nails and Cooper had his face in range of Ryder’s hands and he hit him right on the nose. Cooper joked that he had heavy hands and was going to grow up to be an MMA fighter.
“Anyway, can you help me?” CC was giving me the puppy dog eyes and she knew I couldn’t say no.
“Go!” Jaylinn said, “Cooper and I got this tonight.”
I winked at my sister, scooped up CC and hauled ass upstairs. I couldn’t wait to get her naked with me and not have to worry about Ryder crying before we were even halfway undressed.
I set CC on the counter, turned the shower on and then grabbed two towels and threw them on the toilet seat.
“Maybe this isn’t such a good idea.” CC said timidly.
I was taken aback, how could this not be a good idea? Then it started to come to me, she’s probably a little nervous, I haven’t seen her naked in a while and barely at all since she’d had the baby.
I finally forced myself to move. I pulled her shirt off and then reached behind her, I unclasped her bra and pulled back slightly so it could slip off her arms. I willed myself not to stare at her body. She had been hiding it from me since she’d woken up, I didn’t have the heart to tell her I’d seen all of the bruises and scars already.
I reached under the sink, grabbed the plastic bags and tape to cover her wrist and ankle. Once that was out of the way, without breaking eye contact I lifted her off the sink and steadied her, then hooked my fingers on both sides of her panties, and pulled them down her hips until they rested at her feet where she could step out of them. Her eyes stayed on mine as I pulled off my boxer-briefs.
As we stepped into the shower together, I adjusted the setting so we wouldn’t burn our skin and then I pulled her into my arms under the flow of water. Her whole body started shaking, I knew she was nervous about me seeing her naked for the first time since the accident. No matter what she thought she looked like, she would always be perfect to me. After a few minutes of holding her, she sighed and rested her head on my shoulder. I planted my feet so I wouldn’t slide and take her down with me; I knew taking a shower with two casts on couldn’t be easy for anyone.
I kissed her cheek and whispered, “I love you, nothing is ever going to change that, CC. I need you to believe it though, trust me.”
“I do. It just still makes me a little uncomfortable.” She whispered back to me, squeezing me a little closer to her.
I pulled her away from my body carefully, but didn’t let go. “I never want you to be uncomfortable, ever. We’ve been through too much shit to let something like this get in our way. Out of everything that’s happened; we have a little piece of us waiting on the other side of that door. I can’t even begin to explain the feelings I get watching you with him.” She looked down, but I lifted her chin back up until she looked into my eyes. “All of these scars on your body will fade and settle into the back of your mind. All but one, and it’s the best one. You protected Ryder, CC. These scars are proof of that, if you didn’t do what you did; there’s a good chance he wouldn’t be here with us.”
She was crying at this point but I needed her to understand me. She always bitched and complained that we were too overprotective of her, but sometimes she was the same way. She just never saw it. It was time for her to figure it out on her own; she was a Cahill after all, at least for now.
She whimpered, “I’m sorry.”
I pulled her to me and crushed my lips to hers, making sure she knew there was no reason to be sorry.
Motherhood was agreeing with me, according to my mother, she told me so when she stopped by the next morning to visit with her grandson and me. Hunter refused to leave our sides, while I loved him something fierce, he was getting on my last nerve.
After he carried me downstairs and got me settled in the recliner, Mom sent him to the store with a shopping
“Anyway, can you help me?” CC was giving me the puppy dog eyes and she knew I couldn’t say no.
“Go!” Jaylinn said, “Cooper and I got this tonight.”
I winked at my sister, scooped up CC and hauled ass upstairs. I couldn’t wait to get her naked with me and not have to worry about Ryder crying before we were even halfway undressed.
I set CC on the counter, turned the shower on and then grabbed two towels and threw them on the toilet seat.
“Maybe this isn’t such a good idea.” CC said timidly.
I was taken aback, how could this not be a good idea? Then it started to come to me, she’s probably a little nervous, I haven’t seen her naked in a while and barely at all since she’d had the baby.
I finally forced myself to move. I pulled her shirt off and then reached behind her, I unclasped her bra and pulled back slightly so it could slip off her arms. I willed myself not to stare at her body. She had been hiding it from me since she’d woken up, I didn’t have the heart to tell her I’d seen all of the bruises and scars already.
I reached under the sink, grabbed the plastic bags and tape to cover her wrist and ankle. Once that was out of the way, without breaking eye contact I lifted her off the sink and steadied her, then hooked my fingers on both sides of her panties, and pulled them down her hips until they rested at her feet where she could step out of them. Her eyes stayed on mine as I pulled off my boxer-briefs.
As we stepped into the shower together, I adjusted the setting so we wouldn’t burn our skin and then I pulled her into my arms under the flow of water. Her whole body started shaking, I knew she was nervous about me seeing her naked for the first time since the accident. No matter what she thought she looked like, she would always be perfect to me. After a few minutes of holding her, she sighed and rested her head on my shoulder. I planted my feet so I wouldn’t slide and take her down with me; I knew taking a shower with two casts on couldn’t be easy for anyone.
I kissed her cheek and whispered, “I love you, nothing is ever going to change that, CC. I need you to believe it though, trust me.”
“I do. It just still makes me a little uncomfortable.” She whispered back to me, squeezing me a little closer to her.
I pulled her away from my body carefully, but didn’t let go. “I never want you to be uncomfortable, ever. We’ve been through too much shit to let something like this get in our way. Out of everything that’s happened; we have a little piece of us waiting on the other side of that door. I can’t even begin to explain the feelings I get watching you with him.” She looked down, but I lifted her chin back up until she looked into my eyes. “All of these scars on your body will fade and settle into the back of your mind. All but one, and it’s the best one. You protected Ryder, CC. These scars are proof of that, if you didn’t do what you did; there’s a good chance he wouldn’t be here with us.”
She was crying at this point but I needed her to understand me. She always bitched and complained that we were too overprotective of her, but sometimes she was the same way. She just never saw it. It was time for her to figure it out on her own; she was a Cahill after all, at least for now.
She whimpered, “I’m sorry.”
I pulled her to me and crushed my lips to hers, making sure she knew there was no reason to be sorry.
Motherhood was agreeing with me, according to my mother, she told me so when she stopped by the next morning to visit with her grandson and me. Hunter refused to leave our sides, while I loved him something fierce, he was getting on my last nerve.
After he carried me downstairs and got me settled in the recliner, Mom sent him to the store with a shopping
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