A/N: Unedited... Preread by Ang
Chapter 71 - APOV - ( - Once you go Whitlock you never go back - )
"Ali, come back to bed." James begs as I stare out at the moon that is hanging high in the sky above our backyard full of toys.
"Where do you want to go?" he had asked three years ago, after the band finally called it quits.
"Home." I said with no thought.
"I am." I say turning away from the window to jump back into bed with James and he nuzzles my neck pulling me beneath the blankets and cocooning us in.
The air becomes stale from our breaths mingling together with no escape, his eyes on mine and our nose touching.
I lean in and press my lips to him.
"Thank you." I say grinning against his smile.
"For what?" he asks pushing away the strands of hair from my face with his rough callused hands.
My eyes water as I try to think of everything I want to say and not say in this moment.
"Bringing me back home, loving me, for everything really." I sob uncontrollably for what has to be the fifth time today, James chuckles softly into my face.
"I couldn't give you everything." he sighs and wiggles down my body to rest his ear on my protruding belly.
"That's my fault," I blubber loudly, thinking about the friendship I lost and how even now I wish I had her sensible guidance to help me along.
"Why do you have to make Mommy cry little guy?" he whispers to our small alien baby, Jaime.
He rubs his hands and makes Jaime come alive with tiny punches and rough elbow stretches.
A/N: FIN for Alice, *mona waves excitedly.*