Afterglow (Book Three)

Nineteen

Demi

"Hello, Gorgeous" I cooed down at Brynlee as I cradled her against my chest, smiling as she cooed back at me. "How have you been treating your mommy and daddy, Little Miss?"

"She slept through the night last night, it didn't stop me from waking every couple of hours though" I chuckled lightly.

"Yeah, I was like that with Peyton. He rarely wakes during the night now unless he's had a nightmare, the last nightmare he had scared the shit out of me though."

"That bad?"

"It was a couple weeks ago, he woke screaming, it took forever for us to calm him down. Still don't know what it was about."

"Aww, bless him" our attention was pulled to the kitchen door as Peyton charged through, crashing straight into my legs.

"Careful, Baby" I adjusted Brynlee in my arms so I could run my fingers through Peyton's hair. "How can I help you, Sir?" he giggled in reply, locking his arms around my legs.

"Are you having a good birthday, Peyton?" he glanced over at Sophie with a nod, his thumb shoved in his mouth.

"Are we tired, Baby Boy?" he tugged at my shirt, signalling for me to pick him up. I handed Brynlee back over to Sophie before lifting Peyton up and onto my hip. "You want to go down for a nap, Handsome?" he nuzzled his head into my neck, his arms wrapped around me. "Can you let Nick know that I'm taking him upstairs?" Sophie nodded with a smile. "Let's go and get some sleep, Baby" I began from the kitchen and towards the stairs. Peyton fell asleep pretty much as soon as his head hit the pillow. He had his bunny snuggled tight into his chest. "Sleep tight, Baby" I leant down into the crib to press a peck to his forehead before I turned to leave the room.

-

"How's my little niece treating you?"

"Why are you so convinced baby's a girl?" I shrugged as Dallas chuckled with her hand settled on her bump.

Dallas is 30 weeks pregnant. She didn't want to find out the gender of her baby, she wanted it to be a surprise but that hasn't stopped me from calling the baby a girl.

"I just think it's a girl. It's a feeling. I was right with Peyton."

"The difference is that you were pregnant with Peyton" I rolled my eyes as she lightly chuckled.

"Okay, what do you think baby is?"

"I think it's a boy."

"Bet you 50bucks?" she rolled her eyes as I held my hand out for her to shake.

"Fine" she sighed in defeat, shaking her hand with mine.

"You better be a girl or you owe me 50bucks" Dallas chuckled as I playfully whispered down to her stomach.

-

"Hi, Baby" I smiled over at Nick as he stepped into the room with Peyton settled on his hip. "You have a good nap?" he held his arms out to me and I smiled as I took him from Nick. He settled himself on my lap and cuddled himself into my chest. Everyone, meaning our families who were still here, all cooed over him. "My baby" he grumbled.

"No baby" I chuckled lightly, pressing a kiss to the top of his head.

"You will always be my baby. Glammy still calls daddy baby" he pulled his head from my neck and glanced over at Nick.