AUSTIN:

Isaac had already gone down for his nap and I had been cuddling Ally on the sofa for about ten minutes now. I was destined to know more about who she was as person. Ally was beautiful, even more on the inside than she was on the outside, and just knowing her name wasn't enough for me. I had to know so much more about her. I kissed her temple and I asked her,

"What are some of the things you like to do in your free time?"

Ally said,

"Well, I like to read books, I like to take warm baths, I like to watch Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime, I like to snuggle up with blankets or stuffed animals and I like to hang out with friends. What do you do for fun?"

I said,

"When I'm not at work, I like to hang out with friends and family, play and cuddle with Isaac, watch TV and work out."

The pretty girl beside me giggled.

"Makes sense because you have very hard muscles."

I laughed.

"You're so cute. What do you like to watch on TV?"

Ally said,

"My favorite TV shows are Riverdale, Downton Abbey, Jane The Virgin, Bold Type, Friends, Stranger Things, American Vandal, Game of Thrones, Grey's Anatomy, Glee and Andi Mack. Disney Channel is my guilty pleasure."

I said,

"For me, my favorites are Riverdale, Two and a half men, Friends, Stranger Things, SpongeBob Squarepants, How I met your mother, Walking Dead, American Vandal, Orange is the new black, Rick and Morty, South Park, American Dad and Family Guy. For me as far guilty pleasures go, mine is Nickelodeon and Disney Channel."

Ally snuggled closer to me.

"My favorite Disney Channel shows are Hannah Montana, Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven and Kim Possible. Once in a blue moon did I watch Nickelodeon as a kid, I watched the OG cartoons like SpongeBob, CatDog, Rugrats, but I loved Powerpuff Girls. I was obsessed with Powerpuff Girls. The original, not the reboot."

I shuddered.

"Oh god. The reboot is horrible. I've only seen about six episodes and the one where they're twerking and look like they're tripping on acid haunts my nightmares."

"Me too. What's your favorite movie?",

Ally asked me.

"Almost anything Disney, Animal House, Grown-Ups, The Hangover, The 40-year-old virgin, Knocked Up, Sausage Party, Neighbors, Pitch Perfect, Anything Marvel, Anything Jackass and for a guilty pleasure, the Friedberg and Seltzer movies."

"What Friedberg and Seltzer movie?"

"Either Vampires Suck or The Starving Games. What movies do you like?"

The pretty girl cuddling me said,

"I really like anything Disney- my favorites being a tie between The Little Mermaid and Mulan, Legally Blonde, Easy A, The DUFF, Spring Breakers, Lala Land and The Hunger Games. A guilty pleasure for me is Twilight."

I laughed.

"I like your taste in guilty pleasures."

I hadn't cuddled with any girl in a while. Brooke, when she had her postpartum issues, was very withdrawn and very rarely did we have sex. Her postpartum depression had a very negative effect on our relationship. I was very focused on bills, my studies and raising Isaac. So focused on that that I very rarely took time for myself, because I had that thought in my head that if I had time for myself, I was being selfish.

I whispered to Ally,

"You seriously have no idea how beautiful you are."

Ally said,

"If I have no idea how beautiful I am, you have no idea how cute you are. Back in high school, I would go to your swim practices just to have an excuse to look at your six-pack."

"You're so cute."

"I was just lucky Brooke never caught me."

I laughed.

"That was one of the worst things about her- she was very possessive of me. She pretty much threatened any girl or homosexual guy who came near me."

She asked,

"Is she homophobic?"

"No. Or at least I don't think she is."

I kissed Ally on the top of her brown, caramel and blonde ombre curly hair. Curls were just her style. Her large brown doe eyes highlighted her face. It didn't matter that she had a rash on her face- she was one of the most gorgeous women I had ever seen. I had been snuggling Ally for an hour and a half and I said,

"I should probably check on Isaac."

"OK,"

Ally said. She followed me to his room, and Isaac was standing up in his crib with his pacifier in his mouth. I walked into Isaac's room. I said,

"Someone's awake."

Ally said,

"Well this is the cutest nursery I'd ever seen."

I felt my son's diaper. It felt kind of wet so I laid him on the table to change him and then when I put him down, where he walked over to his toy box and opened it. He had just learned how to open doors and I was incredibly impressed at how he was able to get his toy box open without pinching his fingers and he pulled out the shape sorter out, handing it to Ally. The girl asked,

"Is this your toy?"

My son said to Ally,

"Yeah. Play."

I sat beside Ally on the floor as she opened the shape sorter. I said,

"Sometimes when Isaac wants my attention, he brings me one of his toys."

She laughed. Ally's laugh was the cutest laugh. She asked my son,

"Whose turn is it?"

Isaac handed her a star shaped peg and she said,

"It's Ally's turn? OK."

She was obviously trying to play with Isaac as she held the star peg over the circle hole. She pointed to the star hole and then the circle hole, asking,

"Does it go here, or here?"

He pointed to the star shaped hole and Ally was saying to him,

"Yes! It does go here, doesn't it?"

I cooed at my son,

"You're so smart."

And I came over and kissed him on the cheek. She asked me,

"Do you play games with him like this very often, Austin?"

I said,

"Yeah. It's one of my favorite things to do."

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