Chapter Fourteen- The Mall

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Alexander's P.O.V
Alex smiled softly as he watched the two talk. He was glad for thomas to finally reconnect with his mom after all those years. It almost brought tears to his eyes when he first saw them in the park.
He realized that he was still holding Thomas's hand and his cheeks flushed a bright red. He gently took his hand away and clasped both them in his lap.
"Alex... Are you alright?" Thomas asked, leaning towards him a little bit.
"What..? Yeah, I'm fine." He shrugged.
"Are you sure? You seem sort of awkward."
"I'm always awkward, aren't I?" He laughed and looked at his empty plate.
"Alright. Tell me if you... Feel bad," Thomas looked at Alex in concern before turning back to his mom.
Alexander resolved to watching the children talk about My Little Pony.
"Fluttershy is the best of the six." Rae said with a big grin on her face.
"No, Pinkie Pie is!" Angelica said, a laugh in her voice.
"I like princess Luna.." Phillip said quietly.
"Princess luna isn't part of the main 6," angelica said.
"I know.. But I like her best out of everyone."

30 minutes later, they hop in the car and ride to the mall. The kids are talking about the different stores that they want to go to.
Alex smiles softly as the kids run to the closest store that they want to go in.
"Hey Alexander, would it be alright if me and my mom walk around?" Thomas asked.
"Of course, I'll watch the kids." Alex smiled as the two began to walk away.
He sat on a bench in the toy store and kept an eye on the kids. They were running around and looking at all of the toys.
"Look! Frozen toys!" They all squeal as they run over to the new-and-improved elsa and anna dolls in the aisles.
Alex closes his eyes as he listens to the little kid music. Let it go comes on and he smiles.
He opens his eyes when he hears a scream. Angelica and Phillip are fighting over who gets to be who in the little play area. They both were wanting to be olaf.
"I'm olaf!"
"No I'm olaf!"
They continue to fight as alex walks over to them. "If you guys don't stop I'm going to take y'all home." He crosses his arms in an attempt to look more mean.
"But I want to be olaf!" They both say in unison.
"Well then, neither of you get to be olaf. Here," Alex hands them both a separate doll, "you can be baymax and you can be Ariel."
The two frown and pout the rest of the time in the store.
Alex sits back down and rae sits next to him.
"Hi lexi!" She smiled and looked up at him.
"Hello little one," Alex smiles as he keeps an eye on the other two.
"I have a question," She giggled quietly as she asked. She kicked her legs as she sat, like kids do.
"Go ahead and shoot it at me."
"Do you... Um... Like daddy?"
His eyes widen. "Like? Of course I like him. He probably saved us from dying out there, so of course I like him."
"Nooooo," she laughed, "Do you 'like' like him?"
His cheeks flush a deep red. He looks away from her. He could feel butterflies in his stomach begin to form. "Uh.. I-I don't kn-know..? I've never thought about it before.."
Rae giggled loudly as she stood up.
"Thank you for letting me ask."
Alex nodded as he watched her walk off.
"That was... Weird." He muttered to himself.

Thomas's POV
Thomas smiled as he chatted with his mom.
"So, what was she like..?" Jane asked.
"What was who like?"
"Your wife," She looked at him.
"Oh.." He could feel tears form in his eyes but he quickly blinked them away. "She was... She was the most beautiful girl in the world, the second most obviously being you and rae. Anyways, she loved music. She was constantly singing around the house. She would get up in the middle of a night from a dream and begin to write stuff down. I hadn't known what she was writing until she... Died." Thomas paused to rub his eyes. "She had been writing songs for.. For Our future child. She did this for years before she finally got pregnant.. I can remember how happy she was at the news. That was the day that I realized It would be very hard to find someone as special and beautiful as her.."
He stopped, his southern accent coming out strong due to his emotions.
"She sounds wonderful.." Jane said. She gave him a hug and smiled. "I wish I could have met her."
Thomas whispered "I wish you could have too."

A few minutes later, they passed by the jewelry section of the mall. Thomas's face lit up as he had an idea.
"Hey ma, I'll be right back. I need to look at something."
"Alright, I'll be at bath and body works if you need me." She pointed to the store a little ways away down the building.
"Alright, I love you."
"I love you two."
Thomas turned and began walking to the necklace store. He began looking around. It was his moms birthday in a few weeks and he wanted to get her something special.
He found a necklace and ring combo that was beautiful. The necklace had a gold chain and had a little charm at the end. On the charm there was a name engraved on it. When he looked closer it said Thomas.
He raised an eyebrow at the necklace. He thought it was a huge coincidence how it said his name. He thought it may have been fate.
He picked up the ring next and examined it. It had an aquamarine stone inside of it, with the letter T engraved on the sides. He smiled.
Maybe he could keep the ring for himself. After all, he needed something to add to his ring collection.
He took the jewelry duo to the counter. "Hello sir? How much is this?" He asked.
The cashier responded "750 for the set."
Thomas smiled and started to check out.

Alexander's POV
As they were walking back to the car, alex's mind races. He keeps thinking over and over again about what Rae had asked him. Why would she say something like that to him? Was she hinting at something only she knows?

An hour later they had come back to the house. It was surprisingly late, so they got the kids ready for bed. He tucked phillip and angelica in and kissed them goodnight.
"I'll see you in the morning, my loves."
"See you in the morning."
Alex walked out of the room and closed the door quietly. He was walking past Rae's room when he heard a soft voice singing. He paused by the door to listen.

"Deep in the meadow
Under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head and close your sleepy eyes
And when again they open the sun will rise
Here it's safe and here it's warm
Here the daisy's gaurd you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet
And tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you."

He recognized the voice. It was Thomas's voice. He could feel his cheeks flush. Tears sprang to his eyes as he listened.
After Thomas was finished, Alex went to the living room. He sat down on the couch and sighed. He didn't realize he had been crying until Thomas walked in.
"Hey Alex..? Are you alright?" Thomas sat beside him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
Alex began wiping his tears away as he responded, "yeah I'm fine. I just... Umm..." His voice cracked. "The last time I heard someone sing so beautifully was when... Eliza sang to the kids..." Tears fell down his cheeks again.
"What are you talking about.. Singing? Were you listening to music?" Thomas was obviously confused.
He sighed. "No.. I heard you... I heard you singing to Rae.."
Alex could see Thomas's eyes darken slightly.
"Oh.. That." He muttered. "My wife wrote that before she died..."
Alex frowned. "I'm.. I'm sorry. It's so beautiful.."
Thomas nodded. He could tell that there was a darkness inside of him when it comes to his wife. Alex wrapped his arms around Thomas.
"Its ok... I'm sorry.." He said again, absentmindedly laying his head against Thomas's shoulder.
He felt a hand lay against his back as Thomas hugged him back.
"Do you want to watch rent..?" Alex asked with a small smile. He wasn't crying anymore.
"Sure.." Thomas whispered.

During the movie, Alex ended up falling asleep in Thomas's arms.

Song Credit: The Hunger Games

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