Johnny

"Do you think the girls will be okay on the plane ride?" Elena asked, brushing her hair naked as I lay on our bed with my arm over my eyes. I decided at the last second to work overtime yesterday for some extra cash before we left for Tulsa. When Dallas told me he was thinking of moving back home to Tulsa part of me desperately wanted to as well. But moving back home meant that Lena would have to leave everything and everyone she's ever known. I hadn't even proposed the idea to my wife, I knew how close she was with her family, I mean her parents lived with us and her sister lived down the road.

"They'll be just fine Elena, Easton is so excited to see the clouds and Eleanor is too young to remember it." I said and I felt the bed dip beside me,

"What's going on Johnny?"

"Nothing baby, don't worry." She sighed and sat down, and I could mentally see my wife as she sat there with her arms crossed,

"If something is wrong it's best you tell me now so you don't have to keep it on your chest."

I sighed, moving my arm and looking over at Elena,

"I… I just miss Tulsa. Now that we're going back to visit…"

"You wish that we were going back permanently." She finished for me. God this woman could read me like an open book.

"Yeah," I admitted quietly. She sighed and laid down beside me, resting her head on my chest,

"Well… Okay."

"What?" I asked, in complete shock.

"Well… I know you were going to move back years ago and I begged you not to… My parents are retired and they'll likely follow us. The girls are young enough that the move won't affect them… And I know that being this far away from Dallas and your 'brothers' is hard on you… So… I say while we're there for the month or so we can start our house hunt." I grinned and kissed her passionately,

"I love you so much Elena. Thank you so much." She smiled and kissed me back, slowly climbing on top of me. I grinned and kissed down her neck softly, wrapping my arms around her waist. She grinned and slowly started moving her hips on mine before feeling me get hard. She got off and leaned down to stick her hand in my boxers and start moving her hand. I kissed her, reaching down to start rubbing her. She moaned and moved my boxers down, taking me in her mouth. I moaned and grinned and she moved so her clit was in my face. I took both of my hands and rested them on her butt cheeks, slowly starting to lick and tease her. I could feel her moans and I'm almost certain she could feel mine as well.

"Oh babe, right there," I said, and I knew she was at her maximum. I licked two of my fingers before pushing them into her, using my tongue to keep her going. She started to tighten and I grinned, pushing another finger in. She moaned again, using her free hand to stroke what couldn't fit in her mouth, the other to fondle me.

"Jesus," I said, and I felt her shiver as I whispered the word against her.

She started sucking harder before she finished, myself finishing right after her. She pulled up and changed her position so she was laying beside me. I wrapped my arm around her, kissing her head,

"Thank you baby… But I think you're trying real hard to put me to sleep," I said with a yawn. She giggled and pulled the covers around us and not long after we were both sound asleep.

"Dada! Mama!" I heard Easton squeal as she came running down the hall. Elena got out of bed and went to open the door for our oldest daughter. Easton squealed and giggled when Elena picked her up and threw her into the bed. She squealed and crawled on top of me, trying to tickle me. I laughed and tickled her back, loving the adorable sound of her giggles.

"I'm going to get Ella," Elena said, leaving the room. Easton settled down and laid on my chest, her head resting to the side and looking out the window at the ocean. I rubbed her back, kissing her head softly,

"Did you sleep well baby?" She nodded, her curls straightening as she moved her head, her hair caught between herself and my chest.

"Did you have good dreams?"

She nodded again, "Yes Dada, I dweamed dat we had picnik!" She said excitedly. The only hard thing about leaving Maine would be the view that we were lucky enough to have. The house we were living in was Elena's parents house, which they gave to us as a wedding present. They travelled for two years before coming home and trying to look for somewhere else to live, but they were close enough to the both of us that we wanted them to live with us.

"Oh yeah? What did we eat at the picnic?" These girls meant the entire world to me. I could hardly believe that someone up there thought that I deserved this beautiful family. Easton was three years old, with my black curly hair, but dark green eyes that belonged to her mother. Eleanor had her mother's chestnut hair but she had my dark brown eyes. I loved that our daughters were a perfect mix of the both of us, and I hoped that we'd continue to be this lucky with our future children.

Elena was stunning. She had green eyes, a shade so dark I'd never ever seen it on another person. She had long chestnut brown hair, easily the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my whole life. I never thought that I'd end up with a woman like her, when we met in college she was a cheerleader and I was just trying to fit in (which wasn't easy to do being from Tulsa). However, for some reason we happened to cross paths one day in the elevator at student housing. She was on her way to see one of her friends and I was just getting home after a gruelling work out session.

I remember checking her out, which I didn't do very well because not even a second later she glared at me. We ended up getting off at the same floor and the rooms she was looking for was right next to mine. Later that night everyone in my hallway was throwing a party and as per usual I didn't go. My notes always took a couple times of reading and re-writing to stick and obviously that took time. For once there was a quiet knock on my door and I thought that it was just me hearing things. Until I heard the knock again and I opened the door,

"Hey baby! Thanks for inviting me over!" She had said, kissing me, and then I looked over to see three guys staring hungrily at her.

"Of course. Come on in babe." She came into my room and I closed the door, turning around to see her sitting on my bed,

"I'm sorry to have kissed you like that, those guys just wouldn't leave me alone and they kept trying to touch me."

"Never be sorry for trying to protect yourself. I'm just studying, you're welcome to use my laptop to watch something on Netflix."

"What are you studying?"

"Right now I'm studying anatomy… I've got a test tomorrow and I know most of them but… It just takes me longer to learn things."

"I could help you, if you'd like." I looked over at her before nodding. After that, she came over a week later to ask how my test went. I told her I got an A, and that it was thanks to her. After that she came over every day to help me with my homework, some days she would bring her own homework over and we'd work in silence.

Then one night we were done all of our homework and we just sat and talked for hours. I told her everything about Tulsa, every detail of who I was. I knew that I was falling for this girl, and it was the first time in my life I'd ever felt like this. Instead of shying away or not looking at me when I told her, she looked like she was going to cry,

"I'm… I'm so sorry you had to go through that." She said, taking my hand softly.

I shrugged and looked at my hands. I felt her cup my face and I looked over at her before feeling her lips on mine.

That night had been the best of our life, the both of us ended up losing our virginities. Since that night we hadn't been further apart than a town over, she introduced me to her family less than a week later and surprisingly they loved me.

When we were picking our the names for Easton and Eleanor, I agreed to let Elena pick the first name and I'd pick the name of our second child.

However, the day Eleanor was born had been both one of the best yet scariest of my life. Elena had complications during her birth and almost bled out on the table. While my daughter was taking her first breaths, my wife could have been taking her last. They handed me my daughter before kicking me out of the OR so they could start operating.

I sat in the waiting room, holding my second born while trying to get a hold of my in laws, they were at the house watching Easton. I'd never felt more alone in my entire life than I did that hour. I couldn't even imagine being a single dad, especially to a newborn and a small toddler. Just after the hour was over Elena's doctor came out and explained what had happened, but all of that went in one ear and out the other. All I wanted and needed to hear was that my wife would be okay. When she confirmed that Elena was alive and be okay I couldn't help but cry. I'd never been so scared and so worried. I had to wait a couple more hours before seeing her, and when I could see her she was already awake and mostly alert.

"What did you name her?" She asked, after half an hour of quiet visiting,

"I… I named her after you. This is Eleanor Vivian Cade." Eleanor was a close enough name to Elena, and Vivian was also Elena's middle name. I had to name my baby girl after her, she had to remember her Mom in some way, had Lena not made it out of surgery.

Elena walked back in carrying a sleepy Eleanor, who was cuddled into her Mom's embrace. I grinned, laying my arm out so that Elena could lay beside me with our youngest. Ella looked around happily when she realized where she was, I smiled and kissed her head softly. This was my favourite thing about mornings and the main reason I started taking the night shifts.

"We can't lay down for very long, Mom and Dad have to drive us to the airport soon." Lena said quietly, and I sighed and kissed all of my girls on their head before getting up, holding Easton. She giggled as I sat her back down on the bed, grabbing my jeans and a shirt to change into, walking into the bathroom on the master bedroom.

I changed and washed my face, packing the rest of the things I'd need out of the bathroom. When I came out Elena was dressing Easton and I could tell from the washroom that Ella needed to be changed. I grabbed a diaper and some wipes, changing her diaper. Once the girls were dressed we brought them downstairs and ate breakfast.

"Are you excited to go back to Tulsa?" Greg asked, sipping his coffee across from me at the table. Each of us sat at either head at the table, Elena was on my left hand side and Easton sat on my right, Ella sitting beside us in her high chair.

"Yeah, I can't wait to see them all again."

"Mom? Dad? Johnny and I… Are going to be looking for a house while we're in Tulsa… Would you consider moving with us?"

Both parents gave me a knowing look before nodding, "We would love to sweetie, we can't let you and our grand babies move across the country without us."

She smiled happily, eating her breakfast. What my wife didn't know was that I could also read her like an open book and I knew that she would agree to move back to Tulsa with me.

Darry's residential construction company was building a new housing community and one of the new houses belonged to us. Darry's company had an app that let you design your perfect dream home, Elena and I spent a month creating it, she thought it was only for fun. Although we couldn't afford top of the line finishes, Darry was able to find some ways to cut some costs (alternatives to granite counter tops, expensive appliances, and an alternative to hardwood). While we spent the month in Tulsa her parents were going to be packing all of our stuff and then driving down with it all. We would still keep this house as a vacation home and possibly rent it out during the summer season.

"Okay we should get going, are you ready?" Barbara said, standing up with Greg. We nodded and brought our bags out to the SUV, starting the drive to the airport. Just as we pulled into the parking lot my phone rang,

"Hey Sodapop," I said, getting out of the car and unbuckling Easton from her car seat,

"Hey! I just wanted to let you know that one of us is going to pick you up from the airport, I'm just not sure who yet."

"Okay, well we should be there in five hours."

"Alright, sounds good man. See you then."

"See you later."

I hung up and walked beside my wife until we got to the gate. Her parents hugged both of us tightly and then kissed the girls' head.

"Call us when you land in Tulsa okay? Make sure you keep in touch," Barbara said, kissing Elena's head again,

She smiled and kissed her mother's cheek,

"Okay Mom, I love you." I picked up Ella and Elena picked Easton up, and we walked onto the plane.