Octavia sat on the porch watching her son sleep in her arms when Bellamy walked out carrying Charlotte in his arms "starting a tradition with Charlie are we?" she asked when he sat down beside her. He grinned "I have to take care of my girls" he grinned. "What does your other girl think about this?" she asked. "She's asleep" he stuck his tongue at her. "That's probably a good thing" Octavia Chortled. "What's your excuse?" he asked her. "Marcus was hungry" she shrugged. Bellamy grinned "What?" she asked shaking her head. "You caved" he grinned at her "he's a good guy, even if he was a terrible father" she shook her head. "Besides, look at the way he is with Marcus" she pointed out. It had been two weeks since Octavia had her son and Bellamy couldn't count the number of times he'd seen Kane walking the floor with Marcus at night so Octavia could sleep. "So, where is he tonight?" Bellamy asked. "I was already up so I told him to go back to bed" she replied. "My precious baby boy deserves so much better than the lousy excuse of a father I gave him" she sighed. Bellamy rubbed her back "It's okay O" he said "he has enough men in his life to make up for that loser, like Jasper" he glanced knowingly at her. "Jasper and I are just friends" she sighed. "Uh-huh" Bellamy grunted "That's why he's up here every night." Octavia grinned "that's not a bad thing" she told him "I mean I could name at least one person who is much worse." Bellamy laughed "I could name a few" he agreed. They heard a twig snap in the distance "Speaking of Jasper" Bellamy smiled as Jasper stepped into the light. "You know I'm not ready to be serious with anyone, right?" she asked him, "not even Jasper." Bellamy kissed her cheek "take the time to be ready" he told her "the right guy will be there when you are ready." Bellamy stood up "Come on up Jasper" Bellamy spoke into the darkness "Charlie and I are going back to bed.

Jasper grinned sheepishly at Bellamy's words "Sorry, I wasn't sure how he would take me being here" he said. Octavia grinned "he's too busy trying to raise his family to care about what I do" she said. "Unless I hurt you and then I am dead meat" Jasper chuckled. "Damn straight" Bellamy spoke from behind them. "Go to bed Bellamy" Octavia dropped her head back to look up at him. He laughed "yeah, yeah I'm going" he said "besides Atom is up now, so I need to go get him" he said. "Good night Bellamy" Jasper chuckled. "Good night you two" he said turning and heading into the house. Kane was up when he got inside, holding Atom "sorry, I heard him crying and I knew you were outside with Charlie, so…" he trailed off. "Thanks" Bellamy told him "Charlie is still awake anyway" he said sitting down next to him on the couch. "Is Jasper out there yet?" Kane asked him. Bellamy grinned "he just came up, tried to stay at the bottom of the stairs like I didn't know he was there" he grinned. Kane laughed and shook his head "you really do enjoy torturing her, huh?" he asked. Bellamy shrugged "What else is a big brother for?" he laughed. "She's lucky to have you" Kane murmured. "No, its definitely the other way around" Bellamy disagreed. "Thank you for taking care of her" Kane spoke softly "my sister, my responsibility" he repeated the words his mother had made him say when Octavia was born. He looked down in his arms to see that Charlie had finally gone back to sleep "she's asleep do you want me to take Atom?" he asked. Kane shook his head "I'll stay up with him" he grinned "Gives me an excuse to keep an eye on Jasper." Bellamy laughed "Its nice to have a second pair of eyes" he said standing up to take Charlie back to her bed. "Gotta take care of our girl, right?" Kane quipped. "Yep" Bellamy agreed "in that case, I'm going back to bed before Austin wakes up" Bellamy said "good night." Kane nodded "night" he returned still holding Atom.

"So, how is he doing?" Jasper asked looking down at Marcus, who was feasting at hjs mother's breast. "He's good" she smiled "growing like a weed." Jasper could tell that much, the little boy she held in her arms was already bigger than the itty bitty baby he's seen right after he was born. "So how is life in baby central?" Jasper asked her. "Its not too bad" she grinned. "Olga helps out a lot during the day, while Kane and Bellamy take the night shift" she said. "Are Kane and Abby going to move here?" Jasper asked her. "They've talked about it, but I don't think they have made a decision yet" she replied. "Would you be okay with a decision like that?" he asked her. She nodded "They want to be close to their grandchildren and with the amount of babies in this house alone…" she chortled "we could use their help." Jasper couldn't deny that. He'd barely seen Clarke since she got back after having her babies and Bellamy was always tired "He's good with the babies" Octavia told him "Sometimes he and Bellamy don't even wake us up, they just take care of the babies themselves." Jasper grinned "who'd have thought the two of them would turn out to be good with babies" he chortled, remembering the Bellamy that came off the drop ship deciding to do 'whatever the hell we want', and Kane cowardly enough allowed Octavia to go through what she did as a child. "Tell me about it" Octavia agreed shaking her head.

Octavia switched the baby to her other breast. When she did the baby's eyes followed Jasper for a few minutes before the baby began to close his eyes, trying to fight going to sleep. He lost the battle, but Jasper just gazed at the baby. "He looks like you" Jasper said. Octavia grinned down at her son "Good, I don't want him to ever see or know the coward who decided he couldn't handle being a dad without even trying" she said. The realization of her words hit her, hadn't Kane done the same thing? Jasper looked at her "what?" he asked reading her gaze "what if Harlo comes back in eighteen or nineteen years?" she asked. Jasper scoffed "that wont happen" he chortled "you should have seen the way he looked when Kane got done with him. And I thought Bellamy was scary" Jasper shuddered. "Where was I when this was going on?" she asked. "I think he did it when you guys took Rory to Clarke and Bellamy at the ark" Jasper told her " I could feel his anger thirty yards away" Jasper grinned "remind me never to piss him off by hurting you" Octavia sighed "that's what I need, one more over-protective father figure" she sighed. Jasper took her hand into his "that is not a bad thing" he told her "and for the record, those who aren't the only ones who look out for you." Octavia gazed at him, the air grew thick "Jasper, I … I'm not really in a place to start a new relationship with anyone" she told him "even you…" she said. He intertwined his fingers with hers "I'm not asking for a decision right now" he told her softly, brushing a hand through her hair "But I'm also not walking away" he told her. "I just thought you should know, especially seeing as you have not one, but two people in your life who will make my life miserable if I hurt you" he laughed nervously.

As if on-cue, the screen door opened and Kane walked out onto the porch. Jasper dropped her hand and pulled away just enough for Kane to notice. Octavia shook her head. But said nothing. She looked up at Kane, who now held Austin. Jasper glanced at Kane, who sat on the porch swing with the baby, but didn't say a word to either of them. "I should let you get to bed" he said noting that Marcus had drifted off to sleep. She nodded "that's probably a good idea" she sighed, knowing there was a little more to his leaving than that, but she had a feeling between Bell and Kane, she would have a tough time getting a date ever again. They both stood up and when he walked down the stairs, she joined Kane on the swing. "I'm never going to date again" she scowled at him. He laughed "I didn't say a word" he pointed out. "You don't have to or Bellamy" she sighed "that should probably irritate me more than it does" she laughed. He chuckled as he gazed at his grandson sleeping on her chest "I make no promises about being the over-bearing dad" he told her "this little guy deserves some one in his life who will stand up for him" he said touching the baby's soft skin "and if that means being an over-protective dad to his mother, that's what I'll do" he told her. She nodded " I would complain, but clearly it wouldn't do me any good" she shrugged. "probably not" he agreed "besides, my taste in men lately is clearly not good" she sighed looking down at her son. "Hey" he turned her chin to face him "You need to forgive yourself for the past too" he told her "so what if you choose a loser who got you pregnant and left. You have to leave that in the past and focus on making the future better for your child" he told her. She dropped her head and smiled slightly "what If I am a terrible mom" she sighed. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder "A terrible mom wouldn't spend time worrying about things like that" he told her. "What you need is to go to bed" he said standing up and reaching for her hand "you're just tired and vunerable right now, it normal for a new mom" he said. She sighed, he was right, she was tired. "For the record" he chuckled "I like Jasper" he told her "I'll never tell him that, he needs to be a little afraid of what happens if he doesn't take good care of you." Octavia snorted "Yes Bellamy" she shook her head at him. He grinned and held the door open for her "that is not necessarily a bad thing to be compared to" he grinned " now take my grandson and go to bed "things will look better in the morning" he said kissing the top of her head. "Thanks" she said walking in the direction of her room. `