Forever my Marine

Chapter #39

Chapter 39

Scarlett’s POV
I wake up in the morning and see that Devon is snuggled into Louri, he must’ve come into our bed during the night. I lay there thinking about everything, how Lisa said those horrible things, my panic attack, my mom slapping Lisa. It’s been a whirlwind of the past two days. I just can’t wrap my mind around this. While I’m lost in thought, I felt a hand touch my arm, making me slightly jump. “Hey, it’s ok it’s just me,” Louri whispers, calming me down. “What’s going on in that pretty little head?” She asks. “Just got caught up in thinking about what happened with your Mom,” I tell her. “It’s understandable but please know that it’s not your fault and I will always choose you no matter what,” she tells me, making me smile a little. “I just don’t want you to have a strained relationship with your mom,” I say. “Overtime we might get back into talking but I also need time to myself too. It’s not healthy to be constantly fighting and I also don’t want to be putting unnecessary stress on you or Thomas,” she says, placing her hand on my stomach and rubbing it slowly. She’s always so thoughtful and protective, it’s one of the best characteristics she has and definitely one of the many reasons I fell in love with her. I smile and lean forward giving her a kiss, which she smiles and returns. “What happened with Devon?” I ask. “He came in the middle of the night saying he had a nightmare about Ma and the yelling.” She tells me. Great now it’s affecting his sleep. “You know it’s one thing to attack me but now it’s affecting the kids,” I say. “I know babe but I explained to him that you would never hurt me and what Ma said was not true. He just needed some comfort, he will be fine,” she says to me, rubbing my arm in reassurance. “I guess, I just hate all of this,” I tell her. “Me too,” she says. After a few minutes of laying and talking, Devon starts to stir awake. “Good morning sweetie,” I say to him, brushing hair out of his face. “Good morning Mommy, mama” he says. “Good morning little marine,” Louri says as he snuggles in close to her. She puts an arm over him and also pulls me close. “How did you sleep?” She asks. “Better, that I got to sleep with you and mommy,” he says. I smile and place a kiss on top of his head, “you can always come to us if you have a nightmare or want to talk,” I tell him, making him nod. “Can we have French toast for breakfast?” He asks. “I think I can make that happen,” Louri says and he gets excited and hugs her tightly. “Why don’t you stay here with Mommy and watch cartoons. I’ll bring your sisters in here too,” Louri says. “Yas! Cartoons!” He exclaims, making us laugh. Louri gets up from bed and walks over to my side and leans down to kiss me, “yuck” Devon says, making us chuckle.

Louri’s POV
I walk out of our room and into the girls room seeing them sprawled on their beds. I walk over to Louisa’s side first and gently wake her up. “Hey sweetie, it’s Mama. I’m going to be making French toast for breakfast, but I was wondering if you wanted to watch cartoons with your brother and Mommy,” I say to her quietly as she wakes up. “Mhm,” she says, making me smile. She gives me a hug and I help her off her bed and she walks out and over to our room. I look over to Maya and get up and sit next to her on her bed. “Hey little one, time to wake up, Mama is gonna make French toast for breakfast. Do you want to watch cartoons with your brother and sister and mommy?” I ask. “Can I go lay with Awnty Wizzie and Uwncle Wrobbie?” She asks. “Maybe, let’s go check,” I tell her and pick her up. I walk over to the guest room and knock on the door.  A few seconds later Lizzie opens the door. “Hey, Maya wanted to know if she can lay with you and Robbie while I make breakfast,” I say. “Yeah sure, come on sweetie,” she says as Maya leans out of my arms and into Lizzie’s. “I’ll let you guys know when breakfast is ready.” I tell her, making her nod and turn back to walk back into the room. I close the door and walk downstairs and start a pot of coffee and get to work on making breakfast.

After some time I noticed I was in a zone and made cinnamon French toast, strawberry stuffed French toast, bacon, scrambled eggs and cut up some fresh fruit. I didn’t even realize I cooked so much. Luckily there’s a lot of us so hopefully everyone has a big appetite. I make sure the stove is off and I wash my hands and head upstairs to let everyone know that breakfast is ready. They all descend downstairs. “Wow baby, you went all out,” Scarlett says. “Yeah, I didn’t even realize I made so much. I guess I was just in a zone,” I say to her. I pour her a cup of coffee and hand it to her. She smiles in thanks and walks with the kids to the table. I pour two more cups for Lizzie and Robbie which they thank me for as well and join the others. I grab the orange juice from the fridge and sit down at the table and start eating.

“Mama, do you think we can go to the zoo today?” Devon asks. “Yeah I don’t see why not,” I say to him, making him smile widely. “Can Auntie Lizzie and Uncle Robbie come too?” He asks. I look over to them and they both nod. “We’d love to come,” Lizzie says. “Yay!” Devon exclaims. We have a zoo membership and it looks like the perfect day to go. We finish eating and I clean up, letting everyone go upstairs to get ready. I head up to our room and see Scarlett in high waisted jeans, a light blue shirt and she grabs my USMC hoodie. “Pretty sure that’s my hoodie,” I say wrapping my arms around her. “What’s yours is mine,” she says, making me laugh and giving her a kiss to which she deepens for a few seconds. “Thank you for loving me and sticking up for me,” she says as she pulls away. “Always,” I say, brushing a strand of her from her face, smiling at her. I go and change into jeans, a black t-shirt and another hoodie and walk out of the closet grabbing my wallet and keys. Scarlett grabs my hand, intertwining our fingers and we walk out of the room and head downstairs. Devon comes down a few seconds later wearing jeans and a hoodie and baseball hat. He looks so adorable. Lizzie, Robbie come downstairs carrying the girls who are in matching outfits. “Ooo let me get a picture,” Scarlett says, letting of my hand and taking her phone out of her pocket and taking a couple pictures of them. “Perfect, thank you guys,” she says and grabs my hand once again. We head outside to the escalade and load up. I open the door for Scarlett and she gives me a kiss on the cheek in thanks. I get into the drivers seat and interwine our hands and start driving. We listen to some music and sing a long as we drive to the zoo.

A/N: Hey everybody Chris here. Hope you liked this chapter. See you all in the next one