Infinity Chapter 144 - Opening & Lips

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Chapter 144 –   Opening & Lips

POV:  Emily

Word count: 3177

May 7, 2018

  The day care center, now officially named River’s Daycare, was opening today. Maddi had taken some promotional photos and she was available today for families if they wanted a picture. Zac had the kids at the studio while I was here in support of Amanda, I didn’t want people to show up just because a Hanson was here or to try to get a photo op so he remained there. Likewise, our names weren’t on the building and unless someone dove into our personal taxes they’d never know that Zac and I were affiliated with the building. Eliza dropped Alessia off early and god she was so adorable now, her dark hair and eyes made her easily my favorite, but I wouldn’t ever show that. Casey’s daughter showed a real fondness for me as well and they were also here, but he was at the studio now with them.

“It’s a great turnout, advertisements helped a lot. Thank you for that.” Amanda said.

“Can’t open without clients, I think this is going to be great. A lot of the local businesses parents are coming here because your close, they can check in anytime.”

“Yeah, Eliza did a wonderful job with helping me select competent employees and getting things set right. I feel like I won’t have problems.”

I smiled at her. “You had a good idea, I think this will help you get to spend more time with Destiny and it’s a steady income with your own hours.”

She smiled. “I owe you too much for being so nice after I was such a shitty friend to you over the past few years.”

I nudged her as another couple brought their two in. “I broke your nose and beat your ass, I think we’re even on that. Although that whole leave Zac alone crap didn’t fly and I am still not over that.”

She laughed. “Yet, you ignored my advice and Craig’s, I recall we both told you not to go back and you kept going back again and again and again...”

I laughed. “Hey! We wouldn’t be here if I had taken your advice and hadn’t gone back!”

She smiled. “That my friend is very true. Honestly though, I think Zac really was the right man for you. He’s beaten people up among other things for you. I think, and I will never admit to this again, but I think Craig and I were wrong when we told you to leave him alone.”

“He won’t even admit it now, even after four kids he won’t admit I was right. Craig is stubborn as hell.”

“He’s always been stubborn, hey aren’t you having a girls day with Savannah?”

“She picked today yes, but I told her you were opening today and I wanted to spent at least a few hours here this morning. She said that was fine and she’d pick me up about 11:30. She has a surprise for me apparently.”

“You aren’t crazy about surprises, she does know that right?”

“Yes. But she insured me I would like it and I talked to Zac and really, I think I can trust her on it.”

She smiled. “Glad to see you are improving.”

“All the time. So, I’ll bring the kids over next week let you get settled and then I’ll try them. I think Alexander will be fine and I think the twins will too.”

“Isabella though.”

“Yeah, she might be the problem one and maybe Gabriel but really I think them being away from us will be good because they need other children and adults and it’ll help them when we do put them in school.”

She smiled. “There well adjusted Emily. I think they’ll be fine.”

“I hope so.”

She greeted more clients and I kind of watched the room and talked when she could, about 10:45 Savannah sent me a text message.

Hey Bells– I’m about 15 min out but I wanted to let you know that I have to get baby love before we leave. Meet me at the studio?

Haha – I knew you’d want baby love. Sure, I’ll be there shortly. Zac’s got them all so…expect a mess.

Dear god Bells why did you leave him alone with four?!

Bah – He’s there father he can handle them. Well...unless Gabe or Nate want Momma..

Oh! My! God! I will not tell him you called them that! Anyways – 10 min and I’ll be getting love. Let him know!

I will! See you soon Savannah.

I sent Zac a message to let him know she was coming for baby love and then I found Amanda to say goodbye and congratulate her again on the success, time would tell if this truly worked. I walked down the sidewalk alone and about half way there I just stopped, the sun felt warm against my face and it’d been so long since I’d been able to just walk alone anywhere. The last year had been great and I found I didn’t feel like I was being watched or being stalked.  I heard laughter when I entered the studio and smiled, found everyone in the playroom. Savannah was down with the kids being their gym and Zac was with them.

She was wearing some very short shorts today though but I noted that Zac wasn’t staring at her ass. Her  simple t-shirt was perfect and she had left her hair down to curl some and I loved the blue she had in it.

“Having fun without me, how dare you.”

Gabriel ran to me. “Mama!”

The sound of his voice was just divine and I had to join the fun for a little bit. Casey was apparently fixing their lunch so we decided to head out while they were eating lunch, that way we could sneak away.

Savannah was bubbly but not as bad as Eliza, she had an edge to her and that clearly showed while we were on tour. We were in Atlanta for a walk and we’d taken them to a park for some fresh air. Some fan kept trying to get pictures and I asked her nicely several times and then Savannah told her off, she did that again in Dallas only that time one had tried to pick Nathaniel up and that did not set well with her at all, I didn’t even have time to get all atomic explosion before she was up and yelling. I didn’t question her ability and she reminded me of how Velma was. She loved the children very much and they adored her. Gabriel never did take a bottle from her though.

“So, how about something different for lunch. I know this Japanese Hibachi place in town, they make the best sushi and I know you’re not crazy about it, but I think you’ll like it.”

“Sounds fine to me.”

Savannah drove a mustang and it reminded me of how much I missed mine, but that always brought back what happen long ago and now with four children a Mustang was just crazy talk.

“I heard that sigh Bells, what’s up?”

“Just thinking about that wreck that took my mustang.”

Her hand landed on my thigh in a soft but firm way. “Don’t think about that. He’s gone and no one is going to replace him or any of them.”

“Hard sometimes, but in general I am good at not really focusing on it.”

“It was a hard time and I understand, but there gone and you have a sister now and lot’s of nieces and nephews, really the whole damn family is like nymphs.”

“No, that’s Zac and I according to Casey.”

She laughed and I smiled. “I have heard some stories from Casey, quite vivid little tales.”

“Oh geez, I may have to get my paddle out after all.”

She parked outside the restaurant and we went inside, I’d been to authentic hibachi grills in Japan and the setting here was so pleasant and calming, we had to wait for other people but that was fine as well.

“These tales he told you...”

She just gave me a sly little smile. “Well, I heard about Max long time ago and I heard about Robert.”

“I need to really smack him.”

She giggled. “Well, honestly I overheard him and Zac talking about them. I mean, they were quiet but not that quiet.”

I was sure my face blushed some by the smile she gave me and then her hand was back on my thigh.

“So, what are you ordering?”

“You should know, chicken and shrimp me.”

“Perfect.”

We had our salads and soup while we waited and watching the guy cook was quite amazing and the joking around and fun he did while we waited. The food was delicious and we didn’t even have leftovers! She kept sending texts to someone for a bit then stopped.
We left the restaurant about 2 and she went across town to a tattoo shop and parked, I knew she liked tattoos she had a few of them already, mostly hidden ones but like the cherries on her butt I had seen, so I didn’t bother to ask why we were here, just assumed she wanted another one and wanted me here. Not sure how this qualified as a surprise for me though, then again that could be next…

We got out and walked inside, she greeted the lady that was there by name, calling her Ivy. Then introduced me to her.

“She’s been my go to artist for a while now.” Savannah said.

“She’s done great work I’ve seen a few of your Hanson related ones, fans brag.”

“I think I can draw that symbol in my sleep now, it’s a pleasure to finally meet one of you.”

Her voice was smooth and velvety, soothing even. She was wearing very short shorts with fishnet stockings, black heels and a ripped t-shirt that was tied under her breast, which showed lots of cleavage. Yet, they were looking at me.

“What?”

“Surprise? You told me on the tour you had thought about it.”

I blinked. “I…did but I wasn’t sure I wanted too. I don’t know.”

“Relax, how about you watch Ivy do mine first? That way you can see the process and all, you had a thought and all but you were afraid of the process.”

“That’s fine.”

Savannah was getting a dream catcher on her shoulder, it was very pretty on paper but what’s on paper doesn’t always come out right, so I sat beside her and watched as Ivy laid down the stencil and then began to put down the lines. It was an interesting process to watch really and it really didn’t take her very long to complete a simple dream catcher, the feathers were so realistic looking though. She cleaned and bandaged the fresh artwork and she got up from the table.

“Well Bells?”

“I don’t have a clue what to get.”

“Why not get what you told me you wanted on tour?”

I gave her a blank stare. “Really? You going to call Zac here, put some ink on his lips and have him kiss me somewhere?”

She and Ivy laughed, clearly finding it funny. But then Savannah smiled.

“No honey I’m not, in fact I think he shouldn’t know about it at all for a week or so. Is that what you want? His lips on your body?”

“In more ways than one. But, he will never do that in front of someone else.”

“He doesn’t have too, he can kiss anything and I can trace it.” Ivy said.

“I don’t have his lips on anything though.”

“Actually, you do…”

Savannah pulled out a card from her bag and handed it to me. It was a thank you card and everyone had signed the inside but Zac, yet the bright red lip prints in the bottom corner were his and I knew it.

“How did you?”

“I had everyone sign it, a thank you for being so patient with everyone and for being who you are. I kept that area clear and when I asked him to sign it I told him it would be more personal if he kissed it. Of course, getting him to put that red on was a lot harder than I expected it. I tried to get a picture and he flatly refused.”

“You got him to wear red lipstick?”

“It took a lot of hard core begging and pleading, but yes. What did it was telling him you’d find that token more personal and would believe it more. If I had known that appealing to what makes you happy would work, I’d have done that first.”

I smiled and looked at it, the print was absolutely perfect, he’d really made sure and it was something I’d wanted to get but never really considered it. Zac really had told me once he didn’t want to get one, so this could really make him mad.

“You can recreate this as it is?”

“Yes, I can even match the color of his actual lips if you have some picture.”

“Oh, she has pictures. I’m sure she has nudies on that phone somewhere.”

I giggled. “I keep those cleaned off actually.”

I showed her a few pictures and she swore she could match it so with hesitation I agreed and she took the card and began to trace, commenting on how absolutely perfect it was. She was leaving it to size as well, so it would be a realistic size. She showed me the outline compared to the picture and I couldn’t deny they were identical, I had no reason to back out really, well beside my husband possibly blowing a gasket.

“The pain should be minimal if you’re afraid of that.”

I giggled. “I’m not afraid of the pain, Ivy. I had my twins natural at home during a snow storm with no drugs of any kind.”

“Well, this should feel like a normal shot to you then. Where do you want it? Heart? Arm?”

“My butt.” The words just tumbled out before I could even think about it.

Savannah smiled. “I wondered if you’d go for that area or not.”

“Well, if I’m going to risk a fussing out for not even telling him and getting it, I’m going all out.”

They smiled and she asked where and it meant removing my shorts, not that I minded since we were in a private room, she even closed the blinds because of who I was.

“You even wore thongs.” Savannah said.

“Zac requested I wear them.”

She had me stand up and she placed the stencil and when I was sure I liked the location, pretty much dead center of my right butt cheek, she had me lay down and get comfortable. Once I was comfortable she set up an all new set-up, new needles and everything.
That was a really good thing and one I was glad off. Yet, I heard the camera snap sound on Savannah’s phone.

“What are you doing?”

“Taking pictures, so you can show him later.”

“Savannah!”

“Zac will love them, I am sure.”

The pain level was barely there but I know Savannah was getting pictures as she worked, when she was done it amazed me at how remarkable she was at reproducing them, they were perfect to color and looked like he’d done it.

“Perfect.”

“Glad you like it.” She said.

She cleaned and bandaged me up and I put my shorts back on, perfect coverage but that side was a bit sore. She then went over after care which was basically keep it clean, keep it hydrated with the special lotion she had ready. We still had hours to kill so she took me to another part of town and we got to watch some wrestlers practice and even have some matches. It was something she was interested in and I couldn’t quite deny that it was fun to watch. About 5 Zac sent a message.

May Day! May Day! Casey is down and I’m getting there…is she ever bringing you back?!?!

Not sure, we’re watching 200 lbs of muscle whip ass on some 186 lb wimp…How is Casey down?!

…what? Where the hell did she take you?!

Haha, we’re watching some of her wrestling friends practice moves, interesting. I attached a picture of Mr. Sexy, who had Sean’s body to some degree but dude wore barely anything to cover that impressive crotch. That got me a call and Savannah just shook her head when the phone began to ring.

“What the hell are you doing Ems?”

“It’s ring attire Zac, chill. So, what’s up with Casey?”

“James was rubbing his ears and whining so he called the doctor. He left me at 2:30 and there not back yet, I’ve got ours plus Jennifer.”

“Baby, you’ll be fine.”

He sighed. “I was rather hoping we’d get some time alone.”

Yeah, I’d have to stave that off for a week…

“Aww, you’ll be fine. Want us to pick up pizza?”

“Please? Hey! Jennifer no! I gotta go, pizza at home, see you then.”

He hung-up and I giggled. “He has ours plus Jennifer.”

“Oh damn, what happen to Casey and James?”

“Doctor, we’re on Pizza duty.”

“Pft. His way to get you home I am not stupid.”

I smiled because that was true, it was his way to get me home. But we did leave a little bit earlier and got pizza on the way home. We arrived right before he did but he really did look a bit frazzled coming inside and by his facial expression he was probably experiencing a headache too.

“You ok?” Savannah asked.

“Alexander learned how to get out. I went to the bathroom and came back to missing kids, he and Isabella got downstairs into the studio. Twins were still there but Jennifer was in Isaac’s office.”

He sat them down and they all bee lined the table where there plates were waiting.

“Come, sit have dinner.” I said.

We sat down and had dinner, but Zac just seemed very tired and after Savannah left I sat in the living room and it didn’t take long before his head was on my shoulder.

“Headache?”

“Yeah. James screamed for like an hour before he could reach the doctor, he has another ear infection. There talking about possibly doing tubes in his ears. Casey is freaking and Robert is too.”

“Well, he has been getting them frequently, maybe that’s better.”

“Maybe.”

I began to run my hands through his hair and he sighed contently, stayed there until it was time for them to get ready for bed. I got all four of them bathed, dressed for bed, and tucked in before he came up and read stories to them. I was dressed for bed before he came in, had already taken care of the new ink and thankfully he wasn’t feeling up to anything else, but I couldn’t count on that to last long very long!