"It's been two weeks Ronnie are you ever planning on talking to me again" Robert asked tired of the deafening silence between them
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, what do you want to know"
"Are you going to die, I mean I know with the cancer and ..."
"We all die, Ronnie. Some of us take a little longer and some are a little faster..."
"No, are you going to die like you did when mom died and when Nick left"
"I see... you feel guilty for wanting in move out and start a life with Lizzy when mines coming to an end"
"I don't know what I..."
"Look son, the house is yours." Robert put his hand up to stop Ronnie from talking
"Me and the Dean have been talking and I guess I realized I've been waiting for you and your brother to move forward with your lives so I could die, when I do die I hope it ain't no time soon but lets face it I ain't no spring chicken with out this stupid cancer. But I think what I need to do is stop living in something that doesn't exist anymore. Caroline is gone and I'll be with her soon enough, but for now Lesley is in my life and Lizzy's in your and Aubrey's in Nick's. I guess what I'm trying to say is it's time for me to move on."
"What do you mean move on, your leaving me"
"That's exactly what I mean, I'm leaving you to take care of yourself, Nick his own self and I'm leaving this house full of memories that just leave stuck in the past. I'm going to be fine at Lesley's place. so don't worry about me." Robert took a bite of the sandwich he had been fixing while he talked then winked at Ronnie walking past him."
"Wait there's just one little thing I need help with"
"Make it quick, Wheel of fortune is coming on"
"Okay, you're running off to have fun" Robert nodded his head taking another bite of sandwich.
"What are me and Nick supposed to do alone in this house with know one to settle our fights"
"It's your house, kick him out when he comes over uninvited" Ronnie ran The Commander down and stepped in front of him
"So I'm just going to be alone, by myself in this house.No one to talk to?"
"If that's what you want." Robert flopped into his recliner
"But that's not what I want"
"Then I suggest you call Lizzy before she signs those lease papers today" He flipped the t.v. on and kicked back the foot of the chair knowing full well Lesley had been stalling the lease all along.
--
"What are you grinning about" Eddie asked Ickey
"Nothing" Ickey was kicked back at Nick's desk. Nick took the day off to stay home with Sam.
"I wonder what Darcey would think about being called nothing in bed" Eddie dove right in with the blunt guy humor
"You're grinning to and I ain't asked you what you've been doing with Janet" Ickey coiled back
"That's different, I'm a newly wed. Everyone knows what we're doing. I couldn't lie about it if I wanted to. Which I don't anyway. I'm just not dishing the details about my wife." Eddie laughed at the thought of calling her his wife
"So I take it you've broken in the house, then" Ickey grinned then propped his feet on Nick's desk.
"Not really. I mean yeah we've had sex but it's been pretty much contained to the bedroom" Even that confession surprised Ickey. Eddie didn't talk about Janet's bedroom abilities.
"Why, Dude you've got a whole house to yourselves plus a legal right not to mention blessings from the big Kahoona himself" Ickey pointed upwards
"I don't think 'the big kahoona' wants us to go after it on the kitchen counter, man" Eddie chuckled
"Go forth and multiply" Ickey quoted "Just look at it as practice"
"Can we not talk about babies"
"Sorry man. I didn't think about it still being so sore a subject"
"Nahh, it's alright. It'll always sting but we've accepted it" Eddie really had and Janet some to though the thought of facing that again wasn't something she didn't cringe at still on occasion.
"You can still have kids, can't you?" None of Eddie's friends had ever asked him about it
"Yeah. We Can"
"Dude, you have to have children. A little Janet and Eddie would have to be a cool kid. Probably hell to be reckoned with but a cool kid none the less" Eddie just looked at him. Sure he had thought about it how pretty a little girl would be with Janet's smile and curly hair or how tough a boy would be with both of their stubborn ways. He had already made his mind up that they would either have a daddy's girl or momma's boy all the way.
"We've talked about it and we're going to wait a little while first"
"If I tell you something personal that no one else knows will you keep it in the vault" Ickey asked him
"Have I ever ratted you out before" He was sarcastic
"Do you remember that lolly I dated for a while a a few years after high school."
"The really petite red head. I thought she managed to tame you there for a while, until she up and moved on you"
"I got her pregnant. I didn't know until after she had already given my daughter up for adoption. I hired a lawyer and tracked down the couple and got to hold my her. The lawyer said I would be able to get custody but she was already a year old and to her they were mommy and daddy. I couldn't just rip her away from her family. So the couple that adopted her agreed to let me see her and they send pictures and let me know what goes on and how she's doing."
"So that's why you disappear for day's at a time." Eddie had always bitched him out for taking long weekends with no excuse for it.
"You and Darcey's the only one's that know. I haven't even told Ma. She would just want to see her. She knows who I am but I don't want to confuse her." Ickey handed Eddie a picture of her.
"She's cute. What's her name" Eddie asked
"Annie" Ickey answered. "Don't let losing the first baby stop you from having more children, It's the best feeling in the world when your child hugs you and you get to tell them you love them"
Eddie had never seen that side of David Eichorne before. "We've been talking about it. I'm ready but Janet still needs a little more time but she did pick out a room for a nursery. She told me to take my time painting it but I'm hoping the sooner I get it done the sooner she be more open to the idea. We ain't getting no younger."
Ickey took a deep breath as he put the pictured back in his wallet. "So, I think you should break in that room first" Ickey laughed changing the subject.
"I'm more interested in the kitchen " Eddie looked guilty thinking about it.
"Have you figured out how your going to talk her into it"
"Yeah, by making sure we don't have time to talk. Breathe a word and I'll let Janet kill you but if I take control and don't ask she'll turn hotter than the sun on our backs doing Mcpenskies's yard that time. "
"Brave sole Latekka, you had to get the nerve to try that the first time and it could have gone either way"
"We were drunk" Eddie laughed "and I don't mean rough but just diving right into it. None of the flirting or seduction. I mean we do those most of the time and it's unbelievably good sex but every now and then..." Ickey knew what he was talking about as they walked to the back to start the inventory.
"I had a feeling there was something that got your attention to start with"
"It wasn't like that we waited months before we actually did the deed. We didn't want to mess things up. I wanted it to be right."
"Bull shit after three months, you just wanted to do it before you imploded" Ickey busted him
"Well of couse I wanted to but for the first time in my life I only wanted to if it was with Janet."
"Dude, how did you two wait that long. Janet put the breaks on you didn't she"
"Actually to be honest I was the one doing all the breaking. Janet pretty much just pulled the whole lets see if your gay thing. She made it sound really cute but she got the point across."
"You're an idiot, Latekka" Ickey enjoyed reversing that role.
"So how is it"
"What?? You did not just seriously ask me that"
"Ohh come one she's got you wrapped and dancing for peanuts. Everyone knows it's got to be really good."
Eddie blushed "It's hot."
"That's it just hot" Ickey knew his smiles didn't come from just hot.
"It's honestly the best, hottest, most erotic sex I've ever had in my life and that's including all of the sex I've ever had." They had swapped stories a plenty before Janet
"Is that because Janet's your wife or because she's..." Ickey knew Eddie's look meant don't go in the freak direction.
"That's because I love her but other than the mushy stuff. That woman knows how to turn on a man. She'll never admit it in a million years though."
"Really so what does it take to turn on Eddie Latekka nowa days. Use to a pair of breasts and a short skirt is all it took."
"I'm married not dead" Eddie chuckled
"I kinda like the turned on I get from Darcey, it's different you know"
"I know I just haven't figured out how to explain it yet" Eddie raised his brows
"Can I ask you something kinda of personal, I swear I ain't gonna say nuttin to nobody"
"That depends on what it is" Eddie looked at him crooked
"Darcey took pitty on me and anyway we're having sex now as a result" Ickey was mischievous "It was nothing I expected. Don't get me wrong it was really good, twice actually...I guess I just want to know if it's always going to be like that or will there still be some of the dirty stuff occasionally to. "
Eddie could tell Ickey loved Darcey and he was really nervous about it. "It's pretty much always going to be like that. You know caring, respectful , loving...all the mushy stuff every time from here on out man"
"Is it enough? Do you like stop craving the other or learn to live without it?" Ickey fiddled and Eddie cracked a grin
"No it's not enough, you'll crave it less but more intensely and no you can't learn to live with out it" Eddie thought Ickey was going to choke on the frog in his throat. He let him squirm a while.
"So how do you deal with the horny good enough that your not tempted to waver." Eddie busted out laughing
"You entice her into fucking your brains out every now and then."
"But you just said" Ickey was confused
"I know what I just said. If you love each other you can still have good sex. You just do it with love and respect but above all and don't forget this you make damn sure she knows your turned on by her not by her fun house"
"Cornbread Terms?" Ickey asked
"It's simple really you just have to care which means watch the language. Avoid naming anything and that includes positions, body parts, each other" Ickey need his cornbread cut into bite size pieces
"Okay what's your favorite position?"
Ickey howled "or 69" He added
"Alright instead of saying hey lets do it doggy style you use a deep and slow voice and ask not suggest like baby I want to hold you against me. As far as a 69 goes you don't mention it ever, no way no how . Never"
"Dude, your killing me"
"Asking for a blow job is out of the question. That one's completely at her discretion. There isn't a way to ask the woman you love to suck your dick respectfully. Trust Me! When she does venture into doing it and she will if you control yourself, then you can get the simultaneous action going but you don't ask for it you just work your way into it. One more thing keep your hands in check while she's doing it. You can touch her face but don't make her feel like your in control when she's the one working you over and though she want need a heads up give her one anyway but let it be in your tone not by just blurting it out .There she blows or some crap like that. She'll know when your there but just in case.."
"Who told you how it works, you got a book or something" Ickey and Eddie both laughed
"I wish, basically it was trial and error with Janet. She explained a lot to me but I did the opposite of everything I had ever done or saw and then eased around things until I figured it out."
"Yeah Well keep talking. I ain't so good at the field trials" Eddie just rolled his eyes at another one of Ickey's doggy comments
"I like the dirty talk though." he added
"So will she. Occasionally only though and like I said watch what you say. Tell her she feels good, wet, tight, warm but just omit pussy saying 'your' is good enough. Don't say you want to fuck her tell her you want to feel her. It's not hard to do really. Use all the words to describe it but most of all encourage her with everything you do." Ickey finally got it.
"What's your favorite position" Ickey wore his guilty grin
Eddie hesitated before he answered "Depends on what kind of mood we're in. If we're tired or just making love I like to be on top, makes Janet feel safe. Mornings and naps I don't mind laying back to watch. Quickies on her side or we find the nearest piece of furniture or whatevers handy to prop on. Slow Evenings or if we went out we usually end up with her in front but on her knees only. Late or drunk nights there's no telling"
"We laugh a lot"
"So did we, still do " Eddied eased Ickey's worries and Ickey started digging a little deeper
"Janet in front huh." Ickey looked like a devil and Eddie cocked his head waiting for his next statement.
"Usually when I'm in the rear..."
"That's not what I said" Eddie spoke clearly
"To much info man, I meant behind...no..shut up you know what I wuz talkin bout"
"With you there's no telling." Eddie ejoyed torturing him
"I've never done the knees only kind of thing, it can't be as good as the hands and knees kind of thing. Just seems to me your aim wouldn't be as good and bad aim makes bad sex"
"Your wrong it's better actually. You have to go a lot slower but your hands are free and everything is with in easy reach and view"
"Yeah but does it feel good"
"I haven't had any complaints and to tell the truth I don't expect any. It's a very productive angle for us anyway. I like it because it's somehow romantic and hot as hell at the same time. There's just something completely erotic about a woman's ass and back against you while you have sex. Not to mention smelling their hair and being able to hold their breasts and work them a little at the same time with the other hand."
The guy's talked some more about their fantasy's mostly. Things they didn't count on ever actually doing with Janet and Darcey. When they finished up inventory they headed back out front.
"Yeah, man but wouldn't you get..." Eddie had a grin on his face soon lost when he shut Ickey up by putting his hand out to stop him.
"Janet, I didn't know you were coming by sweetie" She knew he was kissing ass
"I ran in to Darcey at the coffee shop, I was coming to see if you wanted to grab some lunch. I had to run a few errands and all. Just thought you might be interested in grabbing a both at Sully's with you wife"
"Yeah, sure. You haven't been waiting long have you" He stumbled all over himself trying to find out if she overheard anything.
"Actually we just walked in" Darcey added. Eddie quickly grabbed his keys and headed out to eat with his wife.
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"Are you okay" She asked knowing he was worried about what she might have overheard.
"Fine, why are you" He spouted deflecting
"Yeah"
"Are you going to be home when I get off?" He was more concerned than she originally thought "Of work, when I get off of work. You're going to be there right" It took everything she had not to laugh.
"Where else would I be. It's going to take all day to scrub that stupid coffee stain off the kitchen counter anyway" Janet knew it was mean but she couldn't resist.
"Counter" Eddie chocked
"Baby are you sure your okay" She played it so smooth
"I'm just not feeling that great. I was thinking about taking the rest of the day off to spend with you anyway"
"I'm fine I'm going to be busy working on that counter anyway." She left him to sweat. As soon as Eddie got back to the shop him and Ickey questioned each other about if they had overheard and decided they hadn't in the end.
"Hey did you hear about Nick and Aubrey being engaged"
"I did, he asked her a few weeks ago. I don't how she didn't blow up not telling anyone"
"Maybe they just wanted to share it between them for a while" Phil suggested on their anniversary this time sitting in an actual Italian restaurant. Phil was still nervous but able to breath at least.
"Maybe but there's no way I would be able to do something like not tell everyone about being engaged to the man of my dreams. I mean yeah sure the actual proposal should be private, but that's more for the guy's sake than the girls seeing how she could say no. Could you imagine how embarrassing that would be to propose in public and have all of these people starting at you, complete strangers just waiting for you to be rejected, man I'm glad I'm not a guy" She never even realized Phil was getting down on one knee next to her.
"Me to" He chuckled
"Phil, sweetie are you okay? We can go home if you want to"
"Joy Constance Renee Valentin also known as my Pizza Girl will you marry me"
"That depends" Phil just looked confused
"Okay depends on what."
"Do I have to be Mrs. Pizza Girl Farmer because that would imply I farm Pizza and everyone knows Pizza doesn't come from a farm and I don't look anything like a farmer unless I wear overalls which I do sometimes but that's just to paint in... yes of course I'll marry you" She changed the subject instantly and kissed him leaning to hard and falling onto of him in the floor of the restaurant.
"Hannah Jane, baby where are you" Ray called coming in from a long day's work
"I'm right here, something wrong" She came trotting down the stairs
"Where's Rock star at tonight"
"He's staying with Dottie, there's supposed to be an eclipse and they were going to camp out in his back yard or something"
"That's means we can celebrate"
"What are we celebrating, Ray"
"I got a call today from the city, guess that trip you forgot all about paid off. We just got the contract which means, not only are we going to be incredibly well off. I get to spend a little more time at home doing this" He started to nibble her neck which turned into a very fun and impromptu round of love making on the kitchen table.
