A/N: IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IN THE LAST CHAPTER I HAD USE 'JULIE' INSTEAD OF LEANNA, I AM DEEPLY SORRY. MY BRIAN HASN'T QUITE LEARNED HOW TO FLIP OC'S AS QUICKLY AS I HAD HOPED BUT THAT FANFIC IS DONE SO HOPEFULLY I WON'T GET AS CONFUSED NOW BUT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF YOU SEE ME DO SOMETHING WRONG OR IF I PURPOSEFULLY DO SOMETHING WRONG I WILL TRY TO MAKE NOTE OF IT.

I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.

Leanna's Point of View-

Time seemed to slip by, soon enough John carried Joseph on his hip and Joseph's head propped against John's shoulder as if he was to fall asleep any moment now as I smirked.

"I can carry him." I said reaching out to grab my son feeling guilty that John was to carry him.

"No, I got him…I'm not weak and he's comfortable where he is." John said as I nodded and wasn't going to fight with him more as I grabbed everything I had with me thanking Doctor Burke before we headed out of the room and out of the hospital to my car seeing the darkness of the night sky.

"You sure you want to continue doing this because this is how you are going to end your nights?" I asked.

"I'm sure…I'm not going to change my mind nor am I going to ask for another sergeant or whatever ranks Army does to take me in." John said as I nodded as I felt nervous, weary and guilty that he was stuck with me, I should have thought of a way during that month before he had arrived to work around these events.

"It's just-" I began to say when he turned around giving me this look as I bit at my lip trying not to speak much less laugh at the look he gave me.

"Don't." He said as I nodded as I unlocked the car pulling the door to Joseph's seat open letting John lean into the car sliding Joseph carefully into the booster seat he had. I watched from leaning against the door as John buckled the seat belt the way it needed to be done and he tugged at it to make sure it was secure and tight where it was before he stepped out of the way reaching for the door helping me close it. Him and I did this little dance thing everyone does when they try to slide by one another but you always step in the same direction until we finally slid in two different directions before I walked around the car climbing into the driver's side starting the car before I buckled up setting what I had in my hands on the dashboard that John quickly pulled off to hold in his lap. I began pulling out after flipping my car's headlights on and drove us home trying to be quiet as John kept looking into the backseat to check on my son, "That really wears him out…" John said.

"Yeah, I love it…now just got to get him home to bathe…he gets sweaty from all that work he does." I said.

"No doubt…or you can just let him sleep and make him bathe in the morning." John said as I began to contemplate it and realized he will probably have time to do so if I wanted to.

"I may just do that…" I said as I nodded as I finally made the last turn to go down the street to my house seeing my mom's car parked where it was supposed to be parked. "Can you push the garage opener?" I asked as John nodded doing just that for me as I pulled into the garage when the door opened fully. I parked my car where it should be and John pushed the button again as I was doing the process of turning my car off.

"Your son is a tough sleeper." John said as he looked in the back seat at my son who was still asleep.

"He's so used to it by now that he just sleeps right through it." I said.

"True…" John said as he clicked his seat belt undone as I did the same grabbing the things that John still held to carry in along with my purse as I shut my door making sure I had my car keys as I walked around the front going to the passenger side seeing the back door open and John was already leaning in getting Joseph out. When the door slowly shut, I saw John carrying Joseph in an almost identical position he did earlier today and he started walking towards me as I led him inside and was opening the doors for him as John walked into the now open and lit room that was Joseph's as John gently and softly laid him down on his bed that was made. "Should we change him out of his clothes?" John asked.

"Um…we should at least take his shoes off." I said as he and I began untying and tugging his shoes and socks off. "You begin undressing him as I gather him a pair of pajamas to wear." I said as John nodded as I went to the dresser and as quietly as I could, I had set the things in my hand still down on top of it before I pulled out the top drawer where his pajamas were and pulled the first pair that I could grab out. I headed back to the bed as John finally got my son's pants off and he set them down to take care of later as I set the new set of pajamas down beginning to slide the bottoms on as John was carefully trying to take the shirt off, we were acting so diligently and careful, you would think we were deactivating a bomb or something. We eventually got him fully changed putting his outfit into his hamper to be done on laundry day, we headed out of the room making sure his light was off and there was a crack in the door to let the light shine in.

"That took way too long, I had it down to five minutes when you were a kid." My mother said.

"Five minutes? What was our time?" John asked.

"Fifteen…" She said as she didn't look up from the magazine she was reading.

"I got a month to perfect it, if not you got to teach me some of your tips."

"You don't have kids, why would you need to know how to do this?" I asked as I glanced over at him as I was putting the paperwork up in its specific spot before I took the uneaten snacks into the kitchen marking whose snack was whose with a sharpie I keep in there.

"I have nieces and nephews and second cousins and so on that will be his age one day." John said.

"It'll be a skill he won't forget and especially when he does find that special lady and has kids of his own." My mom said as I glanced to her from the eye contact I had with John seeing my mom giving me a wink as I shook my head knowing what my mom was thinking as John turned to look down at my mom.

"Some skills you'll always need." John said shrugging.

"Well, you'll get plenty of practice at this skill you'll need while you're here." I said smirking as I started cleaning up the kitchen and getting things ready for tomorrow's schedule. "Mom, will you pick Joseph up tomorrow?" I asked as I walked out leaning against the couch between her and John, John was helping my mom with the crossword.

"I thought we were picking him, we re-arranged the whole schedule to your schedule." John said looking up at me.

"Never mind, apparently we are picking him up." I said as I stood up going to the other couch as I watched John out of the corner of my eye, he was a good man and I couldn't help but smile when I was around him and his eyes were always a delight to stare into.

"Well, I'm going to bed we got an early day and tomorrow we are doing that obstacle course so I got to relax my muscles from the work-out tonight." John said.

"Alright, night John." I said.

"Night John." My mom said.

"Night mom, night Leanna." John said looking to my mom then to me smiling and staring into my eyes with his piercing deep blue eyes he had. I turned my attention back to the television knowing I should get to bed myself but yet I was nervous sleeping knowing he now knows my medical problems and how it affects my sleep.

"Shouldn't you be getting bed yourself?" My mom asked.

"I'm nervous to." I said honestly as I glanced to her.

"How so? Your medicine not working?"

"My medicine helps ease the anxiety about sleeping enough to where I can go to sleep, it's just with John knowing…I just don't want to inhibit his sleep because I have a whacked out sleep schedule and I am suffering, it's not fair."

"Life isn't fair and John seems to have moved on, he's a big boy and I'm sure he understands…you can't go a month without sleeping, no matter how much coffee you drink and I will be worried sick about you driving around and doing the hectic schedule you have to uphold while he's here." My mom said as I nodded.

"I guess you're right mom, I will be getting to bed…night mom." I said as I stood up bringing her the remote I had on the couch with me knowing she will probably be up for another hour, I leant over giving her a hug and kiss on the cheek before I headed into the bedroom that was mine closing the door behind me and locked it so I could switch into my pajamas. I unlocked it afterwards sliding into the bed grabbing the bottle of water I always have on my nightstand and the pill bottle popping in the right amount that I would need swallowing the pills whole before setting the bottle back down on the stand. I laid there wide awake staring up at the ceiling knowing that the pill was slowly working because I felt myself slowly getting less uneasy and drowsy, but I still felt tense and fear of screaming and waking John up. I fell asleep but every time it had gotten to the one part that always got me to where I knew I was to wake up screaming I would sit up like the undertaker gasping for my breath trying to hold back the scream that would have escaped my lips. This has occurred multiple times through the night until it got to the time I would normally get up, I went out to the dark living room making my way to the kitchen to put on a pot of coffee flicking on a light along the way hoping not to wake anyone in the process.