Cooper's finishing up his private business with a magazine on the couch. His cell phone rings. "Yeah?" He groans into the phone as he zips up. "It's Pete, I'm on my way back to your place with Ethan."
"Why? Wasn't Jen home?"
"She was home, alright. She answered the door in her panties."
"What?"
"In just her panties." Pete tells Cooper
"That's all she was wearing?" Cooper asks.
"Oh, yeah." Pete grins.
"I don't understand. I told her you were bringing Ethan home."
"She was high as a kite. The apartment reeked of beer and pot."
"Did Ethan see?"
"No. He feel asleep on the way home. He's still sleeping in the back seat."
"That's good. Was Jen alone?"
"No, there was a dude sleeping on the couch in the buff."
"Probably some guy she picked up on the internet or at a bar."
"I don't know but it looked like Jen had some fun while you had Ethan with you"
"Was Jen upset you were taking Ethan back to my place?"
"She was high. I don't think she had a clue what I said to her. You'll have to call her tomorrow and explain."
Pete carries Ethan in Cooper's apartment and lies him on the couch. Cooper covers Ethan with a blanket and offers Pete a beer.
Pete takes the beer and grins at Cooper, "Jen told me to say hi to her big weiner man. I'm assuming that's you."
"Yeah, she has it bad for me." Cooper shakes his head.
"That's not good, considering you share a child with her and you're married to Charlotte."
"Jen's wants my body. She's not interested in my mind."
Pete laughs. "What?"
"We have a strong physical attraction, but we don't like each other. I don't like the way she's raising Ethan and she doesn't like me."
"How is she raising Ethan?"
"She lets him do whatever he wants. He plays violent video games meant for kids twice his age. He watches TV all day. I don't think he owns a book. Ethan would be different if it was the other way around, if I was the one who raised him, for the past seven years."
"There's not much you can do about that." Pete sips his beer.
"I was such an idiot to sleep with her without protection."
"You've got no self control" Pete tells him.
"You saw her. She's ultra hot, she's beautiful and she's knows how to work it." Cooper raises his brow. "There's no saying no to her when she wants you."
"It sounds like you spent more than the one night with her."
"She came on to me twice since I met Ethan, both times when I was at her apartment to visit Ethan; after he went to sleep. That's why I'd rather you drop him off after his visits." Cooper opens another beer and gives it to Pete.
"Did you screw around with her?" Pete waits for the answer.
"Yes and no."
"What's that supposed to mean? You either screwed her or you didn't."
Cooper's confesses. "We used are mouths."
"You gave each other blow jobs?"
"Yep." Cooper looks away.
"Does Charlotte know?"
"I told her we fooled around but she doesn't know all the details."
"She forgave you for fooling around?"
"Yep. It was when Charlotte left me for a month to stay with you and Violet and I didn't have intercourse with Jen."
"I understand why she wouldn't want you around Jen."
"I don't want me around Jen."
"Can't blame you, I just saw her wearing only her panties and I don't know if I would be able to say no if she came on to me."
"You've got Violet."
"I'm a man and Jen is one hell of a woman."
Cooper laughs. "Now you see how I ended up getting her pregnant."
Charlotte waddles out of the bedroom. "I thought I heard voices. What are you doing here, Pete?"
Cooper answers. "Jen was drunk and high so he brought Ethan back. He's sleeping on the couch."
Charlotte looks over at Ethan. "I know how that is." Charlotte makes herself a snack.
"Hungry much?" Cooper watches her munching on Doritos while spreading peanut butter on crackers. "Hey, I'm eating for three."
"Go ahead eat away." Cooper laughs.
"I intend to." Charlotte stuffs the crackers in her mouth.
"I better get going." Pete says. "I'll leave you two love birds alone."
"You don't have to worry, the only action going on around here is in the kitchen." Cooper tells Pete.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Charlotte asks biting into another cracker.
"Bye." Pete walks out the door.
"I didn't mean anything by it." Cooper's sorry he even said it.
"You wouldn't have said it if you didn't mean anything by it. Now explain."
"It's just we haven't had sex in over a month."
"Look at me, Cooper. I'm fat. Do you want to have sex with me?"
"Yes. You're not fat, you're pregnant. Pregnant with my babies. I think you're more beautiful than ever but you never let me touch you in bed."
"It's not that I don't want you. I'm just tired most of the time. It's exhausting working and carrying all this extra weight around and I feel fat."
"I know you're tired. Tomorrow's Saturday. I'll take care of you all day. You don't have to get out of bed and maybe by tomorrow nigh you'll be feeling randy."
"I like that idea." Charlotte hands Cooper a cracker to munch on with her."