Gaining Sweet Love (Erik Jones fanfic book two)

Chapter 13

"Good luck as a pit reporter." I said Saturday before the race. "Where are you going?" He asked. "The 20 crew offered to let me watch with them." I said. "Perfect alright." He replied and we called Landon to see how he was. "Hey little man." I said when he answered. "I ove you mommy where daddy?" He asked as I put it on speaker phone. "Uck pit." He said meaning good luck as a pit reporter. "Thanks little man how's JH treating you?" Erik asked. "Good we play, eat sleep." He replied. "Where are you?" I asked him. "Going Joe." He replied. "Going to Joe's house are you home?" I asked. "Yes we are home." I heard John Hunter say. "Alright." I replied.

"Night mommy night daddy." He then said. "Are you not going to watch daddy?" I asked him. "Nap." He replied. "You're two you don't need a nap." Erik said. "He can have a nap after he watches the race just for an hour or he won't sleep through the night." I told JH. "You hear that you don't need a nap yet Landon." JH said. "Daddy race?" Lan then asked. "No but you know how Jamie and Alan talk to drivers before and after the race, and during the race they talk to the crew?" Erik asked. "Ya." Landon said. "Well that's going to be my job for this race." Erik told him. "So you talk?" He asked. "Yeah." Erik replied. "Mommy?" He asked.

"Mommy's going to sit with daddy's crew chief from last year." I said. "Oh." He replied. "We will call you before bed." I said. "Ok mommy." He replied before we hung up. "I miss that little one." I said. "Me too it's weird not having him around but it's also nice because we can cuddle." He replied kissing me. "And other stuff." I said when we pulled away. "We don't need the twins too early." He said. "They are due next week babe." I replied. "I know." He said putting his head on my shoulder. "Alright Erik, time to go." I said after a few minutes. "Can we come back and continue this?" He asked brushing hair out of my face. "Of course, we can snuggle on the bed." I replied kissing him. "Let's go." He then said taking my hand.

He left me with the 20 crew for the race. "Zoey?" Chris asked. "Hey Chris." I replied side hugging him. "Are the twins alright?" He asked. "Perfect, and hopefully they come around next weekend just not when Erik's racing." I replied. "Yeah hopefully." He replied. Just then the 20 driver came up to us. "Zoey this is Kyle Benjamin, Kyle this is Zoey Nemechek." Chris said introducing us. "Hello Zoey." He said. "Hello Kyle." I replied as we shook hands. "How far along are you?" He asked. "My due date is next week." I told him. "Oh wow." He replied. "Yeah, Erik, Landon and I are excited." I said. "Landon your two year old." He said. "Yeah." I replied. "From Erik?" He asked.

"Yeah from Erik." I replied smiling. "So you're sitting on my pit box." He said. "Yeah and you better do good for the 20." I said. "I'll try but why do you care so much?" He asked. "Erik's number last year." I told him. "Oh yeah that's right." He replied. Pre race stuff started after we all lined up and I wished him good luck and hugged him before going to the pit box. "Are you coming up?" He asked. "Uh yeah sure." I replied getting up slowly. "You know my name is Zoey Harris right?" I then asked him. "Oh it is?" He replied. "Yeah my uncle never changed my last name so it's still my mom's last name." I replied. "Zoey Harris." He then said before talking to Kyle.

"You did really good, from the interview I saw of Chris." I said when the race was over. "They asked Blaney to interview Brad in VL." Erik said. "That's really nice, now let's go snuggle on the bed." I said taking his hand. "That's a great idea." He replied and we were off. "So we are going home on Sunday after the race, getting Landon, cleaning clothes staying in the new house for the night so I can finish everything in the twins room and then we are going to Michigan." He said when we got into the RV. "I like that plan, so we can go home with the twins." I said. "Are we staying in the RV?" He asked. "We have to unless your mom and sister want to deal with twin newborns." I replied.

"Yeah I don't think they would." He replied. We got into bed and called Landon. "Mommy daddy." Landon said when John Hunter gave him the phone. "Hey baby, are you going to watch daddy tomorrow?" I asked. "Yeah daddy win." He replied. "Hopefully he'll win." I replied. "JH fun." Lan then said. "Good I hope you have fun with JH and Joe and Andrea and Blair and Kennedy." I said "Yeah." He replied. We talked for a while until JH got him ready for bed. "Wait until we have the twins." I said. "You know, I could ask my mom to take Landon for a couple of days or the whole time we're there and just bring him to the track." Erik said. "She doesn't get to see him that often, that's a great idea." I replied.

"Great because she told me she would be happy to take him for the whole time." He said. "I love your family." I said moving around to get comfy then falling asleep. The next morning I woke up early because Erik was still fast asleep beside me and I could tell his alarm didn't go off yet. "Erik?" I questioned then waited to see if I got a response. I got up and ate then went back to bed with my head on Erik's chest but I couldn't get back to sleep. "Zo are you awake?" Erik asked after a while of me moving around. "Yeah the twins woke me up and I can't go back to sleep." I replied. "Well do you want to talk about something?" He asked. "No, can we just lay here?" I asked. "Of course we can." He replied and we stayed in bed until his alarm went off and he got ready for the day, which I decided to do too.