Rated M of course ;D I had so much fun writing this! I don't own anything!
SINGLE MOTHER
Twenty-seven year old, Jo Taylor walked through the bustling, busy Los Angeles mall, her blonde hair swept back into a messy bun with three shopping bags on her arm.
Ten years ago they would've been Coach, Gucci and Chanel.
Now they were Toys R' Us, Gymboree and the Disney Store.
On the other arm, Jo held her five year old son's hand tightly, making sure to keep him away from all the busying and rude people who flocked through the malls. Jo had noticed all day that her bleach blonde son had a frown on his face, since the moment they had stepped into the shopping complex. She had no idea why, but Tyler wasn't being his normal self today, and it showed in everything he did. He usually walked with an excitement in his step, watching his light up shoes explode with colors with each one, or he talked to Jo about the things he was going to do in school this upcoming week. But today…he said nothing.
Jo took Tyler over to the side of the entrance to Bloomingdales, and kneeled down, setting her shopping bags a bit aside. She looked into her son's big blue eyes that he had gotten from his father and sighed, running a hand along his blonde hair.
"What's the matter, Ty? You seem sad," Jo told him upset, frowning. Tyler didn't look at her and just shrugged his shoulders, trying to pan it off as nothing when Jo knew something was bothering her son. She sighed and tipped his chin up with a small smile. "You know you can tell mommy what's bothering you, right?" she told him. Tyler nodded at Jo, his bottom lip quivering a bit, as he nuzzled into her body, starting to cry. Jo had seen the tears coming the past few minutes, seeing as Tyler's big beautiful eyes had started to water and turn a lighter blue than usual. Jo abandoned the bags completely, and cuddled her son into her, as she softly cried. "What's wrong, baby?" she asked him softly. Tyler let out a small wail, clinging to Jo's chest and neck, taking in the smell of her perfume.
"Daddy didn't call," Tyler told her miserably, his words muffled and sniffle induced. Jo sighed a bit angrily, biting her bottom lip. She about had it with Jett, and the fact that his new girlfriend took up most of his time over his son, which should be his first priority. "H-he said he would a-and he d-didn't," he cried out miserably, harder and more violently as Jo rubbed his back gently.
"It's okay, baby. Daddy just has work a lot," Jo said, hating having to lie to her son in an excuse for that moron.
Jo and Jett had been divorced for about three years now, and lately, ever since meeting his new girlfriend Holly, Jett had been entirely out of the picture. He had missed Tyler's hockey games, his awards day at school, his field day and his part in the play as the apple picker. Every time he was supposed to be somewhere, it was either work, or Holly, and Jo was beginning to get more than fed up with him. Being a single mother was hard enough for her, but to have to explain and make excuses for her bastard of an ex-husband was something Jo just couldn't stand.
"H-he always works," Tyler cried into her. Jo slowly detached from her son and smiled, looking at his red face, trying to make things seem alright.
"I know he does, but daddy is coming to your big hockey game in two weeks alright? He promised me he'd be there, and he promised you when you went out to lunch, remember?" Jo said. Tyler nodded and sniffled, Jo taking the sleeve of her shirt and wiping the little boys tears away softly.
"And you know that daddy loves you very much, right?" Jo told him, not knowing if she was telling the truth anymore. Tyler nodded and Jo nodded, as she leaned in and gave him a kiss on the forehead. "Now, we are just gonna go in this store for a quick second, and then we'll be right out, and we can go get some frozen yogurt. Is that okay?" Jo told her son. Tyler eagerly nodded, his tears starting to cease but his eyes still red as he wiped at them. Jo picked up the bags and extended her hand out to Tyler with a smile as they retreated into the store.
As Jo browsed the purse section, looking for a cheap bag, Tyler eagerly took a few steps away, looking at the hats that were hung up on the wall. The small blonde boy smiled up at the hats on the rack, and stood on his tippy toes reaching for a red beanie that struck his eyes. He bit his lower lip and tried his best to reach for it, making little grunting sounds as he sighed in disappointment. Suddenly, a tall, blonde man who looked in about late twenties, early thirties extended his hand out towards the hat and picked it off the shelf much to Tyler's avail.
"Here you go, bud," the blonde said with a chuckle, kneeling down and offering him the hat. Tyler, smiling like a goofball took the hat from the blonde man and attempted to put it on, quite concentrated about how it was going to fit on his head. After a few seconds of trying to get it on, the blonde took the hat back and chuckled, fastening on the small boy's head with a smile. "There we go," he said with a chuckle, as Tyler let out a funny laugh, looking in the mirror next to the display. The blonde man had on the same hat in gray and Tyler seemed to notice, pointing at it in glee.
"We match!" he exclaimed, as the blonde man laughed. Hearing the laughter of her son, and seeing an older man crouched beside him, Jo got a bit worried and made her way over to the pair, not being able to see the man's face.
"Tyler, what did I tell you about talking to strangers, mister," Jo said in a funny voice, her and the blonde locking eyes for the first time. The blonde man stood up with a warm smile, looking at Jo from head to toe with a chuckle.
"Sorry, bud. I didn't mean to get you in trouble with your babysitter," he said jokingly, obviously knowing the beautiful blonde woman that stood before him was the boy's mother. Jo smirked at him, blushing a bit and fastening her hands on her son's shoulders.
"I'm his mother," Jo said curtly, knowing that the man was flirting with her. Jo looked over him and was impressed by him, but mostly his eyes. They were the most beautiful shade of green she had ever seen. His skin was warm, and his eyebrows dark, not matching his blonde hair at all. He wouldn't be attractive at first glance, but when you looked at him, he was more than gorgeous.
"Kendall Knight," the man said with a smile, sticking his hand out to be shaken. Jo looked at it and smiled, extending her hand out and touching the soft skin of Kendall's hand embarrassedly.
"Jo Taylor," she responded back with a smile, quite bashfully.
"Tyler Stetson!" the small boy piped up with a chuckle, as Jo and Kendall both shared a laugh at what her son looked like with an oversize red beanie nearly covering his eyes. Kendall looked at Jo with a smile, getting lost in her chocolate brown eyes, and beautiful, radiant face.
"You know, you look pretty awesome in that hat, Tyler," Kendall spoke to the boy, looking down at him. Tyler chuckled and looked up at Jo, his tears instantly gone and his mood picked up tenfold by this mystery man. "Did you know…that anybody who wears a hat like that is super awesome?" Kendall said, grinning at him. Tyler's eyes got wide and he pointed up at Kendall, whose gray beanie lay on his head, just a bit of blonde hair peeking out from under it.
"You have the same one on!" Tyler laughed at him in joy. Kendall gave him a smirk cocking his head, and then brought his hand up to the hat, and his green eyes got wide in fake surprise.
"You're right! I guess that means we are both super awesome," Kendall told him with a smile. Jo chuckled at how Tyler's face lit up as he talked to this guy who had seemed to make everything in her son's life better in five minutes. Tyler looked up at Jo innocently with a smile.
"Mommy, can I have the hat, please?" he asked her with puppy dog eyes. Jo chuckled and nodded no. "I wanna be super awesome like him!" he said, pointing to Kendall energetically.
"I think you have enough hats at home, rascal," she said, taking the hat from his hair and Tyler sighing and looking down at the floor. "Maybe next time we come back, alright?" she told him sympathetically. Tyler sighed and nodded, knowing Jo had the final word as Kendall smiled at him.
"Tough luck, Tyler," Kendall laughed out, kneeling down to him again with a cocked eyebrow. "But you know what's good? You wore the hat for more than ten seconds, so you're still super awesome," Kendall told him. Tyler's face lit up again and he nodded as Kendall nodded along and they both chuckled and laughed. Kendall stood up as Tyler began to wonder away a bit, right down the aisle where Jo could see him clearly, smiling at the expression on her little boy's face. She turned back to Kendall and he sighed, sticking his hands in his pockets.
"Well, sorry if I put you on bad terms for not splurging for the hat," Kendall joked out a bit awkwardly and smugly.
"He's over it already, look at him," she said motioning to how the boy was now getting lost in the scarves. She turned to Kendall and uncrossed her arms with a smile on her, nodding at him. "T-thank you for doing that, and putting a smile on his face. I think he needed it," Jo told him, swallowing hard. Kendall looked into her eyes and smiled back, seeing her bit of upset under the brightness of her face.
"Well from what I see now, it looked like you both needed it," he told her softly. Jo smiled at him and nodded again, turning her attention back to her son, who was now aimlessly hitting a green scarf, and dodging it with bursts of laughter.
"We did," Jo simply replied. "Thank you," she told him again. Kendall nodded, sticking his hands deep into his pockets.
"He's a cute kid you know. Doesn't really look much like you though," Kendall told her. Jo sighed a bit annoyed at the fact that he only had her blonde hair, but had Jett's big, expressive blue eyes.
"He has his…fathers…eyes," Jo told him with her arms crossed again, Kendall obviously sensing hostility in the fact that she had mentioned his father.
"I'm guessing that isn't a good thing?" Kendall joked out, trying to keep the chat lighthearted.
"Not when his father is with another woman, no," Jo said bitterly, trying not to let her emotions get the best of her. Kendall nodded, silently yesing on the inside, knowing that he wanted to ask this beautiful woman out on a date, loving her outgoing personality and talent for witty banter.
"I guess we're getting too purse-senal, aren't we?" Kendall joked out lamely, Jo looking at him quite entertained and rolling her eyes with a smile, casting them back to her son. She chuckled and shook her head, eyes still on Tyler.
"That was terrible," she joked out. Kendall sighed and looked up at the ceiling with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I know. It usually works for the other women I pick up in the purse aisles though," he told her smugly. Jo turned to look at Kendall, and he turned to look down at her, both of them catching the other staring deep into their brown and green eyes.
"Are you trying to pick me up?" Jo asked him, making sure to flip her hair and smile brighter. She had been out on dates since the divorce, but nothing ever led to anything once they found out she was a single mother. Most guys went for the hotsy-tosty, smooth legs small hips types of girls.
"I was trying to get your son a hat, but it seems that I may have turned it into something like that," he said to her, flashing a beautiful smile. Jo blushed a bit and ducked her head away, looking back up at him quite amazed.
"You're really gonna ask me out on a date even though I'm a single mom?" she asked him, quite entertained at what he was going to banter back with. Kendall's face went straight and he sighed and shrugged his shoulders, moving a bit closer to her with a smile.
"Yup. I am."
Jo had tried to reach Kendall on his cell phone for the past ten minutes, nervously pacing the living room of her small apartment. She sighed as her heels clicked on the floor, and Tyler sat at the kitchen table, coloring in his coloring book. The babysitter had called in with the stomach flu, and since it was a Friday night, there was no one in the small apartment building that could possibly watch Tyler for the night.
Jo was going to have to turn Kendall away at the door.
She wore a v neck red sweater, with dark jeans and high boots, her blonde hair braided elegantly to the side and swept in a ponytail hanging over her shoulder. Tyler looked up at Jo with a confused face, scrunching it awkwardly.
"Mommy, where are you going?" he asked her. Jo sighed and nodded her head no, biting her lower lip. She usually just told Tyler she was going out with a friend if she went on a date, but now, she wasn't going anywhere.
"Nowhere, baby. Don't worry," Jo said upset at the fact that it was the truth. She sighed annoyed, looking at her watch. Kendall was bound to be here any second. Jo was beyond upset, seeing as how since she had met Kendall in the store two weeks ago, they hadn't gotten the chance to go out once due to their busy schedules. Kendall worked as the hockey coach for the nearby middle school, and at night played gigs for money in downtown LA, where the club scene could get him $300 bucks a night for an acoustic set. He had gone to UCLA for a business degree, and dreamt of opening up his own restaurant when he had enough money. Jo worked during the day as a receptionist for a well off PR firm, and then and picked Tyler up at a friend's house where he stayed after school.
There was a soft knock on the door, and Jo went to it frantically, the click of her heels being heard as she walked through to the hallway. Jo unlocked the door after getting a quick glimpse of Kendall in the peephole and sighed when she opened it. There he was, looking absolutely adorable as usual, in a brown sports coat, dark jeans, a skinny tie, and pretty nice slip on sneakers. He held a box in one hand, and a bouquet of flowers in the other. His green eyes shone as he smiled at Jo, his eyes going up and down her beautiful frame.
"See, I went to apartment 2B and expected something nice to open the door, but then I realized that you were apartment 2C, and not the ancient lady who lives next door. But I-I mean this…I guess I didn't expect this either…wow," Kendall said chuckling, looking up and down his date. Jo blushed, her face still in a pout as she sighed, looking back at Tyler, who had seemed to recognize the man's voice.
"Come in," Jo told him softly, as he stepped in the doorway with a smile. He handed the flowers to Jo with a smile.
"For you," he told her. Jo blushed and smiled squeezing his arm gently, as she closed the door behind him.
"Thank you, Kendall. They're beautiful," she said with a smile, walking in front of him, leading him to the kitchen. Kendall looked around at the pictures of art and her and Tyler Jo had on the wall, thankfully seeing no pictures of this alleged ex-husband. Kendall followed her into the kitchen with the box in his hands, as Jo placed the flowers on the counter. Tyler looked up and his eyes got wide as he saw Kendall. Kendall made his eyes go playfully wide as well, and maneuvered his eyebrows in a funny way to make the boy laugh.
"Baby, you remember Kendall from the store, right?" Jo asked him, setting a hand on his shoulder. Tyler nodded at his mother and then looked up at Kendall who was coming near him with a smile.
"Hi, Kendall," Tyler said gleefully.
"Hey kiddo, how are you doing?" Kendall asked the boy, taking a seat next to him, looking at what he was coloring. Jo looked on at how comfortable Tyler was with her date, finding it increasingly odd. Tyler didn't even seem this comfortable with Jett most of the time.
"I gotcha a little something," Kendall said, pushing the box towards the boy. Tyler's eyes got wide and he looked up at Kendall and Jo, not believing that the box was for him. He slowly put down his crayon in awe and grabbed the box like his life depended on it.
"Can I open it now?" he asked anxiously. Kendall looked back at Jo and questioned it, as she nodded with a smile, leaning against the countertop, wanting to see what was in the box. Kendall turned back to Tyler and nodded, as the boy wasted no time in opening the box and revealing the same red beanie he had wanted from the store.
"AWESOME!" Tyler exclaimed loudly, fingering the hat excitedly as Kendall laughed. Jo honestly couldn't believe what had just happened as a huge smile was across her face. Kendall Knight, who she had met two weeks ago, was making her son happier than her ex-husband had the past three years.
"Mommy, look! It's the super awesome hat!" he yelped out loudly, fixating it on his head with a smile. Kendall smiled at nodded.
"It looks good on you, bud," he told him. Tyler got up and went over to Jo shining brightly and tugging on her sweater.
"Look, mommy! Look at what Kendall got me!" he said animatedly, not being able to contain himself. Jo chuckled and kneeled down, fixing it on his head a bit, allowing some of his blonde hair to peek out the side.
"I see! You look cool, Ty! Why don't you go check the mirror in your room," Jo told him, her face dropping a bit at the fact that she was going to have to tell Kendall that this date wasn't happening. Tyler ran back to his room, Jo shouting 'WALK!' after him as Kendall stood up and came over to her with a smile, sticking his hands deep into his pockets.
"I-I didn't know if it was out of line to get it cause you said no, I mean I'm not a parent so I wouldn't know but…I just couldn't leave the store without buying it for him," Kendall told her, obviously feeling bad for overstepping his boundaries two weeks into a non-existent relationship. Jo shook her head and gently touched his forearm with a smile.
"It's perfectly fine, Kendall," she whispered to him. "He loves it. It was so sweet of you to do that for him…for us," she told him with a smile. Kendall nodded and Jo took a deep breath, bringing her hand up to her head upset. "Uh…listen, I-I don't think we can go out tonight," she said upset, looking away. Kendall felt a bit of upset in his heart, not knowing why Jo had suddenly changed her mind. There was silence between them for a bit and Kendall broke it awkwardly, wanting to fix things and wanting to know what was going through Jo's mind.
"Did I-did I say something or do something?" he asked her upset, his voice instantly shaking with no confidence. Jo immediately nodded no with a chuckle and smile, looking down and then back up in his eyes, feeling sorry for having to do this to him.
"I-I just…my sitter backed out for tonight, and no one else can watch Tyler," she told him upset. Kendall looked at her with a smile, and touched her hand easily, causing their eyes to meet.
"It's alright, Jo. I mean—I-I wanna see you. Our schedules are so hectic, I feel like this first date is a miracle," he told her with a smile. Jo chuckled and nodded, her face then insantly relaxing into unexpression again.
"I know. I just don't know how we're going to do this. I mean, we can't take him with us," Jo said to him, making sure to keep her voice low and looking behind her to make sure Tyler wasn't in earshot. Kendall shrugged his shoulders and looked at her.
"Well, we can always stay here if you don't mind doing that. I can go get food and bring it back for all three of us," Kendall sweetly offered with a smile.
"Oh, Kendall you don't have to do that. I-I don't want you to waste time here when you could be out doing a last minute gig or something, or getting rest. We'll just have to go out another night," Jo told him, trying her best not to be upset about it. Kendall touched her hand easily again, looking into her eyes.
"When I asked you out in the store, I knew you came with Tyler, Jo," he told her. "My mom was a single mom, and I understand how hard it can be," he said, Jo nodding, knowing that he definitely understood. "And I'm already here, dressed and out of bed, so there is no way I'm going back now," he joked out, causing Jo to chuckle.
"Thank you, Kendall. I appreciate it," she told him.
"Not a problem," he said back.
Later that night, Jo and Kendall stood at the door, around 11 PM. She had put Tyler back to sleep in his bed just moments ago, moving the passed out five year old from between her and Kendall on the couch to his room just a few yards away. The trio had spent the night eating pizza, telling stories and jokes, and finally watching Finding Nemo to end the night.
The whole time, Jo watched Kendall, and couldn't be more confused unto how he was so perfect. It didn't make sense, and quite frankly, Jo didn't want it to. Each laugh and smile that came from Tyler due to the blonde made her like Kendall a bit more. Each time he said something to the boy that made him talk up a storm was like music to Jo's ears, as well as during the end of the movie where Kendall slipped his arm around Jo with a smile.
"Well, I had a blast," Kendall told her as he stood in the hallway of Jo's apartment complex, his hand resting on hers across from him. Jo looked down and then looked up at Kendall, smiling like an idiot. Those green eyes were just too much to take.
"I did too. I really appreciate everything," Jo told him, nodding her head. "How are you so great with kids?" she asked him curiously.
"Well, my baby sister just had her first this year, and my best friends all have kids, so I'm kind of an uncle in more ways than one," Kendall told her with a smile. "I've been around kids my whole life. I love them," Kendall told her, moving a bit closer and rubbing his thumb on the back of her hand.
She looked down at where their hands were touching platonically, and slowly slid her fingers between his, giving him a tight squeeze, his palm clammy as could be. Kendall looked at their intertwined hands and smiled, then looking at Jo's anxious, nervous face. He slyly leaned in slowly, and softly kissed her smooth, supple lips. His hand moved to the back of her waist and pulled her in a bit closer, Kendall doing everything in his power to keep the kiss first date appropriate by keeping his tongue in his own mouth. He pulled back a bit and they separated audibly, stars in the other's eyes, both smiling like idiots.
"Good first kiss?" he asked her slyly, raising an eyebrow. Jo shrugged and bit her lower lip.
"I wasn't really paying attention, try again," she told him. Kendall leaned in more confidently this time, bringing his hand to Jo's jaw line and gently grazing it with his fingertips as he kissed her tenderly, licking the seam of her lips, not being able to hold back anymore. Jo graciously parted her lips and allowed Kendall to intensify it, moaning softly at the sweet taste of chocolate he emitted due to the ice cream they had shared just an hour ago. Jo moved her head with Kendall's, squeezing the hand that was still at her side as the two parted, not wanting to get too raunchy on the first date. Kendall smiled at Jo genuinely and nodded, as Jo looked at him oddly. He leaned in and placed one final peck on her cheek quite chauvinistically and smiled.
"I'll call you tomorrow?" he asked her. Jo nodded, as Kendall slowly began to fade away, leaving tingles on Jo's skin.
"Come on, Tyler! Keep going, kid!" Coach Matthews encouraged the five year old on the roller rink, watching as the young boy tried his best to stick handle the puck down the court, a barrage of maroon uniforms following him. Tyler huffed and puffed his way to the tiny goal and goalie on the opposing team, knowing just where to shoot the puck. With a quick shot, the puck slowly flew past the goalies left knee pad, and the crowd began to cheer.
"Good job, Tyler!" Coach yelled to him in celebration, as the yellow teammates of the boy began to rush over to him and give him high-fives. Tyler looked over at where Jo stood…alone.
"Good job, buddy!" Jo called out enthusiastically from the bleachers, Tyler's father nowhere to be found. The blonde boy's heart immediately dropped upon seeing that his father hadn't shown up again as his teammates got ready to start up again. Not even wanting to play anymore, knowing that his father had missed his goal, just like he missed everything else, Tyler began to slowly skate to the side, his head down. The game was almost over, and Tyler knew that his father wasn't coming. Tyler skated to where his coach was, tears beginning to fall down his cheeks, Coach Matthews opening the rink door for his star player, and sending someone else in his place.
"Tyler, what's wrong? You just scored an awesome goal," Coach told him with a smile, resting his hand on the boy's shoulder. Tyler said nothing but let out a small cry, Jo noticing that her son had skated off the rink voluntarily. She grabbed her purse from her feet and immediately began to make her way to the other side of the rink, going around it hurriedly. When she reached Coach and Tyler, the man looked at her with sympathetic eyes, knowing the situation that Jo and Jett were divorced, and slowly stepped back, allowing Tyler to cry into Jo's chest again, harder than ever before. The boy didn't even care that as he was sobbing, the game buzzer went off and his team cheered in victory, as well as the people in the stands.
"He p-promised," Tyler cried into her, whimpering and sobbing. Jo nodded and rubbed his back easily, whispering into his hair.
"I'm sorry, baby. I really am," Jo told him, her own voice getting weak at her ex-husbands bastard move. She hadn't even gotten text from Jett that he wasn't coming. She was done making excuses for him, and she was done with having her little boy cry so much about him. Jett wasn't putting his priorities in order, and it was starting to bother Jo beyond belief. As she kneeled down and comforted her son, Jo felt a light touch on the back of her shoulder, and she jumped a bit, looking up to see two big beautiful green eyes staring down at her beyond concerned. Kendall was sweaty, his hair matted to his forehead, his skin glistening, his skates around his neck and duffle bag over his shoulder with his clipboard attached.
"W-what are you doing here?" Jo asked Kendall with watery eyes, her hand still slowly rubbing Tyler's back, as the boy continually sobbed into her.
"Practice," he said somberly, his eyes glued to Tyler as the small blonde boy cried into her chest. Jo had almost forgotten that the middle school practiced on Saturdays at the same rink as Tyler's pee-wee league. Kendall looked at Jo, and without even asking, he had known what had happened. Jett hadn't showed up. The past month since Kendall and Jo had known each other, had been filled with long talks, romantic dinners and small family outings that Tyler absolutely adored. It was like Kendall had taken the place of Tyler's father in a snap, and to be honest, Jo had no contest against it.
Kendall dropped his bag to the floor, and kneeled next to Jo, who wiped a small tear from her eyes, resting her lips on Tyler's hair. Kendall gently put his hand on the small of Jo's back, giving it a soft rub and bringing his lips to her hair gently. Kendall looked at Tyler and sighed.
"Hey bud," Kendall said softly, causing Tyler's head to pick up, his face covered with tears, his eyes red and his nose sniffly.
"K-Kendall?" Tyler asked, almost not sure if the man was him or not. Kendall nodded and Tyler smiled a bit, Jo smiling at Tyler's reaction.
"How was the game?" Kendall asked with a smile. "Score any goals?" Tyler nodded and put up two fingers, still crying a bit as Kendall smiled.
"Two goals? You scored two goals? That's awesome," Kendall told him, taking his hand and squeezing his shoulder affectionately. Tyler immediately felt into the touch, and slowly removed his arms from his mother, turning his body towards Kendall.
"Why are you all sweaty?" the boy asked in between sniffles, looking at him with big, blue expressive eyes.
"Well I was playing hockey, just like you," Kendall told Tyler. "I am the coach of the middle school team," he added. The boy instantly smiled, and looked at all the kids coming out of the other rink that were in middle school, all of them with their friends, laughing and talking. Tyler looked back at Kendall and sniffled again.
"Can I play on your team?" he asked him innocently. Kendall chuckle and raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe…in a few years? I mean, you are a bit too small now, but once you get into middle school you can play for me, okay?" Kendall told him. Tyler nodded and then turned back to Jo, who smiled at Kendall, gently resting a hand at his back, thanking him for this like always.
Jo didn't have to say it to him anymore, seeing as that it was now all in a touch that was filled with gratitude.
Not even six months later, Kendall and Jo had fallen madly in love with each other, and Kendall couldn't stop talking about the woman who had stolen his heart, and the son he had never wanted so much. It was like he had been what was missing from both Jo and Tyler's life since Jett had left.
It was a rainy Saturday night, and Tyler was staying over at a friend's house for the night, seeing as how Kendall and Jo wanted a night alone. Kendall did adore Tyler, but like any child, spending every waking second with him was bound to get a little much, especially since he and Jo needed their relationship to grow in itself, not just because of the little blonde boy. Kendall had been the second longest relationship Jo ever had…Jett being the first.
The rain pelted on the windows at Jo's apartment, the two lovers horizontally on the couch, roughly kissing. Kendall's hand was up Jo's shirt, digging under the cup of her bra, massaging her breast gently. His other hand gently massaged her hip, his fingers pressing into the warm skin exposed from her discombobulated shirt. In the six months they had been together, they hadn't gotten very far. Just basically what they were doing now, seeing as that they never really got a chance to be alone for long, and also that Jo hadn't been ready. Her body was different from what it used to be, from what Jett used to rave about to all his friends. She was a mother, and had more fat on her body, more stretch marks that never faded, and more sag in places that there were. However for a mom, Jo had an incredible body, with a sexy, voluptuous hour glass figure.
Kendall moved his lips to the hallow of her neck, and rushedly kissed in a rhythm, his hands slowly squeezing her delicate skin. Jo let out a soft giggle and moan, as Kendall's magic hands stroked her body to her every desire.
"Mmm, Kendall," Jo moaned out into his long, shaggy hair, arching her back a bit off the couch, allowing her hips to rub against his. The slight friction made the blonde instantly go a bit hard, feeling the pressure begin to start in his jeans. Kendall didn't want to rush anything with Jo until she was ready, not wanting to do anything to mess this up. He let out a small moan against her lips and chuckled, nipping at the warm skin of her neck, gently licking the smooth patch, sending shivers up Jo's spine.
"You better be careful with those hips, miss. Don't get me too ahead of myself," he told her with a smile. Jo chuckled a bit nervously and rubbed the back of Kendall's neck with her palm, extending her neck so he could get better access. While she wanted to have sex with Kendall, she was very self conscious of her body, along with the fact that she hadn't had sex since Jett had left. It had been a very lonely three years for Jo, and now, with the opportunity right in front of her, she had to take it. She was just scared. Jo took the initiative and bucked her hips again, allowing Kendall more friction as he moaned in her ear, biting his lip. "Don't tease me," Kendall chuckled in her ear, licking the patch of skin under it gently.
"I'm not teasing," Jo whispered into his ear, her fingers slowing on the back of his neck. Kendall stopped all his movements, and looked into Jo's nervous brown eyes, her smile radiating off her face.
"Oh?" Kendall asked her, trying his best not to get his hopes up. He raised an eyebrow and Jo bit her lower lip, and then looked up at him with a nod. Her hands moved from his neck, down his arms where she rubbed softly, Kendall looking at her very surprised, but very happy. "You're sure you're ready for that?" he asked her, trying to hide the absolute excitement in his voice. Jo nodded and Kendall looked at her a bit nervously, touching her face gently with a small smile.
"J-just…I-I hope you know that…I'm not like the other girls…that you've…been with," Jo got out nervously stammering unconfidently. Kendall looked at her with a small smile.
"No, you aren't. You're special," he told her softly, leaning down to peck her lips. Jo parted from him softly, and awkwardly looked away from his eyes, Kendall not understanding what she meant.
"N-no, I-I mean…body…wise," she whispered out, closing her eyes tightly. "I'm not—I'm not skinny, and smooth, and tight," she spoke out ashamed, biting her lower lip. She had never felt uncomfortable or embarrassed in front of Kendall before, and this was a first for her. He was a man that was near thirty, used to sleeping with women who had beautiful, perky breasts, and shimmering tan skin. Not flabby, paleish mothers with pretty smiles.
"You being a mother is the sexiest thing imaginable, Jo," Kendall told her with a smile, leaning down closer to her. Not buying it, Kendall leaned down and pecked her lips gently. "Your skin is like velvet, your curves are absolutely mouthwatering, and your legs are long and lean. You are sexy as hell," he told her with a smile, making sure she knew it. "Now, I know that, but it doesn't look like you do," he told her a bit concerned, stroking her face gently. Jo swallowed hard and sighed. She was nervous.
"Jett was my first…and only," Jo whispered out softly, turning her head away from him embarrassed. She was sure that Kendall was beyond experienced, having heard about some of his ex-girlfriends one night when they were wrapped in deep conversation. "I haven't—in three years," she told him in a squeak, causing Kendall's face to be a bit surprised, but instantly turn into a smile.
"Well, I guess that means I'm going to have to make it extra special for you, doesn't it?" Kendall told her, stroking her cheek gently. Jo smiled up at him and he rested his forehead against hers with a smile, making sure to kiss her nose.
"I guess you have your work cut out for you," Jo told him, regaining a bit of her own confidence. Kendall smiled at her and went in for another kiss, chuckling against the smooth skin of her neck, his hands beginning to work at the hem of her tank top.
"Where do you wanna do this?" Kendall asked her, wanting to make sure Jo was her most comfortable, his words mumbled against the soft skin of her neck. He gently sucked and nipped her jaw line causing her to moan out softly, totally lost in the haze of his every being. Her hands were at the back of his neck, slowly massaging as Jo sighed.
"I-I don't care, anywhere is fine, just…quick, Kendall," Jo told him, gently grinding her hips against his, not being able to wait any longer. "Three years is too long," she told him, pushing his face towards hers, and capturing his lips.
Within five measly minutes, Jo and Kendall lay totally bare on the living room couch, making out furiously. Kendall's hand palmed Jo's breast gently, his fingers harshly rubbing over the erect pink bud in the center, causing Jo to sigh gently and moan, throwing her head back. Her center was slick with desire, Kendall's lengthy erection pressing between her legs as he ravenously kissed her ear and neck. She felt the rock hard body part press against her inner thigh, the dampness from the tip leaking down her leg, giving her a small chill up her spine.
"Just tell me when you're ready, alright?" Kendall told her between pants, working on her neck and collarbone, his hand still softly massaging her breast. Jo nodded as her hands roamed Kendall's muscular back, tracing the small tattoo on his left shoulder with nerves. She hadn't been in this position in a while, and she was beyond nervous. She hadn't been with anyone in three years, and it was like her first time all over again. Nevertheless, she hadn't been with anyone ever but Jett. Jo didn't move at all, her nerves starting to get the best of her as she sighed uneasily, and tears began to come to her eyes. Kendall noticed the sharp, quivering cries in her throat and broke away from her neck, his hand ceasing to massage her breast. He brought it down to her bare hip and looked in her glassy eyes, as she tried her best to wipe her tears away with her shaky hand.
"What's wrong, Bejo?" Kendall asked her affectionately, gently placing a kiss on her nose. Kendall had graced her with the nickname a few weeks ago, citing her deliciously beautiful brown eyes as the object of his affection. It stood for Brown Eyed Josephine, and she adored the nickname and it nearly made her smile every time she heard it, but not right now. She was too nervous to do much of anything at the moment. Jo remained silent as more tears began to fall down her cheeks, and onto her bare upper half. "Baby, talk to me," Kendall whispered to her lips as she sighed deeply and squeezed out a few more tears. Kendall wiped them away slowly and she sighed out shakily.
"I'm just…I'm nervous," she told him, her voice barely audible from breaking so much. She felt ashamed for freaking out while Kendall was readily pressed up against her, ready to enter her at any moment. "I'm sorry, I-I'm such an idiot," she said with a small chuckle, as Kendall continued to wipe her eyes with a chuckle.
"You're not an idiot, Jo. You're nervous and it's alright to be nervous. You haven't done this in a while," Kendall told her with a gentle voice, whispering in her ear with a smile. He kissed her cheek and pecked her lips, his own eyes beginning to bounce up and down with anxiousness as he stared into her eyes. "Wanna know why I'm nervous right now?" he asked her with a sly smile, Jo looking at him a bit confused. She nodded and Kendall chuckle, leaning down and kissing her lips tenderly, rubbing his against hers in a mutual way. "I love you," he whispered to her lips softly. Everything else in the world stopped as Kendall nervously looked into Jo's eyes, waiting for a response from her. She smiled widely and nodded, biting her lower lip.
"I love you too, Kendall," she whispered out with a soft chuckle looking at him like he was the best thing in the world. She leaned up to him, kissing him powerfully and bucking her hips against his slowly, coaxing him to begin their tryst. Kendall nodded and so did Jo as he immediately went for her neck, bringing his hand back up to her hip to hold tightly. Her leg hitched up a bit as Kendall positioned himself at an easy angle, and slowly began to enter her. Jo of course tensed up, but she knew better than to do that, and tried her best to relax. Kendall, with a snap of his hips, roughly thrust into her, causing Jo's sensitive lower half to sting as she eased her head back on the couch in a bit of pain, chewing on her bottom lip. Kendall kissed her neck succulently, massaging her hips through the pain as her tight body engulfed his length, the feeling of being inside Jo the best he had felt in a while.
"You okay, baby girl?" Kendall asked her softly between kisses, making sure to somehow take the sting away by giving her body soft touches and caresses.
"Just…don't move yet, please," Jo begged him with a tight voice, trying to get herself used to this again.
"Of course not, of course not," Kendall told her repeatedly, kissing her ear, his fingers moving up to the roundness of her breasts, fingers ghosting over the tight skin. Jo's hands held onto Kendall's back tightly, the sting starting to go away. She knew Kendall was getting antsy just lying inside of her, and she went to his ear, kissing it gently.
"Okay, you can move," she told him. Kendall obeyed and slowly pulled out and harshly thrust back in, Jo being a bit used to the intrusion by now, and sighing as she spread out underneath him. Kendall began a steady pace, kneading her hip and breast at the same time, while slowly kissing her, making sure this was tender as it could get. Jo moaned into Kendall's lips, loving the feeling of his body on top of hers, not being able to control herself any longer. She melted into Kendall's touch, her hands going to his hips and rubbing them gently as he softly moved in and out of her for a few minutes.
"You feel…ngh…so good baby girl," Kendall told her softly between kisses. Every so often Kendall would hang his head and grunt as he'd thrust into her, sweat beginning to mat his bangs to his forehead. He sighed out loud, moving a bit faster as Jo began to tense up. Each time Kendall entered her, the pleasure came more and more, until she finally felt a rush towards her center, knowing that within the next few seconds she was going to climax. Her hands raked down Kendall's sweaty back, as she got lost in his breathy pants, not being able to hold on much longer. She bucked her hips up to meet Kendall's, about hanging on the edge of desire.
"Baby, once more," Jo got out between heavy pants, her voice beyond strained. Kendall roughly finished her off as she arched her back of the couch, clenched her teeth and eased her head back, letting out soft puffs of air through her mouth as she powerfully came. It was definitely the strongest orgasm she had ever had as Kendall continued working her through it. Within a few seconds, Kendall came as well, his breaths heavy and his body sweaty as Jo worked him through his, milking it for all it was worth. After the two exhausted bodies stopped, Kendall hovered over Jo breathless, looking down into her eyes with a smile, his green orbs shining at her smiling face.
"Wow," he told her with a slight chuckle, swallowing hard and gently moving the hair from her face. Jo swallowed hard, her chest rising and falling heavily.
"Wow," she said, kneading her fingers into Kendall's sweaty hair with a smile. Kendall leaned down and kissed her lips passionately once more, his hands massaging her hips gently, still laying inside of her. "It was perfect, Kendall," Jo told him with a smile. Kendall chuckled and smirked, resting his lips against Jo's forehead with a smile.
"You're perfect."
"Congratulations you two!" Doctor Harper told Jo and Kendall with a smile on her face.
Jo sighed worriedly and bit her lower lip, tears beginning to come to her eyes. Her heart raced methodically, and her eyes stayed on the model of the human uterus and embryo in front of her. She was afraid to look in Kendall's eyes, as he squeezed her hand tightly with what she prayed to be excitement. Here was, laying back in her gynecologists office in a gown, holding her boyfriend's hand like her life depended it.
And now, she was going to be a mom again.
Kendall and Jo's little tryst had only been a month and a half ago, and here she was, about to strap down the one man she loved more than anything in the world with a baby, just seven months into their relationship. Jo couldn't have been more terrified. She didn't even know if Kendall wanted kids. Heck, who said he was ready for kids? They had talked once or twice about getting married, but that was it. They hadn't even been together nine months, and they were already pregnant?
"I'll let you two have some time alone," Doctor Justine Harper told Kendall and Jo with a smile, taking her folder and closing it. "I'll be back in about five minutes," she said, before walking out of the door and closing it behind her. Jo couldn't hold it in anymore as she began to burst out into tears, Kendall turning to her with a confused, shocked expression on his face.
"I'm s-sorry, I'm s-so sorry," Jo cried out unintelligibly, tears running down her face like small individual rivers. "I'm so s-sorry, Kendall," she told him, laying a bit back on the exam table, her entire body shaking.
"Why are you apologizing, Bejo?" Kendall asked her softly with a smile on his face, moving closer to her and looking her in the eyes. Jo cried louder and harder, looking at his face in completely confusion and upset. She had never felt worse than she did now.
"Look what I'm doing to you!" she cried out in a tizzy, tears falling down her flushed cheeks, her eyes beginning to swell and her voice breaking. "We've been together seven months, Kendall! And now I'm…I'm cursing you with a child cause I forgot to make sure you used a condom cause I was too fucking nervous!" Jo told him in harsh, upset cries. Kendall gently rubbed her hand and traced his fingers through her hair, trying to calm her down, seeing how upset she was over this.
"Easy, babe. Relax," Kendall told her with a comforting smile of concern. Jo sniffled and looked up at Kendall with a tense upset face and sighed. "First of all, you aren't cursing me with anything," he told her, swallowing hard. "And second of all, it's both of our faults that we weren't safe alright? We got caught up in the moment, and it happens," he said soothingly, trying his best to keep his cool for Jo. On the inside, he was indeed freaking out beyond belief. He was going to be a father, and the second he heard the news it was like he wanted to drop down to the floor in awe.
"How do I know if you're ready for kids, Kendall? How do I know if you even want this baby? How do I know if you want me, and now…I already have Tyler…I can't raise two kids on my own," Jo cried out, bringing her hand to her face in agony. Kendall sighed, and threw two arms around her, as she cried hysterically into his shoulder, her entire body shaking. Kendall kissed her hair and gently rubbed her back as her crying stopped.
"Remember when you found all those numbers on the back of that envelope filled with bank slips and cash in my sock drawer?" Kendall asked her softly. Jo nodded and remembered Kendall citing it was something about how he managed his money from his guitar gigs, and put them towards his business dream. "Well they didn't have to do anything with music, or restaurants," Kendall told her in a soft whisper, his mind racing as he rubbed her back. Jo sniffled and parted from him, looking at him a bit strange.
"Well, what were they for?" she asked confused, as he took his thumbs and wiped her tears away.
"An engagement ring," Kendall told her with a smile. Jo looked at him with a confused face, biting her lower lip as he wiped his tears with her thumb.
"W-what?" she asked. Kendall smiled and leaned down kissing her lips in total joy.
"I was saving up for an engagement ring for you, Jo. I wanna marry you…" Kendall told her with a smile, watching as her face of pure horror turned to pure joy and shock.
"Really?" she asked through tears that were starting to bubble to the surface again with a smile.
"Really," Kendall told her with a smile. "I've fallen in love with you…and with Tyler…and now," he said, reaching his hand out to her stomach with a smile, and rubbing it gently "this little one in here," he whispered to her. Jo squeezed more tears from her eyes and swallowed hard, looking up at the man who had made her happier than she could ever imagine. "I wanna make us a family, and I don't care if you want a big wedding before the baby is born, or if you wanna do it in a courthouse, or on a beach….I don't care, as long as you're happy, Josephine, that's all that matters to me," Kendall told her, choking back his own tears. She nodded and slowly looked up at him, a big smile spread across her face as she took his hand in hers and squeezed it tightly.
"Yes, yes. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Kendall," Jo told him in a barrage of tears, "you've made me the happiest I've ever been, baby," she said, as Kendall hugged her tightly and kissed her hair and face. He broke from her and rested his hand on her flat abdomen with a smile, sighing and looking at her like she was the best thing in the world.
"I love you, Jo."
The year flew by for Kendall and Jo, and by the next summer, they were happily in love, married for eight months and living in a house on a quiet street in the suburbs with their ever growing family. Jo had moved up in her job to a personal assistant, where she was making more money and had more flexible hours, and Kendall had finally saved up enough to open his small little restaurant, Josephine's, which had been bustling with Hollywood's elite for the past three months.
Kendall sat up on the couch at 2 am, gently holding a bottle of pumped breast milk to his newborn daughter's small lips. The bags under his eyes said it all, seeing as the one month old had been waking up Tyler, Jo and he with bouts of crying for food, diaper changes and attention. The TV flashed in front of Kendall, as he watched the highlights from the last nights Stanley Cup final with tired, sagging eyes. He held the blonde baby with green eyes tightly in his hands, making sure his loveable daughter Isabelle wasn't choking on the bottle he was giving her. Her green eyes stayed locked on Kendall's, half hooded as they looked at him in wonder. No matter how tired Kendall was, he was not more tired than Jo.
He knew that his beautiful wife, and her ever helping son needed more sleep than he did, seeing as Tyler had summer camp and Jo had a job to go to. Then, when Jo came home from work, and Tyler came home from camp, Kendall would retreat to the small little restaurant that he had opened up just a few blocks away and manage that the entire night until close at 11:00.
Isabelle choked on the milk a bit and let out a small cry to which Kendall frowned, as he brought his beloved daughter's head to his lips.
"Don't cry, lovebug," he whispered to her, rocking her in her tiny pink onesie gently. Her hands moved gently across Kendall's chin as he chuckled, making sure to look directly into her eyes. Isabelle was absolutely beautiful with Kendall's green eyes, Jo's lighter blonde hair, and both of their expressive, dark eyebrows. Kendall was absolutely enthralled with his daughter, and spent most of the time just looking at her, wondering how he had gotten so lucky the past year.
"Did she wake you up?" Kendall heard a voice say, looking up and seeing Jo there, in sweatpants and one of Kendall's shirts, her messy blonde hair tied up in a bun. Kendall shrugged and smiled, looking down at the baby with a chuckle.
"Looks like the little miss was a bit hungry," Kendall said, tapping her nose affectionately, making sure to fasten the bottle against her lips. Jo smiled and walked over to him, her feet hitting the cold wood floor as she sat down next to him with a sigh.
"Let me nurse her, babe. My chest hurts anyway," Jo said with a sigh as Kendall looked at her with a small frown.
"You alright?" he asked her. Jo nodded and wiped the drowse from her eyes, yawning as she outstretched her arms towards Kendall's. Kendall gently took the bottle from his daughter's lips and chuckled, handing her over to Jo with a smile. "Go to mommy, princess," he whispered as he gave his daughter to her mother. Jo sighed with a smile, looking down at the wonderful baby her and Kendall had created.
"You need help?" he asked her, setting the bottle down on the table in front of them.
"Just get me a pillow," Jo said, rearranging Kendall's shirt so she would be able to feed the baby. Kendall gently put a pillow underneath Jo's arm so she could lean down on something as Isabelle immediately latched on to her chest, sucking greedily, always preferring Jo to a plastic bottle. Jo leaned back on the couch comfortably, watching as her daughter sleepily suckled, Kendall putting an arm around her with a smile, looking down at the baby. He softly kissed the side of her head, and Jo closed her eyes, feeling absolutely beyond at peace with her life.
Meeting Kendall Knight had proven to be the best thing that had ever happened to her.
"You know what?" Kendall asked her with a chuckle. Jo looked up at him with a smile.
"What?" she asked, expecting her husband to say something sweet and sensitive to her, about how much he enjoyed the moments like these. Kendall smiled, and a gleam went into his eye, a smirk on his face.
"This is the second best thing to ever happen on this couch."