Back to Your Heart
Part 15
A couple of weeks later Susan was standing at the gate waiting for Carol's plane to land "Flight 49 Seattle to Chicago is now landing at gate 21" the voice came over the intercom
"That's them," Susan said to herself as she waited by the door waiting for them to come out. Passengers came out hugging relatives that came to see them and almost the last people came off and she saw them "Carol over here" Susan shouted
"Susan, hey" Carol said as she ran over to hug her
"Hey Doug" she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek
"Hey Susan" he said
"You must be Tess" she said looking at the little girl hanging onto Doug's hand "And you must be Kate" she said to the other little girl
"Daddy who is she?" Tess asked
"That's an old friend of mommy and daddies," Doug said
"Hi, lady" Tess said, Susan laughed
"My name is Susan," she said "And I've known your mommy and daddy for a long time" she said kneeling down to her size
"They are pretty tired" Carol said
"Well why don't we drop them off at my house John's niece is visiting, she can watch them and we can go out and get lunch" Susan said as they walked over to baggage claim to get their bags
"Sounds good" Doug said. They drove back to her and Johns house
"Wow Susan this is a nice house" Carol said as they got inside
"Yep, you guys can go ahead and set your things in here" Susan said pointing to the other guest room
"Thanks for everything Susan" Doug said
"Wow this is a cool house" Kate said walking around "I call this bed Kate said running over to the big bed in the corner
"No that's mine" Tess said arguing with her
"No girls don't fight, Tess why don't you give your sister that bed and you can have that one over there" Doug said trying to separated the twins
"Okay daddy" Tess said with her lip poking out
"Ah got to love them," Doug said
"They are adorable though when they are asleep," Carol said noticing that they had passed out
"Why don't we let them sleep" Susan said walking out the door "You guys want something to drink?" Susan asked walking into the kitchen
"Thanks Susan, but I thought we were going out," Carol said
"Well John is going to get home any minute we can wait for him" Susan said
"That sounds good" Doug said "So Susan where is the wedding going to be?" he asked
"Well I really liked that church that Carol was going to get married in and we decided to have it there" Susan said sitting down on the couch
"Yeah that was a really nice church," Carol said
"Yeah and we have everything ready and we are going to have the reception back at his grandparents house" Susan said
"Oh an evening with the Carters" Doug said
"Yeah they are really nice people and they seem to be happy for John" Susan said. They sat there for a while reliving the past when Carter finally showed up
"There he is" Susan said as she ran up to him and gave him a kiss
"Hey honey" he said returning her kiss
"Hey Carter" Doug said coming up to shake his hand
"Hey Doug, where are the girls?" he asked looking around for them
"They are asleep in the other room" Doug said pointing towards the back
"Oh well I'll have to see them later" Carter said "Well I have had a long day at work and I'm going to take a shower and then we can get ready to go" Carter said walking into the back, "Susan why don't you go ahead and call Desiree so she can come and watch the kids" Carter said
"Okay where is her number?" she asked
"On the little board on the fridge" he said. He walked back there and took his shower and came out in a polo shirt and a pair of khakis "Are we ready to go?" he said as he came out
"Yeah we are just waiting on Des" Susan said at that there was a knock the door
"Well I guess we don't have to wait long" Carter said, his 15 year old niece came through the door
"Okay Uncle John you owe me big this time I'm not always going to be here to baby-sit your friends kids" she said
"All right Desiree I'll get you some tickets to see the Back street boys" he said
"All right" she said very happily
"Okay here is some money for pizza and the girls are asleep right now, they could be up in a little bit," he said handing her money
"Thanks Uncle John" she said "And have fun" she said shutting the door
"Back street boys?" Carol asked suspiciously
"I think she likes them and I usually bribe her with tickets to see them anyway" Carter said. They drove towards a nice restaurant, and were immediately seated
"Wow that was quick last time we were here we waited a hour to be seated" Susan said
"Yeah well I figured out a way to get seated faster," Carter said putting his wallet away
"You bribed them John?" Susan asked
"Yep works every time" he smiled. They ordered their meals and were done eating them and telling stories
"Well that would be the last time Carter presses too hard on a babies stomach" Doug said laughing so hard he was turning beet red
"Well I'll say I learned my lesson" Carter said laughing at himself
"Oh boy it's getting late" Carol said looking around and noticing they were the only ones left in the restaurant
"Yeah I'm sure they would like to get rid of us now" Doug said getting up, and grabbing Carol's coat
"Yeah lets go ahead and get out of here," Carter said getting Susan's coat
"You picked one heck of a girl their Carter" Doug said
"I know I haven't been this happy in a long time" Carter said walking out, he walked over to Susan and put his arms around her
"They look happy don't they" Carol said looking at them
"Yeah, I love you Carol" Doug said taking her hand
"I love you too Doug" she said
"So you two ready?" Carter said calling them over to his car
"Yes let's go" Doug said jumping in the car as they drove off. They all got home and decided to go ahead and call it a night. They all headed for bed but Susan couldn't sleep she was up all night tossing and turning, she decided to get up and go into the living room, she passed by Doug and Carol's room and watched them lay in bed together and she wondered if her life with Carter was going to be that good, she thought nothing of it and went into the living room to watch TV. She sat there for a while watching infomercials and finally fell asleep
"I guess she couldn't sleep last night" Carter said
"Well it must be the preg ouch," Doug said as Carol elbowed him
"It's okay Carol I know already" Carter said "Why don't we leave her to sleep besides I told Peter that we would meet him at the tux shop in an half an hour
"All right I will go ahead and get dressed" Doug said running into the back room to get ready
"Did you tell him that he wasn't going to be in the wedding?" Carter asked Carol
"Yeah but he needs a tux he forgot it back home" Carol said
"Okay, I would have asked him to be in it but I had already asked Luka" Carter said feeling bad
"That's okay Carter, he will get over it" Carol said. Doug came out dressed and ready to go
"Okay we will be back later," Carter said on his way out the door with Doug behind him
"Can you pick up something to eat on the way home?" Carol and Susan called after them
"Yeah we will get something, I might invite Peter and Luka over is that okay?" Carter asked
"Sure, that's okay" Susan said going back to her cup of coffee and paper. Carter and Doug showed up at the tux shop to notice that Peter and Luka were already getting fitted for their tuxes
"You're late Carter" Peter said as they were altering his pants
"Sorry had to wait for this lovebird here to pry away from Susan for a while" Doug said punching Carter in the arm
"What?" Carter said. The guys all got their tuxes ready and were walking out of the shop
"I'm hungry" Doug said
"Yeah why don't we go and get lunch?" Luka said, they went to a little hofbreau and got a some great sandwiches and a couple of beers
"Okay we need to get home now I promised Susan we would be home at for dinner," Carter said getting up
"Uh oh, somebody is whipped" Doug said
"Yeah but you have to remember that you have a wife back at the house too so you should get home" Carter said picking on Doug
"Okay you got me there you guys want to join us?" Doug asked Peter and Luka
"Yeah why not" they said. They got back in the car and were driving home expecting Susan and Carol to be there but they were out having some fun with Abby, Chuny, Lydia, and Lilly
"Come on Susan in a couple of days you are going to be married you have to stay out and have some fun" Abby said trying to get her friend to stay at the strip joint they went to
"Yeah but I promised John we would be there for dinner" Susan said
"I doubt they are even going to come home they are probably out drinking or something come on Susan live a little" Abby said
"All right but at least let me call the house and leave a message for him" Susan said going to the back to use the phone
"Man she must be really in love or something," Abby said
"It's love Abby I'm surprised you and Luka haven't gotten married yet" Carol said
"Well I don't know what he is waiting for, I hope that he will say something soon" Abby said
"Okay I left a message lets have some fun" Susan said rejoining them. The guys walked through the door expecting the girls to be there
"Susan I'm home" Carter said as he hung his tux up in the closet "Hello?" he looked around for her
"She must be out still," Peter said
"Well why don't we just hang out here for the night" Luka said
"Wait there is a message on the machine" Doug said when he saw the light blinking on the answering machine
"Hey John, I'm here with Abby and Carol and we are going to have a girls night out don't stay up and wait for us love you and see you tonight" she said
"Well I guess it's just a guys night tonight" Doug said plopping down on the couch
"Yep, so what should we do?" Carter asked
"Well let's call Dave up and we can get drunk and play poker," Luka said
"Yeah" Carter said "Here Luka why don't you go down to the store around the corner and pick up some booze and I'll call Dave" he said handing Luka some money
"I'll go with you" Doug said following Luka out the door "Should we tell them that we are going to get something else too?" Doug asked
"No things are better left for surprises," Luka said as they went to find a pay phone. They got back with 12 cases of beer and Dave was already there and they were setting up the table
"Finally" Dave said "What took you guys so long?" he asked
"We had trouble getting it Luka forgot his ID and they thought we were a bunch of kids," Doug said looking for an excuse
"Sure whatever put those in this cooler and get over here and play," Carter said handing them the cooler. They put the beers in and sat down
"Okay game is three card stud aces and deuces are wild," Peter said throwing each of the men a card. After most of them had lost all there money to Luka, they decided to go sit in the living room
"I think our special guest should be here in a little bit," Luka whispered to Doug
"Okay" Doug said, they were sitting around the TV watching it when they heard a knock at the door
"Did Susan forget her key" Carter said
"I'll get" it Dave got up and ran to the door "Um Carter the door is for you she says she wants to come in" Dave said
"Well let her in" Carter said, a lady walked in wearing a police uniform
"Are you John Truman Carter?" the lady asked
"Yeah what's this about" he asked standing up
"Well, this party is too loud and I'm here to write you a ticket" the lady said as she went over to a little corner and got out a boom box
"Oh god I can't believe you did this guys," Carter said blushing beet red
"Well we had to do something you're only going to be a bachelor for a couple of days" Doug said as they watched the stripper give her performance.
Susan on the other side of the town was having the time of her life "Come on baby I want more" she shouted
"I think Susan needs to go home and take a cold shower," Chuny said taking Susan out of there
"Yeah I think we should head home," Carol said as they went to catch some cabs. They got home and noticed that the house was a mess and Peter Luka and Dave had already left and Carter and Doug were asleep on the couch
"I think we should let them sleep in here, what do you think?" Susan said
"Well if were going to do that we might want to do something come here" Carol said as they went into the kitchen
"I think we have some whipped cream in here" Susan said searching the refrigerator "Ah here we go" she said pulling the can out
"Okay lets have some fun" Carol said finding some feathers from a feathered boa that Susan wore on Halloween, Susan went over to Carter and squirted some on his hand while Carol did the same to Doug an by the time they were done with them their whole faces were covered in whipped cream. They finally decided to wake them up, they both jumped when they realized they were covered in the stuff
"Hey that's not fair come here" Doug said running after Carol with the whipped cream
"Yeah Susan I just want to give you a kiss" Carter said running after Susan. After they were done all four were covered in whipped cream
"I think we should go take a shower," Carol said
"I agree" Doug said walking into the bathroom, there was some giggling coming from back there but Susan and Carter were too tired to find out what was so funny they laid there until they were finished and had come out
"Okay guys we are going to bed now, there is some hot water left" Carol said heading towards their room
"Thanks guys goodnight" Susan said. Carter and Susan walked back there after them and noticed that they were not done with their little fight when they had left the bathroom a mess
"I'll get them to clean it up tomorrow" Carter said, they took their shower and decided it was time for them to get some sleep "You know I was wondering where are the girls?" Carter asked
"Oh we dropped them off at your grandparents house they were okay with babysitting them" Susan said
"Uh oh a whole day with my grandparents I wonder whom drove who nuts" Carter said
"I don't know your Gamma seemed pretty happy to baby-sit them she just said it was something she was going to practice when we have our kid" Susan said laughing
"Okay I've just never known Gamma to be a person who would want to baby-sit" Carter said
"Well there is a first time for everything John" Susan said as they got into bed
"Night Susan" he said giving her a kiss
"Night John" she said as she kissed him back
Part 15
A couple of weeks later Susan was standing at the gate waiting for Carol's plane to land "Flight 49 Seattle to Chicago is now landing at gate 21" the voice came over the intercom
"That's them," Susan said to herself as she waited by the door waiting for them to come out. Passengers came out hugging relatives that came to see them and almost the last people came off and she saw them "Carol over here" Susan shouted
"Susan, hey" Carol said as she ran over to hug her
"Hey Doug" she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek
"Hey Susan" he said
"You must be Tess" she said looking at the little girl hanging onto Doug's hand "And you must be Kate" she said to the other little girl
"Daddy who is she?" Tess asked
"That's an old friend of mommy and daddies," Doug said
"Hi, lady" Tess said, Susan laughed
"My name is Susan," she said "And I've known your mommy and daddy for a long time" she said kneeling down to her size
"They are pretty tired" Carol said
"Well why don't we drop them off at my house John's niece is visiting, she can watch them and we can go out and get lunch" Susan said as they walked over to baggage claim to get their bags
"Sounds good" Doug said. They drove back to her and Johns house
"Wow Susan this is a nice house" Carol said as they got inside
"Yep, you guys can go ahead and set your things in here" Susan said pointing to the other guest room
"Thanks for everything Susan" Doug said
"Wow this is a cool house" Kate said walking around "I call this bed Kate said running over to the big bed in the corner
"No that's mine" Tess said arguing with her
"No girls don't fight, Tess why don't you give your sister that bed and you can have that one over there" Doug said trying to separated the twins
"Okay daddy" Tess said with her lip poking out
"Ah got to love them," Doug said
"They are adorable though when they are asleep," Carol said noticing that they had passed out
"Why don't we let them sleep" Susan said walking out the door "You guys want something to drink?" Susan asked walking into the kitchen
"Thanks Susan, but I thought we were going out," Carol said
"Well John is going to get home any minute we can wait for him" Susan said
"That sounds good" Doug said "So Susan where is the wedding going to be?" he asked
"Well I really liked that church that Carol was going to get married in and we decided to have it there" Susan said sitting down on the couch
"Yeah that was a really nice church," Carol said
"Yeah and we have everything ready and we are going to have the reception back at his grandparents house" Susan said
"Oh an evening with the Carters" Doug said
"Yeah they are really nice people and they seem to be happy for John" Susan said. They sat there for a while reliving the past when Carter finally showed up
"There he is" Susan said as she ran up to him and gave him a kiss
"Hey honey" he said returning her kiss
"Hey Carter" Doug said coming up to shake his hand
"Hey Doug, where are the girls?" he asked looking around for them
"They are asleep in the other room" Doug said pointing towards the back
"Oh well I'll have to see them later" Carter said "Well I have had a long day at work and I'm going to take a shower and then we can get ready to go" Carter said walking into the back, "Susan why don't you go ahead and call Desiree so she can come and watch the kids" Carter said
"Okay where is her number?" she asked
"On the little board on the fridge" he said. He walked back there and took his shower and came out in a polo shirt and a pair of khakis "Are we ready to go?" he said as he came out
"Yeah we are just waiting on Des" Susan said at that there was a knock the door
"Well I guess we don't have to wait long" Carter said, his 15 year old niece came through the door
"Okay Uncle John you owe me big this time I'm not always going to be here to baby-sit your friends kids" she said
"All right Desiree I'll get you some tickets to see the Back street boys" he said
"All right" she said very happily
"Okay here is some money for pizza and the girls are asleep right now, they could be up in a little bit," he said handing her money
"Thanks Uncle John" she said "And have fun" she said shutting the door
"Back street boys?" Carol asked suspiciously
"I think she likes them and I usually bribe her with tickets to see them anyway" Carter said. They drove towards a nice restaurant, and were immediately seated
"Wow that was quick last time we were here we waited a hour to be seated" Susan said
"Yeah well I figured out a way to get seated faster," Carter said putting his wallet away
"You bribed them John?" Susan asked
"Yep works every time" he smiled. They ordered their meals and were done eating them and telling stories
"Well that would be the last time Carter presses too hard on a babies stomach" Doug said laughing so hard he was turning beet red
"Well I'll say I learned my lesson" Carter said laughing at himself
"Oh boy it's getting late" Carol said looking around and noticing they were the only ones left in the restaurant
"Yeah I'm sure they would like to get rid of us now" Doug said getting up, and grabbing Carol's coat
"Yeah lets go ahead and get out of here," Carter said getting Susan's coat
"You picked one heck of a girl their Carter" Doug said
"I know I haven't been this happy in a long time" Carter said walking out, he walked over to Susan and put his arms around her
"They look happy don't they" Carol said looking at them
"Yeah, I love you Carol" Doug said taking her hand
"I love you too Doug" she said
"So you two ready?" Carter said calling them over to his car
"Yes let's go" Doug said jumping in the car as they drove off. They all got home and decided to go ahead and call it a night. They all headed for bed but Susan couldn't sleep she was up all night tossing and turning, she decided to get up and go into the living room, she passed by Doug and Carol's room and watched them lay in bed together and she wondered if her life with Carter was going to be that good, she thought nothing of it and went into the living room to watch TV. She sat there for a while watching infomercials and finally fell asleep
"I guess she couldn't sleep last night" Carter said
"Well it must be the preg ouch," Doug said as Carol elbowed him
"It's okay Carol I know already" Carter said "Why don't we leave her to sleep besides I told Peter that we would meet him at the tux shop in an half an hour
"All right I will go ahead and get dressed" Doug said running into the back room to get ready
"Did you tell him that he wasn't going to be in the wedding?" Carter asked Carol
"Yeah but he needs a tux he forgot it back home" Carol said
"Okay, I would have asked him to be in it but I had already asked Luka" Carter said feeling bad
"That's okay Carter, he will get over it" Carol said. Doug came out dressed and ready to go
"Okay we will be back later," Carter said on his way out the door with Doug behind him
"Can you pick up something to eat on the way home?" Carol and Susan called after them
"Yeah we will get something, I might invite Peter and Luka over is that okay?" Carter asked
"Sure, that's okay" Susan said going back to her cup of coffee and paper. Carter and Doug showed up at the tux shop to notice that Peter and Luka were already getting fitted for their tuxes
"You're late Carter" Peter said as they were altering his pants
"Sorry had to wait for this lovebird here to pry away from Susan for a while" Doug said punching Carter in the arm
"What?" Carter said. The guys all got their tuxes ready and were walking out of the shop
"I'm hungry" Doug said
"Yeah why don't we go and get lunch?" Luka said, they went to a little hofbreau and got a some great sandwiches and a couple of beers
"Okay we need to get home now I promised Susan we would be home at for dinner," Carter said getting up
"Uh oh, somebody is whipped" Doug said
"Yeah but you have to remember that you have a wife back at the house too so you should get home" Carter said picking on Doug
"Okay you got me there you guys want to join us?" Doug asked Peter and Luka
"Yeah why not" they said. They got back in the car and were driving home expecting Susan and Carol to be there but they were out having some fun with Abby, Chuny, Lydia, and Lilly
"Come on Susan in a couple of days you are going to be married you have to stay out and have some fun" Abby said trying to get her friend to stay at the strip joint they went to
"Yeah but I promised John we would be there for dinner" Susan said
"I doubt they are even going to come home they are probably out drinking or something come on Susan live a little" Abby said
"All right but at least let me call the house and leave a message for him" Susan said going to the back to use the phone
"Man she must be really in love or something," Abby said
"It's love Abby I'm surprised you and Luka haven't gotten married yet" Carol said
"Well I don't know what he is waiting for, I hope that he will say something soon" Abby said
"Okay I left a message lets have some fun" Susan said rejoining them. The guys walked through the door expecting the girls to be there
"Susan I'm home" Carter said as he hung his tux up in the closet "Hello?" he looked around for her
"She must be out still," Peter said
"Well why don't we just hang out here for the night" Luka said
"Wait there is a message on the machine" Doug said when he saw the light blinking on the answering machine
"Hey John, I'm here with Abby and Carol and we are going to have a girls night out don't stay up and wait for us love you and see you tonight" she said
"Well I guess it's just a guys night tonight" Doug said plopping down on the couch
"Yep, so what should we do?" Carter asked
"Well let's call Dave up and we can get drunk and play poker," Luka said
"Yeah" Carter said "Here Luka why don't you go down to the store around the corner and pick up some booze and I'll call Dave" he said handing Luka some money
"I'll go with you" Doug said following Luka out the door "Should we tell them that we are going to get something else too?" Doug asked
"No things are better left for surprises," Luka said as they went to find a pay phone. They got back with 12 cases of beer and Dave was already there and they were setting up the table
"Finally" Dave said "What took you guys so long?" he asked
"We had trouble getting it Luka forgot his ID and they thought we were a bunch of kids," Doug said looking for an excuse
"Sure whatever put those in this cooler and get over here and play," Carter said handing them the cooler. They put the beers in and sat down
"Okay game is three card stud aces and deuces are wild," Peter said throwing each of the men a card. After most of them had lost all there money to Luka, they decided to go sit in the living room
"I think our special guest should be here in a little bit," Luka whispered to Doug
"Okay" Doug said, they were sitting around the TV watching it when they heard a knock at the door
"Did Susan forget her key" Carter said
"I'll get" it Dave got up and ran to the door "Um Carter the door is for you she says she wants to come in" Dave said
"Well let her in" Carter said, a lady walked in wearing a police uniform
"Are you John Truman Carter?" the lady asked
"Yeah what's this about" he asked standing up
"Well, this party is too loud and I'm here to write you a ticket" the lady said as she went over to a little corner and got out a boom box
"Oh god I can't believe you did this guys," Carter said blushing beet red
"Well we had to do something you're only going to be a bachelor for a couple of days" Doug said as they watched the stripper give her performance.
Susan on the other side of the town was having the time of her life "Come on baby I want more" she shouted
"I think Susan needs to go home and take a cold shower," Chuny said taking Susan out of there
"Yeah I think we should head home," Carol said as they went to catch some cabs. They got home and noticed that the house was a mess and Peter Luka and Dave had already left and Carter and Doug were asleep on the couch
"I think we should let them sleep in here, what do you think?" Susan said
"Well if were going to do that we might want to do something come here" Carol said as they went into the kitchen
"I think we have some whipped cream in here" Susan said searching the refrigerator "Ah here we go" she said pulling the can out
"Okay lets have some fun" Carol said finding some feathers from a feathered boa that Susan wore on Halloween, Susan went over to Carter and squirted some on his hand while Carol did the same to Doug an by the time they were done with them their whole faces were covered in whipped cream. They finally decided to wake them up, they both jumped when they realized they were covered in the stuff
"Hey that's not fair come here" Doug said running after Carol with the whipped cream
"Yeah Susan I just want to give you a kiss" Carter said running after Susan. After they were done all four were covered in whipped cream
"I think we should go take a shower," Carol said
"I agree" Doug said walking into the bathroom, there was some giggling coming from back there but Susan and Carter were too tired to find out what was so funny they laid there until they were finished and had come out
"Okay guys we are going to bed now, there is some hot water left" Carol said heading towards their room
"Thanks guys goodnight" Susan said. Carter and Susan walked back there after them and noticed that they were not done with their little fight when they had left the bathroom a mess
"I'll get them to clean it up tomorrow" Carter said, they took their shower and decided it was time for them to get some sleep "You know I was wondering where are the girls?" Carter asked
"Oh we dropped them off at your grandparents house they were okay with babysitting them" Susan said
"Uh oh a whole day with my grandparents I wonder whom drove who nuts" Carter said
"I don't know your Gamma seemed pretty happy to baby-sit them she just said it was something she was going to practice when we have our kid" Susan said laughing
"Okay I've just never known Gamma to be a person who would want to baby-sit" Carter said
"Well there is a first time for everything John" Susan said as they got into bed
"Night Susan" he said giving her a kiss
"Night John" she said as she kissed him back