Dominick

Part Of The Team

Lyla

Another night of crying into my boyfriends chest as he rubs my back and kisses my forehead.

My tears roll down his bare chest and he shushes me like a baby. "Doll, he's gonna be alright! He's so strong! You love him, right?"

I cry harder. "Of course I love my Taggy"

He wipes my cheeks. "Then believe in him. Nothing is gonna happen, not if you keep doing what you're doing, but you can do it if you're crying. You need to be strong for our son"

"You're taming it lightly!" I pull back.

He looks at me in disgust. "Of course I'm not! It upsets me just as much as it upsets you! But I'm trying to be strong for you and Tagg! So don't turn this on me!"

"Well, you're too busy focusing on another child than your own" I huff.

He sits up. "Lyla! Stop! This kid has NO where to GO! I am ALWAYS focusing on my child!! But he's not born yet, there's not much I can do! But he WILL be born a healthy baby!"

I sigh and cry. "I'm sorry, I'm just upset"

He sighs as well and kisses my forehead. "I know, I'm sorry for yelling back"

"Everything is just stressing me. I miss being apart of The Red Hooders" I frown and he lays next to me.

"You'll be back a few months after Tagg is born. If it makes you feel better... I can leave the t-"

"NO! You are NOT leaving that team for me. Like you said, I'll be back in a few months. Plus, you have to be there for Oliver. It's his first night here and who knows if he's still here or sneaking out now. He trusts you more than any of us here" I hold his arm.

He tugs his lips to the side. "I'm gonna go see if he's still here. Coming?" he gets out of bed and I nod, following him.

He walks to Oliver's room and I stay by the door while he goes in.

"Dominick..." I hear Oliver and peek in to see Oliver standing by the window.

Dominick raises an eyebrow. "Gonna jump out of a five story mansion?"

"Yeah" Oliver sighs.

"Come here" Dominick sits on the window bay and Oliver frowns, sitting next to him. "You're really brave. You know that, right?"

"I like to think I am" Oliver replies.

"You are. It's up to you if you wanna leave or not, but know, here we don't hold you back. Wanna kill? Being a Red Hooder always there. Wanna go play baseball or some shit? We have all sports and activities around this house. Here you'll be considered family whether you like it or not, we're always gonna be there for you and not let you do dumb shit alone. We work together. You don't have to be anything, you don't have to be a brother or son or anything, just a friend and or Red Hooder" Dominick confronts.

Oliver looks down. "I'll think about it"

"If you leave tonight, know you're a good kid. Know you're gonna get far despite this block, trust me. I didn't know I could either. But you will. If I can, you can" Dominick ruffles his hair and walks out of the room.

I back up. "He trusts you, Dominick" I say once he shuts the door. "When he first saw all of us, he literally went crazy. But you were there and he listened to you"

"That doesn't mean he's gonna stay, doll. It's up to him" he sighs. "Let's go to bed"

I can tell he wants him to stay...

**

I wake up to shouting and notice Dominick not with me, so I quickly get out of bed and out of the room.

They must be some loud bitches since they're not in this house, but outside.

I walk out and see everyone around Oliver as he shoots moving targets.

"You're gonna be an awesome Red Hooder!!" Dominick smiles widely, patting his back.

I smile.

He stayed.

"Hey! I didn't wanna wake you up since you were beauty sleeping" Lovely walks to me, laughing.

"But we figured you'd wake up with their screaming" Evelyn laughs.

I chuckle. "Yeah, got nervous there for a second"

"Dominick was so happy to find out Oliver stayed!

"I believe that!!! Where's Marie?" I ask Evelyn.

"With her daddy" she points to Zach holding his little girl.

"Did you guys find a home yet?" I tilt my head.

She nods. "Yeah... Zach wants to move back to Italy..."

My eyes widen. "No way you need you go that far!! Stay with the Archers!"

"Yeah!!" Lovely frowns.

"GOOD KID!!" Grayson smiles widely and we look over to see Oliver killed a flying bird.

"It's just too much here in Georgia. I know Zach misses his hometown and he want to... yknow... stay away from the danger in here" Evelyn says.

"But your mom! Your dad! They're gonna be so lost without you! I'll be lost without you!!" I frown. "You need to meet Taggy!"

"I know, I know. But Italy sounds like a great place to start over" she confesses. "I'll obviously come see Tagg!"

"Please don't leave" I frown and she looks at Zach.

"Hey!" Dean runs over. "Oliver is doing SOOO awesome!! He can probably go to the next fight! He's seriously a natural!!"

"Aww" Lovely kisses him.

I smile. "He already seems like a great addition to the family!"

"He is!! Please adopt him!!" Dean begs.

I laugh as I shake my head. "Oliver doesn't want that" I look at Dominick and Oliver. "Though, Dominick is already acting like a big brother to him"

"He is" Evelyn smiles.

I place my hands over my bump.

"Taggy, you have an amazing daddy! Which I'm sure you know because he always talks to you at night and tells you that" I chuckle.

"Has he kicked yet?" Evelyn asks.

"Oh yeah! Meant to ask that!" Lovely adds on.

I shake my head and frown. "Maybe he's just developing slowly"

"I'm glad you got those thoughts away" Dean smiles.

"Thanks to Dominick! He puts up with my crying at night" I laugh and they laugh along.

I look at my boyfriend and his dad and Oliver.

Seems like Oliver is already part of the team.