My Safe Place to Land

Chapter 34

Ellen's POV:

We arrived home after our perfect lunch date. We went to go change out of our formal attire and into some lounge-wear. We came back downstairs and we sat down at the table and talked about what Patrick was going to do with his custody with his kids. "So, what do you want your custody rights to be?", I asked starting off our discussion.

He took a big sigh and said, "Well I don't want full custody since in about 9 months a little one of us two combined will be running around and Talula is getting to the age where she questions everything and she will find out that it is our kid before the media does.".

"Right, yeah we don't want that.", I replied.

"So maybe summers and school breaks? Do you think that is enough?", he asked.

"I think that's perfect.", I said turning my head looking into his McDreamy eyes. "Let me get you my lawyers' card so you can start setting up meetings with him. He's the best in Los Angeles, California. I promise.", I said as I reached for my wallet that was in my purse. I went into my Louis Vuitton wallet and grabbed the business card. 

"Thanks.", he said reaching for the card that was in my hand.

I set my purse back down and got up and went to go raid the fridge. "Hey! You just had lunch.", Patrick said. I could feel his strong muscular arms wrap around my tiny body. His hands went straight to my stomach. I turned around and his arms were still attached to my stomach. He bent down so that his head was leaning against my stomach. 

"You know I'm not showing, like at all?", I asked him.

"Oh I know, but the most perfect child is in there. I mean come on, they are going to be perfect. They have your genes and my genes combined. They'll be prom queen or king in high school.", he said.

I laughed and I put my hands in his curly hair and played with his hair as he continued to talk to our child. "I know it is not for a while but what are you thinking about for dinner?", I asked.

He took his head off my stomach and looked up at me and said, "Oh, well Eric, Justin, T.R., and I are going to go to Longhorn to talk and hang out. I can bring you something back if you'd like?", he asked.

"Okay, that sounds good. I'll just have a 6-ounce sirloin steak with fries and green beans on the side.", I told him my order.

"Great, I'll write it down.", he said while standing up and grabbing a piece of paper and pen to write down my order. He placed the order into his back left pocket.

For the rest of the time, we snuggled on the couch watching the news.