First Comes Love

chapter two

**JJ's POV**

The next morning, I woke up super early and made my way downstairs to make my first protein shake of the day and also one for Samantha since she promised she would come with me to the gym. Emmi was just starting to sleep in her own nursery and I know it was hard for my wife, but she needed some decent sleep at night. I cracked the door to the nursery open to see my little daughter's bright blue eyes looking back at me.

"Good morning Emmi Bear. What are you doing up so early?" I asked while gently picking her up and cradling her in my arms and taking her down to the kitchen with me where I set her down in the highchair and gave her one of her bottles from the fridge. She seemed to make an angry face at me when I started the blender and I couldn't help but laugh because it was the same exact face her mother would make at me when I did something she didn't like.

"Come on, let's go wake your mom up. She's not exactly gonna be a happy camper so that's where you come in- you gotta make her smile."

I placed little Emaline down on the bed in my spot, placed the shakes on the bedside table and playfully swatted Samantha's ass. She rolled over onto her back and put her arm over her eyes.

"Was that really necessary?" she mumbled and I couldn't help but laugh and lean down to kiss her.

"Good morning beautiful, you ready to hit the gym? My mom should be over soon to watch Emmi."

She turned around to look at our daughter who was sitting there looking at the both of us and grabbed her to put her on her lap. Samantha smoothed her little blonde hairs down on her head and gave her a huge kiss. "Don't let me go Emmi, tell me you need me to stay here." she said to her as if Emmi could understand anything she was saying.

Emaline just looked up her mother, smiled and cooed so Samantha just pulled her close to her chest and closed her eyes. "Please don't kick my ass Justin. I'm probably in awful shape and I'm gonna suck. At Everything."

I sat down next to her, "Oh babe, you don't suck at everything! I mean, we did get some cardio in the other night." I said with a wink. It was the first time we had gotten intimate since our daughter was born- it was probably the longest the both of us have gone without having sex since our breakup when we were teenagers.

Samantha shushed me and covered Emmi's ears, "Not in front of your daughter J."

"Oh please, she doesn't have a clue what's going on."

I could hear my mom's voice down in the kitchen and I gave them both a quick kiss before heading down there to see her. "Five minutes Samantha, I mean it!" She stuck her tongue out at me before turning her attention back to the baby.

Samantha came walking down with Emmi on her hip and she was in some short, athletic shorts, a Texans t-shirt with her hot pink sports bra poking out the top of it and her platinum blonde hair piled on the top of her head. She was the cutest/sexiest thing I've ever seen. My mom of course went right up and took her granddaughter into her arms.

"Mimi is so glad to see you again! We're going to have so much fun today!" My mom began rambling on and on to the baby and I took that as my cue to head out with Samantha.

"Ready to go?" I asked and she began to look nervous, almost panicked.

"But, what if something happens? What if Emaline needs me or..."I cut her off.

"She'll be fine. My mom is going to take great care of her, you know that. She raised me, right?"

"It's not that I don't think your mom knows what she's doing, it's just I haven't spent more than 30 minutes away from her. I'm sort of freaking out about it."

I definitely knew she had something going on with her emotions ever since the baby was born and she was super protective over the baby. She was a total Mama Bear and I loved that about her. I think the two of them, my daughter and wife- were already forming an inseparable bond with each other since the two of them will be spending a lot of time together, alone, once we get to Houston and my stomach sank a little bit.

I was probably going to miss some of my daughter's firsts due to my career being so demanding and I'm sure there will be times when Samantha will need my help and I won't be there for her like a husband should be. I had to get to the gym and shake this off.

"Come on, let's go. It will be fun. Everyone can't wait to see you either."

I was about 30 minutes into my own workout when I looked over to see Samantha with rosy cheeks, jumping rope not to far away from me. She caught me looking at her and narrowed her eyes at me while mouthing the words, 'I hate you" and I couldn't help but let out a huge laugh.

She did look incredible for saying she had a baby only 3 months ago. I finally wrapped up my workout an hour later and went around to the office to find my wife spread across on Brad's couch with a towel over her face. I walked over and uncovered her face, "You alive under there?" I asked.

"No. Not really." I laughed and pulled her legs up to sit down next to her. I gently massaged her legs while she closed her eyes again. "I know I'll feel good in like an hour or two and then feel like shit tomorrow- but I guess it felt good to go to the gym again. Thanks for pushing me to come."

She sat up and gave me a small kiss on my cheek. "Can you feed me now?" she asked and I could not deny my love food.

"Of course baby. Let's go get some lunch. Would you like to invite my mom and Emmi to join us?" I asked, even though I just wanted to spend some time alone, I knew she would want to see the baby sooner rather than later.

She sat up and slide on the top of my lap to wrap her hands around my neck. "No, I just want to spend some time alone with you." She said and I was surprised but happy to hear her answer, I put my lips on hers and before I knew it, I could hear someone clearing their throat in the doorway.

"What? Are you two 17 again?! I'm not gonna have you two getting it on in the back of the gym like you did years ago- you have a house, go back there and do it! Not in my gym!" Brad said with a smile on his face and I put Samantha on her feet and grabbed her hand.

"Of course, I'll see you tomorrow man. Thanks for the workout." I gave him a quick 'man hug' and made my way out to the truck. I had a lunch date with my wife.