Ilse'sPurpleSummer: I can understand where he's coming from too, especially given he's seen how James can be with people he loves. He can be blind as a bat with them. But the way he's expressing all this now is not the way to go with James, especially with Mindy. Mindy's really is not going to defend herself like Mark would. James has to protect her. jadeMK11: Doesn't seem like it does it? All he wanted was for James to leave Mark and now that he did, he's still not happy because of Mindy. James really can't win with him. cathy: Thank you!
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Cooper lingered in the shadows once again as Mindy was hard at work in the kitchen seemingly working with a blender and putting something in the oven while singing in an operatic classically-trained voice. James oddly was out of sight and Connor was probably with him that meant, that or Mindy chased them out of the house so her little task could be completed…whatever it was. Cooper was predicting whatever she was making wasn't for anyone but darling James.
"Sing once again with me! Our strange duet…! My power over you…grows stronger yet! And though you turn from me to glance behind…! The Phantom of the Opera is there…Inside your mind…!"
Checking the white shit in the blender she sniffled and pulled out three really tall glasses, licking her lips and pouting them before stopping the blender and pouring it all into the glasses evenly while continuing.
"Those who have seen your face…Draw back in fear…! I am the mask you wear…It's me they hear...Your spirit and my voice in one combined! The Phantom of the Opera is there…Inside my mind…!"
"What are you singing?"
That startled Mindy immediately and she almost dropped the blender, gasping and whirling around to face Cooper watching her closely.
"You wouldn't know…" she said innocently, pulling out cherries and placing them in all three tall glasses before arranging them on a plate and sticking little pink umbrellas in them all.
"Oh yeah?" he shrugged and folded his arms across his chest, approaching her just so she could see how fucking huge he was compared to little her, "And why is that?"
"Because it is Broadway…" Mindy nodded and kept her eyes down, and Cooper snorted before shaking his head.
"Are you serious?"
"Yes…" she was wringing her hands before turning her back to check the oven timer.
"Nerd…" smirking he stepped closer and rested against the oven so her view was blocked, and she cracked a weak smile as if she'd heard that comment before, "So you're one of those theater dorks?"
"Kinda…" she shrugged and folded her arms across her chest, "Phantom is my favorite though…"
"Phantom?"
"Mhm" she nodded with a grin, "The Phantom of the Opera is my little vice. I know every line."
"You sing really well…" his eyebrows rose, "oddly well, actually"
"I am classically trained, it is-"
"You're telling me that powerhouse pipeline you have is fake?" his eyebrows rose to let her know he didn't buy it and he eyeballed her with a smile, "You're too humble, you know that? I thought you were gonna be a snotty obnoxious bitch"
"Are you gay?" it was asked quite bluntly, and his eyebrows rose in shock.
"Seriously? Did you seriously just…?"
She nodded with those huge blue eyes.
"How'd you know?"
"Jamie said you had a boyfriend and I guessed…" she shrugged, "I guessed, I dunno."
"Why? Because I haven't tried to bone you?" shaking his head he eyeballed her and faltered, actually averting his eyes and stammering, "Y-you know, just because you're beautiful doesn't g-give you the right to fuck with people's heads and put them down, alright?"
"What?" she was panicking, "What are you…?"
"What is this, anyway?" scowling he stared at the three tall glasses and glared, "Who's it for, you, Dad, and Connor?"
She gave him a strange look, "More like you, Connor, and Daddy…"
"Why not you?" he was jumping her so fast she was startled.
"I can't…" suddenly she was meek and hugging herself, "I get fat."
"YOU?" he gave her a onceover again…she was really fucking skinny…and toned.
She nodded and turned her back once more, but he turned her around by her wrist and smiled.
"What are we making here?"
"Vanilla milkshakes extra thick…just like Daddy likes them" she smiled to herself and lovingly touched the glass she would probably give to James, "And I made Battenberg Cake too!"
"Batten-what?" Cooper's eyebrow rose as she pulled open the over and unveiled the most beautiful-looking masterpiece Cooper had laid eyes on to date…and it was entirely homemade from scratch.
Battenberg cake is a light sponge cake. When cut in cross section, displays a distinctive two-by-two check pattern alternately colored pink and yellow. The cake is covered in marzipan and, when sliced, the characteristic checks are exposed to view. These colored sections are made by dyeing half of the cake mixture pink, and half yellow, then cutting each resultant sponge into two long, uniform cuboids, and joining them together with apricot jam, to form one cake.
"Holy fucking SHIT, do you own a string of bakeries as a side job?"
"No…" she shrugged and placed strawberries on top that she cut herself, "I wanna surprise Daddy…"
"Is this your only trick?" he motioned to the dessert she prepared along with all the dishes she had washed, dried, and stacked, "Holly homemaker? What?" he snorted, "Are you gonna be pushing a vacuum next and making my sandwiches into shapes?"
"If you want…" she shrugged, but Cooper was laughing so hard it was making her die inside.
"Seriously, you're not my mom. You'll never BE my mom, alright? You're just some bimbo my dad decided to nail for a while until Mark or someone else comes along! What the fuck are you doing? This isn't YOUR family! It's MINE! It's all that's left of it! The last thing Dad needs is someone like YOU fucking taking him away from us! He doesn't love you, he'll NEVER love you the way he loved my mom! You're nothing but a fucking rebound, okay?" nodding in her face he didn't notice how she welled up with tears and stormed off, "A FUCKING rebound!"
Nodding along Mindy hugged herself and cried where she stood in the middle of the kitchen.
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"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine…" Connor had his face to the tree in their backyard as he counted to a hundred, "you better be hiding real GOOD, Daddy!" he and James were playing hide and seek, but of course James used that as an excuse to slip into the house and find who had been on his mind the entire time.
"Baby Doll…" he cooed while sneaking around the house looking for her with the biggest grin on his face, "oh Baby Doll…?"
Moving into the kitchen he found her with her back to the counter and grinned.
"BABY Doll!" smiling even though she wasn't (and it severely worried him), James wrapped an arm around her waist and grinned, "Come here, Baby Doll, I missed you…"
Giving her his best puppy frown even though she wasn't smiling or reacting much he pulled her into a deep kiss, gliding his tongue inside her mouth almost immediately and she moaned happily. As they made out one of her hands wove into his hair and the other started petting his face, while he ensured his free hand was between her legs underneath the red button-down of his she wore as a dress. Her panties were wet already and he smirked, moving her thong to the side and backing her against the nearest wall as they still made out.
"DADDY I'M COMING FOR YOU!" Connor shouted excitedly in the backyard, not realizing he had been ditched.
"Can I, Baby Doll?" rubbing large circles around her wet bare pussy he asked as a hoarse whisper into her throat, "Are you nervous in here, can I…?"
"Ohhh DADDYYYY!" Connor was shouting from the backyard as James didn't wait for a proper response even though it was 'yes.'
He lifted one of her legs and unzipped his jeans and opened them, grinding the large bulge in his boxers against her wet heat and groaning happily as he did so.
"You want it right here, Baby?" grunting into her ear as he grinded his groin into her harder he asked, and she nodded immediately, "Huh? You want my cock right here? Or do you want it on the counter? Or on the table?"
She shook her head to insinuate 'I don't care' and with some adjustment he showed her his pulsing erection after he pulled it from his boxers.
"See that, Baby Doll?"
She nodded with an open mouth as she stroked it.
"See how hard it is for you? All nice and hard in your hand…"
His cock was standing straight in the air for her, and he watched her stroke him until precum began to leak and she caught it, lathering his hard cock with it before licking her hand eagerly. He was hissing and she smirked.
"Does that feel good, Jamie?" she stroked him harder yet and he moaned, "Do you like it?"
"Not as much as your pussy" shaking his head he kissed her and held her leg against his side hard, impaling her on his cock and they moaned loudly, "Fucking hell, Baby Doll!"
"Mmmm yes, Jamie!" kissing his throat she accepted every hard thrust and met it right back, "Oh fuck Jamie, yes! Fuck me Jamie yes!"
"You want more?" grabbing her ass he groaned into her ear and she nodded eagerly, grinding against him and waiting for his pace to quicken. Her head went back as he humped harder, actually making her limp to the point that he picked her up and fucked her hard against the wall. Her clit was burning for her to cum but she didn't.
Still inside her he moved off the wall and she almost shrieked at how deep the penetration was, so he slowly fucked her that way loving how loud she screamed and tried to ride him.
"You like me all deep inside you, Baby?" he smiled and she nodded eagerly, riding his cock until he moved her to the counter and fucked her there, kissing her deeply and their tongues tangled until he got her on the kitchen table too. They came hard and he actually fell forwards to rest his head on her chest as she lay on her back, covered in sweat and panting when the back door swung open and they both gasped.
"HEY!" stamping in there Connor seemed to completely miss James stuffing a pair of panties in his pocket and zipping his pants back up.
"Connor?" he gasped and checked to make sure Mindy was covered.
"YOU DITCHED ME!"
"Because he smelled the milkshakes and Battenberg cake I made for you guys as a surprise!" immediately the smile zapped on James' face as Mindy pulled out three of the beautiful milkshakes and the most interesting light sponge cake James had ever seen, "It is British"
"WOW! It's like a CHECKBBOARD! Tinkerbelle, you really ARE magic!" grinning Connor sat down at a barstool by the counter and Mindy brought over the cake and milkshakes, and James immediately frowned.
"Baby Doll this was so sweet of-"
Her tongue was down his throat before he could finish the sentence. Kissing her back they made out again as Connor happily helped himself to cake and a milkshake before tugging her sleeve.
"Excuse me, Miss Tinkerbelle?"
Her eyes popped and she nodded at him, "Mhm?"
"These are magic good too" nodding he hugged her waist and James just stared in astonishment, "thank you."
Smiling weakly she nodded and hugged him back, "Anytime, buddy."
"Can you cook for forever?"
"I can cook every day, if you wanna be my Chef's assistant…?" she enticed gently and he nodded.
"BOY would I!"
Smiling she poked his nose happily, "Chef's assistant gets to try samples before dinner"
"Hey! No fair!" frowning James hugged her before realizing only three milkshakes were made, "Baby Doll, you only made three"
"For you boys" she nodded before kissing his forehead and he nestled into her neck, "I ate one already I sneaked it" no she didn't.
"Are you okay?" he frowned and she nodded, "Where's Cooper?"
She shrugged, "Upstairs…"
"Well, why isn't he down here?"
No response.
"Baby Doll…?" frowning he touched her face but she shook her head worriedly, "Baby Doll did he…?"
She clammed up and he didn't like it one bit.