Hey guys, hope you liked the last chapter. But here we go. Back at it again with the Drama.

Day before the baby shower. Adrien and Natalia's house.

Adrien's POV

"Umm babe, what the fuck is this?" I ask holding up a box with a suspicious looking picture on it.

She peeks her head out of the bathroom, with a tooth brush in her mouth, with only her jeans and a bra on.

"It's a breast pump. Read the box." she says with a mouth full of foam.

"So. Out of all the fun, cute, baby gifts this is what you chose?"

She walks out of the bathroom now struggling to button up her shirt.

"Hey, it was on the registry. I grabbed the first thing on the list and besides you said you didn't…"

"Hey. Wait. Wait .Wait. Where are you going?" I hadn't realized she was going out.

"I told Rosa I would meet her for lunch. Which I'm already late for. So I'll see you when I get back, yea?" and before I can respond she picks up her wallet and keys, kisses me and heads out the door.

"Bye to you too." I yell waving to no one.

After a quick workout, I head down to the barber shop and get cleaned up for tomorrow.

Getting home I'm feeling good, and I know what a fresh line up does to Nat. So I walk in, fully confident things are gonna go my way tonight. But my dreams are quickly shattered, when instead of being meet with the embrace of my beautiful girlfriend, I'm meet with the tight sticky embrace of a 4 year old.

"Hi, Age." I look down and see Nico's dark brown eyes staring at me and I reach down and pick him up.

"What's up, lil man, onde está sua mãe (where's your mom)?"

"Ela se foi (she left)" he tells me, while playing with my cheeks.

"Really and where's Natty?" Nico, and now Jack, were really the only ones that got away with calling her that.

"Cozinha (Kitchen)."

"Alright. How bout you go back to watching your movie, while I go talk to her. Okay?"

"Okay." I set him down and he rushes over planting himself down in front of the TV watching Cars.

"Hey Nat, why is Nico here?" I ask approaching her in the kitchen.

"Oh. Wow. Look at you, looking all GQ." she saunters over to me rubbing her hands on my head and pulling me in really close. I can tell she's trying to avoid the question but as I'm about to call her out she begins to kiss my neck. I can feel the warmth of her breath on me, making me shudder. Damn. She smells good.

She's so distracting I almost forget about the four year old in the next room. That is until I hear a series of small claps and laughs. So I reluctantly pull Nat away from me to look at her in the face.

Defeated, throwing her hands in the air she comes out with it. "Fine. Rosa asked me to take him for the night she has a date, and you know how hard it's been on her since V. You know she wouldn't ask if it wasn't important."

"Well, she knows we're happy to take him anytime. How is she by the way?"

"You know, it's rough. But she's getting by. But now that Nico's getting older he asks questions, and she doesn't know whether to tell him the truth about V."

"What did you tell her?"

"That he would want her to be happy, and that she should tell him the truth. Vince was a good guy. He didn't always do good things, but he tried his best." Vince was a good man. We visited them down in Rio a few times, before they had Nico, when they first got together. Vince wasn't doing too hot until he found Rosa but Natalia's right, he tried.

"Man, that's rough. But she likes this guy?"

"Yea. I think so. He's been asking her out for over a year now."

"It's good to hear she's finally starting to move forward."

"Yes it is do me a favor, and go get that rugrat, dinners done."

"Mmhmm you cooked? Maybe Nico should come over more often." I joked in light of the fact that she hardly cooks. We usually order in.

"You're hilarious." I hear her call after me.

After eating and playing with Nico for a while the kid seemed pretty tuckered out, and is rubbing his eyes. Nat and I decides it's time for bed and lay him down in one of the spare bedrooms.

We both go to tuck him in and say good night.

As I kiss his forehead and begin to leave, I hear a small voice come from behind me.

"Age?"

"Yea, bud?" I ask coming to seat next to him in bed. Nat watching from the doorway.

"Do you have a dad?" I look at Nat for help, but she just looks saddened by his question, so I try to be as honest with the kid as I can.

"I do." I tell him hesitantly.

"What is a dad like?" to be honest, I had no idea. I never really grew up with one.

"A dad is…a dad is…" I struggle to find words.

"A dad is having someone who cares about you, and loves you, and is there for you. To help you whenever you need it. They help raise you to be a big strong man. So you can be a dad someday." Nat answered helping me out.

"Do you love me Age?" He turned back to me.

"You know I do."

"Can you be my dad?" his big chocolate eyes looked so hopeful my entire heart hurt for this young boy.

"I'd love to buddy, but you already have a dad, and one day your mom is going to tell you all about him. How awesome he was and how much he loved you and would do anything to be here. But I will always be your family. So if you ever need anything, I'm here for you. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Okay. you good? Ready for bed?"

"Yup. Boa noite, Age." his eyes are already starting to close.

"Boa noite, Nico." I whisper while turning out his light and cracking the door.

Nat is waiting in the hall. She hugs me tightly.

"You okay?"

"I'm good just, he got me." My dad was never really around. That's why I moved here with my grandma when I was a kid. I was like Nat once, not too long ago actually, where I didn't see kids in my future. But something happens to you when you fall in love. I think it's more than that, because I've seen people in love. Then I see how I feel about Nat or how Dom feels about Letty. It's like they're the air that we breathe. They're the sun in the sky. It's like I wouldn't know who I was without her. And something about having that connection with someone, you just want all of them. So you start to see the future differently than you did before. You stop thinking about all the mistakes your parents made and decide you want to do better, because they deserve better. I guess, I just understand this kid wanting parents, his mom not knowing what to say, and just wanting someone there. And I wish I could be that guy for him but it just isn't my place.

"I know." she soothes while rubbing circles into my back trying to make me feel a little better.

"You need to talk to Rosa."

"I know that too."

"Let's go to bed. That kid wore me out."

"You expect me to get any sleep after that?" she said patting my back, both of us knowing the night would be filled with past memories of our own childhoods.

"Damn." this kid really knew how to kill the mood.

"You said it."

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