Loved By You

Thirty Seven

Demi

"You can't just leave him with it, Odell" I lightly hit him on the chest and laughed. "You afraid of getting hit" my lips twitched into a smirk as I glanced at him over my shoulder. He shook his head and rolled his eyes as everyone else laughed at him. I turned my attention then on Hunter who was stood by the paw patrol piñata, holding onto the baseball bat with nothing but confusion written across his face. "What have you got there, Hunt?" he glanced to me with a giggle.

"B, Mama" he lightly hit the bat against the floor.

"Shall we hit the piñata, Handsome?" I kissed the back of his head as I knelt behind him, wrapping my hand around his little one that was holding onto the bat. "You ready, Baby?" I helped him hit the piñata with the bat. Everyone around us cheered which made the smile on Hunter's face grow as he hit the piñata again. I removed my hand from around his as he continued to hit the piñata himself. I couldn't help but to beam with pride as he managed to create a hole.

"Nata, Mama" he squealed, beginning to wobble on the spot from his obvious excitement. He still isn't the most confident on his feet. He hasn't yet grasped walking alone.

"And again, Hunter" he glanced back at me so fast that he fell down onto his butt. His little lower lip stuck out but I pressed a kiss to his cheek which made him giggle instead.

"Mama" he thrust the bat into my chest and rubbed at his eyes. "Nata" he pointed to the nearly broken piñata.

"You're so close, Baby. You want mommy to help?" I helped him to stand, placing the piñata into his hand and wrapping mine around his as he leant back into me. We hit the piñata a couple more times until it broke apart and candy fell to the floor. Everyone cheered as Hallie and Kalen ran to grab some. Hunter squealed his excitement and I beamed with pride as he dropped to his butt and then crawled towards the candy, taking as much into his little chubby hands as he could.

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"Happy birthday to Hunter. Happy birthday to you" Hunter clapped his hands and giggled as he leant back against Odell. His little eyes were glancing at everyone sat at the table and stood around it.

"Happy birthday, Bud" Odell whispered softly as he bounced Hunter on his knee, making his laugh louden. I blinked back the tears in my eyes as I combed my fingers through his curls.

"You want to try some cake, Hunt?" his beautiful eyes glanced up to meet mine and he giggled as he shoved his fingers into his mouth. "I'll cut a slice if you put him in his highchair?" Odell nodded as I grabbed a hold of the cake and carried it into the kitchen. I cut a little slice and then took it over to the highchair where Hunter was sat. The first thing that Hunter did was poke his finger into it. His eyes glanced around at everyone who was watching him, waiting to see what he would do with the cake. He stuck his finger back into the cake and then shoved his finger into his mouth, giggling as a couple people cheered. I lightly laughed, leaning back into Odell as he wrapped his arms around me. "I can't believe he's one" Odell pressed a light kiss to my temple.

"It's insane how fast this year has gone" I nodded, caressing Odell's arm that remained loosely wrapped around my neck. "The next big event in our lives is our wedding" my mouth instantly began to tug into a wide smile. I slowly turned to face Odell, everyone else was too engrossed in watching Hunter devour his cake to pay us any attention.

"I can't wait to be Mrs Beckham" I lightly twirled the hair at the back of his head around my finger. "I love you" he nodded, leaning down to brush his lips with mine. I pulled away and glanced down as a little hand tapped my thigh. "You okay, Kalen?" he nodded as he pointed to Hunter.

"Have cake, please?" my heart completely melted.

"Of course you can, Handsome. You're not going to get as messy as your brother, are you?" Kalen giggled as I glanced to Hunter who was covered from head to toe in cake. There was even crumbs scattered along the floor beneath him that Madison was trying to stop Batman from eating.

"At least he's enjoying it" I laughed as I glanced up at Dallas who was thankfully filming Hunter as he destroyed his cake. "Is that cake yummy, Hunt?"

"Oh em, Mama" he held out his fist that held a piece of cake.

"That's Hunter's cake, Baby" his little tongue licked his lower lip and his eyes seemed to twinkle. "Don't open that hand, Hunter Forrest. There's enough cake on the floor" he giggled as he brought the cake back to his mouth, slamming his hand back down onto the cake covered tray. "Shall we get you some cake then, Handsome?" I glanced down at Kalen who nodded up at him, sliding his hand into mine and jumping slightly beside me as we headed into the kitchen.

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"I'm exhausted" Odell laughed as I dropped down onto the bed beside him, grabbing at the sheet and pulling it over me. Odell rolled to face me, sliding his hand along my stomach. We lay there in silence for a moment before I realised that Odell had just been quietly staring at me. I turned to face him, instantly meeting his eyes that were just twinkling. "What?" his eyes met mine and a smile slowly formed on his face that made my insides quiver.

"You're beautiful" my cheeks instantly began to burn. My stomach clenched as his fingers slowly lifted up my shirt. "I love you" I nodded as I slid my hand over his.

"I love you too, Handsome" he leant to kiss me, the smile on my face instantly widened.

"Thank you for being you. Thank you for being your amazing self" I slid my hand along his cheek as he hovered himself over me, his lips beginning to dance with mine as we slowly lost ourselves in each other.

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