NOLA

"And I like buying you stuff, so I gotta work." he said as he pulled up to the front of the hotel. "I'm going to park the car, mom, your room is under my name."

She nodded as they all got out of the car and grabbed their stuff. "We'll meet you upstairs then."

"Okay." He said as he went to go look for parking. It took him a few minutes but he found parking and got out, locking the car and heading up to the hotel room. He'd gotten both rooms with two beds because he didn't know where the kids wanted to sleep. He got to his room and opened the door, "Anyone in here?"

"Just us." Ellie said as she finished changing Sophia's diaper. Maddie and Ajay had knocked out the minute they got into the room, lol.

"You okay?" he asked as he walked in.

"Mhm, I'm fine." she said. "Just trying to keep this one under control so that she doesn't wake the other two up." she chuckled.

"Da." Sophia grinned as she reached for him.

He chuckled and picked her up, kissing her cheek. "Daddy missed you. But Daddy missed Mommy too, so I need you to take a nap so I can kiss on her some."

"Scott." Ellie laughed.

"Mama?" Sophia asked, then looked between the two. She shrugged and sucked on her thumb, resting her head on Colt's shoulder.

"What." He smirked at Ellie and rubbed Sophia's back. "Nap time, little one. We'll play all day when you wake up."

"You're a mess." she chuckled as she grabbed a blanket to cover up Maddie and Ajay, who were on the other bed.

"No." Sophie pouted and then let out a yawn.

"Oh yes." he chuckled and put Sophie down to lay on her stomach. "I'm gonna be here, I'm not going anywhere. You can sleep."

She decided to have a staring contest with him.....until Ellie put a blanket over her and gave her her teddy bear. She eventually blinked a few times to try to keep her eyes open, but failed. "Stubborn child.'

"That's my girl." he chuckled as he watched her sleep. "And my lady." he turned to wrap his arms around her.

She smiled a little and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Hi."

"Hey." he kissed her shoulder. "I missed you."

"I missed you too." she said. "Seeing you in person is waaaaaay better than Facetime."

"It's 'cause I smell good." he joked. "What do you wanna do tonight?"

"Yes, it's exactly why." she chuckled as she shook her head in amusement. "It's up to you." she said. "Well that and it depends on if the kids wake up or sleep through the night. If they do, then you and I could do dinner and walk around. I know your Mom wanted to relax and she offered to stay with them if we wanted to go out."

"Well, what I wanna do requires the absence of children and a whole lot more of this." he playfully grabbed her butt.

"Ohhhh." she blushed. "Well...that will have to be arranged." she chuckled.

"I dunno why you're blushing, you've done a lot worse than that on facetime." he teased her.

"You know, I have one rule and that's to not mention those things." she snorted. "You're such a rule breaker."

"That's why you love me, baby." he kissed her.

She was going to say something back, but she just kissed him instead.

He continued to kiss her for a while before he pulled away. "Children."