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[foultarnished96]

He snorted a little and shook his head. “Slow my ass.” He chuckled. “I’ll patiently wait for you to tell me the next day how things didn’t go slow at all.” He chuckled.

Maya had woken up too warm to the sound of her dads snoring and wriggled her way down, going to find her mom, hugging her leg tightly and crying. “Mommy! Daddy make too much noise!” She cried, always grumpy when she first woke up from her naps.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah rolled his eyes and laughed some "Listen man I'm actually taking my therapist's advice, slower for now. I don't want to hurt her again." He explained.

Max looked down at her daughter and have a small laugh "I know baby, but its okay. He'll wake up soon, you ready for dinner?" She asked softly while gently rubbing the top of her head.

 

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He nodded and rolled his eyes a little "Uh huh... Like I said... I'll wait to hear about it later." He chuckled, "You two are on some invisible string type shit." He chuckled, getting up to go take a shower. Him and Nadine were staying with him for the first couple weeks while he got back on his feet some. All three of the band were working on their side hustle stuff for now as well, truly just wanting the best for their friend so happy to take the hiatus.

She nodded and grumbled a little, reaching up for Max to pick her up, just wanting cuddles from her Mom. She was such a daddy's girl with Will but she still had her moments where the only person she wanted was Max. "Mommy you pretty." She told her

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah rolled his eyes and chuckled some "Alright, whatever. I'm gonna head up and play some ganes until dinner." He murmured before going to his game room and playing Fall Guys for now.

Max picked her up and smiled widely "Well thank you baby, you're pretty too." She said sweetly before kissing her cheek "Dinner is just about ready, you wanna go nicely wake up Daddy for me?"

 

[foultarnished96]

The first couple weeks of Carmen and Noah getting back together had gone slow like he'd asked. She'd made sure she got all the information she needed from Nick about what the deal was and where he was really at with his recovery, glad to hear that it had been genuinely going well. It was the first day though that he was driving to hers after Nick and Nadine had left him to live on his own again and Carmen had had a bit of a rough morning. She was still rushing around the house trying to get herself ready for them to go out when the doorbell rang and went to get it, "Hey I... I'm not ready. Come on in though. It's been a hell of a morning.... How fancy is this place you wanted to go again?" She asked him, still flustered and trying to keep it all together.

Will was sat in the green room, a few days into his first set of shows back after everything. It had all been going okay so far but he was struggling more each day. For now he was in a bit of a daze, not sure where they were or what time it was, oblivious that it was a hometown show that Max would be bringing the kids to. He was also unaware that no one had told her how things had been, any checking in she had done she'd been told he was doing great and things were looking good. He knew his songs at least and he could run his vocals and that was all they seemed to care about at the end of the day.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah frowned deeply seeing how flustered she was "Hey....hey whats wrong? You okay?" He asked as he stopped her from going off to continue getting ready. His recovery had been going a lot better and he wanted to take Carmen to a really nice dinner just as a big thank you to her.

Max was there early with the kids hoping they'd be able to spend sometime with him before going onstage. When she got to the greenroom though she frowned deeply seeing how rough he was looking "Will? Babe you okay?" She asked as she made her way over to him ready to scream at everyone in the band and the managers.

 

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She stopped and frowned, taking a deep breath before explaining "I spent all night at the vets with one of the dogs cause he got attacked by another dog on our walkand he's okay but he's gonna be there for a couple days. It's one of my new fosters. Then this morning I woke up and someone was banging the damn door down, they brought back Cujo. Just dumped him here and took off. He was a foster a few months ago and he's the sweetest boy but then I had to take him to the vets cause he was all patchy fur and shit and I just.... It's been a lot." She told him, relaxing a little and leaning against him when he pulled her into his arms.

He frowned a little and looked over at her "Hey... I wasn't expecting you til later." He told her, standing up and hugging her tightly, kissing her head, smiling over at the kids both asleep in the double buggy they'd got. "I'm alright I think... Just tired... Forgot how hard this was." He told her quietly.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah frowned as he listened to her and gently pulled her into his arms "I'm sorry you've had a rough day babe. Why don't we order in instead, whatever you want and then we take a nice bath? Do all the pampering you love to do?" He asked quietly while he rubbed her back gently.

Max gave a small nod and pecked his lips "Okay, you sure?" She asked quietly starting to feel her worry get worse as she watched him.

 

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She frowned “but you got all dressed up.” She sighed. “Are you sure?” She asked him, relaxing more when he nodded. “Thank you. We can go out next time.” She promised. “I’m really craving some wingstop.” She told him. “I got a tahirt you can put on. I don’t want you getting your nice shirt filthy.” She suggested, going to get them each a drink. “How’s your day been?” She asked him.

He nodded and smiled, going to pick up baby Will out of the push chair and cuddled him close. “How’s your week been?” He asked her, wrapping his spare arm around her shoulders

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah smiled some and shook his head "Don't worry about it." He murmured pecking her cheek before going to change. He came back and sat down with her "Its been alright, been working on some music, just more personal than Bad Omens."

Max pecked his cheek and sighed some "Its been long, Will wasn't feeling all too well, but he's better now. Maya was mad that I was having to give him even more attention." She explained quietly

 

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She nodded and yawned a little. “Is it stuff you wanna release or just for you?” She asked him curiously, going to sit in his lap, wrapping her arms around him tightly, inhaling his familiar smell and just relaxed a little more. “I have a potential adopter for Jojo and Sadie by the way.” She told him.

He nodded and just watched his son, sighing a little. “I’ll be home in a week anyway, should help her ease up some.” He sighed. “I love you by the way. Did I ever tell you?” He smiled, pulling her in closer but looked up when they came to grab him for a quick meeting before it would be time to start warming up

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah cuddled her close to him "Just for me. Oh? Who is it?" He asked a bit disappointed that they were getting adopted. He'd grown quite fond of the dogs and had been toying with the idea of adopting them himself.

Max kissed him lovingly before taking Will "I love you too." She said gently just before he left for the meeting. She smiled softly seeing Maya wake up after they left "Hey princess."

 

[foultarnished96]

“Some woman from Big Bear. The rescue are meeting me and her here tomorrow to meet them. Seeing how it goes. I’ll be sad to say goodbye but glad they get a forever home.” She told him. “I do miss the days when you would jam for the sake of it.” She murmured, “I was going to ask…. I have a work trip coming up in a few weeks, not far, just up north a little. I was wondering if you might wanna join me as you’re not working. It’s not a resort. I’m staying in an Airbnb. Little house. But I have a few events with the same client. It’s a really quiet beach town.” She told him, finally pulling away to look at him again.

He was talking to them for about ten minutes before coming back, having a little time with maya and finally starting to warm up, still feeling not quite right but trying to put it down to tiredness. By the time he was ready to go on he had a couple more minutes holding maya and finally pecked maxs cheek and headed out to the stage.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah nodded some and smiled a bit "Yeah I'd like that, a nice quiet get away with you." He murmured before pecking her lips "You'll let me know about Sadie and Jojo though right? I was uh....I dunno if that foster doesn't work I was thinking about maybe trying for them..."

Max smiled widely as she saw him get on stage hearing the crowd roar for them. She was videoing Maya as she was head banging through one of the songs when she heard his voice faulter a bit. She looked up frowning when she saw him standing with his back to the crowd as he tried to compose himself a bit. It wasn't until he turned back around and took a few steps that he fell. She went wide eyed and held Maya back while their manager and others ran out to help.

 

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Carmen sighed quietly to herself, and nodded "I promise that I will... But it's looking really likely that it will be a good fit for them." She told him, pulling away only a little to peck his lips "Let me go get my phone and we can get dinner ordered." She murmured, "Josh will probably walk in at some point by the way." She warned him, smiling a little as she looked back at him "Oh, how did your group therapy go today?" She asked him curiously and gestured for him to follow her to the lounge instead.

He was barely aware of people getting him back up and moving him off the stage, back to the green room, getting him to sit on the couch but he could barely tell who was talking to him, let alone what was happening, "What... Where am I? What's going on?" He asked, looking a little scared and just so very confused

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah pouted a bit but nodded "Well as long as they'll be happy and loved then thats what matters." He said before standing up to follow her to the lounge "It went alright, didn't get much time to speak today. We had a new guy join and he was very happy to share." He said with a small chuckle "But other than that it went good, traffic thankfully wasn't terrible. One thing I hate about it sometimes is the traffice coming back."

Max pushed her way through the people shouting for them to get out of her way. She was furious at the moment and just wanted to get to her husband. "Some one call an ambulance!" She yelled as they all stared at her with dumbfounded eyes.

 

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He frowned as he watched his manager step over and get her to calm down, vaguely aware of a couple people coming to check him over, his eyes still on his wife, even when one of the people who had been shining a light in his eyes and asking him questions walked over to talk to her.

“You’re the wife?” The event medic asked her. “He’s okay. He doesn’t need a hospital. All vitals and everything look good. We were given some information ahead of time anyway… he should go home and rest though.” She told her, frowning at one of the other band members who was butting in and insisting he’d be fine by the morning to continue. “Sit with all due respect I’m saying he’s fine because right now he is. But if he is continually put into high stress environments like this he won’t be.” She told him firmly, looking back to his wife. “I would be taking him home.” She insisted.

She nodded and yawned a little, getting settled on the couch with him, waiting til they finished ordering their food and put her phone down for a bit, taking his hand in hers. “I know that you want us to take this slow. And I understand why…. I will do what is best for us to make sure we can both stay on track…. But I’m not gonna keep it in any longer either. I love you… and I missed you. I was so angry with you for what you did but I do mean this when I say I truly believe that we are meant to be together.” She told him quietly.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max nodded in agreement with the medic and took a deep breath "Alright, I'll take him home tonight." She said before glaring towards the guys when they started to protest "Find the someone else to do it then if your tour is that important! I'm taking him home!" She spat before gathering their things.

Noah smiled softly and pecked her lips "I love you too, and I have missed you more than anything." He said softly before pulling her to him again to cuddle

 

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She smiled tiredly at him and just relaxed into the space she had always been most comfortable, watching Jojo walk into the room and make a beeline for Noah, trying to nudge Carmen off his lap to make room for himself as well, shaking her head a little. “Ohhh I wish you’d told me you were thinking about adopting them yourself.” She sighed.

Will sat there still in a bit of a daze, eventually looking to max when she had crouched in front of him. “Where are you going? I don’t … I don’t wanna be here on my own.” He told her quietly, looking a little scared.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Noah smiled widely as Jojo came over and he immediately gave him some love "Yeah I wish I had said something a bit sooner, but I wanted to make sure I was ready to take that responsibility." He told her while he held Jojo to him.

Max frowned softly and kissed his knuckles gently "I'm not going anywhere okay? We're gonna go home baby." She said quietly

 

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He nodded and frowned a little. “How far is it?” He asked her quietly, nodding when she said they were fairly close already, just sitting there still while they sorted out getting his three suitcases to the car, finally getting up with her and followed her and the two children out to the car. “Where are we going?” He asked her quietly, now just exhausted from the whole situation. There had still been some arguing while they sorted out his stuff and he was a little shaken up in his current state.

She smiled a little, “they’re good dogs. All of them are but these two are just special. The woman picking them up is really great though. She’s got a good amount of land and woods out the back of her house. She goes skiing in the winter and is gonna take them on the mountain with her. They’ll be loved.” She promised him.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max got him and the kids situated glaring at the guys when they asked if he could atleast do the show tomorrow "No! He's done damn it! Don't fucking ask again!" She yelled before getting in the car and taking her family home.

Noah nodded with a small smile "That sounds like it would be great for them. I hope she is good to them." He said happily before kissing her cheek gently "Maybe I can get another dog at some point."

 

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Will was quiet the whole drive home, holding her hand as much as she would allow and listening to her ranting for the first half. He helped get Maya into the house as they got back, having come to his senses a little more by that point, eventually meeting her up in their room and reached for her to come closer while he was sat on the edge of their bed, "I'm sorry." He told her quietly. "I know... I know you don't like me saying it.... but I mean it." He told her

Carmen smiled a little and nodded, having a good rest of the evening with him, eventually letting him leave when it got late, watching the way he lingered with the two dogs for a while longer before finally leaving and she waited patiently for him to text her that he'd got home safe with a little selfie before making her own way to bed. She appreciated that they needed to take it at his pace but she was itching to get to spend the night with him again. By the next afternoon she was locking up the house and making her way over to his, having promised to make him her best sausage pasta that he liked, ringing his doorbell and wairting til he answered, "Hey handsome, could you come help me get my stuff out the back? I've done my shoulder in." She told him, having a bit of a surprise for him. The woman had never shown up to her place and she had managed to have a good chat with the rescue and come to an agreement.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max held onto him and let a few tears fall "I'm not mad at you, I'm mad that they kept telling me everything was going great." She said softly before kissing the top of his head repeatedly.

Noah nodded giving her a small frown "You okay?" He asked as he walked to her car smiling widely seeing the dogs in the back "Hey! What are they doing here?! I thought that lady was coming to get them?" He asked while he quickly let them out to give them some love.

 

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She nodded and smiled "I thought I would personally drop them off with their new owner." She told him, all their stuff was in the back seats as well "They're gonna come do a house check in the next few days but if you're at an appointment I can come be the one to do it with them if you like.... But she never showed up. Guess she changed her mind." She told him, laughing when he picked her up and spun her round, "Noah!" She laughed.

He nodded slowly and held onto her "I wanted it to work.... I wanted to work." He mumbled, "Maybe... Maybe touring is done though for me." He mumbled, rubbing at his face, his other arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her in close while he buried his face into her stomach. "I love you." He murmured, "You comin' to bed?" He asked her quietly.