Stay (The Kids Aren't Alright Sequel)

Chapter Three

Chapter Three

Deception and perfection are wonderful traits

One will breed love, the other hate

"Do you think he had fun?" Oliver asks as we started to walk home. Oliver held my hand with his free one, the other hand pushing Elijah's stroller where he was fast asleep. I smiled softly before nodding. 

"Course he did. He was surrounded by people and we both know how much he loves that. Plus, someone was always holding him. I don't think he even spent a single second on the ground today." I whispered, resting my head against Oliver's shoulder as we walked. I was exhausted, more than ready to go to bed so I could at least get a few hours before E.J. woke up. Oliver and I fall silent, both of us a little too tired to talk. When we got home, I grabbed E.J. out of the stroller and Oliver placed it back in his car. We walked up to the apartment, E.J. still fast asleep on my shoulder as we did so. Once we reached the apartment, Oliver went straight to our room while I took E.J. to his. He didn't even stir as I placed him in his crib, having no need to change him into a different set of clothes because we'd done that at my parents. I turned on the baby monitor before walking back to my bedroom. Oliver was already in bed and I was quick to join him. As soon as I was in bed, Oliver wrapped an arm around me, pulling me close to his chest as he buried his face into my shoulder. 

"Hey Alex?" Oliver whispers, breaking the comfortable silence that fell between us.

"What?" I whispered back, opening my eyes for just a moment to look at him. It was pretty hard to see him though, the only light coming from what was outside. Oliver lets out a quiet sigh, moving a little so he wasn't as close. 

"Have you... Have you ever thought about having another kid?" Oliver asks, shocking me a little with the question. I sat up completely, wide awake as I looked at Oliver with wide eyes. 

"Oliver..." 

"I'm not talking about right now, honest to god I'm not. I just... I was just thinking about it, I mean with our conversation at your parents house... I don't know, just forget about it." Oliver says, laying flat on his back. I was at a loss for words, unable to really think about what he'd just asked me. 

"I'm not going to just forget about it..." 

"It was a stupid question." 

"Obviously it's not if you asked. Look, I'm not saying I don't want another kid... but I agree that right now is not the time to be having this conversation. With what happened with Elijah... Who's to say it won't happen again? I don't think I can go through that again." I find myself saying after a minute or so had passed. Oliver lets out a small sigh before sitting up himself, grabbing my hands from where they sat in my lap. 

"It's just a question Alex... We don't have to have this talk right now, okay? It's late, let's go to bed alright?" Olly whispers, kissing my cheek before wrapping his arms around me. He moves so that the both of us are laying back down, my head against his chest as he rubs my back. I must have fallen asleep at one point because the next thing I knew, E.J.'s cries filled the room and it was light outside. Oliver was already out of bed, his voice coming over the baby monitor as he got E.J. He came into the room after only a few moments, E.J. already fast asleep on Oliver's shoulder. He crawled into the bed with me, carefully laying E.J. down between the both of us. He didn't say a word, laying on his side as he looks at me. I could only offer him a smile as I looked down at E.J., running my fingers through the sleeping baby's hair.

"Yes..." I whispered, looking at Oliver for just a moment before turning my attention back down to E.J.

"Yes to what?" Oliver asked, propping his head up as he looked at me.

"To your question last night. I want another baby, but not right now. Maybe when E.J. is out of diapers or something, I don't know... I just know that we can't take on another baby just yet, so I want to wait until I think we're ready for another. Can you respect that?" I asked him, refusing to look at him. E.J. started to fuss at that point, his nose scrunching up as his little baby hand clenched up in a fist. 

"Okay... but when I asked you about having another kid, I didn't mean right now. You know that right?" 

"Yeah, I do... I just wanted to make it clear that it's not happening for a while." Oliver chuckled at that, rolling his eyes a little before leaning over E.J. to kiss me.

"Alright, no more babies till our baby isn't a baby." Oliver says, leaning down towards E.J. to kiss his forehead. I just smiled fondly at the two before rolling my eyes at what Oliver said. 

"He's always going to be our baby." I pointed out and Oliver chuckles again. 

"I know, just like you're always going to be mine." Oliver winks, rolling off the bed as I rolled my eyes yet again. 

"Cheese ball." 

"Only a cheese ball for you babe." 

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I don't know.

This chapter just happened.

So yeah.

Let's just admire the cute little family.

Sounds good to me.

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