Next morning, the argument began again at the breakfast table.
"I don't wanna go home mommy." Ethan whined.
"Ethan." Alex warned. "I need to go home."
"This is home!" Ethan protested. "Me stays with my mommy. Why don't mommy stay with her mommy?"
Alex whined. How was she supposed to explain the concept of moving out to an inquisitive 3 year old kid?
"I wanna stay here." Ethan pouted before she could speak. "I wanna stay with Justin."
Alex shook her head. "You can't stay with him…. He's, umm, busy."
Ethan crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Me staying with Justin."
"Stop being so stubborn!" Alex yelled, finally losing her temper.
"Alex!" Theresa scolded, stooping down and picking up Ethan as he began to cry. "Don't be so harsh to him!"
"Mom, he's my kid, I know how to deal with him." Alex snapped, taking Ethan into her own arms instead. "Ethan, look at me, please, please listen to mommy?"
Ethan sniffled, rubbed his eyes with his hands and nodded. "Mommy not loves me."
Alex cringed. "I am sorry, baby. I am so so sorry…. Forgive me? Please?"
Ethan sniffled again, and wrapped his arms around Alex's neck. "I don't wanna stay alone."
"You won't be alone!" Alex protested. "You would be with Harper, Zeke and Amy."
Ethan shook his head stubbornly. "Me not stay there. Me not like Amy. She hates me."
Alex chuckled. "No she doesn't. She's really nice. She's your friend, Ethan. Don't talk about her like that!"
Ethan shook his head again. "She hates me cause me has that thumb."
Alex's eyes widened in surprise. "W-what?" she asked in disbelief.
Ethan buried his face in her hair and cried. "She hates my thumby…. She called me alien."
"A-alien?" Alex was confused now.
Ethan nodded. "From that story Zeke told us." He began crying again. "Me not stay there. Please mommy. Please!"
"But, sweetie-"
"Enough!" Justin suddenly snapped, having been silent during the entire conversation. "Alex, if he doesn't want to go there, it's fine. Don't force him. He can stay with me."
Theresa agreed. "Yeah honey, let him stay with us."
Alex shook her head. "You guys don't get it. I can't drive all the way over here to pick him up at night!"
"I will drop him." Justin assured.
Alex shook her head again. "No… Ethan's really scared of car rides… I need to be there with him."
Justin looked at her curiously for a moment. Why would Ethan be scared of car rides?
"I have an idea!" Theresa suddenly clapped her hands together, as if she had made a great invention. "How about Justin stays with you, Alex?"
Alex's eyes widened dramatically again. "W-what?"
"Justin does need a place to stay, till he gets an apartment and a job." Theresa reasoned. "We love having him here, but if he stays at your place, he can look after Ethan."
"Hmm, we did share the same apartment in the past… you know, that actually sounds like a good plan, right Alex?" Justin smirked suggestively, looking at Alex.
Alex gulped, getting the hint. Just when she was about to protest, just for the show of course, Ethan yelled in joy.
Alex sighed, finally giving in. "Fine… just… go get packed already."
After getting tight hugs and a thousand instructions from the parents- mostly their mother, they finally got to the car. Just when she opened the door to the driver's seat, Justin stopped her.
"I will drive." Justin smiled at her.
"No, I'll drive." Alex snapped. "It's my car!"
"Explains the dents and scratches." Justin retorted, trailing his fingers along one such scratch.
Alex slapped his hand away and glared at him. "It's a second hand car, genius. I didn't do all the damage. Pfft… when did I ever damage my own things? I only destroy your stuff."
"Good point." Justin mumbled.
Ethan laughed at the two, and got into the car, straight into the back seat.
Alex eyed him weirdly. Why was he suddenly so happy about a car ride?
"Yay! Uncle Justin will drive!" Ethan yelled in excitement.
Justin smirked smugly, enjoying his victory. He dangled the keys in front of Alex's face and finally got in.
Alex bit her lip, fighting the urge to throw him into Max's underwear drawer, and got into the passenger's seat, whining all the while.
"Remember Alex, if you kill your brother, we will disinherit you." Their father warned again.
Alex rolled her eyes, and waved back at them half-heartedly.
The drive back home took around two hours, during which the two of them kept talking with Ethan, teasing each other, and stealing secret glances when Ethan wasn't looking. For the first time in his life, Ethan didn't cry when the car staggered in a bumpy road.
The next task was unpacking Justin's things, which took only two minutes thanks to magic. That brought them to one last task- putting Ethan to sleep. After narrating two stories to him, and promising that Justin would take him to the park the next day, Alex finally managed to put him to sleep.
"The couch is comfortable, right?" she asked him, as she walked into the living room and found him waiting there. "Or do you wanna sleep in my room? That's okay; I can sleep with Ethan then."
Justin stared at her incredulously, shocked, confused and petrified.
Alex fought back the grin and shrugged innocently. "Good night Justin." She yawned dramatically, walking to her room.
Within two seconds, Justin pushed her to bed and locked the door behind them.
"I think the couch isn't really comfortable." He said, sighing sadly.
Alex pursed her lips to hide the laughter that was coming. "Okay…. You can take the floor then."
He was about to protest, but then he got a better idea. "Okay." He smiled sweetly, grabbed a pillow from the bed, and hit the floor.
Alex finally let out the laugh, enjoying her victory. "Okay, Justin, joke's over. Come on."
He didn't move an inch.
"Justin, come on!"
He closed his eyes, letting out a soft hum. "You didn't say please."
"W-wha- oh no, I am not saying please."
Justin hummed again. "Okay….good for me, I wouldn't have to do any work tonight then."
Alex licked her lips and groaned in desperation. "Justin, p-p-ple-please."
"Beg properly." He reprimanded in a stern voice.
Her eyebrows narrowed in confusion, and she observed him nervously. He nodded downwards.
Alex gulped. "Oh…" she breathed, staring at the thing he was hinting at. "You want me to…"
He nodded again, sighing softly. "It's been such a long time since you last treated me properly."
Suddenly, her eyes began to shine with tears. "Three years, huh?" she sniffled, unexpectedly breaking down into tears.
Justin jumped off the floor in one swift motion, and sat beside her, wrapping her into a hug. "Shhh… it's okay. It's over, Alex…" he assured, kissing her forehead softly.
She shook her head. "No, it's not over yet, Justin… it's far from over… we still need to take care of Ethan…."
He rocked her in his arms. "Alex, umm… can I ask you something?"
She nodded for an answer.
"Why didn't you…" he gulped, contemplating how to phrase the question. "Why didn't you abort the child?"
She immediately pulled back and looked at him in alarm. "Is that what you wanted me to do?"
"No, no, of course not!" he assured quickly, squeezing her hands. "I love him, I really do, he's my kid…. It's just that… weren't you scared?"
She sighed sadly. "I still am…" she confessed, looking down at the ground. "Every day I keep thinking, what if tomorrow I find out that he has some disease?"
He shook his head. "We are lucky… he doesn't have any. It would have shown up by now… I think."
She buried her head into his chest again. "I missed you so much, Justin."
He closed his eyes, titling her head with his hand and resting their foreheads together. "I missed you too, Alex." he whispered, kissing her on the lips, softly to begin with, and then deepening the kiss. She moaned into his mouth, and pulled away, panting. "Uhh, Justin…"
"Hmm?" he licked away her tear drops.
"Are you still up for…." She looked away, trying to hide the blush.
"But you are upset. You were crying. I don't think we should-"
She grabbed his shaft through the material of his boxers, and that silenced him.
"What were you saying?" she teased, rubbing his length through his clothes.
He groaned, his breathing increasing. "You… need… mmm… a hug today… ohfuck… not… *gasp* this… Alex, please…"
She smirked in victory, and got down on her knees, slowly exposing him.
"I missed you baby." She kissed his tip. "I missed you so much." She licked it. His hands went to her hair, grabbing it for dear life. "Didn't you miss me?" she asked, and finally pulled him into her mouth, and began sucking.
His hips bucked in response, pushing him down her throat. She gagged slightly, from her lack of practice, but soon regained control, sending shivers down his spine. His hands tightened in her hair, as her pace increased. She moaned around his hardness, and that almost sent him over the edge.
"Alex… stop." He ordered through gritted teeth.
She stopped instantly, wanting to save him for her pleasure. She sat down on the bed, took his hand in hers, and led it to tease her damp core. A moan escaped her lips. "Take me, Justin…"
(A/N: please comment and review guys!)