Kids from One Alpha

Chapter 118: The Future

“Are you two going to get married?” Olivia asked, perking up and wide awake suddenly Logan quickly dropped Serena’s hand. They’d been talking about plans to be parents and be in a relationship, but Serena had said she wanted to take things very slow. Logan didn’t want to be the first to answer Olivia’s question and say something that offended or upset Serena. “Olivia, Logan and I are taking things one step at a time,” Serena explained. “You mean ‘daddy,” Olivia corrected. Serena laughed and nodded. Logan chuckled too, catching Serena’s eyes. She seemed a little uncomfortable at the moment, trying to think of the best answer.

Logan nodded to her, waiting to hear what she would say. He was interested in what she thought as well. Their future was wide open and they’d only just scratched the surface of what they could be. “I think that could happen,” Serena said. “If everything goes the way we want them

to.”

She looked over at Logan. He felt a swell in his chest, hopeful that their relationship could get to that point. He hadn’t fully confessed his feelings for Serena, only telling her how much he cared about her.

He didn’t tell her that he loved her or that he wanted to be with her in every way that mattered. He’d had to keep it as basic as possible to not overwhelm her or scare her off. Logan didn’t know if Serena returned his feelings with the same intensity. Hearing her say that they could get married someday, that she wanted things to go that way, he felt a lot better about the future. “Good,” Olivia said. “Then we can all live together and be a family.”

Logan looked at Serena again. She was flushed, her cheeks, her neck. In the low light of the darkened living room, Logan found her far too attractive. He wanted to reach out to her, but Olivia was still between them on the couch.

go back to bed now,” Olivia said. Serena stood up automatically and picked Olivia up in her arms. “Wait here,” she said to Logan. He nodded. He would have liked to put Olivia to bed again, but he figured too much interaction would

thing,” she said as she took a seat on the couch. “She’s so overtired she

sometimes?”

and it makes them cranky because they can’t sleep.” “Lots of late-night tantrums?” he asked. Serena shrugged. “Sometimes,” Serena admitted. “It doesn’t happen as often anymore. When they were younger, like under two years old, it happened a lot. So many late nights before exams trying to rock them both to sleep while studying.” Logan sighed, feeling guilty for not being there. “I should have been there,” he said, voicing his thoughts

Serena said.

Logan said. “Tonight I actually felt like I was their father, for once.” “Well, you should start feeling like that all the time,” Serena told him. They hugged each other. Logan wanted to kiss her, but he held back. He kissed her forehead again and opened the front door. “We’ll touch base again tomorrow,” Logan said. Serena nodded. Logan stepped out onto the porch. Serena closed the door behind him. He took a big, deep breath of the night air and walked off the porch. It wasn’t a long walk back to his own house, but it gave Logan time to think things over. He was happy that

he would always be there with them, that he would always care about them. He was ready to move things along faster, but he had to respect Serena’s wish for moving slow. She had more to worry about than he did. From her perspective, she’d been protecting her kids, she’d watched Logan going around with Holly and confessing things like not knowing if he was ready to be a parent. It was true that Logan hadn’t given her any reason to trust him or to think she could rely on him. That had changed, and now he just had to continue to prove it. Eventually, she wouldn’t be so closed off. Logan hoped to prove it to her sooner than later. He wanted her to be ready to move things along. When Logan made it home, Flo was

you.”

eyes. He groaned and tried to head up

you invite them to come live here again?” “Serena and I are taking things slow,”

means she can’t live here?”