"We made a perfect son." Justin said, turning his head back around to face me. I smiled, "Yeah, yeah we did."
He smiled back before enveloping my lips into a kiss. I kissed back and our lips moved in sync with each others. "Mommy! Daddy!" Jason called out. Justin and I both pulled away from the kiss. "What's wrong buddy?" Justin asked, letting go of my waist. "Alex took my toy!" Jason pouted, crossing his arms. "Now Alex, why did you take Jason's toy?" I asked, crouching down to Alex so I was face-to-face with him. "Because, I wanted to play with it, but Jason wouldn't give it to me!" Alex shouted. I sighed. "Amy, come deal with your son."
I watched as Amy made her way to Alex and talked to him. I looked at Justin and saw him holding Jason and making him laugh. I smiled and walked over to them. "How are my two favorite boys?"
"We're good." Justin said. "Jason, are you enjoying your birthday party?" I asked. "Yes mommy." He replied. I smiled, took him out of Justin's arms, and balanced him on my hip. Justin stood behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "You guys are such an amazing family." Pattie said. She took out her camera and took a picture of Justin, Jason, and I. The camera that she had was one of those old fashioned ones. You know the ones that you take a picture and then it comes out at the top? Yeah, she had that one. I watched as she took the photo out and walked away. I looked up at Justin and kissed his lips. A few minutes later Pattie came back with a purple photo album in her hands. "I just wanted to give you guys this." She said. I put Jason in Justin's arms and took the photo album. "Awwww, thank you." I said, giving her a hug. She hugged me back before pulling away. "It has photos from when you guys first started dating to when you guys got married to when you guys have a family." Pattie listed happily as I looked at every single one of the photos before stopping at the very last page. "How come there's no photo on this page?" I asked. "Oh, forgot to put this one in." Pattie said, slipping in a photo of Justin, Jason, and I. "That's why you took that photo?" I asked. Pattie nodded and smiled. I smiled and gave her a tight hug, still holding the photo album. "Thank you."
"You're very welcome." Pattie responded. I pulled away from the hug and put the photo album on the kitchen counter top before taking Jason out of Justin's arms and balancing him on my hip. Jeremy came up to Justin and I with Jazmyn and Jaxon. "Hey guys." I greeted softly. "Hey Crystal." Jeremy replied. "Can I hold him?" Jeremy asked, gesturing to Jason. I smiled. "Of course."
I put Jason into Jeremy's arms and watched as he walked away while tickling his tummy. I smiled before putting one arm around Justin's waist. "Jazzy, you've grown up so much." I said. "How old are you? Nine?"
"Yeah, I'm nine." She replied. "And Jaxon you're eight now right?" I asked. Jaxon nodded and looked down at the ground. I furrowed my eyebrows together, "What's wrong sweetie?"
"You've been spending all your time with Jason and you never come up to Canada to visit us anymore."
I let go of Justin's waist and crouched down next to Jaxon, "Jaxon, listen to me, I love you guys with all my heart. The reason why I don't come up to Canada to visit you guys anymore is because Justin and I have to take care of Jason because he's still a little baby. Sweetie, if I could go to Canada with just a snap of a finger, I would, but I can't. But that doesn't mean I don't love you guys."
Jaxon wrapped his arms around me and gave me a warm embrace. "Can you come visit in the winter?" He asked. I smiled, "I will, I promise."
"But hey, you guys are staying in LA for 2 weeks. Might as well as enjoy your time with us now." I added. Jaxon laughed and let go of me. "So, Jazzy, how was 4th grade?" I asked. "It was good." She replied. "Are you ready for 5th grade in the fall?"
"Oh definitely." She laughed. I smiled and watched as she ran away and over to the snack table. I got up from my crouching position and walked up to Justin, wrapping my arms around his neck. "I miss when they were still little." Justin said. "I do too." I stated. He smiled and nuzzled his head into the crook of my neck. I laughed as he started leaving trails of kisses on my neck. "Hey lovebirds, stop doing whatever you guys are doing and get over here!" Zac yelled, laughing. I laughed as well before unwrapping my arms from Justin's neck and walking over to where Zac was.
~~~~THE NEXT DAY~~~~
"Mommy! Daddy!" Jason laughed jumping up and down on the bed. "Hey there buddy." Justin said sleepily as he grabbed Jason and laid him in between Justin and I. "You know what?" I asked. "What?" Jason replied. "Today we are going to the mall to buy some clothes for you and then we're gonna go to get some ice cream!"
Jason gasped, "Yayyyyyyy!"
I smiled and pulled him close to my body. "Who's my favorite boy?" I asked, tickling his feet. He laughed, "Me!"
"Yes, that's right." I said. "Come on, let's brush your teeth and get you dressed." Justin said, grabbing Jason and getting out of bed. I climbed out of bed as well and followed Justin to Jason's room. "I'll brush his teeth." Justin said. "And I'll get his clothes."
I walked into Jason's closet and started rummaging around to find something for him to wear. After a while I finally found a pair of kids' shorts and a white t-shirt. I grabbed the outfit and laid it on Jason's small bed. "Okay." Justin said, coming out with Jason in his arms. Justin put his clothes on for him and let him watch some cartoons while Justin and I changed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Okay, Daddy is going to go somewhere else okay?" Justin said. Jason nodded and gave Justin a hug. "I'm going to go to Starbucks, if you need anything just come and get me okay?" Justin said. I nodded and gave him a kiss. I put Jason down on his feet and held his small hand. We walked inside the store that was right next to Starbucks. I let go of Jason's hand and held a blue polo shirt in my hands. "Hey Jason, what do you think about this shirt?" I asked. No response. Confused, I put the shirt back on the rack. "Jason?" I asked. Fear hit me hard and i started panicking a little. "Jason?" I repeated louder this time. I looked down at my side and fell to the ground onto my knees. Jason was gone.
