"Hungy, " Ace's little sister declared, climbing onto his lap. She's the newest addition to the family so she's only nine months.
"Ask Arianna to make you something, " he mumbled. He was up all night helping with homework and making sure everyone else in his family was alright. Being the oldest of 11 children is a struggle. His parents are barely around. It's not that they don't care for their kids, they weren't able to live their life freely when they were younger so they're doing it now.
"Athe, hungy."
"Arianna!" Ace hollered.
"No!" Arianna is the second oldest, she's 19 and she isn't that far from Ace in age. Arianna thinks she can do whatever she wants whenever she wants. Having a pretty face and voice is nothing compared to her personality.
"Please?!"
"Hell no!" she refused.
"Come on Aurora, " Ace sighed. He picks his baby sister up and takes her to the kitchen. "What would you like today?"
"Pagethi!" Aurora yells. She can answer basic questions, it's not that hard.
"Good thing we have leftovers." Ace sat Aurora down in her pink high chair. "Milk or juice?"
"Uthe!"
"Adorable."
"Ahhh!" Arianna was heard screaming throughout the whole house. It woke everyone that was asleep up and startled Aurora.
"What now, " Ace mumbled. Aurora started crying and the two-year-old, Ava, was crying because her sleep was interrupted. Everybody else was confused. So Ace got Aurora and took her upstairs with him. He opened the door to Arianna's room to see her standing on her bed in the far corner against her wall. "Why are you—."
"There's a fucking rat in my room, " Arianna stated bluntly. Ace rolled his eyes, knowing it wasn't a rat. The only thing around here is mice and cats. So Arianna is over-exaggerating as usual.
"There are mice traps around here, it'll get caught in one, " he shrugs, about to close the door.
"Ace! Don't close the door, please." That's the first please coming out of her mouth in forever.
"Come on then." Arianna looked at him as if he was crazy. Wide eyes, lifted eyebrows. Stepping foot on that floor with a 'rat' roaming around? She bit her bottom lip and then held her arms out. "I have a crying baby in my arms, I can't carry a grown woman in the other, " Ace explained.
"Your back?" she offered, her voice cracked a little.
"Okay, fine." He walks to her bed and turned around so she could get on his back. Arianna didn't waste any time, she got on his back and held on tight. Then they exit the room, Ace closed the door behind them. It was a struggle for the short time she was up back there. "Now go take care of Ava while I deal with Aurora, " he ordered after she got down.
"Get one of the twins to do that shit, " Arianna scoffed.
"I just did you a favor, do me one Riri. Please?"
Arianna crossed her arms, thinking about what to do. It was the right thing to do, but she wants to do what she wants to do. But also Ace got her out of there, but then again Arianna just doesn't want to help her bratty little siblings at all.
"Please?" he pleaded.
Arianna rolled her eyes and Ace could tell that she was about to give in. "Okay, fine, " Arianna scowled.
"Thank you Riri."
"Don't call me that shit."
Ace kissed the top of her head, making her gag. Then, he went back downstairs to feed Aurora.
After Aurora was fed up, she calmed down. Ace took her to the living room and put her in her playpen with all of her toys. Ace relaxed for as long as he could. It wasn't that long before his time would end. Arianna came down with Ava, but she was still crying.
"Take this damn baby, " Arianna stated.
"Oh no, " he said under his breath.
"Take her, I have things to do and I don't like crying."
Arianna is being Arianna today. "Where are you going?" Ace questioned, taking Ava from his sister. He bounced her on his leg, it has always stopped these kids from crying.
"To work, where else?" she answers.
"At the str—."
"Yes, I am. It pays for this house right?"
Arianna, Ace, and their parents have an agreement. While they are away Arianna pays bills and anything that involves the property and furniture, and Ace pays for food and whatever else they need or want. Arianna is an exotic dancer, she prefers that over stripper because she isn't taking anything off. People aren't afraid to look at someone in a bathing suit, but everyone gets sensitive when someone is in their underwear. Some girls there even just wear bathing suits because they're easier to buy. Ace does whatever he can for money, he can't have a real job because he doesn't have time for it. So he gets fast money whenever he needs it and however he can.
"Be safe, " he replied.
"Suck my dick."
"I'm serious, don't leave there alone. I'll pick you up if I need to."
"I'll be fine, " Arianna frowns.
"You weren't last time, I don't need you found in a hotel room unconscious again, " Ace uttered quietly. Her line of work has its good days and bad days. A couple of guys just caught her on a bad one. She doesn't remember what happened that night, but she's sure they do.
"Don't bring that shit up, that was last year. I learned my lesson, don't drink on the job, " she shrugged.
"It's not a lesson that you should have learned like that."
"I'm not listening to your shit." Arianna put her hands over her ears and tried drowning out whatever else he had to say.
"Childish, " he shamed. Ace shook his head with a sigh.
"I'm gonna kill myself if you keep talking, " she mumbles. She grabbed her keys from the coffee table, then her bag.
"Be safe, " Ace said again, it was more like an order this time.
"Stupid ass."
Arianna got out of the house as soon as she could. Ace was pushing the buttons that he always does. They always get into it right before she goes to work. He'd rather have his sister safe and sound, but Arianna does what Arianna wants to do.
"Dada?" Aurora called.
"Ace, " he corrected.
"Dada?"
Ace shook his head, but Aurora just smiled. Not seeing her parents has affected her in the worst way possible.
"Ava, what do you want for breakfast?"
"Pancakes, " Ava answered.
"Watch Aurora for me, while I make them, okay?" Ace asked. Ava nodded her head and rubbed her tired eyes. "Alright." She got off of him and Ace got up to make breakfast. Aurora looked up, wondering where he was going. Ace went to the kitchen and Aurora immediately started crying. "Why's she crying?"
"I dunno, I can't speak b-baby, " Ava replied with her little attitude. She was a mini Arianna, even though they don't get along most of the time.
"Athe! Dada!" she cried.
"You were right the first time, " he mumbled. Ace went back to the living room to get Aurora. Then he turned on a cartoon for Ava. "I can't hold you while I'm cooking, you know that right?" he asked Aurora as he took her in the kitchen with him. She had literally stopped crying after he picked her up.
"Kith?"
"Okay, fast talker." Ace gave her a kiss on the cheek and Aurora smiled.
"Mmmaa, " she said, giving Ace a kiss.
"Thank you, but I have to put you in your chair now." Aurora shook her head, then wrapped her little arms around his neck. "I gotta make breakfast, " he explained.
"Dada!"
"Ace."
"Dada."
"Alright, I'll let you win this time."
"Kith?"
Meanwhile, across town, Brick, Boomer, Bubbles, Blossom, Snake, Buttercup, Butch, and even Princess are making their way to the church for the funeral in a limo. Brick has been quiet all-day and more than usual. He ignores people when they ask him questions and will barely acknowledge anyone else.
"Will he be okay?" Blossom asked Bubbles in a whisper. Bubbles nodded her head, but really who knows.
When they arrived, Blossom was the first one out. Brick and Bubbles stayed behind. Brick wanted her too. As soon as that door closed, Brick kissed Bubbles. Kissed all down her neck and forced her black dress up.
"Brick, " Bubbles mewled out. She put her hands on his shoulders, lightly pushing his away. It didn't work, nothing was stopping him at that point. Brick slapped her hands away and held them behind her back. "Bri—. Ow, " she grunted. Brick bit the hell out of her neck. "We need to go insi—. If you bite me agai—." He wanted her to stop talking. Brick pulled Bubbles in his lap and almost ripped her underwear out of the way. "You can't just force—." Bubbles threw her head back with her mouth agape, Brick had aggressively just entered her. It took her off guard and it hurt a little. He was making no type of sound. It was scary, but enticing.
Brick was going to try to make this quick because he wants to go in there on time, but time waits for no one. So his thrusts were quick and hard. Something Bubbles loves about sex with him. His hands were on her hips painfully, making her match with his movements. His teeth are still on her neck and as much pain as Bubbles was feeling, she loved every bit of it. Brick parted his teeth from her skin and sat back to just admire how beautiful she looked. The way he was looking at her was enough for Bubbles to have her orgasm. The things Brick makes her body do amazes her. It took no time for her to reach her climax and no one held his intensity level.
"Again, please, " she begged in a moan. Brick shook his head and slowed down his thrusts. "Brick." Bubbles rolled her hips, if Brick wasn't going to do it she will. She was tense around him and if it's like this Brick wouldn't be far behind her. He could feel it. That knot in his stomach tightening and tightening. Brick pulled her previously curled hair back so he could assault her neck again. Boomer will not be happy when he sees the end result of her neck.
And at a church too
Brick's vision filled with black dots as soon as the knot in his stomach snapped. He emptied himself all the way inside of Bubbles. "Fuck, you're not wearing a co—." Bubbles stopped talking when she was almost finished her sentence. Her second climax came sooner than expected.
They fixed themselves up and hurried in the church. Everyone was just getting seated so they weren't late.
"Where was y—." Boomer took one look at Bubbles's neck and cringed. "Nasty a—."
"We're in a church, " Princess stated, interrupting Boomer.
"Bi—."
"Call me that and you won't wake up tomorrow, " she threatened. Good thing that she whispered it.
"Crazy, " Boomer frowned.
"You guys are in love as ever, " Butch said sarcastically.
Brick looked at them and one look made them all shut up. Butch cleared his throat and looked away, and Boomer crossed his arms while he slouched in the seat. Princess wasn't scared, she was respectful.
On the other side of the church is where Blossom, her father, Buttercup, and Snake are. Bubbles will definitely keep it civil considering the day. Snake will never try anything that ruins this.
By the time the service was over, Brick had his head on Bubbles's shoulder and silently and expressionlessly cried. His grandmother was a grandmother to everybody. She took care of anyone that she could. When Boomer and his mom would get into it and she'd kick him out, he would go over Brick's house because he knew that he had a home there. It's the same way for Bubbles. Whenever Bubbles was dragged along with Boomer to Brick's house, Brick's grandmother would have Bubbles sticking with her and they'd bake, cook, watch reality tv shows, do each other's makeup, dress up, and have little tea parties. His grandmother even helped Ace's family with money and all that. The only reason he's not here is because he doesn't know that she passed and wasn't invited. When Butch needed someone to vent to on another level, she was that person he'd go to. Princess went to her for relationship advice when Boomer was being difficult. Everyone cried at least once. That once could have been for half of the service though. Snake didn't know her that well, but he's here to support Blossom.
"Brick, it's over, " Bubbles said softly. He gripped her hand and she used her other hand to stroke his head. "I know, I know."
They went to bury the body and then to a restaurant. It was weird because everyone was barely saying anything. After that everyone went home. Bubbles thought Brick would need time alone. Boomer and Princess were the only two going the same place to talk.
When Bubbles got home, she took a shower and then made herself a hot bath. Bubbles had vanilla candles, vanilla bath salts, vanilla bubble bath and she previously washed with vanilla body wash in her shower. After her bath, Bubbles will even smother herself in vanilla body lotion, spray herself with vanilla mist, and put on vanilla deodorant.
Surprised she hasn't gotten tired of that scent
Bubbles got dressed in white biker shorts, a black graphic tee, and a black beanie to top it off.
"Bubbles, " she heard her mother say in a sing-song voice.
"Yes?" Bubbles replied, mimicking her voice.
"Are you okay?" Mrs.Alana asked, coming into her room. Bubbles sat up and returned the hug her mother gave her. "I know she was an astounding woman."
"I'm okay."
Mrs.Alana was about to say something, but Bubbles's ringing phone made her hold it off. Bubbles checked it and was a little surprised at who was calling her.
"Hello?" he spoke.
"Hey, haven't heard from you in a while, " she said in her soft voice.
"Ohhhh, I know who that is, " Mrs. Alana whispered. Bubbles nudged her mother, telling her to be quiet.
"I know, I've been busy with family and stuff. I need a favor though."
"Yeah, of course. What is it?" Bubbles asked.
"Um, I have this test on Monday for French and I need to study for it, but I can't when I have my siblings to watch so could you come over and help me with that a little, please?" he explained.
"I'll be right over."
"Okay, thank you."
"You're welcome."
"Bye."
"Bye."
"Hmm, no more Brick anymore?" Mrs. Alana teased.
"Mom, " Bubbles frowned.
"Ace is a wonderful young man, Brick is wonderful too though. To stare at, at least. Not that Ace isn't either, but Ace is great with kids, can cook, cares about family, makes sacrifices when he needs to, isn't selfish, and that face. Brick is... he cares, I think. He has a great figure..."
"Mom, " she gasped. "You shouldn't be thinking about them like that."
"They are grown, it's not like I'm talking about little kids, " Mrs. Alana shrugged.
"I'm leaving." Bubbles got up to gather her stuff, which isnt much.
"I'm just saying, think about your options. But wait, take this." Her mother handed her a small pill, with a wink. "Your neck is still a little bruised, and I am too young and beautiful to be a grandma. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it, " Mr. Alana shivered. "Put some makeup over that, you don't want Ace knowing you were with someone else. Make sure it's waterproof, you could get lucky tonight."
"I rather not talk about my sex life with you, " Bubbles cringed.
"I forgot you were your father's child, I'll call Princess. She talks to me about that stuff, my daughter is too ladylike to talk about it. Not ladylike in the bedroom, I can tell you that."
"Stop."
"You can take my car, don't crash it or I'll kill you."
Bubbles rolls her eyes, then left. When she got into her mother's car, she took the pill and covered her bruises with light makeup.
Mother knows best
"Thank you for getting here so fast, " Ace said as Bubbles stepped through the door. He was holding Aurora, who is pulling at his curly hair.
"No problem, you definitely look like you need help. Aurora has gotten so big, she probably doesn't even remember me."
"She might, " he shrugged as he closed the front door. "You remember Bubbles?"
Aurora looked at Bubbles with a toothy smile. "Mama!"
"She thinks every woman's her 'mama', " Ace chuckled.
"Kith?" Aurora questioned. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, then led Bubbles to the living room.
"You wanna hold her?" he offered.
"Will she let me?" Bubbles asked.
"She should, you can sit down if you want. It's not your first time being here." Bubbles playfully rolled her eyes, then sat down on the couch and removed her beanie. "Here." Ace gave Aurora to Bubbles. She was actually eager to go to Bubbles.
"You are so beautiful, " the blonde cooed. "Hi pretty girl." Aurora laughed and screamed as she bounced up and down on Bubbles's leg. "You have beautiful eyes, beautiful dark eyes, " Bubbles smiled.
"Kith?"
"Kiss?" she repeated, looking at Ace on the side of her. He nodded his head and Bubbles put her attention back on Aurora. She kissed the top of her head, Aurora's smile got bigger.
"Kith!" Aurora declared.
Bubbles looked at Ace, basically asked him what should she do next. "It wasn't a question, " he reassured.
"Mmmaa." Aurora gave Bubbles a kiss on the cheek, surprising her a little.
"Oh, thank you, pretty girl, " Bubbles said.
"Okay, I'll be right back. I have to get my stuff, " Ace stated before walking away.
"Dada, " Aurora called.
"Aww, you call him Dada. As much as he takes care of you, I don't blame you." Aurora put her hands on Bubbles's face, then started laughing again.
"Mama, mama, mama!" she chanted.
"Bubbles, but alright, " Bubbles whispers. She heard Ace coming back down the steps and Aurora smiled at him when he entered the room. He had his phone, textbook, earphones and a pencil behind his ear.
"Dada!"
"Ace, " he replied.
"She's a baby, let her be, " Bubbles teased.
"She won't learn from me letting her call me 'Dada', " Ace explains. Bubbles rolled her eyes and watched him as he sat down in the chair across from her.
"She doesn't know better right now Ace."
"I've taught her right from wrong."
"Parents are supposed to teach their children right from wrong, so you can't blame her for getting you mixed up with her parents, " Bubbles said. Ace thought about it and she was right, how could Aurora know the difference at nine months.
"Ea, ea."
"Oh, you're hungry?"
"She can eat an apple, but you would have to cut it up. Her milk is in the fridge, " Ace stated, squinting at his text book.
"Get your glasses."
"They don't work."
"Trust me, they work, " Bubbles mumbled. She left him in there, suffering with reading. The words in the textbook are too small for his eyes.
Bubbles sat Aurora in the highchair and then went to the fridge for her bottle, reached to the top of the fridge for Honey Nut Cheerios, and cut up a yellow apple. Those ones are the sweetest.
"I'm back, with companyyyy, " Arianna announced after she walked through the door. Her attitude didn't seem right. She is not herself.
Ace turned around to see his sister leaning on her best friend, Bliss. Bliss has dyed teal hair and purple eyes with fair brown skin. They are contacts of course.
"Oh God, you're drunk, " Ace mumbles with a sigh. "Thank you for getting her home safely, Bliss."
"I'm always here to help, " Bliss replied.
"Do you need help or—."
"No thanks, I'll take her upstairs by myself."
"Alright."
Bliss takes Arianna upstairs. Arianna fell right to sleep when her head hit her soft pillow. It's always like this, Arianna says she'll quit drinking, Arianna says she's learned her lesson, Arianna is drunk by nine.
"Okay, she's knocked out, " Bliss told Ace. She had just come back downstairs. It's weird how she hasn't noticed Bubbles when she passed the kitchen. Bubbles was too busy with Aurora to see what else was happening.
"Thank you."
"And what are you reading?" Bliss asked. Ace was very focused on studying.
"I'm getting ready for my French test, " he sighed.
"Well French is my second language."
Ace looks up with one of his eyebrows raised. "Really?"
"No, I'm kidding. What do I look like knowing French?" she joked.
"Helpful, " he mumbled.
"Oh fuck you, you know I didn't have a good education."
"I don't know you well enough to know about your education, " Ace shrugs.
"You knew me enough four years ago."
Four.
"Mhm." Ace is barely paying attention to her, he just wants to get his 'learning' done.
"Jesus Christ, is French that interesting?" Bliss laughed. Ace didn't reply, didn't know she was even still talking.
"Ace, does she still—." Bubbles stopped talking when she was halfway finished with her question. Seeing Bliss there was unexpected. Ace turns his body in the chair so he could see Bubbles standing there with Aurora. "Need to be umm burped?" she finished.
"No, she's fine, " he answers.
"You guys got a babysitter?" Bliss asks.
"I'm not a babysitter, " Bubbles stated with a half forced smile. When Bubbles meets new people, she doesn't know what to say.
"She's just helping me watch Aurora since no one else wants to."
"Oh okay." Bliss stared at Bubbles for a little more, just studying her.
Is she the definition of his type orrrr
"Kith?" Aurora blurted. Bubbles laughed at her adorableness, then gave her a little peck on her cheek. "Dada?"
"Ace."
"Athe!"
"Cute, " Bliss said under her breath.
"Mama!" Aurora hugged Bubbles and laid her head down.
"Bubbles, " Ace corrected. "Can you maybe put her to sleep for me though."
"It's only like seven something, what time is her bedtime?" Bliss questioned.
"It's already seven? Okay, hand her o—."
"Ace, I got her." Bubbles sat down on the couch to start rocking Aurora.
"Are you sure?"
Bubbles nods her head with a smile, Bliss shook her head at how much they were just flirting in that one conversation. "Anyways, your sister brought home over 2,000 tonight."
"That's good, " he replied.
"Well I should go, my dog has probably peed on the floor by now and I need to clean it up."
"Alright, bye."
"See you whenever Arianna gets drunk again."
Bliss left and Ace let out a huge sigh. Bubbles could tell he was exhausted as hell. The kids, school, life. Everything has him exhausted.
"I don't like her, " he expressed.
"I can tell, " Bubbles confessed. "Why?"
"She makes it a big deal that she was my first."
Well, Bubbles doesn't know what to say back to that. All she can give is an "Mhm."
"Kith?" Aurora asked, raising her head up.
"Later, pretty girl. You have to go to sleep right now, " Bubbles whispered. "Okay?"
"Okie."
"She probably likes you because you look like our mom, skin color wise, " Ace stated.
"Because we're white?"
"I didn't say that."
"It's what you were implying, are you saying she likes you because you look like your father?"
"Definitely not, my dad is darker than me, " he replied.
"I didn't say anything about his color, you guys have like the same facial structure. Got the nose, resting bitch face, lips, " Bubbles explained.
"I have never heard you say a cuss word before."
"Well maybe I've changed."
"For better or for worse?"
"We don't know yet, " Bubbles shrugged with a laugh.
"I see, " he responded.
Wanna test it?
"I'll take Aurora upstairs, since she's asleep, " Ace says. Bubbles didn't even notice that Aurora was already asleep. Ace got up to get his little sister and take her to her shared room with Ava. On peaceful days, everyone seems to stay in their room. Thank God today was one of those days.
"Are you hungry or need anything?" Ace asked when he came back.
Bubbles tucked her bottom lip under her teeth as she thought. In all honesty, Ace doesn't need her for anything else, so why stick around. "I- I should probably go, Aurora is sleep."
"Right, " he mumbled. Bubbles got up, passing Ace to go to the door. Before she could get out of his reach, he grabbed her hand and pulled her back. Of course, Bubbles was caught off guard. I mean she is technically with Brick and it's pretty ballsy, but she couldn't help but just kiss Ace.
With her and Ace, Bubbles was usually in control, but maybe that'll change. The way he kissed her back surely indicated that. You can tell they've missed each other's touch.
"My room, " he said in between kisses.
"Mhm."
They staggered up the steps, neither of them wanted their lips to part. But still wanted to be quiet of course, everyone's in their own space and the little ones are asleep. No one wants to wake up hearing that or hear it in general.
As soon as they reached the top of the steps, Ace picked Bubbles up. They were still kissing as passionately as ever.
Tongue?
Yes.
Ace's room is at the very end of the hall, next to the bathroom. He kicked the door open and kicked it close when they were inside. Ace did lock it because if one of the kids wake up, they go straight to his room. He'd rather not have an interruption and a traumatized sister. When they hit the bed, their lip-locking turned calm. Ace was going at his own steady pace. Bubbles didn't mind, she wants to savor every second of this. Ace stopped for a second to take his shirt off, and like Brick, Ace has a tattoo. His was an ace of spades with a skull in the middle of the spades sign. There was fire all around it. The side of the card on the top right corner was burning off.
Then, he takes Bubbles's shirt off. Nothing was on her mind, but what was happening at the moment. No Brick, no Butch, no loud ass Boomer.
Ace
He began to kiss her neck and trailed them down her soft skin. Ace pulls her bra down. He kissed down her breast, taking her bud in his mouth between his sharp teeth. Bubbles took a sigh of satisfaction. And when he was done with one, he'd moved on to the other. After that, her bottoms came off and he moved her underwear aside to kiss the other set of lips that she had. They kept intense eye contact as he did. Bubbles had her left hand wrapped in his dark curls. She mumbled a cuss word under her breath and her grip on his hair tightened. To bear with the pain, Ace dug his dull nails into her skin.
"Ow, Ace, " Bubbles mumbled, looking up at the ceiling.
"Mm, " he replied. Ace got up from in between her legs and kissed her. Her tongue rings against his tongue were weird at first, but now it feels exhilarating. "When did you get those?"
"About a month ago, " she answers. This just means they haven't had any contact of any kind in a month. Ace raised his eyebrows for a sec so she knew that he was acknowledging her answer. Then, he moves to take off his pants and boxers. Bubbles just took it in, alllll of him. It's been years since she's seen him without anything on. Ace's body is well built, his muscles aren't tremendous, but they are more than enough for Bubbles.
It took no time for Ace to get as deep as he could get inside of her. It had been too long for the both of them. Ace was reminded again how tight Bubbles felt around him. Every deep thrust he gave her, made Bubbles whimper out his name in his ear. Ace missed the way his name rolled off her tongue. Sometimes her breath would get caught in her throat and she couldn't breathe for about five seconds, then the cycle would continue. Bubbles moved her hips to meet his thrusts and tightened her arm around him. Her other hand was marking up his back, setting his back on fire with every scratch. Ace would occasionally bite that sensitive spot along her jawline. Bubbles tried to stay as quiet as she could, but Ace is definitely failing to make it doable for her.
Just the way Ace was making love to Bubbles made her want to throw everything away. It brought back so many past memories. She remembers now how much she loves this man. They've loved each other for almost four years now. It made Bubbles cry a little. When Ace noticed, he kissed her tears away.
"I love you, " she cried, more tears streaming down her face.
"I know, " he mumbled. "I love you too."
"I'm sorry."
He doesn't know what she's sorry about, but he would forgive her a billion times.
What does this mean for Brick?
Will there be a problem in the future? Will she and Ace even make a relationship out of this? Will this be a one-time thing?
Doubt it
"I'm sorry, " Bubbles repeated. She held him close, her body releasing a shaking orgasm as Ace came deep inside of her. Bubbles could finally breathe, so they kissed each other lovingly and slowly.
Now, what'll come out of this?
