He skidded to a stop and whipped around, then charged straight at her.
“Incoming.” Elias quickly set the drinks aside and caught Kevin right before he barreled into Wren, sweeping him up in an arc over his head while making airplane sounds. Kevin stuck his arms out to the side, laughing as he ‘flew’ through the air.
I want a son. Or a daughter. I want kids. The thought had been popping up so often lately that it didn’t freak him out anymore. Now he just needed to bring it up with Wren and see where she was at.
Elias set Kevin down, but before letting go of him, he said, “Okay, if you want to see the drone, you have to sit crisscross applesauce on the grass.”
“As soon as you’re sitting I’ll run to my car and get the drone,” Wren added. “But you have to still be sitting when I get back. Think you can do that?”
Kevin nodded like a bobblehead.
“Okay, start counting and see how fast I can go.” Wren crouched like she was on the starting line. “And…go!” She took off sprinting and Kevin started counting. In the meantime, April jogged over.
“You and Wren don’t have to watch my kid,” she told Elias.
“No, it’s no problem. Go grab a drink or a burger. We’ve got him.”
Wren came running back, carrying the drone case.
“Are you really going to show him that?” April asked her.
“Yup, I said I would.”
April dropped down beside Kevin. “I’ll just?—”
“No.” Wren waved April off. “Go take a break. Enjoy some adult time. We’ve got him.”
April looked close to panicking. “All right, Kevin, you listen to every word Wren says. Donottouch the drone. Donottouch the landing pad. Don’t touch anything. As a matter of fact, sit on your hands.”
“April, it’s okay, I promise,” Wren said gently as she set the case on the ground and sat cross-legged. “He won’t break anything, and my drone’s insured anyway. Besides, it’s really pretty tough.”
“Mom,” Kevin said. “I won’t break it. Promise.”
“See? You have his word. He won’t break it.” Wren pointed toward a table across the yard where a bunch of their friends were talking and drinking wine. “Now, take a break and go have some fun for once.”
“Okay, fine.” April stood up. “But your next five lattes are on me.”
“Just vamoose.” Smiling, she waved April off.
“Vamoose, Mom!” Kevin laughed and threw his head back like a howling wolf. “Vamooooose!”
April put her hands on top of her head, fingers spread across her scalp as she walked away. “You’ve been warned.”
“All right, Kev.” Wren opened the drone case. She took out a controller and popped her phone into it. “This is how we control the drone. We can see what the drone sees with this app right here on my phone, see?”
Wren took the launch pad out and spread it on the ground. Then she picked up the drone and unfolded it. She pointed out all the parts one by one and what they did.
Elias watched her sitting cross-legged on the grass, talking to Kevin like he was a little adult. The boy hung every word.
She’s so good with kids. He smiled and took another sip.
Doesn’t automatically mean she wants them though. He frowned.
Over the past two months as he’d gotten to know her better, the more he learned, the harder he fell in love. But the one thing they hadn’t discussed was starting a family. It never seemed to come up in conversation.
“And this is my favorite part on the whole entire drone,” Wren said. “The camera.”
Kevin had sat spellbound and silent the entire time she spoke. A miracle.
