"Mom, dad. It's great to finally see you again!" I say as I wrap my around them.
"Hey sweetheart." My mom greets me.
"Did Blake come?" She shakes her head.
"No, he still had work to do, so he couldn't make it. He is sorry though."
"Really?" As you might or might not know, my brother and I never really got along. Yet we still love each other, but we won't tell anyone that.
"Of course." She answers with a smile.
"So where is the beautiful girl?" My dad asks.
"James' mom is holding her." I move aside so they can enter the house and they immediatly make there way to the living room. I follow them. "Philip, don't stuff yourself with the chips." He rolls his eyes. Both James' mom and my parents were all over Lily. Nicholas goes over to Lorrain and practically demands her to play with him. I spot Ali in the kitchen, leaning against the cupboard and doing something on her phone. I wonder where James is. I make my way to the kitchen and lean against the counter in front of Ali. "Hey Ali." She looks up and lowers her phone.
"Oh hey aunt Joni."
"Not having fun." I ask pointing to here phone. She shrugs a little.
"It's just a little too crowded for me in there." I nod in understanding.
"Anyway have you seen your brother?"
"Which one?"
"The one I'm married to." She shakes her head.
"Nope, haven't seen him. Sorry."
"It's okay." I let a small sigh. "So how's your love life?" A small blush appears on her cheeks. "Oh come on you can tell me." I nudge her.
"Promise me you won't tell anyone?"
"I promise." She bites her lip.
"His name is Dean. He's the hottest guy in school."
"Were you texting him?" She nods. "Do you think he's into you too?"
"I'm not sure. He's flirty but not just with me."
"Player?"
"Not really."
"Well I hope it all works out." I give her soft smile.
"Thanks aunty." She gives me a swift hug. I take a breath.
"And now I'm gonna go look for my husband." I left the kitchen and went through the living room, where he wasn't. Then to the hall. "James?" No answer, so I make my way upstairs. "James?" I call again. Still no answer. I open the door to our bedroom and see him sitting there. He quickly shoves something underneath him and looks away. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be downstairs with our family?" I ask softly. He shrugs. I walk over to him and sit down in his lap. I grab his face to make him face me. His eyes look puffy and red, like he had been crying. "What's wrong?" He snakes his arms around my waist.
"It's nothing." He pecks my lips.
"Baby, I can tell you have been crying. That's not nothing. Just tell me what's wrong." He lets out a shaky sigh and takes what he had hidden underneath him. He hands it to me. "A picture of your dad?" He nods.I pull him closer to me and he burries his face in my shoulder. My left hand rests in his hair and the other one rubs his back soothingly. He lifts his head. I take off his glasses and clean them while he wipes his tears. I place his glasses back on his face.
"Days like these I just miss him more than ever."
"It's okay to miss him. But you know he's always with you, right? In here." I lay my hand on his heart. He nods while putting his hand over mine, giving it a light squeeze.
"I was only 14 when he passed away. Ali barely got to meet him." He sighs. "He would have loved you."
"It's okay to be sad but." My voice cracks as tears fill my eyes. "Please don't cry." A tear rolls over my cheek.
"Hey, hey, hey." He cups my cheek. "I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Yeah." He breaths out and wipes my cheek with his thumb. He pulls my face closer to his and kisses me softly. He leans back pulling me with him and turns us around so he's on top of me. Our lips never leaving.
"We should go downstairs." I say as we pull away for air. He nods and gets up. I stand up straight on the bed. I rest my hands on his shoulders as his rest on my waist. He spins us around and lowers me to the ground, pulling me really close. He pushes some hair out of my face.
"You have no idea how much I love you." He leans down and kisses me once more.
"I love you too." I hug him really tight. He intertwines one hand with mine and we make our way downstairs. As we arrive downstairs James takes Lily out of my father's arms and I go to the kitchen to finish up dinner. After about half an hour James enters the kitchen with Lily still in his arms.
"Do you need help?"
"Actually I do. Come here." He steps closer to me. I pick up a spoon and scoop up some sauce.
"I like this kind of helping." He smiles and I stuff the spoon into his mouth. "Oh, this is good." He almost moans, which makes me giggle. "You got some more for me to taste?" He asks opening his mouth.
"Nope." I close his mouth with my index finger. He pouts. "Oh stop that." He sighs and continues pouting (see multimedia minus the text.) I pull him closer to me and peck his lips.
"I'm good now." He smiles. I chuckle, shaking my head. "Okay now get out!" He looks at me shocked. "I need to cook and the only thing you do is distract me." I shoo him out of the kitchen and finish dinner. When I'm done the whole family sits at the table and we have a lovely dinner. My mom and James' mom help me with putting everything in the dishwasher. I leave the kitchen to go to the livingroom.
"Nicholas, time for bed."
"No mommy." He whines.
"Yes, Nicholas, it's already 9." James says picking him up. "Say goodnight to everyone." Nicholas giggles as James makes him feel like his floading. He passes everyone to say goodnight. We go upstairs, tuck Nicholas in and read him a story.
"Night mommy and daddy."
"Night sweetheart." I kiss his forehead.
"Night big man." James does the same. Nicholas keeps on staring up at him. "Close your eyes." Nicholas just ignores that so James puts his hand over Nicholas' eyes which makes him giggle. He uncovers his eyes and Nicholas is still staring up at him. So James repeats the same thing. "Go to sleep." We see his muscles relaxs signaling he's drifting to sleep. "Love you buddy." James whispers before kissing his forehead once again. He intertwines his fingers with mine and we leave the room. He wants to go down but I hold back.
"Go, I'll be down in a minute."
"What's wrong? You look a little worried."
"I'm fine, just a little tired."
"Do you want to go to bed?" I shake my head.
"No, I'm just gonna freshen up a little."
"You sure? You can just go to sleep they won't mind."
"Yeah, I'm sure. I'll be down in a sec."
"Okay." He pecks my lips and let's go of my hand as he goes downstairs. I make my way to my bedroom and sit down on the bed. Having that talk with James earlier made me realize, there is someone in my life I do miss. And life can be over before you know it, so I need to make things right. I pull out my phone and call the only person I know who could help me with this.
"Hello?" The person says on the other line on the phone.
"Hey, it's me. I need to talk to you about something. Do you have some time?"
"Yeah, sure. Talk."
"I want to see her."
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