The Halstead Freckles - [Linstead] ✓

14. - I Walked With You Once Upon a Dream

The doorbell rang and Oli jumped from his seat at the table, letting some of the coloring pencils and markers he'd been using fall to the floor. "I'll go open! I'll go open!"

He turned the handle and the first person he saw was Adam, he remembered him from when he was at work with Mommy and Jay, and, look, Kim was here too! He smiled and then he saw someone hiding behind Kim. It was a little girl.

"Hey. I'm Oli." he smiled kindly "What's your name?"

"Alice." the girl mumbled and Kim pushed her from her gently.

Then Erin showed up at the door, smiling "Hey guys, come on in."

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Alice and Oli seemed to get along great, after Alice warmed up a little, of course. She was way more shy than Oli. She was really cute tho, she looked more like Adam, but she had Kim's eyes. She had dirty blond hair that were tied in a beautiful braid.

After a while, when they thought drawing got a little boring, Oli whispered. "Do you like Monopoly?"

The little girl's eyes went wide and for a moment, she just stared at him. But then, she leaned to him and whispered back "I love Monopoly."

They stood up from the coffee table where they were coloring, Oli took her hand and quietly took her to his room. Then he let go of her hand and pulled the game from under his bed.

"Mommy?" Oli asked and Erin turned to his way. "Can we all play Monopoly together?"

Kim looked at Alice and then at Oli again "Oli, honey, don't let Alice convince you into things. She's crazy about Monopoly. You don't need to play if you don't want to."

Erin and Jay exchanged a look and smirked "Um, Kim, don't worry. Oli's pretty obsessed with it too." she chuckled and ruffled Oli's curly hair.

They played for a while but then Adam say they should be going, since Alice (and Oli, as well) has school tomorrow.

"Mommy, can Alice and I have a sleepover?" Oli asked cheerfully even tho he was rubbing his eyes already.

"Sweetie, you have school tomorrow."

"So?"

"Oli..."

"Why not?" Jay shrugged his shoulders "They're in the same class anyways. I could take them."

"Guys, you just got here. You could use some time to get used to Chicago again." Adam said and backed Erin up.

"Daddy, please?" Alice asked now too. She really liked Oli.

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"Do you think they're going to be fine? I can still hear them whispering." Erin asked as she came out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, brushing her hair.

Of course they ended up giving up because who could say no to such cuties?

"Oh stop it already and get in here." Jay rolled his eyes "They're going to be fine."

Erin changed into one of Jay's t shirts and a pair of boxer shorts and climbed into bed next to Jay. He wrapped his arm around her and gently stroked her hair with the other one.

"Can I tell you something?" She whispered into his neck.

"Yeah."

"I really like living together again."

"I like that too." Jay smiled into her hair.

"Okay, one more thing. I think Oli really, really likes you." She lifted her hair to look at him.

His face lit up "Yeah?"

"Yeah." she pecked his lips then settled back against his neck. "K, last thing."

"And that would be?" Jay asked and put his hand on the small of her back to pull her closer, if that was even possible.

It was just a whisper, but he heard it clearly "I love you too." There, she said it. And it felt amazing. She kissed his neck softly "Goodnight."

"Night, babe." he said with a smile playing on his lips.

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"So, what do you guys want for breakfast?"

"Cheerios!!" Oli and Alice said at the same time. They pretty much liked all the same things.

She poured milk and cereal into their bowls and then went to wake up Jay.

She sat down next to his sleeping form and gently shook his shoulder. "Jay," she whispered "Wake up. We gotta take Oli and Alice to school."

His eyes slowly fluttered open "Five more minutes." he said and turned around, so his back was to her.

She leaned over him to see his face "Jay, come on." she smiled. It used to be just the other way around. Erin was the one who usually slept in if it was possible, but now she got used to getting up early, since she needed to take care of Oli.

He just gripped her waist and pulled her on top of him, and that earned him a short squeal from her.

"Hi." she whispered and bit her lip as they were face to face.

"Hi." he replied with a smirk then kissed her softly, but the kiss was deepening fast.

Erin pulled back after a few seconds "Jay," she panted lightly, out of breath "We have to get kids to school" she chuckled.

"Right." he sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "Well, get off me then." he chuckled and lightly tapped her butt.

She got up and when he did too, he gently gripped her waist. He lowered his face to her and whispered "So, you love me, huh?" he smirked

She blushed and looked away, looked at the storm raging outside "Yeah, I do." she said with a quiet voice.

"Hey," he said, lifting her chin up "You know I love you too."

A small smiled appeared on her lips before she stepped on her tiptoes and pecked his lips.

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a/n
so this is it for today, i know nothing big happens but it's something;) sorry for not updating for so long;( but i have holidays this week so I'll probably update once or twice this week.
also, any suggestions what should happpen next?
I love you all, xoxo v