(A/N; yes, yes, I know, it's been a while since my last update. But then again, who would blame me, I only had three reviews! It's the support system that brought me back with a new chapter sooner than I was actually thinking I would come out with one. (you know who you are, and I appreciate it!) thanks, please review! If I dont get at least 5, then I wont update for another month. Lol)
Madison pulled a chair up next to him, gently closed his book as she said softly, "we need to talk..."
Ephram sighed and sat back in his chair, "about what?" although he already knew what they needed to talk about.
"you know what...why dont you just forgive your father, give him the benefit of the doubt?" she asked as she leaned towards him
"are you kidding?" he looked at her as though she had three heads, "I'm blown away that you've forgiven him for what he tried to do to you...to us." he shook his head, "I just dont think I can do that. I can't."
"He apologized Eph...It was something that happened, and it's something that you just have to get over. Dust yourself off and keep going. He knows what he did was completely wrong and unjust and he's trying to make it right."
Ephram frowned as he thought for a second. He placed his hand over
Madison's which was on the table, and he just looked at their fingers
as he interwined them, not saying anything. He tilted his head, "I
dont know...I jus, uhm...I just think it will take time." he
sort of chuckled out of frustration as he placed his head on the
table, thinking still. Madison combed her fingers through his hair.
After a little while, she whispered in his ear and joked, "just
think of how the kids at school are going to react when they find out
you had a baby!" she kissed his head then sat back up. Ephram
was laughing as he looked up at her, "that's not funny! Not
only will I be the laughing stock as I am now, but I'll be the
laughing stock with a kid!" he imitated a bully at school, "
'hey, there goes Brown, ya think he'll be investing in the 6 year
plan now that he's got a kid' " Madison couldnt help but laugh
at Ephram's impression. This helped lighten the mood.
They heard
over the baby monitor Trenton making baby noises so they decided to
gaze at their son. As they were walking down the hall, Madison tried
to trip Ephram, which made him playfully push her, which then made
her bearhug him and the two accidentally fell to the floor, trying
very hard not to laugh and wake their child, not that it would have
mattered anyway since the loud crashing sound of two adult bodies
hitting the floor was enough to shake the entire room and wake up
anybody withn a certain radius. The two, tangled together, tried to
lay still for a few seconds without laughing to see if they woke up
their child and when the coast was clear, Madison buried her face
into Ephram's neck and started laughing, "just like old times,
we're acting like immature brats"
Ephram tried to whisper without laughing, "yes, but the only difference this time is we are immature brats with a baby."
As Madison helped Ephram off the floor, she said, "Perhaps Trenton will be the mature one out of the three of us."
"We certainly have plenty of time to figure that out."
Madison
chuckled, "what is, the rest of our lives, Bob!" which
made Ephram laugh and put his arm around her as the two entered
Trenton's room. Trenton was still making baby noises every so often
then stirred not too long afterwards since it was time for his
feeding. It was like clockwork with this kid, no surprises, just
predictable. The new parents had it pretty down pat and always tried
to do things together. Madison would feed the baby, Ephram would
burp him and get spit-up on, then the two would take turns rocking
the baby back to sleep.
That night, the two went to bed, and Madison led Ephram to her bedroom and the two just cuddled for most of the night. She traced his face with her fingers. Just being in each other's arms was a beautiful thing since they didn't really have that much time together anyway. Ephram's arms were wrapped around her and one of her hands was on his chest as they fell asleep. They needed to be together, even if it was just in the physical sense of being there, not necessarily the sexual part. They made a vow, anyway, that even if the attraction was there, as it was all the time, they wouldn't sleep together until after they got married. It would make things that more pleasureable when if finally did happen. It made them look forward to the future and their lives together, getting to watch this beautiful baby boy that they created, grow up.
