One of a Kind - A KathNiel Story

Chapter 85

DJ walked into his parents' house, surprised when he walked into the living room to see Noah still awake.

"Hey, son!" Rommel greeted.

"Hey... what are you still doing up?" DJ asked, but he caught his son when he launched himself at DJ.

"I couldn't sleep." Noah said.

"You're going straight to bed when we get home." DJ warned, setting him down on the floor. "Go get your things!" DJ encouraged and Noah rushed off upstairs to get his toys that he'd brought with him to play in the bathtub with.

"How did the date go?" Rommel asked and DJ sighed, shaking his head.

"It didn't feel right... I didn't really feel anything besides friendship towards her, I think too much has happened since she walked away and now she's come back and... and I messed things up with Kath, and now with the baby..." DJ trailed off and Rommel nodded his head, clapping him on the back.

"You just need some time alone to get your head straight - focus on your family. Right now, all that matters are Noah, Dylan and the baby." Rommel said and DJ nodded his head in agreement.

"What baby?" Noah asked, tilting his head to the side and DJ turned to look back at him.

"Nothing, monster. Say goodbye to Papi." DJ encouraged.

"What baby?" Noah repeated himself, stamping his foot.

"Noah Padilla, enough of the attitude. Say goodnight to Papi, we'll talk when we get home." DJ said sternly and Noah did as he was told, hugging Rommel goodbye and he hugged Leo to his chest as they walked out of the house together and DJ got Noah set up in the car. DJ took a deep breath as he started to drive home.

"Daddy, what baby? Is Jasmine having a baby?" Noah asked and DJ looked at his son in the rearview mirror.

"We'll talk when we're home." DJ said again, Noah leaning back in his seat with an angry expression on his face - DJ couldn't help but think of how similar the expression was to how Kath looked when she was mad. She may not be his biological mother, but he'd picked up a lot from her.

Noah headed straight upstairs when they got home and he climbed into bed since as he was already in his pajamas. DJ sat on the edge of the bed, taking a deep breath as he tried to think of what to say and how much to tell his nearly five-year-old son.

"Noah, Mommy and Daddy are having another baby together." DJ said seriously and Noah's eyes widened and he sat up straight in bed with a beaming smile on his face.

"Is she coming home now?! With Dylan?!" Noah asked excitedly and DJ sighed, shaking his head.

"No, bud, Mommy is still looking for a new house... things will stay the same as they are now but they'll get better when you start school because you'll get to see Mommy more after school and things... we'll still do things as a family, Mommy and Daddy are friends!" DJ tried to comfort him, but it was like he could see the heartbreak in Noah's expression as he just laid down in bed and rolled over so that his back was facing DJ. "Noah... bud, talk to me."

"Goodnight, Daddy." Noah mumbled and DJ sighed, leaning over and kissing his head.

"I'll be downstairs if you have any questions, okay?" He said softly, but Noah said nothing in response. DJ ruffled his hair before heading downstairs, switching on the TV but he didn't pay it much attention. He just kept thinking about the date and how strange it felt to be having dinner with Jasmine - she felt like a stranger to him.

DJ gave up on the TV after about an hour, heading upstairs, but his heart dropped to his feet when he poked his head around his son's bedroom door.

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Kath and Enrique were startled awake by a banging on the door, which instantly woke Dylan and the baby girl screamed from her crib.

"KATH!" Her eyes widened, recognizing the voice.

"DJ?!"

"I NEED YOU. RIGHT FUCKING NOW!" DJ yelled and Kath dove from the couch, starting to pull on clothes and she threw Enrique's at him.

"Can you hold Dylan? Just rock her." Kath urged and Enrique nodded, rushing to the bedroom as Kath ran to the door and she flung it open - DJ's eyes instantly landed on the mess Kath's clothes were in and he noticed Enrique's were the same when he came back into view holding Dylan, rocking her. He was too panicked to say a word about what he could guess had been going on.

"Noah isn't here, is he?" He choked out and Kath's whole world seemed to stop spinning for a minute.

"W-What? Why would he be here?!" Her panic was instantly just as great as DJ's.

"I had to tell him about the baby because he overheard me and Dad talking about it and he didn't react well - I don't know where he'd be!" DJ choked out and Kath looked back at Enrique.

"Stay here and watch Dylan for me? There are bottles in the fridge-"

"Just go! Go! Find him!" Enrique urged and Kath wasted no time running out of the hotel with DJ.

They had to find their son.

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