Ilse'sPurpleSummer: Things are definitely getting interesting. Things can never be too easy so there will be a whole truckload of interesting before this one is all said and done. cathy: Thank you! jadeMK11: Yeah that would be a good idea. Julie's not kidding around when she says she's gonna kill. And wait until she finds out Mindy's pregnant.
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Mindy lay over James on the couches in the living room, kissing his lips sweetly and petting his face and hair with gentle fingers. She loved this man. She loved this man insanely. He was her beautiful gorgeous Jamie and nothing could come close to him. James was kissing her back, paying special attention to her lower lip and grabbing a handful of thick blonde hair.
"What did he say?" frowning and keeping his forehead as close to hers as he possibly could James asked gently, "What did Crispy tell you about me, Baby Doll? You've gotta tell me, I-"
"Scared?" her lips pouted and she shook her head, "Why should you be SCARED, Jamie darling? I fuckin' love the shit outta you we are having a baby my beautiful darling…" she pet his face harder and they kissed deeper, "you are too paranoid."
"No babe…" sighing he was cringing internally assuming he was tugging the wrong strings, "I'm more worried about what he's making you BELIEVE about me than anything else, I mean, baby I LOVE you I really fucking…" he curled his lips as he let the overly sensitive moment pass and shakily continued, "fucking love you, and I don't want to lose you over Crispy's little fucking-"
"James Paul Lawson listen to me…" she grabbed his face and gave him big eyes until he nodded along, "are you listening?"
"Yes"
"Look…I LOVE you, Jamie! I do not care what people say, okay? I love you."
"I…"
"Kane is my FRIEND, Jamie! My best friend in the whole wide WORLD, he is SO protective of me, Jamie! He is my big friendly watch puppy and if he says anything it is because he is only looking out for me"
"I thought I was your watchdog…" he frowned when she kissed him and smiled.
"You are my BABY and I LOVE you" nodding she slipped her tongue into his mouth and he responded practically desperately, "Kane is like…" flipping those viper blue eyes to the ceiling she chewed her cheek and thought it over, "Kane is like…the big brother that I never had. He is SO sweet and really cares a lot about me"
"He wants in your fucking pants…"
"No!" shaking her head with a gasp she smacked James' arm lightly, "Jamie! Do not say such things about him, okay? You have NO idea what he's been through-"
"Of course I do, I grew up with him, remember?" he asked sweetly but there was hidden contempt for the Big Red Machine in there somewhere, "I know everything ABOUT him, babe…"
"Did you know about the fire?"
"I CAUSED the fire"
She gasped, "James! That killed his MOMMY!"
"I know"
"He LOVED his Mommy, James she was everything to him!"
"It was an accident…" he snickered and kissed her forehead, "they don't call him the big Crisped-up freak for nothing"
For some reason that angered her. It really made her fucking angry and she sat up to glare down at him.
"So what? If someone's been in an accident that makes them deformed? That makes them okay to pick on and make fun of?"
"Baby Doll, NO-"
"You know…" eyeballing him she ran a hand through her hair and scowled, "just because you are perfect in every way does not give you the right to be mean to someone like Kane, okay? He is my best friend in the WHOLE world and he CARES about me, he does! Just because he does not think it is cool that you fucked your sister and didn't tell me doesn't mean he's a loser, okay?"
"Oh fuck fuck fuck me…" he covered a hand over his face and Mindy shrugged.
"She is dead anyway. Not like I could call her out on this."
"Baby, please…" shaking his head he kissed her but she scowled.
"I LOVE YOU, Jamie! I thought we were in this together?"
"We ARE!"
"I thought you wanted to marry me and stuff and-"
"I DO, Baby more than you will EVER know"
"Then why did you not TELL ME something so horrible! Not like I would fall out of love with you or anything"
"Oh, like the way you're acting right now?"
"I am mad that you LIED, James! Not so much that you DID IT, I can FORGIVE you for doing it James, I LOVE you! But you gotta stop LYING to me about things! I never lie to you…!"
"I know, I know I know I know I know and I'm SORRY, Baby Doll I REALLY am SO so sorry! I love you; I love you so fucking much you can't imagine how much I love you"
"Then…" shaking her head she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, "why lie to me? Why do I have to learn everything about you through KANE, why don't YOU tell me about you?"
"And what about YOU, Miss?" petting her face he smirked, "When do I get the 4-1-1 on my Baby Doll?"
"There is nothing to learn about me, I am seventeen and spent my life getting the fuck beat out of me. I am not an interesting person, and I have nothing special about me that you would find intriguing."
"That's not true…"
"I do not matter, James Paul YOU matter"
He did love whenever she used his middle name. It had become a term of endearment.
"Babe…" running a hand through his hair he sighed and kissed her, rubbing her belly and smiling weakly because she was carrying his unborn child, "I only think of you, okay? I'm a man, I'm a STUPID man and we forget things if you don't remind us a thousand times. You're…" he looked her over and waved a hand her way, "the most intelligent beautiful young woman in the world, how can I possibly keep up?"
She stared at him oddly, "You do not mean it…"
"Oh but I do" nodding he kissed her and grinned, "My beautiful Baby Doll is all I can think about."
She laughed and shook her head, "I will never understand why."
His tongue glided into her mouth and they kissed deeply, Mindy already straddling his lap and rubbing herself against him. He had one hand up her shirt and lifted it so he could see her breasts move with how hard she was rubbing her pussy against him.
"You look so good, Baby Doll…" moaning he nodded as he lifted her skirt to watch her bare wet pussy hump him through his pants, "that's it…" his jeans were getting wet and he moaned, "yes…" three fingers found her swollen clit and rubbed until her head threw back.
…
"Did you know that Dr. Pepper has sixteen different sodas in it?" Mindy's eyes widened as she was making Dr. Pepper floats in the kitchen with Cooper, who was leaning right next to her on the counter and his eyes widened too.
"Oh really now?" it was asked a bit monotone but he feigned interest on her front.
"Mhm" she nodded, wearing a black pinstripe fedora that clearly belonged to Cooper and not her, "Did you know that?"
"I've been…" he sighed and slapped his thighs in a way that made her giggle, "illuminated."
"Enlightened?" she corrected, actually wearing James' nonprescription glasses with basically no makeup on and sweatpants. Cooper had popped her on Adderall just for the fuck of it since it seemed to work wonders for Crispy.
"Yeah…" he smiled almost boyishly, "sure…"
"So who is your new love life?" she asked inquisitively, everything about her so much more prim and astute when under the influence of this wonder drug.
"I uh…" he cringed and rubbed the back of his neck, "I've got nothing."
"Aww…" frowning she shook her head, "Why?"
"Why not?" he ran a hand through his hair and shook his head, "How could anyone ever want to fall in love again after that?"
"Try"
"What if Dad died? What then for you?"
She didn't answer.
"Exactly."
"Well Bub, you are so young-"
"As are you"
"But I am pregnant. It is different when it is babydaddy"
He smirked, "Oh IS it, now Missy-miss?"
"Yes, bean sprout."
"BEAN sprout?"
"Yes…" she responded all wisely with a nodding head.
"You're impossible" he waved her off, but was blushing and smiling at the same time, "You make me nuts."
"I am just crackers about CHEESE!" she nodded as she spread the melted cheese on her crackers from the fondue pot she had in front of her and Cooper was holding a hand over his mouth not to laugh.
"Are you for real?"
"Yes…" she examined herself earnestly and nodded, "I believe so."
"You really are too much, you know that?"
"Too much of what, Coopster? Too much FUN? Too much LOSER? Too much of an awesome PERSON?"
He kissed her cheek. He didn't know where it came from but her arm wrapped around his waist after that and she fed him a cheese cracker.
Gazing into her eyes he took one of her hands in his and kissed it, "Too perfect."
…
"I do not know what to do, like…" Mindy worriedly paced about her and James' bedroom on the phone with none other than Kane, "who do I call? I am pregnant by my thirty-four year old boyfriend and we are engaged but like, will they not arrest him for molesting me?"
"You're in Nevada, right?" he asked as a sigh, it was about four in the morning and James was sound asleep. He slept like a rock and this was bugging her like crazy.
"Yeah…" biting her French manicured nails she nodded, "yes, yes, yes…"
"Well I mean…" he was clearly reluctant to say all this.
"Come on, Kane! I KNOW you know all this you are the political genius"
"And that's why you're using me?"
"I am NOT using you, Kane! I would NEVER in fact, I DEFEND you from him twenty four-seven so do not give me shit"
"Age of consent is sixteen, Pillbug…" he sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, "I mean, technically if you have parent permission you can marry him right now-"
"WHAT?"
"Listen to me, Bug…" his voice got stern and she nodded intently, "and you listen to me good, understand?"
"Yes"
"You must have one parent or legal guardian present when getting the marriage license. A notarized written permission is also acceptable. It needs to state your name, birth date, age, along with the relationship of the person giving consent. The notary must make a note that the parent or guardian appeared personally before the notary and it must be sworn to."
"But I do not HAVE a parent, Kane! YOU know-"
"Your grandmother will NEVER sign off on this"
"But can Jamie get ARRESTED for our baby?"
"If your god damn grandmother presses charges? YES! Bug you're on thin ice here, you HAVE to lie low"
"But I wanna marry Jamie, I do!"
"Well you can't. Stop being an idiot, Bug you're being ridiculous right now. Does he tell you you're being ridiculous ever?"
"No"
"Yeah well, that's not what you need. You need to be on a leash for certain things, do you understand me? For your OWN protection you need a man who won't always just roll over and die"
"What is wrong with that?"
"Everything, Pillbug."
"Says YOU" she huffed.
"Says someone who KNOWS YOU better than he will EVER understand outside of a bedroom setting"
"Hey!" she shook her head and snorted, "Jerk! What do you have against my Jamie?"
"Everything, Pillbug."
"No but seriously, you know Babcia will not let me marry Jamie no matter what"
"And she shouldn't. I wouldn't let you marry him at forty-two."
"But WHY, Kane? He is so NICE and SWEET and I LOVE him I do"
"On WHAT grounds?"
"I am not going here again, Mister. I called you for free legal advice"
"Do I look like a god damn lawyer to you?"
"I dunno, you are halfway across the country."
"Christ…" he groaned with a weak chuckle, "Bug…"
"What?"
"Please…" his voice faltered, actually seeming hurt, "Don't do this…you have no idea just what you're getting into"
"Too late I am pregnant and I love him and I do not wanna wait"
"Your grandmother will NEVER agree to this! If she knew you were pregnant-"
"Than YOU be my guardian!"
"Are you shitting me?"
"No"
"Are you seriously fucking shitting me right now, Bug? You want to change custody so you can marry some prick?"
"Yes"
He pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head, "Get to bed, Bug. Take care of yourself, alright?"
"Hey Kane…?"
His voice perked, "Bug?"
"Um…" her lips curled and she smiled warmly, "you're really great, you know that?"
He snorted.
"I mean it."
"I miss ya, Pillbug."
"Then be my guardian"
"BUG!"