“What’s this?”
“I juiced spinach and carrots while you were in the shower. You can sip on this all day it’s full of beta carotenes or what the fuck ever.”
“You…Colt I drink soda with lunch remember?”
“Not anymore you don’t and you better not let me catch you, that shit’s full of unnecessary bullshit that you don’t need right now.”
“What you researched that too?” She was trying to be cute.
“Yep.” I didn’t care if she got snippy I’m going to look out for her whether she wants me to or not. She slammed out of the jeep muttering to herself while I brought up the rear.
That old fuck Grimaldi was in my place when we walked in.
“How the hell did you get in here old man?”
“Is that anyway to speak to your favorite client?”
“Favorite my ass, we don’t have any business today.” I bypassed him because I’m pretty sure he wasn’t here to see me. We conducted all our business on the phone. That is when he deigned to talk to me; apparently he preferred Kat. A stranger duo you’ve yet to see but leave it to my Angel to tame the beast, ornery old bastard. If I brought something to the table he hemmed and hawed like an old hen but let her present the same thing and he acted like it was the best idea he’d ever heard. Never mind I’d just told him the same shit ten minutes before. I got hip to his shit early, the old fart just liked riling me up so now I just let her deal with him, she’s the one who’d sealed the deal in the first place anyway so might as well.
The two of them had their heads together before I even made it into my office, I’m pretty sure I was the subject under discussion, like I give a fuck. Grimaldi could kiss my ass; he was now part of her network of go to people for some strange reason. Another one to jump on the Colton Lyon is crazy bandwagon. His old ass was lucky I liked him, that and the fact that he’d put my bikes on the map or I would’ve laid his ass out already.
“Lyon I’m taking your wife for a spin in my new ride. Did you see it when you pulled in?”
“No I missed it and she’s not going anywhere she’s got shit to do.”
“Oh come on don’t be a wet shirt we’ll be gone ten minutes tops.”
“Fine but no speeding you old shit.” I knew I didn’t have to worry about that he’s as protective of her as everyone else. That’s my Angel she draws that shit out of people. That’s her con, she looks like an innocent little bit of a girl until you get to know her and find out she’s hell on wheels. I have no doubt she’s the one who’d suggested the test drive and would most probably be the one behind the wheel. My suspicions were confirmed when I heard all the whispering and giggling and the passing of keys. I better go see what those two were up to. I followed them out the door in time to see them speeding out of the parking lot. The shit was just a blur as it hit the pavement and took off. My heart was in my throat as the rest of the crew came out from the shop to see what was going on.
“What kind of engine was that boss? That shit sounded sweet.”
“Fuck if I know it belongs to Grimaldi he took Kat for a test drive.”
“Damn that baby purred out of here. I wonder if he’d let me take it for a spin.”
“I don’t know Jared why don’t you ask him when they get back? Right before I kill his ass for speeding out of here with my wife after I told him no speeding.” I didn’t miss the hidden smiles and smirks; douchebags.
The car came flying back into the parking lot and I saw my wife’s eyes widen when she saw me standing there. Of course she was behind the wheel, just as I’d thought. She climbed out all smiles and walked over to me.
“Look Colt look what Marcus gave me.” Well shit.
“You gave my wife a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport?”
“It’s a wedding gift.” The old bastard smirked at me because he knew he had me. I couldn’t very well make her give back a wedding gift even though it was a two and a half million dollar death trap. I knew just how to fix both their asses though.
“Thanks Grimaldi that’s very nice of you now can we get back to work?”
“Sure I just came by to give Katarina her little gift I know how she loves speed so when I saw this little beauty I knew she had to have it. It’s the only one like it in the states I think there’s only a handful in existence. It goes from zero to sixty in two point four seconds.” Oh he just loved telling me that. I should just strangle his old ass now and get it over with; pain in the ass. Kat was damn near bouncing up and down. Since I’d confiscated her bikes I guess she saw this as her new way to get her speed fix. Over my dead body, first chance I get I’m totaling this shit. I know some stuntmen who would be only too happy to do the job. Jared the ass was already begging her to let him take it for a spin.
“I can see the wheels turning son what’re you up to?”
“Nothing Cy, just plotting how I’m going to get rid of that thing.”
“Now Colt you can’t do that, I know what you’re worried about but our Kat is a sensible girl she won’t take any chances; you can’t destroy it it’s a thing of beauty. That would be like destroying the new Lyon Z five hundred. Come on let her have her toy it’s safer than a bike and at least she won’t try jumping over anything in that. Besides she won’t be driving it for long with the baby coming there’s no place for a car seat.”
Shit. Well there went my day, at least that was all the surprises life had in store for me that day but every once in a while her threat of what the doctor might find the next day would creep up on me and I had something else to worry about.
We’re not going to discuss my meltdown when the doctor told us we were having a girl. That’s a dark day in my history that’s not to be revisited again ever. I’ve threatened to straight up knock the motherfucker out that brings it up. After I came back to my senses I really buckled down. If she thought I was crazy before she hadn’t seen nothing yet. I inhaled all the information I could about baby girls. I still break out in cold sweats every once in a while but no one needed to know that shit. The crew had taken to scattering whenever they saw me coming, because they knew I was going to grill their ass about this fatherhood shit. Even my men thought I had lost my shit, no one understood. There were more whispers and snickers and bullshit in the shop these days than anything else, it was like one of Elena’s hen pack gatherings. Like I give a fuck about their whispers and bullshit. I knew about the disrespectful bets they had going behind my back too and first chance I get I’m breaking my foot off in Jared’s ass because I’m pretty sure he’s the ring leader. They swear I’m going to flake in the delivery room, questioning my manhood. I didn’t dwell on the delivery room too much that shit gave me nightmares whenever I ventured into those waters. Kat on the other hand was just cruising. She blossomed right before my eyes in every way possible, everything about her seemed… I don’t know how to put it into words. It’s like whereas before I always wanted to be inside her or near her, now I needed that shit. Her scent, her looks the way she moved it all seemed magnified somehow. She still wasn’t showing any signs of pregnancy as yet but she was different. The need to be gentle with her added a whole new element to our lovemaking and not only that, but to everything we did. I found myself watching her every move, which I’m sure, was making her crazy but it’s the only way I knew of to deal with my side of this pregnancy thing. She got to carry the baby and I got to worry about both of them.
Things were hopping along pretty well there for a while, she was leaving me alone with my shit and I left her and her posse to whatever the hell they were up to. The kid wasn’t even here yet and already she’d taken over our lives. I didn’t mind though because as the days went by I started to really get into it. I guess her lack of fear worked to ease some of mine. She had a way of always including me in everything that had to do with the baby whether I wanted to or not. Some of that shit was sick but hey, she had to live through it the least I could do was listen. I wondered sometimes about people though, like who the fuck thought it was a good id
ea to compile a list of all the shit that could go wrong and stick it in a book for pregnant women to read? If the shit freaked me out I can only imagine what it did to her. I hid the damn thing somewhere so she couldn’t read it anymore. I now have her doctor on speed dial and I don’t care what anyone says I call whenever the fuck I feel like. So what if it’s not natural for a man to call his wife’s OBGYN just because she has heartburn? Who the fuck cares? That’s what she’s there for isn’t it? Yeah there was no doubt that her doc was going to be of the female persuasion even though everyone swore that this young hot shot at the hospital was the next best thing to Dr. Spock. He looked like a quack to me and there’s no way Mr. Hair plugs and fake tan was getting my wife in stirrups. The fuck!
Anyway we were cruising along fine, she was healthy the baby was healthy according to the doctor and life was as it should be. In other words all was right in my world.
Then I woke up to some shit that no man should ever have to deal with. After a night spent making love to my woman for hours I wake up to the sound of retching. Every time I get used to one thing she throws something new in my fucking lap. Things had been going pretty okay there for a while. No surprises jumping up to bite me in the ass, now I have to deal with this shit. I jumped off the bed and headed for the bathroom to find my woman lying on the bathroom floor sick as a fucking dog. I’m not down with that shit, no way no how.
MORNING SICKNESS
KAT
"Kat, what the fuck?”
"It's nothing Colton I'm just sick." I leaned my head against the cold tile for some much needed relief. I should probably get up off the bathroom floor but what's the point? I'd just be right back here again.
"Sick, sick of what?" He tried to move me but my groan of agony had him moving back.
“Kat what the fuck?” Now he sounded panicked and a panicked Colt is not a good thing he gets crazy ideas when that happens.
"It's morning sickness Colton it's perfectly natural, just let me lay here for a little bit until it passes." I could barely get the words pass the nausea that roiled in my stomach I just wanted to die in peace. Why couldn’t pregnancy come without this little side effect?
"Hell fucking no, this is total bullshit my wife doesn't get sick." He stormed out of the room like a nut.
There was no point in arguing with him. My husband I've come to realize is bat shit crazy. As if I didn’t have enough to deal with before, this whole pregnancy thing has made him completely certifiable. I’m surprised he hadn’t come across morning sickness in one of his thousand and one books as much reading as he does lately.
I heard him yelling at some poor soul on the phone in the bedroom and just rolled my eyes. If I didn’t feel like death warmed over this would be funny.
"Dad, she can't stay like this...what do you mean you gave her something this isn't the first time?"
Oh shit, I'm in for it now. I closed my eyes thinking that would spare me. No such luck; he came back into the doorway and glowered at me.
"Yeah, well whatever you gave her isn't working where's mom? Dad I'm aware that you're a doctor but you don't happen to have a vagina and you've never given birth mom has, put her on the phone."
See, crazy as shit.
"When I get off this phone we're gonna have words babe, you didn't tell me you've been sick for days?" His face was like a thundercloud.
"Colton, go to work." I could barely groan the words out.
"Fuck that I'm working from home until the kid gets here."
"Oh joy."
"Smart ass...mom yeah...."
He was off and running again. Hopefully Elena could calm his ass down because I was so not in the mood for his brand of crazy today. Of course I didn’t tell him that I’ve been sick, the man is worse than a warden. He watches what I eat, and when I eat. If I twinge he over reacts; I’m not sure how we’re going to make it through the whole nine months without him going into cardiac arrest. The only reason he didn’t know before today is because he’s been going into the shop earlier because of a very large last minute order they had to fill and they had to meet deadline. It was a minor miracle that he actually agreed to let me drive myself in later. I’d had to fight for that but I didn’t want him to see me sick because I knew he would react this way. Crazy. Poor Elena I could hear him yelling like a maniac and cussing up a storm.
LYON
I can’t believe she didn’t tell me she was sick, mom said to give her some crackers and some warm tea so I got that shit ready and left it on the nightstand before going to get her in the bathroom. My heart was in my throat and I felt sick myself. I don’t care how much mom says it’s normal this shit can’t be right. The fuck!
“Babe this is fucked you don’t keep shit like this from me.”
“Colt you’ve been crazy ever since we got back home; this baby has sent you clear over the wall. If I’d told you I’d probably end up in the hospital for the rest of this pregnancy.”
“That doesn’t sound too bad.” I lifted her in my arms after cleaning her up in the sink. She was still so light, too small to be that fucking sick.
“I don’t like this Angel maybe we should call the doctor and see if there isn’t something we can do, dad’s a quack he doesn’t know shit about babies anyway his specialty is the heart.”
“Colt, just let me lie down okay I’ll deal with your nuttiness later you should go to work I’ll meet you there later.”
“Fuck that I’m not leaving you here like this what the fuck!”
“It doesn’t last I promise, in a little bit it will be gone.”
I helped her get settled in the bed and made her as comfortable as possible lying down behind her with my hand on her bare tummy until she fell asleep. As soon as I knew she was okay I eased off the bed and left the room. There was no way I was leaving her now I’d make myself crazy if I did.
“Hey Jared I need a solid bro, Kat’s sick so I won’t be coming in until later if I do at all. You know what to do we have that pickup today for the three reds make sure everything’s set. Cy knows where the paperwork is, if you guys run into any trouble just give me a call.”
“Is she okay the baby alright?”
“It’s morning sickness or some shit I have to get back to her in case she wakes up sick again.”
“Okay bro let me know if you need anything. I’ll tell the guys you won’t be coming in until later or we’ll see you tomorrow, maybe I’ll come by later.”
“That’s cool. Did you know about this morning sickness shit?” He and Kat were still best buds and they were always up to some shit together. I have to threaten his ass at least once a week because he lets her get away with stupid shit.
“I plead the fifth.”
“My ass bro, you should’ve told me.”
“Colt, brother you’ve been insane for the last few weeks like totally gone, she didn’t want you to worry.”
“Just remember it will be your turn one of these days and payback is a bitch.”
I hung up and went to grab one of my books, yes I read up on everything to the entertainment of my wife. I read the confusing shit about how everyone’s symptoms were different and that some people had to be medicated or even hospitalized according to the severity of their symptoms, which scared the piss out of me.
She woke up about an hour later like nothing happened, that shit was freaky. Here I am expecting her to be half way to dead again which would fuck with my head and she’s all smiles and teasing me.
“How’re you feeling Angel?”
She tested her body, rubbing her hand over her stomach and moving from side to side.
“Good I feel good, how bout you?”
“I’m not the one who was puking Kat, cut that shit out isn’t there something to stop it? The book only says how to deal with it but it doesn’t say shit about how to prevent it.”
“That’s because it’s natural Colt; listen.” She sat up and took my hands in hers.
“You have got to stop freaking out over every li
ttle thing, we’re supposed to be enjoying this time, we’re having a baby I’m not dying.”
“Don’t say that word.”
“Colton Lyon I cannot believe you’re this afraid of a little baby.”
“I’m not afraid of the baby babe, I just don’t like you being sick I can’t deal with it. I just want everything to go smoothly.”
“ It will I promise now do you wanna fool around?” She grinned up at me, so fucking beautiful it hurts. I placed my hand on her still flat stomach while looking into her eyes.
“I love you Angel, so much. Are you sure?” Shit I’m always hard around her anyway.
She reached up and pulled my face down to hers for a kiss. I kissed her with everything I had in me; all the love and devotion and gut deep longing that was never far where she was concerned.
I kissed my way down her face to her stomach where my child laid being as tender as I could.
“Hey you in there take it easy on your mom and I’ll buy you your first car when you’re sixteen.”
“Colton, don’t bribe the baby.” She laughed and scratched my scalp.
“Whatever.”
I kissed all over her tats that bore my name; the little jewel in her navel twinkled at me as I made my way down to the matching one in her clit where I tongued her making her body dance. I watched her face as I spread her open for my tongue, licking deep into her thrusting my tongue back and forth inside. Her pussy was hot and sweet. I ate her until her juices flowed freely into my waiting mouth.
“Please Colt.”
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