"Hey!" Jimmy called, as he heard the door close.
"Hey!" Allison greeted, walking into Jordan's room where she saw Jimmy watching as Jordan laid in his play place interacting with a few toys.
"I'm so glad you're home." Jimmy admitted, grabbing her hand as she joined him and sat on the floor.
"Yeah?" She laughed, resting her head on his shoulder.
"I'm exhausted." He admitted with a sigh, as Allison was gone all day for work meetings, trying to figure out when she was coming back.
"Now you know how I feel." She teased, as the last couple months she took leave from work and had a lot of days with just Jordan as Jimmy was gone.
"I love him, but why's he so much work?" Jimmy chuckled, as the two parents noticed the infants eyes beginning to close.
"Wow, didn't even need a bottle." Allison nodded, quietly moving to cradle Jordan from his play place to his crib.
"Yeah, I'm good." He smirked, as Allison just shook her head, as the two took the baby monitor and walked out to the kitchen.
"Did you eat?" She asked with a laugh, noticing many baby dishes but none looked like theirs.
"No, I've had no time." He groaned, putting his head in his hands.
"Jimmy, you're ridiculous." She shook her head, taking out some food from the fridge and immediately heating it up.
"Why are you the best?" He laughed, as in a few minutes she had a plate set in front of him.
"I don't know I just am." She shrugged, as the two caught up a little about what they've missed about each other's day, having to go and check on Jordan a few times before going to bed themselves.
"C'mere." Jimmy whined, waiting for Allison to finally get into bed.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." She laughed, shutting the lights off as she climbed into bed. Jimmy reached over and intertwined his hand with hers, pulling her closer.
"I'm so tired." He whispered.
"You said that already." She giggled, tilting her head up towards him as he quickly captured her lips in his for a moment.
"I know." He laughed, rubbing circles on her back, "I'm just thinkin about what we're gonna do."
"About what?" Allison wondered, as Jimmy's eyes flickered open.
"Bout lil J." He laughed.
"Lil J?" She rolled her eyes with a laugh, "Really?"
"New nickname, pretty good huh?" He chuckled, looking down to see Allison shaking her head, "I mean, about who's gonna watch him."
"I thought we talked about this already?" She asked, with a little sigh.
"I don't want him to grow up with other people basically being his parents." Jimmy grumbled.
"So, what do you want?" She huffed.
"I just know you have to go back to work soon." He began, "I don't know."
"J," She breathed, "I love Jordan, I love you." She nodded, patting his chest, "But we talked about this, I'm not giving up work. That's not fair." She shrugged, she was done competing, she knew that, but to complete rid the thing she loved from her life to become a stay at home mom/wife. That just wasn't her.
"I know," He sighed, gently grabbing her hand again, "You're right." He agreed. It wasn't fair for him to be off all the time with basketball while she was constantly stuck at home, "we'll figure it out, we always do."
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"Ten bucks it's your mom." Allison laughed, as early the next morning there was loud knocking on the door. And, for some reason, Jimmy's Mother loved to constantly show up, very early, and unannounced.
"No way," He groaned, getting out of bed, "Because you're probably right." He sighed, reaching his hand out so she could come with him.
"But I'm soo warm." She whined.
"Don't make me face her alone." He pleaded, giving her puppy dog eyes and the knocking got louder, waking Jordan, "Dammit."
"Fine," She laughed, taking his hand and hopping out of bed, softly giving him a peck on the lips, "But, only because I love you."
The newlyweds approached the door, and as Jimmy approached the door, Allison broke off to quickly retrieve the crying Jordan and soothe him.
Jimmy took a deep breath in as he opened the door to reveal a greater storm than he expected.
"Mom, the hell is all this?" He asked, seeing his Mother standing at the door with countless bags surrounding her.
"What's up?" Allison asked with confusion, coming up behind Jimmy with Jordan in her arms.
"Oh, Allison! Jordan!" She exclaimed, walking in to gently grab Jordan from Allison, "I'm moving in!"
"Sorry, what?!"
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New // Jimmy Butler
FanfictionThird installment to the Jimmy Butler series that started with 'Elements of Us'. Jimmy and Allison just went through a whirlwind of life - marriage and a baby, life was pretty crazy. But, what's it really like to be married to an NBA player? Allis...