I couldn't help but smile at my parents as they sat on the couch holding little Ehren for the first time. It's been a little over seven weeks since our little angel was born and they were finally able to catch a flight from Canada to come and visit. She was already growing like a weed and I'm sure Glenn will be shocked to see how much she's grown in the three weeks he's been away in Europe. He didn't want to go of course but he had to. It had been hard when he first left, I wasn't all that sure of what to do by myself with a newborn but my in-laws Thomas and Anne came around all the time to help out and so I was able to get a break when needed.
My parents however hadn't been able to get away from their restaurant until this week, their manager had been on vacation and so they would have had no one to leave in charge and so they put off the trip and arrived this morning. They were of course criticizing Glenn for not being here but really it wasn't his fault he was just doing his job, what was so bad about that? I understood why he was gone, I was okay with it and once the doctor okayed traveling for little Ehren we'd be on the road with him ourselves. I love my parents, really I do but sometimes they just get on my nerves.
"So, tell us Emily, when is that husband of yours coming home?" my mother asked as I walked out into the living room from the kitchen. I handed her a cup of coffee and sat down across from her before answering. "Tonight actually, his plane should be landing around 5:30 and his parents are picking him up and coming back here for dinner." Of course that was only if there were no delays like the last time where he ended up nearly six hours late and almost missed Ehren's birth. I brushed my brown hair out of my eyes before looking out the window. It was only just after 2 in the afternoon, I hated waiting for him to come home; I was always impatient.
"He is treating you right, right?" my father asked, switching Ehren to his other arm, his left clearly have fallen asleep. "Yes dad, for the last time. Glenn treats me like I'm a queen," I said, getting frustrated. "Well how can he treat you like a queen if he's not here? He certainly can't look after you all the way in Europe and he really can't help with the baby from there can he?" My mother added. I just rolled my eyes. They worry a lot about me and the fact that I am 25 years old and married to a man 18 years my senior does not help their worry. "You'll see mom, trust me, you've never seen us together at home. He takes care of us just fine."
My mother looked sceptical but went back to cooing at my daughter. I shook my head and made my way into the kitchen to let our two Great Danes, Jack and Renée, back into the house. The dogs were Glenn's idea. He said we should get them to keep me company and to protect the house which they did, sometimes even from him. The dogs barrelled past me and into the living room where Renée laid down next to Ehren's bassinet and Jack laid down at my father's feet. I sighed and leaned against the doorway and closed my eyes. I missed my husband; I know I tried not to show it but it I did. I heard the tell-tale signs of Ehren starting to cry and waited to see if my parents needed my help, they probably wouldn't but I wasn't used to them being around her and so even though they were my own parents I was a little edgy.
"I think someone has a dirty diaper," My dad said looking up at me. I smiled and nodded before walking over to where he was seated and taking my daughter from him. "Come on Angel, let's get you all cleaned up," I said as I carefully carried her up the stairs towards her room. The room was simple, a pale pink in colour with a cherry wood crib beside the far wall, a dresser and change table and a rocking chair. It would be a quick change seeing as it was just a wet diaper and so I set to the task. Minutes later I was finished and Ehren was smiling at me while sucking on her tiny fist. Glenn swore up and down she was going to be a little wrestler, which wouldn't shock me because all throughout my pregnancy she was extremely active. Glenn had been calling her his little football player since the day he first felt her move.
Ehren yawned and I smiled down at her. Looking at the clock I saw that now was around the time that she would go down for her nap and so I laid her down in her crib, covered her up and reached up to turn on her mobile. Switching on the baby monitor I made my way downstairs where my parents had turned on the television and were watching some action movie. I sat down in Glenn's armchair and curled up like I would if he were sitting there watching the TV with us. I did this frequently when he was away, just like I would wear his shirts.
I must have dozed off because when I opened my eyes my mom was holding Ehren and dad himself was asleep with his head tilted back against the couch. I looked at the clock on the wall over the TV stand and was shocked to see that it was after four. I needed to get cooking dinner so I got up and made my way slowly to the kitchen. "Do you need any help in there?" my mom called after me. "No Ma, I'm fine." I really didn't want her in my kitchen. There was a reason why my father was the cook in the restaurant and my mother wasn't.
I quickly got to work, taking beef chunks from the fridge, adding them to a pot with water, chopped onions, celery, peppers, potatoes and topped it off with diced tomatoes that I mashed a little and then put it in the oven to cook. It should be done by six if I did it right and it was one of Glenn's favourites. Plus the clean up after was quick. I put together a quick caesar salad and put it in the fridge. It took me an hour to get the food put together and so now I was down to about an hour before Glenn would be home and I was getting antsy. I decided that I would make a cake of some sort to keep myself busy. I managed to find a quick recipe that I used to make all the time, a triple chocolate cake. I was just putting it in the oven with the stew like concoction when Ehren started crying again.
I made my way out to the living room and there was the problem, the stupid dog was staying just out of her reach and it was getting her angry. "Renée, knock it off!" I said and sure enough the horse-like animal moved over enough so that she was eye level with the baby. My parents laughed but were cautious of the dogs. I wasn't worried. One of the neighbours came over once just after Ehren was born and the dogs nearly attacked her for going near the baby. I sat down on the couch and took Ehren from my mother and Ehren looked up at me with a little grin that was similar to her father's when he was planning something. "What's that look for little lady?" I cooed with a smile.
She only smiled and looked around the room as if she were avoiding me; she was definitely her father's child. I handed her back to my mother so that I could go and check on the food. Everything looked fine and so I just stayed in the kitchen for a few minutes looking out the window into the front yard where I could see the road clearly. The smile I pretty much had on my face the whole day brightened even more when I recognised the truck coming towards the house. It belonged to my in-laws which meant that my sneaky husband gave me a fake arrival time or else was just running early. "Hey Ma? Keep an eye on Ehren for a minute!" I yelled before I pushed open the front door and stood on the porch while my father in law parked the truck.
As soon as the truck was parked and Glenn had gotten out of it I practically ran off the porch and jumped into his arms. He caught me with no effort on his part while his parents laughed as they walked into the house. I wrapped my arms around his neck and squeezed gently before leaning forward to kiss him. Glenn backed up and leaned against the truck and pulled me closer to him. Our tongues tangled together briefly before we finally had to pull away for air. "Mmm, hello there," he murmured before placing a quick kiss on my lips again.
"I missed you," I whispered against his lips. He smiled before kissing me once again. "I missed you too little one," He put me back down on the ground carefully, still holding me close. "Your parents get here okay?" Wrapping my arms around his waist, I leaned against him and rested my head against his chest. "Yeah, they're here. Driving me nuts already, going on and on about you not being here." Glenn only sighed and kissed the top of my head. "Come on then, let's get inside. I want to see my princess." I smiled up at him and grabbed his hand after he had gotten his bags out of the back of the truck and slung one over his shoulder while he carried the other in his hand.
We made our way into the house where Glenn was pounced on by the dogs before he even got halfway through the door. He dropped his bags in the front hall for the moment and bent to pet the dogs before he kicked his shoes off and pulled me into his arms again. I smiled up at him as he bent down to pick me up so that I was eye level with him. He smiled and leaned forward a little so that he could kiss me. He put me down when someone cleared their throat. Turning to look at the intruder I grinned at my mother in law. "What? I missed him," I said laughing before I dragged Glenn into the living room.
I watched as his face lit up as soon as he laid eyes on our daughter. My mom handed her over to Glenn who happily cuddled her close to his chest. "There's my little princess. Wow you've gotten big haven't you?" Ehren simply smiled up at him before yawning. Glenn sat in his chair and I made my way into the kitchen to grab him a drink. I made him a coffee and made my way back into the living room, pausing at the door to watch Glenn cuddling with Ehren and talking to my parents. He smiled at me when I set the coffee on the table beside him. "Thanks darlin'." he said before turning his attention back to the baby.
"So, how was your flight?" I asked, just trying to get some sort of conversation going between my parents and Glenn. I know that Glenn would try but my parents would either insult his career or him for being away so much. "It was alright, would have been better if I were able to sleep but someone had a few too many drinks and wouldn't shut up," he said before he leaned forward a little to wrap an arm around my waist and he pulled me carefully into his lap so he could hold myself and Ehren. I snuggled up to him and was instantly comfortable. This is where I felt like I was at home, safe in his arms with our beautiful daughter. My parents were looking slightly annoyed at this but I really didn't care, this was my husband and my house, if they didn't like it then that was too damn bad.
"I better check on dinner," I said, getting off of Glenn's lap reluctantly and moving to the kitchen. Opening the oven I took out the cake which by the looks of it I had failed miserably at making. I sighed and set it on the counter and then nearly jumped out of my skin when I felt an arm snake around my waist and a set of lips on the back of my neck. I smiled and leaned back into him, loving the feeling of being in his arms. "I think you're cake died there babe," Glenn said with a laugh. Now I should be mad at this but honestly it looked like someone had murdered the cake with an axe so I couldn't help but laugh.
I turned in his arms and let him lift me up and set me on the counter away from the food. Glenn wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me to the edge of the counter. From this position I was able to reach up and wrap my arms around his shoulders, something I was rarely able to do unless he was sitting down or we were in bed. I laid my head on his chest and closed my eyes, taking the time to listen to his heartbeat while with one hand he rubbed tiny circles on my back. I looked up at him and smiled before he leaned forward and down a little to gently kiss me.
I wrapped my arms around his neck as his hands came to rest on my hips. Glenn slipped one hand under my t-shirt, his warm hands moving to caress my back causing me to moan. He smiled into the kiss and pulled me even closer to him while slipping his tongue between my lips. My arms slid down from around his neck and onto his chest where my hands clutched at his shirt. Unfortunately I remembered that I was indeed human and thus needed to breathe. I broke the kiss and stared into his eyes while we were both panting and gasping for air.
"Now that Darlin', is a welcome home kiss," Glenn said with a grin. I couldn't help but laugh. He was of course correct. That was definitely a better welcome home kiss than the one he received earlier; mainly because we had been interrupted earlier. "I love you," I said, just staring up at his handsome face. He smirked, leaned down and gave me a soft but quick kiss. "I love you too Darlin'" I was about to tell him just how much I missed him when we were interrupted by my mother. "What's this? Checking on the food? Right I'm so sure," she said, rolling her eyes. I watched Glenn's face fall and it was lucky he wasn't facing her otherwise she'd use that to dig into him more and insult him for being weak or something along those lines. "You know Emily, you only just had Ehren. You really don't want another child to look after while he's traipsing around all over the world do you?" Ok, no she did not just go there; she did not just bring my daughter into whatever her problem with Glenn is.
"Mom, seriously, back off. Honestly, what Glenn and I do together is our business and we plan on having more children. Not right away but we do plan on having more. So would you please just stay out of this?" Well there is a first, I have never actually defended Glenn from my mother but enough is enough. She huffed and I couldn't believe it but she actually stomped her foot and turned to go back into the living room to leave Glenn staring at me open mouthed. "What?" I asked "She needs to butt out." Glenn leaned forward and kissed me gently before leaning his forehead against my own and smiling. "Are you trying to play hero?" he asked. I smiled and shook my head. "Do I need to?"
Glenn shook his head and smiled. "I thought that I was supposed to be the knight in shining armour." Shrugging I chuckled a little. "Sometimes it's good to let someone else play hero." I pushed him back from me so that I could hop off the counter; if I didn't then dinner would never get finished. I smiled up at my husband and wrapped my arms around him. "Why don't you go spend some time with Ehren while I finish off the food?" Glenn smiled down at me, kissed the top of my head and walked back into the living room. I couldn't say I wasn't happy, I had my husband back home and that made me happier than anything. Now if only I could get my mother to like him.
Dinner was a quiet affair. My parents were never ones to talk when eating which made dinner awkward seeing as Glenn and I always talked to each other when eating dinner and Thomas and Anne left before we ate so no one really said anything while we ate. When everyone was finished eating I went to check on Ehren who was in the living room while Glenn had volunteered to clear the table and get the dirty dishes in the dishwasher I tried to tell him not to worry about it, I figured he'd be tired and just want to relax but he shuffled me in the direction of the living room instead. My parents followed me into the living room and sat themselves down on the sofa talking amongst themselves. I don't know what they were saying nor did I really care at that point.
As soon as I had entered the living room Ehren started crying. Before I could even say anything Glenn came rushing in from the kitchen and plucked her out of her bassinet. "What's wrong with my little princess huh?" I had to hold back a giggle. This was nothing new to me, he frequently came running whenever she cried but my parents had never witnessed this and they were currently looking at Glenn with their jaws dropped. "She's probably hungry; she was fed a few hours ago." Glenn nodded and made his way back to the kitchen with Ehren and then I could hear him putting a bottle together while talking to her.
With him home it was nice, I knew he'd pretty much help with everything and I'd get a chance to relax a little. My parents were still staring at the door to the kitchen when I sat down on the couch with them. "Is he always like that?" my mother asked me when she finally turned to look at me. I smiled and nodded. "I told you when you called last week that he's a good father." She shook her head and muttered something but I wasn't paying attention. Glenn had walked back into the room, bottle and baby in hand and sat himself down in his chair and started to feed our little girl. I couldn't wipe the silly grin off my face. I haven't been this happy since before he left 3 weeks ago.
"Oh, I almost forgot, Shy called, she wanted to know if she could stay here when Mark goes to visit the troops next month. She really doesn't want to be alone and I told her I'd talk to you about it." Shiloh, or Shy as everyone called her, is my best friend. I've known her since I was 8 years old and we've been like sisters our whole lives. She also happened to be engaged to one of Glenn's best friends and colleague Mark Calaway, who just happened to be the Undertaker. The two of them had met at our wedding and they pretty much hit it off right away, even though he somewhat scared her at first. "You know you don't have to ask, she's welcome here anytime she wants." He said without bothering to look up from Ehren.
Ten minutes after we sat down Ehren decided that she was done eating. Glenn cradled her against his shoulder so that he could burp her, obviously in complete daddy mode now. It didn't take long for her to burp but she ended up spitting up all down Glenn's back. "Well then, I guess that's my cue to go take a shower." Glenn said laughing before handing Ehren to me and then headed upstairs to our room. I looked down at Ehren smiled at her. "Well little girl that's one way to welcome Daddy home now isn't it?" Ehren on made her little baby sounds with a grin on her face. She seemed to be proud of herself. I looked over at my parents, Dad was having trouble not puking himself, he had always been like that and Mom just had a blank look on her face.
It wasn't long before Ehren was falling asleep and I got up so that I could take her upstairs to the nursery. "Your father and I are going for a drive; we'll be back in a little while." I nodded and gave them my house keys just incase Glenn and I were in bed when they got back. It was early but I had been up at 6 to pick them up from the airport and it was likely that Glenn hadn't gotten much sleep before getting on the plane as well. When they left I made my way upstairs and into the nursery. I tucked Ehren in and stood watching her for a few moments when Glenn walked in the room and wrapped his arms around my waist and I leaned back into him.
I felt him kiss the top of my head and I turned in his arms so that I could hug him in return and smiled up at him. I noticed that he was now only wearing sweat pants and I took a moment to admire his strong chest. He stooped down enough so that he could gently kiss me before letting me go and turning on the baby monitor before he grabbed my hand and guided me down to the living room. He sat himself down in his chair and pulled me onto his lap where I happily snuggled into him. I was going to suggest going to bed, he however had other ideas apparently and turned on the TV. He found a horror movie on the Pay-Per-View channels which he knew would scare the hell out of me. I tried to glare at him but it just wasn't working. He grinned at me before turning to the television.
Whenever something would jump out, I too would jump and he would laugh at me and then kiss me before turning his attention once again to the movie. Around halfway through the movie Glenn started rubbing small circles on my back. I started to doze off not long after and I ended up falling asleep fairly quickly. I woke up a few hours later in bed. Someone had changed me into a nightgown and I knew it was Glenn, who had an arm wrapped around me. I could tell by his breathing that he wasn't asleep and without even looking at him I knew he was staring at me. "My parents back yet?" I asked and rolled over so that I could lay my head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, they got back about 10 minutes after you fell asleep." I nodded in acknowledgement and buried my face in his neck, savouring his scent. I placed a kiss on his neck and then gently nipped at him, and then kissed the spot. "You shouldn't do that you know." I looked up at him and grinned. "Do what? I'm not doing anything." Glenn growled and rolled me over so that I was on my back and he was hovering over me. "You shouldn't start things you can't finish." He murmured before leaning down and kissing me. "Who says that I can't finish it Mr. Jacobs?" I grinned at his confused look while wrapping my arms around his neck.
"I had my check-up yesterday big guy. Doctor says I'm all clear to return to normal activities." I watched as his face lit up before he attacked my lips with his own. I moaned and arched up into him as his lips moved from mine and he kissed down my jaw line before moving to my neck. I moaned again when he hit a sensitive spot and trailed my hands down to his strong shoulders and then down to his chest while he returned to my lips and slipped his tongue through my lips and circled around my own. By now my eyes were closed and my hands were busy feeling the strong muscles on his chest as they tensed and twitched at my touch.
While my hands wandered his chest his had made their way down my sides, brushing against my chest, down to my hips and then to the hem of my nightgown, just above the thigh. His lips had found mine once again as he ran his hands down my legs, when he drew them back up he grabbed the hem of my nightgown and began to slowly tug it up and over my head leaving me in just my panties. When it was off he looked down at me with a smile. "Beautiful, as always," he murmured before leaning down to kiss me gently. He attacked my neck again for several moments before moving on to my shoulder, kissing along one before making his way to the other.
My mind was jumping everywhere, it had been a few months since we'd been able to do anything sexual and it was like the first time all over again. He was lightly nipping his way down my body, slowly making his way to my breasts where he gently bit and licked at one while kneading the other so he didn't neglect one before switching. While he was doing this I found myself whimpering softly while trailing my hands up his arms, up to his shoulders and down his back feeling the muscles tighten and twitch under my hands.
He was murmuring softly, I couldn't make out what he was saying but I know it would be something sweet. I arched up into him as he moved on from my breasts, kissing his way down my stomach before slipping a knee between my thighs, parting them and allowing him to fit comfortably between them and moving down further so that he could slide my panties down my legs and drop them on the floor beside the bed. He kissed my thighs before moving back up my body and kissing me softly all the while slipping a hand down to run a finger against me before slipping it inside me gently, drowning out my moans with his kiss.
He slipped a second finger in me and began to gently move them in and out of my body, prepping me for what I knew would bring relief and pleasure that I had known what seems like thousands of times before. It didn't take me long to reach my peak and just before I went over the edge he stopped and removed his hand, leaving me to groan at the loss of contact. He told me to shush and moved off of the bed where he removed his sweat pants. I sat up and grabbing his arm I pulled him back on to the bed and over my body.
He obviously got the hint as he parted my thighs once again and settled himself between them. I watched as he stroked himself a few times before moving to kiss me once again and gently pushed himself into me, stretching me as he always had, there is nothing little about that man. We both moaned at the contact, his more of a growl. He held still for a moment before he pulled out and thrust back into me, making me tremble and starting a rhythm that he liked and I wasn't about to object to it. It didn't take me long to start moving with him, every time he pulled out I followed.
I knew I had to be quiet, my parents were just down the hall but the little shocks of pleasure coursing through me were making it very difficult for me to be quiet. I was clutching at his shoulders and brought my legs up to wrap around his hips, pulling him deeper into me and making him hit that special spot that he knew would send me into an oblivion. It took less than three thrusts for my trembling to increase and then I was seeing stars as my world crashed down around me. I cried out, his name falling from my lips as he moaned and thrust into me several more times before he growled, buried his hands in my hair. He kissed me hard before burying his face in my neck and shuddering above me as he pushed himself as deeply as he could spilling himself inside me.
We stayed like that for several minutes, trying to catch our breath and gain back our composure. During this time he was going back and forth between kissing my neck and my lips. "Love you, my beautiful little wife." I grinned up at him and kissed him softly, moving my arms from around his shoulders to around his neck. "I love you too." With that he decided to move off of me, something that I didn't want and I showed him this by tightening my hold on him. "Baby I'm too heavy," he said trying to get me to let him go. "No you're not, stay there." He shook his head and kissed me again, turning me to mush and allowing him to roll onto his back, taking me with him to lie on his chest.
I cuddled up to him, one hand on his chest while he played with my hair and rubbed my back. "I have definitely missed this darling" I smiled up at him and leaned up enough to kiss him. "I've missed it too." He tightened his arms around me and kissed my forehead. "Get some sleep honey, I have a feeling Ehren will be up at some point tonight." I shook my head, frowning a little. With him being gone he had missed a lot already. "She sleeps through the night now Glenn but you are right, I am tired. Love you big guy." With that I gave him a kiss and snuggled deeper into his arms. "Love you too baby girl." It wasn't long after that that I fell asleep, listening to Glenn's even breathing as he slept. I was where I was the most comfortable, in his arms and I have missed it these past three weeks and I was going to enjoy it while I had him here.