Chapter Six #2
Austin laughs and moves his hand from her lower back towards her hip and tugs her close.
“Come on; let’s get you a seat so you can enjoy your food.”
Avery walks into the room and glances around the area before her gaze lands on Nikki. Miraculously, Avery has lost almost all of her baby weight in the month since she’s had the twins. As she gets closer Austin stands from his seat so she can take up his residence.
“Ooo, that plate of food looks good,” she says as she peers down onto the plate in Nikki’s grasp.
“I’ll go grab a plate for you, sis.”
“Thanks, Austin. So, how are you really doing?”
“I’m good, anxious to meet Grace, but scared too I suppose. After what you went through I’m just…”
“What sweetie?” Avery asks as she places a kind hand on her arm.
“Just, what if I can’t do this? I’m not strong, Avery, and that’s what scares me the most.”
“Oh, Nikki. You’re the strongest person I know and you’re going to do amazing.”
“But how did you know that you could do it? Weren’t you terrified?”
“I was. It was one of the most surreal moments of my life. But I didn’t have a choice to be strong or not, I had two little babies that were depending on me to be all of their strength.
And you’ll do the same for Grace because that’s what makes a good parent, to always be the strength for your kids. I believe in you, Nikki.”
With a weak grin, Nikki nods her head in agreement.
“You’re right, I’m just being silly.”
“No, not silly; you’re just being a first-time parent about to give birth,” she chuckles as Austin hands her a stacked plate of food.
“When do you see the doctor next?” she asks as she piles a scoop of potato salad onto her fork.
“We have an appointment tomorrow with Dr. Burnett, bright and early.”
“Maybe he’ll schedule an induction?”
“Who knows? I’m just excited to hear her heartbeat again. What about you? When do you have your six-week check-up?” Nikki winks knowing that the six-week post-partum check-up will give Avery the go-ahead to have sex with Logan again.
“Eleven days, fourteen hours, and thirty-six minutes,” Logan declares as he steps up beside Avery and gazes down at her with a smitten expression on his face.
She reaches up and places her hand on top of the one he has rested on her shoulder.
“We’ve missed having alone time. We’ve practically been living at the hospital for the past month. It will be nice to sleep in our actual bed.”
“That’s not all I want to do in our bed,” Logan utters under his breath, but loud enough that Austin narrows his gaze at his friend.
“Hey, that’s my sister. I don’ want to hear those things.”
Logan simply shrugs his shoulders and leans down to kiss the top of Avery’s forehead.
A yawn escapes between Nikki’s mouthful of food and Austin shoots her a sympathetic eye.
“You want to head out? We can try to get some baby time tomorrow?”
“That sounds great, actually.”
THE CART’S WHEELS SQUEAK as it spins and rolls across the laminate floors of the general store. Austin pushes the offending cart as they take a turn towards the produce section.
“So, what kinds of food do we need to look for?”
Glancing up from her phone Nikki informs, “Google says foods such as pineapple, spicy food, and black licorice can help to induce labor naturally. Red raspberry leaf tea can help too, but I don’t think we’re going to find that here.”
“Alright, let’s get loaded up. We can try some of Dr. Burnett’s other suggestions when we get home.”
Suddenly interested, Nikki turns her full attention from the pineapple in her hand and watches the sexy half smirk travel across Austin’s face.
“Well, what did you have in mind?” she asks as she moves closer to his body, brushing her sensitive breasts against his arm.
Austin’s eyes watch behind her where Nikki can hear siblings Fred and Temple Fitzgerald pass by.
He leans down and brushes the strands of blond hair away from her face, his fingers lingering on the back of her neck as his lips press against her ear.
“I plan to strip you bare and devour that sweet pussy until you’re begging for more then I’ll fuck you so many times that you’ll lose count of your orgasms.”
Nikki whimpers as her body instantly reacts to his words. A flush rises over her body and she feels her skin redden in desire.
“Austin…” she whispers as he kisses just below her ear then stands back to his full height.
“You look beautiful like this. All pink and blush colored.”
In an attempt to turn the tables, Nikki presses the front of her body as close as possible to Austin’s and runs her hand down his abdomen and comes to stop right at the growing bulge in his pants.
“I’m really wet too,” she claims as she squeezes his cock gently before turning back to toss the pineapple into the cart.
“Fuck. Let’s hurry up and get home,” Austin blurts out as a new steely determination enters his eyes.
Nikki giggles behind him as he rushes through the store grabbing any and all spicy foods that meet his eyes and then hurriedly checks out at the register. He leaves her in a trail of dust as he rushes towards the car while she slowly walks away from the register.
The clerk calls out, “Good luck,” as Nikki finally reaches the doors to the store and peers out the glass to see Austin throwing the bags into the back of the car.
She bellows out a hearty laugh as she replies to the clerk, “Thanks. I think I’m going to need it.”