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"Come on, baby girl eat up!" Sophie gives me her cute little grin as I scoop another spoonful of her porridge and feed her while I balance a babbling Katie on my lap. "Daddy, I'm full, can I go watch tv now?" I look over at Brody's bowl to see that he's almost eaten it all and give him a nod. "Yeah, sure buddy but put your bowl in the sink first. He rushes to get it done before getting comfy on the couch, of course, this gets Sophie more eager to eat her breakfast as she wants to watch cartoons too before she needs to get ready for nursery.
My parents had them in with them for the night but my body seems to be on auto-pilot these last few days and I wake up at 5 am regardless of whether the kids are awake or not. Of course, if it had been any other morning that I had woken up at that time when child-free then I would have occupied myself with Molly's body but the girl is fucking dead to the world. Not that it stopped me from trying but the threat of her ripping off my balls and feeding them to me if I didn't leave her alone was enough to have me getting up and leaving her to sleep. So instead I got up and waited for the kids to wake up and got breakfast going while my parents headed out to the local market.
"Morning everyone!" Callum walks into the kitchen and scoops Katie out of my lap before sitting next to Sophie and kissing her on her head. He worked the bar with me last night and it shows because he's up bright as a button and it's only 6 am. "Everyone still dead to the world I take it?" I laugh nodding as I give Sophie her last spoon of porridge and clean her face up. "I watch teevee now?" I give her a nod smiling but before I can even say a word she's off her chair and across the room making Callum smile.
Callum gets up and goes to the kitchen counter as Katie hangs on to him babbling away. "Those three are going to be rough today. coffee?" I laugh as I start cleaning up the table from the kid's mess and stick some bread in the toaster. "Yeah, please, I'm fucked!" He nods filling up two cups then handing me one before then grabbing his own. "They are going to be rough as dogs!" I agree as I sit down. "I don't think Tom even made it home did he?"
"Nope, he went back to Lucas's house." I smile as I watch Katie fall asleep cuddled into Callum and feel that tug in my heart, knowing that she is officially mine is one of the greatest feelings in the world. "I like that guy, he'd be good for Tom if he would just let himself trust again." I nod agreeing. Tom and Lucas used to hook up a lot whenever Tom came back from the army for a visit but Lucas wanted more and Tom didn't or its more like Tom wanted more but wouldn't let himself have it and In the end, Lucas ended things because he wanted more from Tom than just friendship.
"Nicky really fucked with his head!" Cal practically growls. Nicky was Tom's first-ever boyfriend, they were together for months and Tom had a bad case of puppy love. Unfortunately, Nicky didn't and we later found out that he was putting it around so much that he didn't even remember any of their names. Yeah... it fucked Tom up good and my brothers and I made sure he knew to never contact Tom again and he never has. "He did but maybe now that he's home for good something can come of those two. I mean Lucas has come back now so who knows and If he is still the same Lucas as before then he won't give up without a fight!"
"Well hello piss heads, how are you both doing this fine morning?" I turn to see who Callum's talking to and watch as Tom and Lucas stumble into the house looking rough as fuck. "Do you really need to shout?" Tom groans as he takes a seat across from me. "Someone feeling a little sensitive I take it?" Tom gives Cal a pissed look making me laugh. "Sensitive? Sensitive? No Cal, sensitive is how you feel after your ego has been bruised when a girl has turned you down. Me... I feel like death like I'm actually standing in the queue at the pearly gates waiting to meet God himself." I love this boy's dramatics.
"Did you say, God? The only person you'll meet when your time comes is the devil himself!" I burst out laughing at Lucas's comment while Callum works not to spit his coffee out. Tom gives Lucas a pout while I sit back and enjoy the show. "You're supposed to be on my side?" Lucas brings his chair over so that he's right next to Tom and pulls him into a side hug. "I'm always on your side darlin' except when it comes to this, you're going to hell and you know it!" He winks making Tom smile but also making me smile too. Yep, I could see those two working well together. I hope they can give things a try because I honestly believe that it will be the best thing for both of them. I always liked Lucas and I was gutted when he stopped coming around. He's a good man with a good heart and a hell of a sense of humor and just what Tom needs
Callum takes Katie over to her playpen and lays her down to finish her nap before making more coffee for everyone while I get making several rounds of toast and lather them in butter before popping them in the middle of the table so everyone can help their selves. "You're all mean fuckers! Where's my Molly dolly? She knows how to treat someone right!" Tom asks at the same time as he lays his head down on the table. "She's still in bed, think she's feeling a little sensitive this morning." Callum bursts out laughing at my sensitive comment making me grin. "Yeah, she doesn't do well with hangovers." I nod as I sip my coffee. "You tried to wake her up didn't you?" Tom has a grin on his face as he lifts his head just enough to drink his coffee.
"Yep!" I won't say anymore as it's no one's business but of course, that doesn't stop any of my brothers from sprouting their opinions. "You woke up child-free and clearly tried to get lucky and she not so kindly turned you down... am I right?" Callum's cooky look makes me want to knock him out but his question almost somewhat amazes me. How the fuck did he nail that so well? Of course, I don't answer instead choosing to drink my coffee.
I turn away from the bunch of dickheads to finish off the last of the toast while everyone around the table laughs knowing that my silence means that Callum was right... the fucker! Groaning brings my attention back to the room as Jack walks in rubbing his face and winching at the noise. "You look how I feel." Tom grunts. "Fuck surely I don't look that rough?" Jack wines. "You cheeky fucking bastard!" Tom shouts then winces holding his head while Jack just winks are him while laughing, even hungover the guy holds his sense of humor. I wonder how Molly will be with hers, this morning aside of course. She was feisty as fuck when I woke her up but I must admit I loved every second of it. The only problem was that it turned me on even more and now I'm gonna have blue balls all day, fuck I'm gonna have to find a few minutes alone with her at some point today.
As if she knows that I'm talking about her she walks into the room. She's in small black shorts with one of my white tee-shirts over them although they cover the shorts pretty well. It was hard work trying to get her changed for bed last night and there was no way that I was fighting with one of her small tank tops. If we lived on our own I would have left her sleep in just her panties but here I can't. Thinking of us living together brings a huge smile to my face, that and the fact that she looks cute as fuck as she walks toward me. Fuck how have I fallen for her so hard and so fast?