Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:21:00 -0500 From: Marcus Kost Subject: meeting of coincidence: chapter 33 Usual disclaimer. Dont be here if the local governing agency says you can not read adult materiel. Please leave nowÉ Thanks for the emails, I really do appreciate the input and like to hear from anyone. If you wish to make a comment contact me at meetingofcoincidence@gmail.com Also please take time to consider a donation to nifty, it keeps the possibilities open for writers. Without Nifty we would have no place to post our writings. ************************* Chapter 33 Marcus was in the shower and JW was dressed in a black tee shirt, white cargo shorts and flip-flops, he walked into the kitchen and started to make two egg sandwiches. Marcus walked into the living room and the smells from the kitchen were enticing, JW looked over his shoulder at Marcus and saw he was wearing a dark green polo, light brown cargo shorts and flip-flops. JW handed Marcus his sandwich, turned off the gas stove and then sat down with him to eat, "Hey we need to work out today also, missed it the last time I was off." Marcus nodded his head and took a big bite out of the sandwich. Marcus looked around the table, stood up and grabbed two glasses from the cabinets and filled them up with water, he sat back down, "First off, if you want to buy the beds then fine. But I am asking you to please let me buy them." JW looked up to Marcus and with a full mouth said, "Why?" Marcus shrugged, "It's the only thing I know that I can do to help with the kidsÉ" JW thought about it for a second and shook his head and swallowed, "Look money is nice but that is not going to help them in any real fashion. The money makes life easy but they still needÉ" JW paused and looked at Marcus, "The kids need their father, or I should say even fathers? That is a thousand times more important than any money you can throw at them." Marcus heard him say the words and knew what JW was saying but it upset him, "I know what your saying but I will say you should still think about it, I mean we don't even have to go any where, I can call the furniture store, order the beds and dressers, then we can get the girls after school, have them pick out paint colors for their rooms and we can paint the their rooms to their own colors. Then we are all happy, your parents can finally have a room to themselves, the girls can get settled into their own room and Luke will ultimately have his own also. Plus I finally get to fill the house up." JW started to laugh and shook his head, "Well I guess what mother wants mother gets!" Marcus furrowed his eyebrow and was not happy about the comment. JW and Marcus talked in the kitchen until both sets of the grand parents got back to the house; since they left they were gone almost three hours. JW watched them all file in, laughing and talking, he thought to himself that was a nice surprise until Barbra looked up to him and scowled. JW shivered and looked back to Marcus who was laughing, "She really does hate you." They laughed and stood up to walk into the living room, all the chairs were occupied so Marcus and JW sat on the floor. Luke watched them sit down, he rolled off the couch and staggered over to Marcus and said, "Dada." Luke fell into his lap and the comment set off the grandparents, again the questions about when he started to talk and no they had not heard him talk before. Barbra gushed, "He is not even one year old yet and he is walking and talking, that is not common at all, he must be a baby genius!" Marcus smirked, rolled his hands across Luke's back and pointed to JW, "Well those genes definitely didn't come from you." JW turned to him and angrily said, "Ass!" Barbra gasped and everyone else started to laugh. Luke crawled off Marcus' legs, pushed himself to his feet and wobbled off towards the kitchen, as he went out of sight Barbra got up to chase him down but JW quietly asked, "Just let him go, he is fine and if he falls he can get up on his own." Barbra looked frustrated but sat down and looked over the back of the couch at Luke. The conversation picked up and as expected Luke fell in the kitchen and he gave a small whimper, Barbra and Donna jumped to their feet, "Mom! Barbra! Just wait please, give him a minute at least." This time JW was met with fire in his eyes from the two women. A few seconds passed and Luke had fallen silent, JW called out, "Luke." A small voice from in the kitchen said, "Dada." All heads were looking towards the kitchen, "Luke," "Dada," his voice had moved, he was up and walking again. Luke came around the island and bounced off the wall and finally staggered into the living room. Luke fell into the lap of Marcus and started to giggle, Marcus was surprised but reached down to tickle him, Luke rolled over onto his back and stopped laughing, "No Dada," Luke rolled out of Marcus lap, stood up and looked at JW, "Dada," Luke walked up and hugged JW's arm. When Luke went to Marcus first there was a sharp chill that filled the room, when Luke realized he made a mistake everyone burst out laughing, Marcus had a blank look on his face and shrugged. In JW's opinion it was the first time Barbra actually liked him for even a fraction of a second. They talked for hours covering a lot of topics, the questions fired from both sets of grand parents, it was obvious that the breakfast they shared was filled with concern and more questions raised. Marcus particularly got grilled, JW wanted to tell them to stop but knew that this was going to have to happen so he kept his mouth shut. Barbra went to far once and make a point that since both of them were abused as children what guarantee that they would not abuse the children now, but thankfully Pete shut that down quickly, he was visibly angry but Marcus fired back and said they had to guarantee that their daughter wouldn't hurt the kids when she was stoned. After that exchange it took a few minutes for everyone to regain their composure but Marcus excelled at bringing the room back to life and the normal line of concerns and questions continued again. JW handed Luke off to Marcus, he stood up and asked if anyone wanted a drink? JW was shrugged off and he left Marcus to fend for himself from the wolves. JW stood in the kitchen and drank his water while he listened to Marcus work the room, he was impressed at how well Marcus took the grilling, if it was him he would have broken down and told everyone to piss off a long time ago. JW walked back into the living room, "So how long is the interrogation going to continue? I mean seriously this is getting pretty ridiculous right now." Hank nodded his head and looked over to Pete who just shrugged. It was obvious that Barbra was going to resist this for a long time and Donna looked indifferent. JW handed Marcus his phone, "Were you going to call the store and order stuff for the girls room?" JW shrugged and Marcus smiled, he knows this was JW's way of apologizing for the interrogation. Marcus climbed up onto his feet and walked into his office to make the phone call. JW turned to Pete and Barbra, "Listen, you can hate me all you want and treat me like shit if you want. But do not ever do that again Barbra, that's way beyond anything acceptable, you will not treat him like that." Barbra stood up and looked up into JW's face, she took her finger and pointed it into his face. Pete reacted quickly and stood up behind Barbra and put his hands on her shoulders, "Not a problem JW. You just have to realize that we are going through a lot right now, after everything that happened with Connie and now this. But we are more than willing to be polite." Pete turned Barbra and nodded towards the couch, she sat down angrily and sighed. JW continued, "Look damn it, I am trying really hard here to do what is best for the kids. Right now that is complete custody of the kids, I want their grand parents involved in their life, you are good people. If Connie can get her shit together I would even concede to some kind of split custody in the future." JW just lied but he did so to just put his ex's parents minds to some kind of ease. Pete did something no one was expecting, "Ok, well look I don't know about Connie," Barbra looked up to him begging him to stop, "No Barbra! Look Connie is our daughter and we love her to death and I will do what ever I need for her, but she is a disaster and has been for a long time. She definitely just proved she can't be around the kids right now and maybe she should never be around them again?" Pete paused and fidgeted his hands, "JW we fully support you in this, not because I think you being with Marcus is a good thing, I support you because you are great with the kids and you truly do love them." JW nodded his head. Marcus walked out of his office and JW looked up to Marcus, "Everything go ok?" Marcus nodded his head and he pointed to the bedroom and whispered, "Do I need to go?" JW shook his head and waved Marcus over, "Accept it people, this is happening whether you like it or not." Luke was sitting on the floor clapping and laughing happily. The stirring of Luke seemed to lighten the mood in the room and JW bent down scooped up Luke and handed him off to Barbra. JW turned to Marcus, "So what are the Leah, Kira and Luke getting?" Marcus looked stupidly at JW, "What? Oh the bedrooms, big bunk beds, night stands, dresser and desks for home work. It hit me that we should get bunk beds, that way we have a lot more options for room and space. When we were getting your dresser I saw some big queen sized bunk beds so that is what I ordered." JW nodded his head, "When I pick up the girls after school today I was going to swing by Home Depo and have the girls pick out the colors they want to paint their room." Barbra and Donna looked at each other and smiled, "Can we help?" They said together happily. JW smiled, "Hell I was hoping you guys would offer to do all the painting." Pete and Hank rolled their eyes, Barbra was excited and it was obvious she was preparing for the up coming battle of paint. JW looked to Marcus, "When will that stuff get here?" Marcus shrugged, "Some time after 8:00pm." JW shrugged, "Well we could go buy the tape and plastic now, so that we can tape the room right now and possibly even paint right after the girls get done with school?" Marcus smiled, "I am free all day dude, we can do what ever," Marcus looked at his phone, "Its just a little after eleven now, we could easily get the two rooms taped up. Are you wanting to do Luke's room also?" JW shook his head, "No keep his room the way it is, when he gets older he can pick his own color if he wants it. This is just for the girls." JW and Marcus went to Home Depo and bought the painting supplies, they quickly returned and with everyone helping and it only took a little over an hour to tape and lay plastic in both rooms, it was decided to have Leah in the bed room the farthest away, Kira in the second and Luke in the closest room. Pete and Barbra went back to their house and packed up the rest of the girl's clothes, Pete promised to bring the rest of their things in the next few days. By the time the kids clothes were brought back inside it was time to go get the girls. JW left with Marcus and picked up Kira and then Leah. As Marcus pulled into Home Depo, Leah looked to JW and asked what they were doing? JW explained that he was painting in the house and that he had to grab a few things. JW didn't let the girls in on the secret until they were in the paint isle and he explained to them that they could pick any color they wanted for their room. Leah screamed and immediately hunted down the brightest pink she could find, Kira on the other hand took the gift to heart and spent forty-five minutes picking her colors. JW looked to Marcus who was just laughing his ass off at Kira who worked between fifteen colors and the Home Depo sales man did his best to help her. Kira settled on dark blue and purple. Finally the girls were loaded back into the car and a few minutes later they were back at Marcus house. The girls shot out of the car and into the house, they screamed in excitement as Pete had decided to grab another truck load of their things and bring it to their new home. Marcus and JW quickly decided to get Leah's room done first, as it would be the easiest and it only took them about an hour. Hank in the mean time with Pete taped up Kira's bedroom and started painting her room as JW and Marcus were finishing the walls in Leah's room. By the time JW and Marcus finished touch up and a second coat of paint, Hank and Pete were almost done with Kira's room. When the guys finished painting the house was filled with warm smells coming from the kitchen. Barbra and Donna had some how managed to make huge lunch with no one noticing. The table was spread with steaks, potatoes, veggies, hot dogs for the kids and even a simple cheese cake. After lunch the group moved from the kitchen to the back patio, JW looked over to Marcus, "Damn it we are going to miss working out again!" Marcus shrugged and tipped back his beer and took a long sip from it. The girls came outside and started to sit down when JW sat up in his chair, "Did you have homework?" Kira nodded her head yes and Leah looked at her with fire in her eyes, Leah turned to JW, "Nope I don't have any!" JW stood up, "I know you lying right now, lets go get it done real quick then we can come back out here and visit." Leah protested and finally folded, JW walked inside with his girls and left Marcus to fend for himself. Kira dumped her bag out on the kitchen table and Leah was dragging her feet, JW looked at what Kira had for homework and laughed to himself in realizing that she wouldn't have homework she was to young, Kira started to color. JW worked with Leah on a spelling assignment she had. It only should have taken twenty minutes but since Leah was fighting him the whole time it took forty-five minutes. Finally Leah was finished and she stuffed her books back into her bag, JW grabbed her and pulled her to his chest and kissed the top of her head, "Leah you got to do well in school. I know home work really sucks, but you have to do it and I am going to make sure you do it! Now get out there and bother grandpa." Leah spun on her heals, and shot out the kitchen door, Kira trying to keep up. JW packed away their backpacks and put them by the front door. When JW walked outside he handed out two beers to everyone. He sat down in the lounge chair next to Marcus and looked around the group, "So I guess you didn't try and kill him. Did I miss anything?" Barbra looked up and frowned, "I think I like him more than I like you." Everyone turned to Barbra, Donna had her mouth wide open; Barbra looked around the group and gave a smile and rolled her head back flicked her hair out of her face. Marcus continued to tell stories and talk excitedly around the group trading stories, laughing and enjoying the evening as it faded into the night. Marcus pulled out his phone and tapped it pointing at the time, JW jumped to his feet, "Girls you need to get ready for bed." This time both objected with a whine and they dragged their feet as Donna gathered them up. Pete turned to Barbra and slapped his leg, "You know we need to get home also." Pete stood up and thanked both Marcus and JW; Barbra thanked Marcus and stared blankly at JW. Pete and Barbra said their good byes to the girls and they walked out the front door. Hank sat there as he heard Pete and Barbra leave, "Jesus that was rude!" Marcus looked at Hank, "What did I do?" Hank shook his head and pointed to JW, "What Barbra just did with John." JW shook his head and laughed, "Well usually she calls me a stupid fucking asshole, so that was a major improvement over the normal. I am sure since other people were here she didn't say what she was thinking." Hank shook his head, "I am about to die right now, and I need to get my ass in bed. Wish I would have beaten the girls to the shower. Good night boys." Hank turned and walked inside and disappeared around the corner. When Marcus and JW walked in Donna had the girls tucked into bed on the couch, she walked over grabbed Luke, "Why don't you sleep in tomorrow, we will run the girls to school." JW shrugged, "You sure? I don't mind." Donna smiled, "I kind of wanted to anyways, so its fine." JW nodded his head and his mom walked off for bed with Luke in her arms. JW walked into the bedroom and Marcus was in the shower, JW stripped down to his underwear, grabbed his Ipad and climbed into the bed. Marcus walked out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist, JW watched him cross the room, he laughed to himself and realized again how tall Marcus was, it was easy to forget when he was around Marcus so much. Marcus bent down and tossed a dildo on the bed and JW grabbed it. JW rolled his eyes, "Dude my ass is still soreÉ" Marcus laughed, dropped his towel to the ground and climbed onto the bed, "That is for me stud, you're going to fuck me tonight!" JW had a surprised look on his face, "My parents are probably still awake!" Marcus laughed, crawled over JW's chest and started to kiss him.