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“It can be. But we’ll navigate it together.”
He looked at her for a moment. “Together.”
Dr. Curtis came back into the room and Joey stepped away from J.T. as the doctor handed her the bottle of antibiotics.
“One tablespoon, three times a day. If you don’t see improvement in a day or two, bring him back in.”
“Okay.”
After thanking Dr. Curtis, they drove back to Joey’s house and J.T. carried Finn inside and took him to the bedroom. He then waited in the living room while Joey gave Finn his antibiotics and some fever reducer.
When she came out of the bedroom, Joey went to J.T. and hugged him. “Thank you for coming with me.”
“Of course. Thank you for calling me.”
She stayed in his arms and laid her head on his shoulder. “Can you stay? I just want you here with me.”
“Yes.”
She gave him a light kiss, then took his hand and led him to the bedroom. She checked on Finn one more time, then went to her bed. “You don’t mind just…sleeping?”
J.T. glanced at Finn’s bed, ten feet from Joey’s. “Under the circumstances, it’d be quite inappropriate to expect anything else.”
He sat on the edge of the bed and took off his boots, then looked over his shoulder at Joey. “Do you want me to leave my jeans on?”
“You can take them off. I want you to be comfortable.”
He took off his plaid cotton shirt, and then his jeans, leaving him in a t-shirt and his underwear. Joey left on the yoga pants and t-shirt she’d worn to the clinic. Then they both got into bed. J.T. put his arm around her and she laid her head on his chest.
Joey sighed. “I might actually be able to sleep with you here. This is very nice.”
“Stop talking. Close your eyes and go to sleep.”
“We really should talk about things.”
“We’ll talk tomorrow.”
“Okay. I’ll make you breakfast.”
“Shhh.”
She kissed his neck. “Good night, J.T.”
“Good night, Josephina.”
At some point during the night, Finn called into bed with J.T. and Joey. When J.T. woke up, he found the boy between them. Joey was awake, and she smiled at J.T.
“He does this quite often.”
“I didn’t even wake up.”
She laughed. “He’s a stealth bed crasher.” She leaned toward J.T. and kissed him. “Good morning.”
He smiled. “This is not a bad way to start my day.”
“With Finn in your bed?”
“No. With you in my bed. Or me in your bed. Whichever.”
