Just around the corner

Chapter 25

After the whole ordeal with Misty's obstetrician and having to change doctors halfway through her pregnancy, everything was running smoothly. She is now pushing 6 and a half months. The little boy is growing perfectly and she is now showing a fair bit.

Her school have been amazing and have now decided on her doing remote learning.
Work have been amazing for me. As what I do, I don't need to be in the office all the time. I work from home 3 days a week and spend 2 in the office. Chelz comes over most nights for dinner. She brings Wayne with her most nights too. They come as it is getting closer and closer to Alex's 2nd anniversary of his death.

I go through the normal motions of someone grieving. I feel horrible for not having Alex here but I feel even worse because I am shutting Jason out. I don't mean to, it is just happening. Jason though, he has never left my side once.

Tonight's dinner is being cooked by Misty and Lacy. I am actually really scared with what they are going to cook for us. After their failed pancakes a few months back I have no idea what is going to happen now.

I try to sneak into the kitchen to see what they are cooking and I get yelled at. There is way to much noise coming from the kitchen for them to be cooking. I go and sit on the couch and turn the tv on. I don't watch it. I just use it for background noise. The doorbell goes off and I go to get up. "I'll get it" Lacy yells out and runs to the door. Misty and her big belly come and stand in the lounge room door, blocking my view of Lacy.

"What ya watchin ma?" Misty asks. "The front window" I reply. Misty laughs. "Good one mum. Anything interesting out there?" she asks. "Yeah some delivery kid on a push bike. Looked like he stopped here. You wouldn't know anything about that would ya?" I ask Misty with a smirk. "Nope" Misty retorts with a smirk of her own. She flips her hair over her shoulder and moves back to the kitchen.

Jason walks in the door 10 minutes later. I am still sitting on the couch. He comes over and leans over the back of the couch placing a sweet kiss on my cheek. "What are you doing babe?" Jason asks. "Thinking about my girls are how they ordered dinner in tonight to claim as their own cooking" I tell him. Jason laughs "No way. They didn't?" "They did" I laugh back.

Chelsea and Wayne have arrived and we have moved into the kitchen to eat. The conversation is breezy, the Chinese food is delicious. Jason and I laid into the girls about their "wannabe sneaky" attempt. They both gave in easy and admitted to the truth of buying it. The night was just what we needed. Good food, good drinks and good company.

"Babe, we've been together for 8 months tomorrow. Did you want to do something?" Jason whispers in my ear. Holy shit. My eyes widen with shock. "Are you for real?" I ask him. He looks taken back. "Did you forget babe?" he asks. I nod my head in embarrassment. "Oh babe. No need to be embarrassed. You have had a lot on your plate lately. How about we go out for dinner tomorrow night and then come home and watch a movie or something. Just a chill night" Jason suggests.

I nod my head in agreeance. Still feeling bad about forgetting. I feel like absolute shit for the rest of the night. Once Chelsea and Wayne leave, I take myself to bed. I don't mention anything to anyone and just quietly make my way to my bedroom. I do feel horrible and having the anniversary of Alex's death a couple of weeks away is making all my emotions surface.

I strip off my clothes and climb into bed. Rolling on my side, I bring my knees up to my chest and lay in the foetal position. The first of many tears start to fall. I don't know how long I had been in here by myself when I hear my bedroom door opening. Expecting Jason to be climbing into the bed behind me, I never worried about putting clothes on.

An arm comes around my waist and then a scream in my ear a second later. "Oh my god Mum. Are you naked" Misty screams. "I just felt your bloody tit. Please put some clothes on" she carries on. I don't whether to laugh or cry. So, I do both. The tears are rolling down my cheeks but the noise coming from my throat is a husky laugh. Misty is laughing hard and then stops abruptly.

I roll over and turn my lamp on, look at her. She looks to have seen a ghost. "What's wrong Misty?" I ask her. "I just peed myself a little" Misty says as her bottom lip trembles. "Oh mumma, is this what I get to look forward to? I just peed a little and I am only 17. That is embarrassing" She cries out. I quickly grab my robe from the end of the bed and put it on.

I throw my arms around Misty "You just have to work on your pelvic floor muscles baby" I say to her with a laugh. She gives me the stink eye. "I really don't like you sometimes mum, you know that right" Misty tells me with a big smile on her face. I pull her into me and give her the best cuddle I can manage. "Good night Misty. I love you, now get out" I tell her.

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I'm signing out of my work computer in the office when Chelsea approaches me. "Hey hun. You good?" she asks. "Yeah, I'm good. Just gotta hurry and get outta here. Jason is taking me out for dinner tonight" I tell her. "Special occasion?" she asks. "Yeah, we have been together 8 months now" I tell her while getting my bag from under my desk. Chelsea opened her mouth to say something else but was interrupted by the knocking on my partition. 

Looking up, I am met with a big bunch of tulips. I smile the biggest smile I can muster, walk over to the flowers, close my eyes and take in a deep breath. The flowers drop from my nose and I tilt my head back, opening my eyes. "Howdy Laura" Jason says. I smile at him "Hi Jason" I reply. "You ready to go?" He asks. "Mmhmmm" I lean up and give him a kiss on his cheek.

We make our way out to the carpark. Jason dropped me off at work today. We both jump into his truck and he takes off. We are driving towards the outer city limits. I never questioned him, just let him go. 40 minutes later we pull up into Jason's driveway. "Babe, what is going on?" I ask him, confusion written all over my face. He chuckles. "We are having dinner here tonight and watching a movie on my couch. Misty is home with Lacy. It is just us 2 tonight" Jason tells me.

We both get out of his truck, I make sure to grab the tulips from the back seat. We make it into his house and as soon as the front door is shut, my back is in against it. Jason's mouth is on mine. I can't help the little moan to escapes from the back of my throat. "Dinner or dessert first?" Jason asks. "Always dessert first Jason" I respond with a cheeky grin.

He picks me by the back of my thighs and I instantly wrap my legs around him. Our lips never leave each other's as he makes his way down to his room. The door is kicked open and I am thrown on to his bed. "Tonight, you are all mine" he tells me with lust in his eyes. The electricity between us has gone straight to my clit. "Not just tonight Jason" I tell him. "For as long as I can have you, I am yours"