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Ivie held his hand close to her cheek. They were so big compared to her face and she loved it like she loved many things about the man in front of her. "I know... but if I just throw it away the curiosity will kill me." She said softly. After a moment she dropped her hand from his and picked up the letter and opened it slowly. Ivie took a deep breath and pulled out the thick letter. She looked up at him, "I think she wrote a book." She joked nervously before reading it. By the end of the letter Ivie was in tears and was shocked she didn't flood the kitchen. In the letter her mother apologizes profusely for about three pages before explaining the stupidity of the reason why they kicked her out, though it was mostly her father's fault but she took just as much blame for not stopping him. She said that by the time they got over themselves they had no idea where Ivie had gone and they asked around but no one knew. She got Ivie's address from her friend and was delighted to see that they were doing okay and so proud of where she was right now. Her mother didn't expect to hear from Ivie, but just wanted her to know that she and her father still loved her and their little grandson.
Ivie's hands were shaking by the end of it all. She pressed them between her knees to control them. Looking up at Blair, she told him everything the letter said and that now she had to think about writing them. It was going to be hard because it still hurt that she was kicked out when she needed her parents the most.
Loris gasped, "I like them because they make you look vavavoom. Okay? And if I get to enjoy your assets... well that is just a bonus." He smirked. Loris held her close and took her hair out of the messy bun and played with it. "You really don't have to worry about how you dress in front of my mother. She... isn't very worried about how she dresses. She is a very eccentric woman when she dresses. My mother is a loving and carefree woman. Her motto for her body is if you got it flaunt it. How you think I am so damn open with dressing in women's clothing?" He lifted up her chin and smiled softly, "She is going to love you. You have spunk, like her. Abigail... has changed a lot. She was devastated that she cheated on me and left me. Even angry about it for a long time." He kissed her softly before rubbing his thumb over her bottom lip before smirking, "Plus she already knows about you. I talked to her about you quite a bit before we got together. She knows how I really feel about you and may have wanted to shake you a few times for not seeing how I looked at you or being so dense, but that is just what mothers do, right?" He laughed softly.
Blair stood next to her and watched her read. He figured she would cry no matter what it said, but he was beyond relieved that it was an apology rather than something less pleasant. When she was done explaining what was in the letter and said that she was going to write them back she looked torn about it still, he knew it was going to be hard on her. He crouched down, because hugging her standing straight up would be awkward, and pulled her close, letting her bury her face in his shoulder as he gently rubbed her back. "Just take some time to think about what you want to write, you dont have to reply right away" He said softly.
Elise giggled and looked up at him. "Well I mean we do sound pretty alike right now.." She said and tried not to giggle about it again. "So...Is she gonna start shaking me once she can get her hands on me? Lord I better pake sure my hair is braided nice and tight or im gonna leave lookin a mess!" She joked and hugged him to her. "Thanks, im not as nervous as I was before. And kinda glad she'd be fine if I wore my normal clothes." She said and smiled up at him. "So you talked about me huh? What did you say? Tell meee!" She said, a childlike grin on her face.
Ivie held onto Blair gently. He was so damn tall and when he crouched down she wanted to laugh. Their height difference was something else. "I will." She said softly before cupping his face and gently kissing him. "Oh no." She whispered. "You are starting to slowly not taste like donuts." She said wit her eyes big. Her green eyes shined with the light. "Blair... where is my Blair." She teased a bit, wanting to forget the letter right now. Cora was talking and Forrest was screaming his 123's. In that moment she was okay and happy.
Loris smiled and held her closer, "She might, just because you are way prettier than I could ever explain. And then she might keep you." He pouted. "But you are my girlfriend dammit, not hers." Loris picked her up and laid her on the couch and he climbed over her. "Well let's see... when I first started liking you I told her why. It was the way you were so sweet to everyone. The way your beautiful eyes light up when you laugh... and some other things I won't get into. Then it was how you seemed so well put, personality wise. You handle work like a fucking pro. I mean... I think if anyone else did it we would be huddled in a corner crying. Mostly Adrian, but we won't tell him that." He smiled and kissed the tip of her nose. "But then I kind of stopped when I realized you were in love with Blair. No point talking about a woman you were never going to get. My mom would ask from time to time when I would go and visit, but it was never more than a couple of sentences."
Blair looked panicked. "Oh no that cant be a thing. Nope. Imma need to go get like three boxes of donuts so I can regain maximum levels of Blair-ness." He said in a matter of fact tone. "I will turn into a donut. Its gonna happen." He said and kissed her again real quick before standing up and moving to the side of her while Forrest screamed his 123's. "Well at least he's getting it." He chuckled.
Elise was blushing bright red before he was even done speaking and had to cover her face. She still wasnt used to people saying things like that about her. She couldnt help but giggle at him saying other people wouldnt be able to do her job. "Misha had to do it once while I was sick and when I got back he hugged me like I had been gone a month and then gave me a very nice raise. Blair said at one point he was just sitting there with his head in his hands mumbling foreign curse words." She said trying to contain her laughter. "Ugh I love that man. Best second dad ever." She said and looked back up at him. "So...what are these other things you wont get into huh? If you tell me i'll let you wear my undies agaiiin" She teased.
Ivie smiled and got up to. She hugged him again so her hands could go over hims butt and winked at him before walking out of the kitchen. She sat down with the kids and began to play with them, getting lost in their teacher student play. Ivie couldn't get over how smart Cora was for her age and wondered if she was force to learn or she was just a natural at it. Either way she didn't question Cora about it. There was no need to when they were having so much fun.
Loris shook his head, "How Misha's wive deals with him is beyond me." He smiled down at her and kissed her cheek before going down to her neck. He could have a nibble, but he couldn't eat the whole thing just yet. "Mmm I already have that one you made me wear. If I keep taking yours well... hmm maybe I should tell you now." He joked. "Just things... hmm maybe I should make you work for it." He grinned evilly.
Blair blushed a little and blinked at ivie before sighing happily watching her play with the kids. He was glad she was enjoying the daycare thing, he knew she was going to be great at it. Blair walked over and sat down next to them and listened to Ivie teach the kids different things, looking like a giant kid again.
Elise laughed a little. "Natalia is a goddess, she seems really scary at first, because she looks like a woman who could rule the world with her killer looks alone, but she's such a sweet woman. They really are a perfect match." She said and swooned just a little bit. She squirmed a little bit when he kissed down to her neck and glared at him playfully. "Yeah if i keep letting you wear them i'm gonna have to run around commando." She said and then tapped his nose lightly, looking up at him innocently. "Work for it? You wont just tell me?" She asked in a sweet voice.
Ivie looked up at Blair when he sat down next to her and blinked. "I knew you didn't know your ABC's and 123's." She smiled, joking with him. Forrest looked up at Blair in shock. "Blair a baby." He said and Cora laughed. "Big baby." She said. Ivie pressed her lips together and tried hard not to laugh. She covered her mouth and hung her head as her body began to shake with laughter. "Baby bubble butts." She whispered while laughing.
Loris blinked and cringed at the images popping in his head. "Oh dear god..." He said and shook his head, as if shaking it would cause the memories to go away. When she said she would go running around commando he smirked evilly. "Oh? Well... easy access for me that I don't really have access to. Plus it wouldn't really matter since you are a professional and never mixes pleasure with business." He said. He kissed down and lifted up her shirt a bit and kissed there. "And yes, work for it. Though honestly I don't remember all that I have said. It was years ago." He said truthfully.
Adrian woke up a few hours later and blinked a few times before looking down at Lorelei and gently shaking her awake. "We're gonna sleep all day if we dont get up now.." He said with a yawned as he sat up and stretched a little bit. "I gotta go to the apartment for a little bit, you wanna come with?" He asked. Mostly he just needed to see what Micah was up to since he'd been alone for the past couple of days.
Blair looked over at Ivie and crossed his arms. "I came over to make sure YOU know your abc's and 123's." He said. " I know mine just fine. Otherwise I would not have done well in school at all. You gotta know your abc's and 123's to become a police officer. Its very important." He said and nodded.
Elise pretended to pout but couldnt help but giggle when he lifted her shirt and kissed there too. "You're so mean Loris, kissing me all over like this...Such an evil tease." She said and puffed her cheeks out at him before trailing her hand down his chest. "Two can play at that game...But Im a good girl so." She said and dropped her hand back down onto her stomach. "How you gonna make me work for it?" She asked looking back up at him.
Ivie gasped, "I will have you know I need to know my ABC's and 123's to be a waitress AND a daycare owner. Thank you very much." She said and pouted. "Thank you very much." Cora and Forrest said together before looking at each other and giggling. Ivie looked at Blair, "I think they have my back."
Loris blinked, "You are never a good girl. You always teasing me." He pouted, "And I honestly don't know. I didn't think we would make it this far." He laughed and sat up. "Now I am going to be a good boy and let you lay there. Though I think you are cuter on your stomach." He wink.
Blair pretended to be shocked. "You're all just mad that you're short! Thats why you gang up on me." He said and put his arms up like he was so done with everything. "You'll be nice to me when you cant reach something high, and only I can reach it. Then you'll appreciate my giantness." He said smugly and crossed his arms before playfully sticking his tongues out at the kids like some kind of kid himself.
Elise blinked and pretended to be surprised. "Me? Never a good girl? Gasp. I am a very good girl Loris. Dont let your wild fantasies taint my innocent nature!" She said and turned over onto her stomach. "I'll make sure to remember this when October rolls around." She said and winked at him before giggling evilly.
Lorelei frowned, "Do you have to?" She asked.
Dol mocked her frown, "Yes or I may hurt someone. OH! So apparently Big Boy Mic here is totally in love with some woman named Jane, who has a son, that works at a craft store. I could feel the intensity coming from them. It was hot. Soon her baby is going to call him daddy." She smiled.
Lorelei looked so annoyed, "With HER? She is freaking crazy. That is Ofelia's cousin."
Dol blinked, "Yeah... I know. She said... about the cousin part. Micah likes the wild ones anyway." She said.
The kids laughed and Ivie smirked. Cora got up and cupped his face, "How tall are you?" She asked. Forrest nodded and Ivie looked at him, interested too. She was so short compared to him and never asked for his height.
Loris watched her and couldn't stop himself from smacking her butt. "You better. Maybe I might make you look back and watch me." He winked and took a hold of her feet before tickling them. "Oh ho ho... what do we have here?" He asked.
Blair blinked and looked at Cora. "Im six feet and five inches tall." He said and poked her nose. "Taller than most door frames apparently. I hit my head on them all the time." He said and tried not to laugh. He gasped and looked at Cora. "If you get as tall as me, remember to duck when entering a room. Never forget that." He said dramatically.
Elise giggled when he smacked her but and sighed a little bit then gasped when he tickled her feet. "Nononono! Loris!" She said trying not to laugh hysterically. "Not my feet please! Im begging you Loris I'll do anything!" She said and tried to wiggle away from him.
Lorelei smiled, "Sorry, Adrian. She calls." She said, giving him a kiss, and looking at Dol. "You going to give Micah a kiss?" She asked.
Dol dropped Lorelei's hand. "You can stay here." She said and walked away. Lorelei called out for her before running after Dol.
Cora laughed and then looked horrified, "I hope I don't... oh but then I can steal all of Forrest food and... arrow!" She said and Forrest gasped. "She gon take arrow!" He yelled and threw a stuffed animal at her. It hit her and she looked at him before throwing it back, hitting him in the face. They started throwing everything they could get their hands on and Ivie got smacked with a book. "Okay you two cut it out!" She said, her voice a bit high. Cora dropped everything and sat down.
"Sorry, ma'am." She said in a softly and scared voice.
"It is okay, I am not going to hurt you. I just got hit with a book is all, but I think Forrest was the one to throw it." She said and glared at her son. Forrest got up and kissed where the book hit her. "I sorry." Ivie scooped both of them up and loved on them. "All mine!" She giggled and they laughed.
Loris stopped and smiled, "Anything?" He asked and then went back to tickling her feet. "I don't think you mean that, missy. Going to have to keep this up until you fully surrender."
Blair was surprised by the sudden throwing of objects and when Ivie got hit with a book he knew it would stop real quick, and it did. Cora got real quiet and a little scared, but Ivie fixed it really quick and then sciiped up the kids and loved on them. "All yours huh? Loris would disagree with you. So would Elise, she'd be telling you to give her her baby back." He said and laughed a little.
Elise wiggled some more and tried to get away as best as she could. "I mean it! Anything! Please Loris!" She said and looked at him with pleading eyes. "I promise!" She cried between giggles.
Ivie looked at him, "I will fight them. Does Elise or Loris have her for eight hours a day? No. I do." She joked. Cora kept poking Forrest's cheek and Forrest was pushing his head as far away as possible. "Cora, I think Forrest wants you to stop." She said, trying not to laugh. Cora smiled and looked up at her, "Did you know daddy saved Eli? That is what she said. She was getting hurt by a man and daddy saved her. Eli is nice... though her clothes are sometimes too small." Ivie kissed Cora's forehead to keep from laughing.
Loris laughed and let go of her feet, "I guess I can be nice and have mercy." He said and smacked her butt again before leaning back on the couch. "Now... what to have you do... hmm." He closed his eyes and thought on it.
Blair completely lost it when Cora said Elise's were too small sometimes. He got up and walked away to the backyard with Dawn to continue his laughing fit and came back in when he could breathe in without giggling. "Ugh Sorry I needed a minute..." He said and choked down another giggle. "Its a style of clothing adults wear sometimes that Elise likes Cora." He explained a little bit and then watched Dawn run around everyone before rolling onto her back in front of Cora for belly rubs.
Elise rolled back over and sat with her feet tucked underneath her so that he couldnt get them again and crossed her arms while she looked at him. "So, what is it you're going to have me do huh?" She asked.
Ivie, Cora, and Forrest watch the laughing giant walk out. "You okay, babe?" Ivie asked. Cora flopped on Dawn and rubbed her belly. Forrest ran away to his room and dragged out a bucket full of small stuffed animals and started to put them on Dawn and Cora. Ivie got up and let the kids play, dragging Blair with her. "I think I have seen Elise once or twice, does she always wear clothing like that?" She asked.
Loris looked over at her, "I am not sure. Oh... oh ho ho hooo. I want you to give me your cutest animal pajamas. Bc I am going to wear it where you can't see me. Like my house. And then you will want to know what I look like with them on. Cora... might think less of me, but it is worth it." He laughed.
Blair followed along with the being dragged away. "Huh? No not always. She does tend to wear more form fitting clothes but i think Cora was referencing the crop tops she's seen Elise wear. But as long as ive known her shes been one to wear clothes that show off her body...Its not like she runs around half naked though." He said and shrugged. "Why?"
Elise hung her head and got up, walking into her room and digging in her closet for a pair of pajamas that had bunnies and carrots with little baby pink hearts on them and handed them over to Loris. "Here.." She said and held them out. "You evil, evil man." She said and pouted before crawling into his lap. "Im gonna make you pay for this in october." She whispered and kissed his neck softly.
Ivie looked up at him and shrugged, "Nothing I was just wondering. I say if you got it flaunt it. Lord knows I did before I had Forrest. Well... I mean I did more so than I do now. I saw Lor in this cute outfit and I was like... I am only four years older than you and I could wear that... but how would I look with a son on my hip? And then I saw Adrian following her like a little puppy. I wanted to die. It was absolutely cute. A lot changes when you realize you have a kid and have to be a role model. Can't look like a sixteen year old, wearing half clothing, with a two year old on your hip." She said.
Loris chuckled at the outfit. "I love it." He said and looked shocked when she called him evil. "Me? Evil? Never." He said with a smile. "October is so long away. Why did we agree with October again?" He asked and smiled when she kissed his neck. "I will love for you to make me pay in October. Please." He begged.
Elise smirked against his neck and looked up at him. "Hmmm Nope, actually maybe i wont. Maybe i'll just make you wait longer than october.." She said and then shook her head. "No id be so frustrated, cant have that at all." She said and burried her face in his neck again. "Ugh we should have made it September instead!" She said and huffed before biting his neck lightly and giggling evilly.
Loris ran his hand down her back and tickled her side. "You have the power over this. Whenever you are ready. October will still be special. I have some pretty great things I have planned." He said and pinned her down on the couch, tickling her more. "Ugh I was going to stop, but I love your laugh so much I needed to hear it more." He laughed.
Elise giggled and squirmed so much she fell off the couch. She crawled away and sat there looking over at him and glaring. "No! Bad Loris! Bad!" She said and huffed. " I was thinking about letting you get somewhere but since you wanna be a tickle fiend! I might just change my mind." She said and crossed her arms. "ugh but it would be nice though..." She said quietly and flapped back onto the floor and just laid there.
Loris smirked and got up, "Oh you were, were you? Well... how sad. I would have loved to go where ever you wanted me to go, but at last," He got up and went down, kissing her softly, and headed for the door. "My hands are calling and dammit I have to answer." He winked, opening the door.
Elise watched him get up and walk to the door and then shot up when he opened it. She pulled him back inside and closed the door before running her hands down his chest. "How about you stay...And I can give your hands a break.." She said and bit her lip a little bit, looking back up at him. "Unless of course, you dont want to..." She said and pulled him closer by the waistband on his pants.
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Loris laid in Elise's bed holding her close. "Mmm... and you wanted to wait till October. Silly, girl." He said and kissed her shoulder then kissed her softly. "I have to pick up Cora, I didn't plan on leaving her there that long. October is still happening. So be prepared, little lady." He said softly and got dressed. "If you want to come back later you are more than welcome." With that he blew her a thousand kisses and went to get Cora.