A Night Away From Home

Parker came in from a walk. It felt good to spend some time
alone. She walks inthe front door to find a suitcase by the
stairs and nobody home.

"Jarod." she yells. Nobody answers.

She gets ready to go up the stairs when Jarod comes around
the corner. "Hey, when did you get home?"

"I just walked in. Where is everybody?"

"I took the kids to stay with Sydney."

"Why?" she asked wondering what he was up to.

"You'll see." he answered. He reached over to take her hand.

"What's the suitcase for?" she asked as she looked down.
"Are you leaving?" she replied as she
looked back up.

"No, it's yours." he answered.

"Are you kicking me out?" she asked with a smile.

"No, we are leaving together." he answered.

"What about are children?" she asked.

"Will you quit asking questions? I told you, you will see."
he takes her hand and grabs the suitcase. "Trust me." he
whispers. They head out the door.

She was already not liking this idea. Of course, he was the
only one she did trust. She knew he wouldn't leave her or at
least she hoped he was going to keep his promise.

They get to a small cabin. He helps her in. She walks in the
room and sees a fireplace with a a nice little cozy fire
going. He sits the suitcase down and says, "Do you like it?"

"Yeah, but...."

"I wanted to get away, with out the kids. I thought you
needed the rest too."

She looks around, sees the bed cover with lace and a single
red rose laying on the pillow. There is a wine bottle
chilling in a bucket and two wine glasses sitting beside it.

"Jarod, you know I can't drink wine." she says as she walked
over to the bed.

"It's not wine. It's grape juice." he answers. He follows her
over to the bed. He kisses the back of her neck. She closes
her eyes and feels his warm skin next to hers. She opens them
again and says, "Why are you doing this?"

He stops her by putting his fingers on her lips. "I thought
you needed some rest." He pours the juice into the glasses.
She looks over to him and starts to speak. When he says, "I
know this pregnancy has been hard on you. I wanted you to
know how much I love and care for you." He runs his hands
down her side and wraps his arms around her waist.

She turns around to face him. "I love you, Jarod."
she says softly.

"I love you too." he answers. "What do you want to do first?"
he asked as he handed her a glass of juice.

"Let's sit by the fire." she answers. She sits the glass down
and takes his glass from him. She takes his hand and lends
him to the fire. They sit down in front of it. She lays her
head on his chest and he wraps his arms around her. "Jarod."
she says as she looks up at him.

"Yes." he answers softly.

"Thank you." she answers.

"For what?" he asked.

"For caring for me, taking me away, loving me, and making me
happy." she babbles on and on.

"Well, I tried my best." he answers as he looks down into her
blue eyes. She reaches up a gives him a kiss. She holds him
tight in her arms not letting him break the kiss. Then she
breaks from him and runs her fingers down his neck to his
shirt collar. He looks at her with passion in his eyes and
shifts the way he was sitting. He leans forward and she falls
back taking him with her. They interlock in another kiss. She
starts unbuttoning his shirt and kisses his neck. He places
his lips on her neck and with his tongue he licks her, slowly
and passionatly. He pulls away to help her out of her shirt.
He caresses her breast with his hands and bends down to lick
her nipple. She wraps her arms around his neck holding him
there. She kisses his shoulder and whispers, "Make love to
me."

He looks back up at her and starts pulling her pants off. He
kissed her stomach as he ran his hand over it. Then kissed it
again. He slips her pants all the way off and went back to
kiss her lips. She rolled him over and finished unbuttoning
his shirt and pulled it off his shoulders. She kissed his
chest with her lips. Then she began to suck on his left nipple
as her right hand wondered down his chest to his
blue jeans. She unbuttoned everyone of his buttons without
moving. She slipped her hand down inside his pants and stoked
him gently. He pulled her back and looked into her eyes. "Let
me help you with that." he said lovingly.

"Now, I'm too slow for you." she whispered as she raised an
eyebrow.

"I'm not saying that." he said. "It's just I thought I would
help you."

"Oh, I see." she answered.

He got his pants off and rolled her back over. He plunged
into her slowly. She let out a moan as he kissed her. She ran
her fingers down his body to his butt. She squeezed him
gently before her hands came back up to his shoulders. He
groaned in her ear as she squeezed him again. He wanted to
hold her forever as he felt her next to him. After a while he
broke off her and lay beside her exhausted. She rolled over to
face him. "Jarod." she said.

"Yeah." he answered with exhaustion n his voice.

"Let's move to the bed." she answered.

"I'm sorry. The bed would have been more comfortable for you."

"No, that's not it." she said. She looked over at him and smiled.

"Oh." he answered. "Give me a minute."

"I didn't mean to wear you out." she replied.

"It's okay. I don't mind." he answered. He got up and reached
for her. She stood up and they headed for the bed. He stopped
her. He went to pick her. "No." she answered.

"Why not?"

"Because I will break your back."

"No, you won't."

"Yes I will." she answered.

He didn't listen to her. He picked her up anyway. He kissed
her all the way there. He sat her down on the bed. A couple of
hours later Jarod said, "Can I ask you something
without you getting mad?" he took her hand into his.

"I guess."

"How much weight have you gained so far?"

"I told you that I would break your back."

"No, thats not it. I just want to know."

"Seven pounds so far. Why do you think I'm fat?"

"No, you look small for seven months."

"Well, I am smaller with this baby than with the other two. I
assumed it's because I have Kyle to chase around. He keeps me
moving."

"Yeah, he does." Jarod answers. He knows all about chasing
their one year old around.

"Speaking of babies, how long is Sydney going to keep ours?"

"We pick them up tomorrow. I hope you didn't mind that I
wanted to spend some time with you."

"No, I don't mind." she said as she kissed his hand. "Now,
what do you have planned for us, genuis?" she added.

"Well, I thought we could spend the day in bed. We haven't
done that in a while."

"Yeah, we could but I'm hungry. Let's get something to
eat first."

"Okay. Let me see what we have." Jarod gets up, finds his
jeans and puts them on. He heads towards the kitchen. Parker
comes in shortly wearing his shirt and no pants. She walks up
behind him and places her hand on his shoulder. "What do we
have to eat?" she says softly. Jarod jumps slightly as her
warm breath touches his neck.

"Well, not much. I didn't bring a lot since we were only
going to be here the night."

"Jarod, you should have know better than that. I'm pregnant."

"I know." he says. He turns to face her. "We have fosted flakes."

"That will do." she answers. She grabs two bowls, spoons, and
milk. She goes over to the table and sits down. Jarod brings
over the box of cereal and two glasses. He pours his cereal
and a glass of milk. He watches her eat.

"What?" she says as she sees him watching her.

"You have only gained seven pounds." he says as she finished
up her third bowl and started on the fourth.

"Yeah." she answers. "I can't help it. I stay hungry beside I
get plenty of exercise chasing Kyle. Though I have to admit
chasing you was more fun." she added with a smile.

"Well, catching me was more fun than chasing me, I thought."
he replied smiling.

"Oh, definitly." she responded.

When they got through eating he lend her back toward the fire.
"Let's sit in here, if that is alright with you."

"Yeah, that's fine." she answered. She sat down and Jarod
laid his head in her lap. She ran her fingers through his
hair. "Jarod, I love you." she replied looking down at him.

He looked up and said, "I love you too. Are you feeling okay?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Because you said I love you several times today."

"What I can't tell you that I love you?"

"Yeah, you can. I'm just not used to hearing it from you that
many times."

"Well, you better get used to it because I am going to say it
a lot more from now on. If that is alright with you?"

"You know it is alright with me." he said as he looked into
her eyes. Then turned back to face the fire.

There was silent for a few minutes. Jarod turned to face his
wife. He didn't say a word. His hand moved up her shirt to
her innerthigh. He stoked it softly. She looked down at him
and smiled. His fingers ran back and forth between her legs.
As he contiued to do this she took a deep breath and arched
her back. With her fingers still in his hair, she rubs his
head gently. He could tell she was starting to get into this.
He stopped and pulled away from her. She looked at him like
'don't stop'. He pulled her closer to him with her legs spread
apart. He sat her down on him. She kissed him hard.
He began to stoke her gently again. She wrapped her
arms around his head to where his face was at her chest. He
kissed her nipple then flicked it with his tongue before he
caught it in his mouth. He started to suck gently when she
called out his name. He didn't let go. When he was finished there he
quickly moved to the other breast. She began to pant
softly. He stopped, looked up at her and said, "Let's go out
to eat."

"What?" she asked.

"Let's go out tonight."

"Okay, fine." she answered. She began to kiss his neck hoping
he would soon finish what he started.

He pulled her back and said, "Then let's get ready."

"What?....Now." she said.

"Yes."

"I can't believe you."

"What?" he asked.

"You are a teaser."

"What do you mean? I'm not a teaser."

"Yes, you are. You are just going to stop like this." she said
as she got up from his lap.

Jarod smiled and said, "I learned from the best."

She turned back to face him. She gave him a look and walked
off. Jarod smiled again and followed her. He put his arms
around her stoamch and said, "We can finish this later.
Besides I thought you were hungry."

"I was. I'm not anymore." she removed his arms.

"Don't tell me that cereal filled you up."

She didn't answer, just rolled her eyes. She got dressed,
looked at him again and said, "Where are we going?"

"I thought we could go to that quiet restaurant we saw as
we came in."

"Okay, I'm ready." she said.

"Well, let me get dressed."

She waited impatiently for him to get dressed. Then they
headed up the road. When they got to the restaurant Jarod
followed her in. He lend her to the table with his hand on
her lower back. They sat down and ordered. Jarod looked into
her eyes and said, "Maybe this wasn't a good idea."

"Why?" she asked.

"Because looking at you, I want to finish what I started
before we left."

"You had your chance." she said with a smile. "Besides we are
here now. Let's eat. I'm hungry."

"I thought you said you weren't hungry."

"That was then and this is now. Besides you dragged me down
here, I'm going to eat."

Jarod took her hand and gazed into her eyes. "I love you." he
said lovingly.

"I love you too." she said.

The waiter bought their food. Parker starts to take a bite
and says, "Jarod."

"Yeah." he answered as he took a drink of tea.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Why did you drag me here for time alone? I mean why couldn't
we have stayed home since Syd had the kids?"

"Because we live there. I wanted to get away. You know, the
house, the kids that sort of thing. Why?"

"I was just wondering."

"You don't like it here." he said.

"No, that's not it. I was just trying to figure out your way
of thinking, that's all." she said. She took a bit of food.

Jarod took her hand again and said, "You should know my way
of thinking by now."

"I know but when I think I have you figured out you change
on me."

"How?" he asked.

"Not for the worse. The better." she replied.

"You mean to tell me after seven years of marriage you still
don't know me."

"No, I'm not saying that. Can we talk about something else?"

"Sure. What?"

"I don't care." she answered.

They sat there for a few minutes not saying a word. They let
their expression say everything. Then Jarod looked over at her
plate and said, "Are you finished or do you want
something else?"

"No, I finished. I don't want to hear you talk about how much
I have eaten."

"If you want something else get it. I won't say anything.
I promise."

"No. I'm finished." she replied.

"Okay, then. What do you say I take you back to the cabin now?"

"Let's go." she responded.

Jarod takes her hand and they leave. When they get back to
the cabin he locks up the doors. "I will meet you in the
bedroom." he replies.

"Okay." she answers.

She goes into the bedroom. Jarod starts another fire to keep
them warm. Then he quickly joins her. He walks in and she is
laying in the bed.

"Are you tired?" he asked. He could see the tireness in her
eyes as he join her in the bed.

"Yeah. You wore me out today." she responds with a smile.

"Oh, really." he answers. He laid next to her, with his arms
around her and said, "I want to tell you something before you
go to sleep."

"What is it?" she asked.

He looked into her eyes and said, "I love you." Then he gave
her a kiss.

She put her hand into his and answered back, "I love you too."
He laid his head on her shoulder and rubbed her
stomach as she drifted off to sleep. He watched her sleep for
a while before he closed his eyes.

The next morning they slept in. Jarod woke to Parker moving
around in the bed. "What are you doing?" he asked.

"Trying to get comfortable." she answered.

Jarod put his hand on her face and pulled her hair back so he
could see her. "Is there anything I can do to help you?" he
asked.

"I don't know. Maybe carry this baby for a while."

"I can't do that but would it help if I rubbed your
stomach?" Jarod wanted to touch her her stomach so bad. He loved having
his hands on her.

"I don't know what good it would do." she said. She looked
over at him. He looked sad like a little boy that didn't get
his way. Then she said, "Okay, rub a way." He smiled and
rubbed her stomach for a while. She didn't want to admit it
but the baby moved to another position and she was able to
get comfortable again. She looked over at Jarod and said,
"Jarod, I want you to know how much I appreciate this trip a
way from the kids but I am ready to see them again. Can we
leave soon?"

"Yeah. I miss them too." he replied. "But can I hold you a few
more mintues before we get ready to leave." he added.

"I would like that." she responded. Jarod held her in his
arms. He hasn't felt this close to her in a while. A few
minutes past and Jarod let go of her. They took showers and
got ready to leave. As they pulled away, Jarod looked at his
wife and said, "Thank you."

"For what?" she asked looking at him confused.

"For everything." he answered. He reached over and gave her
a kiss. They drove off. It wasn't long they made it to Sydney's.
They only lived a couple of houses down from him
but wanted to pick up the kids before going home. Catherine
came running out to meet them. Sydney followed
with Kyle in his arms.

"Mommy, daddy. I missed you." Catherine said and she met
them at the car.

Parker caught Catherine as she jumped up into her mother's arms.
"I missed you too." she replied back.

Jarod took her from Parker's arms. Kyle reached out for his
mother. "Thank you Sydney." Parker replied as she took Kyle.
She gave her old friend a hug.

"You're welcome. I have enjoyed having them." he answered.

"I hope they were no trouble." Jarod replied.

"None at all." responded Syd.

"We will catch you later, Syd." Parker said.

"Okay. If you need me, you know where I am." he said as they
got in the car to leave.

Jarod took his family home. They spent time playing with
Catherine and Kyle the remainder of the day before calling
it a night.

The End!