he was my dream, and we were his

Chapter 4: matching tattoos

Ellis was now 14 weeks old, and hadn't seen jack in 3 months. you always knew it would be difficult for jack to see his son regularly but the phone calls went from twice a day to once a day to once every two days to two time a week to once a week. life was easier than expected once you had adjusted, even though you didn't need mase anymore he was still very much around. his presence had become a comfort at that point. the only problem with your new job was the travelling with the squad to help with media but Ellis came with you most of the time because you had ben, mason and your dad. this weekend was the Chelsea versus Manchester city game so it gave jack the opportunity to see Ellis. you, mason and ben were gonna travel up on Thursday, and leave on Tuesday.

you were worried how Ellis would react to jack, but you were more worried how jack would respond to mason. jack always said he wanted to raise his son and didn't want anyone else to take over that role, although you tried to deny it it was very clear mason was taking over jacks role but as ben said you need help and jacks not willing to unless you move to Manchester and thats not fair. the plan was to spend a day or two with jack helping him adjust to Ellis' routine then you would  spend the rest of the trip in a hotel with ben and mason until jack needed you to watch Ellis whilst he trained for Sundays game. "stell can we please send him in his Chelsea onesie for the game" you laughed but agreed knowing you would be collecting him on Sunday morning to spend the game in the stands with you. you had always had a slight attraction to mason but right now as he stood Infront of you; abs out, Ellis draped over his shoulder and bottle in hand you had never been more attracted to someone in your life. it was just then mase said he wanted to do something, "I want to get Ellis date of birth of birth tattooed on me". it was such a spontaneous thing but it was something you must defiantly wanted to do yourself. although it felt weird that another man wanted your sons date of birth tattooed on his body forever but it didn't feel weird it was mase after all since the weeks before your delivery he was there for you at all costs.

 you got the tattoos and got straight in the car to head to Manchester, ben climbed into the front and you spent the majority of the drive cramped between mason and a car seat. about half way through the drive you rested your head on mason shoulder and closed your eyes, you were almost asleep but also just listening to mason and bens conversation then you felt masons hand drift to your thigh. both of u never spoke a word until it was time to give Ellis a break from his car seat and you decided to get some food. as you reached the final hour of the journey the tension between increased, every time you looked up from your phone and the conversation between you and jack masons was either looking at you, looking at your phone or looking at Ellis. it was easy to tell which was which because when he looked at you his hazel eyes gained a sort of glaze whether it was admiration or lust was hard to tell; when he was reading the conversation he became a little more agitated and frustrated as jack was turning the conversation in a rather sexual way and when he looked at Ellis it was the exact same way you dad looked at you or Kim or Emma. then he reached in his pocket and pulled out his phone and began typing after about 20 seconds between him pressing send a message on your phone appeared from him.                        ~Stella why dont you let ben help jack adjust to Ellis and have your first proper night out since having him you deserve it amore~

masons text was either coming from genuine concern that you hadn't been out past 7pm since having your son or jealously about having to spend the night with jack. either way you couldn't go your body wasnt back to normal and you had nothing to wear this was message was conveyed through a very long text to mason in which you also discussed how wrong it would be to leave your 14 week old son with a man he was completely unfamiliar with. mason wouldn't take no for an answer and reminded you that ben and jack get along well enough that he knew his routine well enough and that if you went you wouldn't want to leave so go to lunch with him in town pick out a dress and come back to the hotel and ill get Marcus and Jesse and their girlfriends to come with us. something about his last statement made you question what mason thought you were to him. but before you could question it further your text conversation finished and mason began speaking to ben about staying with Ellis and jack of course ben had no issue after all him and jack were close. 

after what felt like forever you and Ellis jumped out of the car and meet jack in the centre of Manchester for your fun family day out.