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“Thea, come back to bed,” he pleads

“Just a

I count her breaths for a solidback into bed

“You can’t be so paranoid,” Xander warns me

“I know” I frown “It’s hard being a new mom”

“It’s hard being a new dad,” he echoes “But we’ll do it, one day at a time”

He brushes his lips softly over my forehead and I force my eyes closed

It isn’t long until I fall asleep again

Xander

Teeks

Thea and I have ed to survive two full weeks as parents

It’s hard as fuck, that’s for sure, but I love being a dad I love it ets older that love is only going to groith all the things I can teach her

“I don’t want to leave her,” Thea confesses, as she puts on her makeup She watchesXael back and forth

“My mom wants to watch her, and we need a break It’s a in,” I reason “We’ll just do dinner and be right back We’ll be gone an hour, two at the most,” I tell her

I don’t want to leave Xael, either, if I’ honest, but we’ve barely left the house these teeks and I knoe need a breather before we lose our minds