Brallie Metropolis AU | In This Together

Chapter 68 | Genius

Brandon and Callie were woken up by a eight a.m. alarm clock. They both groaned and winced slightly, regretting even setting the damn thing. He had insisted they wake up at a specific time, rather than sleeping in to about nine or ten, or basically whatever time they could manage because of Em and Colleen. It was eight today so it could be seven tomorrow...bright and early for the start of yet another school year.

"Oh my-," she groaned with her eyes closed because they hurt when she tried to open them from exhaustion. "Why did I let you convince me to get up this early?" She pondered with sleepiness, annoyance, and love, of course, in her voice.

"Honestly, I don't know," he tried laughing, but couldn't handle it. "Good news, though. The girls probably won't be up for another hour...if we're lucky." His tone had an ulterior motive in it. Callie peaked one of her eyes open, creating a side glare in Brandon's direction.

"Oh," she seemed a little intrigued. "You mean if you're lucky," she mumbled seductively as she rolled onto him slowly, letting her legs rest on either sides of his waist. She slowly began shifting her hips from left to right, gently tugging on her bottom lip in the process. Brandon's hands found their way to her hips, but then roamed up her sides, pulling her torso towards him. Callie's lips smashed into his and she shifted her hips up and down, causing both of their heart rates to speed up slightly. His lips then roamed to her neck and she burrowed her face into his. Brandon's hands traveled from her ribs down to the back of her thighs, gripping them roughly, then grazed the tops of them. Their moment was interrupted by a giggling baby, or two, they couldn't tell. They wanted to laugh because Colleen and Em were that damn cute, but they wanted to throw a brick at the wall in frustration.

"So much for that 'hour,'" Callie pointed out, with a little sadness in her voice, as she rolled off the bed and got to her feet.

"Do you remember the last time we had sex?" Brandon asked, grabbing her arm and tugging her back before she walked out of reach.

"Mhm," she thought while leaned over to get onto his level and pressing an assortment of light kisses around his face. "No," she admitted.

"I know. Neither can I. That's a problem," he told, dead serious of course, which made Callie break out into unstoppable laughter. Brandon could hear it all the way in the nursery and sighed, falling backwards, then reluctantly getting out of bed.

When he walked into the nursery, he saw Callie hovering over Colleen's crib, smiling away at the baby girl who was sitting up on her own. Then she started giggling again when Colleen rolled over and laid on her back. She glanced over to Em and was concerned when she noticed the expression on her face. She had drool coming out of her mouth, with a small rash surrounding a small area of her lips.

"I think she might me teething," Callie whined as she leaned down, hoisting Em into her arms. She cupped her hand around the back of Em's head and kissed the top of it. "But did you see Colleen?" Callie asked as Brandon picked her up. "She was sitting up...all by herself," she bragged in a sweet voice, rubbing Colleen's back before shuffling out the door.

"Yeah, yeah. It's great," Brandon intoned, following Callie into the kitchen. "I love our daughters, believe me. But these little babies are ruining our sex life."

"Well, you were the one that put them in me," she laughed, grabbing the carton of eggs with Em still clung to her hip.

"Uh...it takes two."

"Not for this, but okay," she conceded. Brandon pulled up the high chairs and slipped the girl that he had into it. Callie did the same before grabbing a bowl and a pan. "You can't expect things to be like they were before. It's not like we can, you know, in the middle of the day. We can't just ditch Em and Colleen in the living room so-"