Like a Camellia

After burying my mother we came back to Crescent City, home, my new home.
The siblings have been very supportive, but I don’t really like being around anyone now, I keep thinking About how we found my mother. I look at my family’s pictures that they got from the house.
“hey love,” I look up at the door, Nikolas is leaning against the door frame, looking handsome in a black suit, he looks like he’s from work. I sigh going back to look at my family’s pictures. 
He walks closer with a frown, and gets on one knee. Holding my big belly, I can’t believe I’m due in four weeks. 
“ how are you?” he whispers caressing the belly. I look at him curiously.
“ you can feel it too right?” he continues “ your mummy’s sadness?” I laugh and a sob escapes me, touching his soft hair, it feels so good Nikolas saying that, so reassuring. The corner of his mouth turns up in a small smile looking up to me .
” you know I read that the baby feels everything it’s mother does,” he says getting up, I look at him, raising an eyebrow
“ You have been reading?” I ask amused, he nods 
“ well someone is welcoming Fatherood. He smiles touching the back of his neck. It pleases me to know that he is worried and eager to know more about it. 
“ you’re sad,” he whispers caressing my cheek, I close my eyes leaning it, his hand is warm on my cold cheek
“ I’ll be okay,” I say it with a smile
“ it’ll be okay,” 

Nikolas gets a white nice flower and gives it to me with a one of his small smiles, I get it confused, he has never given me a flowers or in this case a flower, it smells so good and it's perfectly white with a tiny of yellow on the middle with soft tipped pink at the end of the petals.
He sighs and his fingers reaches out to tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, and my heart jumps at this simple gesture, pounding fast, am sure he can hear it too.
" A camellia is one of the rarest flowers in the world, they only grow in New Zealand and England," he says looking at me, his green eyes shinning through, gleaming with something, I'm not knowledgeable about flowers.
" Thank you," he nods, turning aroun
" It reminds me of you," he continues " It's tough, durable plant but it isn't hard enough to tolerate deep harsh winds, it needs to be protected in such situations," he says softly then smiles " but it can hold a good fight on its own just like you,"

" So I'm like a camellia?" I ask looking at the flower, my whole face lit up, all the sadness from earlier gone.
" You're strong human... But also fragile," he says coming to touch my bruised forehead, I hit my head against the wall yesterday when I was looking for my phone " don't be ashamed to ask for help, there are some things you can't handle on your own, everyone needs people to help them something," he says kissing my forehead then leaves my room. I look at the flower in my hands,
Camellia. Placing a light kiss on it, it smells so good just like him. I out it on the bed, I like it's smell. 

Today I woke up feeling energetic and happy, I still have time before breakfast so I take my time in the shower, washing my hair throughly, it's longer now, and put some shampoo, after getting ready, I go downstairs, and find Ben waiting for me, we are having dinner at the Molaros home, they are the beta family, Lorenzo molaros is beta to the alpha King, they are one of the most powerful families in werewolf world and the city.
I start thinking of what to do when I give birth, I'm so useless I don't like it but Nikolas doesn't want me to work but it has always been a dream of mine to own a cafe where people can enjoy themselves with pastries and tea
From my research here, it says Camellia make great tea, maybe I can also be doing that. 
Camellia cafe? Sounds good. But I have to look for a place,
I just want Nikolas to be proud of me. I feel excited already just thinking about my cafe. And I need to hire at least a pastry chef to help me out. I get out of the car and we arrive at the huge mansion, it's a typical two story house with well mauled lawn. It's very classic and neat. The maids running around in their small uniforms, taking food out the back door.
" Welcome miss," one of them comes to me, " I'll take you," she helps me out of my coat then leads me outside where everyone is, some maids bow a little when I pass, why do they do that?
I find the siblings having breakfast outside the house, like a big family with other people I do not know When I reach outside, it's another part of the house, everyone is sitted on a huge rectangular table, chatting and laughing.
Even the king is here that man really is intimating, he scares me, there's something dark about him, usual Aurora next to him as they talk softly holding hands but she keeps picking potatoes from his plate, on his right is Alexander Alarie, the alpha of the crest black moon pack and the king's brother, sitting next to Kat who's smiling softly, Alexander is like he's brother too, scary but gentle that it scares the shit of me, there is something bad behind his smile, like an angel of death while the king doesn't hide behind any smile, he is the devil when angered, people literally tremble with fear at the sight of him, and most can't even speak about the alaries without a fearful shiver, I recognise beta Lorenzo from an event looks like he made other piercings, on his ears and mouth next to him is a woman with heavy blonde weave, Jeremy told she is Emilia, she smiles at me and two other men look tight and Silas across the woman. I spot Nikolas at the other end with an open sit next to him 
" Let's go," I turn to Jeremy who has a frown and we go to the group together, 
"Morning, how was your night?" Kat greets cheerfully, the youngest Wulfric pull a seat for me next to his older brother. Nikolas smiles acknowledging me and Aurora too smiles before she goes back to talk to her mate as the chefs fill my plate.
Everyone talks as they eat. 
" Are you still looking for work?" Gaby Molaro asks with a smile, she is a fighter in the black moon clan, we met a while ago, Nik looks at me dumbfounded. 

" Yes," she say ignoring Nik's eyes on me. He holds my hand trying to get my attention but I ignore him.
" We talked about this," I tell him eating my breakfast. 
After a good hour everyone is done with the food they really do eat a lot. 
" Remember that time I mentioned opening a cafe, I was thinking more about that," he nods, drinking his water. I explain to him my plan and he nods with an intrigued smile.
"I can help with the baking or cooking! Oh Xav, tell them how good I am," Chimes Aurora happily and clapping a bit but people at the table either cough others or suppress their laughs, she frown looking at the king like a child. He looks at her then glares at the group for hurting his woman. 
“ you have really improved my love,” she kisses him sweetly, as If forgetting that we are watching them.
" I'd like that?" I inform her.
But Nik's eyes are wide. " Nik can help you find a place here or Xavier." She says look at the two men who nod. I smile grateful I can already picture it in my head, I frown I'll need capital maybe I can borrow from the bank but how can I if I have now work?
The day was fun, just talking and socializing, in the evening they even have a braii, my heart is happy, dancing when I think of the cafe camellia.