Clawen • What comes next

|| CHAPTER 87 ||

Friday came meaning that any second now, Maisie and Alex would be stepping through the front door. Claire and Owen were both in a happy mood. They hadn't been able to keep their hands off of each other since the night before. Though it was all very exciting and they were very happy, they hadn't told anyone yet. Not Maisie nor Karen. Maisie would understand and most likely not care that they didn't tell her instantly. But Karen on the other hand. Claire was well aware that her sister would murder her when she found out. And as she learned from when she had to break the news that she was pregnant with Charlie, it is not just telling Karen that she's pregnant. She needed at least half and hour fir questions and exciting comments.

It didn't scare Claire though, or throw her mood off. She was pregnant with their third child and Owen was just as happy as her. In the beginning, she was a bit scared he would think it was too much. Three kids. But Owen as always was perfect. After they had calmed down the night before and Claire was ready to sleep. Owen couldn't stop going on and on. Eventually She had to give up and listen to excitement.

Owen had gone to the shop, leaving Claire at home with Charlie. Claire was upstairs, getting Charlie dressed after her nap, which was longer than usual. She was putting on the last of Charlie's socks when she heard the front door open. Not knowing whether it was Owen or the girls, she grabbed Charlie and placed her on her hip before making her way down the stairs. At the bottom, she found Maisie and Alex taking off their shoes.

"Hey girls" Claire said and let Charlie down on the floor after she started squirm in her arms to get to Maisie. "Hello Mrs. Grady" Alex said, seeming rather nervous in Claire's opinion. "Alex sweetie, I've told you, you don't have to be so formal" Claire said with a smile. Alex smiled back and nodded. In the meantime, Charlie had practically pulled Maisie down to her level in an attempt at getting picked up. After Maisie had taken off all her things, she bent down and granted Charlie her wish. The toddler hugged her tight while laughing with joy. It never failed to make Maisie smile as well. She placed her younger sister on her hip and reached up to stroke some of the red locks away from the girl's face. "You miss me?" Maisie asked Charlie excitedly screamed yes in her face.

Right after Maisie had put Charlie down on the ground again, Owen stepped through the door with groceries. "Hey" He said addressing everyone. "Hey dad" Maisie said, grabbing the groceries from his hands and turning around to go place them in the kitchen. "Hello" Alex said, still seeming rather nervous. Claire couldn't help but slightly tilt her head at the girl in sympathy.

Maisie was back in the hallway the next second, coming to a standstill close to Alex. Owen took the two steps it required to reach his wife. Placed a hand on her lower back, pulling her close for a kiss, and then another. Claire reached a hand up to his cheek, padding it gently after the second kiss. Reminding them both that kids were present.

Owen coughed slightly, turning around and clapping his hands together. "So, is homemade pizza for dinner, enough to satisfy the ladies?" He asked jokingly, getting a proper laugh from the both of them. "I think it will do dad" Maisie said with a grin before asking for permission to go upstairs with Alex. Which they were granted. They grabbed their bag and disappeared up to Maisie's room.

When the girls were out of sight, Claire reached her hand out for Owen's arm. Pulled in it slightly and said "Come here" in a sweet yet intimidating voice. Owen couldn't help but smirk back at her, as he took a step closer. "As you wish" He whispered into her right ear. Claire felt the shiver throughout her whole body, slightly letting her head lean towards his hot breath. He leaned in and kissed her jaw once, then the side of her neck before being stopped by Claire's hand on his bicep.

"We can't Owen, you know that" She said. He could hear the desire in her voice and how disappointed she was. But she was right, this was not the time. They had to pull it together. After a sigh from both of them, they pulled apart. "Where's Charlie?" Claire then asked, not seeing the toddler anywhere. Right before panic set in, Owen pointed to the stairs, where Charlie had made it a few steps up. Claire chuckled a bit and walked over to pick the little redhead up. "You on your way up to Maisie?" Claire asked. The toddler shrieked and reached her arms towards the stairs, knowing her older sister was up there somewhere.

Claire looked over to Owen. "Should I be the annoying mom?" She asked. He chuckled with the shake of his head. "I know you secretly want to know if they've already gone at it" He said. Her expression didn't change, trying to hold it together but failed at the end. Sighing loudly. Throwing a quick look towards the ground before looking back up at her husband. "I mean, don't you?" She asked. Owen walked over and gave her a kiss. "Go ahead" He said in his low voice that Claire somehow found really sweet.

She gave him quick kiss before making her way up the stairs with Charlie on her hip.

She knocked twice waiting for a response or for the door to open. After being granted access from the other side, with a quick "yea" from Maisie, Claire opened the door. Both girls were on the bed with Maisie's laptop. Claire couldn't tell if they were sitting too close, not that there was such a thing with them being together.

"Charlie wanted to say hi" Claire said and let the girl down onto the floor, where she started running towards the bed the next second. Charlie climbed on the bed and right onto Maisie's lap. Claire watched for a second, before reminding herself to give the girls some privacy. "Come on Charlie. You said hi, now we got to leave the girls alone okay" Charlie looked back at her mom and shook her head with a frown.

"It's okay mom, she can stay" Maisie said, as she wrapped her arms around Charlie. Claire nodded with a smile and closed the door behind her. Coming down into the living room to find Owen. "They let her stay?" He asked with a smirk. Claire laughed shyly and nodded.

She walked over to the couch and sat down next to him. "They were sitting in her bed though" Claire said and biting her lips to hide her smirk. "Oh no the bed" Owen said dramatically and gasped. Claire broke into laughter and let Owen pull her closer.

Not to jinx it, but I'm on a streak here.

I think I just really needed a break without the pressure of having to write.

Let me know what you think.

Also feel free to come with suggestion to how you might want this to end.

100 is getting closer so I got to figure something out ;)