Best Friends to Lovers

Separate

"Well." I start. "I just feel like..ever since I had the twins...we've been disconnected. We don't cuddle on the couch and watch Halloween anymore. We don't go to the arcade and act like children, throwing Cheetos at the worker. You don't even invite me to your D&D meetings anymore, and you know I love it when I show up. I just don't want to feel ignored anymore Eddie. I miss us." I hold back tears. He looks down trying to not flip.

"So what you want to re-live our horrible teenage lives. I hated being that Eddie. I like the new me." I frown as a tear forms.

"So your saying you hated hanging out with me each day. Getting high together and sneaking into my house at 3 am. Talking about the stars. Going to watch the sunset in the fields. You don't miss that!! You only like the new you because you never have time for me anymore. I'm your wife Eddie!!" He rubs his face in stress.

"You know that's not what I meant yn. And you so what your my wife. What really changed! Your last name because Munson and that's it! We had another kid, what's changed!"

"You Eddie!!!" I shout at him. "You changed. It feels like you are the one that doesn't love me anymore." My lips quivers. He doesn't deny it. He just stands there. "I'm sleeping at Steve's tonight. And I'm taking the babies." I rush to pack a bag.

"Yn..please." He try's to stop me. I push him away. I make my way to the phone.

"Hello?" Steve asks.

"Steve do you mind picking me and the kids up. I need to stay at your house tonight, or for a few days." He agrees and hangs up. I go upstairs and pack the kids clothes, bottles, pacifier's, blankets, diapers, etc. I pick up the twins and realize I can't carry all three of the in the arms right now. I set them back in their cribs and wait for Steve.

He enters the house and grabs the bags putting them in the car. He comes back and picks up both Amelia and Travis, who are sleeping. I pick up Angles and look at Eddie for a few seconds.

"Will you be back?" He leans on the wall with his hands on his pockets. I sigh and walk down the stairs. Steve already had car seats in his car due to how much he baby sits.

We make it to his house. He lends me and the kids the guest bedroom which was bigger than his room. "Here. Stay for as long as you want. I already have cribs set up in the other room and a sound machine. I already put the kids to bed. They will be out for a loonggg time." He try's to make me feel better. "Well, night yn." He exits me room. I look around. It's very quiet. I miss Eddie already. The kids can't live with divorced parents. I don't wan them going through that.

I lay on the bed. It's weird without Eddie taking up all of the covers. I lay down and close my eyes.

——next morning 10:30 am——

I wake up to Dustin and Mike staring at me. "Brother?" I squeeze his face.

"Sister?" He laughs. I sit up and look around.

"What time is it."

"10:30 to be exact." I run out of bed and run to the kids room.

"I need to feed them!!" I freak out. "I slept in!" I run into the room seeing Steve, Nancy, and Max feeding all of them.

"Morning sunshine!" Steve smiles at me. I run my face walking into the room more.

"I'm so sorry guys. I'm sorry you have to take care of them." I start to cry a bit rubbing my face.

"Your okay!! We love feeding and taking care of them." Nancy smiles at me.

"I hate changing the dipers! Angles had a huge shit this morning. You have to pay me." She jokes. I smile and look around.

"Hey Steve...why do you have a random baby room in your house?" I ask randomly.

"Just incase I fuck up." My face fades thinking of Eddie and I. Did we fuck up? No. I love my kids. And so does Eddie. But does he love me? We've loved each other since kindergarten. Our love can never go away.

"Dada!!" Amelia cry's. I walk over to her and pick her up hugging her right.

"Dada will be here I promise. Just not now okay." I kiss her face a million times. She cry's more for Eddie. "He's not here baby." I rub her face. Travis starts to cry for Eddie too. Angles is sound asleep surprisingly. Angles hasn't cried once.

I look at Steve. "Do you want me to call him?" He asks. I nod and put Amelia down.

"I'm going to take a shower." I walk out of the room and gather clothes for when I get out of the shower.

I undress and look at my belly scare from the C-section. I sigh and get in the hot shower. About 30 minutes later I exit the shower. I walk to the room and close the door. I take the towel off of me and look at my new body in the mirror.

"Woah." I hear someone say quietly. I quickly cover myself up and turn around. "Your beautiful yn." Eddie comes near me.

"No I'm not. I look like a whale." I whine. He shakes his head with a soft face.

"No, no. Don't say that. It's not true." He places his hand on my face. "Look, I'm so sorry. I feel like a horrible husband. All you want is for me to love on you, and have fun like how we used to. And I promise I will as soon as we get home. Or right now but..anyway. I do love you yn. I love you more than anything. I don't care about how your body is. I don't even care if you become 600 pounds.

"I'll still love you. I stand by my vows yn. I swore to live together in matrimony, to love you, to honor you, to comfort you, and to keep you in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you and I shall live. I keep my word yn. And I do love you! I would kill myself if I lost you and our kids. Now take that towel off and hug the living death out of me." He smiles at me. I hesitate for a second my do take it off. He rushes in for a hug lifting me up off the ground.