Chapter Twenty Three
Thalia
“Oh gods, Ren! You are a super pooper!” I held him out as he kept on letting it out. His face was one of satisfaction after he grunted out his last bit of poop in his diaper. Tristan was sitting on the couch with Callista, while I was playing with Ren on the floor when he decided to let his bowels loose.
Tristan materialized a fresh diaper and wipes next to me. I rolled my eyes. He probably could change it with his powers, but wouldn’t. I cleaned up Ren and then went back to playing with him—kissing his toes, blowing raspberries on his tummy. Callista was watching us, happily snuggled against her daddy. Right now life was fantastic.
It had been just three days since they were born. Lacey and Leander left to go home. Aphrodite was aware of our plan, and we were doing what we had agreed to do —enjoy our family, and face whatever happens when it comes. No need in dreading the future and losing the present.
“I think it’s time for lunch. What do you guys think?” I looked at my babies, then at Tristan, who winked. He was so sexy when he did that. I handed Ren to him and then went to work on making us some food.
Bottles for the babes, and a grilled cheese for Tristan and me. Today had been a nice, relaxing day so far. The underworld was still uneasy about the battle that had passed. We lost quite a few people, but thankfully not as many as our enemies. As sad as it made me to think that any life was lost at all, It had to be this way. We were at war, and it was still us against them.
“ What do you want to do after we eat?” I handed him a bottle and set his sandwich down next to his leg. He handed me Callista, and we both fed the babies as we ate our food.
“Well, these two are going to pass out soon. So once they’re out, I think I want some time with my wife. It’s been too long.” He got that look in his eyes. I loved that look. It was a look that said, “prepare love, because I am going to rock your world. I was so down for that. We hadn’t been intimate since the night before we had the babies. We have been so caught up in being new parents: taking care of them, feeding, cleaning, and snuggling them, that at the end of the day we were passing out. But this little nap-time would be a perfect time for us to have some fun. I bit my lip, and Tristan had his answer. We both anxiously waited as the babies’ eyelids started to slowly close. It made me laugh how they would fall asleep as soon as they finished a bottle, mouths open and everything. We kissed their cheeks, then laid them in their cribs. When I turned to Tristan, ready for our alone time, he wasn’t there. I looked around and didn’t see him anywhere.
“Uh, Tristan?” I called out into the empty room. I pursed my lips, then went to sit on the bed, confused. Just as I was starting to worry, something very light fell on my head. And then something grazed my arm. My fingers searched for the object on my head and felt something soft and paper thin. I pulled it back and saw a red rose petal.
More petals fluttered into my vision and I looked up. Petals were slowly falling from the ceiling to the bed.
“Like it?” Tristan’s low voice made me shiver. He was in front of me, watching me as the bed was being covered in petals.
“I do, it’s very romantic of you.” I was playing coy. It was fun to play once in a while.
“You deserve a little romance.” He leaned over me, making me fall back onto the bed, smile going from ear to ear. He was like a lion about to eat his prey, and I was a willing gazelle.
He must have felt the pure desire in my soul, because his grin turned into that cocky smirk, then his lips grazed against mine. It seemed like it had been forever since we had touched like this.
His hands moved to my breasts, and I lightly moaned into his mouth.
“Not too loud love,” he cautioned. He was right. I didn’t want to do anything that would wake the babes. We needed this time alone. I managed to get my shirt over my head, separating our lips briefly, but then he was back on me. We couldn’t stop touching each other. His shirt was gone and my hands moved over his sculpted chest and abs. Our exploration of each other was a glorious foreplay, but I was ready to be filled.
“Inside me. Now.” I growled at him, and he unbuckled his jeans. Then it happened.
Callista’s whimper started, to the warning before she began to cry. My eyes found Tristan’s and we were both thinking the same thing.
Damn!
He sat up and composed himself while I tried to do the same. Callista started to cry, and then Ren joined in shortly after. We held the babies and checked to make sure everything with them was ok. They were fine of course, just wanted their parents. We gave in and laid down with them both in the bed cuddled against us. When I looked into Tristan’s eyes again, we were on the same train of thought : It sucks that we didn’t get our time together, but this was perfect. We’d get our moments, right now being with them was the most important thing. Especially since we didn’t know when we were going to have to hand them over to my mother.
“Do you think it would be safe to leave the underworld? Maybe go somewhere in the middle of nowhere?” I asked when we were both waking but the babies were still out. I had thought of going back recently, and was kind of missing home. Maybe if he thought it was okay, we could invite Leander and Lacey, if they weren’t too sick of us.
“I’m not sure,” he answered honestly, and even though I knew it was probably best, I couldn’t stop the small frown from hitting my face.
“Yeah, it’s a bad idea.” We laid there in silence before he spoke up about the subject again.
“I’ll get us a place in the mountains. No cities, where there could be spies from the gods. We can only stay for the weekend. Then we come back here.” He wasn’t angry with me for asking, he wanted to do things for me. He was just nervous, and I couldn’t blame him there. I was so excited that I did a little wiggle.
“You’re so getting lots of blow jobs for this! Thank you, love.” It was a statement I was happy to make. His body shook from the laughter he was trying to keep inside.
The babes woke up, and I told them we would be going to the mountains. They smiled, and I kissed them both all over their little bodies, loving on them so much they started to laugh. My head popped up and looked at Tristan.
“They laughed!” I was in awe. It was their first laugh! I immediately went back to kissing them again, trying to get them to laugh some more. Their new trick had instantly become one of my favorite sounds in the world. I would listen to it on repeat if I could.
Until a new sound echoed throughout the room, and all eyes went to Ren. He smiled.
“Calli bear!” She farted, and it was loud. She had that face that said she knew what she did and it made her laugh. I loved my babies.
“OK, I think It’s time to give them a bath, anyway.” Tristan stood with Ren, and I followed with Callista. They had only had one bath, and they seemed to like it. Together we worked to get them nice and clean. They were being very good babies.
After bath time, we did what we had been doing, relaxing with the babies, eating, and sleeping. Tristan had to go walk around the underworld to make sure things were starting to get back to normal.
Once we were up and moving the next morning, we packed a bag full of everything we needed, and Tristan flashed us all to a cabin in the Tennessee mountains somewhere. When we touched onto the wooden floors, I looked around and smiled. This was exactly what I needed. The cabin had two bedrooms and a nice open kitchen and living room. The whole cabin was made out of wood. Very rustic looking, but still had some luxurious touches here and there.
“We stay for two days, and then we have to go back. Anything suspicious, and we’re gone. Okay?” He looked at me seriously.
“Crystal clear.” I wasn’t about to chance the babies, if something was nagging at me. Right now, everything felt fine. First hint of danger, and that would be it. Needing to feel the air outside, I cradled Ren in my arms, and we walked out onto the wraparound porch. It was like coming home. The underworld had air, and wind, and a sun. But it wasn’t the same. A soft breeze caressed my skin, and swished my hair across my back. Ren was just looking around, committing everything he could to memory.
“This is Earth, baby. Feel the sun on your skin, and the wind dancing over you?” I held him up and showed him the wonders around us. Tristan brought Callista out, and we all sat on the nice green lawn that had been cut recently. Their little hands were moving around in the blades of grass, feeling its texture, then looking around some more. A hawk flew by, perching itself on a nearby limb. I oo’d and ah’d over it, while telling them what little I knew about hawks. But at least to them I sounded smart and fun. Tristan was just enjoying watching me play and try to teach the babies. He kept eyeing the hawk a little more than I would have expected, but he wasn’t showing any signs that we were in trouble, so I let it go and returned to telling the babies about all the cool things they were going to see, then taking them back inside for their lunch, and naptime.
