my name, but when he touched me it felt like fire spreading through my entire body. It took a moment for the fire to cool enough for me to respond. “No, baby. You’re definitely not a girl.”
“Damn straight,” he laughed as he swatted me on the butt before he took my hand in his. “Now let’s go find a bathroom for my beautiful, pregnant fiancé before she has an accident.” Surprisingly enough, I’d completely forgotten that I needed to pee.
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“So, you’re telling me you shopped all day and he came home with nothing? Zip, zero, zilch? Seriously?” Emma asked. We were sitting on her and Eric’s front porch, chit chatting while Sammy and Mags played out front. I felt so bad for Emma because she wanted kids so bad. It seemed like it was so easy for me to get pregnant and she’d been trying for years and it just wasn’t happening. The way she watched the twins play, broke my heart.
“Seriously. The man didn’t buy a darn thing. We left the store with an outfit for me, complete with new shoes, so I knew you’d be proud of me for that. Jaxon told me he’d go back by himself.”
“You realize you’re marrying a girl, right?” she asked. Her eyes never left the twins as they played. I wanted so badly for her to be a mommy. She’d be so good at it. She deserved that chance. I could only hope that someday she would get to experience the joy that came with being pregnant. Hopefully sooner than later.
“No, sweetie. Jaxon is definitely not a girl. He does this thing with that special piercing of his. Holy hell! You should really talk to Eric about getting pierced. It’s, well, it’s magical.”
“Yeah, and how would I go about that? What would I say? ‘Uh, hey Mister, would you get your penis pierced for me? Loralei says it’s magical.’ For some reason , I don’t think he’d go for that.” She was shaking her head and her gaze had now drifted to Eric. He and Jaxon were standing out by Jaxon’s motorcycle. They were doing that “male bonding” thing that men do over motorcycles or vehicles in general. I expected to hear manly grunts coming from that direction any time now.
“You know that, Eric would do anything you asked him to. That man has loved you since we were nine years old. I don’t remember a time since I’ve known you that he wasn’t by your side. Speaking of marrying a girl,” I jokingly punched her in the arm.
“I can assure you, my mister, is no girl,” she said raising an eyebrow at me. “He may not be pierced, but let me tell you, he does this thing with his tongue. Gets me hot just thinking about it.”
“Yuck! You know he’s like a brother to me. I don’t want to hear about things he does with his tongue, unless he’s licking a popsicle.”
“No, that’s more like what I do to him with my tongue,” she snickered.
“You’re nasty. I can’t talk to you anymore,” I laughed as I stood up and hollered at the kids to get out of the mud. Those kids were always getting themselves dirty. I guess that’s the farm life for you.
As I walked over to where Eric and Jaxon were standing, Sammy stopped me. “Mommy, when I’m a man, will I be like Jaxon?” he asked with a quizzical look on his face.
“Mommy would be very proud of you if you grew up to be like Jaxon. He’s a good man, Sammy,” I said as I knelt down and gave him a big hug.
I could tell he was thinking on something. He looked a little scared, when he said, “But mommy, I don’t want to have a ring in my eyebrow. I think that would hurt. Wouldn’t that hurt?”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Sweetie, you don’t have to have your eyebrow pierced , to be like Jaxon. Mommy didn’t know that’s what you were asking about. You don’t have to have anything pierced to be a man.”
“Whew! Thank goodness!” He was so relieved. I let go of him and he ran over to his sister. He apparently picked up a bug on the way, because I heard Mags screaming, “Don’t touch me with that
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