Johnny
I woke up one morning just before sunrise. Elena and Ever were hosting a house warming party today and I had a feeling that her old sorority sisters were going to show up. She sent the invitation to most of them (they all pretty much had a plane that they could use any time of the day) and I knew that they were all going to show up. I really was hoping most of them wouldn't show up, back in school some of those girls did their absolute best to keep me away from Elena because I wasn't a frat boy.
However the guys were all coming and Elena's best friend would also be coming. Abby and her husband Aaron live in Houston with their five year old son Aaron Junior. I always liked Aaron and it probably had to do with the fact that he was one of the only guys that welcomed me at all of the various events that the sororities held.
I rubbed my eyes and looked over next to me to see Elena's side of the bed already made. I yawned and sat up, smiling when I saw the door to the balcony open and I could feel a soft breeze coming in. I got up and walked out, sitting beside her on the porch swing. She looked over at me smiling,
"You didn't get dressed after last night?"
"Hell no, after breaking the bed in like we did babe, I was exhausted." She smiled and kissed me softly. I adjusted so that she was leaning against my chest and I wrapped my arms around her, kissing her head,
"How's your coffee?"
"Great, here, you should try it," She said, handing me the cup. I took a sip and shrugged,
"It's pretty good babe, I'm glad you agreed with me to skip the individual use coffee makers." She grinned,
"Yeah yeah yeah. Are you excited about today?" She asked and I knew she could feel me shrug,
"You know how I feel about today. I'm excited to show this place off to our family… I know the guys couldn't wait to see it all finished but I'm just… Not looking forward to seeing most of your sorority sisters and their frat boy husbands that need their wives to wait on them hand and foot." She sighed, she knew that I hated most of the guys that her girlfriends ended up with.
"I know… But all of your brothers will be here and so will Aaron."
"Yeah but Aaron is going to catch up with the guys… You know I'm fine sticking with my friend group but those guys are still going to think that I'm a gold digger."
"Well you're not, and that's all that matters. I know most of those guys are dicks, but I miss my sisters."
I sighed and kissed her head, "What time is this whole thing starting?"
"Eleven, we're having caterers bringing food by… It's a business casual event."
"Did you tell the guys that?" She went wide eyed,
"Shit I forgot."
"It's alright, I'll just let the group chat know and they can let their girls know. Is the pool open too?"
She nodded, "We had the water tested and it's ready to go."
I looked at the time and I sighed, "Well I guess we'd better get ready and get the girl's ready, your parents will be here any minute and then we'd better do some last minute cleaning."
She nodded in agreement and I got up, going into the bathroom and turning on the shower head. I'm so glad that I let Elena talk me into the rain head shower, it was absolutely fantastic. She came in and winked at me and while I showered she started to curl her hair.
I got out of the shower and went into the closet, smiling when I saw that Elena picked an outfit out for me (I know what you're thinking, why is he happy that his wife picked his outfit? Simple, my 'fashion' style was jeans and a teeshirt, so by her picking me out an outfit it saves us both time, as I'd most likely be asking her what went together anyways.).
I got dressed and Elena came out of the washroom and also got dressed wearing a flower skirt and a rather low v-neck black shirt. She looked absolutely stunning and I still can't believe she's my wife. She kissed me before she went to get the girl's dressed and I went downstairs to start breakfast. I saw Ever sitting at the island on her laptop, breakfast waiting for us.
"Wow this looks delicious, thank you." I said, and she smiled,
"You're welcome. I just got a text from Mom and Dad, they said they're just passing through Oklahoma City now."
I nodded and got a mug of coffee, grinning when Easton came running down in a dress. God she was growing up too fast.
"G'mornin Daddy!" She said giggling, wrapping her arms around my neck when I picked her up,
"Good morning princess! How did you sleep?" I asked, kissing her head.
"Gweat! I dweam about da horsies!"
I grinned and sat her in her chair, going to get her some juice,
"You did! What were the horsies doing?" I asked, putting her sippy cup down before sitting across from her.
Elena came down carrying Ella and I grinned,
"You both look so beautiful." I said, grinning and eagerly giving Elena a kiss when she walked by,
"Wow, thank you for breakfast Ever!" She said and I heard the door bell ring.
Elena looked at me curiously and I shrugged, getting up to go to the door. When I opened it Abby was standing there holding Aaron Junior's hand, in a pair of jeans, heels, and a nice beige shirt with some sort of necklace.
"Hey Abby, great to see you!" I said and she grinned, giving me a tight hug.
"Johnny you look great! How's it going? God this place is beautiful. I need to see the video of you surprising her with this place."
"Yeah of course, I've got it on the tablets. Where's Aaron?"
"Oh he's grabbing the gifts from the car." Elena came over upon hearing her best friend's voice and started squealing, hugging her tightly. I saw Aaron walking up carrying a gift bag and one huge present.
"Wow, hey man how's it going?" I asked, taking the gifts from him,
"It's going great. The place looks fantastic, great job man." He grinned and clapped my back,
"Are you guys hungry?" Elena asked and Abby nodded,
"Starving, we left first thing this morning to make it here early. We wanted you guys to open the big present before anyone got here."
I looked at Elena who looked at Abby happily,
"Hun you shouldn't have."
"Nonsense! Open it!" She said excitedly and I nodded at Elena and she opened it, but before I could see what it was her hands were covering her mouth and she looked like she was about to cry,
"O-Oh my gosh Abby… Aaron… Thank you so much." I moved so I could see what it was- a picture of the 'First Look' Elena and I had before the wedding. It was our ultimate favourite picture; I had my arms around her waist and she was holding her bouquet in one hand, the other was resting against my cheek. God I loved that picture, we felt that it captured all of our feelings in the look that we were giving each other.
"Wow… Guys… This is…" I was speechless. We had the perfect spot to put it, on one of the landings on our stairs.
Abby grinned and hugged Elena tightly and Aaron gave me a hug,
"Of course guys! We couldn't not bring you a present!" Abby exclaimed and Elena grinned,
"Yes but this isn't a present… This is… Thank you so much."
"Come on, let's get it up," Aaron said and I nodded, going to the garage to grab the drill and a couple screws, and Elena, Abby, and Ever helped to make sure that it was perfectly centred.
"Wow, that's absolutely beautiful," Ever said, holding Ella. I grinned and nodded in agreement. Elena's parents pulled into the garage, parking the trailer in one spot and pulling out and back into the other side of the garage.
"Wow you two this is gorgeous!" Her dad said, shaking Aaron's hand and giving me a hug,
"Hey Dad, how was your drive?"
"Oh it was lovely. We picked up the new Benz just before we left and thank God we did. It's much more comfortable than the Lexus we had."
I nodded, "That's great. Would you like a tour of your side of the house?" They both nodded and I started walking before I felt Easton take my hand. I grinned and walked with her, Elena's parents following me,
"On a scale of one to ten how much are you looking forward to seeing all those frat boys?" Her Mom asked and I grinned, shrugging,
"Maybe a five or six."
"Oh nonsense Johnny, I can tell by the look on your face. We don't want to see them either, but we can't wait to see your brother's again."
I laughed, "You know me too well Mom. Alright, this is your kitchenette, the half bath here, and if we go up these stairs it is your master bedroom that Ever's already furnished for you, it's right next to the girl's playroom but the wall's pretty thick so hopefully they won't ever bother you too much."
"This is absolutely beautiful Johnny, thank you." Her Dad said, resting his hand on my shoulder.
"No thank you for everything. Ever since I met you both you've been very supportive of Elena and I and you've made it so much easier."
Her Mom smiled, "We've liked you from the start because of how respectable you've always been, and that hasn't changed no matter how long you've lived with us. Even now, most can't wait to have their parents move out, never mind specifically build a house with an area for us."
I smiled, "Well I appreciate it. It made being away from home this long worth it."
We headed back out and her Dad went to the car to grab a couple gift bags to give to the girls to open, every major city they were in on the way down here they stopped and got a stuffed animal for the girls.
A little while later people slowly started showing up, Soda, Pony, and Steve and their families all showed up at once and I knew that they probably mostly carpooled. Tessa came in holding Natalie and Elena grinned,
"Oh she's absolutely beautiful! How's everything going?" She asked, hugging Tessa and kissing her cheek,
"It's going much better than we originally thought." She said, and Steve looked over at me,
"Where did you want the presents man?"
"You guys didn't have too," I said, but the guys shook their heads and I grinned, "Out back. Did you bring your bathing suits?" They all nodded and we brought the presents outside and I started giving the group a tour of our house.
When I got back down I saw that Dallas and Beth were both here, as well as Olivia and Two-bit and Darry and Charolette were just getting in the door. I grinned happily, glad that all of my friends were here first. We all made our way out into the back yard and some of the kids eagerly started to swim.
DJ seemed to stick to Darry's side and we all noticed but we said nothing.
"Alright so Elena is having her old sorority sisters come as well… She's having a catering company cook and serve the food, if you need it we've also got alcohol and room for most of you to stay if you can't drive home."
They all nodded and I heard a couple cars pull up. Elena stuck her head out of the back door,
"Johnny?" I knew she wanted me to be at her side when her friends all came in so I excused my self and kissed her,
"Ready?" I asked and she nodded, and I wrapped my arm around her waist and we went to stand on the porch, I sighed quietly when they all piled out of a limo.
Elena grinned excitedly and the girls practically ran over in a stampede to hug her tightly,
"Hey you guys! I missed you so much!" She said, hugging them all just as tight.
"Oh. My. Gosh. This place is beautiful!" They all squealed, gift bags in hand,
"Thank you so much! Johnny had it built and then surprised me with it!" She said excitedly and most of the girls smiled warmly at me,
"Hi Johnny, how are you doing?"
"I'm doing great. How are you girls doing?" They all nodded and answered before re-introducing me to their husbands and fiancés.
Half of them didn't even remember me, the other half remembered me as a weak and pathetic kid. I shook my head gently before Aaron came out and tried his best to buffer between us.
"Well, come on in. Elena can give you a tour, food and drinks are in the back yard. Thanks for coming." I said, before going back inside. I wanted to support my wife, but there was one thing Elena needed to remember, and that was that I am not a frat boy. I am not immature and childish like those guys, I can take care of my daughters on my own, and I don't need to be babysat. I also know my self worth and I know that these guys think I'm a weak man, but what they don't know is I could be stronger than them. Battling depression and anxiety had never been easy, my whole life nothing had been easy. But I thank God and Elena (and the boys) for helping me through every step of the way, and for the man that I am today.
When I got into the back yard I was happy to see that the kids were still swimming, Presley and Soda were both in the pool, as well as Two-bit and Pony. Steve was sitting beside Tessa as she breast fed and I smiled,
"How's Natalie doing?" Tessa looked up and smiled,
"She's doing really well, she's been eating well and sleeping frequently."
I grabbed a pop from the cooler and I sat down across from them. Easton came over giggling and climbed into my lap,
"Dada? I go swim?"
"Alright sweet pea, let's go and get changed," I said, standing up and bringing her upstairs. I put her in her room,
"You can get changed on your own right?" She nodded and I went into my room and I heard some girls talking,
"I can't believe they could afford to build a place like this. Elena said he paid for it himself."
"I don't know why you hate him so much Carly. He seems to be a really good dad and he treats our sister right. I don't feel right doing this anymore. I'm lucky to have Rick but if I'm not constantly nagging him it's like I have two kids instead of one. Elena said that half the time he's home with the girls and he's teaching them so much."
"The reason I hate him so much is because he went against tradition and so did Elena. You know he acts like he is tough shit because he got Elena and I truly think that he's still a gold digger. You really expect me to believe that he paid for this himself? What does he even do?"
"He's a critical care paramedic, he's the one that's basically a doctor. They make good money. And he doesn't act like tough shit, if you bothered to show up to their wedding every time he looks at her its like he won the lottery. Every single time. If that's not true love then I don't know what is."
I cleared my throat and went into my room to see them all standing there looking at me wide eyed. I went to the drawer with the swimming suits and got my trunks, going to the washroom to change. I brought Easton downstairs and I saw one of the frat boys, Rick, looking at Tessa while she breast fed.
"You know, that inappropriate." He said, and all of my friends' heads whipped around. Steve looked furious,
"Excuse me?" He said abruptly, and Rick shrugged,
"Would it be appropriate if I whipped my dick out?"
"So you mean to tell me that you feed your child semen?" Tessa said and Rick started blushing,
"I-"
"I breast feed my daughter, so she gets the proper nutrients that she needs to grow. My milk is the best thing that she could have to eat. You saying this is inappropriate is not my fault. It's societies fault. I'm doing nothing wrong. If you have a problem you can go somewhere else, or do us all a favour and stop looking at my breast before my husband breaks your neck." He looked away and I couldn't help but grin, the same with all of my friends. Not only for the fact that Rick was put in his place, but for the fact that Tessa stood up for herself.
Easton went to the shed and put on her life jacket, "Dada I ready!" She said giggling, practically bouncing to get into the pool.
"Did you put on some sunscreen?"
She grinned and nodded. I shook my head smiling, "Easton, are you lying to Dada?" She giggled and shook her head before I gave her a stern look and she nodded,
"I lying Dada… No sun scweam."
"What do you say?" I asked, crossing my arms. She looked down,
"I sowwy I lying Dada… No do it gain."
I nodded and kissed her head, "Go and get some sun screen from the shed and Daddy will put some on for you."
She nodded and went over to the shed again and Tessa smiled,
"She's a good girl, she's absolutely adorable." I nodded in agreement,
"I never thought I'd be this lucky." Steve grinned and wrapped his arm around Tessa,
"I hear you man." Just as he went to give Tessa a kiss Julian ran over soaking wet and he jumped onto Steve's lap, giving him a big hug,
"I love you Daddy!"
Steve grinned and picked Julian up, cleaning out his pants pockets before pulling his shirt off and jumping in. Julian squealed and giggled loudly when he surface and Steve started to pretend to eat his side.
I looked around and saw the rest of the guys either with with their other halves or their kids and it made me so happy to see how happy they all are.
Elena came out and I knew she was pissed, but I couldn't tell why. I kissed her softly, resting my hands on her hips,
"What's wrong baby?"
"I'm just so pissed… I heard what Carly was saying and… God I've never been so mad at someone before." She said, and I could tell she was practically fuming.
"Babe, hey, listen to me. What she said doesn't matter. Okay? There's a reason her longest relationship only lasted a week."
"Johnny I just… I hate when people think you're some low life gold digger. That isn't the case at all and I can't stand it when people assume that."
"Babe that doesn't matter. Don't let me get in the way of your friendship, okay?"
"Honestly Johnny… I don't know if I want to be friends with her anymore. She's just… She's so incredibly negative."
"Hey, before you make any irrational decisions why don't you just take some time to cool off? Easton wants to go for a swim, why don't you come in for a swim with East and I?" I looked over at the pool to see Ella really content in Beth's arms as she talked with Audrey.
Elena sighed and nodded, leaning up to kiss me. I smiled and gently wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her against me as I kissed her.
"I love you Johnny… You are my everything."
"And you are mine," I whispered. She kissed me again before going into the pool shed to change. Elena came over carrying Easton who was giggling loudly and I grinned,
"Oh my girls are so beautiful." I said, throwing Easton in the pool. She surfaced, squealing loudly,
"Daddy! You's frew me in!"
I grinned and jumped in, Elena slid in and Ella giggled, waving at us.
"Hey sweet pea! Are you having fun with Aunti Beth?" Elena asked and Ella nodded, squealing. She doesn't really like to talk yet, but we're hoping that she starts soon. Apparently Darry told me that his Mom said I didn't start talking until I was three. Yeah, I've known them my whole life.
"Daddy will you catch me?" Easton asked, and I knew that this was her way of wanting to jump into the pool. I nodded and lifted her out of the pool, swimming to the deep end to wait for her to jump in. She giggled and backed up, running and jumping into the pool. I grinned and kept treading water for almost twenty minutes- with a life jacket on she really didn't need my help.
About ten minutes before Easton stopped jumping in most of the sorority girls had made it outside and were helping themselves to the wine. I'd made it clear to Elena the only ones that I wanted to stay the night were my brothers or Abby and her family.
I got out of the pool and grabbed a towel, going into the house to grab a hair tie for Easton's hair. Carly was in the washroom upstairs that the girls used and I nodded at her, going towards the drawer,
"Do you not remember what happened between us Johnny?" She asked, turning so she wa almost directly in my face. I took a step back and shook my head,
"Carly I don't remember anything to do with you."
"You told me that you weren't ready for a relationship and said you'd call me… I waited for days before I found out that you moved on to Elena. After what I did for you… You know… Sucking you off and everything… I thought that maybe things would have been different."
"Carly what the hell are you talking about? I never talked to you previously than the sorority events."
She huffed and crossed her arms, "The brunette with the big nose and braces?" I felt absolutely terrible so I nodded,
"Right, yeah."
"I had a lot of work done… But who are you to turn me down! You're some filthy greaser and a gold digger- which is why you chose Elena over me! She's always had everything she wanted put into the palm of her hand for her!" I started feeling uncomfortable and I reached down to grab a hair tie before I felt lips on my own.
I shoved her off as fast as I could, staring at her in disbelief. She gave me a wicked smile and I noticed a fake looking bruise on her neck. She then quickly got up and went running outside.
I heard numerous gasps and I knew right away she was trying to sell a bogus story.
"A-and then h-he kissed me a-and shoved me! E-Elena w-what kind of monster d-did you marry?!" She asked, sobbing hard. I went wide eyed and Elena looked over at me. I hoped that my wife could see through Carly's lies, I knew that my friends would at least believe me.
However I felt my heart start beating hard when it seemed like Elena was considering who was actually telling the truth.
"Lena… You have to believe me… She's a liar. The bruise on her neck is probably make up- She kissed me!"
"E-Elena you need to get you and your g-girls out of this situation," Carly sobbed. Elena hugged her tightly, holding her gently before pulling away and wiping her tears.
"Sweetheart… I wish you didn't embarrass yourself like this. I know my husband… And I know that he'd never hurt a fly." She reached forward to cup her face before wiping off the fake bruise.
"I want you off of my property, and I don't ever want to hear from you again. Not after this stunt you pulled, ruining my house warming party, trying to ruin my marriage and my children's image of their father." Carly grit her teeth,
"I never liked any of you girls. You're too mean for your own good! You've had everything handed to you your entire life!" She screamed before walking out. Aaron looked at me,
"Damn. Crazy bitch." I grinned and shook my head, kissing Elena.
"Thank god babe…"
"You really thought I'd believe her? Johnny what the hell?"
"I just…"
"Why did you put yourself in that situation?"
"Easton wanted a hair tie and Carly was in the washroom, I figured I would just grab the hair tie and leave." I said, putting Easton's hair into a bun for her. Elena sighed and kissed me, whispering,
"You didn't kiss her back did you?"
I shook my head, "Hell no baby. She's not you and you're the only woman I've ever wanted."
She hugged me and we started opening the gifts from everyone.
The boys had all gotten us a pool table, their girls had mostly boughten bed sheets and decorative pillows and such.
The second gift that Abby and Aaron got us was two personalized sets of coasters, one of Elena and I when we toured Europe back in college with Abby and Aaron, and the second set was their favourite pictures of Elena, the kids, and I.
A few of her sorority sisters got us things such as expensive vases, a couple expensive throw blankets, and a rug.
"Wow, thank you guys so much!" Elena said and we went around hugging everyone in thanks.