Mon Chéri

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Nyx

I lay with my hand on my sons stomach as I stare at him. He had to be put on oxygen since he was early and he has heart monitors on. During the day he is put in my room and in the night he is in the nicu. This is our second day here and I haven't held him at all. I can't hold him knowing he shows what I did to Morticia. I can't help but look at him with guilt as I'm replacing corbyn.

The baby still doesn't have a name. We got given the form to sign when we got here and the only thing wrote on it is Morticia's signature on the other parent part. I've told her to name him whatever she wants but she refuses incase 'I don't like his name when I grow to love him'. When she said that i just rolled my eyes at her and ignored her for the rest of the night as usual.

I hear the door open and I move my hand off of him. The baby starts to cry straight away and I watch as the nurse picks him up. "Would you maybe like to try breastfeeding now?" She asks rocking him. I stare at him for a while. Its not his fault he's here..if I wasn't so stupid to have sex with my wife's best friend he wouldn't be here. I shouldn't ignore him for my mistake.

I nod slightly as the nurse starts to put him back down "wait-..I.. ill try..". The woman grins at me and passes the baby over to me. I pull the buttons on my gown open and I let him latch on. I smile as I look down at him "it feels so weird". "You've done this before haven't you?" She asks. I hum rubbing my thumb over his cheek "yeah..but she's 7 in a few months and she stopped before she was 1".

The nurse leaves after a while leaving me feeding the baby. I slide his had off his tiny head and I run my fingers through his hair..although there hardly is any.   His hand reaches up and wraps around my finger making a grin form on my face. A name pops into my head that I saw when we were trying to name corbyn "Hubert..".

The door opens once again and Morticia's face brightens when she looks over to me "Your feeding him". I nod "Mhm..I've thought about it and I shouldn't blame Bertie for my stupidness.". "Bertie? I was thinking hubert" Morticia says putting the bed guard down and sitting next to me. "Great minds think alike.. Hubert Frump suits him" I tell her before kissing her gently.

The door opens again making us look away from eachother. Larissa stands at the door with Wednesday, Pugsley and Raven who are holding presents. I got to speak but Morticia beats me to it "Do you mind?! My wife is feeding our son here". I put my hand on her arm as I speak "Tish its fine..can you just pass me that blanket?". She nods and passes me a grey blanket which I cover myself up with.

"How are you feeling?" Larissa asks sitting down with Raven on her lap. I sigh as I rest my head back on my pillow "tired..I haven't really slept since before I had him. Oh and sorry about the bathroom floor Rissa..I feel sorry for whoever had to clean the stuff off it". "Its fine..the janitor understood. I've got Cheryl to sub for you whilst you are on leave" she tells me and I nod.

"So does it have a name?" Wednesday asks. I frown at her "He not it. Don't call my son an it. And yes he does. Hubert". "Hey wasn't that my name almost?" Pugsly asks his mother. Tish laughs shaking her head "No that was Pubert". I give her a look "you were gonna call your child pubert?". She shakes her head "no gomez was.".

I feel Hubert's head move away from me and I button my gown up again before removing the blanket. Raven jumps up immediately and climbs onto the bed. I sit her next to me whilst I help her hold Hubert. "His hair looks like Mommy's and auntie Rissa's" she laughs out. I look up at morticia as she says this who is looking back at me.

I look over to Larissa and I notice tears in her eyes as she stares at hubert "Rissa is everything okay?". She looks up at me and mutters "I'm sorry. I thought I could just be his aunt...b..but I need to be his mother". I take Hubert from Raven as I offer her a small smile "can you go with your siblings and mommy to find a shop please..thankyou sweetheart". She nods and runs out of the room with pugsly and Wednesday behind her. Morticia hesitates to follow her but I nod and she leaves.

I look back towards larissa with a cold look on my face "Larissa we agreed that morticia and I would be his parents..Morticia's name is on his birth certificate". "We..can get that changed along with his last name. He can live with me part time and you-" she begins to say smiling slightly.

I cut her off straight away "You are not taking mine and Morticia's son away from us at all...and you are not changing anything!". "You mean mine and your son. He was mine and yours originally before she added a pinch of her dna to the mix. I have the right to see my son!" She shouts at me walking closer to the bed.

Larissa moves to pick Hubert up out of my arms and I swing my legs off of the bed to block her with my body "get your hands away from him.". I get up ignoring the pain its causing me. "Nyx you can't just keep him away from me. I have as much as a right to have him as you do. You didnt even want to accept him in the first place why should you have him anyways?!" Her voice grows louder as she gets closer to me.

The height difference and the tone of her voice makes me more scared as tears fill my eyes. I slouch down against the wall until my but hits the floor and I hold hubert against my body to shield him. "Nyx.." I hear larissa saying in a softer tone as she sees how terrified I've become.

The door opens and morticia walks back in with a magazine. "Mon cheri i got you one of the-..what the hell do you think you are doing?!" She shouts in shock as she sees us. Larissas head snaps to look at Morticia as she tries to find the right words. She shakes her head looking down at us once more "if I don't hear from you in a week I'll be filing for custody". I watch as she leaves the room with Morticia screaming at her.

Once the door shuts Morticia rushes over to me. She takes hubert and places him in his crib before helping me back up onto the bed. She climbs onto the bed and holds me as I cry. "She's gonna take him from us. I can't loose him tish i-..I cant" I sob out into her shoulder. "We will fight for him my love" she whispers as her lips press on the top of my head.