by Teagan Amici
“My God, are you serious? So, if I’m not being rude, who’s the baby’s father?”
“We both are”, started Cole, “We don’t know, and it doesn’t matter to us who actually fathered the baby, we will both be its father, just as we will to any future babies we have together”.
Lesley looked at us all, and scrunched up her face.
“That may work in principle, but it’s going to be obvious, isn’t it? I mean, Cole, where did your family come from? Clearly not the same place as Bram’s, your skin and hair is so much darker than his. What if you can tell whose baby it is? I hope you mean what you’re saying. I’m not looking forward to being a single parent, and I’d hate to think that Diane would end up alone as well”.
I shook my head, reaching over the table to take one of each man’s hands in mine.
“I used to worry too, but not any more. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. More than fine, I have two wonderful men who do their best to make me happy. I’ve been so lucky to have found them, they’ve changed my life, certainly for the better. So, I want to repay some of that good luck where I can. I remembered what you said, about how you could afford rent, but couldn’t get anyone to take a chance on you because of your credit rating. You need a house to live in, I have just inherited a house that needs someone to live in it. Do you think we can help each other out? Bram and Cole can fix anything that needs fixing, but the house is sound, even if it is dated. We can deal with that later on, but the house is empty now. If you just give us time to clear out Josie’s – my ex’s late grandmother that is – personal possessions, do you want to live here? You should be able to settle in before the baby is born, so you will have space for the both of you”.
Lesley looked at me without speaking for a while, then looked around.
“Are you sure? But you hardly know me! I mean, it would help me out so much, but, are you sure?”
“Yes, I am. I’ve checked the internet to see what rents are here, and I’m not going to ask that much, because we aren’t going to use a real estate agent so I don’t have to pay the commission, and, well, I think you need a break. Plus, you can help me out by letting me know what I’ve got ahead of me in this pregnancy thing. Do you want to look around properly?”
Lesley hauled herself up from the chair, waddled over to me and hugged me, then hugged both Cole and Bram before leaving the kitchen. We sat at the table, listening as we heard her exclaim as she discovered each room. Finally she came back, sitting in the chair heavily, before leaning over the table to hold out her hand for me to shake.
“Deal. You’ve got no idea how happy you’ve made me. It was bad enough living with Dad when it has just been me, I really didn’t know how I was going to cope with a baby. Can I really be in so soon? What about furniture? I suppose I don’t need much, just a bed and some baby things, I’ve already bought the baby things, but I’m sleeping in the spare bed at Dad’s….”
“Stop!” I laughed, cutting Lesley off as she thought out loud. “It’s ok, you can use almost everything that’s here. I want to take some of the things, but I’ve got furniture to replace whatever I take. You can use Josie’s bed until you get on your feet, if you pick which bedroom you want to put the baby in, the guys can empty it out for you now. I just want to take some of Josie’s personal things, for keepsakes, so you can use everything else. When do you want to move in?”
“I’d love to move in straight away, but I know that’s not possible. I don’t have much stuff at Dad’s, just my clothes and the baby things. I can be ready to move in whenever it suits you, but if you don’t mind, all this excitement has been too much for me, I just have to use the bathroom. There’s something for you to look forward to, Diane, you always need to pee”.
“What do you think?” I asked quietly when Lesley had gone to the bathroom.
“She seems harmless enough”, said Bram, “We could probably get her in today, you know. All we have to do is pack up the personal stuff you want to take. We can leave the furniture here, and swap it over another day, so she has chairs to sit on. If you want, we can even go with her to get her things, she shouldn’t be lifting cots and things in her condition”.
“I’ll go, Blair can come with me in his ute, you can take Diane and her treasures home and I’ll get Blair to drop me home when we’re done”.
“Done with what?” asked Blair from the doorway, as he approached and put a roll of bubblewrap on the table. “I had to go to a few places for that, everyone had run out. What are you volunteering me for now, Cole?”
If I hadn’t been looking at Blair as he spoke, I wouldn’t have believed the change that would come over him. He went perfectly still, and then his head lifted, and it seemed like he was scenting the air. He whirled around, just as Lesley entered the room. My eyes were drawn to his hand, which was clutching the back of one of the chairs, and I saw the knuckles go white, he was gripping the chair so hard. My eyes opened wide as I saw his nails start to grow out, long and pointed, before they retracted quickly and he stepped aside to let Lesley enter. She looked at him nervously, before looking at me.
“Lesley, this is Blair, Cole’s brother. Take a seat Blair, we were just trying to work out if Lesley can move in today”.
I looked at Bram and Cole, trying to work out what was happening with Blair, only to see Cole staring at Blair with concern on his face. Blair couldn’t settle, stating he needed to bring in the boxes from his ute. While he was gone, Cole spoke up.
“Lesley, if you want, you can move in tonight. Blair and I can follow you home, and help you with the heavy things while you pack your clothes. We can bring you back here, put your baby furniture in the spare room, then leave you to settle in. While we’re doing that, Diane and Bram can pack away the things Diane wants to take. If you like that idea, just tell us which room you want for your baby and we’ll empty it out before we go”.
Lesley thought that was a great idea, and after indicating which room she wanted to put the baby in, called her father and told him she had found a house and would be moving out today. I didn’t want to listen in, but I heard enough to know that Lesley’s father didn’t put up nearly as much of an argument as I thought a father should, and Lesley was a little subdued when she came back to me. While the men emptied out the room and vaccumed it, stacking the furniture on the back porch for removal later, Lesley and I packed up the crystal cabinet, using the bubblewrap that Blair had bought. Bram and Cole then moved the crystal cabinet to the truck, after taking out the glass shelves and wrapping them securely.
While Lesley and I had been working together, we had been talking, and it hadn’t been long before I had found myself answering questions about Blair. When all the work was done, Bram and I waved the others off, and I took a last look around, making sure that the house was in order, and then we locked up and left. I had given the spare set of keys to Lesley, so I pocketed my set and let Bram help me up into the cab. I waited until we were on the road before I broached the question that had been bothering me.
“Why was Blair so weird? Didn’t he like Lesley or something?”
Bram looked at me briefly before answering.
“Diane, Blair is in trouble, and he knows it. Judging from his reaction, he sees Lesley as his mate”.
“You’re joking! His mate? He can tell so quickly?”
“I did with you. Why do you think I was so desperate to sit with you? I saw you, and scented you, and knew that you were for me. Make me happy and say you knew the same about me”.
I slapped him playfully.
“You know I did. I just didn’t know how deep the rabbit hole was. But why do you say that Blair is in trouble? Lesley’s single, Blair’s single, what’s the problem? Surely it’s not because she’s going to have another man’s baby, Blair’s not jealous or anything, is he?”
“No Diane, but remember what I did to you? What Cole did to you? Blair just wants, no he needs, to mark Lesley, and you know how that’s done. But she’s pregnant, and not just p
regnant, but really pregnant. It’s not jealousy that’s bothering him, he wouldn’t want to hurt her, or the baby. Blair’s in trouble alright, he’s found his mate, but he’s going to have to wait for her. That’s asking a lot of a shifter”.
Eleven
By the time Cole got home, Bram had carried in all the boxes, leaving the crystal cabinet until Cole could help him. He probably could have carried it in by himself, but I was a little worried about him breaking it, it was so old and I didn’t know how brittle the glass would be. I had dinner started, picking at the vegetables as I cut them up. I hadn’t eaten a lot that day, and I was getting hungry. Cole walked in to the smell of sizzling steaks, growling in pleasure, and came straight over to me to claim a kiss.
“You’ve done a good thing, Diane. You should have seen how Lesley was crammed in. She was occupying what must have been one of the children’s rooms, she had her single bed squashed against one wall, and all the baby things stacked up beside it, I don’t know how she could even move, let alone how she planned to have the baby in there with her. She hadn’t even taken the cot out of the box and assembled it, I don’t know how it would have fit when she did. Her father was a bit taken aback when Blair and I showed up, I think he would have liked to have done more for her, but the stepmother obviously wanted her out of the way so she could have the space back. Blair and I put all the baby things in the nursery at the Armadale house, and Lesley was happily going through bags of baby clothes, saying that she was finally get excited about the baby coming, instead of being worried about how it was all going to work”.
“You didn’t leave her with all that assembling to do, did you? You said the cot was still in the box, what about the change table? What is she going to put the baby clothes in, does she have to put that together too?”
Cole laughed as he wrapped his arms around me.
“Oh ye of little faith. It’s all under control. She’s going to use the chest of drawers that was already in the room for storage. That means we only have to get rid of the old bed and a few bits and pieces. We left her with strict instructions not to lift anything, and not to try opening any heavy boxes or assemble anything. Blair told her he would be back tomorrow to deliver a new lounge suite and take the old one away to be reupholstered for us. He also has to collect the things you wanted donated to charity and deliver them. While he’s there, he will do those jobs for her. Lucky for him that she needs some things to be done, isn’t it?”
“Oh Cole, not that it’s any of my business, but is that wise? Bram told me that Blair sees Lesley as his mate, what if she doesn’t feel the same way? She’s got a lot on her mind at the moment, and she’s probably not in the frame of mind for starting a new relationship, and what if she doesn’t cope with finding out that Blair is a shifter?”
“Blair isn’t going to rush anything, he knows Lesley is still carrying scars from her last relationship. As difficult as it will be, he will have to wait, and he knows it. Now enough about Blair, you know I like my steak rare, let’s stop talking or dinner will be ruined”.
I turned from Cole and took the meat off the heat and set it aside to let it rest. I quickly mashed some potatoes and put some butter through some mixed vegetables, and made a quick pan gravy from the meat juices. By the time it was all ready, Cole had set the table, and Bram appeared, smiling a secret smile to himself, and helped to carry the food to the table.
“What are you up to, Bram Charleston?” I queried as I spooned some vegetables to my plate. “You have a suspicious look about you”.
“Moi?” Bram speared a steak and put a huge glob of mashed potato on his plate. “Why are there only two steaks? Since when are you a vegetarian, Diane?”
“I’m not, but I couldn’t face steak today. Stop ducking my question, what’s going on?”
“I was just running a bath for us. I don’t know about you, but I feel dusty and grubby after today. We’ve had a bit of rain lately, and the tanks are full, so I thought we could spare enough for the bath. It’s going to take ages to fill, but it should be ready by the time dinner is done”.
I paused with my fork halfway to my mouth, and looked from Bram to Cole. I had been dreaming of a bath with them since we had moved into the house, but we had always been so busy. Cole looked at me and winked as he cut into his steak, and I felt two feet brush against mine – one against each foot – under the table. I smiled as I ate my dinner, knowing that both of them were looking forward to this bath as much as I was.
“Oh, this is amazing”, I groaned later as I sank below the warm bubbles. Not only was it a huge bath, but it was a spa. Two large splashes told me that I was no longer alone in the bath, and I opened my eyes to see Bram and Cole stretching out, backs against opposing sides of the tub, both at right angles to me, clearly enjoying the bubbles as well. I closed my eyes again and leaned my head back against the inbuilt cushion. For quite a while, there wasn’t a sound, then Bram spoke.
“Whoever thought of this, it was a great idea. Maybe we should put in some extra tanks to collect more water when it rains, so we can do this more often”.
I giggled, thinking about all of the equipment currently surrounding the house. We had several water tanks and an array of solar collectors, and batteries against the house. We were completely off the grid, and even had a septic treatment plant for our sewerage and waste water. I had also overheard a discussion between the more technical shifters about our mobile phones. As well as all the technology they had installed to mask our property from detection, they were considering how to instal a mobile phone booster, so that we had reception. Since Cole had discovered that we could get a signal from the hill, it was likely that a booster would be installed up there. The only thing to be considered was, would a booster make it easier to trace where our calls originated? I was interrupted from my musings by Cole.
“Mmm, Diane, I like it when you laugh in the bath”.
I opened my eyes, so see Cole looking at my chest. I looked down to see my breasts bobbing in the water as I giggled. Feeling naughty, I lifted my hands to cup my breasts, not missing the way Coles’ eyes locked on my hands. With a squeaking sound as he slid across the fibreglass of the bath, Cole slid over to me and placed his hands over mine, bending his head to kiss me.
“Cheeky girl. Let me do that for you”.
So began the most unusual love making session we had experienced to date. The slipperiness of the bath led to more than a few giggles, as a sudden movement could result in someone slipping backwards or forwards, but it was still extremely erotic. Cole started by kissing me, and he put one hand around the back of my neck, anchoring himself by grasping the bath with that hand. His other hand cupped my breasts, pinching and rolling my nipples, making me gasp into his mouth. Slowly his hand trailed down my body, cupping my mound, before his long fingers slipped in, and his thumb pressed against my clitoris. As Cole gently pumped, warm water entered me with each pump, and I groaned at the sensation. My hand went to feel for his cock, and I smiled into his mouth as I found it ready. I gently stroked it, until Cole growled and moved to put his back against the wall of the bath, lifting me and putting me on his lap. I grabbed the bath behind his head so that I didn’t slide off, and raised myself up, centring myself on his cock and lowering myself down slowly, watching his beautiful green eyes as he felt my walls squeeze him as I took him into my body. It wasn’t the most graceful position, as my knees kept slipping each time I raised myself up, and Cole couldn’t hold me with both hands as he needed a hand to hold himself in place.
Finally, with a growl, Bram crowded behind me, reaching over to put a large hand on the bath, pushing my chest into Cole’s face as he managed to hold me in place. I felt Bram’s cock nudging at my arse cheeks, and angled my arse backwards towards him, inviting him in. Bram didn’t need too much of an invitation, although the position was awkward, he managed to penetrate me, slowly, obviously having difficulty with the surface of the bath, but between us, we managed.
Cole made the most
of having my breasts in his face, lavishing attention on each, while he gently thrust upwards. I tried rocking backwards and forwards, and was rewarded for my efforts by groans from in front and behind me, as with each rock, I pulled away from one of them, but pushed onto the other, and then reversed the process as I rolled my hips the other way. Bram put both hands around me, holding on tight to the bath, and used the leverage to thrust into me, pushing me onto Cole with each thrust. Before long, I began my climax, which triggered both of theirs, as with each muscle pulse I squeezed on their cocks. We all fell apart, and ended up in the positions we had started in, leaning against the sides of the bath, groaning in enjoyment of the warm water, and the afterglow of sex.
When we finally got out, Cole got out first, quickly towelling off before holding out a hand to help me out, worried that I would slip. As I reached for a towel, he took it from my hand and shook his head.
“Let me, I want to”, he said before towelling my body dry. Cole was very efficient, paying special attention to my breasts, and the space between my legs, kissing his way down as he dried my legs. Then he paused. “Bram, come and look at this”, Cole said as he knelt at my feet.
Bram, towelling his hair, walked over and hunkered down. He placed a hand on my abdomen, where Cole was looking.
“Oh yeah, Diane, you’ve got a little bump here. I think you’re starting to show”. He then astounded me by placing an ear to my belly, quite low down.
“What are you doing?” I asked in surprise.
“Sssh. I can’t hear anything if you’re talking”. Bram admonished me.
Everyone was silent for a while, then Bram smiled, and turning his head, kissed my belly before straightening. I was about to turn to go to the bedroom, when Cole took up Bram’s position. He seemed disappointed, but repeated Bram’s action of kissing my belly. I looked down at my belly, seeing for the first time that it did appear a little rounded, and cupped it. I turned to look at Cole as he spoke to Bram.