Friends... Or more?

Chapter 20

Levi and I are sitting on the couch together when we hear Alice start to make odd noises. We look down at her and see her gray eyes narrow in concentration. I start to giggle because it makes her look like Levi. She is 1 now and her hair is right below her eyes and the exact same color as mine. She is bigger and has lost just a bit of baby weight but still has chub on her. Levi's eyes widen and he pulls out his phone quickly and starts filming her. I look at him in confusion but my eyes almost big out of my head when Alice points to me and says "papa!". I stare at her for a few seconds before unleashing a grin that makes my cheeks hurt and rushing over to her.
"Yes!! I'm papa!" I say in my best baby voice and lift her up into my arms. Levi is chuckling and filming us and Alice has broken down into a fit of giggles as well. Alice starts chanting papa over and over as I I play with her. I can feel tears brimming in my eyes from laughing so much and Levi has a wide smile on his face. I hug Alice close to me and I can feel my heart swell when she hooks her arms around my neck and hugs me back. Alice gets squirmy and so I put her down to play with we toys before returning to the couch with Levi. He loops his arm around my and I rest my head on his shoulder. "We are so lucky" I tell him in an unstable voice. I feel him nod his head and he buries his face in my hair. I run my thumb over the 100's of thin white scars on my arms and ignore the twinge of regret I feel. Levi takes my hand to stop me and I give him a quiet thank you.
"Our lives started of a bit rough, but we survived. Barely. And now we have Alice and we are married. That is more than a lot of people can say" Levi tells me in a low voice and I know he is right. I lean into him harder and he squeezes my shoulder. Life is odd. But I think I may like this life.