I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Tara's Point of View-
I turned around from watching my mom pull out of the parking lot seeing Alex slowly pulling Xavier off his shoulders.
"We ready for the beach?" Alex asked as he gently let Xavier down onto his feet.
"Yes!" Xavier said jumping up and down a little excitedly.
"Come on, race you to the car…" Alex said as Xavier begun to run, Alex grabbed my hand dragging me with him making me run to keep up with him hearing Xavier giggling as I did so too, it was fun nonetheless to be in these little antics that shouldn't be fun but they were. We climbed into the car letting Alex drive us towards the beach seeing the ocean in front of us, Alex parked in a nearly empty parking lot where we climbed out looking across the beach that met the ocean that spread out, it was truly beautiful. "Who wants to make a sand castle?" Alex asked pulling out toy shovels and buckets from the trunk.
"You brought those with you?" I asked turning to look at him as he slammed the trunk.
"Why not?" Alex asked smirking as Xavier was excited.
"May I carry one?" Xavier asked.
"Sure, here." Alex said handing my son a bucket and shovel to carry as Xavier walked up to where I stood and continued past me as Alex walked up beside me grabbing my hand interlacing our fingers together, I looked down at our hands smiling as I looked back at him making eye contact with his brown ones feeling myself blush and smile a tad more of how much I was in love with this man, and how good he was for this family.
"Mom, may I take my shoes off?" Xavier asked tugging at my other hand, I looked down at my son.
"Yeah, and your socks…we just got to wash our feet off later…" I said.
"Well, then I'm taking mine off too." Alex said.
"By all means." I said smirking as Alex leant against his car after setting the buckets and shovels down taking his socks and shoes off as I watched Xavier do his before I did my own. I carried Xavier and my shoes in my free hand as Alex and my other hand got reattached the moment we begun walking behind my son in the sand towards the water to build a sand castle with the moister sand. "Right here Xavier." I said stopping at the edge of the wetter sand, Xavier turned around walking back up to us setting down his bucket and shovel.
"How do we make a sand castle?" Xavier asked as he fell to his knees as Alex and I slowly got down to our knees as well.
"I'll teach you…first we got to fill these buckets with moist water like this that has recently gotten wet." Alex said as he used a shovel to scoop out some of the wet sand putting it into the bucket, Xavier begun doing the same process with his bucket as I was scooping up other sand to build the walls between those two towers when I jumped a tad with every tide that was coming in afraid that it will make it all the way up to us but it had yet to do so. I pulled out my phone snapping pictures of Xavier who was proudly filling his bucket and laughing at what Alex was saying, sometimes it will lead to Alex chasing Xavier along the beach and Alex was truly too good with kids.
"It's full." Xavier said.
"Now pat it down as much as you can." Alex said as he put his aside as he got to his feet walking the small distance to squat beside Xavier helping him pat down the moist sand into the bucket, "Now we tip it over in the perfect spot to start building rest of the castle." Alex said as he stood up to stand behind my son squatting down putting his hands over the small hands of my sons helping him flip the bucket and sliding the sand out properly in the right spot to get the perfect tower and shape from the bucket.
"Like that?" Xavier asked.
"Exactly like that, you want to help me finish my bucket?" Alex asked.
"Yes." Xavier said as he left his bucket where it was before he went over to Alex's bucket helping him finish it up, they did the last of the towers and begun helping me finish the walls, I snapped a picture of Xavier with it then Alex decided to jump in it with him and it was such an adorable picture because Alex wrapped his arms around Xavier's small waist tickling him and making this wacky face and Xavier was plain out laughing. Alex snapped a picture of Xavier and I with the castle before Alex asked another beach patron if they would snap a picture of us three with the castle, after we finished snapping all these pictures we decided to walk along the beach hand and hand to find a stick for each of us to use to draw on our castle before we walked back to our sand castle to put the last minute touches on it when we saw a wave roll in taking our castle out. "OUR CASTLE!" Xavier exclaimed breaking from our hands running over to the now pile of sand.
"That sucks buddy, it happens…you want to make another one?" Alex asked squatting down next to him.
"No…I'm done with this stupid sand." Xavier said kicking the sand.
"Xavier, you know not to use the word stupid…it's not a nice word." I said.
"Sorry mommy..." Xavier said.
"I'm sorry that it got ruined…it happens…that just means we can make another one and next time not to do it in that position." Alex said.
"Yeah…what else is there to do?" Xavier asked, I understood his frustrations because we did work hard on that sand castle and it does suck that the water waited until now to take it out.
"There is the pier with games and rides…" Alex stated.
"Games and rides?" Xavier asked smiling.
"See, knew that will cheer you up." Alex said pointing at him.
"Let's go wash our feet off and put our socks and shoes back on…don't need us getting splinters on our feet." I said.
"We will, but figured we can walk along the wet sand to get our feet little wet." Alex said smirking as he stood up to be face to face with me smiling.
"We can do that too." I said as Alex smirked grasping my sons hand as I grasped the other carrying the toys and socks and shoes in our other hands walking along the beach getting our feet wet whenever the tide came in.
"What rides do they have?" Xavier asked.
"They have a ferries wheel, a roller coaster, bumper cars, a pirate ship that rocks, and other spinning type rides that I think you may or may not like." Alex said.
"What type of games do they have?" Xavier asked.
"Carnival type games…have you ever been to a carnival?" Alex asked.
"I went to one at my school for Halloween, I was a dinosaur…" Xavier said.
"Of course you were…" Alex said chuckling, "It is much like those games…maybe we will play a few to win a prize or two." Alex said.
"I am good at the balloon popping ones." I said.
"That game is too simple." Alex said.
"That is why I am good at it…" I said smirking as we walked along the beach and up it to the showers where we turned on the shower head, Alex held Xavier up in his embrace and Xavier stuck his feet out giggling due to the tickling of his feet as I tried to wash the sand off his feet.
"You have ticklish feet?" Alex asked.
"Yes, so does my mommy." Xavier said as Alex looked from Xavier to me.
"Oh does she?" He asked smirking.
"No, and you will have to find out for yourself the hard way." I said.
"Challenge accepted." Alex said as I walked past them going into the bathroom nearby grabbing paper towels walking back out drying Xavier's feet with the paper towels as he sat on the cement brick wall Alex had set him on, Xavier just sat there happily swinging his feet as Alex was trying to wash off his feet but was having a difficult time.
"You need help?" I asked glancing over to him as I helped Xavier a little bit with sliding his socks and shoes on.
"I got it mommy." Xavier said.
"Okay…" I said stopping letting him finish it as I walked over to the shower area that Alex was standing in, "Need help?" I asked.
"No…" He said as he let out a huff and I could tell he was trying to figure this out, I rolled my eyes going into the bathroom coming back out with more paper towels for myself and Alex. I leant against the wall next to Xavier watching him tie his shoes as Alex finally walked over to stand in front of me, "What's your idea?" Alex asked.
"Stay here Xavier." I said as I smirked, Xavier nodded I pushed myself off the wall walking over to the outside shower thing, "Here are your paper towels, lean against the pole, push the button for the water to come on, lean back stick your foot out washing it then bring it back to dry off like this then slide your sock and shoe for this foot on." I said demonstrating it as I said it.
"Sounds simple…" Alex said as I stepped out of the way letting him do his thing before he walked over with his feet now having socks and shoes on.
"It work?" I asked smirking.
"Yes, thanks." He said smiling as he had a foot on either side of mine leaning into my embrace with his hands resting on the wall on either side of me pressing his lips to mine for a small kiss.
"Why do you two kiss?" Xavier asked.
"Because that is what people at our age do when they love each other." I said turning to look at my son then looked back at Alex smiling.
"Do you love my mom Alex?" Xavier asked.
"Very much." Alex answered making eye contact with me smirking.
"Don't grown-ups get married? Mom never told me about my daddy…will you marry my mom and be my daddy?" Xavier asked cocking his head.
"Xavier, that is a conversation for a later time…" I said getting uncomfortable talking about it as I stood up being mere inches to Alex to where my hands rested on his chest, his arms instinctively wrapping around me before he pressed his lips to my forehead.
"I'll talk to him." He whispered, I nodded as I looked to my son slipping from Alex's grip going to the shower washing my feet looking over at the two boys that were talking not knowing what Alex was saying or said about what Xavier had asked. I walked back over joining them shoving my hands in my pockets nervously.
"Mom, Alex said that he will be my non-biology dad and that means that you don't have to get married." Xavier said.
"Huh?" I asked looking to Alex.
"I'll tell you on the car ride home when he's napping." Alex said smirking as he stood up and picked my son off the wall setting him down grabbing the toys, Alex grasped my hand as we let Xavier walk in front of us along the sidewalk that led to the wooden pier which we paid a closer attention to Xavier when we got closer to the booths and rides, then I grabbed my sons hand to keep him nearby.