I would like to thank, Franches, Beckyyy, Kameslover3, Mystery Girl 911,CUTE CARGAN LOVE, Chey21, and DeniseDEMD for all taking the extra time to revirew on the last chapter. Thank you it means so much to me to hear your thoughts so keep them coming.
Chapter 38: Survivor
Adam and Cooper were sitting beside Miri's incubator. Everyone else had gone home in a better mood. They were all happy that Miri was getting better. She seemed to be making improvements through the night. She was four days old now and breathing on her own just fine now. Dr. Herman was baffled, yet happy about the turn of events. He was getting more and more hopeful. Things were looking up.
Brooke and Eli had shown up shortly after Miri had been deemed getting better. They apologized for being late since Brooke had missed her flight out for Jake's graduation and Eli had been on his flight home by the time he got the phone call about Adam going into labor. They got the chance to meet her and if Adam hadn't known they were divorced he would've thought they were still married with the way they talked to one another.
Adam refused to leave Miri and Dr. Herman understood. Adam had been released from the hospital a few days ago, but he was at the hospital all the time with Miri. Cooper was as well. He still had a few days of school left, but he came straight back to the hospital afterwards. They both had yet to see the other family here for their baby. That baby seemed to be getting stronger as well. The nurses talked about the two dads. Cooper and Adam just seemed to miss them. Cooper just wanted to see Annie again and give her her doll back. He was sure that she missed her.
"I told you she was a survivor didn't I?" Adam asked looking at Cooper.
"Yeah, she's a fighter I'll give her that," Cooper said nodding his head, "she gets it from her papa," he added smiling.
"It's still a bit weird thinking of myself as a dad," Adam said slowly as he looked down at Miri.
"I know, I mean we're only seventeen and we'll be seniors in high school in a few months," Cooper said.
"Oh god, don't remind me," Adam said. Cooper laughed and pulled Adam closer to him. He placed his arms around him and rested his head on Adam's shoulder. The door behind them opened and Cooper looked over his shoulder. He saw a man walk in to the room. He looked to be in his mid twenties and had blonde hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a t shirt and jeans. He looked at them.
"Ah, so you're the other parents I hear the nurses talking about," the man said. "She's beautiful," he said gesturing to Miri.
"Thanks, so's yours," Cooper said. He had taken a peek at the other baby. She looked healthier than Miri. She had the same light hair color as him and her face just looked fuller than Miri's but Miri would get there.
"I'm Luke," he said walking over to them.
"I'm Cooper and this is my boyfriend Adam," Cooper said pointing to himself.
"This your first time?" Luke asked moving over to them and looking down at Miri.
"Yeah, she's three months early, but she's getting better," Adam said.
"Kara's my second," Luke said.
"You wouldn't happen to have an older daughter named Annie would you?" Cooper asked.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Luke asked shocked. Cooper walked over to his jacket and pulled her doll out.
"A few days ago before Adam's water broke I was talking to a little girl and she told me her sister was born early and she had this with her and your partner came and got her and as he was scolding her for running off she must've dropped her doll," Cooper said holding up the doll.
"My husband Mike," Luke said nodding his head.
"I picked her up and tried to find them but they were gone when I rounded the corner and then things got crazy," Cooper said looking over at Miri.
"Oh, Annie's been looking for her," Luke said taking the doll. "Thank you so much," he said.
"Your welcome," Cooper said smiling.
"So your daughter got a name yet," Luke asked looking down at Miri.
"Miri Anne Anderson," Cooper said smiling.
"Miri is a pretty name," Luke said, "it was my sister's name and she died in a fire when we were young. This doll was Miri's actually and one of the few things of hers that had survived the fire. She had named the doll Annie and that was where I got Annie's name. Annie found the doll and I told her about Miri and she renamed the doll after her," he said.
"Well I'm glad cause it helped us find the perfect name for our daughter," Cooper said.
"Annie's gonna freak when she finds out her name, she's been in here insisting that her new friend Cooper was her dad," Luke said pointing to Miri. Cooper smiled at that.
"She's a sweet kid," Cooper said. Luke smiled and nodded his head.
"What about Kara, how is she?" Adam asked looking in her direction.
"She's getting better with each day, but she won't open her eyes yet," Luke said. Adam and Cooper nodded their heads. They had heard the nurses talking about her and that something might be wrong with her sight.
"Or she just might not want to open her eyes," Adam said.
"That's what I said," Luke said smiling at Adam. He then walked over to his daughter. Cooper walked over to her and looked down at her. The door opened and two voices were heard.
"Papa."
"Luke."
Cooper looked up and saw Annie and the man who had taken her, he now knew was Mike. Annie looked at Cooper and smiled at him.
"Cooper," Annie said running over to him.
"You're the boy she was talking to," Mike said looking at Cooper.
"My names Cooper and this is Adam. I actually found something Annie dropped," Cooper said looking up at Luke who was holding the doll as he walked over. Cooper took the doll from Luke and showed Annie. Her face lit up and she grabbed her doll and hugged it.
"Miri," she said hugging the doll tight.
"You dropped her and I tried to find you but you were gone before I could get there," Cooper explained looking at Mike.
"Sorry she ran off and I had to get back to Luke," Mike said.
"It's ok I understand, I mean I totally forgot about the doll these last few days with everything that's been going on," Cooper said looking at Miri.
"Thank you," Annie said.
"Your welcome," Cooper said smiling at Annie.
"Did you have your baby?" Annie asked looking up at Adam.
"Yep, this is her," Adam said pointing to Miri's incubator. Annie tried to peek in at her. Cooper looked at Luke and Mike who nodded their heads. Cooper picked Annie up so she could see her.
"She's smaller than Kara," Annie said.
"Wanna know her name?" Cooper asked.
"What?" Annie asked looking up at him.
"Miri," Cooper said smiling.
"Like my doll!" Annie exclaimed before bringing her hands to her mouth blushing. "Sorry," she said quickly. Cooper smiled and set her down.
"Yep, her name is Miri Ann Anderson," Adam said. Cooped looked over at Adam. He was starting to get the feeling that Adam just like saying her full name.
"Anne? That's like my name," Annie said. Cooper smiled and nodded his head.
"How old are you two, you like you're fresh out of high school," Mike said looking at Adam and Cooper. Adam snorted and covered his mouth. Annie ran over to Luke and stood next to him trying to peek at her sister.
"Sorry, but we're still in high school, we got one more year," Adam said.
"Really?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, we made a mistake, but we've been blessed with a little girl and we hope to get the chance to raise her," Cooper said.
"We had Annie right out of high school, we're not going to judge you boys," Mike said looking at Luke.
"You were just out of high school I was in college," Luke said looking at Mike. Mike just laughed and smiled at his husband.
"But you love me," Mike said smiling.
"Sadly," Luke teased.
"How did you two meet?" Adam asked.
"I was a sophomore in high school with a brother in college and he had this really hot roommate," Mike said looking over at Luke who just rolled his eyes. "Anyways he shot me down and two years later when I was a senior and he was a junior in college I returned for another party. This time I was the nerdy kid I used to be, I bulked up and was a jock," he said.
"Man was he sexy," Luke said giving a low whistle. Adam and Cooper laughed lightly.
"Anyways I wanted to show my brother's roommate that I could have anyone I wanted and it worked and he came after me, but by that point I had met Luke," Mike said.
"Yep and no way was I letting him slip through my fingers," Luke said smiling as he walked over to Mike with Annie.
"Yep and a year and a half later we had Annie," Mike said looking over at Annie who hadn't been paying any attention to them but to her sister. She had pulled up a chair and was leaning against it looking at Kara.
"What about you two, how'd you meet?" Luke asked interested.
"Cooper's a jock like my older brother and they were friends and one day out of the blue he just asked me out," Adam said.
"I'd been scared to ask him out because of his brother, I mean we were friends and I didn't want him to hate me, but when you're in love you just know," Cooper said. Adam smiled and nodded his head.
"Yeah, I mean even though I was drunk off my ass when I met Mike I knew he was something special," Luke said placing an arm around his husband. Mike smiled at Luke. Annie was still oblivious to everything around her. She just had eyes for her baby sister.
"When will she be big enough to play with?" Annie asked looking at her dads.
"Not for awhile sweetie," Luke said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Ok, I'll wait, I've still got Miri," Annie said holding up her doll.
-Landslide-
Kendall sighed as he sat down on the couch. He looked at his watch. He wanted to go see Miri again and see how Adam was doing, but James was taking forever to get ready. With James five minutes never truly meant five minutes.
"James!" Kendall hollered.
"Just a minute," James said. Kendall rolled his eyes and stood up, a minute was an improvement over five, but it still took longer than a minute. He walked out to the hallway where James was talking to Jake.
"I'll be with Damien, it won't be that big of deal," Jake said.
"What won't be that big of deal," Kendall asked.
"Oh next month there's a tour of the UCLA campus for incoming freshman," Jake said turning to Kendall. It was then Kendall noticed the papers in Jake's hands.
"Yeah and he expects us to let him go alone," James said.
"I won't be alone and I won't be staying over night. It's a half hour drive form here," Jake said letting his annoyance show.
"It's still a month away, as it gets closer we'll let you know, now I want to leave," Kendall said looking at James.
"Ok, ok we're going," James said, "we'll talk later Jake," he said. Jake just nodded his head and walked down the hall to his bedroom. Kendall walked up to James and grabbed his hand and started for the door.
"Dad, Pops," Kyle said running down the stairs.
"What Kyle?" Kendall asked turning to his youngest son.
"Lilly and Miles want to go to the mall can I go too?" Kyle asked.
"Go ahead, you know your curfew," Kendall said. Kyle nodded his head and ran past them with his cell phone in his hands. "That was Jake and Kyle, let's go before Leora wants something," Kendall said starting for the door once more. They made their way out to James' car and got in. James started driving. Kendall sat back in his seat and tried to relax a bit. James reached over and grabbed his hand.
"Relax Kendall, Miri is getting better," James said.
"I know," Kendall said, "I've been thinking though," he said slowly.
"Never a good sign," James joked. Kendall squeezed James' hand in retaliation. "Ok sorry, what," he said.
"The twins will be sixteen soon," Kendall said.
"God don't remind me," James sighed.
"Yeah, we're old, but they're gonna want to get their licenses," Kendall said. James groaned and nodded his head.
"And a car," James added.
"We'll have to talk to them about it, I mean we can do what we did with Jake and get used cars," Kendall said.
"Cars?" James asked.
"Yes twins doesn't mean they have to share everything," Kendall said.
"I know, but can we afford two cars," James asked.
"Two used ones yeah," Kendall said nodding his head.
"Can we wait until the fall to talk about this," James said.
"Yeah, but we're going to have to talk to Adam about this too, I mean Cooper's got a car already," Kendall said.
"Yeah, he'll understand, I mean we will be helping him with his daughter," James said.
"True," Kendall said nodding his head.
"I've been thinking you'll start paternity a month before the baby and get like six weeks afterwards," James said.
"Yeah," Kendall said.
"I was thinking maybe once you get back to work I could take some time off and take care of the girls," James said.
"Like a semi retirement?" Kendall asked.
"Maybe permanent," James said slowly.
"What? You've got your dream job," Kendall said looking over at James who was staring at the road.
"Come on Kendall this is like Big Time Rush, modeling could only last so long. I mean next month I'll be thirty eight," James said.
"So, you're still beautiful, you don't have grey hair yet and your face is flawless," Kendall said.
"You have to say that you're my husband," James said as he finally pulled into the hospital's parking lot. He moved to get out of the car, but Kendall stopped him.
"I mean it James, you're gorgeous," Kendall said softly as he pulled James closer to him. He locked eyes with the brunette. "You've got quite a few years before you have to stop modeling, I say take a year or two off, by that point Adam and Cooper will be better at taking care of Miri and Kyle and Leora will be old enough and know enough to watch Jenny," he said.
"Ok," James said smiling. They got out of the car and James joined Kendall.
"Now come, on I want to go see our grandbaby," Kendall said grabbing James' hand and pulling him towards the entrance.
"That makes us sound old," James said letting his head fall forward.
"Relax sweetheart, we're only turning thirty eight," Kendall said. James just laughed and allowed Kendall to pull him to the NICU.
-Landslide-
Logan sighed as he hung up the phone. Carlos had called saying he wasn't going to be home until late. He was shooting some test scenes for his show and things were taking longer than he expected. Logan had known that this was coming. Logan walked back out to the living room where Lilly, Layla, and Miles were watching TV. They had been waiting for Carlos to get home so they could go out to eat, but that was ruined. Now it would be just the four of them.
"When's papi getting here?" Layla asked.
"He's gotta work late some of the scenes they're shooting aren't working or something, he wont' be home till late," Logan said. He didn't miss the way Layla's smile falters or the flash in Lilly's eyes.
"I guess it's just the four of is then," Logan said. Lilly and Layla nodded their heads. The three kids got up from the couch and headed out the door.
Logan lingered a moment thinking about what had just happened. Was this the way things had gone when he started working more and more. Was Carlos going to do the same thing, then again he did say he'd be working 18 hours days. He did warn Logan. He was going to have to talk to the girls soon.
Logan made his way out to the car where the kids were waiting. Logan got into the car without a word and started driving. He was too busy worrying about what the girls thought of Carlos' new job. He'd have to sit them down and explain things to them. The arrived at Hill's Diner several minutes later. Lilly and Layla were talking to Miles who had never been to the diner. They were telling all about the food and how good it was. They seemed distracted from the fact that Carlos wasn't here and that was a good sign.
"It's amazing," Lilly said.
"Yes their pies are the best too," Layla said.
"I agree, and as you know Lay and I hardly agree on anything," Lilly said as they walked in.
They sat down in a booth together and got their menus and ordered drinks.
"Wow, I don't know what to try now," Miles said he looked down at his menu.
"Dad," Lilly said looking at Logan. Logan looked at her a moment before smiling. He knew what she was thinking.
"As a first timer you have to try the Hill burger, it's a tradition that we do," Logan said. Miles looked confused.
"Kendall, James, Carlos, and I have been coming here for years and as the kids got older we brought them with and the first thing they had here was the Hill burger," Logan explained. "They had the kid version of it, but still," he said.
"Ok then," Miles said nodding his head.
"It's got everything on it though, so anything you don't like," Logan asked.
"I'm not a picky eater, I'll try anything once," Miles said. Logan smiled and nodded his head.
Their waitress came back and took their orders. The four of them sat down talking. They talked about Miri. Over the last few days they had gone to see her and talked to Adam and Cooper for a bit. They were all happy that Miri was getting better. They also talked about school since Lilly and Miles still had a few more days.
Eventually their food was brought out. The three Mitchells looked at Miles. He took his first bite and smiled.
"Told you the food here was amazing," Lilly said.
"I never doubted you Lil," Miles said laughing.
The four continued their meal talking and laughing. Logan sat back and looked at Miles. He had been with them for a few weeks now and he was starting to feel like family. Police were having trouble locating either of Miles parents so it looked like he was going to be around for awhile. Logan knew becoming a foster parent was going to be a lot of work, but he didn't want Miles shipped off to some family that didn't care about him. He was starting to care about Miles and see him as the son he never had.
Logan pushed that thought from his head right now. He knew he'd have to talk to Carlos first before he made any plans to become foster parents or anything like that. He wasn't sure where Carlos stood with Miles. He knew Carlos liked Miles and was willing to let him stay with them, but for how long.
-Landslide-
"I don't think they'll go for it," Jake sighed as he shifted his cell phone against his ear.
"It's just a tour of campus," Damien said annoyed.
"I know, but they don't trust me or something, I don't know," Jake said looking up at the ceiling. He knew it was the trust part. James was still upset over the whole almost losing his kidney thing.
"It's not like we're gonna sneak off the tour and have sex in a closet or something," Damien joked.
"I know, but they're on the fence right now. They'd said they'd talk about it later which is usually a no," Jake said.
"You never know," Damien said.
"Whatever, if they want to go they can, it's not really anything that interesting," Jake said.
"So, how's Adam?" Damien asked changing the subject.
"He's getting better, he won't leave Miri's side though," Jake said. He knew Adam was worried something might happen if he left her, and he had every right to be worried. A few days ago Miri had been so close to dying. Jake was surprised by her recovery. He liked to think that it was their love for her and their encouragement that helped her survive. It was like she could tell she was loved and wanted to stay with them.
"God I am so bored," Damien sighed.
"Yeah me too," Jake said.
"My parents left an hour ago and I've got nothing to do," Damien said, "I mean I even called Marissa and Clarissa to see if they wanted to do something," he said.
"Wow you must be bored," Jake said laughing, "I told you I'd totally come over if it weren't for my dads being in the living room. I'd walk past and they'd have a million and one questions and not let me go and we'd get in a fight it's not worth it," he said shaking his head even though Damien couldn't see him.
"I know and talking to you is enough," Damien said.
"What does it get you off?" Jake teased.
"No what really gets me off is your mouth," Damien replied. Jake chocked and sat up in his bed. He heard laughter, but that wasn't what he was focusing on. Damien's words were still ringing in his head. He and Damien had been working things up to sex. They hadn't gone all the way just yet, but they had blown one another and few things.
"Really now what about my mouth do you like?" Jake asked laying back his hand moving down to palm his growing erection.
"Shit Jake, are we really gonna do this?" Damien asked his voice rough.
"Not if you don't tell me what you like," Jake hissed as he pressed down on his cock. Damien groaned.
"Your tongue, it's amazing," Damien said, "I knew just from making out that it would be good when you blew me," he said. Jake groaned.
"You make me sound like a slut," Jake teased. Damien chuckled.
"You are, for my dick," Damien said.
"I am," Jake gasped as he popped the button of his jeans. "God Day I'm so hard and it's all because of you," he said as he put his hand in his boxers and grabbed his cock. He moaned lightly as he stroked himself.
"Mhmm, what do you like about me?" Damien asked. Jake froze as he heard movement in the hallway and voices.
"Shit," Jake hissed worried someone was coming towards his room. He pulled his hand from his boxers and listened carefully.
"What's wrong?" Damien asked. Jake heard his dads going up stairs and he relaxed a bit.
"I thought someone was coming, but they're just going upstairs," Jake said.
"Good, wouldn't want them walking in on you jerking off now would we?" Damien asked. Those words shot straight to Jake's groin. Jake moaned and nodded his head even though Damien couldn't see him.
"God Day, I want you so bad," Jake gasped.
"Have you ever fingered yourself?" Damien asked. Jake gasped and he nearly drooped his phone in shock.
"Maybe," Jake said slowly as he placed his phone back to his ear. Damien moaned and Jake's cock throbbed. Jake wedged his phone between his ear and his shoulder.
"Were you thinking of me?" Damien asked.
"Always," Jake said.
"That's hot," Damien said.
"God Day only you," Jake said as he pushed his pants and boxers off.
"Only me what?" Damien asked.
"Could get me to do something so naughty," Jake said smirking as Damien gasped. He brought his fingers up to his lips and started to suck on them getting them nice and wet for what he was about to do.
"Are you really going to?" Damien asked. Jake hummed around his fingers. Once he deemed them wet enough he spread his legs and brought them down to his entrance.
"God Day, how would you do it?" Jake gasped.
"I'd start by teasing you a bit," Damien said lowly. Jake pressed his finger teasingly against his hole. "I'd ease one finger in and slowly pump it in and out to torture you before adding another," Damien said. Jake moaned as he pressed a finger in and pumped it to get used to the feeling before adding another finger.
"God Day so good," Jake panted.
"Mhmm, I wish you were here," Damien said.
"Yeah," Jake said.
"Yeah I want to thrust my big thick cock up your ass," Damien said. Jake gasped and moaned as he added another finger just imagining Damien was here.
"Yeah fill my tight little hole," Jake said. Damien gasped and moaned.
"Mmm, Jake I'd pound into you so hard," Damien said. Jake gasped as his fingers brushed over his sweet spot. He moaned out Damien's name and felt his orgasm building faster. Damien continued to talk dirty and Jake whimpered as he tried to keep his volume down.
"Ngh…god Damien," Jake panted and he fell over the edge with a soft cry of Damien's name. He heard Damien groan his name as he came as well. They both fell silent for a moment.
"That was hot," Damien said.
"Yeah, can't wait to do it for real," Jake said.
"Soon," Damien said laughing.
"I hope so," Jake said. He knew it would happen when ever it happened, but he was getting a bit eager. They were progressing to it and actually having sex was the next step. Now it all depended on when they got some alone time.
-Landslide-
Carlos yawned as he walked into the house. It was quiet as he had expected. Shooting test scenes had taken longer than he had thought. It was almost ten at night and he wanted nothing more than to fall into bed and go to sleep. He stopped when he saw the light on in Logan's den. He frowned, he should be sleeping by now.
Carlos walked down the hallway his tiredness forgotten. He knocked on the door lightly before opening it. He saw Logan look up from his desk where there were papers. Logan put the papers in his drawer.
"Hey Los," Logan said standing up.
"What are you still doing up?" Carlos asked looking at where the papers had been.
"Just looking at some paper work on a patient, it's doctor stuff," Logan said. Carlos nodded his head. "I guess I lost track of time," he said.
"Yeah, seems like it," Carlos said smiling at Logan. Logan stood up and walked over to Carlos. He draped his arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips.
"You missed going to Hill's. Miles went there for the first time," Logan said.
"Did he get the Hill burger?" Carlos asked teasingly.
"Actually, yeah he did," Logan said.
"And?" Carlos asked interested to know what Miles thought.
"He liked it and Lilly got smug because she was bragging about the food to him," Logan said laughing.
"She got that from you," Carlos said shaking his head.
"Yeah, well I'm an awesome role model," Logan said, "now," he added.
"Stop it," Carlos said knowing where this was going.
"We're going to have to talk to the girls," Logan said. Carlos arched an eyebrow in confusion. "When I told the girl you weren't coming home Layla looked hurt and I think Lilly got angry whether at you for not coming home or her thinking I drove you away," he said.
"You didn't drive me away," Carlos assured his husband.
"I know, but we've got to talk to the girls," Logan said.
Carlos nodded his head in agreement. Logan was right, Carlos had almost forgotten the effect Logan leaving had had on the girls. He didn't want them to think he was leaving now.
So there you go another chapter. I really liked writing this chapter, it was a bit happier than the last. This chapter and the last one was inspired by the song Survivor by Reba McEntire. I also brought Annie back and she will be making reappearances in the future. I don't know how many chapters are left in this, but I don't want this to be like a hundred chapters. I might end this and start a sequel where it picks up where this will leave off. I just don't want this ridiculously long and going on and on forever. I might end this at the end of summer after baby Kames is born and start a sequel where Adam and Cooper are seniors and Jake's in college with Damien and everything else I set up here. What do you think?
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