When they got home, Max, Helen, and Luna found it rather humorous that the three boys were jamming out to AJR while getting ready. None of them seemed to care if the adults snickered at their very dancing.
It was nice to see them all getting along and enjoying themselves.
As the boys head off for their night of fun- dressed as what Helen could only assume as off-brand ninja turtles- she turns to find Luna and flower building some sort of bird nest out of all the blankets in the home- right there on the living room floor.
"Oh my goodness- that look very comfy." He comes over to the couch, sits down and leans forward on her knees to watch Luna lay blanket after blanket on top of one another and then roll the sides under to form a weird rectangular walled bed of sorts. She proceeds to grab the pillows she brought down from her room to line the long edge of the blanket nest and finally she pulls the last fuzzy Sherpa blanket from the back of the couch- and lays down in her creation happily.
"You cuddles?" She asks and Helen smiles warmly before standing up.
"Let me go change into comfy clothes first- okay- Love? I'll be right back." She smiles sweetly before leaving the child to head downstairs.
As she descends down the steps, she peers below the ceiling on the middle of the stairs and finds Max sitting on the edge of the bed- looking at the box of pregnancy tests in his hands- she quietly observes how he softly- yet sadly smiles at them. He laughs slightly through his nose and shakes his head a bit- unaware Helen is right there watching him.
"How'd I get here?" He quietly says to himself and Helen tucks herself back up a step so she can listen to him talk to no one but himself.
His question makes her sad because as she figured- he's only pretending to be supportive.
"I've been a shit...my whole life, Georgia." Helen freezes as she listens to him. "I put our daughter through Hell. Threw away good moments to drinking and grieving...not to mention how...how much of a dick I was when you were just trying to tell me you were...and now...hmmph—now I am loved by the most amazing person I've ever known and she makes me feel like...like I can do this. For so long I never thought I could- I just...I just wanted to give up- but she and those boys...they make me want to be better- for Luna, for them...and...and and I don't know if I'm crazy for saying this—but I hope she is—pregnant. Because I've thought about it all night and I have zero doubt in my mind how amazing it would be—I know you don't have a hand in anything like this—but if you could...if you could do this for me—I would be eternally grateful- because I know right now she's second guessing everything and I don't blame her: but I want her to have my baby so badly."
It's quiet for some time and Helen finds herself crying slightly from how sweet he is, that when he comes around to go upstairs and finds her sitting on the steps, his whole body runs cold as if he was just exposed.
Which he was.
"B...Baby..."He pales and Helen stands up and comes down the steps- she doesn't hesitate to wrap her legs and arms around him- which he holds her instinctually- and begins kissing him longingly.He backs up and bumps into the wall behind him. When Helen pulls from the kiss, she smiles endearingly at him, her insides twisting happily.
"Why didn't you say all this earlier?" She sniffs as her hands play in the bottom of his hair.
"I didn't want to sound like a crazy person. Helen, I know we've only been here two months- but you make me so happy and everything I said just now."
"You're the sweetest man I know. I love you, Darling—so very much." Pressing her lips to his again, she rests her head on his shoulder and he brings her over to the bed.
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Intertwined
Fanfiction****Alternate Universe: New Amsterdam*** Helen Sharpe has been trying her best to simply keep her head above water. As a single mother of two teenage boys: she has to do all she can to not only keep them from burning their world down, but also find...
