Chapter 29- Welcome Home

"Shawn, would you like to lead us in the Serenity Prayer this week?" Surprised, Shawn stood up and bowed his head as the other members of the group followed along.

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen." Everybody raised their heads and opened their eyes. Shawn looked around the room in awe. In the two short months he had been faithfully attending the AA group, he had never felt more empowered. He had almost worked his way back into Katy's good graces. She even let him stay the night on the weekends now. His supervisors at work were impressed with the quality of his work and started giving him more important photo jobs. When Maya told him that her and Josh were having a boy and his middle name was Shawn, after himself, he openly cried. His life had truly gotten better since he quit drinking. He received his 60 day chip last week and couldn't have been any prouder.

Walking to his car, he texted Katy that he had just finished his meeting and was headed to Cory's apartment for the night and that he would talk to her in the morning. He was surprised when he got a text back, telling him to come home and bring his things. She was letting him back in. She said that he was proving that he was serious about his sobriety and how important this was to his family. Giddy with excitement, he headed straight for home. He would get his clothes from Cory's later. He texted Cory to tell him that he would be at home tonight.

When he walked in the door, he was confused. The whole house was dark and there was a note on the kitchen table.

Trigger Warning- Sexual content below

'Shawn, Maya is at Riley's with Josh. Find me. Katy. ?￢ﾀﾙ As Shawn ventured further into the house, he knew what was on Katy's mind. There was soft music playing and candles everywhere. He heard a buzzing sound coming from the bedroom and followed it until he found Katy on the bed. She was naked, except for a feather boa around her neck and she was pleasuring herself with a vibrator that Shawn didn't even know she owned. Raising his eyebrows he crawled across the bed toward her. Gently taking the vibrating toy out of her hand, he took over for her. Turning up the intensity of the toy, he inserted it deeper into Katy's vagina, slowly. Taking it out and reinserting several times before shutting it off completely and replacing it with his tongue. He inserted his tongue into her vagina as far as it would go and sucked on her clitoris. Moaning in pleasure, she held his head until she was on the verge of climax. She let go of his head so he could breathe. He smiled up at her from between her legs. Using the collar of his shirt, he wiped Katy's wetness from his face. Slinking up to her face, he kissed her. Hard. Gently inserting his two fingers into Katy's vagina, he found her G-spot and made her scream with ecstasy. He removed his fingers and inserted his penis. Slowly at first, teasing. Then, gaining speed with arousal, he thrusted in and out.

"Faster, baby. Faster." Katy exclaimed, breathlessly. Obliging, Shawn thrust faster. He was reaching climax and if he didn't stop now, there would be no turning back. Katy wrapped her legs around his back and thrust in sync with him. Shawn groaned and slumped over on top of Katy, reaching orgasm and now exhausted.

"Was that worth the wait?" Katy asked, coyly. Shawn nodded weakly.

"Mmhmm." Was all he could manage to say. Taking a deep breath, he rolled over to his side of the bed to clean himself off and put on some clothes. Before he left the bed, he kissed Katy one more time, gently coaxing her lips open to insert his tongue. As their tongues danced together in the darkness of the bedroom, all the worries of the outside world disappeared for a moment.

"I love you, Katy." Shawn whispered in her ear.

"I love you, too, Shawn." She whispered back before rolling over to get off the bed. She grabbed the sheet and wrapped herself in it, leaving Shawn to watch her walk away. As soon as she rounded the corner, she heard Shawn scrambling to get off the bed and she smiled to herself. As he came up behind her, he wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face in her hair.

Trigger Warning- Sexual content below

"You smell so good, Katy." Shawn mumbled into her neck as he kissed her. She dropped the sheet and turned around to face him, exposing her naked body. She craned her neck so he could get a better angle and moaned. Shawn's hands caressed her body as his mouth made his way down to her breasts. As he sucked on her perky nipple, his hand found its way to her vagina. Still wet, his fingers slipped in easily as he found her G-spot again. Falling to his knees, he gently sucked her clitoris and inserted his tongue into her vagina. Standing in the middle of the living room, moaning with pleasure, Katy pulled Shawn to his feet. She led him to the couch and bent over. Shawn took the hint and entered her from behind. Holding on to her hips, he thrust in and out, finding this position allowed him to get deeper. Upon her instruction, he thrust faster. Both of them moaned in ecstasy as they came together. Weakly, he collapsed on the couch, smiling. Katy sat next to him, and both of them, bare-naked under the sheet, fell asleep.

Katy awoke some time later, and realizing what time it was, shook Shawn awake.

"Shawn, Shawn!" Katy exclaimed. "Maya will be home anytime. We have to get dressed." Bleary-eyed, he stumbled to the bedroom, Katy following behind, to put on more appropriate attire. After Katy was dressed, she made her way into the kitchen to make some coffee. Shawn came in after he was fully dressed as well. He sat at the table and Katy set a cup of coffee in front of him, which he gratefully accepted. She made her own cup and sat in the dining room chair opposite Shawn.

"That was fun, Shawn. But now we have to talk." Katy explained. "There are, of course conditions to you moving back home."

"Conditions?" Shawn almost choked on his coffee. "What do you mean, conditions?"

"Well, of course, no drinking." Katy continued. Shawn nodded in acknowledgement. "Continue attending your AA meetings. They really seem to be helping you. I am also asking you to start seeing a therapist. You have a lot of unresolved issues with your past. And AA can only do so much. If you can agree to that, I have no problem with letting you back in our house and into our lives." Shawn could tell she had really put some thought into this.

"I have no issue with any of the conditions. As long as we can keep doing…that." Shawn replied, winking at Katy. Laughing, Katy stood up and grabbed his empty cup.

"Refill?" Katy offered. Shawn shook his head.

"No thank you. I'm actually gonna head to bed." He stood up and grabbed Katy by her waist. Kissing her passionately, Katy could feel his hardness growing and she pushed him away, laughing.

"Unlike you, HornDog, I don't have the energy for another round. Go to bed." Katy playfully swatted at Shawn, who was poking out his bottom lip, in mock sadness. Sighing, Shawn gave up and headed into the bedroom.

Katy waited until Maya got home before she went to bed. Maya was surprised to see her mom sitting at the kitchen table. She looked at her phone to check the time.

"Mom?" Maya asked. "What are you doing up so late? Did I miss curfew or something?" Katy smiled at Maya and shook her head.

"No, honey. I was just waiting for you to get home safe. That's all." Katy replied, yawning. She patted the seat next to her, signaling Maya to sit down. Confused, Maya slowly sat in the kitchen chair. "Where's Josh?"

"Oh, he's just parking the car." Maya said. "He'll be in soon." Katy nodded.

"So, have you guys given any thought as to what you are going to do after the baby is born?"

"As far as what?" Maya asked, wondering where this topic came from.

"As far as school, work, living situation, all of the above?"

"I thought we would be living here. And I would continue to work at the coffee shop, but instead of the weekends, I would need more hours. And of course, I would continue to go to school until I graduate." Maya explained.

"Ok, what about Josh?" Katy asked. "Has he found a job yet? I realize he is in college, but he is doing that online." At that moment, Josh walked in the door. Katy and Maya both smiled at him, making him uneasy.

"Okay. What did I just walk into here?" Josh asked, apprehensively. Maya gestured to an empty chair.

"Sit. We are just talking about life and plans." Maya explained. As Josh sat in the empty chair, Katy turned her attention to him.

"As I was asking Maya, what are your plans after the baby is born? Are you still planning on doing online college or will you be working full time?" Katy asked, rather bluntly. Taken aback by the abruptness of the question, Josh was speechless. Katy waited patiently for him to work out an answer.

"I was still planning on doing college classes online and I will be getting a full time job as well." Josh replied, finally.

"When will you find time to take care of the baby in all that work and school?" Katy asked. Josh had not thought about that.

"I could always cut my classes to part-time." Josh answered. Seemingly satisfied with his answer, Katy sat back in her chair.

"If you are going to be living here, I would expect you to pay rent." Katy said. Before either one could protest, she held up a finger. "Of course, it would not be full rent because I am not a heartless monster, but I want you guys to be prepared for the real world. You're not going to live here forever, you know. Maya, I will talk to the manager and see if I can get you some more hours. If you guys can be professional, I will see if I can get Josh hired at the coffee shop too." Maya's face lit up.

"Really, Mom? That would be awesome. Right, Josh? We could work together." Maya replied excitedly. Josh did not seem so enthused.

"I guess that would be all right, Ms. Hart. Thank you."

"Okay, I am heading to bed now." Katy said, standing up. "Good talk. Oh, and Maya, by the way, I let Shawn back in." Without another word, she walked to her bedroom and closed the door, leaving Josh and Maya to process the night's conversation and the news about Shawn.