“Something smelled funny in there.”
“I know, I think they were eating tuna fish in bed last night.”
Colleen and I were both sputtering, trying not to laugh out loud. I looked at Colleen and began to openly laugh and pointed at her chest. She gave me a confused look and then glanced down at herself. She grinned at what she saw and lifted the sheet to take a good look at my chest before she began laughing herself.
The lipstick instructions that were on her chest and legs from the night before were now smeared all over her body as well me and the sheets. We were laughing so hard that Colleen almost dropped Noelle. We heard Meghan and Molly running down the hall and pulled the sheets up to our chins just before they burst into the room.
“What’s so funny?” they asked.
This sent us into another round of uncontrollable laughter.
“I’m sorry honey, it’s grown-up funny stuff. We can’t tell you.”
The girls frowned and went back to the kitchen. As they went out the door Molly said, “They never tell us any of the good stuff.”
Even after a long shower and continual scrubbing, our skin was stained a light pink that lasted for several days. The white sheets were a lost cause. The lipstick color never did come out but everytime Colleen put them on the bed, I knew that I was in for a very long and intense physical workout after the kids went to bed.
Life was good.
I found great joy and contentment in being the family man. Even this early Noelle showed signs of developing a personality that involved lots of smiles and laughter and by the time she was three months old had mastered the art of sitting up. Meghan and Molly were nothing but a pure delight. They, as much as Colleen, were instrumental in teaching me the art of fatherhood.
It was in about the middle of March that Colleen came down with some type of bug that settled in her stomach. For a couple of days she was tired and listless and her stomach seemed to be queasy most of the time. One morning we were standing in the kitchen. The girls had finished breakfast and had gone to get dressed for school while I was gathering up my things to go work. I heard Colleen make a strange noise and I turned to look over at her.
She was standing there holding Noelle with a strange expression. It was a look of panic, dismay and confusion all at once and then the color began to drain from her face. I stepped towards her as she shoved the baby into my arms, turned and ran down the hall.
I walked after her and found her in the bathroom, on her knees, her face in the toilet. She was making gagging noises and then with one long drawn out moan began to spew out every thing she had eaten in the last twenty-four hours. I took Noelle back to the kitchen and Meghan and Molly came in with a panicked look.
“Is Mom Ok?”
“She’ll be alright; she’s just not feeling well right now. So go finish getting ready for school.”
Over the next twenty minutes, the girls and I could hear Colleen in the bathroom. There would be several minutes of silence and then the retching sounds would start all over. At last we heard the toilet flush and the sound of running water in the sink. Colleen came out of the bathroom looking pasty white with a dazed look on her face. She took Noelle into her arms and rocked her gently.
“Bobby, call the office and tell them you’re staying home today. Take the girls to school and stop at the pharmacy on the way home.”
“Of course. What do you want me to get at the pharmacy?”
Colleen only stared at me with no color in her face and a bewildered expression.
Then it hit me what she was telling me.”
“You’re kidding me, right? It can’t be…”
“Oh yes it can. Now get going.”
I dropped the girls off at school then stood at the pharmacy door for half an hour waiting for them unlock and open up for the day. As soon as the store manager turned the key in the lock I shoved the door open and ran past him. I grabbed the kit off the self and threw some money at the cashier. I sat in the car for a minute thinking, then ran back into the store and bought two more kits for insurance.
When I got home Noelle was already down for her morning nap. Within minutes Colleen was bent over the bathroom sink, moaning and grunting as I stood behind her slamming my cock in and out. After we had calmed down from our climax, Colleen picked the stick up from the counter and studied it for a moment. She handed it to me and pointed to the plus sign that was showing in the little window.
Positive.
Colleen was pregnant again.
To say that we were stunned is an understatement.
I took Colleen’s hand and led her back to the bedroom. I slowly undressed her and she lay on the bed. I undressed myself then lay on top her and we began to make love, and that’s what it was, love. The first time you make love with your partner after finding out she is pregnant is one of the most glorious experiences two people can share. We made love until we heard Noelle waking up.
Noelle was not old enough to comprehend that her mother and father were spending the entire day completely nude, feeding her and playing with her. Minutes after Noelle was down for her afternoon nap, Colleen was lying on her back in the middle of the living room floor as I lay between her legs, pumping my hips up and down, pushing my cock in and out of her as we both grunted out our love for each other. We did it one more time with Colleen lying back on top of the dining table while I stood between her legs, leaning over her, huffing and puffing until we both screamed “OH GOD YES!”
We were lying still, catching our breathes when I looked up at the clock that I could see through the kitchen doorway.
“OH shit,” I yelled and grabbed Colleen’s hand. I dragged her into the bedroom just as we heard the front door open and two small voices sing out, “MOM! We’re home.”
That night after the kids were down for the night, Colleen and I lay in bed talking.
“How could this happen?”
“Well, it’s not like we were using a whole lot of protection here.”
“No, I suppose not.”
Colleen studied my face for a few moments then asked, “What are you grinning about?”
“I just realized that I get another chance to fuck my favorite pregnant woman.”
Colleen rolled over to lie on top of me and began kissing my face.
“That sounds pretty good to me.” She scooted her hips back until the end of my cock touched the lips of her pussy. “I think now would be a good time to start…”
Telling people the news was going to be much easier this time, but we decided to wait just a little bit anyway.
The next morning I went into work and as I walked past Miss Jennings’ desk, she looked up and gasped. Miss Jennings followed me into my office and when I sat down at my desk I saw her staring at me, her eyes wide. After a minute of silence I asked the inevitable question, “What?”
“Colleen is pregnant again, isn’t she?”
“Good lord how did you know? Did she call you?”
“No, you have that same stupid grin on your face as the last time. Don’t ever try to play poker; you’ll be destitute before you know what hit you.”
“Listen, we’re not ready to tell anyone right now so can we keep it just between us?”
“Alright, but if you don’t get rid of that idiotic grin the entire building will know before lunch time.”
Miss Jennings was right. It was almost impossible to not go around all day with a smile on my face. At home Colleen was the same. Meghan and Molly kept asking her what she was smiling about and when we were out in the neighborhood, total strangers would look at us and smile.
When Colleen was three months along, it was time to tell people, and since we were repeating the cycle again, we started with the girls. I said that I would tell them this time just so I could practice my new parenting skills. So, one night after dinner, Colleen reached into the cupboard and brought out the lemon meringue pie. After Colleen cut it and served the pieces to everyone, I began.
“Girls, can we talk for a minute?”
“Sure Daddy, what’s on your mind?”
Meghan and Molly were trying not to smile, looking at each other out of the corner of their eyes.
“Meghan, who is your best friend in the world?”
Meghan looked startled, showing that she was caught off guard with that question.
“Molly is… Molly is my best friend.”
“And Molly, what about you? Who is your best friend?
“That’s easy Daddy, Meghan is.”
“Ok, here is a hard question, who is going to be Noelle’s best friend?
Their brows were furrowed for a moment and then their faces relaxed into smiles as understanding came to them.
“We don’t know Daddy, do you and Mommy know?” The grinning got even bigger.
“Well, your mother and I were thinking that the perfect way for Noelle to have a best friend would be for Mommy to have another baby.”
Meghan and Molly threw their heads back and began to laugh. Noelle was sitting in her high chair and began to imitate her sisters, laughing when they did and clapping her hands when they did. But she soon lost interest this and went back to eating her favorite desert, a pile of dry cheerios lying on the tray of the high chair.
The girls finished their desert then scooted back their chairs. As they walked away form the table, Colleen and I could hear Meghan whisper to Molly, “See, I told you they would.”
Molly quickly spun around and returned to the table. With a serious expression she said, “Remember, no brothers. She’s going to share a room with me,” and walked off to find Meghan.
Colleen looked at me with a questioning look and said, “You don’t suppose they already knew, do you?”
“I don’t know.”