Someone like you 24
Taking the box out of his drawer he opened it up and looked at it, as it sparkled laying on the velvet background, he touched it. The diamonds were exquisite, just like she was to him. Hearing her coming up the stairs with the boys, he shut it closed and set it back into his drawer as Justin ran into Michaels room with him, to grab a pair of pajamas out of his little suitcase. Walking insideshe took a look around Michael's room admiring all the baseball memorabilia he had, and the pictures of him and Jason at various stages in his life. Picking them up one at a timeshe lookedat the two of them.Jason was all that a kid needed in a father, loving, understanding, tolerant, patient, kind, encouraging, consistent, dependable and few other qualities too but she was interrupted as to what they were at the present time when hecame through the doorway ofthe bedroom looking oh so male.
"Did you want me to start running the bath for him?" He asked.
"Yeah, that would be great."
"Okay." He said as he walked out admiring how well the boys were getting along she dropped her hand down and grazed his as she watched them play together, then looking up at him she walked out as he walked into the bathroom she walked downstairs to grab a glass of water from the kitchen. As she looked out the kitchen window, the fog was starting to blanket the town, as she could barely make out the lighthouse off in the distance.
Upstairs she could hear Jason turn off the water and tell Justin that his bath was ready, she loved that he took the initiative that he was willing to help out. She could hear Justin upstairs in the bathroom, as she grabbed another glass of water, she walked out turning off the light in the kitchen and made her way up the stairs, pausingshe looked around the house, as feeling of contentment washed over her. Rounding the corner she peeked inside the bathroom and saw him and Justin together, smiling to herself, she continued to watch as Michael came out of his room in his pajamas announcing that he was ready for bed.
"Will you read me a story?" Michael asked her, she was taken back, but felt honored after all he was old enough to read a book to himself. The thing was he wanted her attention, she was the closest he had ever come to having a mom and he loved her that was evident in how he had tried to protect her this afternoon.
"Sure." She said as she placed her hand on his shoulder and followed him into his bedroom, he handed her a book on baseball, his favorite sport, he picked the story he wanted her to read to him.
"It's alright; we can lay down here and read it." He said as she semi sat up against his headboard, then turning the light on the nightstand, she opened the book and started to read to him.
A few minutes later, Jason came in to his room and found Michael sound asleep next to Sam on the bed, with the book spread out on her, he loved what he saw before him, he didn't want to wake her up, she looked so peaceful, but it was time for Justin to go to bed as he held him in his arms. Sitting down with him on the edge of the bed Justin crawled over onto her and woke her up.
"Whoops fell asleep." She said as Justin curled up right in the crook of his mother's arms and right next to Michael on his bed.
"I am going to be downstairs babe; I have some paperwork to go over for the business." He whispered to her as he leaned down over her and smoothed her dark tresses with his hand, then ran his finger down her face, she reached up and softly took it and kissed it, then shifted her head on the pillow and looked up at him and smiled.
"Are you happy?"
"I am." She said watching him for a few minutes before he left the room.
Not knowing what time it was Sam walked down the hall and saw Jason still going over the paperwork he had been going over for a half our or more now that he looked at his watch. He would make a trip down to the warehouse tomorrow in the morning sometime to check on things. Rubbing his eyes, he tried to refocus as best he could, then looked down at the paperwork before him. Sam walked over to her suitcase and pulled out her nightie then slipped it over her head and taking her toothbrush and skincare stuff walked into the bathroom and five minutes later walked back out, as she walked around she went to her side of the bed and got in as she looked around the room, tired she fell sound asleep.
Jason finally closed his folder and put it aside, then making sure everything was locked up tightly he shut off the lights downstairs and walked up, then quickly he checked in on the boys, noticing that she wasn't there, the boys were sound asleep, then again they fell asleep next to an angel. Closing the door behind him and walking into his bedroom he glanced over in the bed turning off the light next to the bed, he pushed the cover away and got in next to her, wrapping his arms around her as she lay sound asleep, and for once in a long time he was going to sleep peacefully also.