Always For Keeps ( For Keeps part 2)

Forty Five. Luke.

I can't sleep so I cross the border of creepy and watch Scarlett sleep. I'm not even sure if I'm blinking. God, I'm fucking odd.
The moonlight streams through the blinds as she breathes quietly.
I try not to think about earlier, but it's too fresh in my mind.
If Cooper wouldn't have smashed the vase with the flowers today, I would have. I wanted to punch a hole in every wall as anger coursed through my veins.
Someone wants to hurt my girl and our baby, and I'm not okay with that. They will have to go through me, and apparently I'm pretty hard to kill.
I realize my fists are clenched so I focus on Scarlett's naked stomach to calm down. That baby may have Cooper's blood, but I'm always going to be here for it. Just like he will for our kids. Kids. Multiple. I smile thinking about the gaggle of Shay/Miller kids that will be running around one day.
All the kids actually. Cam and Brett say they are both going to try for another pretty soon after the others are born. Not that we are baby crazed, but because we are all pretty close in age with our siblings and we all want to keep that closeness.
I try to finally close my eyes, but smile when Scarlett shifts against me; I was hoping she would wake up.
She softly kisses my jaw before I pull her to my mouth. She gasps.
"Took you long enough woman." I say as I move her on top of me.
"You were watching me, weren't you?" She smiles as she shifts on top of me.
"Yes. You're calming." I say and pick her up just to set her down on me. She closes her eyes as I stretch her.
The moonlight coming through the windows makes it easier to see her. I run my hands slowly up her body. Over her swollen belly, up her long torso, softly over each breast. She sighs softly as she begins to move.
"You're beautiful." I whisper.
"So are you." She smiles as she leans down and kisses the scars on my chest. I pull her mouth to mine as she continues to move her hips on me.
I move quickly so she's underneath me. She moves her hips up, but I don't rush, I stroke her slow.
Fuck it's hard. I want to pick up the pace and spill into her, but I focus on how good she feels like this.
"Your control is slipping." She teases after a bit. Her eyes fill with amusement.
"No." I smile.
She raises her brow and slowly licks a bead of sweat from my shoulder.
"Fuck." I say and pound into her. She runs her nails down my back and I bite her lip. She bites my shoulder and I suck on her neck.
It pushes her over and she comes; tightening around me making me come.
She kisses me deeply holding me to her. God I love her.
Finally she breaks away to breathe. I pull out and move over a little. I look over to Cooper who seems to have slept through our sexcapade.
"This is a really good bed." I smile and whisper.
"It is." She smiles. "I have to pee." She says and hops out of bed.
When her feet hit the bathroom floor, quietly, Cooper jumps.
"Fuck!" I say startled. "You good?" I ask as he looks around.
"Where is she?" He asks.
"She just had to pee. Your kid is probably on her bladder again." I tease and his face softens.
"I had a nightmare that she was gone."
"She's okay, man. And she's here." I tell him and he nods.
She comes out of the of the bathroom and stops to grab some clothes.
Cooper and I both groan and she laughs.
"I'm cold." She shivers.
"Come here baby." Cooper says and she moves into his arms. He kisses her forehead and she smiles.
I move closer and pull her shirt up. I kiss her belly and rub circles with my hand.
"You're going to wake him and then we will be hungry." She teases.
"Him?" Cooper and I both say.
"I think so." She smiles. "I started having dreams about a little boy with grey eyes about the time I became pregnant." She shrugs. "It's silly."
"That's not silly." Cooper smiles and puts his hand next to mine. "Any names stick out to you two?" He asks and I have to smile.
"We could go with your family name. He could be Cooper Stanton the fourth." She suggests.
"My dad was an asshole. So was my grandfather."
"Cooper Jr? So it doesn't make him sound like a total tool?" I tease.
"That's true." He laughs. "We could name it Miller."
"Miller Shay?" Scarlett smiles.
"His siblings would be confused. Miller Shay, then maybe a Cooper Miller. We would be a mess." I laugh.
"Maybe." Cooper laughs.
"I guess we have some time." Scarlett says.
Cooper and I continue softly rubbing Scarlett's stomach as she falls back asleep.
Finally I'm able to find sleep as I drift off holding my girl.