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Charlotte comes sweeping in the door after work. She's carrying a bottle of Cooper's favorite wine in one hand and a hot pink plastic bag with a local lingerie shop's logo printed on it in the other. "Hey!" She says eagerly to Allison and Savannah who are sitting on the living room floor playing peek-a-boo.
"Hello, Dr. King." Allison looks up noticing the wine and pink bag right away. "What's that for?" Allison asks while turning back to continue her game of peek-a-boo with Savannah. The ten month old baby giggles up a storm every time Allison moves her hands away from her eyes and smiles "Here I am."
Charlotte can't help but smile at the sight of her baby girl giggling so hard. She answers Allison's question. "It's just a bottle of wine I brought home for dinner."
"What's in the pink bag?" Allison picks the baby up and walks toward Charlotte. The baby pulls on Allison's long silky hair.
Charlotte thinks it's rude of Allison to ask about the pink bag. It's obvious what it is by the logo of the lingerie store. "It's just a little something I picked up for myself." She tells her and puts the bag on the couch.
"It's good to treat yourself once in a while." Allison answers. She looks at the baby playing with her hair. "Should we tell momma the good news Savannah?"
"What good news?" Charlotte asks watching Savannah play with Allison's hair.
"I got Savannah to walk today. She took a few steps holding my hand. I let go and she was able to balance on her own for about thirty seconds before falling. I think she'll be taking steps on her own soon without needing to hold on to anything."
"That's terrific" Charlotte responds. "Now can you teach my husband?" She jokes.
"l'd be happy to work with Cooper." Allison kisses Savannah's nose and the blonde baby with the big blue eyes giggles at her. "You are just too cute." Allison tells her, kissing her nose again.
Charlotte's surprised by Allison's eagerness to help Cooper. "That's why he goes to physical therapy." Charlotte watches Allison and her daughter playfully interact.
"Physical therapy is only an hour a day. If I helped him at home he could recover faster." Allison blows kisses on Savannah's belly and the baby squeals with laughter.
Charlotte doesn't answer. She's wonders if Allison is looking for more money by asking to take care of Cooper now too, instead of just the kids. "Where are Bryce and Cooper?" Charlotte asks.
"They're in the kitchen. Coop's making a scrumptious dinner." Allison tells her. "I'm gonna go tell them goodbye since your home." Allison's face drops a little.
Charlotte picks up a hint of disappointment or maybe frustration in Allison's voice but she brushes it aside and follows her into the kitchen.
Allison bursts into the kitchen carrying Savannah. "Al's gotta go now, your momma's home." She leans down and kisses Bryce goodbye. Bryce runs over and hugs Charlotte.
"Look daddy, Momma's home." Bryce yells excited. Charlotte squeezes the little boy tight.
"Aren't you a sight for sore eyes!" She kisses Bryce on the head.
"Looks like momma brought home some wine, and my favorite." Cooper glances down at the bottle in her hand. "What's the occasion?"
"I'll tell you at dinner." She glances at him and then Allison. She doesn't want to talk in front of her.
"I'm gonna get going." Allison hands the baby to Charlotte.
"Ma- ma. "The baby reaches her hands back out for Allison and cries again. "Ma-ma""
Charlotte's face drops and the hurt is obvious. Charlotte's crushed to hear Savannah call Allison momma and not want Allison to leave her.
"That's your momma." Allison points to Charlotte. "Don't worry about it" Allison tells Charlotte "She's used to me playing with her all day. She'll figure out who her momma is as she gets a little older."
"She knows I'm her momma." Charlotte snaps at Allison.
"Ma-ma." Savannah begins crying louder. "Ma-ma." The baby screams and reaches out for Allison.
"You better leave Al, it's just prolonging it. Savannah will be fine." Cooper wants to talk to Charlotte about his indiscretion with Allison. He made one of her favorite dinners. He looks and sees Charlotte's sad eyes because her daughter would rather be with the babysitter she just called momma.
"Don't take it so hard, Char. She's a baby and Allison plays with her all day. Savannah knows you're her real momma." Cooper puts the plates of food on the table. "Now put Savannah in her high chair and let's eat."
Charlotte kisses her daughter and hands her a baby bisquit. The baby begins to calm down biting on the bisquit. Charlotte places the baby into the high chair and then gets out the wine glasses. She pours the wine into them before sitting down. "I need to talk to you about something." She tells Cooper.
"I need to talk to you about something too. You go first." Cooper's dreading what he has to tell her.
"I accepted the job at St. Ambrose. You agreed to it the other day." Charlotte sips her wine.
Cooper clinks her glass with his. "Congratulations" He tells her and sips his wine. He's not thrilled about it but considering his behavior with Allison lately it doesn't seem worth fussing about. "I'm happy for you." He lies. He's happy she's happy but not so much about the high commitment job she's taking. "Thanks for bringing home the wine. It's my favorite."
"That's no accident." She smiles. "I brought the wine and something else home for us to celebrate with." She quirks her eyebrow up at him.
"What would that be?" Cooper puts his wine glass down.
"I'll show you later." Charlotte tells him. "I want to apologize for calling you stupid." Charlotte swallows. "You're not stupid and I'm sorry." She looks down at the table "Now what did you want to talk to me about?"
Cooper swallows and pauses. This doesn't seem like the right time to tell her about Allison. He doesn't want to ruin the mood after she apologized to him. He just looks at her.
Charlotte picks up her fork "You said you wanted to chew the fat about somethin'. It's your turn. Spill it." She takes a bite of her food.
He thinks quick. "I'm sorry also; for blaming you. I know it wasn't your fault. I was an idiot for even thinking I could jump over that stump."
"Thank you." Charlotte says and picks up her wine.
"I have some good news." Cooper announces to change the serious mood of their dinner conversation a lighter happier one.
"What's that?" Charlotte forms a small smile.
"Savannah took her first steps today." He looks at the baby finger feed her self dinner. "She needs to hold on to Allison for a little support but that's incredible for her age!" Cooper brags on his precious daughter. "She'll walk even earlier than Bryce did! Of course, Allison works at it with her constantly, Allison wasn't around when Bryce was that age.
Charlotte's annoyed. "That's old news. Allison already told me. She asked me if I'd mind if she started helping you too."
"Help me with what?" Cooper gulps.
"Help you stand on your own and take steps without holding on to anything. I told her that's what you go to physical therapy for. I think she's just lookin' for more money." Charlotte shakes her head in disgust."As if we don't pay her enough already. She makes more from us than any other babysitter around"
Cooper takes a deep breath. He's glad Charlotte isn't onto them. He knows he needs to tell her. He'll tell her tomorrow.
Bryce gets down from his chair. "I all done eatin'. Can I be 'scused?"
"Yes, Bryce you can be excused. Scoot and don't forget to wash your hands in the bathroom sink for momma." She pats him on his bottom as he runs along.
"Kay" Bryce says as he runs out of the room.
"How do you like the dinner?" Cooper watches Charlotte scrape her plate clean. "I tried something a little different with the recipe."
"Can't you tell?" She shows him her empty plate.
"I'm glad I could satisfy you." Cooper says and then realizes how it sounded.
Bryce runs back into the kitchen holding a pink and black latex teddy in his hands. "What's this momma?" He shows it to her. "I founded it in a pink bag in there." He points to the living room.
"That's for momma." Charlotte grabs the teddy out of Bryce's hands. "It's not for you. Now scoot and play." Charlotte's pale skin blushes and she's embarrassed to look at Cooper. It was supposed to be a surprise for later.
Cooper smirks. "I think what you meant to say is it's a present for daddy. I can't wait to see you in it momma." He notices her face is turning a bright shade of red and it makes him smile that she still blushes over him. It turns him on. He's been getting turned on easy these past few days he thinks to himself.
"Guess I got caught with my pants down. I was fixin' ta surprise you with it tonight."
"Sounds good to me." Cooper grins. "Let's get these kids to bed so momma and daddy could have some private time." He wipes Savannah's hand and face clean with a napkin.
She's still embarrassed about it. She feels her whole neck turning red. It's been a while since her and Coop have been intimate. They haven't been since before the accident. Cooper hasn't quite been able to get there yet. She's tried stimulating him with some toys she brought home from work but so far nothing has worked. She hopes the outfit will help. She gets up to clear the dishes off the table.
"Look Coop." She takes a deep breath. "I know since I've gone back to work I've been exhausted and neglecting to try and stimulate you in the bedroom."
Cooper stops her, feeling uncomfortable with the topic. "It's okay Char. We've been arguing a lot lately, which I want us to stop doing, but I understand you not wanting to try and stimulate me." He hates that word.
"It's been a coon's age since I tried and it's not fair, we need to keep up with it if we want you to make progress. I bought the teddy hoping it might help, maybe there's been some change by now."
Cooper swallows and looks away. "I'm going to go take a shower." He tells her and leaves the room. He tries not to think about how Allison helped him get things working again.
Two hours later
Charlotte walks into the bedroom wearing her robe. "Okay done. The kids have been bathed and read to and now they're fast asleep, I'm exhausted myself." She takes off her robe revealing the black and pink latex teddy. Cooper gazes at her in it.
"Come here and I'll give you something to be exhausted about." He flirts.
Charlotte's surprised. Cooper hasn't been this eager in a while. She likes his eagerness and pounces down on the bed next to him.
"Do you need me to help you along?" She refers to manually stimulating him. "I can get one of the toys out of the closet."
"Not necessary." He winks at her.
She looks down and sees the bulge in his boxers. She quirks an eyebrow up at him "Ya hidin' a python in there?"
"Maybe." Cooper raises his eyebrows at her. "Can you handle it?"
She smirks. "The question is; can you handle me?"
"I can go all night with you." He responds looking her up and down in her new teddy. "I'm the freak between the sheets, remember?"
"I remember." She climbs on top of him and whispers in his ear "Ya wanna be the patient and I'll be the naughy therapist?"
Cooper swallows hard and starts coughing on his own spit almost choking, his face turns red.
"You alright?" Charlotte pats his back.
"I'm fine" Cooper calms down and gets his breath back. "Can we just be ourselves tonight? You know- Cowboy and Cricket."
"Anything you want." She traces his lips with her finger and then gives him a soft sensual kiss.
He wraps his arms around her and kisses her back passionately. With Charlotte his desire is strong and real, more intense than with Allison.
He parts from the kiss to tell her. "I've missed you Cricket." His hands roam slowly over her body feeling her through the latex teddy. She explores his body with her hands; it's been months since they felt like this and they're savoring it.
He stops them and he sits up in bed. He pulls her up so she's facing him sitting on his lap with her legs wrapped around him. He admires her in the new latex teddy. "You're incredible." He whispers in her ear. He blows soft kisses behind her ear and down her neck. She turns her lip up into a smile and slips her hand in his boxers. He runs his hand along her breasts. "Feels nice." He tells her quietly.
She nods her head in agreement "Uhhmmm... nice" She answers softly. He slowly pulls down her teddy. "I've missed us, Cricket." He runs his hands over her bare skin with careful attention to her breasts. "Uhmmmmm." She moans in approval.
She pulls at his boxers. He lifts himself up to help her get them off and he pulls her teddy all the way down. She kicks it off her ankles and tells him. "I've been needin' you so bad." She runs her hand along his erection. "It's been too long since we've been together like this." She starts pumping him.
"Sorry it took me this long." He mumbles out as he kisses and suckles sensuously on her breasts.
"You have nothin' to be sorry for." She whispers to him as she lifts herself up on her knees so her breasts are at proper level with his mouth. She runs her fingers through his hair and breathes deep as he suckles her. She can feel her heart pounding in her chest.
He slips his hand between her legs and he gently swirls his thumb on her sensitive spot until she cries out his name. "Cooper! Coop!"
"I love you Charlotte" He tells her using her real name because he means it and wants her to know. He lies her back down on the mattress and moves on top of her. "You ready?" He asks her.
"Mmmm...Hmmmm." She responds with heavy breath "I need you now...I wanna feel us again..." She wants to feel them connect as one; nothing else in the world matters right now, it's just the two of them. She wraps her legs around his back. She feels him slowly slide into her and she gasps. It's been months since he's been inside her. She savors it.
"You feel it?" He asks.
"Feeling it" She answers savoring every second. He moves slowly back and forth and she moves in synch with him. "Feeling it Coop! Feeling it!" She keeps her hands on his hips stabilizing them.
"Me too" He watches her face.
He brings his head down to her breast and makes swirls around her hard nipple with his tongue. He knows she can't resist the things he can do to her with his tongue. He wants to make her feel as good as possible. She moans fiercely and grinds her hips into his harder. She pulls him tighter into her with her hands on his hips. He takes her que and pumps into her harder and faster staying in rythym. The sweat is pouring off their skin.
She moves her fingers up his back and digs in hard as she shrieks "Cooper!"
He can feel that she's ready to lose control. "Look at me Char." She looks in his blue eyes. He stares intently into her hazel green eyes. "I want us to feel it together."
She nods in agreement. "I'm there." She breathes out hard. He feels her tighten and pulsate around his throbbing muscle as she reaches her climax. She's breathing heavy and she lets out a cry as she pulls his body tight to hers. He can't hold back anymore either. He groans out "Char" before he squirts his warm juice into her and melts into her body. "I love you Char" He whispers in her ear.
"Love you too" She whispers back. "That was unbelievable." She tells him still breathing heavy.
"It was." He answers, still lying on top of her, still inside her.
"I don't want this to end." She looks in his blue eyes.
"Me either." He kisses her lips softly. "I love you so much."
She starts rambling still breathing heavy."Sometimes it's feels better because it's been so long but this was amazing."
"It was amazing because it was with you and I'm in love you". We are amazing." He kisses her head and holds her.
"I'm glad to have you back Coop. All of you." She nuzzles her face into his chest.
He sighs.
She thinks it's fantastic that they're intimate again. He feels guilty for sleeping with Allison and not telling her. Truth is he's scared to tell her. He's not about to ruin this moment in the afterglow with her. Tomorrow, he thinks. He'll tell her tomorrow.
TBC...
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