Thrive - Side 2

A week passed, and now, it’s time for Abby to head to the doctor to have her stitches checked; we’re optimistic that they will taken out. Taking care of both she and Scarlett was a bit of a challenge, but it is certainly something I would do for them in a heartbeat. However, I am hoping that Abby and I can some alone time before I leave in a week.

“How’s Mommy feeling today?” I asked as she walked out of the bathroom.

“Really good.” she said as I met her halfway.

“That’s wonderful.”

“It’ll be perfect when I get my stitches out. I’m optimistic that’ll be today.”

“If that happens, what do you wanna do?” I said, pulling her closer to me.

“During the day? I don’t know, but I do know what I wanna do tonight.”

She raised an eyebrow suggestively and I got the hint. She wrapped her arms around my neck and I kissed her. I smirked when we separated.

“I love the way you think.” I said, running a hand through her hair.

"Anyway, I'm gonna wake up Scarlett, if she isn't already, and go downstairs to feed her."

"...and I will start breakfast."

“Sounds perfect.” she said, kissing me one last time.

“See ya down there, hot stuff.”

She turned around and walked toward the nursery while I went downstairs to the kitchen. My head was in the refrigerator when she met me in the kitchen.

“Could you hand me a bottle while you’re in there?”

“Of course.”

I reached in and handed her a bottle that she quickly heated to the right temperature for Scarlett.

“Pancakes sound good?”

“As long as they have chocolate chips in them.”

“Of course. Only the best for my amazing wife.”

Abby went to the living room while I cooked.

“Hey.” I said, minutes later.

I plated up breakfast while she put Scarlett in her seat.

“Hey.”

“Ready for breakfast?”

“Of course.”

I walked in and handed her a plate, including a kiss on the cheek.

"This is so fucking good. Thank you."

I laughed.

"Why are you laughing?" she asked between bites.

"Remember the day when you had that pain in your neck not long ago? You refused to swear in front of Scarlett."

"Where?"

She placed her hand at the spot and when I started rubbing it, she groaned.

"Crap. That hurts.”

I held in a laugh.

“You know you can swear if you’d like.”

“I can’t swear in front of her.”

“Abby, she’s six days old. I’m sure she won’t pick up on it.”

She sighed.

“Well, in that case, it fucking hurts.”

“Now, doesn’t that roll off the tongue better?”

She laughed.

She laughed when she didn't have any food in her mouth.

"How could I possibly forget that?" she said, looking over at our pumpkin.

After eating, she hopped into the shower as I took our dishes out to the kitchen and watched Scarlett. Sometime later, I walked into our bedroom to see her working on her hair.

“Hey.” I said.

“Hey.” she said, styling her hair.

“You look so good.”

“Thank you. You don’t look too bad yourself.”

“Sure I’ll look better after a shower.”

“You know, bedhead looks sexy on you. Very, very sexy.”

“I could the same of you.”

When we were at the doctor’s, her knee was moving.

“Anxious, are we?”

“Very much so.”

I kissed her cheek as I held her hand. Five minutes later, the doctor came in and she smiled.

“Good morning.” he said, shaking her hand.

“Good morning.” we echoed.

“How are you feeling this morning?”

“Really good.”

“No pain? Discomfort?”

“None.”

“Let me check the stitches.”

She laid back and he lifted her shirt. There was no pain or discomfort just like Abby had already known.

“Everything looks great. How do you feel about removing these stitches today?”

Abby smiled as she answered. When we were out in the parking lot, she jumped into my arms out of excitement. I laughed and kissed her as she wrapped her arms around my neck.

“I love you.” she said.

“I love you, too.”

I walked us toward my car as she remained in my arms. She let go when we got there and got inside.

“You have any idea on where you want to eat tonight?” I asked.

“Anywhere that has ribs. I need meat.”

“Not just mine?”

She bust out laughing; it felt great to hear her laugh.

“Not just yours, Alex.” she said, shaking her head.

“How’s it feel to laugh?”

“Amazing. It’s hard not to laugh with you in the room, so how I accomplished that is beyond me.”

I smiled and squeezed her hand.

“Ready to pick up our child?” she asked.

“Yep.”

I started the car and off we went to her mom’s house. She knocked on the door and was anticipating to pick her up.

“Hi, honey.” her mom said, answering the door.

“Hi, Mom.” Abby said, hugging her.

“How’d everything go?”

“Amazingly. Stitches are out.”

“That’s so wonderful! Ready for life to go back to normal?”

“Definitely. Not that I minded the special treatment or anything.”

I sent her an inappropriate text message.

“Hey, Alex."

While her mom greeted me, I imagined that she looked at the text.

How about more special treatment tonight?

Wouldn't expect anything less.

"So, how was Scarlett?” she asked.

"An angel, as always."

She knelt down to Scarlett’s level and caught her smiling.

"Mama's all better. Isn't that great?" she asked.

We talked for a few more minutes then we took Kalea and left.

“Any more thoughts on what you wanna do today?”

“Aside from lunch? I don't know."

She laid her head against my shoulder and sighed.

"How about a drive? It's been quite a while since we've done that."

It’s only three days till the boys and I leave to tour in the UK for three weeks. Since Abby is working the next few days until I travel to the UK, we’re spending the day together. I know I’ll be sleeping next to her until then, but we need quality time together.

“What do you wanna do today?” I asked as she did her hair.

I was sitting on our bed waiting for her to finish getting ready.

“I don’t know.” she said, sighing.

“Come sit.” I said, patting the spot next to me.

She finished her hair seconds later and sat next to me with me pulling her ever so close. I kissed the top of her head and she laid it on my shoulder. I knew exactly how I was feeling and what I needed without even asking her. Tears ran down her face and she sniffled. I heard my phone ring and she started to move away, but I never moved; she needs me.

“You can answer that.”

“It can wait.”

“It could be important.”

“They can leave a voicemail. You’re more important.”

She moved back toward me and smiled.

“A drive.” she said.

“I like the sound of that.”

After another minute, she separated from me and kissed me rather passionately.

“I love you.” she said, crawling into my lap.

“I love you, too. Are you sure you want to go for a drive?”

“There’s plenty of time for sex, Alex.”

She kissed my jaw and teased me.

“Abby...”

She smirked and got off my lap. I reached for her, but she just walked away and laughed.

“You’re mean.”

“I know. You ready?”

“Yeah.”

"It was three days before you guys left for the U.K."

“That was a great day.”

“That it was. That it was.”

She reached for my hand and intertwined our fingers; it felt as though we were on a date as we sat in the diner parking lot.

“I love you. You know that?” I asked.

“I wouldn’t have married you if you didn’t.”

I chuckled.

“I love you, too, by the way.”

This time, I turned and she lifted her head to kiss me. In the middle of our kiss, we were interrupted by our crying baby. She pulled apart from me and tended to Scarlett.

“What’s wrong, Pumpkin?”

There was a pause as she sniffed her diaper.

“She needs to have her diaper changed. I’ll do that inside.”

I nodded and we both got out of the car. She took Scarlett out of her car seat then I grabbed her baby bag. After telling me what to get me for a drink, I headed straight toward the restroom to change our stinky child. While she was gone, I made hotel reservations that I had wanted to make earlier, but I didn’t want to jinx her appointment. When she came back, I was looking through the menu.

“Hey.” she said.

“Hey.” I said with a smile.

“You order yet?”

“Not yet. Just got our drinks.”

She nodded and turned to her menu. I spoke to Scarlett as Abby figured out what she wanted to eat. I tried to make Scarlett laugh in the meantime which was a success.

“What?” I asked.

She shook her head; I tipped her head up.

“You are adorable.” she said.

I blushed.

“Ya know, tonight can’t come any sooner. I want you all to myself. No distractions.”

Look who’s blushing now.

“You’re right. I feel the same way about you tonight. I can’t wait to spend the entire night with you.”

“With and without clothes… especially without.”

She laughed and nodded.

“Especially.”

Seconds later, we ordered our food and were back to ourselves.

“So, earlier, you were talking about more special treatment… what were you thinking?” she asked.

“What fun would telling you be? I love seeing you surprised.” I said, smirking.

“Not gonna give me any hints, then. Huh?”

“None. Well… never mind.”

“You’re loving this. Aren’t you?”

“Just a little bit.”

I enjoy being a tease in-and-out of the bedroom, so I was loving this. After a nice meal, we decided on a hike at our favorite trail; this brought back more memories from that day we had before touring across the pond with my brothers.

“It is seriously the perfect weather to go out for a hike. Don’t you think?” she said, unhooking Scarlett from her car seat.

“I do. I love that we’re out here together, too.”

She put her in the stroller that I had just taken out of the trunk.

“Mmhmm…”

I was hoping Abby seemed to take in the moment as we strolled on through instead of having some type of issue.

“You okay?” I asked after a minute or so.

“Of course. I’m just embracing today. Sorry if I had you worried.”she said, kissing my cheek.

Thank goodness.

“No need to say sorry.”

We walked for about fifteen minutes when my phone rang.

Jack

“Who is it?” she whispered.

“Jack. Umm… give me a second. I’ll catch up with you two later. Ok?”

I dashed off and answered my phone.

“Ok.”

I kissed her cheek quickly before answering an important call.

“Hey, man.”

“Hey. How’d everything go? Abby, okay?”

“Fantastic. I made those hotel reservations I had been thinking about.”

“When did you have time for that?”

“When Abby was changing Scarlett after her appointment.”

“Oh, cool. You book a room for tonight?”

“Yeah. I was surprised I got one for tonight. I was hoping you and Miranda would do something for us.”

“Of course. Anything.”

“Could you guys watch Scarlett for the night? I mean… the entire night. We would pick her up in the morning.”

“Absolutely. We’d love to. Hey, does Abby know about all this?”

“She knows we’re gonna have the night to ourselves. That’s all.”

“She’s gonna be thrilled. I just know it.”

“Well, thank you and tell Miranda thanks. This means a lot.”

After a few more minutes of talking, I hung up and shuffled back over to my family.

“What’d my brother-in-law want?”

“Oh, he was asking about how you were doing, especially since you had an appendectomy and were possibly getting your stitches out. He worries and cares about you; you’re like a sister to him. I’m surprised Miranda hasn’t texted you or called you, actually.”

“That’s so sweet of him. I oughta talk to him soon. Oh, and I did text your sister-in-law, by the way. I love her just about as much as I love you.”

Abby was coming off as defensive.

“Are you mad at me or something?”

“You seem to be on a rant and you should know I would talk to Miranda already. Is there something you’re not telling me?”

“That can’t be it? He did ask about you and I’m sorry about what I said of Miranda. I wasn’t thinking.”

“Clearly. If something serious was going on… something other than my health, you’d tell me right?”

“Of course. Lying to you certainly isn’t on my to-do list.”

I sighed internally.

“That’s good to hear.”

The rest of our day with Scarlett went without fail and phone calls; a day which ended at three. While I put her down for a nap, Abby headed to our bedroom. I walked into our room not much later and shut the door with my foot and pressed my lips to hers.

“I love you.” I said.

“I love you, too. What’s with the sudden kiss? Not that I’m complaining or anything…”

“You know how I spoke about giving you special treatment and that I loved seeing you surprised?” I said, guiding her to our bed.

“It’s been on my mind all day.” I said as I kissed her neck.

I laid on top of her and pressed down on a certain area… a very sensitive one.

“I love hearing that, Mrs. Gaskarth.” I said, bringing my lips back to hers.

“Is that so, Mr. Gaskarth?” she said, threading her fingers into my hair.

“It is. You need some help down there?”

“Ask my pussy.”

I lifted her blouse slightly then quickly took care of her pants, but when it came to her panties, I swiftly slid them off and spread her legs.

“Perfect.” I said, running up-and-down her labia with my finger a few times.

She was beginning to pant and it was only a matter of time until she would start moaning. I moved away from her pussy and started sucking and nipping at her thighs which was something that I knew would drive her crazy.

“Please.” she said, tugging at my hair.

A second or two later, my mouth was paying more attention to her pussy and she let out a soft moan, not being able to be loud. I darted my tongue in-and-out which drives her crazy.

“It’s taking so much for me not to lose it.”

“You can lose it as much as you want to tonight… for the whole city to hear.”

She was speechless as I truly went to work, making sure to suck on her labia then flick her clit; her body let loose as she reached an orgasm. After a couple breaths, I brought my lips back to hers.

“I love you.” I said, smiling.

“I love you, too. Thank you. That felt so fucking good.”

“My pleasure.” I said before flipping us over.

She rested her head in the crook of my neck.

“What’s that surprise you were talking about?”

“Remember that call at the park?”

“Yeah?”

“I got Jack and Miranda to watch Scarlett instead of your mom and stepdad. They will have her for the night until the morning because I booked us a hotel room.”

She was smiling from ear-to-ear.

“And you did this without me knowing. Very sneaky.” she said, kissing along my jaw.

I groaned out of pleasure; she smirked, moving away.

“You’re a tease.”

“We can’t possibly have all the fun now. We need to save the rest for tonight.”

“You’re right. Can we take a nap, though? Rest up before tonight’s festivities?”

She nodded and snuggled into me, quickly falling asleep. An hour or so later, I woke up to an empty bed, so I went looking for my family. I found my way downstairs to see Abby heating up a bottle for Scarlett. I smiled as I walked toward her.

“Hey.” she said, feeding our daughter.

“Hey. How’d you sleep?”

“Great. You?”

“Fantastic. Can’t imagine how I’ll sleep tonight, though.”

I winked before kissing Scarlett’s cheek. She chuckled as she fed our happy child.

“So, when do we plan on dropping her off?” she asked.

“I was thinking six and us leaving for dinner at quarter till seven. What do you think?”

“I like that. Who’s dropping her off?”

“I was thinking me since the last time we did this type of thing, I dropped her off.”

“Sounds like a plan.”

“Seal it with a kiss?”

She nodded and leaned over and kissed me.

“Ya know, I wonder how she’s gonna be without us for a second time.” she said.

“I wonder how she’s gonna be with our best friends for the night.”

“Me too. Should be fun to hear how it goes.”

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