Chapter 15
(Phoebe's POV)
It has been a month since Nathan and I found out we weren't pregnant. I still haven't gotten my period. So we are hoping this time is it. I have been adviced that it takes a couple of tries, so I am not getting my hopes up.
I am at work right now. I have an hour to spend with Henry. "Bee bee bee bee bee bee bee," Henry sings as I come into his room. He has an iv hooked on him now. They were talking about giving him a feeding tube which I pray won't happen because those are so hard on the little ones.
"Hi Henry, do you want to play?" I ask him. He gives me the biggest smile.
"Pway," he says and I smile.
I put out the mat on the floor in front of his crib. I put the toys I brought out all over the mat. When I am good, I go and pick him up. I have to hold him and the IV pole.
I set him down and he smiles at me. "Pway," he says pointing to the truck.
"You can play with it," I remind him. He looks at me with the biggest smile and rolls the truck. This little guy.
"Vroom vroom," I say and roll the truck with him. That sends him off laughing.
We do some colors and numbers again. He loves yelling the colors and having me say good job. As much as I hate that he doesn't have a foster family I know he is getting all the love here. The nurses are all obsessed with him.
There is a knock on the door and my husband walks in. I smile and wave to him. "No," Henry says when he sees the nurse walk in with Nathan and holds his hand with the IV in it away. That's the nurse that placed his IV.
"We don't even need to touch him. We just need his chart," Nathan says and I hold a thumbs up.
"They aren't going to touch that," I explain to Henry. "All done," I say and he still holds back.
"Vroom vroom," I say and roll the truck to him.
"Voom," he giggles. He rolls the truck back to me.
"Good job," I smile at him. He is so sweet. He cracks me up.
We play for another hour until I have to go. I clean up his room and place him back in his crib. He gets fussy until I turn on Moana for him to watch.
I head up to my office and sit down filing that I went to Henry's room. I read up on his case and see if any families have tried to foster him. Nothing. Breaks my heart. He deserves the best home.
I finish off the rest of my work day and head home. Tonight Nathan and I are going to a friend of his from college art exhibition. This guy went to law school then dropped out to travel the world and be a photographer.
When I get home I shower and throw on a robe. I come out to the kitchen and see that Nathan is standing there. He is still in his scrubs and a sweatshirt.
"Hi baby," I say and go over kissing him.
"Mmm you smell good," he says and I blush.
"What time is Nick's thing tonight?" I ask him.
"7:30," he says and I nod. He starts to untie my robe and I laugh backing up.
"Okay, why don't you go shower then?" I say and he smirks.
"On it Sargent," he says and I smack his butt.
I dry my hair and straighten it. Man I really need a haircut. Is it acceptable to have hair this long at my age? I throw on some makeup and put on a black jumpsuit with black heels. I put on my silver jewelry and wedding ring. I put on some perfume and take one last look at myself before heading out.
As usual, Nathan is waiting for me. He looks so hot in dress pants and a button down. "You ready?" he asks kissing my head.
"Yes," I smile. We get into the car and head towards downtown Seattle.
"How long has it been since you have seen Nick?" I ask.
"About two years," he says and I nod. He was in China during our wedding so he couldn't come.
"Man, that's a long time. It should be good to catch up," I say and Nathan nods. We pull into the parking garage and get out. I brought a light jacket, but I don't need it. This June weather is amazing.
Nathan and I walk hand in hand into the venue. There is light music and we are offered champagne instantly. I decline the offer, but Nathan takes a glass. The pictures are hung all around the venue. They are all absolutely stunning. One catches my attention from the first time I laid eyes on it. It is a picture from The White Temple in Thailand. It is amazing.
"Wow," I say and Nathan comes around wrapping an arm around my waist.
"That is beautiful," Nathan says.
"It is an amazing picture," I say.
"Do you want it?" Nathan asks. There is no price, so I know it is going to cost a fortune.
"Nate the great," I hear someone say. I turn to see Nick. He is in a suit and looks just as I remember him.
"Nick the dick," Nathan says and I laugh. They hug and I walk over.
"Hi Pheebs," Nick says and hugs me.
"Nick, this is amazing," I say.
"Oh thanks, it has been quite the journey. I am very happy with the turn out," Nick says.
"As you should be," I say and he smiles.
"So how has work been?" Nick asks Nathan. I walk back over to the picture of the White Temple. It is just so beautiful. Nick out did himself. I am so impressed with his work.
I venture over to the other pictures. He has them organized by country. It is just stunning. I am looking at a picture of the Great Wall when I feel a pair of arms wrap around my waist.
"Hi baby," I smile and look up at him.
"Come here," Nathan says and I smile following him. We walk over to a picture of Fiji. It is a small island that I remember very well. Nathan and I boated to it. We had the whole thing to ourselves. We had hot sex on that beach. I swear I found sand in my hair for two weeks.
I put a hand over my mouth laughing. "Too bad he wasn't there during our honeymoon," I say and Nathan laughs.
"He would have gotten some compromising shots," he says and I laugh.
We stay for another hour until everything starts winding down. Nathan says goodbye to Nick and we head out. In the car Nathan passes me a ticket. I look at it and see that Nathan bought the white temple painting.
"Really?" I say smiling.
"Of course," he says and I bounce up and down like a schoolgirl.
"Nathan, you didn't have to do that," I smile.
"Anything for you baby," he says and I lean over kissing him. I love this man. We start kissing until Nathan hears my stomach growl.
"Are you hungry?" He asks me.
"Starving I didn't eat when I got home," I say and he checks his watch.
"Jesus, Bee. Don't make me monitor your eating," he says. I shrug and look out the window.
"Let's order a pizza and eat it on the couch," he says and I look over smiling.
"There's my girl," he says and calls our favorite place for pizza. We get a large Hawaiian pizza.
When we get home I strip to just a sports bra and Nathan's boxers. I throw on a flannel too. This is how I am comfiest. I sit on the couch and Nathan comes and sits.
"Mmm how is it that you look better in those than anyone I've seen," he says and tugs on his boxers.
"How many people have you seen in boxers," I ask and he laughs against my neck.
"How was work today?" He asks.
"It was okay, I stayed with Henry for an hour and played. He's been one of my more difficult patients," I say and Nathan looks at me.
"How so?" He asks.
"I don't know. He's my first foster child and knowing that he doesn't have anyone there with him breaks my heart," I say.
"It's incredibly sad, but he is lucky to have someone like you working with him," Nathan says and I nod.
"No one has filed to foster him?" Nathan asks.
"Nope," I say and pull at the flannel button.
"It's a shame," Nathan says and as he does the doorbell rings. It's the pizza man. I go and grab bottles of water. Nathan and I put pizza on plates and sit on the couch. I rest my feet in his lap eating the pizza.
"This is amazing," I smile. Nathan laughs and nods.
"This is the life we always dreamed about, Bee," he says and I nod.
"Since junior year of high school," I say and he nods.
"How crazy is that?" He asks and I nod.
"Now we are here married and getting ready to start a family," I say and he smiles.
"Soon," he says and I nod.
"I know," I say.
We continue eating until I am stuffed. I put my plate down and lay back. I put my hands on my belly and puff it out. "We don't need to get pregnant, I already look 5 months," I say and he laughs.
"Oh Bee, you don't realize how tiny you are," Nathan says and I stick my tongue out at him.
"You know we could have gone out tonight, we did get all dressed up," Nathan says throwing the pizza away then coming back to sit.
"But why would I go out when I can sit on the couch have pizza and then fuck my husband?" I say and Nathan looks at me.
"Such a mouth," Nathan says and crawls on top of me. I smirk and open my legs so he is laying on top of me between them.
We begin to make out. My hands run through his hair. Nathan fumbles to undo the flannel buttons and thrusts it off me. I slide off his shirt.
"Sit," I say and Nathan sits back. I smirk and pull down his pants getting on my knees in front of him. I pull down his boxers and Nathan is hard already.
I hold his dick lightly with one hand and move in to lick and kiss it. Then, still holding him lightly, I run my tongue along the length of the underside of his penis. I look up to see his eyes closed and his head tilted back. I take a firm hold again and started pumping with my hand.
"How does that feel? Good?"
His reply came as little more than a groan of pleasure.
I kiss the head of his member lightly before enveloping it completely with my mouth.
I feel him shiver as my tongue swirled around the neck, stimulating his most sensitive parts. I push him deeper into me. I eased my mouth back and forth until my lips touched the base and then moved back and forth some more, ensuring his mind was completely overtaken by the fantastic sensations I produced were my expert movements. I see him tense and knew he would come soon.
"Are you going to come for me, baby?" I ask whilst still jerking him hard.
His answer was another incomprehensible series of groans again.
He finishes and I smirk going up and kissing him. "I thought we were supposed to fuck?" He says breathless.
"Trust me that was more enjoyable," I say and he smiles pulling me up kissing me.
"I love you," he says breathlessly.
We head into bed and Nathan passes out pretty quickly. His hand is wrapped around my waist. I am not tired for some reason. I sneak out of bed and put on a robe. I head out to our balcony.
The June weather is warm. There is a nice breeze. I sit on the recliner chair and stare at the space needle. How did I get so lucky?
I sit there thinking and before I can stop it I drift off. I am cuddled up on our comfy chair asleep on the balcony.
"Phoebe!"
I shoot awake and look around. Shit. The sun looks like it's rising. Nathan and Sawyer are on the patio staring at me. They both look a little panicked. I realize they are both in their pjs and have to stifle a laugh.
"What the hell?" Nathan says.
"I couldn't sleep, so I came out here… I um must have fallen asleep," I say and smile.
"I'm going to bed," Sawyer says. Nathan sighs and runs his hands through his hair.
"I'm sorry," I say.
"I woke up and it was three in the morning you weren't there," Nathan says.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," I say.
"I know that," Nathan says.
"Gosh you scared me," he says and I smile crawling over and sit on his lap.
"I'm sorry," I say and bury my head in his neck.
"You are going to kill me woman," he says and picks me up taking me to our bedroom. He puts me on the bed.
"Can I go back to sleep without worrying I'm going to wake up and find you on the roof?" He asks. I smirk and laugh.
"Yes, I'll join you," I say. He pulls me to him tightly. He wraps both arms around me. No getting out of this one.
I fall back asleep in his arms with a smile on my face. I love this boy.