When The Stars Align

Chapter 64

You know how time goes by fast and soon April arrived and my work at the university began. I can tell you that I never thought teaching would give me so much pleasure and the truth is I was enjoying it much more than my old job. Teaching not only allowed me to have my afternoon free and still have time for my family and doing my stuff, it allowed me to spread my knowledge and I loved to do that. By chance, I just discovered my calling and that was to teach.

James continued to take Sarah to school in the morning and I was the one picking her up in the afternoons. My classes ended up at two o' clock and hers around four, so I would stay at the university preparing the next day classes or correcting essays and tests, until the time to pick her up arrive, then it was all about her and James. He was very pleased and relaxed too. First day I felt him a bit apprehensive, but then seeing me so excited and still having time to spare with them he became relaxed and supportive. There was not a day where he didn't ask how my day was, showing interest in my new activity. He was complying his word as well, around 7.30 every day he was home and the night was just ours. Even Corey was on the back of his mind, not completely gone but he didn't seem to worry about him. I liked that in him, it showed he trusted me, plus he really didn't have a reason not to. My love for him just grew stronger every day and our relationship was as solid as a rock.

Corey...not going to say that he gave up on the idea of seducing me. He got back in action first time I stepped my feet at the university but as my belly grew he became more friendly and less predator. It bothered me to have him on my tail that way, I didn't have any intention of having an adventure with him or get back what we left in college. My baby...that same month we discovered we were going to have a baby boy. James was at the appointment with me, he saw the baby for the first time on the screen and his eyes shone so much. His smile was just huge and when the doctor said we were having a baby boy he didn't avoid the tears. Tyler, the name we have chosen, was now another bundle of joy in our life. My belly was huge, the baby kicked and became more real. Sarah was just too excited now and asking many times when Tyler was going to be born.

June also arrived in no flat time. James wasn't going to be home when I was going to do the test for the compatibility with Sarah and that worried us a bit. Not really worry but we were nervous about the result. That was our now or never, if the baby wasn't compatible, we would be lost. When June arrived James became more nervous, less relaxed, pickier. Even Sarah noticed it, he'd grounded her many times, his patience was almost zero. Not that he wasn't right in grounding her, but it cost me a bit seeing him that way. I talked to him many times, but his head was a mess, not allowing much inside. Calm was a word he didn't know. Lars complained, Belle complained...everyone complained. I only complained because he didn't talk to me because I had my own way of dealing with him and I understood his head better than anyone else. That helped Sarah understand too, when he was a bit ruder with her, I'd explain things to her, and she understood. Nevertheless, she could yank a smile off him five seconds after his outburst and he'd hold her and kiss her and say he was sorry and explain to her how he'd got that way. She was 10 but she was very smart.

"Got everything you need?" I asked him. James looked down at the suitcases near the door and nodded. I came behind him and wrapped my arms around him and kissed his shoulder.

"It's gonna be alright." I told him.

"You need me, Sarah needs me, and I have to go. No, this is not alright." He puffed.

"We understand." I exclaimed. "Babe, we know how your life is and we accept it and support you."

"I'm gonna miss you." He said holding me tight.

"Was she very sad?" I asked him as he still took Sarah to school that morning. As I worked only 3 days a week, I was on a day off.

"Of course she was. It's really fucked up now having to leave for such a long time."