Two days later

I wasn't sure when I fell asleep, but I knew for a fact it wasn't in my bed.

"Shhhhh!" A loud whispering voice drifted through the closed door. "No 'ake up Mommy!" Aiden yelled and I could just see him pointing an accusing finger at Grayson. I decided to let him roast for just a bit longer and just lay here for a few seconds. There wasn't that much to the room, not even a dresser, we only ever bought what we could fit in the car. We had really lucked out when finding this place, finding a place with no questions asked is a lot harder then someone would think. The walls were a light brown, I think they're meant to be white, and I don't even want to know what stained the carpets.

"Aiden! Put that down!" Time to get up. I rolled out of the bed, letting my feel fall to the floor. My pale skin looked odd next to the multicolored carpet. I didn't know what I expected to see when I opened the door, something like Aiden chucking something at Grayson's head to make him be quiet.

"Surprise!" Aiden yelled loudly, tossing his hands into air releasing a handful of confetti all over the floor. Grayson was standing on a chair next to the wall holding the other half to a happy birthday banner.

"What's all this?" Aiden quickly ran over to me and climbed his way onto my arms.

"Bad!" He exclaimed, pointing towards his uncle. "He 'ake you up!" He shook his head like he couldn't believe his uncle was capable of such a thing.

"I was already awake." I smoothed down his inky black hair.

"Happy birthday." Gray had finished putting up the banner and pressed his lips to my forehead. "Tell me, how's it feel to be 19?" He wore a crooked smile that I hadn't seen in years.

"Same as it felt least year." He chuckled wrapping and arm around my shoulder.

"Things can only get better from here."

"Knock on wood." I playfully narrowed my eyes at him.

"Like we have enough money to own real wood." He joked. "So, cake for breakfast?" He walked backwards into the kitchen.

"Cake!" Aiden bounced in my arms and something told me this wouldn't be his first piece. "Again! Again!" See?

"What've you been feeding my son?" I called after him.

"He gave me the eyes! Its not like I could tell him no." He pulled out a plain white cake that held black writing on top, mind you there was a large piece missing on the side.

"Did you eat that?" I moved Mt fingers against his stomach causing him to erupt in a fit of giggles.

"Yes Mommy."

"Yo Liz, lets go. You're not getting any younger." He called.

"First of all you can't pull off the word 'yo' you sound like some guy whose gonna get shot for acting like a big man everyone knows they aren't, and second of all don't call me 'Liz'." I placed Aiden on top of the counter and turned to face my brother. "Don't give him that big of a piece if he already had one earlier." I pulled the plate that he was beginning to hand to the toddler out of his grasp and grabbed myself a plastic fork.

"Let the kid live a little."

"You're not the one who has to take him to work with you later today." He shrugged.

"Doesn't matter." shaking his head, he cut a smaller piece and handed it to the kid. "You didn't get the day off?"

I shook my head. "Nope, Miss Jonson has a doctors appointment later on today, I already promised her I would come in." Aiden ignored the fork I was trying to hand to him and grabbed the cake with his hand before shoving it into him mouth.

"Oh." He replied, cutting himself a piece. "I can watch Aiden today if you want."

"That's okay. The older women who come in love to see him." Aiden bobbed hi ahead up and down.

"Candy!" He tried to say around a mouthful of cake, he only succeeded in blowing large chunks of cake all over the floor. Grayson bursar out laughing.

"You don't have to watch him today, but you do have to clean that up." I pressed my lips to Aiden's cheek, before making my way back to my room.

"What? He's your son!"

"It's also my birthday." I stuck out my tongue and closed my bedroom door.