All Chapters of Six Like the Number: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

*Axle's POV*As I’m waiting outside, I feel strangely nervous. What if he doesn’t like me? When I see Six walk out with the little boys hand in hers, I can’t help but smile. They walk up to me and she says, “Theo, this is Axle. He’s going to come with us to the park.”I kneel down so that I’m at his level and say, “Hi Theo.”“Hello,” he says back. I can’t get over how much he looks like Six. Up close, it’s even moreobvious. He has her same blonde hair and exactly the same greenish-blue eyes.“Can we go to the park now?” He asks me. I look up at Six and she says, “Yeah, buddy, we’regoing now.” I stand up and she starts walking. I look down when I feel a little hand grab mythumb and see Theo holding on to me. I look at Six and she’s smiling at me. My heart squeezes and I can’t help but smile back at her.Once we ge

*Axle's POV*The rest of the week passes by in a flurry of school and band practice at Nate’s place. It’s currently Friday at lunch and we’re all sitting at our usual table.“So what’s our plan for Halloween? I heard Liz might be throwing a party.” It’s next Friday, the night before our gig.I turn to Six and say, “What time are we bringing Theo trick-or-treating at?”She looks at me in shock, “We?”“Yeah.”“You don’t have to come.”“I want to.” She smiles a little.“Okay, well

*Six's POV*I get off of my chair and move to sit on Axle’s lap. He cradles me close to his chest and I lie myhead on his shoulder and put a hand on his chest over his heart. I’m not sure how long we sitlike that when Jordan comes back over. I lift my head and try to ignore the hurt in his eyes when he looks at us.“Here, I stopped by your house and grabbed you some comfortable clothes and coffees. I didn’tknow what you take, so yours is just black,” He says to Axle.“Uh, yeah, black is good. Thanks man,” I can tell he’s surprised that Jordan thought to get himone but I’m not. Jordan can be really kind and thoughtful when he wants to be.I get up and take the bag to the bathroom to change. I peel off my jeans, remove the pink blouse I was wearing to dinner and throw on the black leggings and pull the purple hoodie over my head. No surprise Jordan picked this one. he bought it fo

*Axle's POV*The next morning I wake up still curled around Six’s body. I brush the hair out of her face andadmire how beautiful she is. She seems so peaceful it’s almost easy to forget all the shit she’sgone through in her life. After a couple minutes, as though she can feel my gaze, she starts tostir and her eyes flutter open. She rolls herself around to face me and says, “Goodmorning.”“Good Morning baby. How did you sleep?”“Surprinsingly good, you?”“Great.” I say and kiss her forehead.“What time is it?” She asks. I reach behind me for my phone, “It’s almost 7:30.”She groans and starts to get up, saying, “I gotta go get Theo. I’ll be back in like 5 mins and I’llmake breakfast. Feel free to use the shower if you want, towels are in the cupboard under thesink.” She pulls on jean shorts and

*Six's POV*When we get there, Jameson greets us at the door and fist bumps Theo. He likes Jameson a lotwhich is good considering it’s very probable that they’ll be spending a lot of time together in the future.As we head further into the house, I realize how nervous I’m getting. By the time we reach thekitchen, I feel like I’m noticeably shaking. Axle, however, does not seem to notice anything aswe reach his parents.“Mom, Dad, this is Six and Theo. Six, these are my parents. My mom, Irene who you’ve already met and my Dad, Jack.”“It’s nice to see you again,” Irene says and then Jack says, “It’s nice to finally meet you.”I see where Axle inherited his looks from. I would never guess that he’s got a 19 year old son. I shake both of their hands and Jack says, “Have we met before?” while tilting his head to theside.&ldquo