Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate by Caroline Above Story

Chapter 480 – A New Family

It takes a little over two hours, but finally the last of the doctors leaves, the door clicking shut behind them.

“Finally,” Roger sighs, falling back into the linens of the freshly-changed bed. “Now we just have to get our stupid family to leave and we’ll get some sleep – ”

“Excuse me,” I say, glaring over at him. “If you think you’re tired -”

“Fine fine,” he sighs, turning his head to grin at me. “You’re right. What can I get you, my love? Do you want anything?”

The doctor officially gave me and Jesse a clean bill of health after I delivered the placenta and Jesse had his first feeding and full check-up. It was, of course, a relief to have everything turn out right and relatively easy -especially in comparison to Ella’s experiences – but now that they’re all gone?

Honestly, it all feels very real.

Like now I have to be a mom, and Roger has to be a dadall by ourselves.

“I don’t know,” I say, laughing a little and looking between Roger and our little baby. “Honestly, it’s all kind of weird, isn’t it? All of this fuss and then they just…leave you alone with a baby. To do what you will.”

“I know,” he says, looking at me with wide eyes. “I’m glad you know what to do. I’m totally lost.”

“I don’t know what to do!” I protest, laughing and shaking my head.

“What!?” he breaths, sitting up sharply.

“I’m just a doctor, Roger!” I say, laughing harder now and feeling a little hysterical as well as exhausted. “People come to me pregnant, but then I send the babies home with them! I don’t know what to do with a kid – that’s Ella’s department.”

“Well then,” he says, looking anxiously towards the door. “I take back my previous words. Ella has to stay – for like, ever.”

“Or at least until this kid is six -”

“Can we push to seven?” Roger asks, looking at me with real anxiety that just makes me laugh harder.

There’s a little knock on the door but suddenly Roger and I are laughing too hard to answer it. It cracks open anyway and Ella again peeks her head in.

at us and smiling as she comes into the room. “Are you

meltdown,” Roger says, wiping a tear of mirth from his eyes. “What are we supposed to like…do with him?” he asks, gesturing to the baby as Sinclair comes in after Ella, shutting the door and grinning at us. Rafe fusses, starting to blink awake

close and reaching for the baby, which I gladly hand off to her. ”

can do,” Roger sighs as Ella folds her legs beneath her on the bed and Sinclair pulls a chair up to the bedside, completing our little group of six. “The rest…we’re going to need some

down at Rafe who yawns and looks around at us sleepily, a little confused. “They sleep a lot their first couple of weeks. And then, after that, they find

looking dubiously

suddenly and looks at me like she’s considering the idea but I just laugh and shake my head. “You can’t take my baby, Ella,” I say, crossing my arms. “Even

I didn’t like him,” Roger murmurs, sighing and

all of a sudden and all of our eyes turn to him as his own gaze fastens on his cousin, his eyes going

he honestly probably

the baby, Rafe?” Ella coos, leaning forward so that Rafe

smile in surprise and delight when my sweet nephew really does lean forward to see Jesse, his face very curious. Rafe lets out another little squeak, more demanding this time, and

god,” Sinclair murmurs, looking down at his son with a fascinated and pleased expression. “He really does want to

laughing a little as she beams at her own baby. ” He’s your new cousin! And I think you’re going to be best

lot. It’s going to be very inconvenient if

him a light smack on the chest. “They will. Besides,

Rafe on the bed, letting him lean forward and continue to reach for the

says softly, her voice a little awed, “next to each other

“What?” Sinclair asks.

almost beyond herself, as if she’s

just shrug, fine with it if Ella is.

lays him out on the blankets, and Ella very gently, very tentatively places Jesse next to

stares at his cousin. And then he begins to turn, and almost gently reaches

when Rafe’s fingers brush against

us parents take a sharp intake of

it – each and every

and then all of our eyes dart back to

little, saying hello to his new cousin, who just sighs and

her mouth for a split second before she reaches down and gathers Jesse back up into her arms. ”

says, and I turn my head to see him staring wide-eyed at Ella. “Yeah, I think it’s fair to say we all