3 Years Later
"Are you sure you don't mind watchin him for me Ames?" I asked my best friend as I walked toward our front door to answer whoever was knocking on it. "Well I'm deff not gonna make ya take him with ya. That wouldn't be a very fun date would it?" she replied. I opened the front door to find a very handsome man smiling at me like it was Christmas morning.
"Wow, Osten, you look amazing." The man stepped in and shut the door behind him. He then took my hand and spun me around so he could take in the whole view. "Absolutely amazing. How did I get so lucky?" Amy snickered from the couch and mumbled something incoherent to my son. "So, Shane, where we headed to tonight again? That fancy restaurant over on Main, right?" I asked, trying to change the subject. "Yeah, Gino's, it's an Italian joint. I know how much you like pasta Oz." Shane replied.
"You know me so well Shane," I giggled. Shane went over and sat down next to Amy on the couch so he could see Malaki. Amy handed him over and Shane baby talked him and asked him if he knew how pretty his momma was and how lucky he was to have her. "Of course he knows Shane, you remind him every time you see him." I laughed. Shane and I had been dating since Malaki was only a few months old. Daryl had been gone for a little over 3 years. My son was now nearly 2 1/2 years old.
I had run into Merle when I was about 7 months pregnant and he had smirked at me. "Moved on fast there dint ya hunny?" he had sneered. I ignored him and let him think what he wanted. He hadn't made any attempt to keep in contact or let me know how Daryl was or anything. Screw him. I hadn't seen him since then. Shortly before Malaki was born Amy and I had moved into a nice 4 bedroom house just down the road from Lori and Rick.
I had finished my nursing classes and had luckily gotten hired at the local hospital in King County. Granted, I didn't start until after Malaki was born and I had waited about 2 months after that. My parents had paid my half of the rent until I started getting regular pay checks. Amy was also a nurse and had gotten hired on at the same time I had, only she got to start right away. I didn't continue my education to go into pediatric oncology as I had originally planned since I had become a single mom. However, I had been able to become a pediatric nurse in the maternity ward of the hospital. It was my dream job.
Shane had asked me out on a date when Malaki was right around 2 weeks old. I turned him down. I had too much going on in my life with a new baby and a new job to worry about trying to keep someone else happy, and I had told him so. He was persistent though, but not annoyingly so. Whenever Amy and I needed something done around the house or one of our cars fixed he was always right there with Rick. We had grown close despite the 10 year age difference and when Malaki was about 3 months old I asked him if the offer was still available.
Obviously, it was and we had been dating ever since. He was really good with Malaki and my son adored him. Shane was actually his fourth word, following momma, Amy, and no. Of course, Shane sounded more like 'Sane' when Malaki said it. I had no intention of making Malaki call Shane daddy and Shane had never brought it up. He knew all about the Daryl issue but we very rarely discussed it. He knew it upset me.
"Well, our reservations are for about 10 minutes from now Oz, we should get going." Shane gave Malaki a kiss on his forehead and the boy giggled, "Sane! Sane!" "You be good for your aunt Amy now, you hear me boy?" Shane said in a mocking authoritative tone. "He always is," Amy said as Shane handed me Malaki so I could give him my own goodbye kisses. "Amy, do you mind keeping Malaki overnight so Oz can stay at my place?" Shane asked. "I rented a couple movies for us to watch, we haven't had a slumber party in about a week." Amy and I both smirked at him. "I'm sure that is the only reason you want me to stay over Shane, to watch movies." I giggled. Amy agreed to keep Malaki for me and after I promised to be home by 10am so she could get ready to go in to work at 11am, (I was off on weekends) Shane and I departed.
We had an uneventful, but delicious dinner. When we arrived at Shane's gorgeous home (the employees at the Sheriff's Dept. made good money here in King County) he came around and opened my car door. As soon as I stepped out he scooped me up and carried me inside, bridal style. I laughed all the way to his bedroom, where he lay me down on his ginormous California king sized bed. "See, I knew ya wanted me to stay over for something other than watching movies," I giggled. He just laughed as he kicked off his shoes and crawled on top of me.
"Well, I didn't think you would appreciate me saying what I really wanted in front of your son," he stated as he kissed his way up my stomach, agonizingly slow to my neck, finally finding my lips. "Good thinkin, that probably woulda earned ya a swift kick in the ass Mr. Walsh." "I'd like to have seen you try little lady," he said as he sat up and removed his shirt. I playfully tickled his sides as he pulled me into a sitting position as well so he could remove my fancy tank top.
He growled deep in his belly when he saw my perky tits in my perfect fitting black bra. "See something you like officer?" I asked as I reached down and unbuckled his belt. "More like someone I love," he said. "I love you too Shane," I purred as he removed his pants, followed quickly by my own. I had lain back down and he was standing beside the bed, taking in the view of me in nothing but my sexy undergarments.
"You know how much I love that bra and thong on you, you wore them on purpose, didn't you?" he drooled. "Only the best for you officer Walsh." I loved calling him officer when we were getting intimate, it was so dirty. "Now, are you gonna stand there all night or ya gonna get in this bed and rock my world?" "You don't have to ask twice Osten," he growled as he climbed his way back on top of me. After a few rounds of down and dirty love making and we had both found our release several times over we lie in bed and fell asleep, holding each other close.
I awoke the next morning to my alarm at 9am. I got out of bed and jumped in the shower. I was joined by Shane about 5 minutes after I got in. After we had gotten ourselves even dirtier we washed ourselves and got out. I dressed quickly after I realized I only had about 10 minutes to get home so Amy could get ready for work. Shane drove me home and kissed me goodbye before I got out of the car, he had to be to work at 11am as well. "Give Malaki a kiss for me please, and tell him I'll try to stop by tonight after my shift" Shane said and I nodded and got out of the car. I waved to him as I entered the house.
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