(83): Happy

"Does it hurt?" I murmur rubbing on Kyle's bullet wound.

"Not really"

It's like a small circle, that looks patched up with his own skin. It doesn't look too painful but I was just curious. He's going to have that thing for the rest of his life now... a remind that his father shot him.

"I'm still sorry" I frown.

I feel him kiss my hair.

We just took a shower after being sticky as hell with all that chocolate. Damn, that was fun. The taste of his skin and chocolate together was literally heaven. He couldn't stop groaning. The shower was even more fun... We were giggling like crazy and wiping each other clean. I may or may not have gotten carried away, anyway the next thing I know is that I was on my knees and making him lose his mind. We then made love again in the shower. That was new... and so so good.

Yeah, we really missed each other.

I lay on his chest and look up at him "So what do you want to do now?"

"I'm tired. You wore me out" He winks.

I blush immediately, giggling "Yeah, I think we got a tad bit carried away there"

"I wouldn't mind doing it again though" He waggles his brows smirking and I blush even more and hit his chest "Ouch!"

"Stop being dramatic" I roll my eyes.

"What do you want to do?" He asks instead.

I shrug looking at the clock next to his bed "Don't know. It's only 17:30 so I don't want to sleep just yet"

"We can go for round 100" He suggests.

"Absolutely not" I deadpan, fighting a giggle "I don't think having this much sex in one day is healthy for either of us"

He scowls, already running his hand on my bare thigh. I'm only in his shirt and my underwear "Oh come on. It burns calories plus I missed you"

"No" I giggle pointing a finger at him.

"How was school yesterday?" He asks after a while of grumbling like a baby.

"Fine. The others were worried about you"

"I'm okay" He replies, massaging my hair "Anyway I spoke to my mom. She's the one who dropped me off"

I thought Riley dropped him off.

I look up interested "How is she?"

"Not good but she's trying to act all strong and whatnot" He murmurs, his eyes soft "I don't like that but that's just how she's always been"

I frown sadly "I hope she will be okay"

"She said she's going with RJ"

"Going? Where?" I ask confused.

"Said she wanted some time away. Something about missing her daughter and being in love with her grandson, so she's going to stay with them for a while, I guess to make up for lost time too"

I hum thoughtfully "That's good, right?"

"I guess" He trails "I don't really mind. I just want her to do whatever makes her happy"

"I'm proud of you" I smile, caressing his cheek.

He smiles too; softly "Yeah..."

"I think I'm hungry now" I announce after a while of just basking in his warmth and comfort "Do you want some? I made Mac and Cheese earlier"

"Yes please" He basically pleas.

I just laugh before detangling myself from him reluctantly. He's just so comfortable! I see him get up too.

"My shirt sure looks good on you"

I turn back to see him admiring and I grin "Thanks. It smells like you"

He looks amused "And what do I smell like?"

"Like you" I drawl smiling and he raises a brow signaling for me to elaborate "I don't know... like a man. A nice smelling man whose name is Kyle Chambers. That's what you smell like"

"Interesting" He laughs.

"You smell like home" I confess blushing.

He moves closer to me, his eyes shining "I like that. You smell like home too. My home"

Aww.

"Okay" I utter, biting my lip to prevent myself from grinning so hard. He rolls his eyes at my attempt of acting nonchalant.

"Is that all I get?"

I grin "No. Remember the shower?"

His eyes darken immediately as he licks his lips and I throw my head back laughing "You can do that again if you like. You looked fucking sexy sucking-"

"Maybe later" I interrupt teasingly.

He groans "Babe! Don't say things like that. Now I'm going to think about it the whole day"

"Stop being a horn dog. Let's go eat"

I take his hand and drag him with me. He follows behind, muttering incoherent words under his breath and I'm just laughing at him.

"Where did you get the petals anyway?" I ask after we pass the bathroom. I can't believe he actually did that for me. He is so freaking cute sometimes.

"I bought them last week"

I raise a brow "For what?"

"Well after I had confessed my feelings at our date, I was planning on using them after we got home. Kind of like how it turned out today, just a bit more prepared"

"Oh" I drawl "I thought it was beautiful"

"I know" He winks.

I just roll my eyes at him before we finally enter the kitchen. I get the Mac and Cheese from the oven and dish up for the both of us before sitting next to him on the spinning chairs.

"This is good" He hums eating.

I smile "Thanks. I looked up some recipe online, because I wanted your first home-cooked meal in a while to be good"

"Thank you" He grins widely kissing my cheek "I really was getting tired of all the hospital food"

"Me too" I snort.

"I really appreciate you spending all that time with me in there, you know? It means a lot. I know hospitals are not anyone's favorite place so yeah... thank you, baby" He looks at me, eyes shining.

I blush "It was really nothing. You had Netflix and food. That's all I ever need"

He laughs and we continue to eat.

We're about to finish when I hear his phone ring. Speaking of... I managed to get mine back from the police station, since Bones had it. I also retrieved the car keys and I went to go pick up the car at that scary deserted road (a police car dropped me off). Yeah, I was pretty busy today.

"Hi, RJ" Kyle replies and a second later his eyes are wide "He is? Are you serious?" He gets up suddenly "Okay, we're on our way"

"What's happening" I ask confused.

He hangs up and looks at me, his mouth and eyes agape "Uh, Zach is up. RJ just called me now. She's already there"

"Oh good" I breathe relieved.

"Come on, lets go" He rushes out and I run to my room to dress more appropriately. It's pretty late so I just settle for a comfortable matching hoodie and pants duo, and my Vans.

"Okay, I'm ready"

He was already waiting for me. As always.

The car ride is mostly quiet, I think Kyle is just too deep in his thoughts to speak. I do the driving and he doesn't protest. We get to the hospital a few minutes later, and he basically flies out of the car.

"Are you good?" I ask trying to catch up to him.

"Sorry, uh, I just really have to see him" He replies dazedly "I mean, he's been out for almost a week and I was worried and he was hurt really bad and uh yeah"

"Okay, go ahead" I assure.

He offers me a nod before pecking my lips gently and heading inside at a fast pace. I'm glad he's this happy that his brother is up, it's really nice to see. I walk inside too, by the entrance who I don't expect to see is...

"Noah?" I ask confused.

I haven't seen him in forever. Okay, I'm lying. I see him almost all the time when I'm on campus but I don't really pay attention to him. He's just someone I used to know... and date. Anyway, we haven't spoken since that day at the supermarket when I may or may not have slapped him.

Yeah, this is pretty awkward.

His eyes look up to me, almost shocked, and coughs awkwardly "Uh hi"

"Hi..." I drawl still very confused "Uh, what are you doing here?"

"Jared" He replies.

I raise a brow "Jared?"

"He didn't have transport so he asked me to come drop him off. He came here to see Zorro. They're pretty tight. I'm just waiting for him"

Oh.

I hum "Oh okay"

"What are you doing here?" He asks.

"Kyle" I basically mimic him.

He nods, clicking his tongue "Yeah. That was a stupid question"

"Yep" I agree.

I'm about to make my way to Zachs' floor's waiting room, because this is so awkward, but I can see he wants to say something.

"Listen, uh" He starts slowly and I raise a brow "I'm sorry about everything. I know I always say that but I really mean it"

"It doesn't really matter" I dismiss.

I don't care enough to hold a grudge against him or anything. It's really whatever. I don't care.

"Okay. You and Chambers good?"

"Sure" I reply confused.

Why would he ask me that? Actually... why is he even asking me anything? We're not friends, not even acquaintances.

"I know what happened. Jared filled me in. I'm really sorry you had to go through that. All three of you"

"Thanks, Noah" I say tightly.

"Just glad you're okay"

"So I'm gonna go look for Kyle" I announce. I don't really know why I do. Maybe because I don't have it in me to be that rude that I just leave.

"Okay, uh, thanks for the conversation"

I nod "Okay"

I'm about to start walking "Chels, wait" He calls standing anxiously and I look to him again "Listen, I don't want there to be any bad blood between us. I don't hate you, never have and never will. I really am sorry for everything; for all the rude words and treating you like shit. I was going through something after we broke up, not that I'm making an excuse. I loved you and you didn't love me, it was very hard. But yeah, I'm very sorry. I hope you can forgive me one day"

Woah.

My hard demeanor fades away slightly. You can call me soft but he really does look genuine and apologetic.

"I forgive you, Noah" I utter honesty.

He smiles, his eyes shining "You do? I mean, thank you"

"I do. I guess I also played a role in our falling out so it wouldn't be fair that you put all the blame on yourself. I'm happy, you're happy so I don't see why there has to be 'bad blood'. Not that there was" I reply.

"Thank you, Chels"

I smile at him tightly "Do me a favor, speak to Kat. She really misses you"

"Will do" He assures.

I wave at him one more time before walking away. That was kind of weird but I'm glad we cleared the air. I will forever be grateful for the role he played in my life and yeah, at least now we've confirmed there's no 'bad blood'.

I wonder if I should tell Kyle about this...

I reach the waiting room in no time and am surprised to find Riley and Theo there. Shouldn't they be with Zach?

"Chels, thank God" She breathes when she sees me.

"Hi. What's going on?"

"Theo's not allowed to go in so I have to stay with him here. I really have to see my brother. Do you want to watch him for me?" She asks with hopeful eyes.

I nod immediately "Of course"

Theo is in her arms and wearing what I think is pajamas because of the huge gown I see. He's sleeping and he looks so cute.

She hands him to me carefully.

"He's probably going to get all cranky when he wakes up. Just call Monty cause I forgot his bottle at home. I think he'll be fine" She informs me.

"Got it"

"Thanks again Chels. You really are a super human"

I laugh softly "Oh stop"

She offers me one more smile before walking away. It's like Theo can sense the absence of his mother because he starts to squirm in my arms before his eyes shoot open. He looks around confused before looking up at me.

"Mommy?" He asks looking around again.

"She's gone, but she'll be back, okay?" I speak in a baby voice but he doesn't seem to be listening.

His face scrunches up and he starts to cry.

Oh no.

I get up and rock him in my arms "I'm sorry. She'll be back" I coo patting his back.

"Mommy" He cries hiccuping.

Oh no no no.

"Okay how about we call daddy instead?" I suggest desperately. I hate seeing babies cry. It's almost heartbreaking.

He half-stops and nods "D-daddy"

Thank goodness.

I breathe a sigh of relief as I sit down and retrieve my phone from my pocket. I locate Monty's number quickly and FaceTime him. Luckily he answers almost immediately.

"Well this is a surprise" I see his face.

"Hey. Your son wants to speak to you" I tell him because Theo is looking at me impatiently, then I turn the camera.

"Hey buddy" I hear Monty coo.

Theo smiles slightly, wiping his face "Daddy!"

"What's wrong? Why are you bothering Chels? Is it the sleep monster?" He asks.

Theo looks and point at me "Sels"

Aww, he remembers.

"Yes, why are you bothering her?"

He just starts clapping his hands, moving on my lap and grinning widely "Daddy!"

He really loves his dad.

I can hear Monty laughing too "Yes? Are you gonna stop bothering Chels now?"

"No" Theo laughs causing me to laugh too.

"No?" His dad pretends to scold jokingly "I swear that's his favorite word when he recognizes a question"

"Sels" He looks at me and grins instead.

"I think he changed that into a yes" I muse, half-turning the camera so that I can see Monty too "He looks fine now"

"Sorry again" He apologized smiling "He gets like that after he wakes up. He should be good now but you can call me again if he isn't"

I nod smiling "Of course"

"Chels, how are they?" He asks concerned.

Theo is getting pretty impatient and bored on my lap so I place him on the floor and he starts to walk enthusiastically, his tiny slippers padding on the floor.

Aww.

"They're good, I think better now that Zach has woken up" I reply after snapping back to reality.

He sighs relieved "Okay good. How are you?"

"I'm fine, Monty, thanks for asking" I smile at him "Just glad that everything is over, to be honest"

"I'm glad too. Who knew my wife's life was straight out of a movie?" He muses and I laugh "I thought she was exaggerating, all those years ago, when she told me about her father"

"One crazy man, I tell you" I trail.

"Yeah. I'm glad all of you are okay. I'll tell Jake too. He was getting worried"

I smile at the mention "Thanks"

"What's the monster doing now?" He asks referring to his son and I turn the camera so that he can see that Theo is just walking around aimlessly looking at the floor almost fascinated "That"

He laughs "Yep, he's good now"

"Thanks again, Monty, bye"

He waves before I hang up. I look at Theo to see him grinning at me.

He's so cute.

***

Kyle's POV.

He still looks so bad but I'm just glad he's alive. He has bandages all over his body, including around his head and I can still see some blood through them. He's wearing an oxygen mask because it's not hard to guess that he's still struggling to breathe. He has bruises all over his face, his eyes are sill swollen and his lip is still bust.

Damn.

"How long have you guys been here?" He croaks, removing the mask.

The first few minutes of us entering the room consisted mostly of him being too weak to speak so we were just starting at him relieved that he's actually up. The doctor then gave him something and now he can croak a few words.

"I flew here after I found out" RJ replies.

"I was always in town" Mom says, her eyes wet. She's been crying the whole time "Are you okay, baby?"

He snorts weakly, looking down at his frail body on the bed "Uh yes?"

I can't help but laugh and he looks at me.

"Hi, fucker. I see you aren't dead"

"Yep, unfortunately for you" I tease chuckling "Looks like you're never getting rid of me"

"Unfortunately" He jokes back "Chels good?"

I nod, surprised that he actually asked "Yeah, she's okay"

"Good" He replies, further surprising me.

"So Theo is here" RJ announces after he's caught his breath in the mask "He's just not allowed in"

"He is?" Zach replies.

RJ nods "Yeah. He's very excited to see you"

"He doesn't even know me" Zach deadpans and I laugh "Have y'all met him?" He asks referring to mom and I.

"Yeah" Mom replies "He's beautiful"

Zach looks at me for a response "Yeah. I have too. He looks like granddad"

He hums "Interesting..."

He's so hard to read sometimes. I literally have no idea what's going on his head. I don't know whether he wants to meet the little guy or he could care less.

"Do you want anything, baby?" Mom asks.

"I don't even think I can eat" He croaks "Everything hurts like a bitch"

"I think you need something though" Mom trails unhappy "Let me go check with your doctor"

Zach just sighs at her motherly self.

"I'll be back too. I need to check on Chels and Theo quickly" RJ announces before she and mom exit.

Now it's just us.

I think that's what they wanted and honestly I don't seem to mind at all.

"You good?" I ask.

I see him shrug weakly "As good as I look"

"Mm so not good?" I snort and he flips me off, his movement so flippen weak that I feel sorry for him "You were out for a while"

He sighs "I can imagine"

"Jeff really did a number on you, huh?" I trail assessing him "He's arrested now, you know?"

"He is?"

I nod "Yeah. You were probably already out cold when the cops came"

"Damn" He breathes, looking at me with almost soft eyes that I think I'm seeing things. I don't think he's ever looked at me like that "I heard you getting shot though; didn't like that. I think I knocked out after that"

"He just missed my heart" I inform.

"Damn, man. Almost killed both his sons"

I nod slowly, everything coming back. I really almost died, so did he. Fucking hell.

"He's crazy" I finally reply.

He nods too after getting some breath in from the mask "Is mom good? I don't really know how to speak to her. We haven't exactly been best friends"

"She's coping" I drawl "At least that's what she told me. You can speak to her, you know? She loves you, I guess"

He laughs weakly "You guess?"

"I don't know" I laugh too.

"I'll see though" He says "I'm just ready to get off this dumbass bed"

"Yeah, not anytime soon" I snort.

He gives me a dry look "I'm aware of that, asshole. I can't do shit. Even speaking is a fucking mission. Fuck, what if I'm paralyzed or something?"

"Calm down" I dismiss immediately.

"What if?"

"Zach. I really don't think you're fucking paralyzed, just really injured. Stop stressing yourself out. You need to get better"

"Oh look, you care about me" He smirks.

Kind of.

I roll my eyes amused "The fuck I do. You're just annoying me"

"That's what they all say"

"Shut up" I try to hide a laugh but fail miserably "Chelsea-Anne said I should thank you for trying to help and shit. She likes you now. She likes everyone though so you're not special"

He chuckles "I like her too. She's cool"

I know.

"Yeah. Let me leave. I'll come check up on you tomorrow" I announce.

I swear I see a frown on his face but it disappears almost as quickly as it came "You don't have to, man, but uh thanks" He trails slowly, his face vulnerable. He looks just like mom and RJ when he's like that.

The triplets. They look so much alike.

"Okay" I say.

He offers me a weak smile before I exit his room.

That was actually... nice.

I start to walk to the waiting room because that's where everyone is. RJ and Chelsea-Anne are engaged in a conversation, and Theodore is just walking around aimlessly.

He's so precious.

"Ky!" He recognizes me immediately as he attempts to run to me and I grin taking him in my arms and swinging him "Hi"

Little dude likes me.

"Hi" I greet back, my eyes twinkling.

I see his mom get up "How was it? I wanted to give you guys some alone time"

"It was good" I reply.

Chelsea-Anne looks at me "It was?"

"Yeah" I trail as I feel Theodore playing with my ear while resting on my side and I look at him "What are you doing?"

He smiles innocently "Doing"

"Let me go talk to him now" RJ announces, referring to her brother "Will you guys be good with Theo?"

"Yeah" I dismiss.

Theodore notices his mom leaving "Bye-bye mommy" He waves against me.

"Bye baby" RJ grins before leaving.

"Your uncle duties are on point" Chelsea-Anne muses while watching me play with my nephew. He's just laughing at everything I do. I never knew I was so funny.

I smile "He's so tiny"

"I know. He's even tinier when he's on the ground and walking all by himself" She says as I take a seat next to her.

Theodore looks to her "Sels"

She grins playing with his cheeks "Hey"

Why am I imagining a future with her, where Theodore is replaced by our own child instead. Is that normal? What the fuck is happening to me? I already want to have children with the damn girl. I am so whipped.

"What?" She frowns looking at me.

I must've zoned out on her face.

I shake my head, snapping back to reality "Nothing. Just really happy right now" I say honestly.

Everything seems to be falling in place, for the first time in my life.

She grins widely "I am too"

I start to lean in for a kiss but the little creature on my lap pulls my face away roughly and squeals excitedly at my annoyed expression.

Chelsea-Anne laughs before whispering "You have a new cockblocker in town"

First Willow, now him.

"Where did he even get so much strength?"

She just laughs again "I think he's jealous. He doesn't want you to kiss me because he's in love with me"

"Yeah right" I snort.

"Ask him" She challenges.

I look to Theodore and he's just watching us, his eyes wide and gleaming like us speaking is the most fascinating thing ever.

"Kyle or Chelsea-Anne?" I ask.

"No" He utters confused.

"You can't ask him like that" Chelsea-Anne deadpans "You have to use the names he does. He's confused now"

I roll my eyes sighing "Okay, you ask him"

She looks to him "Hey. Theo. Do you like Ky?" She points to me and he claps "Or do you like Sels?" She points to herself and he just carries on clapping "You have to pick one" He's just clapping. I don't even think he understands what we're saying.

"Yeah this is not working" I laugh.

She laughs too "I think he likes us both"

He starts to squirm on my lap and I think he wants me to put him down so I do that and watch him walk around.

If we were a few years older...

"You good?" Chelsea-Anne asks me, looking concerned and I nod "Is Zach good?"

"Not really but at least he's up" I reply.

God, I love her so much. Why am I imagining a younger version of her and I put together.... Calling her 'mommy' and me 'daddy'. Why does that sound like heaven to me? Why does it sound so right? Why am I so fucking happy at just the thought?

Fuck me.

She laughs nervously "Why are you looking at me like that? Again?"

"I love you so much" I basically breathe.

"Kyle" She trails grinning widely "I love you so much too"

I shake my head "It's actually crazy"

"You're so random sometimes" She laughs.

"I know, but I do. I feel like I want to tell you all the time. Is that weird?"

She kisses me happily "Not at all. I love you, my perfect Romeo"

I'm anything but, but all that matters is that she loves me.

And I love her.

Forever.

***

The end!!! (i think, not sure yet but pretty sure at the same time) 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 HELP MEEEE

i will probably have an epilogue. so for that, do you guys want:

- near future (2-3 years, maybe just started working and basically updates of the past 2 or 3 years)

- medium future (maybe marriage, work but not kids yet)

- distant future (marriage, kids and all that)

also whose POV? maybe both even.

thank you guys for everything!! i love each of you with all my heart 💘💘💘. this has been the best journey ever and i hope you guys enjoyed it as much as i did.

it's not over till i say it's over tho 😉

i'm still considering and playing around will all the suggestions and ideas from the sequel/spin-off questions i asked. forgot to thank all of you for the inputs.

stay tuned! 💘