After All • Calum Hood (Sequel to ISTTY)

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And we finally finished the album. The excitement was running through my veins, we did something more mature and meaningful... I really think we'll have a good receptivity with this album

As always, I told Madeleine I was heading home but I didn't get an answer, I figured out she was asleep... When I arrived home and everything was silent, I confirmed it, I bet Maddy is asleep too. After putting my keys on the same place I go to the kitchen, I was starving and I was hoping to find some food there. Luckily, I did... I grabbed the plat and reheated it on the microwaves, I ate silently while checking my IG, I saw a couple of DM even though I answered none, but I did liked the last tagged posts. If I'm honest, I find Instagram pretty boring, I'd rather to spend the time on the explore page from Instagram than watching the posts of the people I follow. I ate super fast and realized I was still hungry, I checked the pantry and found Nesquik Cereal. If there's something Madeleine loves besides the Cheerios, is Nesquik, we had Nesquik chocolate milk and the chocolate powder. This woman had an obsession with it. After finishing my cereal I washed the dishes trying to be as quiet as possible, then I went to our room, got rid of my clothes and laid down next to my girl, falling asleep as easy as I could

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Wyatt woke us up crying, we were exasperated, but we laughed at ourselves when we saw each others faces.

—Good morning, princess -I smile at her-

—Babe, hi -she stretches- I'll go get him -I nod and she goes to grab Wyatt on her arms-

—Is he hungry? -I ask trying not to close my eyes again-

—No, he ate an hour ago, I just guess he's not sleepy anymore and was bored on his cradle -she comes back to bed with Wyatt, laying down again and leaving Wyatt in the middle of us-

—Where's my little champ? -I ask as I put him on my chest- Where's daddy's little boy? -Wyatt was smiling, showing his two inferior teeth-

He was also babbling, as if he knew what I was asking and he wanted to answer me

—Da - ddy -I say, trying to gesticulate a bit more- Theodore, repeat after me: Da - ddy

And even though he tried, he wasn't able to coordinate, but the fact that he babbled after me made me laugh

—His first word isn't gonna be daddy, it's gonna be mommy -Madeleine dares me- Right, honey? You'll say mommy first -she tickles him on the chin and Wyatt bounces from excitement-

—No! No baby, you're going to say daddy first. But easy peasy, I won't tell your mom I'm your favorite parent -I wink my eye, Madeleine chuckles and hits my hand-

—You're not the favorite

—Yes, I am, he confessed it to me days ago while you were showering -I joke- sorry to bring that up, son, but your mom needed to know the truth -My baby was looking at me clueless-

Mad and I chuckled a little bit and then, we stayed on silent for a couple of minutes, focusing our attention to Wyatt, he was playing with our hands and fingers, as if he was discovering them. It's like he's exploring those weird things mommy and daddy have

—Maddy leaves in like 2 days -Mad speaks, breaking the silent-

—Did she told you?