“Look at you, it seems you’re figuring it out now.” She smiles when I get next to her and miraculously manage to stay upright.
“Yeah, ice skating has never been my thing. I can rollerblade perfectly, so I don’t know what it is about the ice that I can’t make work,” I grumble.
“You can’t be good at everything. It wouldn’t be fair to everyone else if you were handsome, smart, accomplished, and perfect at everything you do,” she tells me softly.
“Well, I’m none of those, but anyway, I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind riding with Isla and letting the guys and I take your car so we can talk about something?” I ask, having to catch myself from falling on my ass.
Emma starts laughing at my cartoon-like, running-in-place, which unfortunately ends up in a slow falling motion despite my best efforts. It takes her a couple seconds to compose herself enough to reply to me. “Yeah, dear, that’s fine. Is everything okay?” she asks through her laughter.
“I’m glad this is amusing to you, and everything is fine. However, to make a relationship like this work, it takes communication and making sure everyone is on the same page,” I answer, looking up at her from the ground.
Before she has a chance to answer, Vivian comes skating up beside me with Orin holding her hand. “Daddy, you’re supposed to skate on your feet, not your butt,” she giggles.
I grab her by the waist, pulling her into my lap to tickle her. “Is that so?”
She’s squealing. “Daddy, stop that tickles! Want to hold my hand, and I’ll help you?”
The fact that my toddler is offering to hold my hand to help me skate shows how bad at this I am.
“That would be great, sweetheart.” I pull myself up on the wall and hold my hand out, and she takes it and starts skating slowly beside me.
I smile down at my sweet baby girl as she starts explaining how I’m supposed to move my feet and how you stop. I look around to check on the others. Isla is still skating around with Callum and Silas.
Orin and Bodie are skating around with the boys, and it seems Emma has made her way to the bench. This has been a really good day. Even though I can’t skate to save my life, I’ve loved spending time with everyone.
* * *
Silas
We all skatearound for about two hours before the kids are too tired to keep going. I meet everyone at the bench where Isla is already taking off her and Vivian’s skates, so I kneel down in front of Arden and help him with removing his.
Emma walks over to where we are sitting after turning her skates in. “Are y’all hungry? I was thinking about getting pizza before we head home.”
“Yay, pizza! It’s my favorite!” Lochlan starts dancing around since Bodie has already taken his skates off him.
“Yeah, pizza sounds great. How about we go to Cici's since they have the buffet and I love the little cinnamon bites?” Isla suggests, batting her lashes at Bodie, who sighs and agrees. It seems our control freak viking is finally understanding that you don’t get between a pregnant woman and her food.
Odin walks up to whisper in her ear. She looks concerned for a second and glances over at me. I'm guessing he’s telling her that he and I need to talk to the guys alone about what happened.
She nods her head and whispers something back that makes him smile. He stands up and claps to get everyone’s attention. “Alright, Isla and Emma are taking Isla’s car, and the rest of us are going to take Emma’s. If everyone is ready, let’s go get some pizza!”
The kids take off running towards the door. “Kids! Stop, and wait. You know better than to run off while we are in public,” Isla scolds gently.
“Sorry, Mommy,” Arden mumbles as each one walks back toward us and grabs one of our hands. We help the women get the kids in the car, then we all pile in Emma’s car. Unfortunately, it is a little smaller than Isla's. It still has a third row, but there is no room for an adult male back there.
Bodie and Callum are up front since they are the tallest, while the twins and I are in the second row. Callum glances in the rearview at the three of us and then over at Bodie. “So Odin, are you going to tell us why we needed to ride together? I’m assuming we need to discuss something.”
“Yep. We want to talk about what happened this morning and find out everyone’s comfort level when it comes to swords getting crossed in the bedroom. Silas was concerned he overstepped, so I figured we all need to talk about boundaries,” Odin replies.
“Ah, okay. That makes sense. Babe, why didn’t you say anything to me this morning about being worried?” Callum asks and looks at me with hurt in his eyes.
“Well, I didn’t really think about it until I overheard Isla and Odin talking. I guess she was stressed about it, then I realized I might have overstepped or made y’all uncomfortable. It wasn’t okay for me to touch any of you without permission.” I look down at my hands. “I’m ashamed of myself for not making sure I had consent before touching you three in a sexual way, and that I didn’t make sure Callum would be okay with it.”
They all start to talk over each other at once. “Shut up!” Bodie snaps. “Silas, no one is mad at you. It was the heat of the moment in a very intense situation. Things happen and that’s okay. I agree we need to talk about everyone’s limits. You all know about the sexual abuse I dealt with as a child. I’ve had attraction to men as an adult, but I’ve never wanted to act on it for fear it was just lingering from my trauma. However, all of us having sex with Isla at once, I obviously see all of you naked while in a sexual setting. Not to mention, when I walked in on you and Callum, I can’t say I didn’t find it hot.” He stops, his face turning as red as his hair.
He clears his throat. “With that being said, I’m fine exploring things in the bedroom when Isla is involved as long as it’s taken slowly. I don’t think I would want something like you and Callum have, but I’m fine with things when we are in a group with Isla. Odin, what are your thoughts?”
Odin looks over at me, then his twin, then back at me. “Well, I can’t say I ever really considered messing around with another man. Like Bodie said, as long as it’s in a setting where Isla is included, I’m fine with it. It goes without saying Orin and I will not be touching each other at all. I don’t even want to accidentally touch dicks with my brother, and I also don’t want anyone’s dick going in my ass. I did tell Isla I was fine with exploring anal play with her at first, just to see if it’s something I’d even like.”
