#ch:ava

Ava smiled as she saw him enter the bar. The two had been together a few months now, and spent as much time together as possible. Being with him felt so free, and so perfect. As he sat down at the bar, she moved towards him, and lent over, pressing a light kiss on his lips. 

“Hey Handsome.” She breathed.

“What do you want to drink?”

“I think I’m pregnant.” 

Ava couldn’t help but snort at that statement. “Trust me, I have been pregnant before, and this is not what it feels like. This is what it feels like when you eat way too much food at Thanksgiving.” Ava groaned, rubbing her stomach softly. It was true, they had way too much food tonight, but what could she say? Lucas’s mom was a fantastic cook, and she didn’t want to offend her by not trying some of everything. While at first, she definitely didn’t regret trying every type of food available, because it was delicious, now she was regretting eating so much. They both felt pretty bloated at this point. It took more effort than Ava would have liked to roll over on her side and face Lucas. “I don’t know though.” She reached out and rubbed her boyfriend’s bloated belly with a bit of a lazy grin. “You do have a bit of a five months belly going on there.” She couldn’t help but tease. Before he could respond though, they were interrupted by a slight snore from the end of the bed. It turned out that the turkey had not just wore them out, but their little girl as well. They both looked at each other and grinned, finding nothing more adorable in that moment than their little girl curled up by them fast asleep. 

“The baby is yours.” 

He needed to sit down. His brain felt as if it was filled to the brim with information. Grant had this feeling before. Whenever he got it, all he had to do was sit down and sort all of those thoughts, mostly codes of information, around in his head into those neat little boxes he always imagined. This piece of information wasn’t willing to be stuffed away though. After spending so much time concerned with finding Skye, he had never thought about what her reason for leaving might have been. Well, that was a lie, he had, but he had never in his thoughts considered this. He just thought she had gotten sick of him or didn’t want to be tied down anymore. Pregnancy though? His eyes traveled down to the noticeable swell of her stomach. It had not been what he had expected. Grant couldn’t even find the words to say while she stared him down, obviously waiting for him to say something. “Good to know.” He finally managed to choke out, wringing his hands in front of him to hide their shaking. He knew that he should say more, but he just couldn’t form any more words. A child … she was having a baby. His baby. He had never even thought about children. Most of his life he had just been concerned with finding his parents, and surviving. Settling down, getting married, having babies … It just hadn’t seemed all that important to him. Until now. Grant’s eyes found Skye’s face again, and he could see behind that hard mask of hers, a face he knew so well, that she was scared too. If he was feeling like this … He couldn’t imagine how she was feeling. “I … What do you want to do?” He asked her. 

“How about Adeline for a name?”

“Have you been looking up baby names for me, Grant?” Skye asked with a soft smile on her face as she rubbed her stomach gently. It was a habit that she had seemed to pick up lately she noticed. She was always touching her stomach, as if to protect her child from the outside world. It was even better when she closed her eyes. When she closed her eyes and focused, it wasn’t her hand stroking her stomach anymore, no, it was Grant’s. That was what she did now, closing her eyes so that she could better see what he himself was seeing. She could tell he was in a bedroom, actually she was fairly sure that it was a motel room. It wasn’t exactly high end, but just a regular room. She couldn’t help but be a little disappointed at the fact that he wasn’t near a mirror. Skye loved looking at him almost as much as she loved being able to imagine his touch on her skin. It was a double edged sword though because it just made her ache even more for the man’s real touch. The caress of his fingers against her skin would feel like heaven she knew. Much more so than the smooth, possessive grip Lincoln held her with. It didn’t help either that she was pregnant and constantly craving physical release from these sensations. Talking with Grant sometimes helped her take her mind off of that though. “I really like that name though. Where did you hear it?” She asked him curiously, nibbling on her bottom lip. 

“So I guess it’s true. Pregnancy does make you horny.”

Ophelia jumped at her boyfriend’s words, having totally been zoned out. Really though, how had he expected her to pay attention when he was walking around shirtless. Her boyfriend had the best abs that she had ever seen in her life, including photoshopped ones in magazines. Was she really expected not to stare? Especially when her hormones were all over the place like they were now. One second she wanted to cry at just how sweet it was that he was taking care of the whole apartment and making sure it was clean and baby proof for their future arrival, the next second she wanted to rip those pants off and have her way with him because he was seriously the sexiest guy that she had ever seen. Really, it was driving her a bit mad at this point. She wasn’t used to being this emotional over such silly things. She also wasn’t used to being this horny all the time either. Don’t get her wrong, she had always had what she considered to be a healthy sexual appetite. Probably even more so because of how good and sexy her boyfriend was. This was a bit ridiculous though even she knew it. Ophelia knew that she had been caught starting, licking her lips slightly, but she still couldn’t admit to it. “What are you talking about?” She asked innocently, her face flushing at her lie, hurrying to stuff a chip into her mouth. She hoped that maybe he would mistake the hungry look in her eyes for a different kind of hunger.

“I want to feel it kick.”

“Hard to do from so many miles away.” Cordelia replied, frowning slightly as she flipped through her phone in her hand. She was trying to avoid paying attention to the screen because she didn’t want to see Juniper’s face. She was afraid that she would start crying if she did honestly. She cried over everything these days. She spent three hours holed up in her room at the White House, crying her eyes out as she watched videos of puppy adoption stories. Yes, it was exactly as pathetic as it sounded. She didn’t have much else she could do at the moment though. She wasn’t ready to let the tabloids know that she was pregnant yet, and she was more than showing. It was pretty obviously honestly. She was stuck around the house as much as possible and whenever she ventured out in public she had to wear these awful hoodies that were about three sizes bigger than normal and sweatpants because they generally covered everything. Apparently everyone thought that she was depressed being away from her girlfriend. While she was depressed, and that was one of the reasons, it certainly wasn’t the only one. She hated being stuck inside. She hated not being able to express herself with her clothing choices. Especially since she had a whole closet full of adorable maternity clothes. Cordelia wasn’t used to hiding and was finding very quickly that she did not like it. Unfortunately though, they had decided to tell the world together, and they couldn’t do that until Juniper was back in the States. The only thing keeping her going these days was that little baby inside of her. “It’s a pretty amazing feeling though.” Cordelia admitted, rubbing her stomach gently, a soft smile forming on her face.

“Is it mine?”

Summer couldn’t help but be offended at his words. She knew that he didn’t mean them. He probably wasn’t even thinking about how his words were effecting her at the moment. No, at this point, Summer liked to think that she knew him well. She knew what must be going through his mind because it was the same thing that was going through hers. How did this happen? They were always so careful. She was on the pill. He wore condoms. Meyers knew exactly what an unexpected pregnancy could do to a relationship. He had first hand experience after all. How could he end up with two of them after all this time? What were the odds? She had to have had sex with someone else right? It was the only thing that made sense. The truth was though that Summer was one of the most loyal people that you would ever met, and she had never even had the slightest thought of cheating on Meyers. Not even if Norman Reedus had knocked on her door wanting her. She was all in with Meyers at this point and the fact that he couldn’t tell that hurt her more than she was willing to admit. It didn’t help that her emotions were already on edge in the first place after this discovery herself. It made her temper spark more than it really should have. “Yeah, in all my free time when I’m not at school or working or out on dates with you or helping you watch Charlotte I’ve been fucking around you. So sorry I finally got caught.” She snapped at him.

“I love you all too much.” 

Those were words that Ava had been wanting to hear for a long time now. Almost her whole life she had been starved for that sort of affection with her mom dying when she was young and then her father who had never really been one for affection in the first place. Then after high school she had went into the army, and of course there was no affection to be had there. So hearing the guy that she was absolutely crazy about, the father of her daughter, say those words to her should have been a happy occasion, but for her, it wasn’t. She didn’t find herself wanting to launch herself at him, wanting to kiss him senseless, or wanting to say it back. Maybe a small part of herself did, but the larger part, the part she could mostly hear right now was terrified. While she had been wanting Lucas to love her for a long time now, she couldn’t help but think of the few people who had said those words to her before. How badly it had ended up. Saying that he loved her almost felt like a death sentence for him. Now that he had said it, there was no way he was going to stay around. While Ava knew that wasn’t the least bit logical, she couldn’t help but think it. Not to mention she didn’t even understand it. “Why? After all I’ve done to you, you should really hate me.”

“Yeah, I want you.”

“I want you too babe. I wish I was there to show you that.” Zaria had never suspected them being apart would be this hard. After all, they were only going to be apart for a few days. Honestly, if she had known that it was going to be like this, she would have suggested that Lennon come and join her for a few days of the holidays. It wasn’t like her parents would have been against that. They were happy that she was dating someone. The main reason that she hadn’t invited her is because she figured it was too soon. They hadn’t been dating for very long now, and meeting the family was a big deal. Especially Zaria’s family who she wouldn’t deny was a little bit on the crazy side. She didn’t want to scare Lennon off yet. Especially since she really liked her. Now though, sitting here and listening to her girlfriend on the phone just made her want her by her side as soon as possible whether that meant getting Lennon here or vice versa. She wondered if the other girl would go for that. It was last minute, but maybe she wanted to see her just as bad as Zaria did. “You know … I could really use some company, and my family keeps talking about how much they would love to meet you, so if you wanted to come up here for a couple of days … I definitely wouldn’t object.” Zaria proposed, biting her lip as her grip tightened slightly on her cell phone. 

“And it’s not my fault that I fucked everybody here.”

“Surely not everyone, but if you have, I’ve got to say I’m impressed.” This was terribly amusing honestly. Skye really hadn’t had much of an idea about Grant’s sexual history because that was just something she hadn’t really cared about knowing. In fact, she thought it might be a little weird to know about all the women that her boss had slept with. In fact, she thought it was weird to even see anyone flirting with him in the first place. She couldn’t imagine someone sleeping with him. Not the serious, hard working Grant Ward that she knew. Not that she hadn’t imagined how Grant would be in bed. After all, she had seen him shirtless. Who could see a sight like that and not imagine what it would be like to have that pressed against them? Her thoughts were getting her off topic though, and she quickly found herself focused back at the conversation at hand. She did have to ask herself how he found himself in this situation. Skye was about to ask him that question when she noticed the completely panic stricken look on his face. He really was freaking out about this, and it wasn’t often, or ever really, that she had seen Grant Ward freak out about something. When he groaned something out about how one of his exes was coming over, Skye looked up and sure enough someone was headed this way. A tall blonde with messy hair and a smirk on her lips. A weird feeling erupted in her stomach, and she found herself wanting to help. She leaned across the bar, tugging Grant close by his shirt and whispering in his ear, “Play along,” she pulled back slightly, letting out a little giggle as she nuzzled her nose against his with a goofy smile. 

“What happened to just messing around?”

“I don’t mess around with card games Jameson Mathers.” Rayne replied, not feeling the least bit sympathetic about the fact that she had just used a “draw four” card on her boyfriend when he only had one card left because yes, she was that person. There were only a few things in her life that Rayne considered herself to be good at. She was good with math, good with running a business, and she was good at card games. Of course, this wasn’t something that James had the chance to witness before now, and she liked to think that everyone at the table was actually slightly impressed including James’s sister and cousin. Mostly though, she knew they were amused, but hey, she couldn’t help that she was a competitive person when it came to games. “Just because you’re cute and you’re my boyfriend doesn’t mean I’m going to take it easy on you.” Even though Rayne knew she was being rather competitive, she also knew that James wasn’t taking her too seriously. No, he just grinned at her as he massaged her leg under the table that she currently had in his lap. “I hate to break it to you Mathers, but you’re going down.” She told him as she laid down her next to last card. “Uno.” She grinned. 

“Babe, you look so cool.”

Simon was, at that very moment, absolutely positive that he did not look the least bit cool. In fact, he was fairly sure that he looked about as uncool as he could ever look. Really, who could blame him though? He had just gotten back from the hospital, where he had a long shift again. So of course, the first thing he wanted to do when he got home was relax. He had just taken his scrubs off and thrown them in the washer when he realized he forgot to check the mail. He didn’t know when his letter from the hospital would be arriving, but he couldn’t wait to check. That’s when the problem arose. He hadn’t done his laundry yet. His scrubs were kind of gross, and he had nothing else to wear except … That was how he found himself on the front porch in SpongeBob SquarePants pajamas. A gag gift from a family member a couple years ago. “It’s a laundry day.” He finally managed to say, trying not to show in his face just how embarrassed he was that the girl of his dreams had found him like this. “And I was going to get the … oh you got it.” Simon muttered once he noticed the mail in her hands. The silence became even more awkward as they stood there, Simon flustered while Ellis looked amused. “Weren’t you supposed to stay late - You know, never mind, I’m going to do laundry now.” Simon said, gesturing back inside and hurrying back to his bedroom. 

“I can’t believe that we’re talking about him.”

“Why not? Because we don’t talk about things like that? Well, I want to.” Okay, so maybe Talisa was just a little on the drunk side. Probably a lot more than a little now that she thought about it. In fact she couldn’t really remember how many drinks she had. After four shots of Fireball, the world had started to get a little blurry. In fact she had no idea how he even made it back to the dorm, much less the room. Right now, the fog of alcohol had cleared up slightly just in time for her roommate to return from her little date. “I want to talk about just how great your date must have gone.” She made her way over to Celeste’s bed on the other side of the room, stumbling slightly for a brief moment as she took her heels off. She landed on Celeste’s bed and smirked down at her as her hand found the other girl’s thigh, tracing a gentle circle on the skin. “Did you let him touch you like you let me?” She wondered out loud, her fingers tracing just a little bit higher. “Did you let him eat you out, because I’m sure if you did, it wasn’t nearly as good as what you get from me.” Talisa added as she parted the other girl’s thighs, so she could slip between them, “Or did you actually let him fuck you?” She emphasized her statement with a thrust of her hips against Celeste’s center. Even though she knew the other girl could smell the liquor on her, she still crawled up her body, pressing an open mouthed kiss against the other girl’s lips. “Come on … I want to know.” 

“How many times are you going to do that, exactly?”

“However many times I get a dick pic.” Rory replied as she clicked through her phone messages. “It’s so gross! Who would ever think that this would be a good way to actually get a girl?” Rory leaned back against her girlfriend’s chest. She still wanted to know how all these people got her number in the first place. She wondered if someone had put it on a website or something. Someone who was pissed at her obviously. Or trying to make Indie dump her. Which might be more likely considering how Indie’s family had reacted lately. It wouldn’t be that easy though. “Besides, we’re making money off of it, so does it matter?” She turned to look up at her, pressing a soft kiss to her jaw. “I’m going to take this money, and take you out to a nice restaurant, and then order us lots of wine. The pink stuff of course.” She told her, putting down her phone after finally sending off the last picture. Rory twisted her body, straddling the other girl’s hips. “And get some steaks or something. It’ll be delicious.” Rory wrapped her arms around Indie’s neck. “Or I could just order a bunch of pizzas, buy the wine, and we could lounge around in our underwear all day.” She offered, grinning at her.

“You’re surprised because you have a soft spot for hot blondes.”

“I do not!” Ava said, shaking her head with a little laugh as Lucas danced her around the room. “I have a soft spot for adorable little two year olds, but that’s pretty much it.” She admitted. Ava had a gentle smile on her face, while she looked at him, a smile specifically reserved for him. Ava didn’t smile much, never had a reason to, but Lucas always managed to get one out of her. Taking now for instance. She hated when she had to put up with things like this. Dances and balls had never been her thing. Not to mention the last one that she had been at she ended up getting pregnant. So, she had pretty much avoided them since then. This time though, with Lucas at her side as her official date, she was finding she was having a rather good time. On the other hand though, she couldn’t help but be worried about their little girl. This was the first time they had both been without her, and her few nerves were showing. “I’m having a great time, I’m sorry for being such a downer. It’s just our first night without her, you know? I can’t help it.” Ava admitted.

“Yes. I might have given you rabies. But in my defense, that’s ridiculous and I didn’t.”

Grant had never seen Skye like this before, and he had to admit, it was the funniest thing he had seen in a long time. Earlier, he was worried, terrified even. When she had jumped in front of that bullet for him, he had felt like his heart was being ripped out of his chest. He hadn’t known how serious it was. Even though Skye kept reassuring him she was fine, he was still concerned. Grant knew how Skye had a tendency to downplay her injuries. He had spent the last few hours refusing to leave her side. Now, after many reassurances from both Skye and Simmons, his heart rate had calmed.  That meant he could enjoy the fact that Simmons had given Skye quite a bit of morphine. She was now under the impression that she had rabies, and had given it to Ward. “Oh? I don’t know Skye, I don’t think rabies is a STD. I think we’re good, and I bet FitzSimmons will find a way to get that rabies out of your system ASAP.” He grinned and kissed her hand for a brief moment. “Just no more chasing after random dogs on the street, okay? Or jumping in front of bullets.” Grant added.

“Please don’t take it out on my boobs.”

“I - uh- what?” Xavier startled. He had just finished helping her into her bed and tucking her in. As usual, she had asked him to stay until she fell asleep. The first few times, it had been weird, but now, he didn’t mind. He even sort of liked how she curled into his arms while he laid next to her on the bed. Of course they never did anything. No, Xavier would never let that happen. He would never take advantage of her like that. All they did was just lay in each other’s arms, and that would always be enough for him. He could spend hours like that, and sometimes he did depending on when she fell asleep. Some nights, she had no trouble. The alcohol would help with that, but other times, like tonight, she was wide awake and giggly. Apparently she was feeling flirtatious as well. “Calla, I’m not - I’m not taking anything out on your um …” It felt uncomfortable for him to say the word boobs. It felt super inappropriate. “On your chest. I’m not even touching them, I -” It was at that moment that he realized she was messing with him. If the expression on her face hadn’t given it away, her laughter sure would have. Xavier was embarrassed at how worked up he had gotten, but he couldn’t help but join her. Her laughter always had been contagious.

“I need you to remind me what it feels like to love you.”

“You know this means you can’t shut me out anymore Mae.” Maddie reminded her. It hadn’t taken her long to realize the main reason for their breakup. It had been going so well at the time it wasn’t as if there were a lot of things that it could be. It hadn’t taken long for her to arrive at the conclusion that Maeana had gotten scared. Maddie understood that. She knew the girl hadn’t been in a lot of serious relationships before. Neither of them had. The feelings that they shared for each other though were intense. It even scared Maddie. She hadn’t broken up with her though. “I can remind you because I’m still so in love with you. I don’t want you to run away again though. Can you promise me that you won’t?” Maddison wanted to give her a second chance. She wanted to be with her again so badly she couldn’t stand it. At the same time though, Maddie didn’t know if she could bare to have her heart broken again. It had been hard enough the first time, and if Mae broke her trust again … Maddie didn’t know how she was going to be able to move on. “Just promise me you won’t break my heart again. Promise me that, and we’ll go back to the way we were.” Maddie reassured her, biting her lip under the intense gaze of the other girl that always made her feel weak.

“What is that!?”

“Nothing!” Audrey screeched as she tried to shove her outfit into the secret compartment of the closet. She hadn’t been expecting Ronan to be home from hours after she had told her the night before she would be late. Now here she was, hours before she normally got home, and Audrey was in a panic. She had just gotten back from a mission herself, and was still dressed in her getup. In this case, a short denim mini skirt, flannel crop top and cowboy hat, complete with cowboy boots. It wasn’t her normal look by a long shot. She knew that Ronan would pick up on that immediately. Audrey didn’t think she had ever stripped so fast in her life. She was able to get out of the mini skirt and flannel before she heard footsteps. When she heard her speak, it was only then she realized she forgot to shed the boots. “Oh … you mean these. Well, um, I didn’t tell you because I thought you’d make fun of me but …” There was a reason that Audrey was a good spy. She was good at lying. Even to the girl that she loved. “My boss was having a hoedown kind of thing. I didn’t want to turn him down because I was afraid he’d be pissed, and you know I need this job.” Audrey said, sticking her leg out and showing off the boots. “I don’t know though. I think they’re kind of sexy, right?” She asked.

[text] Please. I need this so badly.

[text] Micah for the last time. 

[text] I WAS JOKING. 

[text] You do not need hair dye. 

[text] There was no gray hair in the sink. I just wanted to mess with you. 

[text] Babe, you’re just as sexy as the first day I saw you, I promise. 

[text] Fuck off.

[text] … You know, in the books I’ve read, that seems like a very offensive term.

[text] I don’t appreciate you using it with me. 

[text] So I hope it was just a mistake and not you acting like a pirate. 

[text] …did you just send me a nude?

[text] … Maybe

[text] Okay yes. 

[text] I was trying to be sexy!

[text] But I feel like it just turned out super awkward?

“It’s four in the morning, is everything ok?”

“No, no, Beck, it isn’t.” Noel whispered through the phone.They couldn’t believe that they had actually given her the chance to talk tohim. She thought for sure they would just dump her off outside the hospital,leaving her to find her own way home. At least they had given her the smallmercy of calling her match to have him come and get here. There’s … There’ssomething that I haven’t told you. I … I need you to come pick me up at thehospital. I promise I’ll explain everything when you get here -” Noel couldbarely speak at this point, her voice so filled with the anguish inside of her,she could barely understand herself. She knew her speaking like this would makehim panic, but she couldn’t control her voice or her tears while she continuedto talk. “Please … I just need you. I need you here with me.” Noel insisted,panicked when she saw the nurses enter her room, wanting to get the phone back.“Get here soon, please just get here soon -” was all she got the chance to saybefore the phone was taken from her hand and disconnected.

“Some days I think I’m dying, but I’m really only trying toget through.”

“I know,” Ava sighed, rubbing her eyes tiredly. She lovedher baby girl. Oh god, she loved her baby girl oh so much, but she wasexhausted. The little girl had absolutely no sense of time which was ridiculousconsidering how old she was, but Ava knew it must have something to do with theway she was passed around so much. Still, it was exhaustive on her and Lucas.It was four o’clock in the morning, Lucas had school and Ava had to work, andthey had just finally gotten Sara to sleep. Both of them could barely keeptheir eyes open which was why Ava was so tired she didn’t even care that shewas laying in the same bed as Lucas, leaning against his shoulder while his armwas wrapped around her. Her eyes were even partially closed, but she didn’tcare. Lucas was comfortable, and she just wanted to sleep for hours. “I loveher, but I need to sleep. I might call in work.” Ava murmured against hisshoulder, cuddling further into his side. It couldn’t have been ten moreseconds until she was just completely out, fast asleep.

“I need you to need me.”

“Baby, I do need you.” Natalia told him, shaking her head athim with a soft smile. She walked over to him, sitting down in his lap andrunning a hand through his hair. “I just don’t need you for the traditional thingsa woman needs a man for. I need you for the comfort …” She squeezed himtight, her arms around his neck. “I need you to listen to me when I talk, and .. .” Her lips made her way down to his ear, nibbling on it gently. “And Idefinitely need you for the sex.” She said with a little giggle before pullingback. She was still getting used to this whole … talking about what theywere feeling thing, but she was finding that she actually did like it. Shefound that it was nice, and honestly, it made her feel a lot better being ableto actually not bottle things up, and it made her a lot less angry. “I’m justsaying to take your time finding out what you want. There’s a world of possibilitieshere, and you deserve to be able to do something that you really love. I wantyou to find it. I want you to be as happy as you can be here.” She told himhonestly.

“Can I touch you?”

“Yes, babe, I’m not that fragile.” Katrina said with alittle laugh. “Besides, I figure the only way I’ll get to cuddle both of ourgirls is if you climb in bed with me since you’re hogging them so much.” Sheteased, sticking her tongue out playfully at her newlywed husband as sheshifted slightly in the bed to make room for both of them. It hurt a little bitto move around, but not as badly as she would have expected after all thosehorror stories she probably shouldn’t have read about twins online. The painwas still there, oh it was still there, but the morphine still being in hersystem along with the added distraction of two perfect, yet small baby girls,helped numb it. Katrina had just breastfed the two babies not too long ago, sothey were both happily asleep, one in each of Micah’s arms. Katrina had toadmit, seeing him with them, seeing the way that he looked at them like theywere the most precious things in the world that he wouldn’t let anything happento, was making her fall even more in love with him. She pressed a soft kiss toeach of her baby’s heads before nuzzling into Micah’s shoulder. “I love you.”She whispered softly, smiling at him.

“I couldn’t give a flying fuck what’s normal.”

Augustus shook his head as he pressed a soft kiss to Sawyer’sbare shoulder. He knew that she didn’t. If she did care about what was normal,she wouldn’t be here in the first place. Augustus couldn’t help but think thatshe deserved better though. She deserved normal. Sawyer was amazing, and shedeserved someone who could spoil her like she deserved. Someone who could takeher out on dates in public, hold her hand, shower her with affection whilepeople were watching just like Augustus wanted to do, but the fact was, hecouldn’t. Not unless he wanted to lose his job and suffer God knows what otherconsequences, and he couldn’t help but find himself feeling guilty about it nomatter how many times Sawyer said that she didn’t care. He didn’t understand itthough. He liked to think that he knew women, that he had a pretty good handleon picking up their desires, and he knew that most women craved affection, andwhile Augustus tried to shower her with it as much as possible when they werealone, he felt like it wasn’t enough, and he didn’t understand why Sawyer didn’tleave him for someone better. “I’m just saying … If you wanted to leave me sothat you could find someone who could really be there for you … I’dunderstand.” He assured her, brushing some hair back from her face.

“Why didn’t you take me with you?”

“Because I don’t want you anywhere near her. You orSavannah.” Eric replied, clenching his fists by his side, still totallyinfuriated by the conversation that he had just gotten through having with hisex, Savannah’s mother. “And I would rather have you here with her just in casesomething happened.” Honestly, he trusted Faya to take care of Savannah morethan anyone else, and he definitely wanted her here just in case his ex didsomething crazy which he wouldn’t put past her with what she was trying to pullnow. “She’s not going to give up fighting for custody. She said that shedoesn’t think we’re capable of being good parents to Savannah and wants herback, when you know good and well she’s only pissed because we’re backtogether.” He finally looked down at Faya, fire burning in his eyes. “I’m notletting her take my girl away.” Eric said, practically growling.

“Somebody’s trying to take me away?” Eric looked toward thedoorway to find his daughter standing there and holding herself, lookingfrightened. “But I want to stay here with you and mommy.” She told him.

Eric’s heart broke, and he quickly pulled his daughter intohis arms, holding her close. “It’s okay baby girl, your mom and I aren’t goingto let anyone take you away. I promise.” He assured her, brushing a handthrough her hair to soothe her as Faya voiced her agreement to their littlegirl. Through all this drama, Eric knew his words were true. She wasn’t gettinganywhere near their girl.

“I think you need to get in my bed. Now.” 

Skye raised her eyebrows as her partner whispered in her ear, pressing against her back. She knew that he had a hard day today, and she had expected this to some extent. After all if there was one thing she and Grant knew how to do, it was how to work out their frustrations with sex, also one of their favorite things to do as a matter of fact. She just hadn’t expected it so soon. Skye hadn’t even had time to finish her drink yet. “Woah, slow down there T-1000, you gotta give a girl some foreplay first.” She teased, she knew Grant was well versed in the art of foreplay from personal experience. “Buy her a drink, you know? And since you didn’t buy me one -” Okay, that was a lie, he actually had, she had nicked his credit card when he wasn’t looking. “It’s polite to at least let a girl finish hers.” She said, taking another sip of her scotch before turning around to face him, a smirk on her lips. “Besides, we’ve got all night. In an actual bed. That we should hopefully have enough room to where I don’t kick you out of it.” Skye told him, reaching out and brushing her hand up and down his forearm. “But it is cute how Coulson got us separate rooms isn’t it? I think he’s in denial.” She whispered before downing the rest of her scotch and putting her glass on the table, spinning around to get off the stool gracefully once she had. “Okay, we can go now.” Skye announced happily.  

[text] I might be pregnant

[text] Pregnant? 

[text] I’m assuming your fiance doesn’t know about this since it wouldn’t be his. 

[text] This could be the perfect excuse to break off the wedding you know. 

[text] Might need you to bail me out … 

[text] Lucas this is a joke right? 

[text] Please don’t get sent to jail. I know the principal is an asshole, but there’s nothing we can do about it. 

[text] Be on your best behavior for mine and Sara’s sake please. 

[text] So bored without you!

[text] I’m sorry James, but I am not taking you to a movie that you have no prior knowledge of. I cannot spend a midnight premiere of the Avengers explaining to you what’s happening. I will not be that douche bag. 

[text] Go finish watching Captain America 2, and I’ll bring you back what’s left of this huge popcorn bucket because I feel like I’m eating my weight in popcorn before this movie starts.  

[text] But for the record, I’m bored without you too, well until the movie starts, and Thor shows up. ;)

[text] Do you want to go? 

[text] I just don’t think it’s a good idea Sawyer. 

[text] I know it’s two towns over, but someone could still see us. 

[text] I just miss you. That’s all. 

[text] I would ask if you have a fever or something, but since I already know you do … [text] You don’t miss me, you just want me to baby you. [text] You’re a doctor, shouldn’t you know how to take care of yourself? 

[text] Why is there a life save cardboard cut out of Harry Styles in my bedroom?

[text] Oh, well, I guess that was probably weird to come home too … [text] Also its still really weird that your refer to yourself in third person with this. [text] But what can I say? How many girlfriends get to have a life size cardboard cut out of their boyfriend?

[text] I’ve seen every episode of Grey’s Anatomy like 3 times. I practically have a PhD. 

[text] Princess, watching a TV does not equate to a PhD. [text] Where the hell are you anyway? [text] I will not be held responsible for letting the future queen on Tondc die of an ankle injury. 

[text] I’m just saying you look a lot better without clothes on!