Same Old Love

Interruption weeks

The marathon begins now, enjoy it. With love, Anais.

[23] I touched the crib as I looked around the room, my fingers tracing the objects in the room. "I want you to come live with me after our son gets out of the hospital." My body froze with that, my shoulders relaxing after as I continued to trace the objects in the room, stopping when I saw a picture of Diego and I, then another, another and then another. He had decorated the wall with some of our pictures from when we were together. I won't lie and say that it isn't sweet because it is.

My body trembled when Diego appeared behind me, my body rolling away from his as I continued to eye the room. My teeth chewed down at my bottom lip as I tried to control myself, I didn't have time for this. My son was all that matters. Diego and I can wait. "Did you like it?"

I snapped my head toward him, "That did I like it?" I asked him confused, "I love it, thank you for doing this." Diego made his way toward me and I moved away again, "I like what you did with it, the pictures were a sweet gesture." I pointed at the wall as I smiled shortly.

"Yes they are." Diego spoke as he strolled toward me but I moved away again. "I like the color, blue is so overrated. I like this red." I spoke again to try to break whatever Diego was on, I knew he wasn't interested in the nursery anymore.

"I like this lamp also." I spoke again when Diego tried to approach me but he grabbed my arm, pulling me toward him, "Why are you ignoring me?" He asked me as he eyed me up and down, his eyes mainly focusing on my lips. "I'm not, we're talking aren't we?" I slipped my arm out of his grip as I turned around, crossing my arms.

"You're distant, putting space between us." He touched my arms from behind me, my eyes closing briefly as I chewed down my bottom lip. He brushed his hands up and down as my body shivered, his hands turning me around without me paying attention.

He pulled me closer, his eyes on me as we stared at each other. I gulped down, my lips parting as we both leaned in, "Oh, there you are." I removed Diego's hands as I stepped away from him, "I bought some baby clothes, they are just so cute." Diego's mother said and before Diego or I myself could say something, she dragged me away and showed me all the baby clothes she bought.

As much as I wanted to concentrate, I couldn't get the fact that Diego and I were about the kiss out of my head. After that, Diego and I went to the hospital to see Daelan, yeah. We named him. Diego picked the name. It was my gift to him for not telling him about my pregnancy. It's the least that I can do. 

We put the clothes on and made our way inside, he was out of his incubator and was in a normal cube. I was happy to see that, I can finally pick him up. I placed my hands in front of me as I interlaced my thumbs together and leaned on my hand with a smile on my face. "Who's going to carry him first?"

Diego turned to look at me and gave me a smile, "You don't even need to ask." I chewed on my bottom lip as the nurse gave me Daelan, his lips making a cute pucker as he stretched. Aw, I suppressed the need to squeeze him, he was such a sweetheart. I wanted to hug him senseless. 

"Hi baby." He whimpered at that, blinking his eyes open as he tasted his mouth, his tongue sicking out at that. Oh God, he is so cute. I cuddled him, my nose brushing his chin and his hand tried to grab my nose as he whimpered, trying to suck on my nose. "He's hungry."

"Do you want breastfeed him?" Oh God, I smiled down at him excitedly, the nurse helping me as I breastfeeding him, hissing at how painfully it was but it wasn't that bad. I caressed his small hand, Diego brushing his hair back as he stared at me. I smiled shortly, looking down immediately. I don't know if I can keep looking at him in the eyes.  

After I was finished, I gave him to Diego. My eyes tearing up a bit as I watched Diego carried Daelan, I can see the pride and the happiness in his eyes. It makes me happy just seeing his happiness, it's something I can't explain.

After the visit ended, with a pain in my heart, I dragged myself of of the neonatal intensive care unit. I sighed, walking with Diego through the hallways as we made our way out of the hospital. "Want to eat somewhere?" I shook my head at that and Diego sighed, nodding his head as he unlocked the doors and I opened the passenger seat, getting inside.

As the days past, the happier I got because my baby will be finally home. Diego and I visit him everyday together, showering him with love to keep him strong. He wasn't in the intensive care unit anymore, they took him to the babies room. In there, we could stay more, my mother and Diego's mother could see him now and so our fathers.

He wasn't the small, weak and fragile baby he was in the beginning, now he was a little over the average size of a new born, his clothes fit him better now and his hair, his hair was so long now and black, so much hair. He had chubby cheeks now, a little bit but he is getting there.

I'm just so happy, only a few days left, I can't believe that three months went bye like that. I feel so blessed. This is the best gift yet, I swear on my life. "He is such a cutie, I can't figure out who he looks like more." Diego scoffed, shaking his head. "Me of course, who would he look like?"

I threw him a look, "Me of course, I'm his mother." Diego stuck his tongue at me, "Wow, so mature Alpha." He mocked me and I rolled my eyes at him, "You're an idiot." I shook my head at him, "We need to talk." Diego told me out of nowhere and I knew it was about staying at his house.

I sighed, nodding my head at him as we walked out of the room, my mom staying with Daelan. I brushed my upper arms before crossing them together as we walked toward the chairs in the hallways, sitting down.

"You haven't answering me, you've been ignoring me for weeks. Look Leanne, I know that maybe we can't be together but can we be at least friends? Tell me? I won't get mad if you say no but say something." Diego grabbed my hands. "I don't know Diego." I slid my hands away as I stood up, running a hand through my hair. 

Diego stood up too, "What do your heart tells you to do?" Diego put his hand on my heart as he stared at me, leaning in. My eyes met his, shifting toward his eyes as our lips brushed, "Sorry to interrupt, it's food time." My mother said with a crying Daelan and I nodded my head at her, "I'm coming."

Diego sighed, stepping away from me. It's the tenth time in these past few weeks that we've been interrupted, we still can't share a kiss, and maybe it was for the best. It was a signal. I made my way toward the room and Diego soon followed, my mom leaving to give us space as I breastfeed Daelan. 

Boy he can eat, he spends more time on my breasts than my bras do. I won't make a fuzz though, it only means that he can get  home earlier. "What?" I asked Diego who was creeping on me but he shook his head, making his way toward the window.

He pulled the curtains aside to look out as I finished breastfeeding a sleepy Daelan. "Look at his face, tell me how can I leave when he makes this face." I gave him a pout of my own as I stared down his sleepy form. "Don't worry, just think that he will come home soon."

I nodded my head at him, the door knocking before it was open as the nurse got in, "I came to take him." I nodded my head at her as I gave Daelan to the nurse. "The doctor checked Daelan up earlier, he said in less than a week, he is good to go."

I nodded my head excitedly, "Thank you." I smiled at her as I turned to look at Diego, the door closing behind us. Diego made his way toward me and lifted my feet from the ground as he pulled me into a hug. I grinned widely at that, I was so happy. We can finally take him home with us. "I can't believe this Diego, this makes me so happy. We can finally take him home."

Diego leaned me down slowly, my smile shrinking as my lips parted softly. "No one can stop me from eating this mouth." I chewed down my bottom lip at that and he traced his fingers over my lips, "Don't do that Leanne, I've been dying to kiss you but it seems as if no one wants us to kiss."

"What are you waiting for Diego?" I leaned forward, his mouth brushing against mine just as the door opened. I closed my eyes briefly with a sigh, his lips pressing on my forehead instead, "We'll get there, maybe I should take you away once Daelan is home.. but you won't escape me Leanne, not this time."