by Lee Heaven
Jonathan, Decker’s father walked into the room and scooped the twins up in his arms like they were just to sacks of potatoes, Josie was hot on his heels, no doubt up to some type of trouble. But which one was the instigator, Jonathan or Josie, was always hard to tell, those two were just plain trouble together.
Josie planted a kiss on Sarah’s cheek and yelled “Have fun mommy, I’ll see you when you get back,” as she followed Jonathan out of the room.
Sarah shook her head, “You would think he was her parent. That girl doesn’t need me if he’s around.”
“I think it’s his waffles,” I laughed at her. “Have you ever had one? Those things are like little circles of heaven. Besides be happy they love each other so much. There are a lot of step-families out there that don’t get that kind of love. Just look at how your step-kids treated you.“
“I know. Come let’s get out of here,” she said as she stood up to leave.
Jimmy and Liam were in the hall waiting with Chrissy, Laura and Chelsea. Chelsea gave us an eye roll as if to say well it’s about fucking time. Sarah raised one eyebrow at her and she looked away. We all knew not to mess with Sarah.
We all piled in the elevator and dropped down into the parking lot. Then we were all in the car and on the way to the airport. Soon we were standing in that same private hanger getting ready to board the same private plane.
“Alright I have to ask, we’ve dropped off and picked up the guys so many times and it’s always this plane, this hanger, same captain. Which one owns this plane?”
Sarah and Laura exchanged a knowing glance before Sarah turned to me. “It’s Daniel’s actually. Apparently he is the heir to some big cotton farm in Mississippi. He’s worth billions. More than Decker, Tobias, Roman and Tyler put together.”
My mouth dropped open. No way. I couldn’t believe it. Daniel? Really?
Laura continued, “He’s worth almost as much as Bill Gate’s. But you’ll never see him on any list. He hates the business and has people running it for him. About ten years ago, yeah that sounds right that’s just when I met Roman and Decker gave Daniel a job. Man I’m old. Anyways Daniel just didn’t want to be a cotton farmer and walked away to be a body guard. I don’t think Decker even pays him. Does he?”
We all looked at Sarah who shook her head no. Wow I never would have guessed that he was worth so much. I’ve seen his apartment its small. He leads a very simple life for a man with a shit ton of money. But then again I guess the saying is true, money doesn’t always make you happy. Apparently, Daniel wasn’t happy with everything at his disposal.
I sat down in one of the seats and was about to pull out my phone to shut it off when it beeped. Taking it out I saw a text from Janie.
*House is sold. Wired money to ur account*
I shot her a text back saying thank you. I couldn’t keep the house after what happened and told her to sell it for whatever she could get for it. I didn’t care how little or big the amount was, I just wanted to be rid of the house and the memories it had. If I never saw the place again that would be fine with me, hell let the fucking place burn to the ground for all I cared.
Soon we were in the sky and off to where ever they were taking me. I had a feeling everyone knew but me. What the hell was Tobias keeping from me?
I watched as the murky grey water of the northern Atlantic Ocean turned bluer and bluer the farther south we made the trip. I’ve never seen water this blue. I swear you could be neck deep and still see your toes. I couldn’t wait to go swimming in it. Did I even pack my bathing suite?
I sat just staring out the window completely ignoring the conversation that my friends were having all around me. I was stewing in my own pot of self pity. I was mad, sad, pissed off, depressed and so many other emotions just thinking about how Tobias has not asked me to marry him yet.
IT’S JUST NOT FAIR!! My brain screamed at me. I couldn’t even come up with a good enough reason to argue back with myself.
I watched as just over three hours later we descended from the clouds. The Caribbean. Blue water sparkled everywhere. Clear crystal blue water. Shinning sun, which knowingly meant warmth. I needed warmth, New York City was starting to get cold as winter approached faster and faster.
I watched as we flew past what looked like a major airport and headed out further, island after island past. Finally, I saw a small runway and was beginning to think we were too big to land. I held my breath as the plane’s wheels bounced on the dirt track.
A beautiful open airy house came into view. I was smiling as we got off the plane. How could you not. This was heaven. The ocean waves breaking, birds singing and the wind blowing slightly were sounds of heaven.
There was a huge infinity pool, looked like you could swim right out into the ocean. The house looked like it was made from marble. The white stone sparkled when the sun hit it. I ran my fingers over the walls as we walked inside. I was in heaven. I never wanted to leave this place. Who cares about New York City? This place is where I wanted to live for the rest of my life.
Sarah and I walked down one hallway as the girls made their way down another. Obviously someone, has talked to one of the guys because everyone knew where to go without even a question. Sarah shoved me into a room and closed the door before she proceeded to what I would assume to be her and Decker’s room.
I noticed a teal gift bag with grey tissue paper sticking out of it sitting on the bed. I grabbed the note that was sitting on top and opened the envelope.
Schatz, Please wear this. Follow the path and you will find me waiting. Know that I love you with all of my heart, body and soul!
Tobias
I pulled the tissue paper out of the bag and pulled out the beautiful white sundress that had grey and teal flowers embroidered all over the dress. It was beautiful. Something I would have picked for myself.
I slipped off my sandals, shorts and t-shirt and shimmied into the dress. The soft cotton flowed around my body and when I spun in a circle the dress flowed out from around me. I felt like a princess. My Tobias, he knew how to spoil me and this dress was proof of it. I fixed my hair and make-up and headed for the door.
When I opened the door there was a trail of flower petals. They weren’t there before and I giggled to myself knowing the girls were up to something. I followed the flowers through the hallway, into the living room, kitchen and then out the back door.
I walked down the steps and dug my toes into the warm sand. I loved the beach. I always felt calm and serene when I was near. Like the day I walked out on Tobias all those months ago. The first place I ran to was the beach. It was my calming place. And right now as I dug my toes into the sand I was calm and all the worries from the past five months melted away.
I should have come to the beach sooner! I thought as I continued down the path of flower petals.
I walked into a little wooded area and the path was lit with fairy light hanging from poles. I chuckled to myself thinking the fairy lights would have been perfect if the sun wasn’t out.
As I got to the end of the path I stopped dead in my tracks and new that my make-up was about to be ruined.
There standing in front a beautiful arch was Tobias. He was dressed in grey linen shorts and a teal cotton shirt. Decker, Tyler, Jimmy and Roman were next to him in the same outfits. On the other side Sarah, Chrissy, Chelsea and Laura were lined up wearing teal dresses with grey flowers embroidered on them.
Liam stepped up in the middle of the group wearing a white shirt instead of the matching teal ones. I knew right away he was there to officiate. Tristan stepped up next to me and extended his elbow for me to hold and then handed me the most beautiful teal Orchid flower to hold.
“Last chance to run away with me, doll face,” he whispered in my ear.
I couldn’t help but laugh. It was all too perfect. I kissed his cheek and he walked me down the rest of the flower covered sand path. I was finally getting married. I was finally marrying Tobias.
***
It was pe
rfect. I couldn’t have planned anything better. I was actually mad that I didn’t get to plan it at all. Someone was about to get an earful from me.
Then Tobias spoke, “I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love. I vow to love you, and no matter what challenges might carry us apart, we will always find a way back to each other.”
I smiled at him then giggled, “You totally stole that from Channing Tatum in “The Vow.””
He smiled back at me, “Hey give me a break this was all last minute.”
I couldn’t help but giggle some more. “Wait, fuck! I don’t have anything prepared!”
Sarah tapped me on the shoulder and handed me a piece of paper. I unfolded it and read it to myself. I was laughing again. Of course he stole his vows from the movie so why wouldn’t I have stolen my vows from it too. So I began to read the lines that Rachel McAdams read.
“I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness, and to have the patience that love demands. To speak when words are needed, and to share the silence when they’re not, and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.”
With shaky hands we both placed rings on each other and then Liam said it was time to kiss the bride and that we were now officially married. Tobias bent and kissed me, pulling me into his warm hard body.
I sighed…my husband!
Food, alcohol and dancing went way into the night. It was well past three in the morning by the time Tobias and I made our way back to our room. When the door clicked closed, Tobias wrapped me in his arms and kissed me with so much passion I thought I was going to melt.
He peeled the dress up over my head and as it floated to the ground my fingers worked on the buttons of his shirt and pants. When we were both left standing in nothing but our underwear Tobias walked me backwards towards the bed.
Laying down he covered my body with his and kissed all over my body. Down my neck. Across my arms. My left breast. Then my right breast. Down my stomach, stopping to run his tongue around my belly button. Over my hips and down my legs. His hands spread my legs further apart. His finger tore through the lace of my panties leaving two pieces of fabric hanging on my legs.
His tongue and fingers caressed my wet sex and I was panting and pulling on his hair within seconds. His tongue moved in rhythm, up down, flick, flick, deep inside, up, down, flick, flick, deep inside, over and over. I was cruising towards a third orgasm when he stopped and kissed his way up my stomach again.
His cock slid into my wet sex with no protest. Tobias rocked his hips slowly as his lips made their way up my breasts and neck. My hips met his in a slow sexy loving way. We weren’t just having sex, he was making love to me. His hands moved from my breast to my neck then to my hair. He was feeling everything and taking everything. My third orgasm crested and I was floating.
Tobias picked up his rhythm and was moving faster. His pelvic bone was rubbing my clit and not allowing my orgasm to fade. I could tell Tobias was close. His grunting was getting louder and his pace was moving faster and faster.
Just as my fourth orgasm crested I felt Tobias’s cock jerk inside me and he slammed into me one last hard time before his hut cum was releasing inside me. He stayed on top of me for a few long minutes. He rolled to the side and gathered me with him. Our legs tangled together and I laid me head on his chest. I listened to the sound of his racing heart and smiled knowing that it was me who had made that happen.
As his heart rate slowed I closed my eyes and fell asleep listening to the beat of his heart. Twice more during the night Tobias and I woke up to make love only to fall back asleep wrapped in each other’s arms.
It was well into the following afternoon when we finally emerged from the bedroom starving. Sarah and Chelsea were in the kitchen cooking away and I joined them.
Two days later everyone had left to go back to the city and only Tobias and I were left on the island to enjoy another week of a private honeymoon. We made love over and over, any where we could find. The bed, the kitchen, the couch, the pool, down on the beach in the warm sun and sand, it was magical and peaceful.
All worries were gone. I didn’t have one nightmare that week. I felt safe and loved. I had my wonderful husband and my friends back home. Who needed more than that? My life was now complete and with the love of my life. Tobias!
Epilogue
“You squeeze a watermelon out of your ass and then tell me to stop screaming,” I gritted through my teeth at Tobias.
How fucking dare he tell me to stop screaming as I tried to shove his kid out of me. While my pregnancy was very uneventful, I could not say the same for my labor. I’ve been in labor for thirty-two hours and have been pushing for four hours. This freaking kid just doesn’t want to come out.
“Don’t make me kick you out of the room for being a shit head, you wouldn’t want to miss the birth of your son,” Sarah grunted at him from the other side of the bed.
I knew I would have an ally in Sarah. The rest of our group made a run for it when the Doctor said it was time to start pushing. I was glad Sarah didn’t run because I knew Tobias wouldn’t understand. Sarah had two very rough pregnancy’s, so she knew what labor was about, she experienced birth with her daughter, Josie, but with the twins, who were now six years old, she had to have an emergency C-section, she wasn’t even conscience for it and had to miss out on that wonderful feeling of seeing your kids for the first time. The twins were two days old by the time she woke up out of her coma.
It took Tobias and I five years to get pregnant. We were just about to start some hormones and try invetro-fertilization when the doctor announced I was pregnant. They originally thought that I could be a high risk pregnancy just because we had the complications of trying to get pregnant, but as the months progressed, everything was great and nothing was wrong, so I was no longer high risked.
The girls all hated me, each one of them had morning sickness of some degree and I didn’t even throw up once, which I was so thankful about. I watched Sarah and Chelsea hug the toilet all day for months. Chrissy said she would get it worse at night when she had had her kids. Laura said until she was four months she spent two hours every morning hugging the toilet. But me, well I guess I was just really lucky, not once.
Then they all complained because I had a cute little baby belly. It was just small and round. Really if you didn’t know I was pregnant you probably could have sworn I had just shoved a basketball in my shirt, you know like kids do, because that’s what I looked like. I had no swelling or bloating. It really was the best pregnancy ever.
That is until now. I was once again bearing down with all my might and the doctor saying push harder. I really did just want to kick him in the face, I didn’t care if he was the best ob-gyn in the city, he was pissing me off. I mean really if I pushed any harder I was going to pop a vein in my forehead.
Oh god I was never doing this again. Why the hell would anyone want to do this to themselves? This was so painful and agonizing.
“Five more seconds Maggie, hard as you can, push harder,” the doctor was saying.
Oh god I was about to break his nose with my foot. Push harder my ass. Guys should not be allowed to have a job as an ob-gyn. They have no idea what it’s like to do this. That’s it, I’m gonna pass a law that says ‘No vagina, no ob-gyn license. Go find another field.’
Sarah suddenly squealed, “His heads out! Oh look at all that hair!”
“Alright Maggie,” the doctor said, “one more hard push to get his shoulders out and your good.”
Good my ass. Once again all I could think was ‘no vagina no say.’ Stupid men they have no idea what this feels like. He really was about to get my foot in his face now, but I wanted this kid out of me. So with the last of whatever strength I had left I pushed as hard as I could. I felt as his shoulders squeezed out and when the doctor claimed he was out, I collapsed back on the bed.
The cry that came from the
little person was all my heart needed to get over the past thirty-two hours. When the doctor placed him on my chest the tears started to flow down my cheeks.
“Hi little one,” I said as I ran a finger down his cheek. “You are so beautiful. So gross right now but so beautiful.” I laughed. He was covered in blood and gooey white stuff, but he was absolutely beautiful.
Sarah had quietly slipped out of the room and Tobias was now sitting on the bed next to me. The nurse picked upped the baby and I went to protest when she said “Let me just clean him up and get his measurements. Give me two minutes,” then she walked off.
“Seven pounds, six ounces,” I heard a male nurse read off followed by, “twenty-one inches long. Heart Rate, respiratory, muscle tone, reflex, and color all a two.”
I’m hoping two is a good score. I’ll have to ask later when I was coherent enough to remember. But I’m guessing it’s good otherwise there would be more of a commotion. Right?
He walked back over to me with my baby now all wrapped in a blue blanket and a little blue bonnet, “Congratulation he is beautiful,” he said as he handed me the baby.
I was holding our son and leaning against Tobias just basking in the little boy that was before us. “This is just the beginning isn’t it,” I said as I stroked his cheek. “This is just a taste of how stubborn and a pain in the ass you are going to be. Just like your daddy.”
Tobias chuckled next to me. “I’m not that much of a pain.” He picked up our son and kissed his little forehead.
Soon my room which was filled with medical instruments and lights from the ceiling was transformed back into a quaint little room. You never would have guessed that just thirty minutes ago I was trying to squeeze this little thing out of me and was screaming bloody murder.
Everyone was filing in the room and the baby was being passed around to them. Everyone was commenting on how beautiful he was and how much he was going to be spoiled by everyone in this little family that we have.
