: : Summary : : The first in a series that I'm writing about Evelyn and Rick's adventures in raising Alex. Starts when he's a baby, and he get's older each time another story is written!
Rick took it all in as Evie bent over Alex stroke his cheek with her hand. "Will he be okay?" the ominous question loomed over the couple like a cloud. "I'll call tomorrow to check on him, but I think he'll be just fine. He's awefully young to have a slight concussion, but he bumped right on his soft spot, and that's a pretty tender spot when you're his age. Good day." He too his leave, as Rick walked him to the door and back to the babies room where Evie was rocking Alex. "I feel awful." He sighed and knelt down in front of her and his son. "If I hadn't startled him, I suppose that he wouldn't have hit his head." He laid his own head on Evie's lap kissing Alex's foot lightly, as it was right in front of him. "Rick, it wasn't your fault. You didn't have anything to do with this honey, you're a wonderful father. He would have bumped his head any other way, and nothing was going to stop that. We just can't be there for him every single time he gets a bump, and don't ever think it's your fault." She reassured, standing lightly to carry him into their room. "Is it okay with you to have him sleep in our room tonight?" "Fine with me." He stood and followed them into the master bedroom
closing, but not latching, the door behind them.
After Evie laid him into bed, they changed into their own night clothes and snuggled together on the comfy mattress. "When he stopped breathing I panicked." She broke the silence, and looked up at him, resting her chin on his chest, her fingernails lightly
scraping. "When you told me he had stopped breathing I panicked." He admitted, and pulled her close to him. "But hey. I suppose it's all part of growing up, and I don't just mean for him. We're going to grow too." He smiled, and leaned over kissing her. "I guess so."
A few days had passed, and Alex was back to his old self. Running and playing, and breaking and getting yelled at. All things were well with the O'Connell's, another step in the adventure.
The End