I Do Not Own Any Of The Characters or Songs in this story. And do not get payed writing it either. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
During her break without the children she enjoyed her self by going to the spa and just having a relaxing time. Niles stayed home and watch their children and took care of them. As by now the twins were growing more and more and their personalities were even growing. Chasity was becoming more like C.C everyday and even though Niles didn't like it first he soon began to see the similarities between the mother and the daughter and laughed because he thought about all the great times him and C.C would have how the bickering became more than he would ever realize and wanted. As for Jayden he took more after Niles. He had more emotion than he led on and that's what Niles loved about the little boy. It made Niles think of all the times he wanted to tell C.C how he felt but couldn't.
Just as soon as the little ones were getting tired and cranky he put them in their cribs. Told them a lullaby and then let them sleep while he curled on the couch and read a book. The book wasn't something he had bought but other than had written in years prior to him and C.C becoming a couple. It was really about them and how they bickered on and off and how he could not tell the woman he loved that he loved her because of their differences and how their two worlds could never be one.
To say the least he wrote it so he could remember all the times spent together and all the times that they would bicker on and off and how with one kiss had changed his life for the better. Just one kiss and it was an accidental kiss. C.C didn't realize it was Niles standing there and she grab him by his collar and went into for a kiss and the facial expression had said it all. That at the time wasn't what she was expecting. And after Niles had said to her "Was it as bad for you as it was for me" even though in the back of his mind it wasn't. He had enjoyed it but couldn't admit it not now. Maybe never to her. Was it the fact he was scared of her? Or the fact he would be scared of what she would say?
After all she only had thought of him as a severant or even a bellboy. And even sometimes would call him dust boy or even minute maid. He never took it personal because it was his job and that's what he was supposed to do. He recalled the time she clucked like a chicken thinking he was Maxwell and her facial expression which made him laugh because he pranked her that well and she never wanted anyone to know about that. Which in time no one would find out because as he said they would need the eggs.
He thought about the time where she felt alone because of Max was taking Chloe on the business trip with out her. And how he helped her along with Fran get thru it. How he handed her a glass of tomato juice that was just plain and how she had asked if he had anything harder. Then he said "not for you". That gave him a chuckle. She always had a sense of humor that was many reasons why he thought he fell for her.
Thru everything they had been thru one thing was always for certain they both loved each other. Whether or not they wanted to admit or even say anything they had. Thru times of toughness they both stood and watched each other grow. Even when Niles had his heart attack and saw C.C coming in the room with a bouquet of flowers in her hand he knew she cared deep down and whether or not it was love it was out of their hands. C.C never talked about that day but as far as he knew she took completely and totally control of the situation. Whether or not she wanted to admit it deep down she loved him.
Their was more than just a friendship bonding, C.C did tell him how she had saw the whole incident and how scared it had actually made her feel. She did mention when she saw his eyes roll in the back of his head and how he had fallen to the floor. She also kid him and said " Don't you ever scare me like that again I... ummm.. don't... can't... lose... you... Those words were stuck in his head.
After that day he knew she had a heart and that deep down she wasn't as cold hearted as people seem to think she was. But she would always remain a witch respite of what was said because that was her. And that was their thing and even as their children would grow the insults would be there but also limited due to the fact that they wanted their children to grow up with them not fearing that the insults would break them.
As Niles sat and read more of their life history he came thru some pictures as well. He came across the one picture of him and C.C on the cruise and how every time he had rolled the dice he won when she was by his side and how he had asked "if she was a good witch or bad witch" and how when she blinked her beautiful blue sparkled eyes he fell even more in love with her. Then later he knew he would need her.
The night he gambled and how he asked her "twenty minutes at the slots , my baby, by my side". Then how she said "oh hoho this is going to cost him big".
Then how he said to her "I thought you were duty free on the high sea's, sorry old habbits, my beauty, name your price".
C.C had said 95pounds. Niles had asked "British".
Then C.C said "No Yiddish. Meet your new roommate".
He smiled after looking at the picture. Then the thought of Fran and Max's wedding came to mind when C.C was complaining that her life was over because Max was taken.
And how she had under estimate herself. He told her she was witty, sophisticated, beautitul,sexy.
And then asked her to dance with him and she had said "okay butler boy". Of course they had been drinking but it didn't matter because everything he told her would be true.
He remembered her thinking she was Maxwell's bride but also knew she wasn't and how foolish she had looked.
And how he made her sit in the audience so she couldn't ruin that day for Fran and Max.
Another picture he came across as he turned another page it was a picture of him and her at the wedding dancing. He thought about a song he had heard on the radio a few days ago and then it clicked for that picture it would go great not because it was a slow dance song but the words expressed how he felt.
The song was Far Away. The lyrics had perfectly matched to how he felt that day but could not tell her right then and there. The reason was because he wasn't even if it was true yet or that it was a fling or what it was. He didn't want to ruin what they had. As to come to find out he wouldn't know how he felt until months to come.
This time, this place misused, mistakes
Too long, too late, who was I to make you wait
Just one chance, just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know, you know, you know
That I love you
I've loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
And you'll never go
Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore
On my knees, I'll ask last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all I'd give for us
Give anything, but I won't give up
'Cause you know, you know, you know
That I love you
I've loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
And you'll never go
Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore
So far away, so far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away, so far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
I wanted, I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed, I need to hear you say
That I love you, I've loved you all along
And I forgive you, for being away for far too long
So keep breathing, 'cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it, hold on to me and
Never let me go, keep breathing
Keep breathing, 'cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it, hold on to me and
Never let me go, keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and never let me go.
He thought about those lyrics and how they meant something to him and how when C.C had asked him to dance to Every time We Touch how that meant to her and how happy it had made her dancing with him. Even if he was still a butler and dust boy. Going thru that book had made him happy but it also reminded him everything he had to do to get her. He wouldn't change of how it all happen and definitely wouldn't change anything about her. She was his world and everything without her his world stopped. The day he finally admitted to how he felt his world turned inside out. He felt love but it was different then the first time he had felt it. With C.C she took his breath away. When they kissed it both took them to places they had never been. Although time stood still he remembered everything.
Father down in the book he had found the part he wrote about C.C walking in on him while he was doing the risky business dance similar to the one Tom Cruise did. He knew she was looking at him with that smirk on her face, laughing inside because he was being a goof. As much as she didn't want to admit it then she liked it. From what he didn't see was the fact she was looking and in the back of her mind she did like him. She was looking and might have been checking him out. To him it embarrassed him that she did walk in on him dancing like that. He continued to read the story until he had heard his children wake up from their naps. Then by now he would put the story away for another day and be with the two that meant the most to him far from his wife who was out and about taking the day for herself.
He went into Chasity's and Jayden's room and saw them staring at him. Both with blue bright eyes one with dirty blonde hair like C.C's and one with brownish hair like Niles. Niles couldn't think that life was perfect other than the two little bundles of joys in front of him. Aside from his wife being his world life was perfect to him. He had two beautiful children with a women who he loved more than anything. He picked Chasity up with open arms and changed her diaper put her down for a bit so he could change Jayden who needed it the most. C.C finally came home to hear her husband talking baby talk to Jayden and Chasity who was getting a little antsy.
She goes up stairs to find him changing Jayden and trying to control antsy Chasity who doesn't want to be down. She quietly picks up Chasity and stands behind Niles. Niles continues to talk to Jayden and then ensures him he would be okay. Niles then puts Jayden's pants back on and picks him up. Then he turns around and see's C.C standing there just looking and watching him. He welcomes her home with a kiss and asks "how long have you been standing there"? She saids "long enough". Niles saids " Yeah huh". C.C saids " Dear lets not argue in front of these two". He saids " I agree darling" "How about lets not argue again". C.C nodded with an agreement and they headed down stairs to the living room as a family for a bit until Niles asked her "If she would be okay with them for a while because he had chores that needed to be done". She told him "Of course I'll be fine you've been with them all day it's mommy and me time". He told her "okay my love but only if your positive. She saids "Baby I am positive please go and do what you have to do I'll be okay, I promise". He saids "okay my love and thank you so much for everything you do for me and our beautiful and wonderful family". She saids "Your welcome my dear, I Love You Niles". He saids "I Love You Too C.C". They share one last kiss until later that night where they would cuddle and fall asleep in each other's arms forever and always.
For a first time in a long time C.C cuddled against him her head on his shoulders arms to her side. Of course his arms around her as always that's how it always had been. To her it was a her protection against the world and beyond. He was hers and She was his. In years to come they would always be with each other holding, helping and loving each other no matter what the world had brought them. As far as C.C could see she had it all a loving husband that loved her more than life its self. She loved him more than she ever could have ever thought about loving someone and she was glad in the end she had married him and that he gave her the best gift of all two beautiful children. She was glad in the end that "God had blessed the broken road that had lead straight to him"(God Bless the Broken Road, Rascal Flats). This song was a song that she had listened to over and over because it was true for them. The words expressed that when she tried to find love and found it in the wrong places that at the end of the day it would always be him.
Niles on the other hand was very thankful not only for his beautiful wife but greatest mother to his beautiful and wonderful children. He knew being curled up with the love of his life was the greatest feeling in the world and no one would or could ever take that from him. To him his wife and family is what made him the happiest the most. Even though he wasn't used to the whole being nice and kind thing to C.C it became a regular and a nicer way to wake up in the early mornings knowing he would have the woman he loved in front of him and that she loved him back as much as he did. Even though his children were still babies and they didn't talk at all still he knew how much him and C.C meant to them and he wanted to cherish these moments forever and always. Even if the months turned into years he wanted to cherish them with C.C and C.C alone. No one could ever hold her heart like she did and no one could put up with his remarks as she could he knew that for sure. That was the woman he loved and no one could ever replace her as his wife or mother of his children. If something would happen to her he was not sure how he would handle it. Would he handle it as great as C.C did when he was in the hospital for his heart attack, he was not sure. But one thing for certain he knew no matter what his love for her could and would never change. That night in his sleep he whispered I Love You C.C and if she heard him at all he would be happy but if not he hope she knew. And she did know because two hearts knew were they had belong and that was with each other. They would love each other till the end.