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Ok for those who read the last chapter about the tumor and I said malignant, I mixed it up. I totally did my research and as I was writing the chapter I mixed things up. The tumor was benign and I fixed it.
Chapter 6: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Kendall woke when he felt the bed dip beside him. He looked around and saw James sitting on the edge of the bed. Kendall saw James hanging his head and not moving to get back under the covers.
"Jamie?" Kendall questioned.
James turned to face Kendall shocked. Kendall saw the tears slipping down his cheeks. Kendall sat up and moved over to James pushing the blankets away from himself.
"Jamie, what's wrong," Kendall asked worriedly.
"Nothing, just…nothing," James said wiping at his tears.
"James," Kendall said warningly.
"I've just been thinking about…" James trailed off and looked away from Kendall. Kendall sighed and knew where James was going with this.
"James, I still love you, nothing has changed," Kendall said.
"Hasn't it? I just feel different thinking about it," James snapped. Kendall moved closer to James.
"You haven't changed one bit Jamie," Kendall cooed into his husbands ear. "You are still the man I fell in love with and married. You are still the man who gave birth to my children, minus Jenny of course. You are still the man I love man now and I always will," he said leaning in and pressing a kiss to James' lips.
"Really?" James asked.
"Really, I love everything about you James, nothing will ever change that," Kendall said. He then kissed James once more ad pushed him down onto the bed. He hovered over the brunette. "I love your lips," he said as he pecked him once more. "You cheeks, your eyes, your fore head, your ears, your neck," he said punctuating each body part with a kiss.
"Kendall," James said his breathing already getting hard.
"I love you shoulders, your chest," Kendall said as he kissed his way down James' body being sure to give James' nipples some attention. James' breathing started to pickup. Kendall moved lower. "I love your abs, and your thighs," Kendall said moving lowers. He stripped James of his pajama pants and started kissing down his calves to his feet. "I love your feet too," he said with a smile.
"Kendall," James whined and wiggled his hips.
"Yes, I love you cock too," Kendall said leaning down to kiss the clothed member. His hands came to James hips and reached under to James's ass and squeezed. "I love you ass," he said.
"But most of all," Kendall said sitting up. He looked up into James' hazel eyes. "I love your heart," he said leaning down and kissing James chest over his heart.
"Ken," James said.
"Yes Jamie," Kendall said.
"Make love to me," James requested. Kendall smiled and nodded his head. He grabbed the hem of James' underwear and tugged them off James' erection sprang free. Kendall grabbed it and stroked it.
"I love you James," Kendall said feeling the need to use James' name rather than his pet name. He reached over to their bedside table and pulled out the lube and a condom. Kendall knew it was best to wear a condom. He knew there was still a chance he could get James pregnant. He didn't want to risk it right now.
Kendall set about preparing James. He took his time adding one finger at a time while looking into James' eyes lovingly. He was making this about love, not lust. He wanted James to realize that. James was panting and moaning.
"More Ken," James breathed.
Kendall grabbed the condom and slipped it on and lubed himself up. He then pressed himself to James. Kendall looked up at James face and saw his eyes had slipped shut and his hand was up by his head. Kendall placed his hand over James and the brunette opened his eyes.
"I love you," Kendall said.
"I love you too," James replied.
Kendall slipped into James and he gasped. It had been awhile since they had actually had sex. It wasn't painful, but it wasn't as pleasureful as it could've been. Kendall moved slowly trying to get James used to the feeling. James relaxed and soon the pleasure intensified.
"More," James panted.
Kendall moved his hips a bit faster, but kept the pace loving. This wasn't about getting off. It was about James. It was about love. Kendall angled his hips and found that spot that had James seeing stars and arching his back. Kendall eventually grabbed James' cock and started stroking him. James came with a moan of Kendall's name rolling off his lips. Kendall came a few thrusts later filling the condom.
Kendall pulled out of the brunette and tossed the condom. He fell onto his side and looked at James.
"Thank you," James said.
"Your welcome," Kendall said smiling. "You're still you and that's all that matters," he said. He pulled James to him and pressed his face into his neck. He placed a kiss to the sweaty skin there. "Let's get some sleep before Jenny wakes up," he said.
"It's after three in the morning, I just put her down before I came back to bed and then you woke up," James said.
"Ok fine, let's sleep before we have to get the kids up for school and make Jake his birthday breakfast," Kendall said rolling his eyes.
"Oh my god, Jake's nineteen," James said slowly.
"Don't remind me," Kendall said wrapping his arms tighter around James. James chuckled and wrapped his arms around the blonde and let sleep over take him once more.
-Aftermath-
Jake yawned as he got out of bed. He looked at his clock and saw that it was still early. He smiled as he realized what day it was. He got up and got dressed and made his way out to the kitchen where Leora and James were already getting breakfast ready. They were making pancakes.
And
"Pancakes? Really," Jake asked with a smile.
"Shut up, you know you love them," Leora said turning to her brother. Jake laughed and nodded his head.
"Hard to believe that you're nineteen already," James said looking at his son. Jake moved to the fridge and got the whipped cream and butter and set it on the table. He leaned against the table as Adam dragged himself into the kitchen and fell down at the table.
"Tired?" Jake asked.
"You have no idea," Adam said.
Jake just nodded his head. Adam and Cooper hadn't really had a break from going to school and parenting. They had tried to take a break over the weekend. Jake had offered to baby sit for them. They had gone up to their bedroom and never come down. Jake had gone to investigate and found them both passed out.
"Is Cooper with Miri?" James asked.
"I think so," Adam said.
"You think so?" Leora asked confused.
"She was sleeping when I peeked in on her and Cooper was still getting ready," Adam said. "I don't neglect my daughter, I just don't want to wake her up if she's sleeping peacefully," he said.
"That's smart, you never want to jolt a baby awake, they are hard to get back to calm down," James said nodding his head.
"I know," Adam said finally lifting his head up and looking at James. He saw the pancakes and looked at Jake. "Aren't you a little old for pancakes Jake?" he asked.
"Shut up, you'll want them for your birthday next month," Jake teased his brother.
"You two are never gonna stop arguing are you?" Kendall asked as he walked into the kitchen with Jenny. He had an empty bottle in his hand.
"Nope, we know how much you love it," Adam said turning to Kendall with a smile. Kendall just rolled his eyes. James grabbed the bottle from him and started making Jenny a bottle.
A shout was heard from upstairs followed by a loud wail. Kyle started calling for Adam. Adam jumped up and ran from the room thinking the worst. He was worried something happened to Miri.
Adam reached the nursery and saw Cooper hopping on one foot, Kyle trying to calm Miri down, but not knowing what he was doing.
"What happened?" Adam asked worried.
"I was coming to check on Miri and I stubbed my toe and I startled her," Cooper winced. Adam moved over to Kyle and took his daughter from her. Kyle left the room quickly. Adam started to rock Miri gently and talk soothingly to her.
"Are you ok Coop?" Adam asked as he held Miri close trying to calm her down. She wasn't calming down though. Adam just rocked her and tried to soothe her.
"Yeah, I'll be fine," Cooper said.
-Aftermath-
Layla walked into her study hall with Millie. It was one of the few classes she had with her best friend. Layla walked over to Millie and sat down at the table with her.
"So, I was thinking maybe inviting Sam and Mariah as well," Millie said referring to her weekend plans for her birthday. She was turning fourteen.
"Yeah, that's good," Layla said nodding her head. Millie was having a sleep over and they were trying to decide who to invite over. They had two other girls already invited and Millie now had two more.
"I was also thinking of inviting Erika," Millie added.
"Are you sure?" Layla asked quickly shaking her head. She knew Millie was talking about Erika Mason. A girl in their class that they hung out with from time to time. Erika had silky dark brown hair and matching dark brown eyes. She had light mocha skin and was just perfection. She had been new to L.A. last year and ever since Layla had been confused. She had fought it most of last year, and recently she had become better friends with Sora, who was so sure of who she was. It made Layla really question who she was and if she was really attracted to Erika.
Millie knew Layla was confused, she just didn't know who Layla liked. She was always trying to guess though. She was always wrong though. Layla didn't want Millie to invite Erika to her sleep over because Erika was the girl that was making Layla question everything about herself. Erika was the hottest girl in their grade and Layla had a crush on her. She didn't want Erika finding out about her crush, She didn't want Erika outing her before she was ready.
"What why not, she's cool," Millie said cutting into Layla's thoughts.
"Yeah, she is I guess that's fine, but don't you think five is pushing it?" Layla asked looking back at Millie.
"Sora is family so it's four," Millie said shrugging.
The bell rang and the two quieted down. Their teacher Ms. Schneider was a strict and didn't tolerate talking. Millie pulled out some homework and actually started working leaving Layla to her thoughts.
-Aftermath-
Jake was sitting in the quad with his lap top in his lap. He was working on an Essay that he had due next week. He wanted to just get it done and not worry about it. He jumped in shock as his eyes were covered.
"Guess who," a familiar voice said in his ear. Jake grinned.
"My incredibly hot boyfriend," Jake said grabbing the hands and looking up at Damien with his grin still in place.
"Happy Birthday Jakey," Damien cooed into his ear before leaning in and sealing their lips together as Jake blushed at the nickname. They parted and Damien sat down next to Jake. He reached into his bag and pulled out a small box.
"It's not much, since we're saving for an apartment, but I think you'll like it," Damien said holding the box out to Jake. Jake smiled and opened the box and smiled.
"You're so corny," Jake said laughing. He picked up the small homemade coupon booklet.
"Thanks, I worked hard on that, some of them are for after we get an apartment," Damien said smiling at Jake.
"I do love it, it's perfect and just so you," Jake said with a big smile. He pecked Damien on the lips once more.
"So me?" Damien asked once they parted.
"Cheesy," Jake grinned. Damien laughed and shook his head. "Oh face it Damien Saunders you are cheesy," Jake teased.
"Ok fine, sometimes I can be a bit cheesy, but you love it," Damien replied with a smirk.
"That I do," Jake said with a big smile. He pecked Damien on the lips once more.
"So, we're having dinner with your family?" Damien asked.
"Yep, including my auntie Katie, and her family and my grandma Jen," Jake said. Damien nodded his head. "It's just a family thing," he added.
"Just family," Damien asked.
"You were practically family before you and I started dating. You are Adam's friend," Jake said.
"True," Damien said nodding his head once more with a smile.
-Aftermath-
Adam dragged himself into his independent living class right behind Cooper. Cooper was actually tugging him into class. Adam wasn't in the mood for class. He wanted to go home and sleep. Miri had decided to keep him up all night. Cooper hadn't been up as much as him. Cooper had offered to take over, but Adam had told him to go to bed. He hadn't regretted it until now. It was starting to affect him. He was tired and very sluggish. He was temped to just go to the nurse to sleep.
"Are you ok?" Mina asked looking at Adam.
"Tired," Adam hummed sleepily as he slid into his chair. He let his head fall onto his arms on the table in front of him.
"You can't sleep," Cooper reminded Adam.
"I don't think he cares," Mina said.
"I like her, she's smart," Adam said waving a hand in Mina's direction. He was too tired to even open his eyes. Mina and Cooper chuckled.
"Ok Addie, what ever you say, just don't come crying to me, you know Ms. Holiday has it out for you like you have it out for her," Cooper said as he sat down next to Adam. Mina laughed and sat down in front of the two. She and Cooper started talking until Ms. Holiday walked in. Cooper nudged Adam lightly but he didn't move.
Ms. Holiday started her lesson about saving money and not being cheap at the same time. She had great tips. Cooper saw her looking over at him and Adam, and he knew that she knew Adam was sleeping. He nudged Adam again and got no response. He decided to let whatever these two had in their minds play out. It would be interesting to see what they were gonna do.
Ms. Holiday seemed to sense Cooper wasn't going to wake Adam, because she grabbed a book from her desk. Cooper sat back, Adam had brought this on himself. Ms. Holiday kept talking as she walked towards the back of the room. Cooper knew she was going to drop the book on the desk to wake Adam up, but he kind of wanted this to play out. Adam might get mad at him, but that wasn't his fault.
"Ms. Holiday," Adam said startling the teacher and the class. Cooper wasn't as shocked as most. He had thought Adam was sleeping, yeah, but this was something so Adam to do. Adam still had his head down and his eyes closed.
"Mr. Knight," Ms. Holiday said regaining her composure.
"Do you have kids?" Adam said his eyes remaining shut.
"Yes, two five and eight," Ms. Holiday said deciding to play along with Adam. She, like everyone else, was wondering what Adam had up his sleeve this time.
"Then you know, babies keep you up at all hours of the night. They don't sleep when you want them too and they demand attention because they depend on you," Adam said.
"Yes I do know," Ms. Holiday confirmed.
"Then you might also know that you have to take sleep where you can get it even if you're not really sleeping," Adam said, "I am very aware of my surrounding to begin with anyways from the click of your heels to Harvey's asthmatic breathing across the room," he said finally sitting up and looking up at Ms. Holiday with a smug grin.
"Very good Mr. Knight," Ms. Holiday said, "you are just like your dad," she added as she walked back to the front of the room.
"I'd be shocked that you know who my dad is, but he and my pa are all over the news because of Jenny and Miri. Which makes me wonder how you didn't know about Miri," Adam said.
"You make think you're one step ahead Mr. Knight, but I'm already three steps ahead of you," Ms. Holiday replied before getting back to her lesson.
Adam sat back in his seat looking at Ms. Holiday. She hadn't known about Miri, yet she was all over any gossip magazine he got his hands on. He hadn't done any interviews or given any pictures of her out, but Kendall and James had been spotted with the girls when they were bringing them to Adam's grandma Jen's. Ms. Holiday didn't seem to be the type to be into gossip magazines, but yet she knew his dads.
Adam spent the rest of the class thinking things over. Trying to figure Ms. Holiday out. He had to put facts together. James and Kendall had been adamant on him and Cooper taking the class. They hardly had left room for argument, that hadn't stopped Adam from trying though. From the first day Ms. Holiday seemed ready for his smart assed come backs. She was ready for him and as she said, sometimes she was a few steps ahead and other times he was. It was almost a dance they were doing.
More like a chess game
, Adam thought as he watched Ms. Holiday talk. She was hard to figure out, but he was determined. He'd figure this out.
-Aftermath-
Jake looked around the living room Tonight was his night and it was great. He was nineteen and had everyone he wanted with him, even his grandma Brooke and his Grandpa Eli. They had flown out for him since they hadn't made it to his last birthday, and needed to get away from Minnesota. Jennifer, Katie, Tyler, Jessica, and Michael were here. Damien was here as well. Then there was the rest of the family, Kendall, James, Adam, Cooper, Kyle, and Leora. Jenny and Miri were sleeping in the nursery.
"So, tonight is a big night," James said jumping up and getting everyone's attention. Kendall stood up as well. All eyes turned to the two. Jake looked up at his dads.
"Yeah, Jake is nineteen, it's hard to believe that only a year ago he was just turning eighteen. The time really flies," Kendall said.
"Really? Are we going to have a repeat of last year?" Jake asked.
"No, we're saving that for next month with Adam," Kendall said with a grin. Adam groaned and looked away from his dads.
"No, we got a gift for you," James said reaching into his pocket. He pulled out an envelope and held it out to Jake.
Jake smiled as he stood up and took the gift. He opened it and nearly dropped it. He looked at the check and then to his dads.
"What is this for?" Jake asked, already having an idea what it was for, he just wanted to be sure.
"Well, we know you and Damien are having trouble getting money for an apartment, so happy birthday," James said.
"Are you serious?" Jake asked looking at Kendall more than James.
"Yeah, you're nineteen and we've gotta let you go," Kendall said with a smile to his eldest son. "That doesn't mean you can't come back and visit," he said quickly.
"It's not like I moving a million miles away dad," Jake laughed.
"I know," Kendall said. He seemed to be trying to fight back his tears.
-Aftermath-
Adam yawned as he laid down in bed. He had laid Miri down and she was sleeping. He was hoping she'd sleep through the night. She had done it countless times before, he didn't know why she wasn't anymore. He curled into his pillow and shut his eyes as Cooper walked into the room fresh from his shower. Adam opened his eyes and peeked at Cooper, who was only in a towel.
"Is Miri down?" Cooper asked.
"Yeah, she's sleeping and pops said she was up most of the day, so she should sleep most of the night, we'll see," Adam yawned. He laid back and watched Cooper get ready for bed. Adam watched Cooper change and couldn't help but get a tiny bit turned on. His tiredness was suddenly gone as he watched Cooper's towel drop. Adam watched him as he slipped his boxers and a tank on.
"Come on let's sleep," Cooper said crawling into bed in his boxers.
"Maybe," Adam said looking Cooper up and down.
"No, I am not having you sleeping in class because of me," Cooper said shaking his head.
"Oh come on," Adam said scooting closer to Cooper, "you can't expect me to watch you change and not do anything about it, I mean we've been together for almost a year now," he said.
"Oh right, our anniversary is coming up," Cooper said smiling.
"Yep," Adam said with a grin, "now let's have a preview," he said pulling Cooper closed to him.
"Wait for the weekend please, I don't want you to be tired tomorrow," Cooper said.
"I won't be," Adam assured Cooper.
"Addie, it'll be more special if we wait for Saturday," Cooper said.
"Come on you can't get me all worked up like that and then expect me to just go to sleep," Adam whined grabbing Cooper's hand and bringing it to his crotch.
"Want me to blow you then?" Cooper asked as he squeezed Adam's length in his hand. Adam let out a chocked gasp. It had been so long since they had done anything sexual. Adam just nodded his head. Cooper grinned and kissed Adam hard on the lips. Adam groaned and opened his mouth to let Cooper's tongue in.
Cooper slowly made his way down to Adam's neck ad he tugged Adam's shirt up a bit. He moved down to Adam's stomach. It wasn't as toned as it had been a year ago, but that was understandable. Adam had given birth to their daughter, and his body was still snapping back into shape. Cooper didn't mind, he loved everything about Adam.
"Coop," Adam said pushing down on Cooper's head. "Don't tease," he said. Cooper chuckled and peeled Adam's pajama pants and underwear down enough to expose his hard member. Cooper licked his lips and took it into his mouth and sucked on the tip. Adam gasped at the sensation and tried not to buck his hips up.
Cooper grabbed Adam's hips as he started bobbing his head up and down. Adam gasped and tried not to moan, but it was so damn hard. Cooper's mouth was just amazing and talented. Adam fisted the sheet as he neared the edge. He was close and he knew it.
"Coop," Adam warned. He didn't get a chance to say anything else as his orgasm hit. His back arched and Cooper swallowed everything Adam gave him. Cooper sat back and looked at Adam who was panting as he came down from his high.
"How was that, enough to hold you over until Saturday?" Cooper asked.
"More than enough," Adam said grinning. He sat up and pulled Cooper down next to him. He pressed his lips to Cooper's in a heated kiss. Cooper grinned into the kiss and laid down next to Adam.
"Good, cause I've got plans for our anniversary and I already talked to your dads," Cooper said.
"What? Really?" Adam asked.
"Yep, everything is taken care of already, don't worry," Cooper said.
"What?" Adam asked.
"It's a surprise," Cooper said laughing.
"Come on tell me," Adam pleaded with Cooper.
"Nope, you'll just have to wait and see," Cooper said smiling.
"You're a jerk," Adam pouted. Cooper laughed and pecked Adam on the lips.
"Just go to sleep Addie," Cooper said shaking his head. He reached over and turned their bedside lamp off and the room was engulfed in darkness. Cooper wrapped his arms around Adam and let his eyes drift shut.
"Will it be fun," Adam asked in the darkness. Cooper chuckled and pulled Adam closer.
"Depends on what you mean by fun," Cooper said.
"Both ways," Adam said eagerly.
"I like the way you think and I'm counting on it," Cooper said pressing a kiss to Adam's neck. "Now go to sleep before Miri wakes up," he said.
"Okay, okay," Adam said.
-Aftermath-
Jake was sitting on the hood of Damien's car with him once more. After they had spent some time with his family, Jake had decided to spend some time with Damien. They had a few things they still needed to talk about.
"We owe your dads big time," Damien said.
"I know, I wasn't expecting that," Jake said nodding his head.
"We could totally baby sit Jenny for them one of these nights," Damien said.
"That's not a bad idea," Jake said thoughtfully.
The two lapsed into silence. They were both thinking over the days events. Jake was happy everything had turned out pretty good.
"So, how was your day though," Damien asked.
"Great," Jake said.
"Good, I was hoping it was, I mean this is your day Jake," Damien said looking over at him.
"Yeah, I know and I've got the perfect boyfriend and the greatest family ever," Jake said.
"Yep, that's me the greatest boyfriend," Damien said slowly.
"Day," Jake said confused. He looked over at the raven haired teen confused.
"What if I wanted to be more than just a boyfriend," Damien said slowly.
"Day," Jake said again.
"I want to know that this is going somewhere Jake. Things with you just feel right," Damien said as he reached into his pocket.
"I know what you mean," Jake said nodding his head. Things with Damien were different. He had never felt this way about anyone before.
"Call me crazy, but I don't want to spend the rest of my life with anyone but you," Damien said pulling something out of his pocket.
"You're crazy, but so am I," Jake said with a grin. He had an idea of where this was going, but he wasn't quite sure what his answer would be.
"Will you marry me then?" Damien asked turning to Jake. Jake gasped, he had been expecting it, but it was still a shock.
Jake had to say something. He wasn't sure what to say though. Yeah he loved Damien more than he ever did anyone else, but he was only nineteen. Damien was still eighteen. They were young. Then again his dad had married young, and so had Carlos and Logan. They were all still together and in love.
Jake looked at the ring Damien was showing him and then up to sapphire eyes. He saw no hint of hesitation there. Damien was being genuine. He meant what he said. Jake bit his lips as he looked at the ring once more. It was a gold ring and silver ring. It wasn't showy, but Jake loved it. He looked up at Damien once more.
"Jake," Damien said slowly his nerves showing.
"Day," Jake said softly…
Yep I ended it there. What will Jake's answer be? What are Cooper's plans for his and Adam's anniversary? Is James really ok with his new discovery about himself? You'll have to wait for the next chapter of Aftermath to find out.
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