Authors Note- hey guys, well I managed to get out of the family things today lol... well at least get outta them early, so here I am posting chapter 47 today. Sorry the review responses are so short, i am tired lol but i have some good news we have decided to update more frequently :D:D:D:D:D:D!
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I feel soft breath on the back of my neck, slowly turning over onto my back I look at his sleeping form. He is so beautiful. I don't care what anyone says men can be beautiful. I intertwine our fingers. Our favourite thing to do. He slowly wakes up and looks at me. "Hey you," He reaches over and pushes loose strands of hair out of my face. I lean in for a soft kiss, and get it. "How'd you sleep?" I ask.
"Every night with you is unbelievable, especially last night." he smiles. I move closer and wrap my arms around his naked waist, pulling covers up around us. "I love you." He says gently making a trail of kisses on my neck. I love hearing him say those words. It took me so long to finally say it, but now that I have.... Its well amazing. I pull away reaching over the side of the bed grabbing a t-shirt of his and a pair of his boxers. I toss the boxers at him, and put the t-shirt on. "Oh come on, I love being naked with you."
"Bryce will be home soon. Would you like to be naked with him and I?"
"Point well taken." He throws the boxers on, and pulls me in closer, my back against his chest. "I hope he had fun, and was well behaved." I state.
"I hope he kept the comments to a minimum, my father's not exactly known for his sense of humour." He says kissing my cheek.
"Ha, and Bryce isn't exactly known for being serious." Just with that said, the door slams shut. "There in the bedroom." Is all we can hear. I look at Carter, and he stands up pulling on his sweat pants and a t-shirt, handing me my sweats. I am still sitting in bed, while Carter is just throwing his T-shirt on when Bryce barges into the room. "Hey kids-" He says a smile spread across his face. "You have fun?"
"My dad still out there?" Carter asks, hugging Bryce quickly.
"Yep." Carter walks by Bryce and out into the living room area. Bryce walks over to me and crawls into bed nestling up against me. "Did you have fun with Jack?" I ask looking down, his head resting against my shoulder. "Yeah, he's cool."
"What did you guys do?"
"He taught me how to play poker." He crinkles his brow. "Yeah, told me how to scam lots of money off Carter, I think that was good advice." He smiles.
"Oh Boy." I sigh.
"So Dylan can still come over today right?"
"Yeah sure." I pause then look down at him, "What about ice skating?"
"With my parents, aw, geese." He rolls his eyes.
"Knock it off you." I say rubbing his hair. He reaches over and pats my belly. "What are you doing Bryce?" I ask curiously.
"Just saying hi, to little Ernie."
"Whose Ernie?" I say pushing his hand away from my stomach.
"My new brother duh!" He rolls his eyes at me. Oh shit! What- oh fuck. I immediately sit up and bed, Bryce looks alarmed, "Mom are you okay? I was only kidding."
"No- it's not that honey, I just forgot something about a patient." I say walking into the living room, John and his father seem to be having a friendly conversation. "You okay Abby?" Carter asks looking over at me.
"I need to talk to you." I say firmly. Bryce walks over to us looking confused.
"Bryce, there is a little place that serves breakfast, would you like to go with me?" Jack proposes.
"Uh-" I nod my okay, and he follows Jack out of the apartment, still in a state of confusion. Once they are a safe distance away I turn to Carter who is smiling. "Don't fucking smile at me." I snap. The smile is gone as soon as it arrived.
"What did I do?" he asks carefully.
"We didn't use birth control." I say raising my voice. He is no longer worried about being in trouble, now he looks shocked. "Oh shit." He says pushing his hair back.
"Yeah, I'd say so." I say pacing the room.
"Well, no matter what happens we'll get through it. I mean a new baby would be unexpected but not unwelcome." He starts to smile.
"Speak for yourself." I grumble.
"What are you saying?" He says angrily.
"I'm just saying, I have a new job, a son who is finally on the right track, I don't know if I am in the place in my life where I want a new baby." I explain as calmly as possible.
"Abby, why don't we just see where this leads then talk about it okay?" He offers. I nod slowly. "I would at some point like a child of my own, that's all and if you were to be-"
"A child of your own?" I cut him off. "So Bryce isn't good enough?"
"God Abby, why do you always do this?" He screams, I am a little taken a back Carter's never been this forward. "Why do you always blow things out of proportion and make them sound in away they were not intended? You twist my fucking words. You know I love Bryce as though he was my own, I even consider him my son-" He just stares at me, jaw clenched and fists balled. "I can't believe you would even think that." He says, his voice just about a whisper. "God Abby." He releases his fists and runs his fingers through his hair. "You don't want a child with me?" His voice raised again.
"I don't know Carter!" I shout back, "I don't know what I want anymore, okay?" I scream. "I mean I have everything I could want right here, Bryce, you..." I can feel the tears coming and bite down on my bottom lip to stop them, I walk over to the couch and take a seat, my head in my hands. "I'm sorry." He sits down beside me, running his hands up and down my back. "Don't be." He says kissing my cheek.
"No- really, I know you love Bryce, and I can see that you would want a child but, I am just so scared that I would screw up another child's life I mean Bryce he gets so mad at me sometimes-"
"Abby all kids do. He just, he is just growing up. He loves you. He got mad at me once when you and I fought. Remember the time we fought because uh- you weren't sure that we were genuine because of our past..." He says quietly. "Well, Bryce got mad at me, he told me to leave if I was just going to hurt you. He protects and loves you, you just don't see it." I look up at him, god I never knew that. He leans forward and kisses away the falling tears. "We had so much fun last night." He says into my hair. "Let's not get all riled up about something we don't even know that's going to happen yet." I kiss him on the nose, and he smiles at me. Maybe having his child wouldn't be so bad, the name Ernie has got to go though.
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"Here hold my hand!"
"Are you sure."
"You'll be fine... Don't worry." He looks up and smiles. "Just trust me okay."
"Okay, I've never Ice skated before-"
"You'll be great, don't worry." He tilts his head, leaning forward for a kiss on the cheek. "After we can get some hot chocolate, and a hot dog."
"Okay, that sounds great."
"I have a present for you." He says.
"I have one for you too."
"Okay- must we be so lovey dovey all the time?" Carter says skating up beside Bryce and Dylan. Bryce pushes Carter away embarrassed. "Carter." He says under his breath.
Dylan and Bryce skate off, hand in hand, Bryce holding Dylan up.
Carter skates over to me grabbing my hand. "You like her more now?"
"She's ten how could I not like her, I just don't like the idea of my son kissing a girl." I say rolling my eyes.
"There harmless,"
"What are?"
"The kisses, little pecks like that at the most. You can't even catch anything from it." Carter jokes. "I wonder what he got her, or what she got him?" I say as we skate along about ten feet behind them. "I don't know he didn't tell me." Carter shrugs, with a smile.
"He did tell you didn't he?"
"We picked it out together." He smiles.
"Tell me what it is?" I ask leaning into his shoulder.
"You'll find out soon enough..." He says looking down at me.
"What?"
"Nothing, just thinking about how beautiful you are." I can feel my cheeks going red. "Hey, what are you doing New Years eve?" He asks
"Nothing why?"
"A bunch of people from work are going to Susan's."
"Oh yeah, she told me about that."
"We should go." He offers.
"I'd love too."
"It's a date." He smiles. We'll all go to Susan's New Years Eve, Carter, me and Ernie.
***REVIEW RESPONSES***
Caitlin015- thanks, never freak out before reading the whole chapter, thats my advice to you after reading the preview!
honeybear1- I'm glad you are officilay hooked because we have bit of a bumpy road ahead... hold onto your seats folks.
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Amanda- something always has to go wrong :(
nat- hehehe
Elven Writer- thanks glad you like the story so much :)... yeah i'm kinda bad sometimes at formating
MrsWyle- YAY carby sex rocks hehe... yeah the previews are a little rocky fora while :S
smilez4eva- Happy holidays... we are aiming for 100 chapters, it would be awesome, i hope you have fun on your trip. we love long reviews.
CamilaC- well lets just say (regarding the preview) thinks tend to go up and down....
HardcoreCarbyFan- we love anyy amount of reviews :D we want to update forever, once we finish this story we have talked about starting another one.
hyperpiper91- hey dude, yeah we could try for more action.....................maybe
***PREVIEW***
She's begun to shut herself off from me. But she'll let me in when she feels like it. So maybe it's progress. I hear the door shut and Abby yell at Bryce to go to bed. His footsteps echo through the hallway reluctantly.
"Why the hell isn't he in bed yet?"
She's been snapping at me a lot recently. I've gotten a bit used to it.
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I feel soft breath on the back of my neck, slowly turning over onto my back I look at his sleeping form. He is so beautiful. I don't care what anyone says men can be beautiful. I intertwine our fingers. Our favourite thing to do. He slowly wakes up and looks at me. "Hey you," He reaches over and pushes loose strands of hair out of my face. I lean in for a soft kiss, and get it. "How'd you sleep?" I ask.
"Every night with you is unbelievable, especially last night." he smiles. I move closer and wrap my arms around his naked waist, pulling covers up around us. "I love you." He says gently making a trail of kisses on my neck. I love hearing him say those words. It took me so long to finally say it, but now that I have.... Its well amazing. I pull away reaching over the side of the bed grabbing a t-shirt of his and a pair of his boxers. I toss the boxers at him, and put the t-shirt on. "Oh come on, I love being naked with you."
"Bryce will be home soon. Would you like to be naked with him and I?"
"Point well taken." He throws the boxers on, and pulls me in closer, my back against his chest. "I hope he had fun, and was well behaved." I state.
"I hope he kept the comments to a minimum, my father's not exactly known for his sense of humour." He says kissing my cheek.
"Ha, and Bryce isn't exactly known for being serious." Just with that said, the door slams shut. "There in the bedroom." Is all we can hear. I look at Carter, and he stands up pulling on his sweat pants and a t-shirt, handing me my sweats. I am still sitting in bed, while Carter is just throwing his T-shirt on when Bryce barges into the room. "Hey kids-" He says a smile spread across his face. "You have fun?"
"My dad still out there?" Carter asks, hugging Bryce quickly.
"Yep." Carter walks by Bryce and out into the living room area. Bryce walks over to me and crawls into bed nestling up against me. "Did you have fun with Jack?" I ask looking down, his head resting against my shoulder. "Yeah, he's cool."
"What did you guys do?"
"He taught me how to play poker." He crinkles his brow. "Yeah, told me how to scam lots of money off Carter, I think that was good advice." He smiles.
"Oh Boy." I sigh.
"So Dylan can still come over today right?"
"Yeah sure." I pause then look down at him, "What about ice skating?"
"With my parents, aw, geese." He rolls his eyes.
"Knock it off you." I say rubbing his hair. He reaches over and pats my belly. "What are you doing Bryce?" I ask curiously.
"Just saying hi, to little Ernie."
"Whose Ernie?" I say pushing his hand away from my stomach.
"My new brother duh!" He rolls his eyes at me. Oh shit! What- oh fuck. I immediately sit up and bed, Bryce looks alarmed, "Mom are you okay? I was only kidding."
"No- it's not that honey, I just forgot something about a patient." I say walking into the living room, John and his father seem to be having a friendly conversation. "You okay Abby?" Carter asks looking over at me.
"I need to talk to you." I say firmly. Bryce walks over to us looking confused.
"Bryce, there is a little place that serves breakfast, would you like to go with me?" Jack proposes.
"Uh-" I nod my okay, and he follows Jack out of the apartment, still in a state of confusion. Once they are a safe distance away I turn to Carter who is smiling. "Don't fucking smile at me." I snap. The smile is gone as soon as it arrived.
"What did I do?" he asks carefully.
"We didn't use birth control." I say raising my voice. He is no longer worried about being in trouble, now he looks shocked. "Oh shit." He says pushing his hair back.
"Yeah, I'd say so." I say pacing the room.
"Well, no matter what happens we'll get through it. I mean a new baby would be unexpected but not unwelcome." He starts to smile.
"Speak for yourself." I grumble.
"What are you saying?" He says angrily.
"I'm just saying, I have a new job, a son who is finally on the right track, I don't know if I am in the place in my life where I want a new baby." I explain as calmly as possible.
"Abby, why don't we just see where this leads then talk about it okay?" He offers. I nod slowly. "I would at some point like a child of my own, that's all and if you were to be-"
"A child of your own?" I cut him off. "So Bryce isn't good enough?"
"God Abby, why do you always do this?" He screams, I am a little taken a back Carter's never been this forward. "Why do you always blow things out of proportion and make them sound in away they were not intended? You twist my fucking words. You know I love Bryce as though he was my own, I even consider him my son-" He just stares at me, jaw clenched and fists balled. "I can't believe you would even think that." He says, his voice just about a whisper. "God Abby." He releases his fists and runs his fingers through his hair. "You don't want a child with me?" His voice raised again.
"I don't know Carter!" I shout back, "I don't know what I want anymore, okay?" I scream. "I mean I have everything I could want right here, Bryce, you..." I can feel the tears coming and bite down on my bottom lip to stop them, I walk over to the couch and take a seat, my head in my hands. "I'm sorry." He sits down beside me, running his hands up and down my back. "Don't be." He says kissing my cheek.
"No- really, I know you love Bryce, and I can see that you would want a child but, I am just so scared that I would screw up another child's life I mean Bryce he gets so mad at me sometimes-"
"Abby all kids do. He just, he is just growing up. He loves you. He got mad at me once when you and I fought. Remember the time we fought because uh- you weren't sure that we were genuine because of our past..." He says quietly. "Well, Bryce got mad at me, he told me to leave if I was just going to hurt you. He protects and loves you, you just don't see it." I look up at him, god I never knew that. He leans forward and kisses away the falling tears. "We had so much fun last night." He says into my hair. "Let's not get all riled up about something we don't even know that's going to happen yet." I kiss him on the nose, and he smiles at me. Maybe having his child wouldn't be so bad, the name Ernie has got to go though.
~*~
"Here hold my hand!"
"Are you sure."
"You'll be fine... Don't worry." He looks up and smiles. "Just trust me okay."
"Okay, I've never Ice skated before-"
"You'll be great, don't worry." He tilts his head, leaning forward for a kiss on the cheek. "After we can get some hot chocolate, and a hot dog."
"Okay, that sounds great."
"I have a present for you." He says.
"I have one for you too."
"Okay- must we be so lovey dovey all the time?" Carter says skating up beside Bryce and Dylan. Bryce pushes Carter away embarrassed. "Carter." He says under his breath.
Dylan and Bryce skate off, hand in hand, Bryce holding Dylan up.
Carter skates over to me grabbing my hand. "You like her more now?"
"She's ten how could I not like her, I just don't like the idea of my son kissing a girl." I say rolling my eyes.
"There harmless,"
"What are?"
"The kisses, little pecks like that at the most. You can't even catch anything from it." Carter jokes. "I wonder what he got her, or what she got him?" I say as we skate along about ten feet behind them. "I don't know he didn't tell me." Carter shrugs, with a smile.
"He did tell you didn't he?"
"We picked it out together." He smiles.
"Tell me what it is?" I ask leaning into his shoulder.
"You'll find out soon enough..." He says looking down at me.
"What?"
"Nothing, just thinking about how beautiful you are." I can feel my cheeks going red. "Hey, what are you doing New Years eve?" He asks
"Nothing why?"
"A bunch of people from work are going to Susan's."
"Oh yeah, she told me about that."
"We should go." He offers.
"I'd love too."
"It's a date." He smiles. We'll all go to Susan's New Years Eve, Carter, me and Ernie.
***REVIEW RESPONSES***
Caitlin015- thanks, never freak out before reading the whole chapter, thats my advice to you after reading the preview!
honeybear1- I'm glad you are officilay hooked because we have bit of a bumpy road ahead... hold onto your seats folks.
honeybear1 (CHAP 45)- condos rock i wish one of my boyfriends woulda bought me one hehe
Amanda- something always has to go wrong :(
nat- hehehe
Elven Writer- thanks glad you like the story so much :)... yeah i'm kinda bad sometimes at formating
MrsWyle- YAY carby sex rocks hehe... yeah the previews are a little rocky fora while :S
smilez4eva- Happy holidays... we are aiming for 100 chapters, it would be awesome, i hope you have fun on your trip. we love long reviews.
CamilaC- well lets just say (regarding the preview) thinks tend to go up and down....
HardcoreCarbyFan- we love anyy amount of reviews :D we want to update forever, once we finish this story we have talked about starting another one.
hyperpiper91- hey dude, yeah we could try for more action.....................maybe
***PREVIEW***
She's begun to shut herself off from me. But she'll let me in when she feels like it. So maybe it's progress. I hear the door shut and Abby yell at Bryce to go to bed. His footsteps echo through the hallway reluctantly.
"Why the hell isn't he in bed yet?"
She's been snapping at me a lot recently. I've gotten a bit used to it.