Tobias POV
Tris pulls me inside her front door and I can feel myself start to sweat. I don't know why I'm so nervous. Maybe cause I don't know what to do with a baby or what they need. I've never really been good with them, any of them. But then again, I've never really been good with people either.
"Mum, I'm back." Tris say dragging me in and closing the door behind me.
"We're in here."
We follow the voice of Natalie to a room off the hallway across the living room. I remember it being Andrew's office in there.
I freeze in the hallway when I see them. I see Tris looking over at me through the corner of my eyes, she smiling. I see a shocked expression on Natalie's face and then I look down at them. They're both walking around and stepping on toys. The TV is on, playing some Mickey Mouse cartoon. There is toys everywhere, on the floor, on the couch. Natalie stand up when she see me and the little girl lefts her hands requesting to be picked up and I hear her tiny cute voice say "Up". Natalie does so and looks over at me and smiles. I look over at the little girl. She is so little, and so pretty. She's dressed up in a pretty little red dress. Her beautiful blonde hair has some red head thing that matches her dress. I can feel tears starting in my eyes but I try very hard to push them back.
I'm in a daze still looking at the little girl when I hear "Tobias, it's nice to see you again." I snap out of it and look back over at Natalie. I can't seem to find my words and don't say anything. She looks over at Tris and puts the little girl down and walks over to us.
"I've going to get dinner ready. Call me if you need anything." As she leaves she places her hand on my shoulder as if to reassure me.
I look over at the little boy who's biting down on some chewing toy. He's standing up and looking at the TV. He looks a lot bigger then the little girl, a bit chubbier too. I smile at the thought.
"Go in. They don't bite." I hear Tris say to me. I look over at her probably looking like a freak because I don't think I've ever smiled this much before.
I walk over to the little girl first as she is the closest. I go down to my knee and see her face better. She's got big bright crystal blue eyes just like Tris. They take up almost three quarters of her face. The demand attention, and their so beautiful. I can't control my emotions anymore and I feel water coming out of my eyes.
The little girl looks up at me, I'm about to reach for her but she starts crying. I get scared maybe I scared her, maybe she hurt herself. I start to panic. "Tris." I call out for her. Then I feel Tris warm hands on my shoulder, it comforts me. She sits next to me and I look over at her.
"It's alright. Evie is pretty shy, she'll come out of her shell soon. Give her about 10 minutes." She beams at me. She seems so happy, being around them makes her happy. I see Evie go over to Tris and say "Ma-ma." And then hug her. Tris kisses her head and I feel a bit jealous.
"Look Evie, this is Daddy. You want to go give him a hug," I smile over at Tris. It's like she read my mind. She then leads Evie over to me and Evie gives me a hug. I squeeze her so much and I instantly know I never want to let go. I don't know how long we hug, long enough to stop the tears coming out of my eyes. When I pull away she lets go and walks away and picks up a toy to play with.
When I look over at Tris I see she's holding the boy. She sits across from me with him and says "This is Nate." She then looks too him and says "Look Nate this is daddy, go give him a big…big hug." Nate walks over to me and again I squeeze him so tight too. I really don't want to let them go, there are just too cute to not want to be near them. I kiss his head so many times over and over again.
"Nate is easier." I hear Tris say. "His more social, goes to anyone and barely cries." I take a close look at Nate. His hair is darker, and his eyes are a dark blue almost black color. I cringe at the thought that something of Marcus was passed down to him. But right now I don't want to think of that monster.
I look over to Tris who now has Evie sittig on her lap. I smile at her.
"We did good Tris." I say with the goofiest grin.
"Yeah, I think so too." She smiles back at me. I just stare at her. My smile starts to fade away. I think about how I've missed so much of there life already.
I pause and breath in again. Right now isn't a time to think about that. I continue to play with Nate. And Tris is right, he is more social then Evie who is still sitting on Tris's lap.
We all play for a while. Laughing at the silly things they do. I look over at Tris, her smile has left her face and she seems deep in thought.
"Hey, what are you thinking about." I ask.
"Nothing we need to worry about right now." She then smiles again at me. And I nod my head at her. We'll probably need to discuss serious things but right now I happy to play pretend family.
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"Dinner is ready." I hear Natalie say as she enters the room. "Tobias your staying for dinner."
"Oh no ma'am, I should be getting home." I say.
"Nonsense, I know Marcus is out of town with Andrew and your alone in that house. There is no way I'll let you leave on an empty stomach." She says as she leaves.
"Well that settles it." Tris laughs
"Would I really have a chance to say no with you two around." I tease.
"Nope." Tris says popping the P. "C'mon." She picks up Evie and carries her on her left hip and then grabs Nate by the hand and begins to walk.
"You know I can help."
"Oh shit sorry, it's just habit now." She says and hands me Nate's hand. I pick him up and carried him from under his bum. We walk over to the kitchen and I see Caleb sitting down reading a book. He pops his head up when he sees me.
"Hey, Caleb can you help with Nate, I think I need to run upstairs with Evie and change her nappy." She says while smelling her bum. I just start laughing at what she is doing.
"You think it's funny. How about you come with me and I'll teach you how to change her dirty diaper." She smirks at me and I stop laughing. Then I hear Caleb and Natalie laughing and we all crack up laughing together.
