DETRELL POV
I am being very delicate with Landa and her feelings. I know love is a foreign concept to her right now and I'm doing my best to keep that in mind. I'm honestly just happy she's let me in this much.
And CJ? He's the cutest kid. Every time he sees me he runs up and says "DEEEEEEE". He likes to wrestle, so we play rough until something else grabs his attention. I never thought my life would turn out this way. I love it, every second of it.
LANDA POV
It is so nice to have a man around again. Sometimes, I feel guilty, but I know Camron wouldn't have wanted me to be single forever. We aren't putting any labels on it, but Detrell was over here so much I just asked him to move in. He was a mechanic but wanted to go back to school to try and be a doctor. Having two incomes was going to make things easier as well.
It was the most warming thing to see Detrell walk in the door with his signature "Baby one and baby two, I'm home" and CJ run towards him at a full sprint. The most beautiful thing about that saying, is he refers to CJ as baby one. Any man that'll put my son before me as if he is his own, is a great man to me.
After CJ got his hug, it was my turn and I could not wait. I'd walk up and hug him tight, then we'd share a kiss that, depending on how long the day was, could get really passionate.
-After dinner that night-
"He was impossible to get to sleep tonight" I say with a sigh as I climb in bed next to Detrell.
"Can we talk?" He says
"Everyday" I say with a smile, I meant this. I never wanted to stop talking to him.
"About CJ, don't you think it's time to-"
"No"
"Landa why? I've been here for over 8 months now. I love him and I love you don't be afraid."
Detrell wants to adopt CJ. So he can legally be his father just as much as I'm his mother. The whole idea makes me see Camron and feel like shit for lack of a better word. But he's right, CJ already calls him daddy sometimes
"I just don't want my kid to have a torn family like that, his dad's dead and his mothers boyfriend is his adoptive father"
"Yeah about that boyfriend part" Detrell pulls a little black box off the night stand and looks over at me and says "I know, you've been hurt. You're still hurting over losing him. You feel like you can never love another man because he wouldn't like that, but that's not true. I know I messed up the day he died, I know I made you feel bad. But you want to know what else I know? I know from the moment I laid eyes on you, years ago as your caretaker I loved you. You were a mess Lan, you didn't even speak and I had to force you to shower but I loved you. Now here you are, all cleaned up and perfect, and I still love you. For better or for worse, please allow me to be so honored as to say you are my wife."
I had never heard anything so amazing in my life, straight from the heart. So to shorten the next scene- I put the rock on my finger, and we had a rather "fun" night.
