It had been a couple of days and Lita still hadn't gotten around to tell Ethan the truth about Adam. It wasn't that she didn't find the time, it was more that she still didn't know what she would say to him. She actually tired one day but she chickened out because she was afraid of how Ethan would react, he was a little kid, she didn't want to ruin his life. Okay, maybe saying it would ruin his life would be stretching it but she knew there was a possibility of it having a negative effect on him. But she was hoping for the best. He was a little kid whose reaction she was wary of. She knew he would possibly have many questions, but she didn't know if she had the answers to them. The first question she thought he would ask was 'why?' Why was Adam never around before? Well, that was the one question she definitely didn't have the answer to and only Adam could answer.

"Hey Lita," someone said from behind the redhead which took her out of her thoughts.

"Hi Trish," Lita smiled after she turned around as saw her fellow nurse.

"Um, Stacy called. She's going to be late-"

Lita groaned as she interrupted her coworker. "Typical. Let me guess, they need me to stay until she shows up?" Trish nodded. "I would get it if she was late like once in a while but this happens all the time."

"I know. It's very annoying. Anyways, I have to go and check up on one of my patients."

"So do I but I need to make a call first." Trish smiled at her before she left to continue with her work. Lita sighed as she took her cell phone out of the pocket in her scrubs so she could call Dawn.

"Hey Li," Dawn answered the phone.

"Hey Dawnie," Lita replied. "Look, I-" she was interrupted by Dawn.

"Hold on," Dawn said as she made her way to the door after she heard the doorbell ring. "Hi," she replied smiling at the mother of one of the kids at her daycare who was at the door and followed her into the house and into the part that was reserved for the daycare. She took a quick moment to return her attention back to the phone call. "Li, this is a bad time. Parents are starting to come to pick up their kids. I'll just talk to you when you pick up Ethan okay?"

"Wait. I just... I'm going to be a bit late. Could you please watch Ethan for another hour and a half, possibly two hours?"

"Stacy's late?" Dawn asked. Lita did always complain about her. "I'll be right there, I'm just talking to another parent right now," Dawn said speaking to the mother of one of the kids.

"Yup."

Dawn rolled her eyes. "Do they not discipline her or something?" Dawn didn't wait for an answer because she wasn't really looking for one. "Of course, you know I'll look after him for how long you need."

"Thanks."

"Just one quick thing before I have to leave. Um, Adam is actually going to be here later an-"

"That's fine. Just... I don't... Whatever. I have to check up on who was supposed to be my last patient for the evening, but now I guess I have more. I'll just see you later. Bye."

"Bye."

Lita then went out to check up on her patient. When she was done, she ran into her supervisor who gave her some other work to do. She was annoyed, tired, and just wanted to go home.

"When's mommy coming?" Ethan asked after it was just him, Dawn, and Brooke left. He just woke up from a late nap not long ago. He had been acting to himself which Dawn thought was out of character for him.

"She's still at work monkey. She'll be here soon."

"But I want to go home," Ethan pouted.

"Well you get to spend some more time with me and Brooke. Don't you want that?"

"No," Ethan shook his head. "I want mommy."

Dawn sighed. She was about to say something until she caught sight of Christian who was apparently home now and in the entrance of the living room. "Deal with him please. Something has been bugging him and he's not saying anything, he'll probably tell you."

Christian nodded as he took Dawn's place and she left the room to answer the door when she heard the doorbell ring. "Hi buddy."

"Where's mommy?"

"She's at work. Aunt Dawn said she'll be here soon."

"I want mommy."

"I'm here. We can play basketball. You like playing basketball right? An-"

"No!" Ethan interrupted him. "I want mommy."

Adam was watching from the side along with Dawn. He had just entered the house a couple of minutes ago, a bit after Christian. He didn't know what he was supposed to do, or if he should even do anything. Ethan had known Christian for his whole life, if he wasn't listening to him, then why would he want anything to do with Adam? "Hey Ethan," Adam said as he made up his mind and headed towards his best-friend and his son. Ethan looked up at him but said nothing. "What's wrong?"

"I want mommy," he repeated for what seemed like the billionth time to Dawn. He actually looked like he was about to cry. No one knew what was wrong with him. Dawn and Christian were both surprised because they never seen him like this before.

"Why?" Adam asked as he sat down on the couch nearby and picked the little boy up and sat him down next to him. He thought because of the way Ethan was reacting, he would be reluctant, but he easily sat down with Adam.

"I had a bad dream," Ethan finally answered after while.

"Oh, would you like to tell me what happened?" Dawn and Christian decided to leave the room at that moment because they felt like they were intruding on a father-son moment. They were just happy he was finally telling someone what was wrong. It was kind of funny, but not really, that he was actually opening up to his father even though he didn't know what he was doing.

Ethan nodded. "Okay. Mommy wasn't here anymore. I kept looking for her but she wasn't there. She left me."

"It was just a dream sweetie, it doesn't mean anything."

"How do you know?" Ethan questioned.

"Well," Edge started to smile, "I had a dream I was being chased by monkeys who just wanted to give me bananas," that got a giggle from the little boy. "Do you think that actually happened?" Ethan shook his head. "See, that didn't mean anything." Adam could tell that Ethan was still apprehensive so he decided to suggest something. "Do you want me to call your mommy for you and you can talk to her?" Ethan nodded with Adam then taking his phone out of his pocket to dial Lita's number.

"Hello?" Lita answered the phone. Adam thought she seemed a bit distracted and probably didn't know he was the one who just called her.

"Hi," Adam replied.

"Oh... hi," Lita replied after a while which made Adam's previous thoughts confirmed that she didn't know it was him who was calling her. "Um-"

"Ethan wants to talk to you," Adam said then handing the phone to Ethan before Lita could question him about anything. She was a bit confused as to why Ethan was with Adam.

"When are you coming?" That was the first thing that came out of the little boy's mouth.

"In half an hour baby. I'm just about to leave from work right now. What's wrong? Are you okay?" She was worried because she could sense from his voice that he sounded like he was on the brink of crying. And then she got even more worried when he did start crying. But then she heard Adam trying to comfort Ethan. She didn't know whether she should be happy or sad about that fact.

"Hey, it's okay," Adam said after he put Ethan on his lap so he was sitting facing one another and he was hugging him. "See, you talked to her. Mommy is okay. Why are you crying sweetie?" Ethan didn't answer him so he just took the phone from him so he could talk to Lita because he knew she was worried. "Hey, don't worry-"

"Why would you tell me not to worry?" Lita interrupted him. "He's crying, that worries me."

"He just had a bad dream."

"Okay, and what was this dream about?"

He was a bit hesitant to tell her about this for various reasons, but he knew he had to. "That you were looking for him and you were nowhere to be found. He said you left him."

Lita was quiet for a bit until, "I wouldn't do that. I mean, I know how it..." she trailed off not wanting to continue with that. She didn't even realize she was saying that out loud until it was a bit too late. "Um, I wouldn't do that."

Adam nodded, choosing not to address what she was about to say? "I know. When should you be here?"

"You're at Dawn's house right?" She continued after she heard him say 'yes.' "Well, one of the nurses that I was staying longer for just got here so I was about to exchange information with her about the patients I was looking after and what I did and what needs to be done. So, I'll probably get there in another half hour or so. I just have to talk to her first. That should take about ten minutes and then a another five minutes to get out of here and about fifteen to twenty minutes to get there."

"Okay. Well then I guess I'll just... bye."

"Wait," he heard her hear before he could hang up the phone. "Um... I wa... Thanks."

Adam shook his head. "You shouldn't have to say that. I'm..." he didn't finish his statement because Ethan was still on his lap. He didn't know whether or not Ethan was listening, but he didn't want to take the chance and have him find out this way.

"I know. I just... still, thanks for being there for him."

"Yea. Bye." And with that said, they hung up the phone. He then turned his attention back to Ethan who decided to sit back on the couch a few moments ago, seeing that he had finally calmed down. He started talking to him, trying to make him laugh and make him feel better. Christian and Dawn watched from the entrance of the room in awe. They were a bit surprised to see how Adam and Ethan were adjusting to one another, but more so how Adam handled that situation.

"I just hope for the best when Ethan finds out the truth about who Adam is in relation to him," Dawn said as she still looked ahead.

"Me too," Christian nodded in agreement. He then decided to join the duo in the living room but still gave them their space. It was another half hour or so until Lita finally showed up.

"Hey," Dawn smiled when she opened the door to her friend who smiled back. "You look tired."

Lita nodded following Dawn into the house. "I am. And this week is a long week and it's only Tuesday."

Dawn gave her a sympathetic look. "That sucks. But you can do it."

"I have to. Anyways, where's Ethan?" Lita said looking around the living room before Dawn led her to the kitchen. "We should get home now."

"He's out in the back with Christian, Adam, and Brooke," Dawn saw the way the redhead started to look away when she heard a certain blonde's name, but chose not to say anything. "You know it's a little weird, he's actually been with Adam most of his time rather than Christian."

"Well, that's good, right? Anyways, I should get him." She was about to go through the kitchen door and into the backyard until Dawn stopped her.

"Stay for dinner. It's already almost seven. It's basically ready. I was just getting the salad ready when I heard the doorbell ring and the garlic bread is basically done as well." Lita looked like she was ready to decline the offer but Dawn wouldn't let her. "Li, it's almost seven. You're late today. And you're really tired. I know you're in no mood to go home and put something together."

"I could do that if I didn't have Ethan to worry about."

"But you do which is why you should just stay."

"But-"

Dawn interrupted her because she knew her friend was about to bring up the fact that Adam was here. "It's okay. You two are just going to have to deal with one another now."

Lita nodded. "I know."

"Then stay. I made spaghetti and I know Ethan loves that."

"Fine. Only because I really don't want to go home and cook."

"Great," Dawn smiled as she cut the salad. "Could you get them and tell them to wash up?"

"Or I could take over and cut the salad and you could get them," Lita suggested.

Dawn rolled her eyes. "Shut up and just do it."

"You're mean... and bossy."

Dawn smiled. "I'm aware."

Lita went to the backyard and saw Christian playing with Brooke while Adam was playing basketball with Ethan. She just stood there for a while observing Adam and Ethan. She saw how happy Ethan looked with Edge and she was conflicted once again if that should make her happy or sad. She was happy Ethan was getting along with Adam even though he didn't know the truth of who Adam was. But it made her sad thinking about how much the two missed out on getting to know one another the past few years. She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard Ethan call for her and run towards her hugging her. "Hi sweetie," she smiled at him when he backed away from her. She could sense Adam's eyes on her but she tried to ignore it.

"You're here. Uncle Adam was right, that dream didn't mean anything."

Lita glanced over at Adam for a second before she looked back down at Ethan. "Of course. He was right, you're dream didn't mean anything."

"He told me he had a dream monkeys were chasing him only so they could give him a banana." Ethan started to giggle again when he thought about that.

"That's funny," Lita said joining Ethan in the giggling.

"You'll always be here right?" Lita nodded. "Promise?"

"Promise." She then hugged him once again. After they ended the hug, Lita turned her attention to the others and told them Dawn said dinner was ready and they should go inside now and get cleaned up.

To say the dinner was uncomfortable would be an understatement. What made it even more uncomfortable was the fact that Dawn and Christian tried hard not to make it that way which they definitely failed at. Adam asked Lita if he could talk to her for a moment before she left so they stepped into the family room of the house for a moment.

"What?" Lita asked after an awkward moment of silence, finally looking up at Adam.

"When are you planning on telling Ethan?" He asked.

She sighed looking away from him and then back up before she answered. "I don't know. I tried, but I just... I don't know how he's going to react and that scares me."

He nodded. "I understand."

"You just have to deal with me. It's... I just can't throw this at him."

"I know. I'm just... I just want to have a relationship with him. It's been four and a half years of his life that I missed out. I don't want to miss out any longer."

"I know. I'm... It's... I know."

"I liked how I was able to spend some time with him today, but that was for a couple of hours and he doesn't even know who I am. I want more than that. I want him to know I'm his father."

"I understand-"

"No you don't," Adam interrupted, shaking his head before she could say more. "You... He calls you 'mommy' because you're his mom and he knows that. He called me 'Uncle Adam'. You don't know how that feels. I know I just found out about him and you can't just throw this on him, but I'm his dad. I want him to call me his dad. I want him to know that I'm his dad. I want to be able to act like this dad. I want him to know that I love him. I wa-" He stopped himself from saying more when he looked up and saw someone standing right behind Lita in the doorway of the room. Lita noticed this and looked up at Adam after she looked away from him a moment before and then followed his gaze to where he was looking, turning around and seeing the last person she would like to see at that particular moment: Ethan.

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