My brothers best friend

Bonus chapter: Nightmare

(Edited)

Chapter 57

Jake's P.O.V.

Four years later

When I hear a knock on the door I open my eyes, but it takes a while before they actually bother to open. When I open them, I see Valerie snuggled right up to me. (Some things never change, I guess). I smile and kiss her forehead.

I hear a door open and see Noah enter. He has brought Joey, his teddy bear, and he holds it close to him looking at me with eyes, that shows fear. "I had a nightmare," he says, snorting.

I spread my arms, as if to say he should come here, which causes Valerie to wake up. "Noah, what's wrong, baby?"

Noah comes over to my side of the bed and I pick him up, Valerie makes room for him in the middle and I put him there like we always did when he was smaller. We used to have conversations with him about things he didn't understand at the time. 

And just so you know, not that I'm blabbering or anything, but Noah's first word was 'dad', yep, it was 'dad'. Valerie wasn't even upset that it wasn't 'mom' that was his first word, she just smiled  at me and were as happy as me and right then and there I knew I wanted to love this woman for the rest of my life. I will love her for the rest of my life, because she is mine. And only mine.  Whatever obstacles God would throw at us, we would handle them. Together. Like we always do.

"What was your nightmare about, buddy?" I ask him gently and kiss him on the cheek. He looks so scared and I just want to see him happy again. I don't want him to be scared. If I could make him live a life without the pain and sadness I would, but unfortunately thats not how it works and I hate it. 

He looks at me, then at Valerie with his big green eyes. "It... is just because today... one of the other boys told us... that we were all going to die at some point and it... it scared me." He hiccups as he says it.

Me and Valerie make eye contact over his head.

Shit.

"Honey, we're all going to die one day..." Valerie starts saying and Noah gasps before she can continue. I give her a look as if to say she did well. *Blink* 

I smile down at Noah. "What Mom is trying to say is that we are all going to die one day, but not before a very, very, very long time." 

"Really?" Noah asks, looking hopeful.

Valerie kisses his forehead. "Yes, honey, you're going to be with us for a long time to come. Your not getting away with us."

He smiles looking happy now. "Can I sleep here? Please?"

"Sure buddy," I say, laying back down. Valerie and I both lay an arm over him making him feel safe.

To be honest, I never thought I would be such a family guy, but look, things can change just like that. And I love it. I love being a dad and I love being parents with Valerie.

And just so that you get a little heads up on what has happened in the last 5 years, let's just start from the beginning.

Mason and Paige have two children now. Kate and Liam. Kate is 1 and Liam is 3 They are happy and content and Mason? He has become a real father-father. Which suits him. He is really happy and I am so proud of him. I know Paige and Mason  have had some hard times together but in the end their love won and I am happy for them. Me and Valerie are happy for them.

Connor and Viktoria got married, Viktoria was told she couldn't have children at first, which made us all sad, especially Connor, and I felt bad for him because I knew he always wanted a family and he wanted to make that family with Viktoria, so when that was told, they both kind of hided away from the world, but Valerie knew this doctor and she made then see this doctor and she said they might be able to have children, so they did, you know what, and now they have a child named Claire, she is 1 year old and very cute.

Jacob and Max had some problems in the beginning but now it works for them. They have adopted a little girl named Eva and they are honestly very good parents, and compared to all the times they had argued, they are quite a good team when it comes to raise a child.

Nick is well Nick, he is still single, but ready to mingle as always. He changes his women so often that I am getting kind of worried about him, I know he really liked Valerie and even tho he says it doesn't irritate him when we are a little PDA in front of him, I can still see how he looks at ud. With jealousy. But I know he doesn't have feelings for Valerie, he is jealous of what we have and I feel bad for him. 

But he's also got a crazy ex after him and I actually think he likes it. I think they would be great together, even though I have only met Nicole once, she seems sweet and maybe she can tame this guy, cause he is going wild. And I know he definitely likes her. You're probably thinking: Since when have you and Nick become friends? Yeah, it happened around the time he stopped trying to flirt with my girl and gave up.

And me? Yeah, I'm really happy. My dream had always been to become a professionel football player and the fact that I succeeded is fucking crazy. I am playing with legends. I have the best, sweetest son who I love so much.

Me and Valerie, well, we go like clockwork. I love her so much, we still argue sometimes, but it's just petty arguments. I've also become a real father, and yes, I've damn well kept in shape, I would never be able to help it, it's just in my genes I think. My father is also in really good shape even though he is old. And you know what? I actually like having my own family. Especially when I've made that family with Valerie.

I love this life I have built with Valerie. I love her.