AN: My 2024 goal was to update some WIPs and clean out my draft folder so here's the first of many updates!
"Alright," Izzie said as they all piled into the car. Alex drove this time as Jo claimed the passenger seat next to him, with Izzie in the seat behind her. "So that each of us can have a bit of alone time in the hotel room, why don't the two of you go out on a date and I'll hang out at the hotel. Then when you get back, I'll go hang down at the pool, or the bar or something, so you guys can have the rooms to yourself."
"You don't have to do that, Izzie," Jo said, turning to look back at her.
"Oh really, so you two can be quiet?" Izzie asked, raising an eyebrow at them.
"Hey, that's not my issue," Alex said looking over at Jo as she gasped and leaned over to slap his arm.
"Excuse you and who's the one making me scream," Jo said looking pointedly over at him. "And I recall you being very vocal as well."
"Okay!" Izzie said as she held up her hands and stopped the augment before it got out of control. "Let's just stick to the plan."
"Alright," Jo and Alex agreed with a nod as they looked over at each other and shared a smile.
The three of them got back to the hotel and Alex and Izzie started packing bags for the kids as Jo got ready for their date. Alex drew the short stick and had to drop the bags off at his Mom's house, but he took advantage of seeing the kids again and gave them extra hugs and kisses before heading back. They were doing good when he left, as they were helping his mom set the table while she made dinner. Although he was still nervous about leaving them overnight. He knew realistically that his mom was a good caregiver, but memories of the past came up. However, his mom was in a better place, and they were in good hands.
Alex made his way back to the hotel room and smiled at the thought of what awaited him. He loved it when Jo dressed up. She was always naturally beautiful, but there was something about the sight of his wife in a dress and heels that sent him wild. Alex opened the door and looked around only to find that the hotel room was unusually empty, but the light in the bathroom was on. He knocked on the door and waited a second before she replied.
"We'll be out in a second," Jo shouted back to him.
"Okay," Alex said, but he still opened the door to see Jo and Izzie in front of the mirror. Jo was putting the finishing touches on her eyeliner while Izzie was curling her hair with the curling iron. Jo was in her tights and a bra while Izzie was in a robe and pajamas. Jo turned so she could set down her eyeliner and Izzie followed her with the hair curler, before taking out the cirl and twisting it so it set.
Jo caught his eyes in the mirror and shouted with a laugh. "Get out, I'm not dressed yet!"
"It's nothing I haven't seen less of before," Alex said with a smirk as his eyes never left her body.
"I said, get out!" Jo yelled but she also laughed as she threw her eyeliner at him.
"Alright," Alex said, taking one last look at her before he closed the door and heard the lock click as the girls giggled.
He could hear the two of them talking in the bathroom, although he couldn't make out what they were whispering about. Alex shook his head as he went into the other room. Never did he think that Jo and Izzie would be such friends. He didn't even think that they would like each other at first, but here they were. With Izzie helping Jo get ready for her date with him.
Alex reluctantly went back into the room and decided to dress up as well. He changed into a nice shirt and combed his hair. Then he trimmed his beard and massaged some oil into the hair. It was still a little coarse, but Jo never minded, except for when it was rough on her thighs. He fully intended to eat her out tonight, so he added a bit of beard softener to it.
He was done getting ready before Izzie and Jo had even stopped giggling in the bathroom. So he patiently waited on the couch, pulling out his phone and scrolling through social media for a little while. The teenagers on the Peds floor had gotten him addicted to TikTok. He had even made a few videos. They were all Peds and surgery related and he had gotten to know a few of the other pediatric doctors on the app as they had all networked.
After what seemed like forever, the bathroom door opened and Jo came out to greet him. He smiled and got up, brushing out his shirt that was a little wrinkled from his suitcase. The sight of his wife was a beautiful picture in front of him. Jo's hair was in soft curls and her eyelids glittered with dark eyeshadow. Her lips were bright with the red lip gloss that sparked. Jo had always preferred lip gloss over lipstick and he loved how soft and perfectly kissable her lips were.
She was in a black sleek dress. It hung to her hips and her breasts with a v-neckline that dipped low and left little to the imagination as her cleavage spilled over. He found it hard to take his eyes away from her breasts. The end of the dress was short, very short, going over the curve of her hips before it stopped. It made her legs look longer, especially with the heels she was wearing. She was stunning and he couldn't take his eyes off of her.
"You look beautiful," Alex said as his eyes sparkled for her
"Thank you," Jo blushed as she looked down and smoothed her skirt.
"But now I feel underdressed," Alex said as he looked down at his wrinkled shirt.
"You look very handsome," Jo said, and he could tell from her expression that she was equally enamored with him.
She looked at him with eyes full of love as she came forward and wrapped her arms around him. She put her hand on his neck as they leaned in for a kiss. Alex eagerly hugged her hips before moving his hands down to her ass as he squeezed her. They were only interrupted by a whistle from Izzie as she broke them apart.
"Alright you two love birds get out of here before you get nasty in front of me," Izzie said, wrinkling her nose and shaking her head.
"Thank you so much for helping me get ready," Jo said as she grabbed her purse.
"Of course, it's always fun to do someone's hair and Alexis never lets me do more than a ponytail or braid," Izzie said, going over to the couch as she grabbed her blanket and curled up, ready for her own night of fun.
"I know and Luna sees Alexis protest and now doesn't like it when I try to do her hair," Jo said with a soft pout.
"Are we leaving or not," Alex asked looking between the two of them as Izzie sighed, and Jo rolled her eyes, but grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the door.
"Please call if you need anything," Jo said as he helped her into her coat.
"Don't worry about me, I'll be having my own fun," Izzie said with a wave of her hand, and they left the room.
Alex never thought of himself as being the kind of man who would be in a lovey-dovey relationship. Who would be obnoxiously gross and romantic with their wife, but here he was. He was sitting at the table next to her holding her hands across the table and smiling at her just because she was so energetic as she talked about the latest technology introduced to the maternity ward. She was so beautiful when she talked about something she was passionate about. He tried to pay attention to what she was talking about as well, but he couldn't help but get lost in her eyes. He just smiled, enchanted with her words and Jo definitely noticed.
She paused, catching his smile with a smile of her own and a little glint in her eye. Alex couldn't help but reach forward, moving to the chair next to her. He never dropped her hand as he reached up to hold her cheek and kiss her. The smile was still on her lips as they kissed. She quickly moaned as he let his passion take the lead and tilted his head, pressing his lips against hers as she opened her mouth inviting his tongue in.
His hands quickly went from holding her hand to trailing along the edge of her inner thigh. His hand inched up higher as he teased the skin there until Jo pulled away from the kiss prompting his hand to still on her thigh.
"Come on let's go back to the hotel where I can properly show off the lingerie I wore for you tonight," Jo said with a mischievous and sexy glint in her eye as she smirked and closed her legs forcing him to get trapped.
She looked around and flagged down a waiter to get their bill. They quickly paid, skipping out on dessert, something they usually never do before they raced back to the hotel room. Alex gave Izzie a fair warning that they were on their way up as they continued to kiss in the elevator. They stumbled down the hall of the hotel as they kissed, not really paying attention to where they were supposed to be going.
Alex fumbled to put the card into the lock and had to tear himself away from Jo's lips. She whimpered at the loss of his lips and trailed her lips down his neck, making him moan as he finally fit the key card into the door. They finally push the door open and stumble into the room.
"Is Izzie still here?" Jo asked as they looked around for her, until a little alert pinged on his phone.
"She's already at the pool," Alex said with a nod as he put his phone on the desk along with both of their coats.
"Oh thank god," Jo said as she quickly captured his lips again in a heated kiss as she pulled at the buttons on his shirt.
They didn't even make it to the bed as Jo pulled him to the floor to fulfill her needs. As they tear each other's clothes off. He did find enough time to appreciate the lingerie she was wearing as the black lace across her breasts and hips left little to the imagination.
They did make it into the bed for a few more rounds and before they finished in ecstasy with several orgasms between them. Finally, Alex pulled the blanket over them as Jo curled up against him and laid her head on his chest. He smiled as he wrapped his arms around her and her eyes fluttered shut.
"We should get a sitter more often," Alex said as she smiled, opening her eyes again.
"Well it's been a while, we had to make up for lost time," Jo said, further nestling into his chest.
"Well, I'd say we definitely made up for it," Alex said with a little chuckle as Jo laughed as well. Things went quiet again as Jo closed her eyes and he ran his hands up and down her back.
"We should text Izzie that it's safe to come up," Jo said with a yawn, not even bothering to cover her mouth as she just snuggled back into his chest. "Oh, and we should get the lingerie off of the floor."
"Already done," Alex said as he kissed her forehead and Jo smiled.
He knew she was exhausted and as he started to run his hands through his hair. He wondered how fast she would fall asleep. However, the ringing of his phone interrupted them as they both looked up and saw his mom's picture across the screen.
"Oh no," Jo said, sitting up on her elbows as Alex reached for the phone.
"Hey Mom, what is it?" Alex asked anticipating that she was calling for them to come get one of the kids, but instead, she greeted him with a happy tone.
"Hello dear, nothing wrong, but the kids just wanted to say goodnight to you. They already called Izzie as well," Helen said as they both let out a sigh of relief. "I wasn't sure if you two had already gone to bed for the night so I'm glad I reached you."
"Yeah, Jo and I are just doing some… reading together," Alex said as he struggled with his words and Jo lightly slapped his chest.
"Oh reading," Helen said, seeing through his words. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."
"Well, are you going to put the kids on or not Mom?" Alex asked as he frowned.
Jo slapped his chest again and whispered to him. "Stop being rude to your mother!"
"Sorry Mom," Alex said as Jo nodded and laid her head on his chest again.
"It's okay honey, I was just teasing you," Helen said with a laugh and he never thought that his mom would be joking about his sex life with his wife. "Anyway here's Luna, she's been dying to talk to you, hey Luna say hi to Mommy and Daddy."
"Dada," Luna's voice came through the phone as Alex put it on speaker so Jo could hear it as well.
"Hi, little Moon," Jo said in a sweet voice as she perked up to speak to her daughter.
"Hi Mama," Luna said, followed by a string of babble that was eligible to either of them.
"Oh, are you having a good time at Nana's house?" Jo cooed to her.
"Nana mama, nana baba," Luna babbled again going on and on.
"That's great, Luna, are you settling for bed?" Alex asked her, he loved his baby girl's babble talk.
"Yes, we read lots of stories," Helen interrupted. "Isn't that right, Luna?"
"Yeah," Luna said in the cutest voice and Jo and Alex couldn't help but laugh.
"We love you Little Moon, good night," Jo said, blowing her a kiss through the phone.
"Yes we love you, Luna good night," Alex said, smiling as Jo laid her head on his chest.
"Ni-ni," Luna said to them before making kissing noises and they could only assume was her kissing the phone as they laughed.
"Oh Luna, don't eat it," Helen said with a little laugh as she quickly stole the phone back from Luna. "Just give me a second and I'll give you to Alexis and Eli."
"Okay," Alex said and soon enough they were talking with the twins.
"Hi Mama Jo, hi Daddy," Alexis and Eli both sat at the same time, the twins were occasionally in sync that way.
"Hey you guys, did you have a good time?" Jo asked them.
"Yeah, Nana made us hot chocolate with marshmallows and we watched a whole movie! Now we're reading stories before we go to bed, but we wanted to say good night to you and give you kisses," Alexis asked, making a kissing noise just like Luna had but further away.
"Oh that sounds like a really fun night," Jo said with a happy sigh.
"It sounds like you guys got spoiled," Alex said with a laugh as the twins giggled.
"Nana's the best," Eli said with a laugh.
"Well I'm glad you guys are enjoying your sleepover," Alex said with a smile.
The kids continued to talk about their night as he looked down at Jo only to find that her eyes were closed and she lightly snored on his chest. He was surprised that she had fallen asleep already, but he must have worn her out. Alex kissed her head with a smile as she continued to snore.
"Alright well you three should be getting to bed now Jo and I are headed to bed too," Alex said adopting his dad voice that he had perfected over the past two years with the kids.
"Okay Daddy," Alexis said with a sigh. "Good night, I love you."
"Good night Daddy, Good night Mama Jo, I love you," Eli said to them.
"Good night, we love you," Alex said back to them.
"La La," Luna added saying I love you in her own little way before he heard the smacking of her lips as she no doubt tried to blow them a kiss.
"Mama Jo, you gotta say goodnight to us," Eli insisted with a tone of sadness.
"She's already asleep buddy," Alex said, in a soft tone.
"Oh okay, goodnight Mama Jo, I love you," Eli whispered to her.
"Good night to you both," Helen said as well.
"Thanks, Mom, and call me if anything," Alex pressed her.
"Don't worry Alex," Helen said with a reassuring tone. "The kids are alright and I promise I won't go crazy on them."
"That's not what I'm worried about," Alex assured her with a frown. "I just don't want one of them to get scared or have a nightmare and wake up with us not there."
"I'll call you if that happens and have you come right over, but it'll be alright," Helen said with a light tone and he finally believed her. "Good night my sweet boy."
"Good night, Mom," Alex said as they finally hung up.
He put the phone down and looked down at Jo who was still fast asleep, her lips slightly parted as she started to snore. He smiled at her and wrapped his arms around her. Then he closed his eyes, breathing in the scent of her shampoo as he finally drifted off.