Forever my Marine

Chapter #69

Chapter 69
Scarlett’s POV
I sit on the couch holding Thomas while Louri is napping. My dad walks into the living room and sees Louri asleep, “hey, want me to take the little guy since Louri is asleep?” My dad asks quietly. “Yes please,” I say and hand him Thomas. “Thank you,” I say, making him nod and take Thomas into the kitchen. I run my fingers through Louri’s hair gently. She moves but to only put her face facing my stomach and holds me close to her. I smile and pull a blanket on her that was on the couch and continue running my fingers through her hair.
After some time she stirs awake and looks up at me. “Hi,” she says softly. “Hi baby, how was your nap?” I ask. “Very good, you are comfy and I love when you run your fingers through my hair,” she says, making me smile. I lean down and give her a kiss on the lips, making her smile. “Where’s Thomas?” She asks. “With my dad,” I tell her. “Oh good,” she says and nuzzles her face back into my stomach, making me giggle. She sits up gently and gives me another kiss. “Shall we go see what our mothers made?” She asks. “Sure,” I say. She gets up from the couch and puts her hand out for me to take. I grab her hand and stand up and jump onto her. “My koala,” she says, making me giggle and hold onto her as she walks into the kitchen. My mom and Lisa are talking by the stove and it is smelling so good. “Hey,” they say as they see us walking. “Hey, it smells so good in here, whatcha making?” I ask. “Lasagna and garlic bread,” Lisa says. “Yes! I love lasagna and garlic bread,” Louri says, making them laugh. “It will be done soon, please get Devon, Louisa and Maya,” Melanie says. Louri turns around with me still on her back and carries me upstairs. We reach one of the rooms and see Devon inside coloring. “Hey Little Marine, it’s time for dinner, please wash your hands and go to the dining table,” Louri says. “Ok mama,” he says. “Why is mommy on your back?” He asks. “She wanted a piggy back ride,” Louri says, which makes me giggle. “You’re silly mommy,” he says as he walks by us. “Onto the next,” Louri says and gallops out of the room, making us both laugh. We find the girls playing with their dolls. “Hey girls time for dinner, follow me and we’ll go wash our hands,” Louri says. Louisa and Maya get up and walk over to Louri and Louisa puts her hand out, Louri hikes me up higher on her back and has me put arms around her neck so she can hold the girls hands. We head into one of the bathrooms and Louri sets me down on the counter, making me pout. “It’s just for a couple of seconds so I can help them wash their hands,” she tells me, kissing away my pout. “Yucky” the girls say. Louri laughs and helps Louisa onto the stool in front of the sink and turns on the water and puts soap on her hands. “Washy washy washy washy,” she says while rubbing Louisa’s hands together making her giggle. She then rinses her hands and helps her down and hands her a towel. She then picks up Maya and does the same. Listening to the girls giggle is so cute. “Alright all clean, now time to head downstairs so we can eat,” Louri says as she turns her back to me so I can hop back on. She carries me downstairs while holding the girls hands. “Wow, look at your strength,” Lisa says, as she sees us coming down the stairs. “I couldn’t put the koala down and the girls wanted to hold my hands so I had to improvise,” Louri says. The girls let go of Louri’s hands and run over to the table to sit. Louri carries me over and sits me down on a chair. “M’lady,” she says as she pushes my chair in. “Thank you baby,” I say and give her a kiss on the cheek. Louri helps bring the food to the table and then sits down next to me. “Thank you for making this delicious looking meal,” I say, making everyone say thank you as well. “You’re welcome,” Melanie and Lisa say at the same time.

Louri’s POV
After the amazing dinner, I help clean up the table and wash the dishes. Everyone is in the living room talking and laughing. Once I finish up, I dry my hands and head into the living room to see Devon making silly faces at Thomas, who’s giggling up a storm. I take out my phone to record the moment. It makes me smile and laugh myself. He’s such a great brother already. I walk over and sweep Devon from the ground and start tickling him, making him laugh and pleads me to stop. “Mama Mama stop too much,” he says giggling. “What’s that? The tickle monster didn’t hear you,” I say while tickling him. “Mommy help,” he says. Scarlett laughs and pats my butt, since she has Thomas in her arms. “I can never be stopped, ahahaha,” I say laughing and I switch Devon around and fly him around the room like a plane. He laughs up a storm and then I lay him down on the couch, “crash landing,” I say as I lay him down. He giggles and catches his breath. I turn and grab the girls and pick them up and hold them on each side of my hips and start dancing with them. They laugh and smile and clap their hands. I give them each a kiss on the cheek in which they return to me and then I settle them on the couch as well. I plop onto the couch next to Scarlett to catch my breath as well. “Wiped out,” I say, making Scarlett laugh. “Mama, can we make a fire tonight?” Devon asks. “Sure we can, but let mama rest for a little,” I say to which he nods and plays with his sisters. I look over and see Thomas sleeping in Scarlett’s arms, “I wish I could fall asleep like that,” I say. “You do,” Scarlett says. “I mean in your arms.” I tell her. “You can tonight if you want. I’ll hold you,” she says, making me smile. “I’d like that,” I say, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

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