Infinity Chapter 104 - Shopping Trips

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Chapter 104 – Shopping Trips
POV:   Emily
Word count:  3414


December 6, 2014

Thanksgiving had gone very well and Elijah’s first birthday had been celebrated last weekend here in town. In addition, we all got a shock because it seems my older brothers had no reasons to stay in Georgia, so they were all moving to Oklahoma. It was big news because it would help us be closer in the long run and it would allow all the children to be closer as well. But their moves would be sometime in the next year.

Today however was a shopping day with Amanda. Her job had kept her so busy that she and I really haven’t been able to talk much. She was glad for the paydays, but felt like she was missing so much still. We had made today a girls day and Zac kept Alexander and Isabella at home. This was a plus for us, because we could talk and not worry about them wondering off. An agent was following me, Agent Gloria Sampson, who also made me wear a tracking device on my arm. I picked Amanda up at 9 and then we headed to the mall.

“So, who all do you have to buy for?” I asked.

“Parents, Sean, you guys. Not much on my list. I am positive it is way less than yours.”

“Oh yeah. My organization skills come in good use at Christmas time. I have a list.”

“Where are you hiding this list?”

I held up my phone. “I start my list about June and anytime someone mentions something I jot it down by their name. It’s how I know Natalie and Taylor need a new coffee pot, they’ve been complaining for months. I picked out the perfect one a few weeks ago, does cappuccino, latte’s, coffee, and even cocoa for the kids.”

I showed her the list without giving away what I had planned for her.

“I could never be that coordinated.”

“Well, I tried letting Zac do it the first year and I found myself at the mall the day before Christmas shopping for like ten people. After that I made a list, although the kids are free reign unless there is something specific mentioned by Taylor or Isaac.”

“Any specifics you want for your wild ones?”

“Isabella can really use some cute outfits, poor child has so few dresses she’s gonna be worse than I was. We used a lot of the gift cards from the shower to get more girly stuff, but most of that was 12 plus months, because we had so much already.”

She laughed and made a note in her phone. “What about Alexander?”

“Toys, clothes, whatever you want to get really. If it makes any kind of noises he’ll love it, although he particularly likes music related toys.”

“What about Zac?”

I laughed. “It would be faster if I sent you the list. He has so much stuff he wants.”

“Seriously?”

“There are video games, game related items, knives, guns, and about a dozen things related to computers.”

“He sure has a wide range of likes and expensive taste.”

“Yeah, he does.”

She wouldn’t get the kids anything with me present, but she did get Zac something, a knife he wanted. I was crossing a few off the list like Taylor and Natalie and I got Taylor and Natalie matching scarves. We sat down about 11:30 to have lunch. We ordered and found seats on the edge, I had some fans ask me if the others were there and I politely told them no.

“So, since I have you all to myself without Sean. How are things going with him?”

She finished chewing and gave me this sly little grin. “He kind of asked me to marry him over Thanksgiving.”

I laid the fork down and stared at her. “He did what?”

“I told him to give me until Christmas.”

He hadn’t given me any indication that they were that serious with one another.

“Is that something you want to do? Marry him? How do you feel about him?”

“He’s not like anyone else I’ve dated. He has a plan for his life and he has goals which he works toward and doesn’t ignore them. I feel alive with him and he’s the only person that’s ever made me feel that way. I know he’s younger than me but that’s never been any reason to me and you cannot say anything about that.”

“No, Zac’s younger than me too, so I can’t say anything about it. But, you didn’t answer if that was something you wanted.”

She took another bite and I knew that was just to give her thinking time. So I took a few bites myself and waited.

“I think I do want that. We’ve been together six months and I love being around him. He treats me like Zac does you, like I matter to him. He’s
never raised his voice and I had to make the first move. Expect me to watch his show and then be fine? Pft.”

I laughed. “So, let me clear this now I have seen him virtually naked. You are cool with that right?”

She laughed. “Yes. I know very well he pulled you on stage before he interviewed with you.”

“Ok, just making sure.”

“So, you believe what you have with him is real and could be something that last for eternity?”

“I do. We have a lot in common and I thought I’d be very insecure about him working at the club, but I’m not. I trust him. He hasn’t given me any reason not to. Has he given you any?”

“Not a fair question. I have to trust him because he runs the warehouse when we’re gone. But, he hasn’t given me any reason and when he is there he’s focused on work. I think you’re the only one he text at work.”

“He wants to move in too.”

“Doesn’t that seem very fast? Proposal and then moving in?”

“His lease ends in January, mine in May. I told him I would think about and let him know tomorrow about the moving in thing. I think it would be good for us to know if we can live together first. Worse case, he leaves and gets a new place. If not, then in May we can consider renewing or finding something more permanent in Tulsa.”

“Permanent?” I asked.

“He wants to stop renting and have payments, which is not a bad idea. We don’t really want a house though because even if, and that’s a big if, we make to the whole kids area a nice apartment is good enough.”

“Now you’re thinking kids? Geez.”

She just smiled. “I’ve wanted kids for a long time. I just wanted them with someone who would be there. I couldn’t be stubborn like you and wait for Taylor to realize he needed to be with me. That boy is more stubborn than you!”

“I would have eventually given up.”

“Bullshit. Seriously, I love Tay as a friend. He and Natalie are just the cutest ever and it’s clear they love one another.”

“Oh yeah they do. I think if you believe that he is the one then you shouldn’t let him go. As a person I like him. He’s honest with us and he’s not afraid to ask questions or seek clarification on anything. He’s a really good manager. His dancing abilities aint bad either.”

She smiled. “Definitely not bad.”

We finished our lunch and she smiled. “I think I do want to say yes to him.”

“It’s about time. But it is your life Amanda, you didn’t really nag me for my choices. Well, you did when I first started seeing Zac.”

“I had every right.”

“Yeah. But, I think Sean is a great man and well, I can’t deny he’s hot as fuck.”

“Oh..he’s better without the thongs.”

“I have to see him every day! I don’t need that imagine in my head!”

“You know, Zac showing up for Casey’s little outing, tossed him for a major loop. He didn’t think Zac would ever be there to witness him dancing, let along actually watch. He was mortified to return to work.”

“They were fine as far as I seen.”

Of course, she didn’t know what had occurred when we left the club and I wondered if Sean had mentioned where Casey was. We finished up lunch, tossed the trash, and then headed to the other side of the store. She managed to cover a lot of her list, I felt like I barely made a dent in the list. I did pick up a few things for Zac, which she was taking home so he wouldn’t see them. We finished shopping about 2:30 and then I went to her house, helped her unload. My phone rang as we entered her apartment and I got it.

“Hey Zac, what’s up?”

“You’re not at the mall are you?”

“No…we just got to her house.”

“When you head home can you pick up diapers? Otherwise we’re not making it through the night.”

“Both or just one?”

“Both, Isabella would probably make it but Alexander won’t. But, you’d be so happy with him! I took him with me earlier and he used the potty!”

“That’s great! Now if I can get him to do that all the time.”

“Yeah, about that…I had to clean the kitchen floor. He’s learned how to take the diaper off.”

“Baby, he’s known how to do that. You have to make sure he has pants or something on.”

“Yeah..he took those off too.”

“Oh..Well…I’ll pick up suspenders too. I shouldn’t be here long, we’re going to go ahead and wrap some of it.”

“No problem, just letting you know. Love you.”

“Love you, bye.”

She looked at me. “Alexander went potty in the potty and then apparently the floor. Remind me again why I had children?”

“Because there adorable and they snuggle with you?”

“Right, that’s totally it. So, what we got to wrap?”

We set up space in the floor and sat down, she let me wrap Zac’s and label them and then we started on the huge stack.

“Do you ever sometimes wonder what our lives would be like if David wasn’t how he was?” she asked.

It was a question I hadn’t expected really and I placed a few more pieces of tape on the paper, before I answered.

“I use too before I moved here. I wondered if Craig and I would be so close had David not been how he was, wondered if I would have had more close friends beside the two of you. If I would have been much younger when I lost my virginity and to who. But then I remember what I do have. A husband who gives me anything I want, two beautiful little children, a huge family that cares. It’s what I always wanted, a family that really did care.”

“Do you still miss your mom?”

“Every day of the year, but sometimes I can feel her around me.”

“I was afraid when I came to your brother’s, because you have always been set when you say something. I was afraid you would stick to that and never see me again.”

“Considered it but you at least saw what was wrong.”

“I felt bad because I always said I would be your children’s godmother and when it came time I was nowhere around.”

“You are now, doesn’t that count for something? You think you have issues there, Eliza wasn’t around for over thirty years.”

“Oh god, how the hell does Zac do it? You two are identical twins.”

“She has highlights and I don’t, I considered using some temporary coloring and seeing if anyone could tell us apart.”

“You so should! I’d want to see if Zac could.”

I laughed. “Zac could in a heartbeat, hands down.”

“How can you be so certain?”

I smiled. “He’s told me all the ways were different. I’m a bit heavier obviously, baby weight hasn’t completely gone yet, I’m an inch taller
apparently, and the biggest difference in his perverted little mind my boobs are bigger and my ass is too.”

She laughed. “So, you saying boobs and ass would tell him who is who?”

“Basically, yep.”

She shook her head. “Are things with her ok?”

“For the most part, yes. We haven’t really argued about anything since right before I had Isabella. She does believe I need to be more careful and not be so…out there I guess.”

“Because of?”

“Glen. Craig had to change the program on my phone because he found a way to get around it and Craig can’t even figure out how, none of us can. He’s Adam’s brother and he apparently wants me as his little slave girl or some shit. Anyway, he keeps sending me text messages with description of what he wants to do. Which is why there is an agent following us today.”

“There was?”

“Yeah, Agent Sampson. She’s sitting outside now and my pretty watch has a tracker in it.”

“They can’t hear us though right?”

“No.”

“So um… Sean mentioned something and looking back I couldn’t quite ignore things. But, he said that Casey was in Zac’s lap with you at the
bar. As in, you on one side him the other and that Zac seemed fine with that added, he did actually watch the show.”

“I wondered if he said anything about that.”

“So, it’s true Casey was all in his lap?”

“Yeah. Casey sat there for a long time and we went home with him.”

She laughed. “You made that sound like you went home to have sex with him or something.”

I wrote the label out and stuck it on the package I had just finished and then looked at her.

“That actually was the idea but Zac got sick and we went home.”

She dropped the package in her hand and just stared at me, blinking. Clearly I could shock her. For several minutes she tried and failed to say something before she finally just seemed to steel her nerves.

“Your intention was to have sex with Casey, while Zac was there?”

“It wasn’t me actually.”

A long time passed and she just stared at me, slightly confused.

“Are you saying that the intention was for Zac to have sex with Casey?”

“Yes.”

“And you what…watch cartoons?”

“Fuck no, I sit beside the bed and watch.”

“Do I even want to know where Robert would have been?”

“He would be there sitting beside me. I tried to tell you and Sean that our sex life is not vanilla.”

“Yeah, but I thought you mean you had handcuffs or some shit, I didn’t think you meant that. How long have they been having sex?”

“I called Casey out in 2009. Amanda, it’s not just them. I’ve had sex with Casey too. I’ve had sex with both of them at the same time. I’m not ashamed to admit that and unfortunately thanks to Ian, his entire family knows. We kept it contained because it’s not something Zac wants the general public to know.”

She shifted positions and set that package aside. “Are you telling me that you’ve had a three-some with them?”

“More than once, I don’t even know the number of times. However, before you even consider it. We are positive that Alexander and Isabella are Zac and I’s. Casey always used protection and when they were conceived he wasn’t around.”

“Alexander is a carbon copy of Zac and Isabella favors him way too much for them not to be his. I’m just…when you said not vanilla that’s not
what I expected.”

“We haven’t really been with Casey since our anniversary last year because he’s been with Robert and then the attacks Zac didn’t want too. It was actually a memory from Ian that stopped this time. Zac just isn’t comfortable with it now, not since the attacks..”

“You won’t tell me dick sizes but you’ll tell me this?”

“I’m not giving details though, just that it has happened and it was beyond fucking hot.”

“I know it’s a touchy subject but did you and Tiffany ever do anything?”

“No. She kissed me once at that party she took me too, but nothing after that.”

“Anyone else?”

“Um..I was with Velma once. But, it’s just not for me. I prefer men.”

“Is that why her death affected you so badly?”

“Actually no, her death was because of a lot of factors one was she and I were like this close and she was protecting Alexander when he shot her. It wasn’t that she died it was how and by who and why.”

“I’m kind of glad he’s dead.”

“If I just get rid of Glen now.”

“You will. Ok, so since I’m over my shock and I didn’t break my gift to my mom. Suppose I should wrap it.”

“Maybe.”

We had light conversation after that and she promised not to tell Sean about them as I told her Zac would need to approve that and since Sean worked there, it might be better if he didn’t know. I left about 4:45, dropped by the store and got diapers and went ahead with wipes too just in case and then headed home. I parked in the driveway and walked into the house and stepped on Lego’s by the door. I then just blinked.

“Zac, what the hell happened here?”

There were toys everywhere and massive amounts of Lego’s were scattered across the floor. There was clothes in the kitchen and I came inside just a bit.

“God am I glad your home.” He said.

“Did a hurricane come through here while I was away?”

“Yes, his name is Alexander. He was fine until like 2, when I called you he got into the toy box no problem. After that Isabella started crying and while I was tending to the dirty diaper he found the Lego’s and before I could even comprehend it they were everywhere and I just…”

“Where are they now?”

“She’s asleep finally and Alexander is confined in his high chair with a coloring book.”

“He’s not near a wall is he?”

“No..he’s been there like ten minutes. I don’t see how you do it.”

“I clean before you get home.”

“I was going to fix dinner but yeah, I can’t even walk in the house without stepping on Lego blocks.”

“Quite painful they are. Alright, you start dinner and I’ll gather toys. Diaper’s are here and wipes, I wasn’t sure how low we were.”

“We got those last week.”

“Well, we have extra. I got an extra box of each diaper size for the studio too, I can’t remember how many were there. There still in the truck
along with the bags which we can get once there down for the night.”

He kissed me. “Life saver!”

He started to fix dinner and I picked up the toys and put them away, the Lego blocks were a nightmare to pick up and put away, they were everywhere but Zac didn’t seem to like my crawling around the kitchen floor, but there was no need to bend when I could just sit in the floor. Alexander colored the whole time I was cleaning and only when dinner was done did I move him. She was awake before I was done and I sat down to fed her before eating.

Coming home to a disaster zone was nothing new really, I knew once she started moving really well it was going to be pointless to constantly clean. I went over my conversation with Amanda over dinner and he agreed that Sean didn’t need to know at least not yet. I took bedtime routine for them both, since he’d had them all day and looked like he was ready to pass out. He unloaded the truck and then laid down while I fed her and before she was even a quarter finished, he was snoring lightly.

“You guys wore Daddy out.” I whispered.

She grinned slightly but kept on eating. I was glad that my day had been well, no messages from Glen and it was pleasant. When she was done I laid her down for the night and waited until she was asleep. I checked in on Alexander who was also asleep. I went to bed and much like him, I was out before long.