Curveball

Chapter 21

**Adam's POV**

Over the next couple of months we were able to bring Cynthia, my perfect little princess home.  They had kept her a little over two weeks just to make sure she was ok with breathing on her own.  Morgan's parents were over quite often to help, we all did what we could go Kyle to not feel left out and feel special. He had started to help out as well as the big brother.  I was still adjusting to what life meant now even though we had Joanne's permission I had still not done anything more than light play with Morgan. I had my moments of anger and frustration and right away Morgan would not take no for an answer and would put me in the home gym.  As much as I hate to say it, she was right though and it helped.  My agent had been good to their word and had kept my schedule as light as possible.  Now that things were getting back to normal, they had started a schedule of training with Eunice Huthart, her team, Daisy, John, Joonas & Oscar, grateful they had all agreed to train here in New York this time.  It was weird to be out of the house and away from your family but knew it was the right thing to do.  Morgan had made sure to have warm epsom salt baths ready for you after training days along with home cooked dinners.  There was some days that some of them wanted to come over and hang out you suspect more with Morgan than you, even Eunice teased that she liked seeing someone able to keep you in line.  Morgan planned a fun birthday that you were surprised you hadn't thought of, to have a birthday party at the New York Aquarium.  Kyle was so happy, he couldn't thank you both enough.

Before you knew it, the time had come to go to the United Kingdom to begin shooting.  With Kyle in school now, they had allowed you to be able to film for a week, then off for a week as they would shoot the other cast members.  Then one week Morgan would come to visit with Cynthia, with her parents taking care of Kyle for the week.  You had planned to take Morgan out on your first official date while she was in the United Kingdom, as Daisy was dying to spend a couple of hours with Cynthia.   You had a table booked for the two of you at a small place called La Palma which is near where they had you staying.  You had also ordered an outfit, had it placed in a box with a note that said for her to get dressed and wear what is the box, and just what was in the box, and to be ready to be picked up at 7pm.  Thankfully it had been a quick day today with mainly just some dialogue with you and Domhnall, fighting as usual.  Everyone teased you about how nervous you were, although you calmed down a little when you saw Morgan's text.  Smiling to yourself as you replied, 'No clown makeup or hair please, and I will be checking to see if you followed the instruction on the note ;)'.  Getting dressed after a quick shower, you triple check yourself to make sure you are good to go for tonight.  Picking up the bouquet that you had delivered as you head off to the restaurant, as you arrive you smile as they put you in the back corner so that you have some more privacy. Nervously you await for Morgan to arrive.

**Morgan's POV**

After the funeral things really went in a mix of slow motion and a blink of an eye.  We brought home Cynthia, who for the first baby I was taking care of was the happiest baby.  She slept through the night almost right away, between Adam & your parents you felt very secure with your natural maternal instincts. We were all worried about Kyle would feel about not being the center of attention and he adjusted pretty quickly especially with his special days as he started to call them.  He started to want to help take care of Cynthia, give her bottles when he could, help with what she would wear, it was so adorable.  As you had expected with everything that had happened and with his light work schedule after a while he would get angry or frustrated and you would yell at him to go to the home gym and work it off. At first he would argue with you but when you went into Mommy mode and used his whole name he stormed off worked out for at least 30 minutes and was better.  Eventually the time came for him to get back into full blown training for the fighting sequences, the first day with him out of the house was very weird.  You didn't realize you would miss him and his random touches throughout the day so much.  Making sure he had a nice home cooked meal and a hot epsom salt bath ready for him when he came home, he would just melt.  Especially the times you would get in the big soaker tub with him and feed him dinner.  You were so grateful that they had agreed to do a lot of the training for the cast here in New York, often cooking dinners for all of them.  One huge highlight was Kyle's birthday which had come to you one day when you were talking to your cousin.  Right away without even thinking you called and booked the party for the New York Aquarium, it was something just as fun for the kids as it was for the adults.  Adam was shocked at first but excited, Kyle was so happy he couldn't thank the two of you enough which just melted you.