hiya :)

so, I go back to school this week and I couldn't be less excited to wake up at 7 am again

eh, better than 5:30 haha

enjoy the chapter! :)

Dan's P.O.V.

"We should go to the park." I blurted out randomly.

Phil stopped from where he was bouncing Amelia on his leg to look at me.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention the fact we're watching Amelia and Luca until tomorrow as Tori is away on business and Adam is working a midnight shift.

"The park? What could we do at the park besides walk?" Phil asked with a chuckle.

I smiled. "Exactly that. We could push the babies in strollers and let them take in the fresh air."

"Am I hearing this correctly? Dan Lester wants to actually go outside willingly?" Phil smirked.

My eyes rolled upon hearing that comment but a small smile still played on my lips.

"It's not for me you dingus, it's for the kids." I recalled.

He was still smirking as he placed Amelia next to him. "Mhm, sure. Whatever you say babe."

Looking down at Luca, who was laying on his play mat next to the table. "We can't keep the cooped up in the apartment. They're little and need to run."

"Dan, Luca has barely surpassed six months old. He doesn't even sit up properly on his own and this one," He starts pointed to Amelia, "she's a runner as we both know. She'll want out of that stroller as soon as we put her in."

"Exactly my point Philip. She needs to run."

"Are you going to chase after her? You don't even like walking up the stairs as it's 'too much exercise.'"

I squinted my eyes and him. "Psh, I'm just lazy. But I would chase after my niece had I have to."

Phil pursed his lips and looked at Amelia (who was engrossed with the TV) and shook his head, a smile evident on his face.

"Alright, let's go to the park."

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Phil's P.O.V.

"I told you Dan!" I called out as I laughed at my husband while he chased Amelia around the pathway. "How is she getting speed on you?! She's only two years old and you're twenty!"

"I'm very out of shape Philip! We both know this!" He said in-between gasps for air.

All I can hear is Amelia's giggles and eventual squeals when Dan finally catches her and tosses her around. He makes his way back to me, his cheeks a slightly tinted red from the cold (and probably the running).

"I really hope you're better at this when we have kids." I joked.

He made a face of mock hurt. "Philip! I am hurt! I will never be more fit when we have children."

I snorted. "Yeah sure okay. You tell yourself that."

Dan places Amelia back in her section of the stroller and buckles her in before standing upright and taking his place next to me as we walk.

It was a silent walk apart from Amelia's babbling and giggling, Luca was asleep and Dan was silent.

"What's on your mind?" I knew something was up just by his body language.

"What do you mean?"

"You're quiet and you're never this quiet. Come on, talk to me."

Dan sighed and shoved his hands into his pockets. "I don't know. Recently, it's been lonely around the apartment while you're gone everyday and..." He trailed off.

"And?" I egged him on.

"And I realized I don't want to be so alone."

I was confused by that. "What do you mean Dan?"

At this point, we stopped walking. Both the babies were asleep thankfully.

He was shy about what he wanted to say so I reached out and caressed his cheek. "You know you can say whatever it is you're feeling baby."

Dan looked at me through his thick eyelashes and I could see the small smile making its way on to his face.

"I want a baby Phil."

Shock was the first emotion I felt as soon as those words left Dan's lips.

"You... you what?" I couldn't believe my ears.

"I've been thinking about it a lot lately and we both have a steady income now and I'm always home and I don't know but I hate feeling so lonely when you're not around and... and I realized soon after that the way I can help myself is by well, having a baby."

I didn't know what to say. I'm just trying to process this information.

But before I knew what I was doing, I scooped Dan up into my arms and spun him around. He erupted into a fit of giggles.

When I put him back down, I smashed our lips together in a kiss. We remained like that for a moment before pulling away and looking into each other's eyes.

"You want a baby too then?" Dan asked hopeful.

Nodding my head, I took his hands into mine. "I've been thinking about it a lot too honestly and yeah I know we're both really young and I'm still in university, but I think we could make it work."

We both had matching smiles as we kissed again.

I can't believe this is happening.

Dan and I... we're going to try and start a family.

So I had a question for you guys.

Do you want me to go down the surrogate route or the adoption route? I've been thinking about this for literal months but I can't make a decision.

I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you soon with the next one!

Bye guys :)