I'm In Love Again

Change Of Pace

*Chris's POV*

  I pushed past Sin, carrying Electra, as Sin continued to bitch. I had left dishes in the sink overnight, since I had been absolutely exhausted, and Sin was less than thrilled.

  "I don't ask a lot of you, Chris!" Sin complained. I kept ignoring her and she finally got really mad. "Alright, if that's how it will be, then okay. You can do whatever. I'll take care of stuff."

  She walked over to me and snatched Electra out of my arms, and I glared at her. "I can handle holding my child." I hissed. She just smirked and walked out, so I followed her.

  "The silent treatment? Are we actually going back to that?" I growled. She shot me a look that said, "Not in front of the kids." and I softened my tone. "Sin, it was dishes, I will do them right now."

  She shrugged at me, then closed the door to the nursery in my face. "What was that?" Balz asked, poking his head out of his room. I sighed. "Apparently our first married fight." Balz cringed. "What happened?" he asked.

"I forgot the dishes."

  Balz nearly fell over with laughter, so I punched him in the arm to make him shut up. "Haha, I'm sorry man, it's just, oh my God you know better! Remember what she did to Ryan and I?!" he exclaimed, out of breath.

  I rolled my eyes. "Dude, I was wiped the fuck out, she's overreacting." I grumbled, and he shook his head. "She's a mom, Chris. She has enough on her head, so setting off a pet peeve is gonna be worse than usual." I hated getting psychobabble.

  "Thank you, so fucking much, for siding with her." I spat at Balz, then stormed into my bedroom, slamming the door behind me.

*That night*

  I walked into the nursery, which Sin hasn't left since our argument. Apparently she won't talk to anyone at all. Even Ashley called and texted her.

  "Sin? Babe, it's late, come to bed." She shook her head, refusing to look at me. I sighed. "So you're gonna sleep in the nursery?" I asked. She shook her head again, and I threw my hands in the air. I exclaimed, "Alright!" and lumbered out, going to my room, where I quickly fell asleep.

  I was awakened at 4AM by Ricky, who was frantically trying to wake me up. "Whaaaaaat?" I groaned sleepily. "It's Sin." I opened my eyes and shot up in bed. "Where is she?" I asked.

  Ricky told me she was in the living room, so I ran downstairs to see Sin on the couch, sobbing in her sleep, with Jealousy on the floor next to her. I raced over and lifted Sin, sitting so she was in my lap.

  I tried to wake her, unsuccessfully. I told Ricky and Jealousy to go back to bed, and tried rocking her, to see if that would help. At that point, I remembered she liked having people just run their fingers through her hair, so I gave that a try.

  After a minute of that method, she began to relax, but was still asleep. I knew whatever nightmare she was having was bad, so I tried again to wake her.

  "Sin? Sin, wake up." I quietly begged, and after a moment her eyes fluttered open. She looked at me at first with disbelief, then relief. She wrapped her arms around me in a tight embrace, and I felt her tears hit my shoulder.

  "It's okay Sin, I'm here..." I stayed rocking her, and she eventually drifted off to sleep again. I sat there awhile, then decided to carry her upstairs to our room.

  I laid her down gently on the bed, pulling off her jeans so she could be at least somewhat comfortable, then pulled a blanket over her.

  Knowing she wanted to be alone, I went back downstairs and curled up on the couch, but I couldn't fall asleep. I decided to scroll through my This Crush, and found one that was actually pretty funny.

Anonymous: you are extremely attractive. and sweet. and I bet you fuck like a god. c;

  I couldn't help but burst out laughing at it, so I screenshotted and posted it on my Instagram. I finally started feeling tired, so I put my phone on the coffee table, closed my eyes, and fell asleep.

*The next morning*

  I woke up and immediately smelled pancakes. But not normal pancakes, these smelled like heaven. I sat up and stretched, feeling bones popping into place throughout my body.

  I stood and walked into the kitchen. Jealousy and Ricky were sitting at the table, playing with Azarius. Sin was leaning against the wall holding Sidra, and a man I didn't know was at the stove making the pancakes while he and Sin talked and laughed.

  I frowned at the sight, and Jealousy noticed me, clearing her throat to get Sin's attention. She looked over at me, then quickly looked back at the guy. Who the fuck was he?

  I walked over to Jealousy, and quietly asked her who the guy was. Jealousy grimaced and shook her head, so I repeated my question. "Chris, this uh, this is Zain."