Jeff pulled his car into the parking lot and walked across the cool grass.
He sat down in front of Matt's grave and just stared for a second. "You
were right" Jeff whispered. He weakly smiled "Its a boy." Another silence.
"Man, I mean. He looks just like you Matt, brown hair, same nose, and
lips." He started. "But he has Stacy's eyes". He breathed heavily. "She
named him Devin. Devin Matthew Carter." He said stating the boys full name.
"7 pounds, 9 ounces" he said after about 5 minutes of saying nothing.
"Stacy is fine, she did great" He ran his fingers through the lawn. "She's
coming home tomorrow" he whispered before getting up. He ran his hands over
his face. "I miss you a lot, you know" he said before walking away. He got
into his car and drove home.
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Stacy got home the next day and just wanted to hold the baby all the time. Jeff set up the crib. Stace passed him Devin afterwards. Jeff smiled at the newborn in his hands. It yawned and shut his eyes. He cradled it until it fell asleep. He glanced over at Amy, who was smiling. "You'd make a great daddy" she said. Stacy looked up and looked confused. "Are you guys trying to- ?" she started "Yeah" Jeff replied, still looking at the baby. Amy's eyes grew wide and she smiled, and repeated "Yeah" Stacy grinned "Good for you guys" she said. Amy said "Thanks" not taking her eyes off Jeff. Stacy out reached her arms for Devin, as Jeff handed him back. Amy got up and led Jeff to the bedroom. "Amy I thought about it and I really want to- "she cut him off and began kissing him. He put his hands in the small of her back and pulled her closer. She pulled away and smiled. "I knew you would" she said. He pulled away and smiled. Then they both heard Devin scream. Amy looked concerned and let Jeff go. "I'd better go help Stacy, Ill make a bottle" she said heading out the door. Jeff walked out and heard Stacy and Amy talking over the yelps. Amy frantically put the bottle in the microwave and heated it up. Stacy went and changed him in his PJs while Amy tested the milk on her wrist and ran to the other room to deliver the bottle. The screaming stopped seconds later. Jeff told the two of them that he was heading to bed. "I'll be in there in about 15 minutes, alright?" Amy smiled at Jeff as she nodded his head yes. Jeff laid down on the cool bed and sighed. His head hit the pillow and he grabbed it, to fluff it up with his other hand. He was half asleep when Amy came in. He felt her gently snuggle up and kiss his shoulder. "You awake?" she whispered. Jeff mumbled something under his breath, as Amy grabbed him tighter and let him fall into a deep slumber. **********************************************************************
Devin screamed out for his mother, little hands waving feverishly in the air. Jeff woke up. He looked at the alarm clock. 3:43 AM. He groaned and got up. Stacy should probably get her sleep. He gently grabbed Devin up from his crib and brought him into the living room and sat on the couch. "What's wrong little guy?" Jeff asked smiling as the baby calmed down. Devin's arms flopped down by their side and he yawned. Jeff smiled, he loved it when he yawned. He looked up at Jeff, his eyes darting from on side of his face to the other. The baby mumbled, but didn't start to cry again. Devin closed his eyes and drifted off.
Stacy woke Amy up. "Ames, you've got to see this" she said shaking the bed. "Hmm, What?" Amy mumbled into her pillow. Stacy grabbed Amy's arm and dragged her into the living room. She saw Jeff sleeping on the couchwith Devin snuggled into his arms. She smiled and thought how great of a dad Jeff would be. Stacy smiled walked over and grabbed Devin and took him into the other room. Amy walked over to the rocking chair and kissed Jeff on the cheek. It made him jump and he woke up. His groggy eyes looked around the room. Amy smiled, "I saw you sleeping with Devin in your arms." She smiled "Your so cute" She said kissing him on the nose. "I'm making breakfast before I leave for work, so be down there in 20 minutes, alright?" she said. Jeff tried to get up, but his back cramped from sleeping on the couch all night. "Argh" he said. Amy turned around. "You all right, baby?" she asked, walking back to him. Jeff shook his head no, "my back is killing me", he said, still trying to rise to his feet. Amy waved him over to go and sit on the couch with her, and he did. She started to gently rub his back."Better?" she asked smiling. Jeff nodded his head yes. "So you got Devin to stop crying last night, huh?" Amy asked happily. "Oh.. " Jeff started "Yeah The little guy was crying so I thought Id give Stace a break" He replied after telling her to rub a little lower. "That was so sweet" she said bending down and kissing his shoulder. Jeff shurgged again. "Well" Amy said rising to her feet. "You cant get a free massage from me all day, and Stacy probably wants some breakfast too" Jeff nodded and lugged himself over to the kitchen table. Stacy soon joined them, putting Devin in the rocking swing they kept beside the table. It was she who broke the silence first. "Thanks a lot for taking care of Devin last night, Jeff" she smiled. Jeff nodded, "Really it was no big deal, anything to help" he said. **************************************************************************
It has been three weeks since Stacy had Devin, and the three week old Devin lay sleeping in his crib. Stacy was starting to loose a lot of the pregnancy weight. She was almost herself again. "Stace?" Maria called out from the kitchen. "Come here!" she yelled. "Shh!" Stacy shushed them "Devin's sleeping!" she whispered. "Sorry!" Amy whispered as Maria motioned for her to sit down. "We got you something" Maria said passing her a wrapped package. Stacy smiled "You guys didn't have to!" she said in surprise. "No no, just open it!!" Amy said anxiously. Stacy shurgged as she began to unwrap the package, she opened it up and smiled. She pulled out the leather pants that she was admiring in a magazine a few weeks before Devin was born. "Oh my god" she smiled "Thank you guys so much!" she got up and hugged each one of them. "That was so sweet" she said glancing between them. Amy shurgged. "We just chipped in and thought you would love them" she smiled.
Just then Jeff walked into the kitchen, kind of limping. Amy noticed right away. "Whats wrong with you?" she asked staring at his leg. Jeff sighed. "I'm fine and everything, Just me and Adam went to the motor cross and I went over a big hill and-" Amy cut him off "Jeff!!" she started "I told you that stupid motor cycle wouldn't do you any good!.. Look, now you're hurt!" "I'm not hurt Ames, I'm fine, really" he said. Amy stepped forward and lightly placed her foot on Jeff's. He yelped. "Fuck Amy stop!" he yelled as she quickly lifted it off. "Jesus Jeff, you god damned liar" Jeff looked up "Well it isn't helping any stepping on it , now is it?" he said sarcastically, limping over to the fridge. Amy rolled her eyes, as Jeff reached for the carton of milk and held it up to his mouth. He stopped before he reached it, catching Amy's glare at his side. He looked over," Please do not tell me you were gonna drink out of that without a cup" she hissed. "Please don't tell me you were gonna drink that, daa daa daa "Jeff mimicked in a high pitched voice grabbing a cup off the shelf. "Wow, you can feel the love in this room" Stacy joked as Jeff turned to go upstairs with the glass. "That's right, you limp your ass upstairs" Amy joked. "Shut up" Jeff joked back, disappearing into the hallway. ***********************************************************************
Amy lay on the bed beside Jeff, she lifted the covers to observe his leg. The bottom of it was bruised and purple. "Oh Baby" she said sympathetically. She looked up at him and went to rub it. Pain etched across his face so she stopped. "Sorry" she whispered. Jeff nodded his head yes. "I really want you to stop with this motor cross thing Jeff" She started. Jeff looked up "Amy, please don't ask me to stop, you know how much I love this." There was a silence. "But if a baby ever does happen to come along Jeff, I want you to stop, I don't want anything happening to you then" she whispered. Jeff tilted his head to the side. "Ames, it was a stupid slip up, I know not to turn left in the air on that hill now, I wont do it again" He said desperately. Amy shurgged "I don't even know why I ask" she smiled. "Just be careful, okay?" she smiled. He ran his fingers down the side of her stomach, "Okay" he whispered going into kiss her. Amy shifted her weight on him during the kiss and he yelped. "That's my foot!!" he rang out loudly. "Sorry" Amy laughed. "Lets try this again" She said pulling him over on her side of the bed. ***********************************************************************
Jeff woke up with his foot throbbing. He went to move it and grunted with pain. "Shit!" he whispered. Amy stirred under the covers and sighed. She opened her eyes and smiled. "Morning" she said stretching her arms above her head and then flopping them back at her side again. "How's your leg?" she asked closing her eyes again. "Mmm..." Jeff started "Its alright" he lied. "Good" Amy said snuggling into him so that they're stomachs were touching. She put her head into Jeff's shoulder and tried to get back to sleep. "You have to work today?" Jeff mumbled. "No" Amy said, sighing with relief. "Good" Jeff said kissing her shoulder. Amy sighed and drifted off again. Jeff got a glimpse of the clock. It was 10:43 AM. That was the most he had gotten to sleep in that weekend, usually Devin was screaming his head off around 7 AM. He rested his head on top of Amy's and was nearly asleep when he heard Devin's crying from down the hall. Amy whined and pulled the covers up over her head. "Mmm" was all she managed to say while Jeff got up. Amy flopped back down on the pillow, still half asleep. She closed her eyes and went back to sleep, Like Jeff said so many other times, Amy could sleep through anything. He kind of envied her for this trait. Jeff got up and brushed his teeth and threw on a shirt to match his boxers. He splashed cold water in his face to get him for awake. It didn't help, he stumbled down the hall into the kitchen where Stacy was giving Devin a bottle. "Hey" She smiled. Jeff smiled back "Morning" "Amy still sleeping?" "Like a Log" Jeff replied. "Figures" Stacy joked. Devin squirmed impatiently in Stacy's arms, His own arms reaching for the bottle. "You hungry?" Jeff asked Stacy. She nodded yes, while shifting Devin in her arms. "You want an omelette?, I'm making one already so." He trailed off. "That would be nice" Stacy smiled. Jeff turned on the stove while the doorbell rang. Only one person would come over this early.Shane. "Come in Shane!" He yelled at the door. The door opened quickly. "How'd you know it was me?" Shane asked puzzled. Jeff shurgged "Lucky Guess" Shane shurgged his shoulders as well, as Devin finished the bottle. Shane looked at the baby who sighed and gazed at the swinging fan on the celing. "Can I hold him?" Shane asked. Stacy smiled and nodded. Shane outreached his arms to the small baby. "How old his he now?" he asked. About 4 weeks Stacy replied. There was a silence. "He looks just like Matt" Shane smiled. "I Know" Stacy Beamed. Shane balanced the baby's head on his shoulder. Devin looked feverishly around the room, gazing at anything bright and shiny. Jeff made a face at the baby, while putting the egg on a plate for Stacy. Stace thanked him and dug into the food. Just then Amy came down the stairs. "Hey" she said stretching. Shane nodded his head. Amy yawned while taking a small piece of egg off Jeffs plate. "Help yourself" Jeff said sarcastically. "I will" Amy said heading to the fridge. She grabbed the milk. "Are you planning to get a glass for that?" Jeff joked. Amy smiled sheepishly as she poured it into a large glass. She sat down at the table, "So, Shane.." She started "What you been up to lately?" she asked munching on Jeff's omelette. "Nothing much, just getting used to the new job" he said, referring to the job he recently got at a golf course. "Ill trade you" Jeff said, the remainder of egg left on Amy's plate. Shane laughed and gave the baby back to Stacy. "How's the job going by the way?" Stacy asked. Shane lifted his head. "Oh.. Its going good, thanks" he smiled. Stacy nodded her head. The room had gone awkwardly silent. Devin cooed when Stacy placed him in the swing. "I was talking to Adam last night" She said. "Oh?" Amy replied. "Well, I know you guys have been woken up and night and in the morning from Devin and you don't have anymore privacy so." She trailed off. "Adam invited me to come live with him for awhile, and I think that would be the best option right now" She said, waiting for someone to say something. It was Jeff who spoke first "Are you sure Stace, I mean, you're welcome to stay here as long as you like."
"I know" Stacy blurted back "I am sure, I think it would be better for all of us." There was a silence "Okay" Amy said stirring her coffee. "When do you plan to go?" Amy asked. "By the end of the week" she replied. Amy nodded her head yes. "Oh" she said again. "I just felt like I was intruding You guys are just newly weds, and you have no privacy!" she said. "Stacy, it isn't like that" Jeff said. Stacy shook her head Well, I already told Adam yes, there isn't much that I can do now.
Stacy got home the next day and just wanted to hold the baby all the time. Jeff set up the crib. Stace passed him Devin afterwards. Jeff smiled at the newborn in his hands. It yawned and shut his eyes. He cradled it until it fell asleep. He glanced over at Amy, who was smiling. "You'd make a great daddy" she said. Stacy looked up and looked confused. "Are you guys trying to- ?" she started "Yeah" Jeff replied, still looking at the baby. Amy's eyes grew wide and she smiled, and repeated "Yeah" Stacy grinned "Good for you guys" she said. Amy said "Thanks" not taking her eyes off Jeff. Stacy out reached her arms for Devin, as Jeff handed him back. Amy got up and led Jeff to the bedroom. "Amy I thought about it and I really want to- "she cut him off and began kissing him. He put his hands in the small of her back and pulled her closer. She pulled away and smiled. "I knew you would" she said. He pulled away and smiled. Then they both heard Devin scream. Amy looked concerned and let Jeff go. "I'd better go help Stacy, Ill make a bottle" she said heading out the door. Jeff walked out and heard Stacy and Amy talking over the yelps. Amy frantically put the bottle in the microwave and heated it up. Stacy went and changed him in his PJs while Amy tested the milk on her wrist and ran to the other room to deliver the bottle. The screaming stopped seconds later. Jeff told the two of them that he was heading to bed. "I'll be in there in about 15 minutes, alright?" Amy smiled at Jeff as she nodded his head yes. Jeff laid down on the cool bed and sighed. His head hit the pillow and he grabbed it, to fluff it up with his other hand. He was half asleep when Amy came in. He felt her gently snuggle up and kiss his shoulder. "You awake?" she whispered. Jeff mumbled something under his breath, as Amy grabbed him tighter and let him fall into a deep slumber. **********************************************************************
Devin screamed out for his mother, little hands waving feverishly in the air. Jeff woke up. He looked at the alarm clock. 3:43 AM. He groaned and got up. Stacy should probably get her sleep. He gently grabbed Devin up from his crib and brought him into the living room and sat on the couch. "What's wrong little guy?" Jeff asked smiling as the baby calmed down. Devin's arms flopped down by their side and he yawned. Jeff smiled, he loved it when he yawned. He looked up at Jeff, his eyes darting from on side of his face to the other. The baby mumbled, but didn't start to cry again. Devin closed his eyes and drifted off.
Stacy woke Amy up. "Ames, you've got to see this" she said shaking the bed. "Hmm, What?" Amy mumbled into her pillow. Stacy grabbed Amy's arm and dragged her into the living room. She saw Jeff sleeping on the couchwith Devin snuggled into his arms. She smiled and thought how great of a dad Jeff would be. Stacy smiled walked over and grabbed Devin and took him into the other room. Amy walked over to the rocking chair and kissed Jeff on the cheek. It made him jump and he woke up. His groggy eyes looked around the room. Amy smiled, "I saw you sleeping with Devin in your arms." She smiled "Your so cute" She said kissing him on the nose. "I'm making breakfast before I leave for work, so be down there in 20 minutes, alright?" she said. Jeff tried to get up, but his back cramped from sleeping on the couch all night. "Argh" he said. Amy turned around. "You all right, baby?" she asked, walking back to him. Jeff shook his head no, "my back is killing me", he said, still trying to rise to his feet. Amy waved him over to go and sit on the couch with her, and he did. She started to gently rub his back."Better?" she asked smiling. Jeff nodded his head yes. "So you got Devin to stop crying last night, huh?" Amy asked happily. "Oh.. " Jeff started "Yeah The little guy was crying so I thought Id give Stace a break" He replied after telling her to rub a little lower. "That was so sweet" she said bending down and kissing his shoulder. Jeff shurgged again. "Well" Amy said rising to her feet. "You cant get a free massage from me all day, and Stacy probably wants some breakfast too" Jeff nodded and lugged himself over to the kitchen table. Stacy soon joined them, putting Devin in the rocking swing they kept beside the table. It was she who broke the silence first. "Thanks a lot for taking care of Devin last night, Jeff" she smiled. Jeff nodded, "Really it was no big deal, anything to help" he said. **************************************************************************
It has been three weeks since Stacy had Devin, and the three week old Devin lay sleeping in his crib. Stacy was starting to loose a lot of the pregnancy weight. She was almost herself again. "Stace?" Maria called out from the kitchen. "Come here!" she yelled. "Shh!" Stacy shushed them "Devin's sleeping!" she whispered. "Sorry!" Amy whispered as Maria motioned for her to sit down. "We got you something" Maria said passing her a wrapped package. Stacy smiled "You guys didn't have to!" she said in surprise. "No no, just open it!!" Amy said anxiously. Stacy shurgged as she began to unwrap the package, she opened it up and smiled. She pulled out the leather pants that she was admiring in a magazine a few weeks before Devin was born. "Oh my god" she smiled "Thank you guys so much!" she got up and hugged each one of them. "That was so sweet" she said glancing between them. Amy shurgged. "We just chipped in and thought you would love them" she smiled.
Just then Jeff walked into the kitchen, kind of limping. Amy noticed right away. "Whats wrong with you?" she asked staring at his leg. Jeff sighed. "I'm fine and everything, Just me and Adam went to the motor cross and I went over a big hill and-" Amy cut him off "Jeff!!" she started "I told you that stupid motor cycle wouldn't do you any good!.. Look, now you're hurt!" "I'm not hurt Ames, I'm fine, really" he said. Amy stepped forward and lightly placed her foot on Jeff's. He yelped. "Fuck Amy stop!" he yelled as she quickly lifted it off. "Jesus Jeff, you god damned liar" Jeff looked up "Well it isn't helping any stepping on it , now is it?" he said sarcastically, limping over to the fridge. Amy rolled her eyes, as Jeff reached for the carton of milk and held it up to his mouth. He stopped before he reached it, catching Amy's glare at his side. He looked over," Please do not tell me you were gonna drink out of that without a cup" she hissed. "Please don't tell me you were gonna drink that, daa daa daa "Jeff mimicked in a high pitched voice grabbing a cup off the shelf. "Wow, you can feel the love in this room" Stacy joked as Jeff turned to go upstairs with the glass. "That's right, you limp your ass upstairs" Amy joked. "Shut up" Jeff joked back, disappearing into the hallway. ***********************************************************************
Amy lay on the bed beside Jeff, she lifted the covers to observe his leg. The bottom of it was bruised and purple. "Oh Baby" she said sympathetically. She looked up at him and went to rub it. Pain etched across his face so she stopped. "Sorry" she whispered. Jeff nodded his head yes. "I really want you to stop with this motor cross thing Jeff" She started. Jeff looked up "Amy, please don't ask me to stop, you know how much I love this." There was a silence. "But if a baby ever does happen to come along Jeff, I want you to stop, I don't want anything happening to you then" she whispered. Jeff tilted his head to the side. "Ames, it was a stupid slip up, I know not to turn left in the air on that hill now, I wont do it again" He said desperately. Amy shurgged "I don't even know why I ask" she smiled. "Just be careful, okay?" she smiled. He ran his fingers down the side of her stomach, "Okay" he whispered going into kiss her. Amy shifted her weight on him during the kiss and he yelped. "That's my foot!!" he rang out loudly. "Sorry" Amy laughed. "Lets try this again" She said pulling him over on her side of the bed. ***********************************************************************
Jeff woke up with his foot throbbing. He went to move it and grunted with pain. "Shit!" he whispered. Amy stirred under the covers and sighed. She opened her eyes and smiled. "Morning" she said stretching her arms above her head and then flopping them back at her side again. "How's your leg?" she asked closing her eyes again. "Mmm..." Jeff started "Its alright" he lied. "Good" Amy said snuggling into him so that they're stomachs were touching. She put her head into Jeff's shoulder and tried to get back to sleep. "You have to work today?" Jeff mumbled. "No" Amy said, sighing with relief. "Good" Jeff said kissing her shoulder. Amy sighed and drifted off again. Jeff got a glimpse of the clock. It was 10:43 AM. That was the most he had gotten to sleep in that weekend, usually Devin was screaming his head off around 7 AM. He rested his head on top of Amy's and was nearly asleep when he heard Devin's crying from down the hall. Amy whined and pulled the covers up over her head. "Mmm" was all she managed to say while Jeff got up. Amy flopped back down on the pillow, still half asleep. She closed her eyes and went back to sleep, Like Jeff said so many other times, Amy could sleep through anything. He kind of envied her for this trait. Jeff got up and brushed his teeth and threw on a shirt to match his boxers. He splashed cold water in his face to get him for awake. It didn't help, he stumbled down the hall into the kitchen where Stacy was giving Devin a bottle. "Hey" She smiled. Jeff smiled back "Morning" "Amy still sleeping?" "Like a Log" Jeff replied. "Figures" Stacy joked. Devin squirmed impatiently in Stacy's arms, His own arms reaching for the bottle. "You hungry?" Jeff asked Stacy. She nodded yes, while shifting Devin in her arms. "You want an omelette?, I'm making one already so." He trailed off. "That would be nice" Stacy smiled. Jeff turned on the stove while the doorbell rang. Only one person would come over this early.Shane. "Come in Shane!" He yelled at the door. The door opened quickly. "How'd you know it was me?" Shane asked puzzled. Jeff shurgged "Lucky Guess" Shane shurgged his shoulders as well, as Devin finished the bottle. Shane looked at the baby who sighed and gazed at the swinging fan on the celing. "Can I hold him?" Shane asked. Stacy smiled and nodded. Shane outreached his arms to the small baby. "How old his he now?" he asked. About 4 weeks Stacy replied. There was a silence. "He looks just like Matt" Shane smiled. "I Know" Stacy Beamed. Shane balanced the baby's head on his shoulder. Devin looked feverishly around the room, gazing at anything bright and shiny. Jeff made a face at the baby, while putting the egg on a plate for Stacy. Stace thanked him and dug into the food. Just then Amy came down the stairs. "Hey" she said stretching. Shane nodded his head. Amy yawned while taking a small piece of egg off Jeffs plate. "Help yourself" Jeff said sarcastically. "I will" Amy said heading to the fridge. She grabbed the milk. "Are you planning to get a glass for that?" Jeff joked. Amy smiled sheepishly as she poured it into a large glass. She sat down at the table, "So, Shane.." She started "What you been up to lately?" she asked munching on Jeff's omelette. "Nothing much, just getting used to the new job" he said, referring to the job he recently got at a golf course. "Ill trade you" Jeff said, the remainder of egg left on Amy's plate. Shane laughed and gave the baby back to Stacy. "How's the job going by the way?" Stacy asked. Shane lifted his head. "Oh.. Its going good, thanks" he smiled. Stacy nodded her head. The room had gone awkwardly silent. Devin cooed when Stacy placed him in the swing. "I was talking to Adam last night" She said. "Oh?" Amy replied. "Well, I know you guys have been woken up and night and in the morning from Devin and you don't have anymore privacy so." She trailed off. "Adam invited me to come live with him for awhile, and I think that would be the best option right now" She said, waiting for someone to say something. It was Jeff who spoke first "Are you sure Stace, I mean, you're welcome to stay here as long as you like."
"I know" Stacy blurted back "I am sure, I think it would be better for all of us." There was a silence "Okay" Amy said stirring her coffee. "When do you plan to go?" Amy asked. "By the end of the week" she replied. Amy nodded her head yes. "Oh" she said again. "I just felt like I was intruding You guys are just newly weds, and you have no privacy!" she said. "Stacy, it isn't like that" Jeff said. Stacy shook her head Well, I already told Adam yes, there isn't much that I can do now.