*ADOPTED*

*ADOPTED*~Ten~

When Klayton saw who my son was clinging too, he pulled his sunglasses down and said he would really love to stay and chat with me some more, but he really needed to get his son back to the house so he could get ready to prepare his lunch than his naptime. I held his hand as I told him I really enjoyed talking with him, and that I hoped to see him again for another chat and maybe a toddler playdate. Klayton gave me a very warm smile and said he would love that and so would his wild & crazy kid. I waved bye to him then I ran down the slight hill to where AJ was pestering the hell out of Criss. 

I walked over to them both a little out of breath as I scolded AJ for running off from me, and that he scared the hell out of me! Then I changed the subject and told him he really needed to stop pestering Chloe's boss. Criss stood up as AJ was hanging from his neck and said that he was just fine, that he was used to kids hanging on him and he really enjoyed their company. Then he changed the subject and said besides, he was just here at the park letting his son romp around to burn up his energy. I looked around the park area and asked him which one was his and that Chloe didn't tell me he had a child as well. Criss looked out to where the merry-go-round was and told me that his lil man was right there and that his name was Johnny Crisstopher.

I didn't really want to get into the subject, but I couldn't resist so I asked him where his wife was at. Criss sat back down as he hollered to his son telling him he had a few more minutes, then it was go time. Then he turned to me and apologized for the interruption, then he said his wife left him and Johnny both when they both found out that Johnny had a form of pediatric cancer called Lymphoblastic Leukemia. I squeezed his hand in consolement and told him how sorry I was to hear that, and that his lil man was a brave boy for all he was going thru and still having the energy to play with others. 

Criss changed the subject and asked me where Alex's dad was, and I told him my sad story, and that was why AJ and I were living with Chloey for the time being until I got a place of my own. Criss was a little more forward with his questions, and not so much to beating around the bushes as Klayton was, and he came right out and asked me if I was looking for replacement boyfriend/husband. I looked down at my son that was still lovingly clinging to Criss like a monkey on a vine...and said eventually I would want to find one, but right at the moment I wasn't sure if I was ready to have another relationship after the hardship I dealt with my ex-husband.

Criss nodded his head in total understandment, then he put his hand on mine and said whenever I was ready to come out of the little box I was in...that he was right there, then as he stood up AJ slid down his leg and landed on his tushie. I picked him up and told him it was time to go back to the house so I could get something ready to make for supper tonight, and as for him, it was his naptime as soon as we got back to the house. AJ began to whine in protest because he was sleepy and was fighting it off. Criss went down and picked his lil man up and gave my hand another squeeze and said he hoped to see me and AJ again very soon & hopefully he and Johnny could become very good friends. I smiled lovingly at Criss and told him I didn't have a problem at all with getting together with him for a playdate for our tiny tots, and that I already met another wild and exotic gentleman that had a son and made up a playdate for his kid and mine.

Criss looked at me and asked how exotic was this gentleman, and if he had a name...I told him very quickly that he had a flashy red and black mohawk, piercings, and tattoos all over his body, and his name was Klayton. Criss shook his head and chuckled as he told me he knew his crazy ass very well, and that his son Pheonix was his godson/nephew and that Klayton was his oldest friend way back since high school. Then he sort of in a jealous manner asked me if his old buddy was hitting on me already. I snickered at him a little bit as I told him not nearly as badly as he was, then I put my lil man over my shoulder and told him goodbye very colorfully and left, for I didn't want to let him get the impression that I was hard up for a guy, or easy to get.

Even though on the inside I was leaping a little bit with some newly evolved excitement, now I have two guys that are mildly flirting with me, they both were single, and both loved kids...was starting over really going to be this easy?...or was this just the beginning of a newly evolved nightmare that was working its way into existence. All well, either way, it turned out, I was just happy to be out of New York, and away from my ex and my past. I walked home carrying my now sleeping lil man when my phone started buzzing in my back pocket.

I switched my son over to the other side so I could get my phone out only to see that it was Kristoffer calling me again for the millionth time since I made it to Vegas. So this time I mindlessly answered the phone and asked him what in the fuck did he want now! That he and I was over with and needed to leave me alone and move on back to the drug and slutfest that he was so fond of while we were married, then I told him to stop calling me, then I hung up on his ass and went into my settings on my phone and blocked him from calling me. I slid the key into the door of Chloe's house then locked it behind me, it was a habit. Then I took my son to bed and sat down at the bar in the kitchenette and asked myself what I was going to do with my life over and over again until I fell asleep leaning on the bar.