Forever More (ON HOLD)

The Mystery Man

Mathew's Pov

So, if captain America has forty apples and he eats ten, how many apples does he have left over?"

I asked Carter as he sat and thought hard.

"Ummm thirty?"

I smiled big, "yes!"

I'm currently helping him with his homework and it was a hard task at first because he gets frustrated very easily, but I'm figuring out how to make it fun by incorporating super hero terms.

We sat at my kitchen table while he continued his math homework.

"Okay dad, I think I got the hang of this can we go play now?"

I laughed, "Okay, lets take a break. Video games?!"

"Yess!"

He hopped up running into the living room, I followed in suit watching him set up the play station.

"Zombie game?"

"Carter, remember the last time we played that game?"

"Yeesss"

"Well, remember what happened?"

He looked around innocently, "uhhh maybe"

I sighed, "no zombie games Cart, you had nightmares for a week the last time we played"

"but daddy I'm brave now! Remember you taught me how to be brave too!"

"Why don't we play Mario cart?"

he pouted, "okkaayy"

I rolled my eyes playfully while he set up the game for us. He's staying here for the weekend while Elena gets some time to herself since it's her off weekend.

He handed me the controller jumping on the couch next to me. I bought this console for him a couple weeks ago for having good grades and he's never looked back since.

It's going on two months and the co-parenting between Elena and I has been going great so far. I have Carter every other weekend over my place and I pick him up after school on Fridays. It couldn't have worked out any better.

It's really nice having Carter here being able to continue to get to know him and it keeps my mind off of Rosie as well.

Having seen her going on almost two months now it's been really hard for me. I keep replaying everything that happened over and over again in my mind. I kissed Elena and it almost led to something more. I told her that I love her only as Carter's mom but I don't know what came over me that day.

I was thinking maybe it was just old feelings that came about but the more I think about it the more unsure I am of what 'old feelings' those were. I feel torn, torn between my love for Rosie and this feeling I have for Elena, whatever feelings these may be.

"Daddy, I'm beating you! I'm finally beating you!" Carter chimed bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Not for long!"

"I beat you I beat you!" He jumped up and down on the couch while I smiled at him.

"You got lucky this time" I grabbed him while tickling him and he laughed uncontrollably.

"Ahhh daddy stop! I can't take it anymore" he breathed. I can hear how he's loosing his breath from laughing so hard so I stopped.

"You know what time it is now right?"

"Aww daddy, one more game pleeassseee!"

"Cart its waaayyy pass your bedtime"

"But-"