Lochlan squeals and starts laughing. “Yes, daddy! Put me down, please! I wanna swim!”
Silas lowers him, and he shoots off to jump into the shallow end of the pool.
Odin snatches him out of the air before he can touch the water, and the guys start playing monkey in the middle, with Loch being the monkey.
“Wow, the room looks great!” I look at all the work Maw-Maw and the others did while I got the kids ready and kept the birthday boy busy so we could surprise him.
They have decorated the room to look like a jungle with cut out trees and vines. There are dinosaur cut outs of all his favorites and dino tracks leading to all the different tables for food, gifts, and crafts we have set up. There are a ridiculous amount of balloons everywhere, including a massive balloon arch at the door.
“Thanks, dear, I’m glad you like it! Everything should be set up and ready–” The doorbell rings and cuts off what she was saying. “I’ll go let the guests in!” She says, heading toward the front door.
Bodie walks over and wraps an arm around my waist. “How are you feeling, Angel?”
“I feel great! The second trimester has been going so well. I never got to enjoy a pregnancy before, so it’s been amazing.” I kiss his cheek as a handful of kids run in.
“Hey, guys! Thank you for coming! There are drinks and snacks on those tables there. You can’t get into the pool until your parents are in here. If you aren’t sure how to swim, you have to stay in the shallow end where you can touch the bottom or wear floaties, okay?” I ask the group.
I get some murmured ‘yes, ma’am’s’ as the parents make it to the pool room. “Hey! Thanks for bringing them! Food is on those tables, and the gifts can go on that table there. We have floaties for the kids that need them. If your child can’t swim, we ask that they stay in the shallow end or wear them at all times,” I repeat now that the parents are here.
Bodie walks over to show them where the floaties are. As more kids and parents filter in, I repeat the same thing, making sure all the parents know where the floaties are. We locked all the doors to separate wings of the house and roped off all the hallways with signs pointing to where the party is.
Callum has made his way out of the pool over to where I’m sitting with Maw-Maw and a couple other parents. We are making small talk when Katie comes shuffling in. Everyone within earshot lets out a small groan when Victoria follows moments later. She is dressed in Daisy Dukes that barely cover her ass, a hot pink halter top that’s two sizes too small, and hot pink hooker heels. Her long blonde hair is pulled back into a long ponytail.
Bodie notices she has walked in and immediately makes a beeline right for me, picks me up, and sets me in his lap.
“Are you seriously using your pregnant wife as a shield?” I harshly whisper.
“Yes, I am, and I don’t even feel a little bad for it,” he whispers back. Maw-Maw stands up to go greet the very unwelcome guest. I hate that that sweet little girl has such a shitty mother.
Odin has Katie sitting by the pool, helping get her floaties on, since we all know her mother is utterly useless.
It seems we won’t get lucky enough for her to act like an adult. As soon as she sees Bodie, she gives him what I assume is supposed to be a sexy grin, but she looks like she needs to take a shit.
“Hey, Bodie, how have you been?” she asks, leaning over the table so we get a great shot at her very fake boobs. Thankfully, we are sitting at the back of the table so she is a good two feet away from us.
Before Bodie can answer her, Lochlan calls out for me. “Ha. Good luck, sucker,” I whisper out the side of my mouth as I stand up and move as fast as my belly will let me toward where Lochlan is in the pool.
I forgot that I haven’t been in the school for weeks now, and the guys always do car pick up and drop off, so she didn’t know that I’m pregnant, and her face says it all. I'm peeking over towards the drama queen out of the corner of my eye.
She turns a lovely shade of red and whips her head at Bodie. “She’s pregnant? Is it yours?”
Bodie sighs and stands up to face her. “Yes, she’s pregnant, with twins actually; and yes, they are mine as she is my wife. You need to get over yourself, Victoria. We dated close to two years ago. We broke up because you cheated. Find someone else to obsess over and leave me and my family alone.”
She lets out an aggravated screech and stomps out of the pool room toward the front door. I jump as glass shatters, and we hear the door slam. It’s so loud we can hear it echo around the house.
Maw-Maw walks over since the guys, other than Bodie, are helping the other parents keep the kids focused on the craft table. “I’ll go see what she broke and make sure she’s gone. Not sure what we will do about her daughter though.”
Sighing, I walk over to where the guys have all the kids sitting on the ground painting dinosaur themed watercolor paintings. It seems everyone is just about done, since kids are getting up and putting their artwork on the table to dry. “Hey, kiddos, when you’re done, why don’t y’all make a line by the food table, and we can eat some food, then do cake and presents. Afterwards, everyone can swim again.”
“Cake!” One little boy, I think his name is Rhett, screeches like a pterodactyl, running over to the food table.
I chuckle at all the kids bouncing around. Bodie and I help fix all the kids’ plates, and they all go sit at the cute child sized picnic tables we bought. They are long like normal ones but way lower to the ground.
“Angel, I’m going to run and get the cake out of the kitchen. I’ll be right back,” Bodie tells me after we make sure all the kids have plates. He passes my grandmother on the way out, and she looks pissed.
I rush over to where she stopped to talk to the other guys. “What happened?”
My grandmother is red faced and looks like she’s about to commit murder. “Well that psycho bitch knocked over the big vase in the foyer, for one,” she pauses, looking at me worriedly.
