He pulls in the driveway and puts the car into park, “She isn’t the only reason I don’t want to leave Hails,” he says piercing me with those sexy blue eyes.
“Oh.”
“I meant it when I told you, I love you. I want us to be a family babe, you, me, and Lily.”
“I love you too,” I say as I lean in and give him a kiss, “How soon do you have to leave?”
“Coach gave me a break, so I only have a couple days.”
“Okay, we can do this,” I say as I unbuckle the seatbelt and get out of the car. Liam rushes over to my side, “Are you okay?” he asks. “I’m fine.”
“Alright, I’ll get Lily out then,” he says as he opens the back of Quinn’s car to get Lily and her car seat out of the car. He throws the small diaper bag over his muscular, sexy shoulder after he unhooks her car seat. He carries her and her things like they weigh nothing, “Ready to head inside?”
“Definitely.”
We head inside to find both our families sitting in the living room looking excited to see us. With hugs and kisses and sweet, kind words, the rest of the evening has everyone hanging out and feeling blessed.
Chapter Ten (3 Months Later)
“You ready for class?” Quinn asks as Brody takes my sleeping daughter.
“Yep,” I say feeling exhausted.
“You’re doing great, you can do this,” she says coaching me like she does every week.
“I know, I just hate leaving her,” I say as I grab my bag for the day.
“She’s fine, she’s with Brody.”
“Hails, I got her,” “Uncle Bro has you doesn’t he sweetheart,” he coos to Lily causing me to laugh and shake my head.
“Fine, let’s go. If you need me, call me.”
“I know, I know, now go.”
On the way to school, my phone starts going off, “Hey baby, good morning,” I say to Liam.
“Good morning. I wanted to see what time you guys were leaving on Friday.”
“Right after Brody’s last class, I think our flight leaves around five.”
“So, you’ll get here late evening.”
“Yep. I can’t wait to see you though.”
“I can’t wait to you see you either babe. How’s school?” he asks sweetly.
“Good, though you ask me that every day,” I say laughing.
“I know, God I can’t wait to see you.”
“You will, only two days to go.”
“Yes and then I’ll be coming home with you for two days.”
“You will?” I ask stunned.
“Yeah, we have a bye week next week so we get a few days off.”
“I can’t wait,” I say eagerly.
“I’ll let you get to class, have a good day babe, I love you.”
“I love you too Liam,” I say before disconnecting the call.
It sucked when Liam had to leave two days after we came home, but that’s life; he’s a professional football player and when the season starts you have to go. I’ve been sending him pictures and videos of Lily, even if she’s only sleeping. Even though we aren’t able to see each other day in and out, we talk a lot and have gotten a lot closer.
For the past few months that we’ve been back in school, Brody, Quinn, Rebecca, and Cara have been amazing, helping me out with Lily. We have our schedules worked out to where I don’t have to miss any of my classes; neither does anyone else.
Going back to school was rough because rumors started and spread quickly about how I got Liam back by tricking him to get pregnant, when I didn’t. I tried to argue with some of the people who were spreading the rumors, but realized it’s pointless; people are going to believe what they want to believe. Liam tried to calm me down and reassure me that he never stopped loving me, that it had nothing to do with being pregnant and I believe him.
Friday comes and we are waiting for Brody to get here, so we can get to the airport. He walks in the door five minutes after four, “You girls better be packed because we need to leave now,” he says rushing us.
“We’re ready,” I assure him as I grab Lily and her car seat and diaper bag and head out the door. Rebecca is dropping us off at the airport and her car is already loaded.
The flight doesn’t take long and before I can see him, I know he’s already waiting for us. I continue to look for him, but can’t see him, and then I feel him behind me, “God, I’ve missed you guys,” he says as he pull us into a hug.
“We missed you too,” I say as I lean up to give him a chaste kiss.
“You look beautiful,” he says, as he then leans down to kiss his daughter. We wait for the baggage claim to retrieve our bags before heading to Liam’s place that he has in Minnesota. He doesn’t want to buy a house here because he has no intentions of living here permanently, which is fine by me.