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Ameera's P.o.v -

- several months later -

"Nicholas I swear if his cake comes back ruined because you sent your brother and my brother you are dead you hear me!!!" I screamed trying my hardest to finish up the last of Crawford's decorations for his birthday.

Time flew by faster then we both had knew it and Crawford had been on our care for a year, and had already been turning two years old.

"Have more faith in them baby" he chuckled softly giving me a reassuring squeeze.

"Oh should I!!?" I cried dragging the heavy box my toward Nick to pick it up.

We had went for a Toy Story themed, and agreed to all dress up as the characters.

Me, and Nick as Jesse and woody and of course Crawford as buzz.

Maliyah and Jimmy and Janessa as the Aliens.

And the others just sort of decide to fill out as they came in, and we thought it would be much more fun that way anyways.

"Where's my birthday boy?!" I questioned re entering my in law's home.

Me and Nick had still had our own little apartment, and still hadn't found a house that we'd really liked.

Plus we had enough were we were, Crawford had his own room and we had ours so for now it was all that we had needed.

There was Crawford cuddled up with his blanket and stuffy on the couch.

I had found myself around here a lot due to how my mother felt about the situation still. So I kept him to the closest thing he had to family and that was Nicks.

And of course Jimmy and my brothers stayed around as well. But nothing was truly the same without my mother.

"Hey you okay?" Nick questioned from behind me grabbing onto my waist as I just watched over Crawford.

"Yea, just sucks that mom and dad aren't here you know" I sighed softly leaning into him.

"I know baby but he has us and that's all that will ever matter but just let him sleep a little longer he isn't feeling too good either" he replied kissing my cheek.

"Right what are the odds, he sick on his first birthday with us " I whined making my way toward him.

I pushed his hair back softly giving him a kiss on his forehead, feeling him for any sign of a fever.

"No fever anymore but I'm sure he's still congested" I sighed feeling Nick take a seat next to me now.

"I love the way you are with him, I can't wait for us to really have our own" he smiled sweetly.

"Oh I know baby, you don't think we were in over our heads do you? You know about choosing to take on Crawford as our own" I questioned softly

I hoped he disagreed with me and promised me that we weren't truly in over our heads, that none of this was a mistake and I had been over thinking.

"I don't think it's been easy, or it's going to be but I don't think we didn't make a mistake, or that I'd ever want to take it back and I know it's harder because he really isn't ours all we can do is the best for him and for us but most importantly for him" he reminded me gently placing another kiss on my forehead.

"I just never imagined any of this like this or in this way, if god would've told me what was in store for me I probably would've just laughed it off" I chuckled lighting repositioning his blanket.