Title: Girl Talk
Author: Katelynne
Rating: PG-13 – discussion of sex.
Characters: Martin, Josie, Ryan, and Josie's sister and her family.
Disclaimer. I don't own any of the characters from Without a Trace.
Description: Takes place several months after "Consideration", Martin takes Ryan to a New Jersey Devils game for his birthday while Josie visits her sister. This story is turning into a total fluff piece, but I can't help it. It's taking me where it takes me.
Category: General
Feedback: please, on list or off, laws4907@uidaho.edu
Josie watched Ryan and Martin drive down the street. Ryan had been so excited all morning he had nearly driven Josie out of her mind. She ran to her car which had been idling at the curb and got in. She sighed as the warmth from the heater enveloped her.
She pulled out into traffic and headed toward the New Jersey state line. Josie turned up the radio and sang along to Sheryl Crow's "The First Cut Is The Deepest". Saturday traffic made the drive slow, but the DJ was playing some good songs on the radio, so Josie didn't mind. When she finally did arrive at her sister's home in Newark, 9-year-old Tyler and 7- year-old Riley, who were building a snowman in the front yard, greeted her. "Hi, Auntie Josie!!" Riley ran over, her pigtails poking out from underneath her pink snow cap, "When is Ryan coming?"
Josie laughed, "He'll be here later. Remember? He's going to a hockey game."
"I don't like hockey." The little girl said, "I like skating."
"I know... but Ryan's a boy, what're you gonna do?" She walked up the sidewalk and opened the front door of the home. 4-year-old Wesley was camped out in the family room, listening to a Barney CD and playing with his legos. "Hey Kiddo!" Josie smiled at the little boy who got up and ran over to give her a hug. Jessica came in from the kitchen, "I just put some coffee on, you want a cup?"
Josie grinned, "That sounds like heaven sis. It's freezing out there!"
"I know. Weatherman said we're going to get another foot and a half tonight too." Jessica told her younger sister as she reached up to get a mug from the cupboard. Josie smiled at her brother-in-law who was at the breakfast nook paying bills. "Hi Scott."
"Hey Josie. How was the drive?" Scott asked her pushing his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose.
"Not too bad." Josie said, "That's some snowman the kids are building."
"They were itching to get out there this morning. I wouldn't let them go out until the snow let up though." Jessica laughed, "I swear, they'd go out in a blizzard if I let them."
Josie chuckled and looked out the kitchen window at them. Jessica handed her the cup of coffee and began making one for herself, "What time does the hockey game get over?"
Josie sipped the coffee and said, "It should be over by 5, unless they go into overtime. Martin said he would call if it was going to be much after."
"So... how are things with you?" Jessica asked, leaning against the counter.
Josie shrugged, "Same shit different day."
Jessica glanced at her husband and then back to her sister, "You know... there's this new guy at the bank... he's single." She sing-songed the last word.
Josie groaned, "I don't need you to set me up with anyone. I'm doing fine on my own. I really have no desire to date."
"Who said anything about dating, hon?" Jessica admonished, "What you need is a good lay!"
"JESS!!" Josie cried, "I can't believe you just said that!!"
"What?" Jessica asked innocently, "It's been three years, Josie. There's nothing wrong with at least getting off once in a while."
"Really, I'm fine." Josie sighed.
Jessica rolled her eyes. "Honestly."
"What was that for?" Josie asked defensively.
Jessica groaned, "I'm sorry for saying this Josie... but David died, not you."
"What? I know... I know that." Josie stammered, hurt by her sister's words.
"Do you?" Jessica asked, turning to face her sister. "Because last time I checked you were burying yourself in work and then going home and hiding out in your apartment every night."
"I don't see what's wrong with that. I need to be there for my son." Josie looked down at the counter.
"Josie... you need to live your life." Jessica put her hand on her sister's shoulder. "I love you. I just want you to be happy."
"I don't need to go find a man to screw silly in order to be happy, Jessica!" Josie cried.
Jessica backed up slightly, "You're right, you don't. Sorry, forget I mentioned." Jessica walked out of the kitchen.
Josie sighed, "Dammit." She pushed away from the counter and went into the family room where Jessica was sitting on the couch watching Wesley. Josie crossed the room and sat next to her, "Sorry... I know you are just trying to help."
Jessica smiled at her sister, "I shouldn't have pushed you. You'll get back out there when you're ready. I just worry about you."
"I'll admit it. The loneliness gets to me sometimes." Josie said softly, then added, "But, that's what a vibrator is for, right?"
Jessica laughed heartily, "Safest sex you can get."
Later, Josie and Jessica stood side by side in the kitchen preparing dinner. Scott was on the other side, tossing a salad. Josie pulled the bread out of the bread machine and placed it on the cutting board to cool. Tyler, Riley, and Wesley were in the family room watching "Finding Nemo" on DVD. Jessica checked the pot roast and deemed it had another five to ten minutes. She was just about to comment that Ryan and Martin should be showing up any minute when Ryan burst through the door.
"Mom!!" Ryan yelled, stamping the snow off his boots. "I got to meet Mad Dog!!" The boy ran into the kitchen as Martin came to the door, "Knock, knock." Jessica said, "Come on in and close the door. You must be Martin."
Martin shook Jessica's hand, "and you must be Jessica."
"That's right, and this is my husband Scott Hampton." Jessica said, as Scott came out to shake Martin's hand.
Ryan was bouncing around from one foot to the other with excitement. He was now telling his older cousin, Tyler all about meeting "Mad Dog" Madden. Josie came up to the group laughing, "I'm totally clueless as to who Mad Dog is."
Martin grinned at her, "That's why we didn't take you with us."
"Oh, ha ha. I know you didn't take me because I'm a girl." Josie nudged him in the ribs playfully.
"Dinner should be ready in a few minutes." Jessica announced, "Why don't you kids wash up?" All four of the children stomped down the hallway, sounding like a herd of elephants.
Jessica smiled, "Let me get your coat, Martin. Josie, why don't you get Ryan's?" she pointed to where the boy had left it on the floor.
"Sure... sorry 'bout that." Josie grabbed her son's coat and followed Jessica down the hall to Scott's office.
Jessica turned to her sister, grinning wickedly, "If you ever decide to move onto living beings... you've got some Grade A Choice in that room right there."
Josie just stared at Jessica, "What are you talking about?"
"Sex... I'm talking about sex." Jessica sighed, "You need to get your mind in the gutter, girl. He's hot!"
Josie snorted, "Whatever..."
"Are you blind??" Jessica gasped.
"No, I'm not blind. Martin and I are friends and that is it." Josie waved her hands in the air, "Besides I think he's got a thing for this girl at work."
Jessica smirked, "That's too bad. He could be fun."
Josie laughed, "God, Jess, are you ovulating or something?" The two women giggled and then joined everyone else in the family room. Martin smiled at Josie as she reentered the room and walked over to him, "So, how was the game?" she asked.
"It was fun. Ryan really seemed to have a lot of fun." Martin said. "He's a good kid."
"I know." Josie smiled proudly.
"Maybe next time we'll take you." Martin said with a glint in his eye, "If you don't mind all the testosterone."
Josie glanced at her sister and chuckled, letting out a deep sigh, "Yeah... testosterone." Chuckling even harder, she walked into the kitchen, leaving Martin wondering what he said that was so funny.
Author: Katelynne
Rating: PG-13 – discussion of sex.
Characters: Martin, Josie, Ryan, and Josie's sister and her family.
Disclaimer. I don't own any of the characters from Without a Trace.
Description: Takes place several months after "Consideration", Martin takes Ryan to a New Jersey Devils game for his birthday while Josie visits her sister. This story is turning into a total fluff piece, but I can't help it. It's taking me where it takes me.
Category: General
Feedback: please, on list or off, laws4907@uidaho.edu
Josie watched Ryan and Martin drive down the street. Ryan had been so excited all morning he had nearly driven Josie out of her mind. She ran to her car which had been idling at the curb and got in. She sighed as the warmth from the heater enveloped her.
She pulled out into traffic and headed toward the New Jersey state line. Josie turned up the radio and sang along to Sheryl Crow's "The First Cut Is The Deepest". Saturday traffic made the drive slow, but the DJ was playing some good songs on the radio, so Josie didn't mind. When she finally did arrive at her sister's home in Newark, 9-year-old Tyler and 7- year-old Riley, who were building a snowman in the front yard, greeted her. "Hi, Auntie Josie!!" Riley ran over, her pigtails poking out from underneath her pink snow cap, "When is Ryan coming?"
Josie laughed, "He'll be here later. Remember? He's going to a hockey game."
"I don't like hockey." The little girl said, "I like skating."
"I know... but Ryan's a boy, what're you gonna do?" She walked up the sidewalk and opened the front door of the home. 4-year-old Wesley was camped out in the family room, listening to a Barney CD and playing with his legos. "Hey Kiddo!" Josie smiled at the little boy who got up and ran over to give her a hug. Jessica came in from the kitchen, "I just put some coffee on, you want a cup?"
Josie grinned, "That sounds like heaven sis. It's freezing out there!"
"I know. Weatherman said we're going to get another foot and a half tonight too." Jessica told her younger sister as she reached up to get a mug from the cupboard. Josie smiled at her brother-in-law who was at the breakfast nook paying bills. "Hi Scott."
"Hey Josie. How was the drive?" Scott asked her pushing his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose.
"Not too bad." Josie said, "That's some snowman the kids are building."
"They were itching to get out there this morning. I wouldn't let them go out until the snow let up though." Jessica laughed, "I swear, they'd go out in a blizzard if I let them."
Josie chuckled and looked out the kitchen window at them. Jessica handed her the cup of coffee and began making one for herself, "What time does the hockey game get over?"
Josie sipped the coffee and said, "It should be over by 5, unless they go into overtime. Martin said he would call if it was going to be much after."
"So... how are things with you?" Jessica asked, leaning against the counter.
Josie shrugged, "Same shit different day."
Jessica glanced at her husband and then back to her sister, "You know... there's this new guy at the bank... he's single." She sing-songed the last word.
Josie groaned, "I don't need you to set me up with anyone. I'm doing fine on my own. I really have no desire to date."
"Who said anything about dating, hon?" Jessica admonished, "What you need is a good lay!"
"JESS!!" Josie cried, "I can't believe you just said that!!"
"What?" Jessica asked innocently, "It's been three years, Josie. There's nothing wrong with at least getting off once in a while."
"Really, I'm fine." Josie sighed.
Jessica rolled her eyes. "Honestly."
"What was that for?" Josie asked defensively.
Jessica groaned, "I'm sorry for saying this Josie... but David died, not you."
"What? I know... I know that." Josie stammered, hurt by her sister's words.
"Do you?" Jessica asked, turning to face her sister. "Because last time I checked you were burying yourself in work and then going home and hiding out in your apartment every night."
"I don't see what's wrong with that. I need to be there for my son." Josie looked down at the counter.
"Josie... you need to live your life." Jessica put her hand on her sister's shoulder. "I love you. I just want you to be happy."
"I don't need to go find a man to screw silly in order to be happy, Jessica!" Josie cried.
Jessica backed up slightly, "You're right, you don't. Sorry, forget I mentioned." Jessica walked out of the kitchen.
Josie sighed, "Dammit." She pushed away from the counter and went into the family room where Jessica was sitting on the couch watching Wesley. Josie crossed the room and sat next to her, "Sorry... I know you are just trying to help."
Jessica smiled at her sister, "I shouldn't have pushed you. You'll get back out there when you're ready. I just worry about you."
"I'll admit it. The loneliness gets to me sometimes." Josie said softly, then added, "But, that's what a vibrator is for, right?"
Jessica laughed heartily, "Safest sex you can get."
Later, Josie and Jessica stood side by side in the kitchen preparing dinner. Scott was on the other side, tossing a salad. Josie pulled the bread out of the bread machine and placed it on the cutting board to cool. Tyler, Riley, and Wesley were in the family room watching "Finding Nemo" on DVD. Jessica checked the pot roast and deemed it had another five to ten minutes. She was just about to comment that Ryan and Martin should be showing up any minute when Ryan burst through the door.
"Mom!!" Ryan yelled, stamping the snow off his boots. "I got to meet Mad Dog!!" The boy ran into the kitchen as Martin came to the door, "Knock, knock." Jessica said, "Come on in and close the door. You must be Martin."
Martin shook Jessica's hand, "and you must be Jessica."
"That's right, and this is my husband Scott Hampton." Jessica said, as Scott came out to shake Martin's hand.
Ryan was bouncing around from one foot to the other with excitement. He was now telling his older cousin, Tyler all about meeting "Mad Dog" Madden. Josie came up to the group laughing, "I'm totally clueless as to who Mad Dog is."
Martin grinned at her, "That's why we didn't take you with us."
"Oh, ha ha. I know you didn't take me because I'm a girl." Josie nudged him in the ribs playfully.
"Dinner should be ready in a few minutes." Jessica announced, "Why don't you kids wash up?" All four of the children stomped down the hallway, sounding like a herd of elephants.
Jessica smiled, "Let me get your coat, Martin. Josie, why don't you get Ryan's?" she pointed to where the boy had left it on the floor.
"Sure... sorry 'bout that." Josie grabbed her son's coat and followed Jessica down the hall to Scott's office.
Jessica turned to her sister, grinning wickedly, "If you ever decide to move onto living beings... you've got some Grade A Choice in that room right there."
Josie just stared at Jessica, "What are you talking about?"
"Sex... I'm talking about sex." Jessica sighed, "You need to get your mind in the gutter, girl. He's hot!"
Josie snorted, "Whatever..."
"Are you blind??" Jessica gasped.
"No, I'm not blind. Martin and I are friends and that is it." Josie waved her hands in the air, "Besides I think he's got a thing for this girl at work."
Jessica smirked, "That's too bad. He could be fun."
Josie laughed, "God, Jess, are you ovulating or something?" The two women giggled and then joined everyone else in the family room. Martin smiled at Josie as she reentered the room and walked over to him, "So, how was the game?" she asked.
"It was fun. Ryan really seemed to have a lot of fun." Martin said. "He's a good kid."
"I know." Josie smiled proudly.
"Maybe next time we'll take you." Martin said with a glint in his eye, "If you don't mind all the testosterone."
Josie glanced at her sister and chuckled, letting out a deep sigh, "Yeah... testosterone." Chuckling even harder, she walked into the kitchen, leaving Martin wondering what he said that was so funny.