Loved

Loved
Mark's POV

I walk into Jordan's room, he was sitting on his bed, playing a game on his phone. I pull a chair out from his desk and I sat down. He doesn't look at me.

"I will move you out of there." I say.

"You don't have to, I can face the piece of sh^t." he says.

"Jordan." I say sternly.

"What? Are those your words?" he asks as he looks at me.

"You will speak to me with respect, I am your father and when I talk to you, you will put that thing down." I say.

He puts the phone down and he looks at me. "Happy now?" he asks.

I glared at him. "Work on your respect." I say. "If you want to move schools, I can easily do that. If you want to stay and face him, then so be it. But he will continue to bully you. They don't stop. I can be a father that goes to the school and report it." I say.

"I can face him." he insists.

"I do not want you to be in fights. If this escalates, then everyone will know. We are in the media at times and when it gets out that my son gets into gifts at school, its all on me. I am on the board of schools. Do you think that this is going to look good on me?" I ask him.

"I guess not," he shrugs.

"You have a lot to learn." I say. "Your mother and I went through so much before we had any of you. We always went through a lot while she was pregnant with Lana. Do not put us through anything that could ruin this family in the media." I say.

"Fine. Why did you and mom decide to have us? I mean...all five of us? I can see that it is a lot to handle." he says.

"I was an only child and I always felt lonely. Grandma wasn't the best mother to me, she was a bad motherly figure who wasn't always around. She treated me as if I didn't exist. She had tea parties with her friends in the back garden. Your granddad was a very good man, he spent a lot of time with me, teaching me about business. I don't regret it because I made Sternpoint a massive company. He would've been proud." I smile, thinking about it.

"That is what you are doing with Lana." he says.

"Yes, my mind had already been set on her when she was still in your mother's belly." I say. "Lana and I were close. As your mother and I had more kids, she got older. Things changed in her personality." I shrug.

Jordan chuckles, " She gets it from you, dad. She is the female version of you, your personality but not so bad as you." he says.

"So I'm that bad." I say.

"Sometimes." he says.

"Well, I always wanted three kids. One day, I had a dream and in it were four kids. I told your mother that I wanted four. I simply didn't want to have one child that would be as lonely as I was. Your mother grew up the same way. We didn't plan Mason. He was our surprise baby." I say.

"I know that you and mom are trying with us all. But the only one that I see is being left out, is Weston. The other day when uncle Reggie dropped him at home, he was in a mood. I asked him what was wrong and he said that you missed his game. It was the first time since you started watching his games. He took it to heart, dad."

Immediately I felt bad about it. I missed his game. Jordan is correct, he is the only one that is being overlooked and I really need to make time to spend with him. He needs me as a father.


Gray's POV

I stood away from Jordan's room as I eavesdropped on what they were talking about. I felt bad about Weston. I should also be there for him as a mother. I smiled at the rest of the conversation that I heard. I walked away from the door and I went downstairs where Weston is now putting together an aircraft.

I sit down on the sofa, Scarlett is watching her programs on the television. "Weston, can we talk for second?" I ask.

"Okay." he says as he places a piece of that aircraft on the coffee table, gets up and sits next to me.

"Do you have a schedule of when your next games are?" I ask.

"Yes, I do." he says.

"Well, can you give it to us so that we can go and watch your games? It is best that we have a schedule so that we can know the dates and time in order for us to work around our schedule to watch you. Dad and I really want to be there, but we want to have a schedule."

"Really?" he asks a bit hesitantly.

"Yes, honey. We want to be there." I say with a smile.

"I will give it when I'm done with my aircraft." he says.

"You are doing great." I say "Dad and I are going to take you out tomorrow evening for supper and you get to choose where you want to go." I say.

"That will be nice." he says.

"It will only be the three of us." I tell him.

"That is cool!" he beams and he wraps his arms around my neck as he hugs me.

"It will be our quality time." I say and he pulls away.

"You're the best mom." he smiles.

"I love you, never forget that." I say to him.

"I love you more mom," he says and he goes back to building his aircraft.

I love to see my kids smiling and being happy. I try to always be the mom who can put smiles on their faces, unlike Mark, he is more on the strict side. Nothing changes his mind unless I get through to him, which can sometimes be a challenge.

From now on, Mark and I will need to have schedules for when each one has activities come up so that we do not miss them. I don't want us to leave anyone out. They should be able to feel that we are there for them and that they are loved.

They are loved and we need to show it more to them.