49
JASON
Both girls have fallen asleep in Fallon’s arms, and I can tell she’s fighting sleep too. The movie is almost done, and the only light left in the room is that of the tv screen.
“Psst,” I whisper. Fallon stirs, her eyes fluttering back open. I smile at the sight of her. She’s so gorgeous. I can’t believe I ever fought this. Fought my feelings or the concept of finding someone again.
“What?” she responds, tipping her chin to gesture at our sleeping daughters in her arms.
“You know my answer,” I state. The confusion in her eyes is instant, and my smile grows.
“What answer?”
“To staying forever. You know my answer. I want you,both of you,to stay forever.”
Her eyes soften, and in the glow from the movie, I can see the misty glistening in her eyes. “Yeah. I know.”
“So, what do you say? Will you stay?” I’m hopeful. So damn hopeful, because I know things have been stressful for her, but now that the court hearing is over and done with, it seems things are falling into place.
“We’ll stay,” she nods. A smile unlike one I’ve ever seen on her takes over her face, and god, I wish I could pull her into my arms right now. I can’t wait for us to start this part of our lives together. As partners. I rise to my knees, leaning over my daughter to gently kiss her lips.
“We’re going to need a bigger house, though,” she murmurs against my lips. “I don’t think there’s enough room for all of us here, or at my place.”
“Not at all,” I tell her. “Good thing I know a really good realtor. Who knows, maybe we could even build a house out by Beau and Marley’s, or my parents.”
“That would be amazing,” she replies. Glancing down at the girls in her arms, she whispers, “Can we leave them out here?”
“Totally,” I respond, and slowly work on rolling Lennie off of Fallon. Once she’s disentangled from the girls, and have them covered in their blankets, we crawl our way out of the quite impressive blanket fort. I turn off the TV, and make sure all the doors are locked before meeting Fallon in my,our, bedroom. The overhead light is off, only the lamp on my side of the bed is one, leaving the room warm and cozy.
“I don’t think I’m going to be able to fall asleep,” I admit. Fallon turns to face me as she changes out of her shirt, taking off her bra. Her breasts fall from the cups of her bra as she slides it to the floor, and her nipples immediately harden.
“I didn’t intend on sleeping,” Fallon states, shimmying her sleep shorts off her full hips.
I withhold a groan, biting my tongue as my cock stiffens in my shorts. “Fuck, sunshine. You’re so goddamn sexy, I don’t think I’ll ever get enough of you.”
“Your turn,” she says, her cheeks flushing deep pink under the glow of the lamp. She takes two steps toward me, her hips swaying with each step. When she reaches me, she lifts the hem of my shirt up. I hold my arms up, helping guide my shirt off. I’m left in only my cotton shorts, and Fallon trails her fingers down my chest. Her fingernails scrape through the soft curls of my chest hair, sending a shiver trembling through my body.
With each passing second, my dick grows harder, and my heart thumps louder. In all honesty, I’d be surprised if she couldn’t hear it. “Fallon,” I breathe her name as she slides her fingers under my waistband, pushing my shorts and boxer briefs from my hips. My length springs free, and Fallon immediately wraps her fingers around it.
“Wait,” I say, though my body is totally disagreeing with my brain. Fallon lets me go, and I slide my hands around her waist, leading her backwards toward the bed. We’re both completely naked, and god, I love having her skin on mine. Fallon giggles as she flops onto the bed on her back, her golden hair fanning around her head. I follow, climbing onto the bed so I hover over her. “I need to tell you something.”
“What is it?” Fallon says. Her arms wrap around my neck. She plays with the hair on the nape of my neck as she gazes into my eyes. I can plainly see the love in them. It’s so raw, so deep, that I know I’m making the right choice.
“I’m going to sound like a sap, but when you walked back into my life all those months ago, I think deep inside, I knew I was going to fall for you. I tried so hard to stop it. I was so convinced that all I needed in life was my little girl, and that feeling something for someone was a weakness. That I’d lose a part of me, and risk hurting my daughter if Idid. I realize now I was waiting for you to come back into my life. I fell for you the first time I saw you in our Econ class, and even though we had to wait to find each other again, I wouldn’t change a thing. Because now, we get to have our own little family.”
Fallon nods, the tears brimming her eyes again. “Yeah, we do.”
“Fallon, I love you. I love your daughter, and the way you care for my daughter. I love that our girls are best friends, and who knows, maybe someday they will be sisters. I love the way you care for me, and make me get out of my head without even trying. I love you so much that I don’t know how to live without you anymore. You are my sunshine, and you bring so much light to our family.”
She’s smiling, her eyes beaming with so much joy that I don’t know how she contains it. “I love you, too, Jase. I love you so much that I can’t imagine doing life without you. I love that you’ve taken me and my daughter as a part of your family.”
Her hands cup my cheeks, and I lean down, kissing her. Our kiss quickly turns into something stronger, our bodies reacting to each other again.
I hold her to me, taking my time to savor each moment with her. When I finally sink inside her, I’m home. She is my home, the person I will choose over and over, through every fight and hard time.
I rock my body against hers, thrusting together as I reach down and thrum her clit in a cadence I know will have her falling off the edge in moments. “I love you,” I croon over and over, kissing every part of her body I can touch. She repeats my words, her lips finding mine as we make our way to a deep climax that spans all theway to my toes.
We hold each other as we catch our breath, and finally pull apart, only to rejoin moments later after putting some clothes on and falling into the bed to sleep. I cradle her in my arms all night, and in the morning, we snuggle in bed as a family, our daughters waking us with their laughter and making their way between us.
