23|Suprise Suprise

"When love is not madness it is not love."

― Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Aiden's POV.

"Let's have a baby,"

Looking at Bree's face I couldn't figure out whether she likes the idea or not. I regret asking her that now and after Jayden, I should've at least thought of what Bree probably thinks about having a baby again. She might just hate me for asking this and maybe I should just slow down and take one step at a time. "We could have one you know. That would be a second chance for us to be better parents,"

I look at her staring at the baby in awe and I stay there stunned by what she just said. She's willing to have another baby and that makes me the happiest person right now. "But... We'll need time. These decisions can't be made in a haste and there's so much we need to work on in our lives. So we'll think about a baby once everything is sorted in our life's, okay?"

"Okay," I answer her with a smile and nod in agreement with every word she said. She's right, we've got too many things to take care of first.

My smile grows wider as I hear the baby's small yawn and look down at her. Her eyes close and the grip on my finger loosens as she falls asleep. I caresses her cheek a little before taking my hand back but my eyes still observe everything about the baby. "You've got a beautiful baby Jackson and Amanda,"

They look up at me nodding with a smile giving me a knowing look but Jackson's expression changes into a sad one when he look over to Bree carrying the beautiful baby girl and then his eyes flicker to me with the same look. Jayden.

There's no way I can get over the regret of not being there for Bree and Jayden. But maybe I could just do things right at least now and try making things better for Bree, for us. "I'll take her,"

I hear Jackson say before taking the baby carefully into his arms. "I'll be back in a moment,"

Bree rushes towards the door and I follow her quickly trying to catch up with her while ignoring everyone's questions. She's upset and probably it's because she's thinking about Jayden. I find her standing by the window at one corner of the floor and walk up to her before embracing her from behind.

She turns to face me almost immediately and hugs me tight sobbing into my chest. It breaks my heart to see her that way. "I failed him Aiden. H-he didn't deserve to die..."

I take her face into my hands and force her to look up, "Stop blaming yourself Bree. You did nothing wrong okay? I was the one at fault for not being there for both of you. I know you miss him baby doll but you said it yourself we need to move on from the pain and guilt. You need to remember Jayden for the good moments you had with him and not about when he... left. What happened, happened and there's nothing you can do to change it but all you can do is leave the painful memories and remember the best ones. I did that when I left you..."

Her eyes pool with tears and she nods before hugging me again. "I love you Aiden,"

"I love you too baby doll," kissing her forehead, I hold her close rubbing circles on her back trying to calm her down. My phone goes off with the typical iphone ringtone, breaking us from our little bubble. "You better take that,"

Bree mumbles pulling away with a small genuine smile on her lips. "Come on, calls can wait but I don't get to hold you that way all the time,"

She rolls her eyes and hugs me again before talking, "You can still take a call while holding me this way,"

I sigh giving up and take my phone out of my pocket before clicking on accept and pressing it against my ear not bothering to check who it is. "Hello?"

"Aiden!"

"M-mom?" I look at Bree as she caresses my cheek forcing me to look at her pleading eyes. If anyone can make me talk to my mom again it's only Bree and we both need a closure too.

"Aiden can we please talk? Let me explain things to you... and maybe Bree too..."

I stand there mute unable to control the anger building up inside while clutching my phone tight, "Aiden talk."

Bree whispers but I close my eyes nodding a no telling her that I can't speak to my mom. I'm beyond hurt with what she did to talk to her without feeling the need to shout at her.

"I'll talk to her," Bree takes the phone before letting out a shaky breath as she presses the phone to her ear. I stand there still holding her as I continue staring at her helplessly torn between my mom and Jayden who is not here today because of my parents.

"Mrs. Waters?"

"O-okay," Bree says a little hesitant. Though I can't hear what my mom is telling her I'm sure it's something about us meeting her so that she can do her explaining.

"Sure we'll be there by four o'clock. Meet you later Mrs. Waters," She finishes off coolly as I take a step back running a hand through my hair.

"Why would you out of everyone give her a chance to explain? I don't think I'm even ready to face her Bree..."

"I know but you need to know to stop thinking of what happened and to move on... you... no we need a closure to Jayden's death," taking a step closer she cups my face forcing me to look at her worried eyes. "You're supposed to support me on this Bree,"

"I'm supporting you by doing what's best for you,"

"And you think it's best for me to know how our son died?"

Looking down at her I let her see the fear running through me and her eyes soften immediately as she pulls me into a hug, "Just give her a chance and maybe we'll get the closure we need. I know I sound selfish about this but I need a closure to move on too... I want to move on with you now and not let the guilt get in the way anymore,"

"Okay you're right... We do need a closure to move on and I'll do anything to make us work baby doll," I lean down and peck her on her soft lips. If facing my mom is what Bree thinks we need right now then she gets what she wants.

"I love you Bree,"

xxxx

"I'll be right back little guy," I say smiling and stand up, ruffling Nathan's hair. Jackson asked us to take care of Nathan for the next two days since Amanda might have a hard time dealing with his naughtiness at the hospital. He reminded me of Jayden with everything he did. Maybe this is how he'd been too.

Sighing I walk up the stairs to Bree's bedroom. We've got to meet my mom at 4pm and it's already 12pm. I walk into the room shutting the door behind me, " Maria offered to babysit Nathan till tonight,"

I inform Bree who walks out of the shower right then with water dripping down her body in a sexy way while the towel barely covers much of her body. "That's good then, we wouldn't have to worry about the time even if it gets delayed,"

Ignoring her statement, I step closer to her while feeling totally turned on by her look, "uh-oh are you having a boner Aiden?"

Bree asks raising an eyebrow while suppressing a giggle while I pull her close snaking my arms around her waist before attacking her mouth. I savour every inch of her mouth while she moans and drops the towel to the floor. I suck her tongue making her moan loudly as she takes off my shirt and pants quickly.

Breaking the kiss, I start kissing her down her neck as our naked bodies move in sync making me go harder. I bite her neck and suck on the spot over and over again marking her mine as she continues moaning my name. I carry her on to the bed and start sucking on her nipples as her nails pierce deep into my skin.

"We've got a kid down stairs to take care of Aiden," she says panting while I continue pleasuring her. "Maria is with him baby doll. You've got nothing to be worried about now,"

My hand travels down her body and I start rubbing her pussy as she starts moaning louder getting closer to her orgasm. I kiss her on her lips silencing her as I slide a finger inside her making her arch a back in pleasure. "Ah Aiden!"

"You look so beautiful Bree," I whisper taking out my finger and start kissing her as she runs her hands through my hair. Positioning myself at her, I start moving in making her moan loudly as she digs her nails into my skin and I groan as she tightens around me.

After a mere half an hour we both lie there exhausted. Bree snuggles closer and I kiss her forehead with a smile I couldn't wipe off. "Take me out for lunch, Aiden?"

I look down at Bree's expectant eyes waiting for my answer and I just nod pulling her closer. Just then she wiggles out of my arms and sits up with a smile decorating her face, "I've got something for you,"

"Okay so what is it?"

"A surprise,"

Rolling my eyes with a smile I get off the bed and head to the washroom to freshen up while Bree gets ready with my surprise. I stand under the shower while the thoughts all come crashing down again. My mom. God I can't even imagine the heated conversation we would be having in a few hours now.

Part of me knows that it's probably my father who's responsible for Jayden's death but my mom helped him keep it a secret too. I wish I could act to keep my cool like Bree does sometimes but maybe I just need to let it out today. All the anger and the piled up frustration are what I need to let go before I try moving on.

And I want to make things right for Bree which means I need to let her have a closure about Jayden. I can't even think about how hard these years would've been for her and she never even tried telling me about Jayden or his death because she didn't want me to hurt like she did. Wow, can I love this woman anymore? She is what matters to me now.

I tell this to myself a hundred times a day but I can't stop admiring Bree every single time I look at her. "Are you going to have a shower all day?"

Hearing Bree's voice, a smile finds it way back to my face as I wrap a towel around my waist and walk out with water dripping down my body. I feel Bree's hot gaze as I walk out which makes me smirk, "like what you see baby doll?"

Her face turns red in embarrassment before she strides towards me and starts pushing me towards the closet, "Not now Aiden,"

I turn around and peck her lips with a smile before backing off leaving her wanting more. "Really?!"

She squeals in disbelief and walks out as I start putting on my clothes smiling like an idiot thinking about the sexy ways that peck might have ended. I wipe my hair with a towel before leaving it to air dry leaving my messy hair in place. Well Bree likes my hair this way.

Oh boy you sound like you're love sick.

Definitely sound like how I was when I started dating Bree in high school but I don't really mind having her on my mind all the time.

I look at myself in the mirror one last time. A white and navy blur t-shirt with a pair of light blue jeans. Not bad. With that I walk out satisfied grabbing my phone in the process.

Scrolling through my messages, I stop at Cole's message;

Cole: Gotta start work tomorrow buddy. The client called me twice this weekend.

God with Bree on my mind right now, I haven't gone to work much and I guess the pressure is starting grow now. Bree was right about me overlooking my work lately. Plus the project right now is something Bree and I are working on which means I spend time starting at her like an idiot for hours together instead of working with her.

Me: Yeah I'll be on the work field from tomorrow with Bree of course. How's your project coming along?

Cole: it's going good so far. The execution is taking a while though.

With that I shove my phone into my pocket as I land on to the last step. "Bree,"

I call her as I walk towards Nathan who's sleeping on the carpeted floor. I smile bending down and carry him to the guest room where I had my stuff since Bree's room probably smells of sex right now. A smirk finds its way onto my face at the thought.

Kicking the door open I carry Nathan right to bed and put him down carefully trying not to wake him up. Unfortunately he stirs immediately and gets up alarmed almost frightened.

"You alright?" I ask him wondering if he had a bad dream.

"Sullivan was going to eat me!"

"Sullivan?"

"He's the monster in mosters inc.,"he tells me in disbelief making me smile a little at Nathan's innocence. Sullivan looked anything but scary to most of the kids but hey everyone's got their own nightmare.

"Alright alright now calm down. Sullivan won't get to you little guy, you can go back to bed now," I tell him trying to calm him down and he nods laying back down on the bed.

"When's daddy going to come home?"

"He'll be here soon little guy," he nods yawing.

"Stay here please? I'm scared Sullivan would come after me again,"

"Okay but only if you sleep," he nods a yes as I lay down next to him and he hugs me like a teddy bear making a laugh escape my mouth. He hasn't slept much last night since he doesn't usually sleep without Jackson next to him.

Nathan falls asleep soon still hugging me tightly and I glance at the door to see Bree leaning against the doorframe staring at me with a smile. "Looks like someone stole you from me this afternoon,"

She points out smiling more as she walks towards the bed, "Yeah I wish I could do two things at a time but well since I can't, we'll have to eat at home today but I promise I'll make it up to you later,"

"Really Aiden? I think it's really good watching you acting like a teddy bear to Nathan than going out for lunch,"

She grins sitting next to me as I scoot towards Nathan a little making space for her. "Nathan's a lot like my dad. All too caring and sweet,"

I entwine my fingers with hers as her eyes start tearing up. This is the first time she spoke about her parents ever since we met again. "Hey it's-"

"Aiden I'm not sad really. I'm just happy that Nathan is turning out to be like dad and I'm so sure Dad would have loved to see a replica of him if he was here,"

Her smile is back even if tears are rolling down her eyes and for the first time I feel she's actually happy about something. I kiss her hand letting my lips linger there for while.

"Hey where's my surprise?" I ask her trying to divert her mind and her face immediately lits up.

"Close your eyes and open your hand," I do as told and wait patiently for my surprise as while staying still with Nathan still hugging me.

I feel a cool metal kind of thing on my skin, "guess what it is,"

"A key?"

"Yes now open your eyes," I open my eyes and stare at the familiar key on my hand. The bike Bree gifted me for Christmas six years ago.

"No shit Sherlock. You didn't give it away after I left?" I ask shocked with a smile.

"No it was one memory of you that I had and well thanks to you for leaving the bike back in Washington cause I did learn to drive on it."

I stare at her shocked and in disbelief. She learn to drive a bike and she didn't give away the bike after I left. Wow just wow.

"Take me on a bike ride later?"

"Why would I miss such an opportunity?"

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