Starting Over-15
Rating: PG-13 Summary: Few years after college. This is an AU. Authors' note: This story is told from each of the characters' points of view. This may start out weird. But never fear, I'm a dreamer all the way (
Three months and Two Weeks later
Max
The last few months have gone by so fast. Liz and Daniel are fitting in just fine. They are adapting well. Daniel thinks he's king and that he doesn't need to go to day care anymore. When I don't have to work I don't mind keeping him home but when I have to go to the office man is it bad.
Liz. She's just doing beautifully. Physically and Emotionally. She looks better than she had been; she seems a lot happier too. According to Maria. Everything is fine. We're just waiting to get the final papers done and we'll move out. I still don't have permission from Ethan to become Daniel's adoptive father, but I don't think that will take very long. Maria and Isabel are going to move in together. That should be an interesting mix.
I go and get the mail and am surprised to get something from Ethan. I'll save it until Liz gets home to open it. I set it down and wait the hour until Liz and Daniel get home from his doctor appointment.
I hear the door unlocking. "Max, dear?" The angelic voice comes from the doorway.
"In the kitchen." I yell back.
"Ok." She brings Daniel in. He has a shot on his leg, right arm, and left arm. He acts like he's dying. "Can you take him please?" She asks.
"Sure." Daniel slides easily into my arms and rests his head on my shoulder.
"Look, Max." He points to his shots. "I got one here, here, and" he tries to find the third. "Mommy, where's the other one?" He asks.
"Right here, sweet." She says pointing to the on his legs.
"Oh yeah." He smiles. "I didn't cry very much." He declared proudly. He slides down and pretty soon we hear the theme song to Thomas the Tank Engine playing.
"How loud was he?" I ask.
"The doctor said he was the loudest one they've had in a long time." Liz said sitting in my lap before I remembered the letter.
"Liz something came from Ethan today." I told her pressing a kiss to her head.
"What did it say?" She asked absently.
"I didn't open it." I tell her.
"Ok. Where is it?"
"Right here." I show it to her. She reads it and looks up at me with tears in her eyes. She held it up for me to read.
Dear Elizabeth, I realize that trying to fight for custody of Daniel would be useless. There would be no way that a judge in his right mind would give me a child. I have decided joint custody would be a great hassle for the three of us, mostly Daniel. So I have signed the paper. I have also included where my office is in Boston. Please do not hesitate to call me in need of anything.
Sincerely, Ethan Tailner
I can't decide if she has happy tears or sad tears in her eyes.
"You can be his dad. By law, you are going to be his dad. I love you, Max." She cries. I guess they're happy tears.
"I know. I know." I hug her and kiss her senseless. "Liz," I say seriously. "I-I'm not sure we'll be able to have children between the two of us. Daniel may be our only child but I don't care. I would be honored if he was our only child." I say.
"I wouldn't care either, Max. I would just be happy for you to spend the rest of our lives with us." She said quietly.
"God, I love you Liz." I said.
"Wait, there's one person I have to ask first."
"Daniel." Liz called.
"What mommy?" He yells from the front room.
"Come here please."
"Coming, coming." He drags himself into the kitchen. That's my boy.
"Can I ask you a question?" She bends down to his level. He pushes the hair back from in front of her eyes and kisses her forehead.
"Sure Mommy." He says happily.
"Will you let Max be you Daddy?" She asks cautiously.
He looks unsure at first. "But then he'll be like, Ethan."
"No, no I won't." I assure him.
"Promise, you'll stay with us every night and you won't have meetings all the time."
"I promise."
He looks up with me with a huge grin. "Yes, he can be my Daddy." He says. He holds his hands in the air. I oblige and pick him up. "Can I call you Daddy, instead of Max now?" He asks.
"But of course." I say. He hugs both of us.
Rating: PG-13 Summary: Few years after college. This is an AU. Authors' note: This story is told from each of the characters' points of view. This may start out weird. But never fear, I'm a dreamer all the way (
Three months and Two Weeks later
Max
The last few months have gone by so fast. Liz and Daniel are fitting in just fine. They are adapting well. Daniel thinks he's king and that he doesn't need to go to day care anymore. When I don't have to work I don't mind keeping him home but when I have to go to the office man is it bad.
Liz. She's just doing beautifully. Physically and Emotionally. She looks better than she had been; she seems a lot happier too. According to Maria. Everything is fine. We're just waiting to get the final papers done and we'll move out. I still don't have permission from Ethan to become Daniel's adoptive father, but I don't think that will take very long. Maria and Isabel are going to move in together. That should be an interesting mix.
I go and get the mail and am surprised to get something from Ethan. I'll save it until Liz gets home to open it. I set it down and wait the hour until Liz and Daniel get home from his doctor appointment.
I hear the door unlocking. "Max, dear?" The angelic voice comes from the doorway.
"In the kitchen." I yell back.
"Ok." She brings Daniel in. He has a shot on his leg, right arm, and left arm. He acts like he's dying. "Can you take him please?" She asks.
"Sure." Daniel slides easily into my arms and rests his head on my shoulder.
"Look, Max." He points to his shots. "I got one here, here, and" he tries to find the third. "Mommy, where's the other one?" He asks.
"Right here, sweet." She says pointing to the on his legs.
"Oh yeah." He smiles. "I didn't cry very much." He declared proudly. He slides down and pretty soon we hear the theme song to Thomas the Tank Engine playing.
"How loud was he?" I ask.
"The doctor said he was the loudest one they've had in a long time." Liz said sitting in my lap before I remembered the letter.
"Liz something came from Ethan today." I told her pressing a kiss to her head.
"What did it say?" She asked absently.
"I didn't open it." I tell her.
"Ok. Where is it?"
"Right here." I show it to her. She reads it and looks up at me with tears in her eyes. She held it up for me to read.
Dear Elizabeth, I realize that trying to fight for custody of Daniel would be useless. There would be no way that a judge in his right mind would give me a child. I have decided joint custody would be a great hassle for the three of us, mostly Daniel. So I have signed the paper. I have also included where my office is in Boston. Please do not hesitate to call me in need of anything.
Sincerely, Ethan Tailner
I can't decide if she has happy tears or sad tears in her eyes.
"You can be his dad. By law, you are going to be his dad. I love you, Max." She cries. I guess they're happy tears.
"I know. I know." I hug her and kiss her senseless. "Liz," I say seriously. "I-I'm not sure we'll be able to have children between the two of us. Daniel may be our only child but I don't care. I would be honored if he was our only child." I say.
"I wouldn't care either, Max. I would just be happy for you to spend the rest of our lives with us." She said quietly.
"God, I love you Liz." I said.
"Wait, there's one person I have to ask first."
"Daniel." Liz called.
"What mommy?" He yells from the front room.
"Come here please."
"Coming, coming." He drags himself into the kitchen. That's my boy.
"Can I ask you a question?" She bends down to his level. He pushes the hair back from in front of her eyes and kisses her forehead.
"Sure Mommy." He says happily.
"Will you let Max be you Daddy?" She asks cautiously.
He looks unsure at first. "But then he'll be like, Ethan."
"No, no I won't." I assure him.
"Promise, you'll stay with us every night and you won't have meetings all the time."
"I promise."
He looks up with me with a huge grin. "Yes, he can be my Daddy." He says. He holds his hands in the air. I oblige and pick him up. "Can I call you Daddy, instead of Max now?" He asks.
"But of course." I say. He hugs both of us.