#p001.

[jamesxweston]

“Sadie, I don’t know what you want me to say.” James ran a hand over his face, the motion exhausted. He felt like he had been on the phone with his estranged wife for hours. What was supposed to be them working out a schedule for the week had evolved into a tearful (and fueled by wine, James suspected) rant about how James had caused this whole mess. While it was true that their separation hadn’t been helped by the long hours he put into work, James didn’t think it was entirely on him. Sadie hadn’t helped by constantly spending their money or jetting off on the weekends he had free...and didn’t invite him to go along with her. They just weren’t a good match and if it weren’t for their two kids, James knew he would’ve walked away a long time ago.

Speaking of their offspring, Bethany and Julian, both six and eight respectively, were busy coloring at the kitchen counter as their nanny, Brooklyn, prepared dinner behind them and politely tried to ignore the drama happening in front of her. She really deserved a raise, James mused absently as he tried to make sense of what Sadie was slurring on the other end. He ruffled Brooklyn’s hair and peeked down to see that she had colored her unicorn hot pink. 

“Love it,” he mouthed to her and pecked her forehead before emitting a sigh. “Sadie, I’m gonna go. Okay? Sober up,” he said more quietly so that the kids couldn’t hear, and then continued speaking, “and call me back when you’re ready to talk.” He pressed end before she could argue some more and emitted a sigh. “Smells great, Brooklyn. What are you cooking?” @redvelvetwrites​

[lilipetalss]

Lili: With Charlie bouncing around in her bouncer as Lili sat on the bathroom counter and Cole sat on the closed toilet, all Lili could do was stare at their almost one year old. Charlie truly was the biggest blessing that had ever been hers and she'd never regret her, no matter how painful the journey had been to get her here. She'd go through that pain 10x over if it meant she could watch her beautiful baby girl giggling and growing. But..she also felt relief that she /didn't/ have to go through that pain again and the possibility of having to made all of her muscles tense. She and Cole had really tried to be careful but things happened and now they were waiting for the results of that 'thing'. "This is the longest pregnancy test I've ever taken. Is this thing defective?" Lili finally asked, picking up the test and squinting at it.

[pagingemma]

While waiting for Isabella to make her way over so she could babysit, Emma messed around with her video camera as she aimed it at herself. The last vlog that her and Grayson had posted to their channel had been about two weeks ago, and their promise to their audience was that they’d try to post the most of four vlogs a month. Luckily, they had an understanding viewership that recognized the sporadic schedule of Emma being a nurse and a mom and Grayson being a photographer that sometimes got assignments out of town and state. Tonight was a night they could record, though, at least a little bit of it and Emma already had a fun idea in mind. “Mom and Dad’s night out,” she announced to the camera, grinning. “We’ll see how this goes. Mama’s all done, we’re just waiting for the babysitter to get here..let’s see what Gray’s up to.” She could hear him scuffling around in the bathroom so after doing a quick check to see if he was decent, Emma pushed the door open. “Hey, babe. You getting pretty for me?” @grayshq​

[xfearlesseyes-blog]

“are you gonna say something or are you just gonna stare?” 

when she began feeling his eyes on her wasn’t something she was certain of, but the longer it lasted, the more fidgety she got. she was used to this kind of attention, of course, but having it delivered by the world champion was different, though she couldn’t begin to say why. 

heels clicked on the floor as she stood up from her seat, hands instinctively falling to pull down the skirt of her dress, with her phone still clutched in her hand. glancing back over at the younger man and sunglasses being raised to the top of her head, nicole simply cocked her head and stared right back at him. 

            “------------well?”