Watching Kim sleep had to be his most favorite thing to do, sleep had been elusive for him lately and he'd spent many nights watching her sleep.
Just her presence created some peace in what had become a turbulent few weeks. He had met up with his mother a few times and his father caught wind of it and was not happy.
Deborah was a fucking saint in Adam's eyes and had tried to talk some sense into his father but it was an impossible task.
He gently stroked her cheek, cursing himself as she slowly opened her eyes.
"Sorry" he said sheepishly, "didn't mean to wake you..you're just so beautiful when you're sleeping" he placed a gentle kiss on her lips.
"You're full of shit Adam Ruzek" she laughed as she settled against his chest, "you wanted me up" she teased as she let her fingers dance across his abdomen, "you want a little...don't ya?"
His silence unnerved her, "Adam...talk to me" she propped herself up on her elbow.
"I'm stuck darlin', no matter what I do someone is gonna end up hurt. My mother was a shit mother but I love her despite all of that. My dad? He's the best and I owe him everything" he had felt the love for his mother creep up in him as he watched her struggle with Alex being in rehab. He could see that she had in fact changed and that she was never the issue..not really, her addiction had been.
He ran his hand through his hair, "I don't want to hurt my dad...but I'd like to see if I can have a relationship with my mother"
Kim sat up in the bed, she needed to look in his eyes, "Adam, you need to do what is best for you...forget your dad, if you want to reconnect with your mother that's your choice and yours alone. I love your dad, but this isn't about him..it's about you"
The hospital room was freezing, and she was miserable. The nurses worked quietly as they hooked her up to the different machines and inserted her IV, Ashley had a death grip on her mother's hand.
"Sweetheart, it's going to be okay" her mother leaned down and kissed the top of her head, "all of it will be okay"
Ashley nodded, "Did you call them?"
"I called your attorney, he's going to call them" she pulled the blankets back over Ashley and sat down in the chair beside the bed, "whatever you end up doing I'm with you..every step of the way"
Kim was relieved that Adam had finally drifted off to sleep, "Hey Mom!" Nicholas' voice pulled Kim from her thoughts about Adam's mother and his obvious desire to have her in his life.
She joined her son in the kitchen, "Yea baby?" She tousled his hair earning a scowl from her son.
He held the paper up for her to inspect, "Is this okay? Will Uncle Alex like it?"
Kim took it from him and smiled at the drawing it was supposed to be Adam, Alex, and Nick playing baseball in the backyard, her son had labeled each drawn figure, "Nick, he's going to love it..you should write him a little note too"
"What do I tell him?" Nick sat on his knees in the chair.
"Tell him about your baseball team" Kim suggested, Nick had finally been cleared to return back to playing baseball. She couldn't help but feel panicked anytime he took to the batters box.
"I will, that's perfect"
"When you're done with that you need to get ready for Grandma, she's picking you up and taking you to lunch with Poppy" Kim hated that things had been tense between Adam and Bob.
