No Letting Go [Completed]

Fifty-Eight

[A Month Later]

{Colin's POV}

My lil man turns one today and we're having his party later on. The timing was perfect because tomorrow, we leave for London because we play there next Sunday. Unfortunately, Aaliyah and the kids won't be joining me because Riley can't miss school.

It's about 7 in the morning and I'm up early to go get haircut, and get lil man one because Aaliyah says his hair is getting too long. Before getting out of bed I roll over on my side and snuggle behind Aaliyah and bury my face in her neck and she groans.

"Is there anything you need me to pick up for the party while I'm out?"

"I don't know, Colin. I'm not in the state of mind to think right now." I giggle.

"Well if you think, or dream of something...let me know."

"Smart ass." She mumbles. I give her a kiss on the cheek, then go to the bathroom and do my daily routine. I get dressed before waking Lil man up. Surprisingly he cooperates with me. I take him to the bathroom and gently brush the 5 maybe 6 teeth that he does have.

"Let me see your pearly whites." I say showing him mine and he imitates me. "Now your teeth are shiny like papa's."

After that, I wipe his face down with a wet towel, get him dressed and we head out. We pull up to the barbershop and walk in. I'm greeted by the few people that are there and my barber.

"I'm gonna let lil man go first." I sit him in the chair."

"We cuttin it all off, or just trimmin it down?" He asks pumping the chair up higher.

"Shit, I don't know. It's his mom that wants this and she didn't tell me. I guess just trim it down and get the hair out of his face."

"I got you." He puts the cape around him and the minute he picks up the pair of scissors, Nate's not havin it, and he starts crying and shakes his head.

"Hey, cut it out, man." He keeps crying. "He's not gonna let this happen...and I won't force him...so I guess it's just me getting cut." He removed the cape and Nate immediately jumps in my arms and rest his head on my shoulder. "I need you to sit right here in this chair while I get my hair cut." I try to put him in the empty chair next to me but he's clinging on tight. "Come on buddy, sit down. He's not gonna cut your hair. Just sit here so I can get mine cute." He finally lets me go and sits down in the chair. "Sorry about that, man." I say sitting in the chair.

"It's alright. I've had and seen worse."

After making small talk the whole time, he finishes, I pay and we leave. Aaliyah never text me saying she needed anything for the party so I go home.

We get there and Aaliyah and Riley are still asleep. I go to the bedroom and let Nate wake her up.

"Looks like someone didn't get a haircut.."

"He got in the chair and started crying. Wouldn't let him cut it...why are you still in bed, we gotta start getting ready for the party...your father is suppose to be flying in soon. Get your butt up girl."

"Fine." She sits up with Nate in her lap. "Mommy's up."

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We have the party at a park, and it's a football themed party, of course. Not my idea. I invited my teammates and their kids and the turn out was good. Some Aaliyah's family from San Diego are here, her dad's here, my family is here.

We have a touch football game planned and We get that goin. We split up evenly amongst everyone. It's well balanced between players and kids. The girls decided to sit this one out, except Riley. She's pretty convinced she's a better quarterback than me and she's on the opposite team.

"Your going down daddy."

"You wish bear."

"Hey Kap. My money's on Riley." Torrey says.

"Yo, you're on my team!"

"You taught her everything she knows, but she's just a little smarter than you..."

"Shut up fool."

We start the game and we get ball first. I start it off with a hand off to lil man and I hop in front of him to be a blocker, and so does everyone else on the team. Riley comes up to try and catch him, but I hit her with a gentle stiff arm and I laugh.

"Keep running buddy!" We get all the way to the "endzone" and I throw my hands up to signal touchdown! "Do like this?" I hit the Kaepernick and he tries to do it. Everyone on the team high fives him.

"Take that Riley..." I say and she rolls her eyes.

"Whatever daddy."

"You salty?"

"No. It's okay...my team got this. Right guys."

"Right!!" They all says.

"That's cute." I say.

Her team gets the ball, and she throws a touchdown.

"Your turn." She hands me the ball.

After going back and forth with touchdowns they win a whopping 49 to 42.

"Good game daddy."

"Good game bear. Keep this up and you'll be putting someone out of their job."

"Like you."

"Watch yourself kiddo. Come on, let's sing happy birthday to your brother." We all gather around table to sing.

"....happy birthday to youuuuuuuu"

"Blow out the candles." Aaliyah says. He struggles a little bit of course and I help him out and afterwards his head goes in the cake, courtesy of me.

"Colinnnn!" Aaliyah says as he starts to cry.

"Whaaat? It's just a little icing. Quick, get the picture." I say holding him up..he's still crying. She takes the picture and then takes him to get him cleaned up.

After the cake, he opens up all his presents and then we chill at the park a little bit longer.

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After a long day, both Riley and Nate are exhausted. Around 7 or so, they've already been bathed and put to bed.

"We gotta tired them out like that on a daily basis. Today was fun" Aaliyah says.

"Yeah, well I have we have you and Jaid to thank for that. Y'all did a good job with the party."

"Thank you. I'm sad you're about to leave for a week." She wraps her arms around my waist.

"I'm sad too...but you know...if you do away with this celibacy rule you have goin, I can give you that good all night long." I leave kisses on her neck, hoping to make her reconsider this no sex till the night of our honey moon shit. I've been dying since February.

"As good as that sounds, I'm sticking to my word, and so should you."

"Aaliyah, it's been months. I know that pussy is accumulating cob webs and shit."

"And you'll be the one to dust em all off."

I sigh and hang my head low. "This ain't right."

I spend the rest of the night laying in bed, watching some game film until my eyes get heavy.