Eve woke up the next morning and went to go get breakfast started. She found Jayson on the kitchen sweeping the floor.
"Jay what are you doing?" she asked him.
"I'm earning my keep" he said.
"What do you mean?" Eve asked.
"Dad says I have to earn my keep in order to be worthy of eating" Jayson replied as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Sweetie you don't have to do that around here" Eve said. She took the broom away from him.
"But then what do I have to do in order to be fed?" Jayson asked.
"Nothing ... you are a child you get fed because you are supposed to bed fed" Eve said "all John and I want you to do it be happy"
"So I can play all day?" Jayson asked shocked.
"Yes basically" Eve said.
"Today I'm taking you to get some clothes and school supplies"
"I get to go to school?" Jayson asked excitedly.
"Yes, why wouldn't you go to school all children go to school"
"I've never been to school but I've always wanted to go but dad always said that school was for good kids and not a little fuck like me and that I should be lucky that I know how to read at all"
"Your father called you a little fuck?" Eve asked appalled.
"Yeah all the time" Jayson said "why is there something wrong with that?"
"Well yes fuck is a bad word" Eve said.
"What do you mean how can words be bad?" Jayson asked.
"When I say bad word I mean it's a word that people don't say because it can be offensive"Eve said "do you know what I mean?"
"You mean like hurting someone's feelings"
"Yes I do and it is especially frowned upon when children use bad words"
"How do I know if a word is bad or not?" Jayson asked.
"Well if you believe a word is bad then you can ask me and I'll tell you" Eve said.
"Ok mama" Jayson said.
"Since you are up why don't you help me cook" Eve suggested.
"Sure but I've never cooked before so I might be bad at it" he said.
"I'll help you"
It was decided by Jayson that they would be having chocolate chip waffles because he had never had them before but he had heard they were very good.
"So Jayson how did you learn to read?" Eve asked.
"I had this friend named Carli, her mom home schooled her so every once and a while they would invite me over and her mom would teach me too" Jayson explained "she even gave me some books to practice with I like to read and I became very good at it ... dad caught me reading the bible once and he got really mad, he kept yelling at me wanting to know where I learned to read so I told him and he went over and yelled at Carli's mom and they moved away shortly after"
"Well we will pick you up some books today while we are out I want you to feel comfortable here because this is your home now and you don't have to worry about getting in trouble for reading because John and I both read" Eve said.
Jayson smiled at his mother he knew he was going to like it here with his mom. He even liked his little half sister she was fun to play with and he didn't mind all her talking because he liked that someone was giving him attention. He even liked John, John seemed really nice but he was also afraid that if he did something wrong that John would send him away. And that was the last thing that Jayson wanted because he was finally going to be able to go to school and read whenever he wanted to and he didn't have to do anything to earn his food.
"Jayson I want to talk to you about something" Eve said while pouring the waffle batter into the waffle maker.
"What is it?" Jayson asked.
"Well you see John and I are having another baby in a few months" Eve said.
Jayson was afraid of something like this if his mom had another baby she would want to make him leave because he wasn't cute and cuddly like this new baby would be. He put his head down so his mother wouldn't see the tears that were coming from his eyes.
"So I expect you send me back to live with dad then" he said.
"Of course not" Eve said.
Jayson looked up at her and searched her face for the truth. When he was satisfied that she was not lying to him he wiped his eyes and began to relax.
"What would give you that idea?" Eve asked.
"Because this new baby and Zoey are both little and cute I'm just a kid whose broken and unlovable"
"Baby you are not broken and you are certainly not unlovable"
"You are just saying that" Jayson said.
"I mean it trust me Jayson you came from inside of me there is no way I couldn't love you and you are something so much better than cute you are a handsome little boy who one day will have girls throwing themselves at you"
Jayson scrunched up his face in disgust.
"Why would I want girls throwing themselves at me?" he asked.
"Because there comes a time in every boy's life where he starts liking girls" Eve said.
"Well I'm never gonna like girls" Jayson said.
"Good morning family" John said walking into the kitchen with Zoey.
John put Zoey down and she immediately went over and hugged Jayson.
"How's my baby this morning?" John asked resting on Eve's flat stomach.
"Well so far today he or she hasn't given mommy any morning sickness so we're having a pretty good day" Eve said.
"Always good to hear" John said "chocolate chips waffles for breakfast very good"
"It was Jayson's choice" Eve said.
"Good choice little man chocolate chip waffles are my favorite" John messed up Jayson's hair a little.
Jayson just grinned he was enjoying all the attention he was getting and nobody had yelled at him at all, yeah he could definitely get used to this.
"Mama can I get this blue backpack?" Jayson asked holding up the bag he liked.
"If that is what you want" Eve said placing the item in the shopping cart.
"Hmm... let's see you and Zoey need new sneakers and we need to get you some clothes and pajamas and stuff for the room John had made up for you" Eve said.
Eve found out shortly after Jayson had arrived that John had been spending a lot of time in the extra guest room turning it into a bedroom for Jayson.
"Mama me want a backpack too"
"Ok Zoey pick a bag out and we'll get it" Eve saw no point in arguing with Zoey because she just wanted to be like her brother.
Next Eve got Jayson a pair of Black and blue Nike Shox and a white and pink ones for Zoey. She bought them both some outfits and some stuff for both their rooms. Eve walked into the house with Zoey passed out on her shoulder.
"Hey babe I hope you didn't spend all my money" John joked before giving his wife a kiss.
"Nah I only spent most of it and the bag in the car need to be brought in so get going me and Zoe need a nap"
"Ok us guys will hold down the forth won't we Jayson" John said.
"Yeah mama" Jayson agreed.
John and Jayson brought in the bag and then they were sitting around playing video games. They were currently playing Madden and Jayson was kicking John's ass.
"You sure you have never played this game before?" John asked.
"Nope, I've never even seen a game system before"
"You know it's nice having another guy around" John said once again messing up Jayson's hair.
"It's nice not having people yell at me" Jayson remarked.
"Well I can't promise that their won't be yelling because both me and your mom are both hot heads but I can promise that it doesn't last too long" John said "I mean Zoey laughs at us by now"
"Thank you John for bringing me back to my mom" Jayson said
"It was my pleasure anything to make your mom happy" John smiled at him.
Jayson smiled back at him and John couldn't help but think that this boy looked exactly like his mother. He felt guilty that both Jayson and Eve had suffered so much over the years. But he was also kind of afraid that because Jayson was so neglected and abused he might lash out at a later date and hurt either Zoey or Eve or even this new baby.
A/N: Ok here's the deal I am giving my loyal reviewers a choice. I want you guys to decide if Eve and John's baby will be a boy or a girl. Review me with your choice and maybe even some names you like ... the names are completely optional. I will look at what the reviewers want and the choice that gets picked the most will be the sex of the baby.