What we do for love.

Jesse's POV:

Lying there with her felt perfect.

She had put her head on my chest and started drawing little circles on my upper body with her fingers.

When she fell asleep in my arms, I finally had time to think about us.

When I met her for the first time, I saw her as the hot, untouchable teacher.

Working with her for some years, I started seeing her as a friend. She was still untouchable and still really hot, but I began to like her in a more intimate way.

Being married to Rachel for some years, never seeing Shelby, I began to miss her like hell. She had always been my mentor, my friend and in some ways, she was the woman of my dreams.

When I saw her again, the week she visited us, I wanted to do anything to keep her in my life.

Rachel leaving us alone wasn't planned and I sure as hell didn't except the night to turn out the way it did. But I was kinda glad it happened. These few days alone with her were the best days of my life.

But finding out she was pregnant, was even better. The moment she told me, I felt so good. But then again. Rachel was her daughter. How could this ever work ?

Getting Shelby's call, that the baby was about to be born, I felt that sensation again. The one I only ever felt when SHE was involved.

Telling Rachel was easier than I thought. She had just accepted it as it was and didn't ask any questions. It was unlike Rachel, but I knew she did this because she didn't want to loose me.

And she didn't loose me. Not 'till that night.

For a few months, the weekends with Shelby and Elphie kept me alive.

And Friday nights had always been the best. Me arriving at her place, bringing Elphie to bed, getting to talk to Shelby for at least two hours. But nothing ever happened.

That one night changed everything. I lived in a chaos again, although it didn't feel like that.

Rachel would be mad at me, if she ever found out, but I could life with that.

The only thing I couldn't life with was loosing Shelby and Elphie.

They were my family!

And Shelby truly was the love of my life.

I had to make a decision !

Shelby's POV:

When I woke up the next morning, he was still there, reminding me that it hadn't been a dream.

That night had changed everything.

We started kissing almost immediately after waking up, but it was way more gentle and less naughty.

While we were exploring each others body's Elphie started crying.

Both of us got up, to see what was wrong. She was hungry and had a full diaper AND she wanted to play with her daddy.

After almost an hour she was asleep again, leaving Jesse and me standing in the kitchen, talking about her.

Both of us needed at least one or two more hours to find the courage to talk about US.

And we knew, we had to.

"I'm gonna get a divorce !"

He said that, like he had been thinking about this a long time.

I wasn't prepared for a statement like this.

Every thought, every word left my mind.

"I...I...I don't know what to say... I … How... When... When did you decide that ?"

I was just curious, yet totally flattered.

"Last night. And the night before. And … well... I think that thought was on my mind for a very long time."

I kissed him then, still not really sure if I was allowed to be happy for this.

He was gonna leave my daughter... for ME !

A/N:

Maybe some of you are writers too, so you might know how great it feels to see: "Reviews (1)"

Well... I would like to see that more often ^^ …

So here's the deal: I will only write more to any of my stories, if somebody comments it.

Also … I still hate publishing something, not knowing what faults I made. I really need a betareader ! please … anybody ?

( yeah I know I'm pathetic! )