Flame

Chapter 20

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At one point whilst eating the spaghetti, we grabbed the same, long one and ended up kissing each other. Unlike Lady and the Tramp, we held the kiss before letting River finish that bit of spaghetti that pulled us together. Before we knew it, all the spaghetti was gone; only the meatballs remained on the plate. There wasn't many but was enough in my books, there was five meatballs. We had two each before we both looked at the final meatball.

"You can have it." I said as I licked my lips clean.

"No please have it." River protested.

"No, please, I insist." I replied.

"But-"

I stopped her as I plunged my fork into the final meatball and shoved it into her mouth, without hurting her of course.

She gave in, chewed and swallowed it. I then licked her lips clean before she had the chance to speak, which made her blush like crazy; her face was a tomato.

I giggled before then stealing another kiss, as she kindly kissed me back. She soon pulled away and looked into my eyes "You're too kind."

"Kindness is contagious." I replied.

She giggled before kissing me again.

"Eww!!!" Phoenix exaggerated as she watched us kiss. We quickly moved away to look down at my daughter. We couldn't help but laugh at her cuteness.

Claire quickly walked over and came down to her level "Want to grab the cookies for them?"

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Phoenix ran into the kitchen, Claire following behind her. She winked at me before proceeding into the kitchen.

I snuck a peck onto her soft lips before Phoenix appeared with the cookies "We ate," she paused for a moment "Most of da cookies," she placed the tray in front of us - with the help of Claire, there were two cookies in the tray "Sowwy, they wewe too good to wesist."

"It's okay, they look delicious!" River replied with positive exaggeration as she picked up the cookie closest to her. I picked up the last cookie. We hit them gently together like they were wine glasses and ate the insanely delicious chocolate chip cookies. Phoenix climbed up a chair as we dug in. She stared at us silently as we ate the cookies.

We both stuffed the cookies in our mouths. Our cheeks were puffy like squirrels with nuts in their mouths. The cookie was so irresistible but it was very irresponsible of us, especially with Phoenix staring at us like we were mentally ill "You bof look siwwy!" she pointed at us as she started to laugh.

Somehow I was able to swallow the rest of the cookie in my mouth "But the cookie was delicious, sweetheart." she lowered her arm as I squeezed her cheek, her giggling more as a smile appeared on my face.

"Maybe you should tell her." River whispered to me.

I bit my lip in thinking how to tell her.

"Sweetheart," I started, I removed my hand from her face as she beamed at me "Mummy has a girlfriend!"

"Not a boyfwiend?" she asked, confusion written all over her face.

"Mummy doesn't have to have a boyfriend to be happy. Sometimes mummy just wants a girlfriend."

"Is dat allowed?" she asked.

"Of course it's allowed, sweetheart." I stood up and kissed her forehead as I used my index finger to lift her head up gently. Her bright smile complimented my happy mood. I kissed her nose gently before moving away. She kept her eyes on me, her smile was wider than it was before.

"Who ish my new mummy?" she asked suddenly.

I giggled gently "You mean your second mummy?"

"Yes!" she nodded her head.

I pointed over at River as a smile appeared on her face "This is River, your new mummy."

"Hi, Wiva!" she waved at River like they only just met.

River waved back, her smile was growing more and more each second.

It sure was a priceless moment.

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Going from five to fifteen. Time flew by so fast. But we're still living with Claire. I'm now thirty-two, River's thirty and Claire's in her forties.

During the ten years, Phoenix was finally able to learn control over her powers. No one in school is aware of her powers because it was never clear that I was her mum. Only when she desperately needs to use her powers will she use them. Otherwise, it remains a secret.

I did enjoy when she was younger; how she used to run around and just be a kid. These days, Phoenix overthinks how she looks and dresses as she wants to fit in with the others. Myself, Claire and River always tell her not to overthink her appearance. Teenagers never listen, and she doesn't either. However, she never overdoes the makeup which I'm at least happy with. On the whole though, I still have a strong bond with my daughter and I I'm very happy with that.

River and I have been married for five years now. River can be such a tease in bed but never takes it any further than that. She's not keen on sex which I don't blame her. Lesbian sex can pretty much be exactly like normal sex, just with a dildo. And obviously with being raped, I was off it too. But I do enjoy her teasing the shit out of me.

We were able to give Phoenix her own bedroom so she didn't have to endure River's behaviour. She moved into the small room and she still loves it as much as she did when she first moved into it.

Overall we're a happy family.

But River was desperate for her own child before reaching her forties. I get it. I get it. She just wanted a kid with water powers seeing as Phoenix has fire powers. So we looked into ways for her to become pregnant.

One day though, she bumped into someone who was also hiding water powers. She pulled him aside and asked him to be a sperm donor. But before asking, they got to know each other. It turned out he was more than happy to be her sperm donor.

To this day, we keep contact with the guy; Stephen. River's currently eight months pregnant, sick quite often and her cravings are just weird; pickle juice with coffee is a common one for her. For food it's pickles with ice cream and spicy sauce on top. Pregnancy cravings are weird. But she's still my wife and I love her to bits.

We've been working on making room for the new baby. Stephen was even kind enough to help out. He also mentioned that she could have custody of the child. He's more than happy to be in the background helping out where he can.

Stephen is thirty-seven with light blue eyes and light blue streaks of colour in his black hair. He's fit and good looking but not for us.

Now it's just waiting for the baby to arrive. We're one happy family alright and we'll be better once this baby arrives.

The gender is also a secret so we had to buy baby things that didn't resort to a specific gender but River was okay with that.

Being the fire goddess was hard to hide. Everyone discovered the day I got married to River. But I didn't care and I still don't. But I have a duty; that duty is to keep everyone safe.

This is where my story ends. Happy mum, happy wife, happier than I was years ago. My hit-list is clean and I have nothing against anyone. It couldn't end any better, could it?

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