Married Life

Author's Note: I'm glad you all like it! It makes me really happy. And totally worth it to keep going! I think I'm close to picking out a name, but I like the suggestions. Keep 'em coming, because they might not be used for this baby but maybe down the road…? I know I skipped time, but I'm trying to speed it along so you can meet this handsome little devil. Enjoy!

Chapter 16: Normalcy

Allison: 7 months pregnant. Bailey: 16 ½ months old.

Cameron's POV

Lips touch my cheek, and I awoke gently. My son was kissing my face. "Mama seep." he said, smiling widely. I grinned, and nodded. "Mama's tired. Mama worked all day, not to mention take care of one formerly sick little boy." I said, pointing at my son.

He'd been sick all day and night with a fever of 101.4. I took care of him during the night, and Robert took the day. When I got home, Robert changed for work and left. Then it was me taking care of my son..and being pregnant with my other son at the same time.

Now Bailey's fever was gone and he was back to his typical, energetic 1 year old self. He was looking through all the pictures, I guessed. Seeing all our photo albums strewn around the room. I went to pick them up, and found a familiar face looking at me. It was Robert's father, Rowan. It was an old photo with a little boy, a woman and Rowan. I looked at the little boy, and recognized that flicker of curiosity that she saw so often in Robert and now Bailey's eyes. It was Robert and Rowan, and it left me to assume that the woman was Robert's mother. Rosemary Chase. She had blonde hair, and what appeared to be greenish blue eyes. She had a nice round face, and dimpled cheeks. She looked so much like Robert.

Bailey came over, and pointed at the picture. "Mama? Who dat?" I looked up, and smiled a little. "Nobody. It's…11:30 in the morning. Where's your daddy? He should be home by now." I said, looking at my watch.

"Daddy in bed." I rolled my eyes. "Of course he is." I stood, and went to our bedroom where I found Robert snoring softly on the bed. He hadn't even gotten out of his work clothes. He was just lying on top of all the covers, and sleeping.

"Robert. When'd you get home?" I asked, trying to wake him up. His eyes opened, and he groaned a little. "About…9:40 this morning." he said, trying to cover his head with the pillow. "What time do you have to be in today?" "I don't…Lisa made me come home. Said I'd die if I didn't get sleep soon." he said, as I lifted the pillow up, and fluffed it behind his head.

I kissed his forehead, knowing how tired he was. "I'll take care of Bailey, honey. You just rest for a while."

Robert nodded gratefully, and passed out as soon as I closed the blinds that I knew had to have been bothering him.

Chase's POV

After a few hours of beautiful sleep, I awoke to my toddler son crawling all over me with a little car. I tickled him for a bit, then lifted him onto my shoulder. We walked into the living room where Allison was asleep once again.

I smirked, and left Bailey in front of the television to change into street clothes. When I got back, Bailey was coloring on a piece of paper that was on his little desk that Allie had in the corner. He looked at me, and smiled wide. He grabbed the paper and brought it over to me. Bailey lifted up his arms and smiled wider. "Dada." I lifted him up, and went over to Allison.

"Allie? Honey..I'm gonna take Bailey out for a minute. Okay?" she shifted in her sleep, and I assumed that was a yes. I bundled up Bailey and out we went. We went to the park and played for a while. Then I saw Lisa, Rachel and Audrey playing there as well. I brought Bailey over to them, and off Bailey went with Rachel and Audrey.

"So, how's Allison?"

"She's sleeping right now. Took care of Bailey all night last night. Not to mention she worked all day."

"So did you, Chase." I nodded in agreement. I was still tired, but not exhausted.

"Look, she's pregnant. So, I understand that she needs sleep. More than I do, at the very least."

Bailey looked as if he'd remembered something important and came running back. "Dada. Piccy." he handed me the drawing from earlier and ran off again. I uncrumpled it, and saw it was a blob…no 3 blobs with hearts all around them. I could only assume that it was the 3 of us, because one of the blobs had a big tummy with a smiley face on the tummy. Lisa held out her hand and grinned when she saw it.

"He's gonna be an artist." she said, looking at Audrey and Rachel arguing over a spot on the ground.

"Well, I think Audrey is going to be a little House one day."

"One day? She's already got that snaky, 'I think I know all' attitude going. When she becomes a teenager, it'll be hell on Earth." I snickered.

"Lets pray Bailey and the baby don't give us as much trouble."

"Have you picked a name?" she asked, suddenly curious.

"Yes, but only I know it." I said smugly. I had picked a really good name in my opinion, and wasn't letting anyone know. If Allison could keep Bailey's name a secret then I could keep this baby's a secret too.

I love playing dirty.