Bonds Built (Completed)

32. How much?

It had been almost a week that Mateo had stayed and boy were they feeling all the feels of new parenthood.  They had just made it through another full day as Jessica was seated on her bed, pumping breast milk, knowing that Kaiden would be waking up soon to eat. She often tried to pump a good amount so that Mateo could get some bonding time and help with the feeding as well, especially in the middle of the night.

Mateo sat at the end of her bed as he watched TV with a beer in his hand, his eyes going from the TV to the bassinet. He looked over at Jessica as she removed the pump from her breast. He had seen her boobs so much at this point that it was like second nature.

"Your night tonight right?" He questioned. She nodded as she pulled her shirt back over her chest. They had been rotating nights so they each could get at least one full night of sleep. He chuckled as her nod was almost saying she didn't want it to be, Jessica had definitely enjoyed not having to get up the night before to feed him. When they say you never slept the same after having a baby she was quickly understanding it.

"If you need me to you know I got it, especially since you've been pumping plenty of milk." Jessica smiled at him, "appreciate it."

He got up as he guzzled down the little bit of beer remaining in the bottle. "Well I'm going to head to the other room. You need anything?" Jessica shook her head no as he placed a kiss on Kaiden's head.

He looked up at her since he didn't hear her response, "I'm good." She let out. "Alright." He made his way out her room as Jessica called his name. He peeked his head into the room. "Can you sleep in here tonight?" She questioned like a shy school girl. She played with the seam of her shirt as her eyes darted from him to the shirt.

"In the bed? With you?" He asked for reassurance. She placed her eyes back on him. "Unless you want to sleep on the floor."

He chuckled, "I was just clarifying. But yeah I can. Let me just get ready for bed, brush my teeth and shit." Jessica nodded in understanding. "Okay." She didn't know why she asked him to sleep with her tonight but now she was thinking she probably shouldn't have. She hadn't slept in the bed with a man in forever nor had she had sex in forever. What if she got turned on? She reminded herself she had to wait six weeks anyways. She quieted her thoughts as she got up to go store her bags of milk and clean off her breast pump.

By the time she was finished with everything he was also walking back in the room. He was shirtless with some shorts on and his phone in his hand as his eyes were focused on typing on the screen. "I'm going to check out a place with Sofia this weekend when my mom comes over, get it out the way." He let out.

Jessica furrowed her eyebrows as she pulled the covers back to get in the bed. She had already had on what she was sleeping in, she put it on once she got the shower earlier that night. "What kind of place?" She questioned.

He went to the other side of the bed pulling the covers down on that side as he glanced up at her for a quick second. "To live in, she's moving out."

Jessica nodded as she got comfortable in the bed, she sat up, leaning against the headboard as she continued talking to him. "Well why are you going to look at it? Are you two getting back together?"

Mateo headed to hit the lights before getting in the bed. "No," he sighed as he got in the bed getting comfortable, sitting up against the headboard as well. "We aren't getting back together but I told her I'd pay her rent for up to a month since I knew she wasn't working when we broke up."

"A year Mateo?" She said louder than she meant to causing her to look towards Kaiden's bassinet. "What the hell." She said looking back towards him. "That's a long time."