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Ch. 28 Be My Mommy Please

Four months passed quickly and Andros, Ashley, and Brytan were starting to act more and more like a family. Everyone, with the exception of Carlos, was very happy for them, especially Zhane and Karone. After Jenna they hadn't dared to hope that he would ever fall in love and be this happy again, they had only hoped that he would be able to be around for his son.

At the moment Andros was walking around the Megaship checking all the systems. While it would have been much easier to let DECA do it herself he had taken her offline to ensure that she hadn't taken any damage during their last battle. As he rounded the corner he bumped into the one person he had somehow managed to avoid over the past four months.

"Watch where you're going!" Carlos yelled and before Andros could stop himself he grabbed Carlos and threw him against the wall.

"Listen, I don't know what your problem is," Andros managed through clinched teeth, "but Ashley and I are together. You need to deal with it." He didn't see the punch coming but he took no time in throwing his own.

They were so caught up in their fighting and screaming profanities at each other that they didn't hear a little voice yell, "Stop it!" When they didn't stop Brytan ran back down the corridor to the Bridge. "Daddy and Carlos fighting." Everyone on the Bridge hurried and followed Brytan to where the fight was occurring. T.J. pulled Carlos away while Zhane got Andros. Zhane quickly made his way to the Med Bay with Andros, Karone and Brytan following him, leaving everyone else to take care of Carlos.

"I'll take care of him," Ashley whispered after Andros was gone. T.J. and Cassie gave her a questioning look and she nodded, waving them away. Once they were gone she continued, "What the hell were you thinking?"

"You deserve better," he answered, gingerly touching his ever darkening eye. "You shouldn't be with him."

"Well, who do you think I should be with? You?" She questioned angrily and he nodded.

"Ashley," he began, "I love you. I can give you a better life than he can. I wouldn't ask you to raise a child who wasn't yours."

"Carlos, I do love you but only as a friend. You're more like a big brother to me," she replied. "And for your information Andros has never asked me to raise his son. I've known from the beginning that if I ever dated Andros that Brytan was part of the package and I'm ready for that responsibility. Now, can we please put all this behind us and can you try to just be happy for me?"

"I'll try my best," he promised. "I guess I should go apologize to Andros." Ashley nodded and led the way to the Med Bay. When they arrived Zhane had sewn up the gash above Andros' eye and he was holding an ice pack on his lip. "Can I talk to you? Alone?" Andros nodded and everyone left, even Zhane, after Andros mentally told him it was okay.

"You wanted to talk, so talk," Andros stated coolly.

"Listen," Carlos began carefully, "Ashley explained things to me. I know now that she is happy with you and also that she could never be happy with me. I'm sorry that I've been giving you such a hard time but I really thought you were trying to steal her from me."

"I know what it's like to love her, Carlos," Andros stated. "I want you to understand that I wouldn't have ever started dating her if I thought she had feelings toward you."

"She's tried for a long time to tell me how she truly felt," Carlos explained. "I just never listened until now. Just know that if you hurt her I'll have to hurt you."

"You're falling into this big brother role really well," Andros joked. "I think we should invite the people standing outside the door in." Guiltily everyone else entered the room. "You guys should be warned that you can't take Zhane anywhere if you're trying to be quite." Everyone laughed, happy to see that their team was whole once again.

Later that day Carlos was playing with Brytan so everyone else could finish their duties throughout the ship. He was very surprised at how open the small boy was to spending time with him but Brytan told him that his daddy had explained everything to him.

"Carlos?" he questioned and Carlos looked over at him. "You think Ashley be my new Mommy?"

"Who told you that?" Carlos found himself asking and it surprised him that the idea didn't really bother him anymore.

"Uncle Zhane," Brytan whispered. "He said if her and Daddy get closer she be my new Mommy."

"I think that you should ask Ashley," Carlos suggested. "I think that she's going to come get you when she's done and you could ask her then." Brytan nodded and they returned to their game.

Thirty minutes later Ashley was there asking, "Brytan, did you have a fun time with Carlos?" He nodded and she smiled. "Would you like to come play with me now or do you want to stay with Carlos?"

"Play with you," Brytan replied. "But I play with Carlos more later." Both teens nodded and Ashley carried him out of the room. Once they were settled in his room he turned to Ashley and questioned, "Me ask you something?" Ashley nodded and he continued, "You like me and Daddy?" She nodded. "You love us?" Again she nodded. "You be my new Mommy, please?"

"You…you want me…to be your mommy?" Ashley stuttered and he nodded.

"I think you be a good mommy," he told her. "Then I have two mommies love me."

"Brytan, I want to be your mommy really bad," she admitted, "but I think your Daddy might need to be part of the decision."

"What decision?" Andros asked, walking into the room.

"Daddy, Ashley be my mommy?" Brytan questioned, adding as an after thought, "Please?" Andros felt his heartbeat quicken and he glanced at Ashley. He was surprised that she was intently staring at the floor. Never before could he remember seeing her so shy.

"Hey, buddy," he began, "why don't you go see if everybody would like to go out for dinner so me and Ashley can talk." Brytan nodded and ran from the room, humming a new song Ashley had taught him. Once he was gone Andros continued, "I'm so sorry. Zhane said something once and Brytan overheard him. I didn't think he would ask you but he asked me a little while back…" He was cut off by Ashley placing fingers to his lips.

"Listen," she started, "I want to be his mother." When she saw the terrified look on Andros' face she added, "We don't have to get married or anything. All I'm saying is that if Brytan wants to call me Mommy he can."

"I was afraid that you would be upset," Andros admitted. "Most people don't want to be parents this young."

"I'm not most people," she stated. "Plus, I knew from the beginning that being with you meant being a mother to Brytan." Andros smiled at her and gave her a kiss.

"Daddy, have you made a cision?" Brytan asked as he came back into the room.

"Yes," Andros answered. "Ashley's your new mommy." Brytan squealed with joy and wrapped his arms around Ashley's legs. Andros smiled at the sight and for the first time since Jenna's death he knew everything was going to be okay.

A/N: Please Review! Sorry for the long wait but ever since I got back from vacation everything's been nuts.