Hollywood Journey

Visiting Nana

BRAD'S POV

I turn in the bed, my arm searching for Jen but she's obviously not here. I get up and check in the bathroom but she's not there. Maybe the boys are awake so I check in their rooms but they're sleeping and so is Willow "Jen?" I say in the hallway trying not to wake the boys, but I hear no response.

I get in the kitchen then see her on the deck from the window. "Baby what are you doing here, it's 6 a.m" she turns back, I can see in her eyes that she's sad about something

"I'm okay, I just needed some time alone to think" I sit next to her then pull her on my chest "To think about what?" "Random things, Nolan's birthday coming soon, all the things we need to plan"

"Okay...well your son seems really interested in Mickey Mouse so I thought it should be a really good idea to have that as a theme, with balloons and a guy dressed like Mickey, he'll be so excited...."

"I'm gonna visit my mother...and I'm gonna take the boys with me" I don't say anything for awhile realizing she's serious "That's...great, I'm really glad...what made you decide that?"

"She's sick Brad, she's really sick and not okay...I'm scared, I'm scared that my mother will probably never know my children. She was already not there when we got married...never in my life I would've thought my mother wouldn't be at my wedding Brad, so the idea of her...dying...without seeing her grandkids...it kills me. So I'm gonna take them, even if we have problems"

She looks at me tears in her eyes, she's in pain and it kills me because there's nothing I can do but support her.

"No matter what you choose, I'm here with you but why now, what made you decide to take the boys beside the fact that she's sick, you never considered it before"

She takes a minute to think as if her reason was more painful than expected  "You can talk to me baby" I stroke her back to comfort her "When... when we were on our way back in L.A we were playing to the family game you bought for Nolan, so I would say 'who's your brother?' And he'll answer 'Zane!' and when it came to who's my mother he said Sherryl...it made me realize that my son thinks my mother is Sherryl...I don't want that, I love Sheryl but I don't want my kids to think my mother is Sheryl"

"I see what you mean baby...well I support you one hundred percent, do you want me to come with you guys?" "No, just the boys, I just need this right now...we'll all go next time if there's one"

I nod then pull her closer to me before kissing her "thanks for being always there for me honey" "Always baby, no matter what"

We stay there talking as I try to cheer her up then somebody rings at the door. "Let me go check" I get up and open the door to Marie "Hi Mary how are you?" "Hello Brad, I'm pretty great and you?" "We're okay, the boys are still asleep" "Oh okay"

JEN'S POV

As I hear Mary's voice so I decide to join them "Hey Mary" "Hey, Jen you had a good night?" I hand her some coffee "Not awesome but it was okay, thanks...I hope you did" "Yeah it was okay thanks" Zane starts crying so she goes upstairs to pick him up

"I think he's starving...say hi to mommy and daddy" she mumbles in a baby voice as she hands him to me "Morning my looove"

I kiss him when he opens his mouth letting me know that's he's hungry and doesn't really care about us right now, so I get on the couch and start to feed him

"Look at your little toes, you're so cute and I love you so much. You know I do munchkin? I love you more than anything" I whisper then he starts smiling "your smile kills me"

"Come on Jen my smile is the one that should kill you" "Honey, I love you so much but this stopped the day Nolan was born" I laugh causing Marie to laugh too