Author Note: I have to say that this week has been nuts. Between the house flooding and my dog peeing on my bed this morning. I am going to try to get this chapter out soon for you all. I might hit 7,000 tweets. I can't believe that.

Chapter seven

Marissa's POV

It's been three days since Marcus's death and we are trying to keep Lucas calm. Today is Marcus's funeral and I really don't want my son there. I decided to call Michelle to see if she will take him. I pull out my phone and dial Michelle's number. She answers after a couple of rings.

"Hello." She answered the phone.

"Hi Michelle, it's Marissa. I wanted to asked you if you would not mind taking Lucas for a couple hours since I really don't think that it's the best idea to take him to the funeral. Would you mind?" I asked her in the phone.

"No I don't mind. I was actually getting ready to call you about it. I know from what Sam said to me that he's having a hard time since his dad's death. What time are you thinking about dropping him off?" She responded back to me.

"I might have Callen dropped him off since I have to go over there a little early." I told her.

"You can always bring him over now and headed over there." She responded back to me.

Callen's POV

I am sitting at my desk just thinking about how my life is going to change since the fact that now I am going to be a father. I can't believe how strong my wife is since Marcus's death. I decided that I wanted to see what Marissa wants to do about Lucas and seeing if I can adopt him. I know that it might be too soon but I know from the talk that I had with Marcus before his death about if something happens to him, what I could do for my step-son. I did not hear Sam walking into the area.

"I got a called from my wife." He started to say. I was not paying attention to what he was saying. "G."

"Sorry, what did you say?" I asked him.

"I got a called from my wife." He repeated back to me.

"What about?" I asked him.

"I guess from what my wife said to me is that Marissa asked her to take Lucas so that way he doesn't have to go that." He responded to me.

"Thank you for taking care of him for us." I told him

"Your welcome. I know from what you were telling me is that he was having a hard time with Marcus being gone." He responded back to me.

I get up and headed home to picked up Lucas since I figure that she would want me to take him over there. When I got home there was no one there. I got change quickly so I could go find my family. I head back to car when I get a text from my wife.

"Hey just so you know, I am helping his mom set up for the funeral today and that I took Lucas to Michelle's house." She text me. I am glad that she is safe.

"Do you want me to meet you there now?" I asked her.

"Yeah sure." She responded to me in the message.

"Alright, I will be there soon." I told her back.

"Okay. I love you." She revealed to me.

"I love you too." I responded back to her.

Marissa's POV

I walked into the room after dropping my son off at my best-friend. I said Marcus's mom and dad as they walked into the room.

"Hey, how's Lucas doing?" She asked me.

"He's doing good." I responded back to her. "He's missing his daddy and you guys. I just need to make sure that he is okay before then letting you see him."

"He's our grandson and we have the right to see him." She responded to me.

"I know but I am his mom and I need to make sure that he is okay before anything more happens." I revealed back to him.

I can't wait to see Callen because I need him right now. I just saw photos of Marcus and our son together. I am happy Lucas got this time with his dad. I just don't want my son to live without his dad or Callen. I am thankful that Callen is in our life. I smiled the minute that I saw my husband coming into the room. I ran up to him and he wrapped his arms around me.

"Are you okay?" He asked me.

"No. I was looking through some photos of him with Lucas and got me thinking about how my son is not going to know his father." I cried into his shoulder.

"Sweetie, it's going to be okay." He said to me. "I am always there for you guys no matter what happens between us."

"I love you so much." I said to him.

"I love you too." He responded to me.

We tried to get through the funeral and it was hard. We head home but not before picking up my little boy. I am so glad that he was not there to see his dad buried since I knew that it was going to be hard on me. Right after we put Lucas down for the night, I climbed into the bath and waiting for him to come in and talk to me.

"hey so you got a call by Marcus's mom." He told me.

"What about?" I asked hoping that they did not say anything about Lucas to Callen.

"They said that you are refusing to let them see Lucas." He responded to me.

"I told them that he needs time to be with me to heal over his father's death. Do you not remember what was going on with Marcus died? We had many nights of no sleep because of it." I told him.

"I understand what you are saying but they have the right to see them." He argued back. I know that he is right but I stopped talking to him and get in the shower. I heard him walking out of the bathroom and storms out of the bedroom. I hate fighting with my husband but I need to do what's best for my son right now.

Author Note: I hope that you like this chapter. So much has gotten on this week that it's been insane and now I am trying to work on chapter eight and get it posted today. I hope that you follow me on twitter as Carson34ff where I update all the time and would love to chat with you. Don't forget to review.