True Love | Book 2

Chapter 24

(Josh)

I walk into Ava's room and the first thing I see are the three blocks sitting on a shelf above her bed that spell Ava. Seeing them reminds me of the day I bought them, and Jens bracelet. I grab the box of blocks off her floor and carry them downstairs quickly, knowing they're waiting on me.

As I approach the living room they come into view. Jennifer lying on the floor with only her arms propping herself up and Ava sitting across from her both of them laughing. Ava grabs Jennifer's face, making both of them laugh even more. She seems to love touching peoples faces. I smile, getting an idea. I quietly walk into the living room, my eyes focused on my target. I set the box down and crouch down right behind her, before jumping on Jennifer's back. "Ahh! Josh! what the hell?" She screams, only making Ava laugh even harder. I can't say anything I'm laughing so hard. Her face was priceless. "Surprise." I say, as Ava crawls over to her box of blocks ignoring us. "I just wanted to tell you that you look really hot in these leggings." I whisper. I can feel her back pressing against my front as I lean in towards her. She seems distracted for a moment, then she smiles. "Thank you....Now get off!" She shoves me off, turning on her side in the process and sits back up uninjured. My leg aches where she rolled onto it. "You didn't have to shove me!" I say, laughing. "You didn't have to jump on me to tell me you think I look hot but you did that!" She yells, but I can tell she's trying not to smile. "I was trying to be playful. I'm sorry I scared you." I try to be serious, but I'm still smiling while I say it. "Whatever. Go play basketball or something." She mumbles, picking up one of Ava's blocks. "No. I wanna stay and play with you guys." She smiles, seeming to soften up. "Okay...." She concedes, putting her arms out in front of her on the floor and slowly lowering herself back down into the position she was in before. I do the same, laying with my forearms holding me up directly across from her. I stare at her for a moment, distracted by the sight of her chest as it rises and falls with her breathing. Only to be interrupted by Ava crawling between us and laying down face first.

We both burst out laughing, and Jennifer buries her face in Ava's back. "Come here, baby." Jennifer says, picking Ava up. She holds her against her chest for a moment and then pulls her away, kissing her cheek. Ava giggles and she kisses her again this time on her nose. She keeps covering her with kisses making Ava giggle. Jen laughs too, smiling at our baby. It's hard for me to wrap my head about the fact that it's our baby. And Jennifer is my wife. It's hard for me to wrap my head about the fact that I get to keep her. That out of all the other people in the world she chose me. I never would've dreamed this would happen when I met her on the set of the hunger games. And now she's holding our first baby and pregnant with our second.

I crawl over to her and curl up next to her, resting my head on her inner thigh. She runs her fingers through my hair and I turn my face, pressing my lips into her thigh, kissing her. "I love you." I say to no one in particular as I curl up closer to Jennifer. "We love you too." She says, her fingers still tangled in my hair. "You wanna go get a snack Ava?" She asks animatedly, looking at Ava. "Josh get up. We're gonna go get a snack." She tells me and I sit up.  I stand up and pick up Ava. Then hold my hand out to Jen. She grabs it and I help her up. She takes Ava, carries her into the kitchen, and sets her in her high chair. I follow them and sit down in one of the chairs. Jennifer looks around the kitchen for a while, then comes back with yogurt, graham crackers, peanut butter, and some of Ava's baby cookies. She opens the bag of cookies and hands Ava one, then sits down. She dips a graham cracker in the peanut butter, then in her strawberry yogurt, before taking a bite. I wander over to where she's sitting and wrap my arms around her. "That's an interesting choice. Is it good?" I ask. "Mhm.." She nods, with her mouth full. "Can I try some?" She swallows, then picks up another graham cracker. "Mhmm." She nods again, starting her dipping process. I pick up a graham cracker and do the same thing she did, dipping it first in peanut butter, then yogurt. I take a bite, surprised that it doesn't taste awful as I originally thought, but is actually good. I sit down with her and within fifteen minutes we've eaten all the graham crackers. "You want something else?" She looks disappointed. "Nope." She dips her fingers into the peanut butter and sticks her fingers in her mouth. "Okay, I'm taking Ava upstairs. I'll be right back." I tell her, trying not to laugh as she smears peanut butter on her cheek.

I return minutes later, to find her in the same spot, staring in the direction I came from. I clean up the trash from our snack and put the peanut butter back in the cabinet before waking back towards her. "Jen, do you want me to carry you too?" I can tell by the look on her face that's what she wants. "Please." She holds her arms out towards me. "Okay fine." I roll my eyes at her faking irritation. She's so cute. Especially when she's all needy and clingy, which is almost all the time, even more now that she's pregnant. I pick her up, and she latches onto me with peanut butter smudged fingers and I carry her upstairs, my hands pressed to the backs of her thighs.

I stop by our bed, reluctant to let her go. I like how her warm, soft body feels pressed against mine. Instead of setting her down separately, I sit down myself, still holding her against me. She stays straddling me and smiles, making me smile too. I set my hands on each side of her waist and she leans in and kisses me, her peanut buttery fingers tangling into my hair. After she kisses me, she licks the peanut butter off my hair, her chest pressing to my face as she does. She pulls away and I grab her wrists, stopping her from coming any closer. "You need to suck it all off your fingers first." I tell her, releasing her wrists. She giggles, puts her thumb in her mouth, and sucks on it. I watch intently as she sucks each of her fingers clean, my hands remaining at her waist. She smiles, dragging it out extra long, knowing exactly what she's doing to me. Once she's finished, she wraps her arms around my neck and leans in to kiss me again, more passionately this time, not stopping until we're both out of breath.

A/N: THE PREMIERE TODAY AHHHHHH!!!! I finally decided how the rest of the chapters will go and where the next book will start so I should be updating a lot more often for the most part. Plus all this new joshifer has me exploding with feels.