Looking for Something

Chapter 20

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FIVE YEARS LATER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We are a family like a giant tree branching out of the sky

We are a family, we are so much more than just you and I

We are a family like a giant tree

Growing stronger, growing wiser, we are growing free

We need you, we are a family

-Dreamgirls; We Are A Family

~~Sydney~~

"Mommy." I feel a light shake of my arm, and I slowly open one eye to see Sav standing there rubbing his eye and looking sad.

"What's wrong baby?"

"I had a bad dream." Again? This is the third one this week. I scoot over and he automatically climbs into the bed beside me. I pull some cover over him as he scoots into me, and I wrap an arm around him. I told him that every time he is in his mother's arms he is protected from all the bad in this world. "Mommy?"

"Yes baby?"

"When is daddy coming back?"

"He'll be back in the morning, okay? Now get some sleep so that you will be awake to see him." He doesn't say another word as we both drift back to sleep.

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"Baby." I feel a kiss on my neck and I groan as I try to go back to sleep. "Come on baby, I know you missed me." I open one eye and I see Mickie standing over me. A smile grows on my face as he kisses my neck again.

"You know I did." I feel him kiss my cheek and I smile even harder.

"Good, now turn around and act like it." I turn my face to look up at him and he immediately kisses me on the lips. Two weeks away from him and he is finally back. NFL life is going to murder me, because I don't get to see him as much.

I feel our kiss start to deepen and I feel his hands start to travel up his T-shirt that I am wearing. I wrap my arms around his neck, and I start to get into it, but then I remember there are children in the house. He moves down to my neck, and I know that if he gets any further, there is no stopping him.

"Mickie, what about Sav."

"Who?" He says this in the middle of a kiss on my neck. And I laugh as he continues like I have not said a thing.

"Mickie for real, our son!"

"DAAAADDDYYYYY!" I push him off and pull my shirt down before Sav jumps on the bed and sits on Mickie's stomach.

"Heeeyyy boy! How my little man doing?"

"I watched you play daddy. You did good. Think I'll be able to play like that one day?" I watch Mickie grin at him. I know he is proud, and happy as hell.

"Yea son, because I am going to help you, and you are going to play better than your daddy ever has and ever will. Got it?" Savion nods his head at his daddy. "Have you been taking care of mommy?"

"Mhm, we went to the park and I made a new friend, and he likes football too and we have a play date today. We going to have a football game outside! I'm gonna win, just like you." I smile at my two men. Sav might be a momma's boy, but he has a bond with his daddy like no other.

"Sav, go show him the picture you drew." He quickly jumps off the bed and runs into his room, then back into ours and sets his picture on Mickie's chest.

"Boy, with speed like that I might switch you over to track. Take us to an Olympics one year." He laughs and Sav just smiles at him as he looks at Sav's picture. "You drew this? This is good man..." Mickie looks up at me as Sav keeps admiring his picture. "You helped him with this?" I shake my head.

"That's all him. Good isn't it? Especially for a five year old." Sav drew a picture of a parrot he saw on the window while we were at his pediatrician's office last week. For a five year old it is pretty accurate, and I let him use some of my paint when we got home. My baby boy is so talented.

"Damn boy, you are just getting all of the gifts, huh?"

"Mommy, can you get the cereal off the refrigerator for me?" Sav crawls over to me and sits on my lap.

"Yea b--"

"Nah, come on Sav, we are going to make mommy breakfast this morning, alright? Let her rest." Mickie gets out of the bed and picks Sav up off my lap.

They start walking to the door whispering to each other about what they are going to make, trying to make it a surprise for me. They are so goofy. I watch them leave and once they disappear I lay back down and turn on the TV.

On April 28, 2011 at 7:18 p.m. I had my handsome baby boy, Savion Domicko Adams. It has been a damn roller coaster ride ever since. He is just full of energy and won't ever sit down! I love him to death though. Would not trade him for all the money in the world. He has his father's hair, he is a mix of both of our complexion, and he has big brown eyes like his daddy. It's a spitting image no doubt. They both run me crazy running around this house messing up everything right after I clean. They're my two boys though, and I love them even when I don't want to.

Since I was dancing in college, I was going to make a career of it, and you know dance for a team or something, but after having Sav that dream was shot. I don't care though...because I have another love. Art. I do it all the time, painting different portraits to hang around the beach house. I've even had people come to our house and love my paintings so much that they pay me to do a certain picture for them. I've sold so many, and I plan on one day having my own art show or something in a museum. Just to get some customers or something. You know?

Sitting in the house all day taking care of Sav is the life, don't get me wrong. Once this summer is over though, Sav starts Kindergarten and he will be out of the house for eight hours a day. I need something to occupy my time during the day.

"Alriiight, who is ready for the best breakfast in the world?" I look over at the door and smile at Mickie and Sav walking into the room carrying a tray for me. Mickie sets it down in front of me and everything smells so good. They cooked me an omelette with bacon and Mickie picks Sav up off the floor who is carrying my orange juice.

"Mommy, he ate a piece of your bacon!" He points to Mickie and I laugh.

"Aye man, no one likes a snitch."

"That's alright baby, you always tell me the truth. You got it?" He smiles at me and I rub his curls. I look at my food and everything looks good. Mickie feeds me a piece of the omelette and yes, it tastes as good as it looks.

"You like it?"

"Mhm, you two did good." I give him a kiss on the lips before I take another bite.

"Lets watch Disney!" Sav jumps for the remote.

"Noo, let momma watch what she wants. Go in your room and watch Disney." Without another word Sav jumps off the bed and runs out of our room. "He hasn't drove you crazy yet?" I laugh and eat a bite of bacon.

"Of course. He is your son. Acts just like you. Looks just like you. Talks more than you though." I hand him the piece he bit off of and let him eat it. Trying to cut back on the pork. "You know, he really missed you these past two weeks.."

"Well, what do you want me to do babe, tell coach I quit or something."

"No, I was just saying." I don't look at him. I just keep eating. It is really hard trying to have a family with him if he is always gone and leaving me here to take care of our son by myself, but at the same time. I knew what I was signing up for, and I am not about to leave him just because he is living out his dream. Like I have said a million times before, I love his annoying ass. Always will.

"Syd, look at me." I shake my head no and keep eating my omelette. "Why not?"

"Because then I'm gonna feel bad." I eat my last piece of egg, put my fork down, and lay my head down on his chest without looking at him. "So what do you want to do today?"

"Look at me and I will tell you." I shake my head no. I feel him push my chin up with his hand and when I finally look up at him he is making a goofy ass face at me. I just laugh and push his head back.

"You are so stupid." He moves making my head fall on the bed and he is hovering over me.

"You know what I want to do today." I shake my head no as I mess with the dog tags around his neck. "You." He gets closer to me and kisses me passionately. As much as I would love to spend all day in this bed with him, we can't do that. He starts to move down to my neck again, and I accidentally let out a moan.

"Baby, we can't." He kisses up my neck and comes back to my lips again.

"Why?"

"Sav is in the other room." He kisses me again, as he rubs his hand along my thigh.

"He has to learn about it one day." I laugh as he kisses my neck again.

"Yes, but not today." Mickie hops out of the bed, goes over and closes the door, then locks it. He walks back over to the bed and pulls my tray from over me.

"Happy?" He climbs over me in the bed again. "Two weeks without the P Syd. You gone stop playing and let me get between them legs!" I laugh as he lifts me up onto his lap. I wrap my legs around his waist and I feel him pull my T-shirt off me leaving my breasts exposed. He eyes them with lust fully there. "Damn I missed you..." I don't protest when he grabs one with his mouth and plays with the other.

Light moans escape my lips. "Mmmm, I missed you too." I say it softly in his ear and I hear his belt start to rattle. He starts to kiss back up my body slowly and stops at my lips. He kisses me again, and I end up breaking it when I gasp at him entering.

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~~Dominic~~

The smell of hamburgers wakes me up. I lift up rubbing the itch out of my nose, and look at the clock. It reads two-thirty and I get out of bed and slide some basketball shorts on over my boxers before I walk downstairs. I make my way towards the kitchen and when I walk in Syd is standing at the stove cooking. I walk by and smack her ass before I go sit down.

"Ow!"

"Aw, big daddy got you sore?" She rolls her eyes at me before she goes back to cooking. I laugh and pick the paper up off the table. "Aaayyyeee, Chance got front page! I bet he going crazy right now."

"It's about time you shared the lime light with somebody." Syd walks over to me with a plate filled with fries and a good looking burger. She sets it down in front of me with a glass of sweet tea, and I sit her down in my lap.

"I always share."

"Good." She takes a fry off my plate and I glare at her. "Whaaat, you said you share."

"Okay, I'm going to let that one slide because you are cute." I glare at her as I eat a fry off my plate. She laughs and pecks my cheek before she gets off my lap.

"Boys, food's ready!"

"Boys? I only remember making one." I hear little feet storm down our steps and Sav and another boy run into the kitchen. "Who's kid is this?"

"Mickie, this is Savion's new friend Zymir. This is the little boy he met at the park yesterday."

"Whoooaaa, you're Dominic Adams!" The Zymir kid runs up to me with big eyes.

"Yep, are you a fan?"

"Yessir! I even got your jersey to prove it." He turns around and I just now realize that he is wearing a Dolphins jersey. I see Adams written across the top of the back and I smile.

"My man, you welcomed back over here any time!" I raise my hand and he turns around and gives me a high five.

"Okay, okay. Time to eat you two." They both run to the living room and Syd brings them their food.

"Mommy, can Zymir stay the night?"

"It's up to Zymir's mom."

"She don't care."

"Okay then, there goes your answer." I laugh as Syd walks back into the kitchen. She goes into the refrigerator and pulls out a big ass salad. She is always eating something healthy. I won't complain though, because the results are beautiful. I watch her ass as she bends over in the refrigerator. Woo, it just got hot as hell in here... "What are you looking at?"

I realize she is back out of the refrigerator now and she is standing at the counter eating. "You."

"Why?"

"Because I can!" I stick my tongue out at her. She does it back. All these years and she is still immature as f**k. Not that I am any better. "You know...you're reeealllyyy pretty." I wiggle my eyebrows at her.

"Mhm, so...what do you want?" I get up from my chair and carry my plate to the sink, then I walk over to her and wrap my arms around her.

"Oohhh nothing, just wanted to ask if we canwehavefourthofJulyatourhousethisyear?" I grin at her. She laughs and takes a bite of her salad.

"I don't know. That sounds like a lot of work."

"Pleeeeaaaasssseeeeee, babe I already told the guys I would!"

"Okay okay, whatever." I kiss her on the cheek.

"Thaank you. You are the best wife ever!"

"Girlfriend."

"Psh, we live in the same house, we have a child, and I be tapping that ass on the regular. As far as I am concerned...we are married!"

"Aaawww," she says this as she pats my cheek, "not until a ring is on this finger boo!"

Tuh, whatever. It's going to happen sooner than she thinks. I have a plan.

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Special S/O to the two girls who's names I used:

@BiggMad & @_its_mee_Maya ! << You guys are beautiful! <3

Other S/Os:

@Kp_Chica724

@_LoveMe_

@HelloKitty36

@MercedesLoveXoxo

@DejaaBoop

@erica13

@Jammin_Arielle- I gave you this S/O simply because you made me see Dominic Jr. in a different way, & you were the first to mention it.

@AryelHaith & @nishagotem ! I wanted to use the two names Mekhi & Zymir so MF bad I almost gave that boy four names just so I could, but then I was like....just make some characters that would have those names...so...I already used Zymir and you'll see who's name is Mekhi.

Again THANKS TO EVERYONE for the lovely names.... It's been real. <3 <3