I do not own JE's characters. I just like to play with them.
A/N: This a new story. Brace yourself, Babes, this is a TART. I welcome your reviews and input. The rating is for some scenes and language. This is where my muse took me today.
Thank you for reading and reviewing.
Lester POV
I was waiting for Mitch when she got out of the shower. I had flowers on the nightstand just like the ones I first gave to her. When she came out in just her robe, I swept her into my arms and kissed her. "Happy Anniversary, Baby." She giggled and squirmed to get loose so she could dry her hair.
"Thank you, Mateo. What do you have planned for today?" I grin at her.
"I thought we could ditch the guys and go to Point Pleasant. What do you think?" At that moment, Lula stuck her head into the room.
"I think hell no, Green Eyes. She is my girl and I want to celebrate, too. We are coming. The guys are right, you do talk in yo sleep. We will be waiting downstairs for our breakfast, so no getting freaky. You had all night, man." She leaves and Mitch giggles again.
My wife was a beautiful creature. She has dressed in a denim skirt and a peasant blouse with high blue wedge heeled shoes and her hair is in a ponytail. I just love that she wears my tags and my rings. Fine, the whole freaking crew could come with us.
"Mitch, why did you tell Lula about Point Pleasant?" She smiled at me.
"I want to show her where we fell in love and it is a fun town, Mateo. Do not be the guy who ditches his friends. We will have plenty of time to be old boring married people later. Now let's have fun!" Maybe she is right. We troop to the kitchen where Ric is talking on the phone and Tank is trying to eavesdrop on his conversation. I sit next to him to do the same.
"It is just a group of friends, Madison. No, we are not criminals. If you do not wish to come, that is fine. I will ask someone else. Oh, you were joking. Fine, then. We will pick you up. Yes I am good at skeeball. Well, we shall see. Bye, Madison. No I am not smiling. Fine, yes I am, now hang up." He hung up and smiled. Aww. I had to tease him.
"You know I beat Mitch in skeeball but she kicked my ass at go karts, Cuz. Be careful, you might fall for that girl. She is a tiny thing, huh?" He just continued to smile and he accepted his Belgium waffle with blueberries with a nod to Mitch.
She gave me mine with hot apples. I love my wife. I winked at her and she kept serving everyone. Lula's had pecans and peaches on it. Wow. That looked tasty. She looked at us and pulled her plate closer. Bobby tried to get a taste and she growled at him. Mitch gave him the same as Lula and he moaned out loud. Damn. I tasted mine and it was so delicious. Mitch sat down with hot peaches on hers and ate it and turkey sausage and drank her coffee while ignoring us.
"Lester, I love your wife." I looked at a dazed Antonio.
"Axe, you cannot have my wife." He sighed and finished eating. We joined forces to clean the kitchen while the girls fed the dogs, then we packed beach bags and headed out to the cars.
Ranger POV
I was a little nervous. I had not had a real relationship and I was not sure what to do or when. I got out of the car and walked up to the door because Lula said just beeping the horn was rude as shit. Fine. These women are so bossy. Why aren't they afraid of me? I knocked on the door and it opened a crack.
"What is the password?" We had no password, so I thought about what she liked and said, "Funnel cake." She laughed and opened the door. She looked pretty in a yellow tee shirt and a cargo skirt with matching yellow heels. She handed her beach bag to me and locked her door. Her shoes made her a little taller.
"Hello, Madison. You look pretty." She smiled up at me.
"You know you look good, Rico Suave. Now smile and let's go so I can beat you at skeeball. Do you think your friends will like me? Tell me honestly." I took her hand. It was so small in mine. Maybe I would just follow her lead today and see what happened.
"Stop worrying. The girls like food and the guys like that you are not afraid of me. Just be yourself. You need a gun." She giggled.
"Who do you want me to shoot, Rico?" Anyone who smiles at you, I thought, but I did not say that.
"No one right now, but you may need it to defend yourself." She just grinned and showed me her gun that was in her pocketbook. Oh, well that is a surprise. I like surprises.
Stephanie POV
I love my husband. He is being a good sport. I know that he loves spending time alone with me, but we cannot become a reclusive couple and it is the summer time. We will soon be working hard and for long hours. We need this time to relax and to center ourselves.
I watched Ric and Madison bicker and it was cute. She was totally trying to bully him and he would just swat at her like she was an annoying insect, but I could see in his eyes that he liked her. It was up to him how close they got. They were both at the teasing stage right now.
Just then, the sun was blocked by a huge shadow. I looked up to see my husband with a maniacal grin on his handsome face. Oh no. Yup, he picked me up and carried me kicking and screaming into the water. We splashed around together and kissed. Yeah, this is where I always want to be—in his arms.
"I love you, Mateo." He looked hot in his royal blue board shorts. He bit my bottom lip.
"I love you back, Mitch." We kissed until Lu decided that we should play volleyball. All in all, our day at the beach was just a relaxing good time. It was too bad the day had to come to a crushing halt when we got back to the houses. Gram was sitting on the porch waiting and she looked agitated.
"Gram, what is wrong?" She hugged me, and then she hugged Lu.
"Girlie, your mother had another drunken incident but this time she was at the bakery and she assaulted Grandma Bella. She got arrested and I don't know what to do with her. It turned into a food fight and she owes money for trashing the place." Wow.
"Grandma Bella and Angie Morelli both got arrested, too. I told your father that this was his problem now. Do you think I should have her committed or something?" I sat on one side of Gram and Lu took the other side. It was Madison that answered.
"Why don't you see if they can have her put into a treatment center for her alcoholism as a condition of not going to jail? I am Madison. Rico over there is my new friend. He may be more if he ever kisses me, but I will not be held responsible for what happens if that man French kisses me." Gram blinked at her, and then she laughed.
"I like you Maddie. Go ahead and kiss the Package." Madison jumps Ric and they disappear into the house. Okay then. I turn back to Gram.
"That was a good idea, Gram and this way she can get treatment and she would be out of both of our hair for the next ninety days or so." Gram clapped her hands and took out her phone and started talking. Mateo came over and sat me on his lap.
"What about tonight, Mitch? Will you go for a walk with me?" I leaned into him.
"Of course, Mateo. I love you; now let's get changed for dinner. I want to go to Rossini's. Call Ric and tell him we leave in an hour and to be ready." He smiled at his cousin's antics. All day, he and Maddie had flirted and bickered, but they had not really touched. It was like they were playing chicken, but I guess Maddie finally could not take it anymore. Oh well, more power to them. I had to get dressed for my anniversary dinner. It was show time in the Burg!
Lester POV
"Yo." There was rustling and kissing noises.
"Cuz, we are going to Rossini's. Please be ready in an hour and please practice safe sex." He grunted at me.
"Lester, we are not having sex, we are racing to get out of handcuffs. It is my turn and she is timing me. Hang up, you are ruining my concentration worse than her kisses. I laughed and hung up the phone. They are so silly acting.
I checked on the guys and they said they would be ready. I am waylaid by Gram who wants me to critique her outfit. I tell her that she looks bootylicious and she dances around. When she spins for the fifth time, I race away. The women in this house were a mess. I called Lula and Bobby answered.
"Yo." He sounded like he was forcing out the word.
"Bob, will you be ready in an hour? We are going to Rossini's." He moans really loudly.
"Yes, you fucking goddess, suck it for Big Daddy!" I could have lived my whole life without hearing his sex talk.
"Bob, focus! Be ready in an hour." Lula took the phone.
"Look, Green Eyes, I like you so I will not smack you when I see you. I am doing some of my best work. We will be ready, now hang up because Bobby has a snack he needs to eat right quick. Make your wife deep throat you or something and leave us grown folks alone." She hung up on me.
She had the right idea though, so I ran the rest of the way into the bedroom to find my wife naked and waiting on the bed for me. She crooked her finger at me and I pounced. I never stripped so fast in my life. I was all over Mitch and she moaned and giggled. We ended up doing a sixty nine and Lu was right, this was a great idea. I pulled my beautiful wife into the shower and we washed each other. I hope every day is like today.
Stephanie POV
I was in a blue and white halter dress that had the back out and Lula was wearing red again. She said it was her signature color. Bobby said it made him feel like a bull. Madison was wearing yellow and she said it made her eyes pop. If she said so. It was a pretty dress in an innocent kind of way. The guys were in linen pants and dress shirts. We were seated at a prominent table and Lula decided we should play a trivia game to pass the time.
"Steph, name the movie when they sang "Nights like this I wish that raindrops would fall…" I looked at her and Tank was bouncing in his seat.
"I don't know, Lu." She sighed.
"Damn, that means you can ask for a lifeline, but if you get it wrong, you have to take off your panties." Now she had the guys' attention. I blushed.
"But what if I am not wearing any?" Lester kissed me and gave me the raised eyebrow. I nodded at him and he smiled.
"Girl, answer the question." I whispered to Tank and he nodded.
"It was the Five Heartbeats, Lu." She nods and it is my turn to quiz her.
"Which Wayans brothers played in White Chicks?" She snorted at me.
"Girl, please that was Shawn and Damon." Ha!
"Nope, it was Shawn and Marlon. You have to take off your panties, Lu." She got up and stormed to the bathroom. When she came back, she handed me red thongs. Just for fun, I smelled them. The guys all moaned. Lula howled laughing. It was so easy to mess with them.
We asked Tank a Forrest Gump movie question and he named ten types of shrimp! Ric got the Dirty Dancing movie quote wrong and had to remove his boxers. We watched him sit there.
"Um, you lost, so you have to take off your boxers, Ric." He just drank his tea.
"I am going commando." Gram stood up and frisked him. She sat down and nodded at me and Lu. Maddie kissed him and said he was a bad boy and what if he got into an accident. He kissed her back and gave her the next question about the Princess Bride and I wondered how he knew about it.
She got it wrong and left and came back with yellow thongs which she handed him. He looked at us and smelled them. We cheered. I know we were making a spectacle of ourselves, but that was the point. We were fun people, and the guys were not thugs or anything like that.
A woman approached us and we stopped being loud. "Hello, my name is Freda Markowitz and I wish I was sitting with you guys. I am not an evil gossiper and I just love your dresses. So, my husband Johnny works in construction and I am a secretary. Will you give me the scoop? I am willing to take off my panties." The guys huddle and nod at her. She leaves and comes back with peach lacy panties and gives them to Axe and he grins at her.
"So, um Freda, can you get me a hard hat?" Lu high fived me and Freda giggled and sat down. We talked for a while and she left to order her dessert. We had exchanged numbers and she said she would definitely call us to go shopping one day and to give me the hard hat.
My husband kept kissing my neck and we were holding hands. He was so attentive today. I am so glad that tomorrow is Saturday and we have the final walk through of our center. The guys have construction and painting to supervise. That is their thing.
Just when we were finishing dessert, someone I did not want to see stopped at our table. Just great! Joe fucking Morelli. I guess the Grapevine works both ways. Gram was ready to get him for me, I just know it. I decided to let the fool hang himself. He stood there staring at the guys with disdain.
"Hello there, Cupcake. I hear that you got yourself hitched to some Latino guy. That will never work out. You know we should catch up and relive some old times, what do you say?" The guys all growled and we held them back.
I just glared at him and stood up really fast, spilling my drink on him and as he backed away, Gram threw her dessert on him and he could not see. She groped him and he fell down, losing his pants in the process. While people were laughing at his hairy ass, I leaned over him.
"Hey Morelli, if you approach me again I will fucking shoot you. Cop or not, I have a bullet with your name on it. My name is Stephanie and if that is too hard for you, you can call me Mrs. Santos. I will never cheat on my husband. Get lost, loser!" I kicked him and we all left the restaurant. I cannot stand that man. Les kissed me the whole way home.
As we walked around the property later holding hands, Mateo talked about his hopes now that he was back home. "I just want you to know that no matter how hard I have to work, I love and adore you, Mitch." I hugged him.
"You silly man, I love you, too. Lu and I will be working just as hard. Now, how did you like the mancave? Did you see the Frogger game?" He laughed and smiled at me.
"Yes, Mitch. I unwrapped it today. I love the mancave, Baby. Did you like your earrings?" Is he kidding? They match my wedding ring. He is the sweetest man. We kissed for a while before we decided to take things to the bedroom. I rode on his back the whole way there and we spent the rest of the night celebrating our marriage. I was definitely going to feel this in the morning.