Luke's POV
We arrive in front of Alexis' parents house and I look up at the familiar house.
"Wow.. This brings back memories." I say looking back at Alexis who is holding Hunter's head in her lap and she's running her hands through his hair.
"It sure does.." She nods and I give her a small smile. I get out of the car and walk around to the trunk, I start to unload the bags and Alexis' dad helps me. We take all of the bags to the front door and I look back to see Alexis carrying Hunter behind us, I give her a smile.
"He's still out?" I ask moving a piece of hair from Hunter's face.
"Yep! This is the most I've seen him sleep" she says in a whisper voice. Alexis dad unlocks the door and I carry the bags inside as he holds the door open, Alexis carries Hunter in.
"Alexis, your old bedroom is the way you left it, so feel free for you guys to stay there." Her dad tells us and Alexis face lights up.
"Really? It's untouched?" She asks, if she wasn't holding Hunter I bet she would be jumping up and down in joy.
"We knew you would be back one day." He smiles at me and winks at Alexis, I carry the bags up the many steep stairs, I turn to my left like I did every time I used to come to Alexis house and there her door is, closed and on the outside of the door it still has her
"This is Alexis room.. Stay out(:" sign on the door.
"Aw Alexis would you look at this?" I chuckle as she approaches the door, she sees the sign and rolls her eyes.
"Could you just open the door please? Hunter's heavy." She tries to laugh but it sounds more like a cry in pain, I nod with a smile and open the door, we step inside of the very familiar room. I plop the bags on the floor and walk over to the vanity and smile looking at the photo of me and Alexis in a picture frame, it was from the meet and greet she met me and Sam at. I shiver at the name Sam, I still can't believe what a sick person he is, he isn't going to get away with it.
"doesn't that seem like forever ago?" Alexis wraps her arms around my waist from behind and she rests her chin on my shoulder.
"It does.." I think back to that day and the day I found out Alexis was pregnant, I look over at the bed where Hunter is laid down at.
"You and me... We've got a lot of history.." I tell her and I hear her laugh, I frown at her response.
"Why was that funny?" I ask.. Kind of annoyed.
"You're quoting a one direction song." She giggles and I roll my eyes.
"Only you" I tell her and a wide grin spreads across her face.
"I can't believe these things are still here.. It's like ... Ancient." She says as I watch her pick up some camera's, old cell phones, old hair accessories and old makeup.
"It has been a long time." I chuckle and take a seat in her desk chair, she walks into the bathroom that is attached to the bedroom.
"Towels and everything.. Still in here.." Tears fill her eyes, she missed home, she used to tell me that all the time when we were married. I give her a gentle hug and rub circles in her back, she rests in my chest and hugs me back.
"Babe, let me stay here with Hunter while he sleeps, you go to the hospital with your dad." I tell her and she nods.
"Text or call me if you need anything." She says in a serious tone as she looks up at me, I nod and take her pinky and wrap mine around her's.
"Pinky promise." I say and she giggles, she grabs her purse and kisses my cheek and then Hunter's forehead and then she leaves the room closing the door behind her. I look over at Hunter and smile, he's still sound asleep. I start to unpack the bags, putting clothes into dresses and into the closet and I put some of Hunter's toys in a box in a corner of the room.
Alexis POV
I walk down the stairs and look around for my dad.
"Dad?" I walk into the kitchen, he's putting things into cabinets.
"Hey, can I go to the hospital with you..?" I ask taking a seat at the breakfast bar.
"Of course you can, I'm just finishing putting these away and we will be on our way." He tells me, I missed his face and voice way too much.
"Dad, I missed you." I tell him and he smiles at me with tears in his eyes.
"I missed you too cupcake. I really did. But are you sure you can take care of Hunter and make him feel at home again? I can't imagine the things he has been through and seen." He says and I fiddle around with my fingers.
"Dad" I feel my palms getting sweaty and I start to tear up, I hate that I still get nervous to tell him things, but a secret like this I can't keep from him.
"Yeah?" He doesn't look up from what he's doing.
"I know who did this to Hunter." I mumble and he looks over at me now.
"Who??" He had full attention on me, I can't help but start to cry, I try to speak through the crying but it doesn't work out how I want it to.
"Sam" I stay with tears rushing down my cheeks and deep breathes in between cries, I try to keep myself from crying but it doesn't seem to work.
"Hey.. Calm down.. Breathe Alexis." My dad walks over to the counter where I've been sitting and he puts a hand on my back.
"Just breathe and we'll talk this through like we used to everything else." He rubs my back gently and I nod, I wipe my eyes and take deep breathes.
"It was Sam" I say slightly more calmly, still sniffling every once in a while.
"You're kidding me.. Right?" He has a glare in his eye as he stops rubbing my back. I shake my head and sniffle as I wipe my tears with my sleeve.
"I'm going to kill that kid. He's done too much damage." His voice gets deeper and scarier.
"Dad please.. Just.. Let it go around Hunter.." I look up at him and he nods.
"I'll do my best to help Hunter feel safe here." He tells me and I nod.
"Thank you." I say quietly and wipe my eyes again.
"You're welcome" he says and pulls me into a hug.
"Are you ready to go see your sister..?" He asks me after we hug for a few minutes, the hug was warm and his smell smelled like he always did, it reminded me of when I was a child and would get an "Ouchy" and he would hug me to make me feel better.
"Yeah I'm ready" I stand up from the stool and we make our way outside to the driveway and to his car.
Authors note
I'm so sorry I've been busy and really stressed, it's supposed to be summer break but .. Yikes 😐 I'll try my best to update more often (: I'm thinking once a week at least!
