for regular visits, and if there was ever an emergency a rider could get here within an hour."

"It sounds great my love, but I do not want you to feel you have to do this, I can handle my mother. I will stand up to her, you should not have to buy another house just to escape her." Jane said.

"That is not the only reason, but I would do anything for you." Charles declared. At his words Jane swung her leg over his waist so that she was straddling him and leaned down to kiss him soundly. "Supper will be shortly" he stated dutifully but not really caring.

"We can be a little late, lord knows Elizabeth and Darcy have done so several times"