What I Couldn't Live Without

Ch. 10 - I Can't Wait

I Can't Wait - Runner Runner

"And I can't wait for you to be my wife, to live this life together. And I won't let you go. I need you to know, that you are my heart, forever."

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Lizzie's POV

"Well, well, well, if it isn't my favorite gay couple!" Scar said as we entered her home and were immediately tackled by small limbs.

I rolled my eyes as Y/N bent down to Rose's height, catching her as her small body collided with hers, and picked her up, spinning her around, both giggling uncontrollably.

"Rosey!" Y/N exclaimed, very excited to see her mini best friend.

"Auntie Y/N!" She reciprocated as she wrapped her arms around Y/N's neck.

God, why were they so adorable? My ovaries are hurting.

"Close your mouth, darling." Scar whispered into my ear, making me jump in sudden surprise. I didn't know she was standing so close to me now.

"Hush." I said, blushing at having been caught drooling over Y/N with Rose.

I tore my eyes off of my fiancé when I felt a soft tug on the leg of my pants. Looking down, I saw the sweetest little face smiling up at me, drool going down the side of his chin.

"Hi, sweet boy. You're walking!" I said softly, bending down to pick him up and squeeze his little body in a tight hug, my heart completely melting at the little giggle that escaped his lips. "Let's clean you up a bit." I walked into the kitchen, grabbed a napkin, ran it under the sink water to dampen it a bit, and wiped his face up. He smiled at me as I finished and couldn't help but place a few kisses on his chubby cheeks. "All better." I whispered.

I walked the both of us into the living room to join my love and smiled at the sight I saw in front of me. Y/N and Rose were sitting on the couch as Rose showed her all of her school work that she had recently completed. Y/N's teacher self was coming out as she looked through it and helped her work out some things that Rose didn't quite understand yet. I sat on the couch next to them with Cosmo in my lap as he rested his head on my chest. I rubbed his back and listened to the two next to me with a small grin the entire time.

"Auntie Lizzie, look!" Rose said, showing me a couple of papers from her backpack. "I got a perfect score on my spelling test and my math test this week!"

"Wow, Rosie! That's quite impressive," I said softly since Cosmo seemed to be nodding off in my arms. "You must have worked very hard to get that."

"I did! I practiced my words with mommy and Colin every night and Colin helped me with all of my math."

"That's great. I'm so proud of you." I said, leaning down to kiss the top of her head.

"We're working on her homework for this week - the new concepts she's learning." Y/N added as Rose shuffled back into place next to her, putting on a very focused face. Her lips pursed together and her eyebrows furrowed as she looked at the next problem on her paper. It was so cute and Y/N and I both had to hold back a giggle at how serious she was.

"What's the new concept?" I asked, scooting over carefully to look at the paper, and immediately frowning at what I saw.

"Fractions." Rose mumbled, fiddling with the pencil in her small hand.

Oh, hell no.

"Sorry, sweet girl. I don't think I'll be much help with that." I said honestly. I could get by with math, but something about fractions made my brain short-circuit.