I Need You

31. The Family time!..

"Em, seriously a baby" I ask her pointing towards the baby she is holding in her arms. Is she. Why didn't I know. Why didn't anyone tell me about this. She steps forward and hugs me placing the baby on the chair beside me.

"Yes" she says cooing the baby. Actually I am happy for her but I am shocked. Not even a single person told me about this. "Calm down Mia. I asked him not to tell you. I wanted to tell you this in person and that took time. It's been a week " she says trying to convince me. But I am not.

"Who's the dad?" I ask her curiously. "Who do you think is the dad?" she asks me a question in return. I think so hard to find out who exactly is the dad to the baby. But I had no clues about her meeting any boy. And then the reality hits me. "Aiden!" I say out my brother's name out loud. She just smiles at that. She was pregnant with my brother's child. She really was. It's been 10 months after he died.

"And when did this happen Em" I ask taking the baby into my arms. I feel the baby's heart beat . I am happy for her. "Just a day before" she says with a long pause and I get what she meant. "When did you know?" I ask her with a fake serious voice this time. She knows me well. "After the marriage surprise he gave you" she says smiling. We talked to each other but not like always.

"He looks like his father" I say playing with the baby.He looks more like Aiden. He has his eyes. "I actually wanted it to be a surprise Mi." she says catching my hand.

"What's his name?" I ask still playing with the baby. "Ethan" she says excitedly.

We went downstairs and we get a sight of Aaron preparing lunch. I will never ever get over him. All the fake anger I have been trying to put up is gone. I try hard to maintain it.

He and his mom set the table while I am dealing with Em's excitement and the baby. Em put babybto sleep. Aaron sits in the chair next to me and they both sit in the opposite chairs. Aunt Lisa has always been my favorite chef. I missed her food so much. My phone has been vibrating. These idiots are toooo restless. They have been messaging me continuously. I told them to wait till I call them.

"Mom!" why does he have to scream always. "Why are you shouting? Can't you be silent" I hush to him. He is making me crazy today. "She's allergic to cheese and even to fish" this time he says it slowly. I look at aunt Lisa and she was about to serve fish in my plate. She smiles and passes me the soup bowl.

He keeps his one hand on my thigh and keeps moving it up and down. It is making the butterflies in my stomach go crazy. I took his hand away for the nth time now and yet he keeps coming back. When I turn to see him, he is already staring at me. "Give me your phone" I say and he immediately hands it to me.

I go through his gallery to see if there are any pics of us together and to my surprise there are many. I have only 2 and those are the ones Evelyn sent me. And one particular pic catches my eye. The one where we are kissing. The one from the day where he came home drunk. I look at him with a raised eyebrow. He does the same to mock me. I slap him on his thigh and show the pic to him.

"I'll explain later. We all finished eating and you are still having your soup" I look around the table when he whispered that into my ears. Em said she needs to take medication, so they both got up from the table and went upstairs. While going she winks at Aaron and he smiles softly.

"Explain" I say putting the dishes into the dishwasher. I am not having an appetite today. So I just had some soup. "Seriously I didn't remember anything that happened that night. And when I saw that pic I remembered everything. Actually I keep the motion sensor camera on when I am out and when I enter the house I turn it off. That's the reason why I keep my phone upright always. Since the day you came home, I was always in a hurry to see you and talk to you, so there were days when I forgot to turn it off. And the results are those pics of us" he says locking me in between him and the cupboard.

"And what's with the wink" I ask him in ragged voice. He is so close to me that if I lift my head up, my lip[s would be on his. I have never felt that I am short, but he makes feel like that. I am tall enough but not tall enough for him.

"She said she wants niece or nephew and I said I'll give her one for her birthday" he says caressing my cheek with his thumb. Her birthday was over 2 months back. "Like the coming one" he says like he could read my mind. I blush to that and look down.

Just in time he leans down and I look up and our lips meet. Everything about his is so perfect and I need his everything. I will do anything for him to be happy even if it costs my life. I'll be happy to give my life for his happiness. We both break apart for breath. And we both smile at each other.

He takes me to his room. I have been to this room for a number of times but, now that I am here with him like his girlfriend, it makes me happy. I roam around the room and I find my pic on the night stand. "Let's stay here for today" I ask him turning back. He nods and smiles. I give him a quick kiss on his lips.

We stay there speaking about our childhood and the memories we have with each other. He remembers everything. He tells me how much he missed me when he was away for studies and how he came to see me at my recordings. I never knew he was there for my recordings. And through his words I could find out that he was close to Dylan, Claire and Suzy. We both fell asleep in his room. Em came to wake us as it is already dinner time.

And to my surprise my mom is been waiting with open arms when we were downstairs. Actually I wanted to go visit her in the evening but I was asleep. I rush to her and hug her. I am happy to see her. My parent's house is just two houses away from the Summer's house. I just love the feeling of being home with these all. After I started singing, me and my mom moved out of the house and bought one in the city as this one is on the outskirts.

We had a happy time here and I loved it. I wish uncle Ben was with us. He always treated me like his second daughter and this family needs him soo much. Aaron has changed a lot after his father's demise. He became tough, rude and ruthless. But he is still the soft, caring and kind person I know. He is happily talking to his mom and mine. I just go and hug him. I need him by my side always. "I Love You" I whisper to him and he blushes. He kisses my forehead.

Whenever we are close everyone becomes a photographer. My mom, aunt Lisa and Em took pics of us. That's fine though. I love being in frame with him.

They all came right on time as expected. "Happy birthday Aaron" we all shout in unison waking him up from his deeeeppp sleep.