Chapter 113

Alex didn't sleep much since she was up most of the night trying to keep her daughter as comfortable as possible, and she refused to have her sleep in her crib but in the middle of her parents so she can be as close as possible in case Phoebe's fever spiked again. She was awoken by her phone buzzing, almost certain that she didn't set an alarm since it was Saturday morning. Reluctant to check it she turned around and grabbed the device, seeing it's a text from Shelby. Wiping most of the sleep from her eyes she sat up and read the text. Without thinking she replied to the text instantly and laid back down, staring at her husband and daughter who still slept soundly. After some time she got back up and walked towards the bathroom, getting herself ready and gathering the washing, getting some cleaning done before their little guest arrive.

Ryan was awoken by a small fist that hit his face and groaned opening his eyes, and he looked into his daughter's sparkly blue ones, smiling up at him as she sat up. "Good morning sweet girl." Ryan greeted her. Looking around the room first before staring back down at her father and smiling, taking her pacifier out of her mouth and handing it to him.

"Thank you Pheebs." He smiled accepting the pink pacifier. "Let's see where mommy is." He suggested and got up, changing her diaper first, and setting her down on the floor, brushing his teeth before the two of them made their way downstairs.

Alex was sitting on the kitchen floor in front of the washing machine, sorting Phoebe's clothes into piles, since she always washed hers first before tackling the rest of the laundry. Not noticing she had company until Phoebe crawled over and sat on top of the washing that her mother just sorted.

"Hey bub." Alex smiled leaving everything she was busy with and attending to her daughter. Kissing her for some time before smiling at how the little girl laughed. "Are you not planning on kissing me? Last time I checked I was also part of this family." Ryan said where he stood in front of the fridge.

"Daddy's jealous." She whispered to Phoebe who looked up in the direction of her father and smiled back at her mother.

"Yes Ryan Booth you are still part of this family, and I love you so much. I was just saving the best for last." Alex tried justifying herself. She put Phoebe down and walked over to him, standing on her toes kissing his cheek but he refused to kiss her back.

"You broke my heart Alexandra, and you think a kiss will just fix it." Ryan started and Alex looked at him with amusement having no idea why he is being so dramatic.

"Fine then." Alex retorted and walked over to get herself some coffee when he snakes his hands around her waist from behind nuzzling her neck.

"No, no no. Go away now." Alex laughed trying to get a mug in the cupboard. Turning around eventually when she was losing the battle she tried to keep up, and leaned forward to kiss her husband.

"This is how a Saturday morning should start." Ryan smiled when they broke apart.

"Don't get too excited. We have a little guest coming over later today." Alex started but was stopped mid sentence when their attention shifted to their daughter. Who stood up where she sat and took a few steps forward concentrating really hard on putting one foot in front of the other, but losing her balance after the third step and fell back down. Leaving her parents in awe as they looked at each other not knowing what to say.

"Phoebe!" Alex chimed staring at the eleven month old, who looked like she still needed to process the fact that she just took a few steps. "Why are you growing up so quickly?" Alex asked extending her hands towards her daughter hoping she'd take another few steps towards her mother, but she refused. She crawled and Alex got her to stand up, holding the empty coffee mug in front of her, hoping it would serve as a goal, but Phoebe sat back down and crawled towards the mug.

"No, you were supposed to walk again." Alex said a bit sad that they didn't get to witness it again but picked her up regardless, kissing her chubby cheeks, while Ryan finished the coffee making she abandoned. Walking over to the couch to sit down trying to get Phoebe to eat, so she can take some medicine.

"You were saying something about a guest joining us today." Ryan said sitting down next to the two of them on the couch, putting his wife's coffee on the coffee table. Ryan looking at the his wife and daughter who were in a food fight, as Phoebe refused to eat after the first spoon of porridge.

"Phooeebee." Her mother whined but the little girl refused to open her mouth. Giving up Alex handed her over to her father who took over the task of feeding his daughter, as Alex indulged in her coffee. Surprisingly with much less force Ryan managed to get her to eat most of the contents that was in her bowl leaving Alex wondering why she had so much difficulty getting her daughter to eat, but Ryan breezed through the feeding process.

"Shelby texted. Asking if CJ can come over for a few hours tonight. She and Caleb have a date night planned." She started trying to read her husband's facial expression, on having an almost two month old in the household again.

"Ryaaann?" Alex asked looking at him when he failed to answer her question.

"I actually wanted us to go out tonight, since it's Nadia's last night here and. But it's okay, I don't have a problem with it. For all the times they've looked after Phoebe it's the least we can do." He agreed, and Alex nodded, wondering if now would be the right time to tell him about what's been on her mind for the past few days.

Nadia emerged from her room around 11AM, soon after Ryan came back from his usual weekend run.

"Good morning America." Ryan greeted when he saw Nadia making flapjacks in the kitchen.

"Whatever weirdo." Came her return as she grabbed the ice cream from the freezer to top the flapjacks with. Walking over to her, he grabbed the spatula out of her hand and held it in the air out of reach.

"You going to make me some as well?" he asked looking at her, as she tried her best to get it back, but failing since he was so much taller than he is.

"Ryan it's burning! Just hand it back to me please." Nadia pleaded with her brother who still refused.

"First answer my question. Are you going to make me some as well?" He repeated waiting for her to answer. "Or I can hug you right now, and I am extremely sweaty." He shrugged smiling walking closer to her.

"Okay okay fine. Just don't hug me. Please go shower." Nadia pleaded moving further and further away from her brother.

"See why I love you. And why you're my favorite sister." He smiled when he got his way and she handed her the first three flapjacks that was finished wanting him to get away from her.

Alex came back inside from hanging some of the washing that she didn't put in the dryer. Walking over to the counter. Taking the spoon out of Ryan's hand and scooped some ice cream into her mouth that was stacked on the first flapjack.

"Babe please go take a shower when you're done eating." Alex commented looking at him.

"Sweating is your body's way of reminding itself that you're still alive." He commented looking at the two of them, as he took the stairs two at a time to satisfy his wife and sister by taking a shower.

The rest of the afternoon went by rather peacefully, as Phoebe was asleep since the medicine made her drowsy and she was remarkably better than the previous day although she wasn't herself just yet. But the progress made her parents feel better. Ryan decided to take a nap with Phoebe before catching up on some paperwork, and Alex used this time to do some final cleaning as Nadia went out with some friends. But not without her brother giving her a long speech about not wanting to go through another pregnancy scare.

Alex settled on the couch with some tea, watching a series when she heard a car pull up in the driveway, and soon after a knock on the door. Getting up and walking towards the door, greeted by two blondes and their baby.

"Hello CJ." She cooed walking inside as Shelby and Caleb followed putting his diaper bag down on the couch. Ryan soon appeared on the staircase, and walked towards where the group of adults gathered.

"Why do you and Shelby have such long faces my son?" Ryan asked looking at his best friend.

"It's the first time we're going out without him. It feels like the first day of day care." Shelby said looking at him in Alex's arms.

"We've been there and we survived. I promise I won't let him fall and we'll only call you when there's blood." Ryan joked at how concerned the new parents were.

"Yeah what Ryan said." Alex second his statement. "We'll be fine. Go enjoy the night."

The pair finally agreed but not before heading upstairs so see the sleeping Phoebe before they headed for the door.

"Were we acting like that when Phoebe was his age?" Ryan asked as he closed the door after their car drove down the street.

"I'm afraid we were." Alex smiled up at him. Happy to see he wasn't bathed yet as she was looking forward to bathing the little guy.

Phoebe woke up half an hour later and her mother got her when she appeared on the stairs, not wanting her to crawl down on her own. She can't remember how long she's been asking Ryan to do something about getting a gate for the staircase and he said he would, but nothing has been done about it except him just saying he will.

Phoebe looked between her parents when she saw her father sitting with CJ. Pointing towards the baby she said something only she understood. CJ's eyes curiously scanning the unfamiliar room and faces.

"CJ's visiting us tonight." Alex said looking at Phoebe, not sure if she understands what she just told her daughter. Again Phoebe pointed towards the baby in Ryan's arms. Taking her pacifier out of her mouth she leaned over trying to get it into CJ's mouth but was stopped mid-way by her father, leaving both her parents smiling.

"No Pheebs, CJ has his own one, you don't need to give him yours." Ryan smiled at the cute gesture of his daughter. Putting it back into her mouth and laying against her mother's chest.

"You need to stop growing up. I still need you to be my baby." Alex said turning her to face her and stroking her hair. She stood up on her mother's legs pulling on Alex's hair and laughing when she pulled a strand of hair too viciously and her mother ended the game. "Game over." Alex laughed.

Ryan got up after a while and offered to make something to eat and feed Phoebe while she went upstairs to bath CJ. Looking forward to see if she still has what it takes to bath a two month old.

"Okay CJ, let's see if I still remember this." Alex said as she undressed him and put him into Phoebe's bath they used when she was his age. Alex held him steady while bathing the little guy, who blinked rapidly whenever the water splashed. Hearing the laughter from downstairs as Phoebe and her father play peek a boo before dinner time, made her smile to herself.

Both of them came to join her upstairs a while later, a food fight went down because the evidence were on Ryan's shirt and the front of Phoebe's white t shirt were stained. Seeing the look his wife gave them he shrugged.

"Phoebe started it." He commented looking at his daughter who crawled around to the socket against the wall trying to stick her fingers in there.

"Phoebe. I'm watching you." Ryan warned and she laughed looking up at them, crawling over to the mirror playing with her reflection.

Once CJ was dressed in his PJ's and Alex burped him, laying him down in the middle of their bed, before bathing their busy little daughter Ryan came up behind her and placed both his hands on her shoulders, kissing the top of her head.

"I want us to have another baby." Alex said softly turning around to face her husband, seeing a small smile appear on his face and his blue eyes sparkling.

"We can start trying tonight then." He smiled pulling her closer into a tight hug. Alex burying her face in his chest taking in his scent, when a loud noise and the sound of glass breaking forced them to break apart and CJ was startled by the noise and started crying.

"Phoebe!" Alex and Ryan said simultaneously, when she tugged on the cord of the bedside lamp and it fell on the ground, glass scattered on the white tiled floor. Looking up when she heard her name, and the faces of her parents. She broke into a smile and extended her hands towards the sky to be picked up.

Hey guys! Here's another one, I wanted them to have some cute family time, Hope you enjoyed this one. I'm struggling to come up with some new cases which is why I came up with some family stuff. You guys are welcome to help me out. Thank you for reading and let me know what you think. I really value your input. Hope you're all still doing okay.

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