glinting off the pool I’d designed to resemble a
mountain spring. Kicking off my flip flops, I sat on the side with my
feet in the water.
“You
are my very best decision, Katie. Nothing will ever make me regret
you.” I scooped handfuls of water and dribbled it on her bare toes.
She laughed hysterically so I did it again. “A water baby. I love
the water, Katie.”
Pulling
my sundress over my head, I carried her down the steps and walked around the
warm pool with her. She laughed and smiled, kicking her feet in the
water. I smoothed my damp hand over her blond hair and she kicked
more. I held her and talked to her. I think she understood
everything I had to say.
“Elliana
Monica Fields …are you in the pool in your bra and panties?” my mother’s
voice asked from the back of the house. Diva lifted her head from the
patio, humphed, and went back to sleep.
Without
looking up, I smiled at Katie. “Grandma forgets this covers more than the
bathing suits she used to swear looked so good on me. Moms are like
that…selective memory.” I shook my head at her before I glanced up and
smiled cheekily, “Hi, Mom. I think there are fruit crepes left if you’re
hungry.”
“Did
Si make the cream with ground vanilla bean?” I nodded, containing my
laughter. “Sweet lord. I’ll be right back.”
Katie
and I whispered some more about silly grownups and how I would never be silly
like Grandma. From the corner of my eye I saw my dad walking a huge bay
stallion to the edge of the patio. “Ellie, you look so relaxed. I
wanted to see if you were settled in and saw your mother heading this
way.” He paused and blushed. “Honey, are you wearing undergarments
in the pool?”
“Yes,
Dad.”
He
gave a heavy sigh then shrugged, “Better than some of those scraps your mother
bought you to wear actually. Please tell me you have coffee.” He
tied off the bay before crouching on the edge of the pool and kissing Katie’s
head then mine.
“Dads
are so much mellower about some things, Katie. They bluff and bellow but
in the end they are thoroughly wrapped around your finger. You must only
use your powers for good with Grandpa. He will be unable to resist
you.” Katie thought this was extremely funny and I held her close,
walking around the pool and humming to her.
“You
put her right out, Ellie.” Robyn’s voice said nearby. I turned and
she was holding a thick towel and grinning. I unbuttoned the cotton dress
Katie was wearing and peeled it from her in the water, throwing it on one of
the chairs. When her diaper was removed, I set her in Robyn’s hands and
watched as she was bundled snuggly.
I
powered up on the side and kissed her head before taking another towel from
Padme. “I’ll change her and put her down for a little while. I’m
truly glad to be here, Ellie.”
“I’m
glad to have you, Robyn. Make no mistake.” My parents were sitting
at the patio table and I kissed them both, scooped up my dress, and dashed
upstairs to change.
When
I left my room, Jonas and Jordan were waiting on either side of my door.
They hugged me but it wasn’t like any hug I’d ever received. They stood
in front and behind me and gave me a full body hug pressed between their warm,
hard frames.
It
was incredible.
Their
heads were bent to either side of mine, their mouths at my ears. They
took turns talking to me and at first I could remember which was which but soon
I lost track of who was who. “You are so lovely, Ellie. So pure of
heart. No one has ever held our emotions in the palm of their hand.
Only you, Ellie. We will never hurt you. No one will ever hurt you again. No pressure, no rush. Just allow us to touch you
like this, to hold you while you sleep. Let us try to keep the bad dreams
away. We’ll slay your dragons, Ellie.”
On
and on, they whispered until I lifted one hand to a muscled chest in
mountain spring. Kicking off my flip flops, I sat on the side with my
feet in the water.
“You
are my very best decision, Katie. Nothing will ever make me regret
you.” I scooped handfuls of water and dribbled it on her bare toes.
She laughed hysterically so I did it again. “A water baby. I love
the water, Katie.”
Pulling
my sundress over my head, I carried her down the steps and walked around the
warm pool with her. She laughed and smiled, kicking her feet in the
water. I smoothed my damp hand over her blond hair and she kicked
more. I held her and talked to her. I think she understood
everything I had to say.
“Elliana
Monica Fields …are you in the pool in your bra and panties?” my mother’s
voice asked from the back of the house. Diva lifted her head from the
patio, humphed, and went back to sleep.
Without
looking up, I smiled at Katie. “Grandma forgets this covers more than the
bathing suits she used to swear looked so good on me. Moms are like
that…selective memory.” I shook my head at her before I glanced up and
smiled cheekily, “Hi, Mom. I think there are fruit crepes left if you’re
hungry.”
“Did
Si make the cream with ground vanilla bean?” I nodded, containing my
laughter. “Sweet lord. I’ll be right back.”
Katie
and I whispered some more about silly grownups and how I would never be silly
like Grandma. From the corner of my eye I saw my dad walking a huge bay
stallion to the edge of the patio. “Ellie, you look so relaxed. I
wanted to see if you were settled in and saw your mother heading this
way.” He paused and blushed. “Honey, are you wearing undergarments
in the pool?”
“Yes,
Dad.”
He
gave a heavy sigh then shrugged, “Better than some of those scraps your mother
bought you to wear actually. Please tell me you have coffee.” He
tied off the bay before crouching on the edge of the pool and kissing Katie’s
head then mine.
“Dads
are so much mellower about some things, Katie. They bluff and bellow but
in the end they are thoroughly wrapped around your finger. You must only
use your powers for good with Grandpa. He will be unable to resist
you.” Katie thought this was extremely funny and I held her close,
walking around the pool and humming to her.
“You
put her right out, Ellie.” Robyn’s voice said nearby. I turned and
she was holding a thick towel and grinning. I unbuttoned the cotton dress
Katie was wearing and peeled it from her in the water, throwing it on one of
the chairs. When her diaper was removed, I set her in Robyn’s hands and
watched as she was bundled snuggly.
I
powered up on the side and kissed her head before taking another towel from
Padme. “I’ll change her and put her down for a little while. I’m
truly glad to be here, Ellie.”
“I’m
glad to have you, Robyn. Make no mistake.” My parents were sitting
at the patio table and I kissed them both, scooped up my dress, and dashed
upstairs to change.
When
I left my room, Jonas and Jordan were waiting on either side of my door.
They hugged me but it wasn’t like any hug I’d ever received. They stood
in front and behind me and gave me a full body hug pressed between their warm,
hard frames.
It
was incredible.
Their
heads were bent to either side of mine, their mouths at my ears. They
took turns talking to me and at first I could remember which was which but soon
I lost track of who was who. “You are so lovely, Ellie. So pure of
heart. No one has ever held our emotions in the palm of their hand.
Only you, Ellie. We will never hurt you. No one will ever hurt you again. No pressure, no rush. Just allow us to touch you
like this, to hold you while you sleep. Let us try to keep the bad dreams
away. We’ll slay your dragons, Ellie.”
On
and on, they whispered until I lifted one hand to a muscled chest in
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