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Mark kissed Sammy again. "You sure you guys will be okay?" He asked for the tenth time.
Sammy smiled and hugged Mark tight, Mark had took her this morning to sign the custody papers and the other papers about her taking over her dad's business, it had gone quick and she got out of there as quick as possible. She might feel bad about her dad dying but not enough to want to be around him.
"Mark I know you have the gym to work on, go, we''ll be fine, I'm going to take them down to the beach in a while, we'll have fun, Scott and Kevin are home, if I need anything all I have to do is call them."
Mark nodded. "Okay, I'll be home this evening." He kissed her again and stopped long enough to tell the kids bye.
Sammy shook her head, she knew Mark worried about her, but he had to have his own life, he couldn't just be stuck as her babysitter all the time. "All right, you guys, let's head to the beach , Mia and Bailey are going to meet us down their with Seth and Emma."
Toby jumped up and ran to put on her bathing suit, Sammy took Toby and helped him get dressed in some shorts since he didn't have swimming trucks yet.
They headed down to the beach and met Bailey and Mia, the girls laid big towels out and the kids grabbed buckets and got near the edge of the water building sand castles, they all grinned as Joey tried to help, doing more damage than helping, but the kids were patient with him and just laughed at his antics. "So how is things with you and Mark?" Bailey asked.
Sammy blushed. "Umm well.." She trailed off and Mia looked at her sister. "How is he?" She asked giggling.
Sammy lifted her head still blushing. "Abnormally large." She said grinning.
The three women burst into laughter. Mia nodded. "I know what you mean, Kevin is just so yummy in bed." She said with a dreamy look on her face.
Bailey grinned. "Scott is out of this world before him I had no clue sex could be so good."
Sammy smiled. "I'm so happy right now, I got Mark and Toby and now Joey, life just seems perfect."
Mia and Bailey smiled. Now Mark just needed to get with the program and pop the question, hopefully he would dig his head out of his butt soon.
Sammy took the kids home around two and fed them lunch, then she decided it would be a good idea to bake cookies, she figured it couldn't be that hard. They made a run to the grocery store. The kids had fun, Toby got one of the small shopping carts and Joey rode the big cart, Sammy let Toby grab the stuff off the shelf and she loaded her small shopping cart first.
She bought the kids whatever they asked for, Toby walked out with four boxes of cereal, they bought enough stuff to make cookies for a year.
Joey was busy eating a bag of candy that Sammy had got him. Sammy smiled as she loaded the kids in her car, this was fun. They got home and got everything unloaded and Sammy pulled two chairs close to the table so the kids could stand on them and help, she grabbed the recipes she had downloaded and printed form the Internet.
The recipes were for small amounts of cookies, she shrugged, she would just add more of each ingredient. "Toby just use the whole bag of flour."
Toby nodded and ripped the bag open, managing to dump a lot on the floor. "Its okay we got more." Sammy said smiling
Mark walked in dead tired, they had done a lot of heavy work today tearing out walls and getting ready to rebuild the place from the inside., he walked through the connecting door, just to let Sammy know he was home before he took a shower. He walked back to the kitchen and stopped, it looked like food bomb had went off, there was flour, eggshells, chocolate chips everywhere, pans and pans of cookies, some burnt, some edible, some just looked like one big cookie had melted together.
Then he directed his gaze to the three of them, they were all covered in chocolate, flour and God knows what else, they were in the floor with about four boxes of cereal opened and they were throwing it at each other, laughing so hard they could barely sit up, he figured the kids were on a sugar high that would last all night.
Mark knew he was lost at that moment, he should be pissed, he should be mad, he should put Sammy across his knee for loading the kids with sugar all day, but all he could think was how pretty she was , how happy the kids looked and how the kids loved her already, they were looking at her like she was some sort of goddess, and hell so was he.
Toby looked up and saw him and froze and then Sammy and Joey, the smile left their faces like they knew he was going to explode, but he just smiled. "Looks like you guys had a good day."
The two kids looked wary like they were waiting for him to yell, but Sammy got up walking over and hugged him. "Yeah we did, I know its a mess, but Ill clean it up."
Mark bent and pressed his lips to hers, she tasted like chocolate cookies, her mouth was warm and welcoming, he remembered the kids and pulled back. "Let me get a shower, you bath those two and I'll help with the kitchen."
Sammy nodded and let him go, she gather the two kids to bath them. "Is he mad?" Toby asked.
"No, he's fine, don't worry."
Toby hoped so, she already felt like Mark didn't really want her here, any little thing might make him get rid of her.
Mark and Sammy cleaned the kitchen while the kids watched cartoons, when they got done, they just fixed sandwiches for dinner, since Mark knew the kids wouldn't eat much.
After dinner, Sammy got on her laptop to work and Mark settled in the recliner to watch ESPN with Joey in his lap, the boy seemed content to sit there and watch TV with him.
Toby jumped up as soon as Mark changed the channel. "I was watching Disney!"
Mark gave her a look. "You've watched enough TV, go read, or practice your writing, if you really have to watch TV, go over in my living room and watch TV." He said.
Toby knew she should just go over and watch at his place but her mouth and temper got the best of her. "Why do I hafta go over there, I live here, you don't!" She yelled.
Mark gave her a warning look. "Pup you need to calm down and do what I said,"
Toby was getting mad, he ignored her, until she was bad, he didn't even like her. "I don't want to, you're a asshole, I'm not doing what you say, just go to hell."
By that time Sammy was up. "Toby go to your room, you know better than to talk like that."
"I don't have to!" She yelled.
Mark sat the boy down and got up, but Joey tugged on his shirt. "No bet." He pleaded and started to cry.
Mark sighed and picked the kid up hugging him. "I'm not going to use a belt on her Joey, promise okay?"
The little boy nodded tearfully, Mark realized Joey would have some deep seated issues for a while after the way Tyson had treated him.
Toby was regretting her outburst when she seen how upset Joey was, Mark had spanked her but he wouldn't hurt her and she knew that, but Joey didn't ,she felt awful for upsetting him.
Mark handed the boy to Sammy and looked at Toby. "Up to your room."
The girl took off and Sammy looked at Mark. "Mark don't be to hard on her?"
Mark looked at Sammy , he didn't want to upset her, but if she had her way the kids would be running things, she was just to kind hearted for her own good. "Sammy I was raised a certain way, disrespect is high on my list of things you just don't do, if you let her get away with it, it'll just get worse."
Sammy knew he was right, but she didn't like the thought of Toby crying or being upset."
Mark bent and kissed Sammy gently. "It'll be okay."
Mark looked at the hysterically crying girl, and just wanted to hide. He gave her six swats and she acted like he had beat her with a stick. "Pup, quit it, Sammy is gonna think I tried to kill you."
The little girl just cried harder, Mark shook his head, living with two women was making him nuts they were so damn emotional. "Pup, c'mon, stop crying."
Toby was in the middle of her bed where Mark had set her and her tears just came harder, he wanted to curse but he bit his tongue. "Just tell me whats wrong, you're just making yourself sick."
Mark hated the pleading tone his voice had taken on, this is why he had never had kids. Mark sighed all this mushy share your feelings crap was killing him. "Pup, talk to me." He lifted the girl in his arms and she immediately wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shirt.
Mark rolled his eyes, but he rubbed her back and held her till she calmed down. Mark lifted her chin. "Pup we can sit here all night and I can guess whats wrong with you, or you can save us both some time, and you can just tell me."
Toby sniffed and dropped her head again. "Why don't you ever tuck me in or tell me goodnight?"
Mark sighed and wanted to scream, all this because he didn't tuck her in, hell he never really thought about it, but he guessed it must be pretty important to her, if she was showing her ass and throwing fit over it.
"Pup, I just never thought about it, Sammy usually does all that and truthfully, I didn't figure you liked me all that much." He said , the little girl still sat on his lap hugging him. "I like you Mark, I just don't think you like me."
Mark wondered why women of all ages had to hash through all this emotional shit. "Pup I like you just fine, from now on I'll tuck you in , okay?"
Toby looked up at him. "I made special cookies for you, Sammy put them up for you."
Mark looked at the kid and realized she did like him, she was protecting herself from being hurt, scared to show her feelings. "Thanks Pup, we'll have them as soon as we go back down atairs."
Toby nodded. "Are you going to spank me again?
Mark wrapped his arms around her. "No, but Pup, you cant talk to Sammy like you did, you have to think about Joey too, he heres you cuss, he thinks its okay and he does it, no more cussing, I mean it."
Toby nodded. "I'm sorry Mark."
Mark nodded. "I think maybe you need to apologize to Sammy too."
"Okay, I will, I love Sammy I didn't mean to yell at her." She said. Mark knew she did, the kid just had a bad temper sometime.
"So we ready to go back downstairs?" he asked.
Toby nodded and Mark stood with the girl and carried her down to the kitchen where they got the cookies she put back for him, they sat down and shared them and Toby looked at him eagerly. "Their very good pup, thank you."
Toby flushed with pleasure. "You're welcome."
Mark might be a little uncomfortable trying to be Mr. Nice guy with the kids, but the smile on Toby's face was worth it. "Can I sit on your lap too, with Joey?"
Mark smiled. "Yeah sure Pup."
Toby smiled and practically skipped after him, Sammy tried hard not to laugh at the big man as both kids wallowed on him while he tried to watch ESPN, the two kids giggled and talked and hugged on Mark, but to his credit, he showed infinite patience even if he did look a little put out.
They both got up and put the kids to bed, and Toby looked so happy when Mark tucked her in and kissed her Sammy thought she would burst, Sammy knew how she felt though, every bit of affection Mark showered on her made her happier than anything.
Sammy walked down the hall with Mark , he took her hand. "Ready for bed." He asked grinning. Sammy just nodded and followed him.
Warning Adult sexual content!
Sammy moaned as Mark moved in her, Sammy's arms were wrapped as far around the big man as she could get.
Mark kissed her as he pushed in her slick heat, he could never get enough of her. "Feels so goood Shorty."
Their tongues tangled as their bodies joined, Sammy groaned deep in her throat as his shaft filled her again and again. "Marrrrrrk." She called out as she thrust her hips up to meet his. "Thats it baby, come hard for me." He growled.
Sammy gazed up in his green eyes and cried out as she came, her hands gripping him tight. Mark's lips pressed to hers and he thrust hard and fast as his body lost control to the the pleasure that washed over him. "Sammmmmy." he groaned against her mouth as he climaxed, thrusting hard in her slick tunnel, emptying his seed deep in her womb.
Mark kissed her and laid his forehead to hers and gazed in her blue eyes. "Wow."
Sammy grinned. "Yeah wow pretty much covers it."
Mark did as he always did after they made love, he slid down her body and laid his head on her stomach, one hand curled around her waist the other playing with the skin of her stomach.
Sammy ran her hand through his long hair stroking his scalp, he sighed and nuzzled closer. Sammy loved this time with him, Mark was a tough , grump for the most part, but when they made love and he lay on her belly like this, he left himself vulnerable to her, she knew how hard that was for him, how much he trusted her.
Mark kissed her navel, his big fingers stroking her warm skin. "Shorty I love you girl."
Sammy smiled her fingers running through his long hair. "I kinda figured you did, why else would you put up with me?"
Mark gave her thigh a smack. "Nothing to put up with, you're an amazing woman, don't put yourself down."
Sammy just smiled . "Yes sir."
Mark lay there a few minutes just loving the feel of her fingers on his scalp, then he looked up. "Well?"
Sammy looked down at him. "Well what." She asked grinning.
Mark growled at her scooting back up on top of her. "You know what?"
Sammy giggled and wrapped her arms around him. He looked so cute pouting. "You're adorable when you pout."
Mark gave her a glare. "I don't pout woman."
"Uhh huh, looks like a pout to me." She teased.
Mark sighed and kissed her gently, maybe she didn't feel the same way he did. Sammy pulled his forehead down to touch hers."Silly, you should know I'm madly in love with you."
Mark relaxed and then smiled. "Well I kinda suspected..."
Sammy looked up in his deep green eyes. "I love you Mark."
He smiled and kissed her lips softy. "I love you too Shorty."