Neighbors

Chapter 24

"Owie?" Kiairi asked as she kicked her legs back and forth.

"Yes?" Owen asked purposely ignoring Sean and Luke's snickers. He knew that was going to be a thing now and he would tolerate it from her but not from them. That would be made very clear once she was down for a nap.

"Me tall all you Daddy now?" she asked tilting her head to look at him curiously.

"Yes," Owen nodded. "We are all your daddies."

"Yay!" She squealed and threw herself into his lap to hug him tightly.

"I'm glad you're happy," Owen said as he hugged her. "We all are."

"We move in now?" she asked. "All wiv tobefer?"

"What?" Liza asked shocked.

"That's up to your mom," Kota chuckled, "but if you wanted to move in already and live together, we can make it work. I can start planning things out."

"Yeah, we can move the offices into the other house, and that house can be our work offices," North nodded. "And you can have the rooms that were the offices. It's an easy switch."

"Yeah, I can start figuring things out, but it wouldn't take very freaking long," Gabe nodded. "We could probably finish in by the end of the day. There really wouldn't be much to do, it's very easy. But it's up to your mom."

"Mommy?" Kiairi asked turning to look at her.

"I don't know..." she trailed off. "Let me think about it for a bit, okay?"

"Otay," she nodded as she sat in Owen's lap with a huge smile on her face. "My daddies."

"Yes," they all said in unison making her smile.

"Yay," she clapped excitedly.

Liza smiled as she watched her daughter beam. "You okay?" Kota asked softly as she watched her play peek a book with Luke while sitting in Owen's lap.

"Yeah, I think so," she nodded. "I'm just trying to..."

"Not used to the father participating with the kids?" Kota asked.

"No," she admitted. "I hoped one day but no."

"Well, it's happening now," he smiled as he took her hand and intertwined their fingers.

"Thank you," she smiled softly. "I'm trying."

"That's all we ask," he smiled. "Just have trust and try. We'll take care of the rest."

"Here you go Pookie," Sean said as he placed a blanket in her lap. "You seem tired, did you not sleep well last night?"

"No," She admitted softly.

"Why not?" he asked.

"I just couldn't get comfortable," she said. "Every time I moved my arm it would hurt."

"Why didn't you call or text me to bring you a pain pill?" Sean asked.

"I didn't want to bother you if you were sleeping," she whispered.

"Oh Pookie," he sighed as he crouched down in front of her. He gripped her chin, "don't ever worry about disturbing me, okay? It hurts me that you hurt and didn't ask for help. We will do whatever we need to help you."

"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I tell you from now on."

"Good girl," he smiled. "Do you want to take a nap?"

"Um..." she trailed off and looked at Kiairi playing on the piano with Victor. She smiled and nodded, "okay, I could probably take a nap."

"Come on," he held his hand out, "I need to take a nap before I work this afternoon." She looked around the room and everyone nodded. She placed her hand in his and followed him to his room.

He pulled the blanket back and she looked at him nervously. "Um..."

"Do you want to go back to the living room?" He asked. "It's okay if you want to."

"Which is your side?" she asked.

"It doesn't matter to me, Pookie," he smiled, "I'm okay anywhere. I love to cuddle, just so you know."

"You do?" she asked, and he smirked when he noticed her eyes light up hopefully.

"Yes," he nodded, "I love it. I'm a huge cuddle bear, we all are."

"Okay," she smiled as she got in the bed.

Sean got in the bed behind her and slid his arm under her head then used his other hand and pulled her up against his chest bringing her closer to him. "Is this okay?" he asked as she nestled under his head.

"Yes," she whispered with a smile on her lips.

"Good," he smiled into her hair. "We can do this every night if you want."

"Don't tempt me," she murmured as she drifted off to sleep. "Dream come true."

"We will definitely make your dreams come true," he said softly as he kissed the back of her head. He drifted off to sleep holding her close.