Chapter 10: The Party!

It had been two weeks to the day that Peter had moved in with Kelly. His children had made peace with it and chose to visit when they wanted and the added bonus was they both adored Kelly. The public had also been reasonably receptive to the idea and "The O.C." fans loved it! Life for Kelly and Peter was practically perfect, they had enjoyed every moment of living together so far, so much so that neither of them could imagine waking up or going to sleep each day without the other by their side. Work was also going great. Presently in season 3 Sandy and Kirsten were very much in love. Peter was also in the process of getting divorced. Neither could be happier and this party was to prove just that.

Kelly woke the morning of the party to fond Peter staring at her.

"What?" She asked.

"Morning beautiful." He replied squeezing her into his body for a second. "Looking forward to the party tonight?"

"Hmmm yea i think so. You?"

"Well," Peter started "Yes and no."

Kelly looked at him puzzled as she propped herself up on one arm so she was facing him properly.

"I'm a little nervous about meeting your mum." Peter admitted slightly embarrassed.

"What? why?" Kelly asked now even more confused.

"Well, what if she doesn't like me and thinks I'm a horrible person for cheating on my wife, or that you are too good for me." He answered without making any eye contact.

"Oh my god! I had no idea you were this insecure about that."

Peter looked up at her feeling slightly stupid. Kelly knew what he was thinking and leaned up to kiss his soft lips. She laced one hand with his and attempted to reassure him.

"Look honey, my mum and i are so close, and so alike that there is no way i could love someone as much as i do you and she wouldn't like them. Infact I'm pretty sure she's gonna love you just as much." She paused "actually i might need to be careful there."

Peter couldn't help but laugh. "How is it you always know the right things to say to me?" he asked.

"because I'm just so incredibly smart and wonderful!" she joked.

"Yes you are" he said under his breath but she still heard him.

"We should go start preparing for the party" Kelly said as she started to climb out of bed. Before she could even get out from under the covers Peter pulled her back down.

"I don't think another half an hour would hurt" he said biting his bottom lip seductively at her. He forced her down on her back as she giggled and he started kissing her neck as he hovered over her. He moved his kisses to her lips and their tongues danced around each other. Kelly lay there happily letting him take control as she allowed him to remove her clothing and then his own.

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An couple of hours later after Kelly had managed to escape him claiming they would continue it later and she now stood in the kitchen. Her worktop was covered by alcohol, wine, vodka, jack Daniels, baileys everything she could possibly think of. Peter had moved the furniture in the living room for dancing and all precious and valuable objects had been moved to their room where none of the guests were expected to go. The house was ready now all they had to do was organise themselves by getting dressed.

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The first two people to arrive were Craig and Katie. Kelly did Katie's make up just as she had promised and she also fixed her hair. Half-an-hour after that the door bell rang again. This time it was Melinda and her husband, Ben, Adam, Rachel, Mischa and Tate, who had returned for season 3. Everybody looked great as they headed straight for the drinks table. Kelly had the feeling that it was going to be a great night as everybody was in party mode.

The door bell rang again and Kelly raced over to it knowing fine well that it would be her mother. She swung the door open and threw her arms around the woman who stood on front of her.

"Mum, Ah it's so good to see you!" Kelly shouted.

"Awww you too, how's my little girl?" Her mum ,Shirley replied.

"I'm good mum, infact I'm great". Kelly took her mum's hand and led her inside. Immediately she swayed her mother over to where Peter stood talking to Tate, who excused himself as he saw them approach. "Peter i want you to meet my mother, Shirley. Mum this is Peter."

"Nice to meet you Shirley." Peter said trying to hide his nerves.

"Well it's lovely to meet you too!" She sang as she threw him into a big gear hug. "I've been wanting to meet you ages ago. I was always wishing you were with my Kelly every time i watched the show and now that you are it's a dream come true!"

Peter was gob smacked! "Thank you" he said.

"Well then this is a party and i'm gonna go get a drink" Shirley turned to Peter "We will have a proper chat some other time" she continued before heading across the room seeking vodka.

"You see" Kelly wrapped her arms around Peter's waist " I told you there was nothing to worry about."

He replied by simply kissing her on the forehead before leading her in the direction of his kids.

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An hour later all the guests had arrived and the party was in full swing. Everybody was now dancing along to the music and almost all the adults were at least a little tipsy. Peter had spent the better part of the night watching Kelly, wherever she went his eyes also went. She looked so sexy in her skirt and silky top, which was cut low enough to show a hint of cleavage and that alone turned him on. As "We've got tonight" came on the stereo Peter went over to her and pulled her onto the small dance floor.

"Having a good time?" He asked ad she clasped her hands behind his neck and swayed along to the gentle melody.

"Of course" she said "everybody is."

He just smiled down gazing into her bright eyes "Well that's good" he said. "Do you think anybody will be up for karaoke then?"

Unsure if he was joking she glanced around the room looking at every individual person noticing that they were all either Hyper or drunk.

"I'm gonna guess yes" she laughed "Everybody is either drunk or hyper and acting daft."

"Well that nay have something to do with the fact that you bought ten times too much alcohol!" Peter said playing with her.

Choosing not to retaliate Kelly rested her head on his shoulder and enjoyed the remainder of the song.

Afterwards Peter set up the karaoke machine as most people had thought it was a great idea. He himself started the singing with his favourite Broadway song "Greased Lightening" Everybody loved it! Next up Rachel and Mischa and Melinda dragged Kelly up to sing Cyndi Lauper's "Girls just wanna have fun". Their performance had definitely been entertaining and absolutely hilarious. Kelly's mum then proved herself ot be the queen of the Karaoke when she sang a worthy version of "It's in his kiss" by Cher. Kelly watched her mum in awe as she remembered all the other times she had heard her mum sing those words:

"If you wanna know

If he loves you so,

It's in his kiss" she belted out.

Peter taking in the words walked straight over to Kelly and wrapped her in an embrace followed by the most passionate of all kisses.

"Well?" He said "Is it in my kiss?"

Thinking what he had just done was completely adorable Kelly cupped his face in her hands and whispered one word "always" before kissing him again.

It was now time for the children to prove their karaoke skills. Craig who seemed to inherit his father's musical genes treated them all to a beautiful rendition of Robbie Williams' "Angels". However Katie was too nervous to sing on her so Kelly worried that Katie would be missing out offered them to do a song together. Katie chose the song and then announced to everyone that they were dedicating this song to Peter, a magnificent father and boyfriend. Kelly couldn't help but laugh and hug Katie as she heard the introduction to Tina Turner's "the best" begin. This turned out to be the song of the night as everybody formed a circle trapping Peter in the middle as they all sang

"You're simply the best!

better than all the rest.

Better than everyone,

Everyone i ever met!"

Peter loved it! He stood there in amongst everyone as he laughed his head off at the song. This had bee the best party ever!

That brought a close to the Karaoke and to the party. People had gulped a couple more drinks and By two am everybody had left. Craig and Katie were tucked up and asleep in the spare room as it was too late for them to go home that night. Peter watched as Kelly said goodnight to her mum and then turned around and fell on the couch. He walked over and joined her.

"You're drunk!" He said laughing.

"I am not! Okay well maybe a little but you are too!" She replied loudly.

"Shhhh the kids are asleep! he whispered"

"Oh sorry" she said "But does it really matter?"

"Yes because i don't want any interruptions" he shot back.

Kelly smiled mischievously "Why what are we gonna do?" she asked playing dumb. She climbed onto his lap and straddled him so she could feel him through his trousers.

"We are going to pick up where we left over and celebrate the success of our party" He said making her more excited. He picked her up and started carrying her up the stairs clapping his hands under her ass. Before he could reach their room she was kissing him frantically and he had to stop outside the room door.

"Wow we are drunk" She laughed assessing their lack of control.

"Hmmm" He said through a kiss "Believe me i think that will make sex so much better!"

"In that case, I'm glad i bought ten times too much alcohol" She replied smartly remembering him mocking her earlier.

They finally made it to bed and after an exhausting but amazing couple of hours they fell asleep in each other's arms once again.