His Distraction (Assured Distraction Book 2) (31 page)

“It’s cute and works well with Powell. JR would be a cute nickname, too.” The two laughed a little over that idea.

“We’ll have to wait and see when it gets here.” She absentmindedly rubbed her small soccer ball through her shirt.

Peri decided this was a good a time as any to ask about her lack of weight gain. “Krissy, has the doctor said anything about your weight gain with the baby? You’re still so small for as far along as you are. I’m worried about you.”

“The doctor says everything is fine, and it’s all great. I’m going to have another sonogram soon since they’re a little unsure about the due date still.” Krissy smiled. “I’m pretty sure I know when we got pregnant, but the doctor insists on checking me again.”

This subject wasn’t Peri felt comfortable talking about with her, so she let it drop. “Seems as though I’m tired all of the time. I was hoping now that I’m getting close to the last trimester I would start that whole ‘need to nest’ boost of energy thing.”

“I know what you mean. I’m going over to the apartment to make sure the baby’s room is ready to go. All of the baby’s shit seems scattered everywhere. I’m hoping Hayden will want to move out when they get back, and then I’ll move into his room, and the baby will have its own room. I doubt he’ll want to live there with a crying baby and all.”

“I’m sure he’ll want his own place, too, and he should be making decent enough money by then. He’s been working so damn hard for Cash, and surely without paying rent, he’s been saving a lot. The boy surely banked some major funds if he’s smart.” Peri was glad to hear Krissy planned to move back to their apartment. While she was glad to have Krissy living with her for now, she didn’t want her back there when the baby came. The thought of watching Krissy gushing over how much Ryan was going to be so happy once their baby came bothered her already. Peri had done her best to stay positive with Krissy, but little things were starting to get to her. She guessed it was a hormonal thing or motherly instincts because normally she would be happy to be around the new baby.

“I’m counting on it. It’s not my house, and I can’t kick him out or anything. I thought being young and single, he would want a place to himself or maybe with one of the guys. I’m sure after the tour and all the shit they get into on that bus, he’ll find moving back into the apartment with a baby there less than appealing.”

Peri turned away, not wanting Krissy to know how much her comment bothered her. Ryan was on the bus, too. Based on the prior performances from her first tour, she knew Carter and Gunner got their fill of groupies every chance they could, and KeeMac and Chandler would want their own alone time. Where did that leave Ryan? She felt fat, and tired, and swollen all the time now. Since their night of great phone sex, she’d avoided Skyping or Facetiming with him, using the excuse that Krissy was around. She didn’t want him to see how big she had grown. In her mind, she was going to be huge and ugly by the time he got home, especially after he’d spent the last few months staving off beautiful and willing women swarming around him almost every night.

“Yeah, it’s going to be strange having Ryan come home to this beach ball I’m carrying. Seems like it blossomed as soon as he left.” Peri gazed down at her baby belly. “It was a bump when he left; now it’s become a full grown belly.”

Krissy gave Peri a knowing look but made no comments to her.

The next month passed by quickly. The parallel pregnancies meant a lot of common ground to share, so there was always something to share. With Krissy farther along than Peri, she always came home with new information from her doctor visits, things she knew Peri had yet to experience.

Peri was still concerned that she was getting bigger and bigger, and Krissy seemed never to gain an ounce of weight. She hated to keep bringing it up, but when Krissy came home from her weekly appointments that had started in the last month of her pregnancy, she wanted to ask questions. Peri tried to go with her a few times, but Krissy was adamant about going on her own.

“I’m fine, Peri. I’ve done all of it alone. Don’t worry about me. You have enough on your plate to worry about with yours.” Krissy had barely gained any more weight but, at least, was now starting to show.

“We are going to find out what our baby is when Ryan gets home. He wanted me to hold off until he could see it and hear it, too.” Peri was excited to find out about it at her next appointment.

“Yeah, I’m sure he will.” Krissy gave Peri a strained smile, and Peri wished she hadn’t mentioned it to her. She felt like she was gloating over having Ryan, and running it in Krissy’s face.

“I’m sorry, Krissy. I didn’t mean it like that.” She hugged Krissy and Krissy hugged her back.

“I know. It’s alright. I knew before I moved in here this was how it was going to be for my baby and me. I guess I’m used to the idea now. “My back has started hurting every day now,” she stated as she rubbed her low back. “I think I’m gonna lay down.”

“Are you going to work until you go into labor?”

“Yes, I need to for the money.”

“Krissy, Ryan wouldn’t want you to be hurting every day. If you need to take off or if your doctor wants you to, then you should.”

“What would I do then, Peri? I can’t sit around with nothing to do but worry about the baby. It’s better if I work as long as I can, and the doctor says he doesn’t see any reason I can’t.”

“Please remember you don’t have to work until the day the baby comes?” Peri would make a point to talk to Ryan about this on their next phone call.

Over the next four weeks, Krissy went to the doctor, but he explained that she wasn’t showing any signs of being ready. She started to worry when her first due date passed. The doctor scheduled another sonogram on that day and told her the baby wasn’t in position yet, and they had obviously miscalculated the date. The doctor did not seem worried and told her not to worry either.

The week before AD was due home, Krissy was starting to push the panic button on having the baby. At that week’s visit, the doctor said the baby was now down. He told her any day now; she was more than ready.

She rushed back to work to tell Peri; she was excited. Walking quickly into her office, she was out of breath. “He says any day now, Peri!”

“Oh, that’s great, Krissy. I know you’re thrilled.” Peri was happy for her and secretly wished it for herself. She felt like she had been pregnant forever and she had two more months left.

“I think I might take off on Friday. We need to get the temp we trained in so I can fill her in on the last minute things.”

“Good idea. I’ll text Cash and let him know your plans. He’s been expecting this for a few weeks now.”

“I’ve been thinking about it, too. I want a few days to rest before I start having sleepless nights.” Krissy was all glowing and happy. Peri was happy for her, but something didn’t sit right about the whole due date. She hadn’t mentioned it to Krissy or Ryan. When he got home next week and looked at a calendar, he could do the math.

AD had a great three month run with sold-out venues on almost every stop, and Hayden was becoming a big part of their line-up, especially on the nights he sat in with AD. It boosted his iTunes sales on the singles he’d released before hitting the road. Cash was pleased with the way the fans received him. The girls loved him if the size of the crowd that showed up for Hayden’s opening set each night was any indication. Venues didn’t usually fill-up until right before the headline act took the stage, but as word got out about Hayden’s music not only did he gain airplay, his fans showed up for his set. Hayden was a mature eighteen-year-old, and a young version of the guys from AD in his smoldering hot sex appeal, something the female fans quickly noticed.

By the last tour stop before heading home to Austin, the band was thrilled to be playing their last show. There was talk of a European tour, but they would get at least three months off before then. Ryan was glad because the baby would be born before they left and then Peri and the baby would be able to come, too. He didn’t want to continue resorting to phone sex with his girl, even though he thought those were the best nights of the tour. Just a look and the sexy things she would say would set him on edge, and he loved it. She grew more hesitant to show her beautiful body with the impending birth even though he tried always to assure her she was gorgeous than ever before. Video chatting would never compare to having her beside him, under him, and around his dick every day and night. He simply wanted her with him. He knew it was going to be next to impossible not to touch her for six weeks after the baby was born but that was okay because at least they would be together.

What he also wanted was this mess with Krissy over with. She had become a lot less demanding lately, but he still didn’t trust her. She had pulled too many stunts before he left for him to believe she had suddenly turned trustworthy and sweet. He couldn’t ignore the nagging feeling in his gut that the other shoe was yet to drop where she was concerned. He did what Peri asked of him and called her once a week to check on her. He had even scheduled the car service to be on-call for her 24/7 if she needed it. Peri had told him any day now, but nothing had happened so far. Would it be like this with Peri, too?

Chandler’s dad, Ryder, showed up for the last show in Steel’s private jet and brought the band and Hayden back home. In his mind, the band had earned it, and he wanted to see their last show. Ryder tracked AD’s progress during the tour and knew their success would continue to grow. Since Steel was on a break, he had time to come to a few shows during the tour. He loved seeing Chandler play music, swelling with pride at each performance.

When the plane landed at Austin-Bergstrom International, the band had been celebrating the arrival in style. They were all close to intoxicated, compliments of Ryder’s top shelf liquor. The wheels touched down to the band yelling raunchy comments about being home.

Peri and Cash came to see them land, and somehow fans learned of their arrival. Paparazzi, signs, and fan girls screamed their names while the band made their way to the waiting SUVs and left the airport in a rush.

Ryan opened the back door and climbed in to find Peri waiting with open arms. He practically mauled her he was so happy. He kissed her long and hard and then kissed her baby belly.

“God, Peri, I’ve missed so much, but with the baby, damn Sunshine I’ve missed you even more.” He couldn’t keep his hands off the soft roundness of her abdomen and kept talking to it on the way to their house.

“Is Krissy going to be there when we get home?” He prayed she wasn’t, but he couldn’t kick her out like that.

“No, she went home to the apartment this week. She wanted to have some time there to rest and finish getting things ready. She’s waited so long it seems like.”

“Thank God. I plan to make love to you on every flat surface we find. I’ve been praying those pregnancy hormones of yours kept you horny for me like you were before I left.” When Cash and Hayden turned to them, Peri glowed a luminous shade of red and Ryan burst out laughing. “Get over it, fuckers! I’ve missed the shit out of my girl, and I’m going to make it up to her.”

Peri couldn’t say a word without making it worse, so she kept her mouth shut, waiting for the fiery blush to fade from her cheeks. Ryan was having none of it. He’d take her in the back seat if they didn’t have company and it was safe for her.

The vehicle stopped in their driveway, and Hayden spoke up. “I’ll put her bags in the doorway and lock it. Y’all go on upstairs or where ever you’re, uh....” Ryan started laughing out loud.

“Thanks, Hayden. See y’all later… like days-fucking-later. Unless someone’s on fire or dead, don’t call either damn one of us. And Cash, Peri is officially on baby leave. ” He scooped her up and almost ran up the stairs to their bedroom.

“I’ve missed you so much, Ryan. I didn’t want to make you feel guilty while you were gone, so I tried hard not to complain about it, but damn I’m glad you’re home.” She pushed him over on his back, and he moved up to the headboard. She straddled him and kissed her way down his neck while her fingernails lightly traced the lines of his abs on her way to the prize she sought.

“Honestly, Babe, I think if you wrap those gorgeous red lips around my cock it’ll be over quickly, so if you don’t mind waiting a little while to have me inside of you, then go ahead. Otherwise, you better hold off on touching me with them.”

Peri had purposely coated her lips in the red lip color since he loved seeing her painted lips wrapped around him. She climbed off the bed and retrieved the tube of Dolce and Gabbana Devil Red. She returned and straddled his thighs. Next, she uncapped the red and slid the slick stick of luscious color across her bottom lip and then over top one. She took great pains in going ever so slowly as he watched her fill in what had been eaten off by him on the way home. Throwing the tube over her shoulder, she looked directly at him.

“I can wait,” she whispered before she moved down between his legs and took the thick head in her mouth swirling her tongue all around it. She never broke eye contact with him when she slid down the length and slowly all the way to the back of her throat.

“Damn it, Peri. That feels fucking amazing.” Ryan grabbed a fist full of her hair and tried hard not to control her mouth as he wanted, but he fought the urge. He forced himself to lie back and hold off as long as he could. She sucked in her cheeks, taking him deep again, over and over with the red of her lips outlining his cock the entire time all while staring up at him. One hand moved around the base and one softly cupped and manipulated his balls around in her palm. She let go of his sac and gather juices from her own warmth. Finding his back opening she circled the tight muscle. She’d thought he might like this, but they hadn’t tried it before. The moment she touched him his growl grew louder. She barely breached the opening, and he tightened up and then relaxed enough to allow her in. When she swallowed his cock, she pushed past the ring of muscle, and he grabbed her head with both hands taking over. She mimicked his movements with her finger, but he only lasted a few times before he shot warm strands to the back of her throat. He didn’t want it to be rough but what she was doing to him made him lose all control.

Ryan cried out a moan and scream like none she had ever heard. “Fuuuuck. Fuuuuuck. Fuuuuck. Peri!” When he finally stopped, she did too and removed her finger from him without missing a drop of his explosive climax. He pulled her up his body and wrapped his arms around her body holding her close for several minutes at an angle that gave the baby room. He finally calmed down enough to speak real words. “God, girl, I love you so much. That was so worth waiting for.”

“I wanted it to be special since we’ve waited so long.”

“Special doesn’t come close to describe what you did. I never thought it was possible, but I swear that was almost too much. My brain and heart went into overload or something. Fuck, it felt like I couldn’t breathe there for a minute.” He kissed the top of her head. “I want to give you that feeling, too, but I don’t want to do anything that will hurt the baby. Did you talk to the doctor about it?”

“Yes, and she said to do whatever I was comfortable with and that lots of couples have sex up until the time the baby’s born.”

“Thank God. I was afraid we would have to stop soon. But hey,” he pulled her chin up so he could watch her, “we’ll stop whenever you don’t feel like it’s safe or it’s not right for you. Just let me know.”

“Well, let me assure you, today is NOT that day.” She smiled when she said it.

“Like I said, ‘Thank God.'” He rolled her over and spooned up against the curves of her, lifting her top leg over his thigh. He pleasured her with his fingers until she was screaming his name over and over, which made him hard and ready again.

He took his time and made sweet love to his girl, whispering words of love and adoration in her ear the entire time. His strokes were milked each time she flexed her muscles around him were long and slow and deep from this angle. He cupped her full breasts and tortured her nipples, sending the walls holding him into spasms. When he moved the exquisite torture down to her clit, she convulsed tight around him, sending him over the edge. He pumped inside her, riding out their orgasms as long as possible.

She drifted in and out of sleep while he cleaned her with a soft, warm towel. Finally, he pulled the covers over them both and wrapped around her. He cupped their child with his big hand and kissed her shoulder. “I love you, Peri O’Connor. You have my heart and own my soul.”

The baby picked that moment to give a series of sturdy kicks to his palm, causing him sit straight up and stare at her roundness. “Peri, wake up.”

“What is it? I need sleep.”

“The baby did something. Is it kicking at me?”

“Probably. Our little soccer player does it all the time now.” She never opened her eyes while she talked to him.

He caressed the area, and the baby pushed against his hand with a foot or hand or some appendage Ryan couldn’t identify, but he loved the feeling. He rose over her side and whispered to the baby. “Hey, Little Guy in there. If you can hear me, this is your daddy. Yeah, that’s right, your daddy. Can you believe it? You’re all mine and your momma’s, and we are going to love you so much our whole lives. I can’t wait to hold you in my arms.” The baby pushed against his hand again, and he laughed quietly with his forehead pressed against the side of her belly. Then he noticed the baby start jumping in a pattern, which scared him. He couldn’t figure it out, watching it jerk every second or two, thinking he’d triggered some reaction.

“Peri, wake up. Something’s wrong. It’s twitching or something.”

“No, it’s the hiccups. Go to sleep.” She placed her hand on top of his.

“Oh, I didn’t know that could happen.” He kissed her belly one more time and whispered, “Settle down in there, boy. You’re gonna wake up your momma, and she needs to sleep a while so I can love on her again later.” Lying back on the pillow and pulling her little spoon into his big spoon, he smiled and closed his eyes in utter contentment.

Peri’s mouth turned up into a smile, too. Nothing in her life felt more right than having her family all together.