I Can't Even Concentrate

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Demi's POV

It was a week later and after the statement that we released, of course the media ate it up, but the rumors about anyone other than Odell being the father stopped which I appreciated. I hated that I even had to release the paternity results to stop the madness, but I'm just grateful that it's over.

"I'm bored." I state as soon as Odell walks through the front door with a bag from the store. I had sent him out to get me a few things that I was out of because I didn't feel comfortable leaving the house yet.

"I would be too. You've been locked up in the house since Carter's been here. Before that even. You locked yourself up forever ago." He says laughing as he sets the bag down and walks towards me with a smile on his face.

"I just.. I don't want to deal with paparazzi." I mumble  as he runs his hand around my waist and kisses my forehead softly.

"We can go on a walk? Paparazzi won't see us if we stay in the neighborhood. It's a gated community." He suggests and I think about it.

"Okay. That sounds good. Let me just change and stuff. Can you change Carter for me?" I agree after a minute or so and he nods.

"Yeah. Of course." He answers and I smile and walk away and go upstairs. I changed into a pair of leggings and one of Odell's t shirts and tied it in the front before putting my hair in a loose bun. I then walked back downstairs after putting my shoes on and a hat and I smiled big when I saw Odell kissing Carter making him coo loudly. As if he was laughing.

"Is daddy's beard ticklish baby?" I ask walking up beside Odell so I could see Carter and he smiled big. The biggest I've seen him smile since he was born. So big that I could see a little dimple and my heart warmed.

"He has your smile." Odell says chuckling as I bend down and kiss his cheeks. While I fussed over Carter, Odell got his stroller ready and then I lifted him into my arms and settled him in the stroller once it was ready.

"You wanna take any of the dogs?" Odell asks and I turn and look to see Khan and Blackjack standing right by the couch with their puppy dog eyes and I caved. Batman and Eris were both knocked out on the their dogs beds not even bothered so I decided to grab Khan and Blackjacks leashes and they both got super excited and started wagging their tails like crazy. Odell walked the dogs since they do tend to pull a little sometimes just because of how big they are while I pushed Carter in his stroller. It didn't take long for Carter to fall asleep which didn't surprise me much, but I was just glad to be out of the house.

"So my manager called me when I was out." Odell starts and I look up at him urging him to continue. "Two teams have put their interest out for me and they're both really good contracts." He continues and I smile.

"What teams?" I ask him and he looks down at me with a smile.

"The Raiders and the Rams. They're both in California." He finally answers and I stop dead in my tracks causing him to do the same. "I thought you would be happy." He then says confused.

"I am." I breathe out trying to comprehend what he just said. "California? You want to go back to California? I know other teams have been interested Odell. Don't just do California because that's my home." I then say. I am happy. I'm ecstatic actually. I would want nothing more than to go back to California where all my friends and family are, but I don't want him to just pick there because it's what I would want.

"Other teams haven't given me offers as good as these teams. Plus, I know their organizations and it's something that I want. I also want you to have your family and friends close. I know it's been really hard for you not having them around." He says and I smile because I can see in his eyes that he really wants this.