John and Tara (closed for slipped_halo and myself)

[schmoe_128]

OOC:
This is a continuation of the characters John and Tara from the "High School Reunion" thread

IC:
As John started to wake up the next morning, he thought "Wasit all a dream? Could it really have happened?" As he became more aware of his surroundings, he knew it was true. For one, he was naked and someone else had been in his bed, wish she was still there. He smiled like he'd never smiled before. He heard voices in the other rooms of the suite. Kids voices, and it made him happy. This was going to be the best Saturday he'd had in a long time. He got up and slipped a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt on. He went into the other room and was greeted with squeels of delight from Keegan and Lily as they came up and hugged him good morning.

He saw Tara sitting on the sofa looking out the window at the city sipping on some coffee. She had a wonderful glow about her. He walked over and kissed her on the forhead. "Good morning. I missed you when i woke up." He said to her. "We need to talk" he said. When her face dropped, he said "No, I worded that wrong, I should have said we have plans to make. What for breakfast?" he asked and headed for the phone to call room service.

 

[slippedhalo]

Bridget had awoken quite confused and was crying at about quarter to eight and that was Tara's wake-up call. She dressed and went into the other room to lie with the toddler a while and remind her about the trip to visit their friend John last night, which she didn't remember but trusted in. Tara drifted off to sleep again, her little one cuddled up in her arms, when about an hour later she heard whispers and running feet. Keegan and Lily were awake as well and had been curiously opening cupboards and the minifridge in the kitchennette. She caught them just as Keegan was contimplating a bottle of Scotch and she scolded him, Absolutely not, young man!"

"I was just...well, daddy..."

"Daddy is sick, you want to be sick like him, hurt people all the time, make a fool of yourself?" asked Tara.

Keegan shook his head quite seriously and replaced the bottle from the spot he took it from. "No, thanks." he said softly.

Tara was actually glad for Bridget's having woken her early because it then appeared to the other two as if she'd spent the night in the room with her instead of having to explain stumbling out of the room John was sleeping in.

John was the last one awake. He came out in a pair of sweatpants and Lily and Keegan greeted him happily with squeels of delight as they came up and hugged him good morning.

She had just poured herself a cup of coffee froma pot she'd made and sat sipping it, Bridgette sat on her lap drinking the last of the orange juice from a sippy cup. Tara was looking out the window at the city when John walked over and kissed her on the forhead. "Good morning. I missed you when i woke up." He said to her. "We need to talk" he said. When her face dropped, he said "No, I worded that wrong, I should have said we have plans to make. What for breakfast?" he asked and headed for the phone to call room service.

Keegan asked, 'We can have whatever we want? Can I have a steak?"

"Keegan, be normal please." corrected his mother.

"Um...." thought th eboy aloud.

"French toast!" shouted Lily, her mind already made up, "with syrup and powdered sugar."

Keegan brightened, agreeing with his sister's choice, "Yeah, me too, and if there's breakfast sausages those too. With orange juice..."

"Orange juice with pulp!" corrected Lily.

"What do you want, baby?" asked Tara to the youngest. "Fwence toos en chocomeyowk." she said in her toddler speak. Tara translated in case John wasn't used to the common yonger children's lisp. "She said french toast and chocolate milk."

 

[schmoe_128]

John

John chuckled at the exchange between the group that was going to become his family. "I could get used to this" he thought as he ordered the breakfasts. "I ordered us some real coffee too Tara, instead of the instant stuff we're suffering through. It should be up here shortly."

He went and st next to Tara on the sofa hoping to talk alittle about the day, and the future. Those plans were changed when he was mobbed by Keegan and Lilly. Both seemed to want to sit on his lap and were jabbering away at him about what they wanted to do today.

"Well, I tell you what kids, how about if we turn on some cartoons for you so mommy and I can plan out the day?" They agreed quickly so John went and found the cartoon they wanted. When he returned to the sofa, he looked Tara in the eye and said. "One last chance to change your mind. I meant what I said last nigt, and I hope you did too, but I will understand if you have second thoughts."

 

[slippedhalo]

"No second thoughts." she admitted, with a shrug, "...just, everything is happening so fast." Bridget heard the cartoons and leapt from the comfort of her mother's lap to go join the others. Tara then cozied up against John. "I like the thought of life with you, though, John. But, there's a lot of planning to do."

 

[schmoe_128]

"Well, what did you have in mind for the wedding?" he asked her playing with her hair while she snuggled into him. "I was thinking Vegas - today. Or we can fly to Hawaii and get married on the beach. Whatever you want my love." he said to her. "First, should we tell the kids? Or do you think it would be best if you told them alone?"

 

[slippedhalo]

"Today?" Tara balked. "Today is so....soon, John. Why don't we enjoy the rest of the weekend and plan it for sometime next week at the very least...did you say Hawaii? John, I know you told me before you've been doing quite well for yourself but exactly how well are you doing financially?" She couldn't imagine just flying to Hawaii on a whim. Ted and her worked their butts off and still never even had money enough for a decent house, or a car that worked, let alone a vacation. She hadn't been so spoiled before. It didn't seem real. "...and about the kids, let let them have a little fun first, maybe we can tell them over dinner later." she suggested.

 

[schmoe_128]

"Today?" Tara balked. "Today is so....soon, John. Why don't we enjoy the rest of the weekend and plan it for sometime next week at the very least...did you say Hawaii? John, I know you told me before you've been doing quite well for yourself but exactly how well are you doing financially?" She couldn't imagine just flying to Hawaii on a whim. Ted and her worked their butts off and still never even had money enough for a decent house, or a car that worked, let alone a vacation. She hadn't been so spoiled before. It didn't seem real. "...and about the kids, let let them have a little fun first, maybe we can tell them over dinner later." she suggested.

"Well Tara, I wasn't going to brag up my money because I didn't want you to love me for that. But since you ask and I know you love me for me, the best way is to say that I work because it's my company, at least right now it is, and because I don't know what else I'd do with my time. Money is absolutely now object for me, well, now us. The limo we used last night is not rented. I own my own Leir. I own several hotels, including this one. But my company does business planning consulting, and that's where te bulk of my wealth comes from. The only reason you will ever have to work again is if you want to. But I don't want to talk about that right now. I want to plan us. If you want to wait and get married next week, that is PERFECTLY fine with me. I do have one business meeting in Los Angeles next week to contiue the negotiations to sell my consulting company. Other than that, I am all yours." he explained to her.

"For today then, lets take the kids to the zoo, I hear they have a bunch of baby animals there and I think it's supposed to be a beautiful day. Then we have dinner in the resturaunt down stairs. We can have ice cream delivered to the room and we can tell the kids then." he said excitedly.

 

[slippedhalo]

Tara was speechless. She simply nodded her agreement. After years of so much heartache and trouble she had felt numb to joy...there was this. She had long ago stopped believing in knights in shining armor. Perhaps she had stopped too soon. She simply hugged him, not wanting to let him go for anything.

 

[schmoe_128]

The hug from Tara was oneof the warmest most heart felt hugs he thought he had ever recieved. He never wanted her to leave his arms. But, as fate would have it, the bell rang to the suite "Breakfast is here" he said over the TV in the background. As he stood to answer the door, the kids scrambled to the dining area of the suite. As they were finishing up, they told the kids their plans for zoo, which were greeted with the typical excitement of children.

As Tara ushered the kids into the other room to dress for the day, John looked at her and gave her a wink with a big smile. Then headed to his room to dress.

 

[slippedhalo]

They took the limo to the zoo at the request of Keegan who decided he liked limosines.

The first thing they did was find out where all the new baby animals where. There was a baby giraffe, a couple of baby hippos, a baby chimp, a baby elephant and a bunch of lemur babies. Lily was in heaven.

 

[schmoe_128]

They spent the day together enjoying the weather and the animals. John thoguht he had died and gone to heaven. He wished he had tried to woo Tara from Ted while they were in high school. Then he could have been doing this for the last 10 years.

They got back to the hotel mid afternoon and the kids looked exhausted. "How about if you lay the kids down for a nap" he suggested. I need to make one important phone call, then I'm yours for the rest of the afternoon." he said.

When Tara came from the bedroom, John was on the phone "...I absolutely will NOT ask her to sign one of those damn things. I never have believed in them and I never will. This is love. I have loved this woman since the day I met her 15 years ago, and I will love her until the day I die. Jus take care of what I asked you to do." he said and hung up, he hadn't realized she was standing behind him.

Whe he turned around, he smiled at her. "My lawyer. I called him to make some changes in some paperwork because I am getting married. He wanted me to make you sign a prenup agreement. I told him no way."

 

[slippedhalo]

Tara smiled, "I would understand if you did want one..." she said softly, all this new money talk was a little overhwelming to her and made her feel self-conscious having nothing good to add to it. "I mean, I'm one month away from paying off all of Ted's bills on my credit card and I don't expect any help with that. My debts are my own, despite the fact that I haven't got much to contribute to this financially, I can assure you my debts will remain my problems and not yous." she said, her expression serious. The last thing she wanted John to think was that she was after his money. "I love you John, for you. I am not the type of girl who can even comprehend financial security, not that I never wanted it, just that it always seemed so far away."

 

[schmoe_128]

"Well Tara, I was going to surprise you with that later. I also told my lawyer to check your credit and pay off any debts you have. I really hope you don't mind, but I wanted us to be able to make a start together putting as much of the crap Ted put you through as we can. As far as the prenup goes, I never have believed in them. I believe when people get married, it should be without any strings attached." he looked at her hoping it wuldn't upset her that he had taken her finacial problems on. He felt a little responsible for some of them because he hadn't [ushed Ted harder a few years ao to take his job offer. If he had, they wouldn't have had the money problems thay did.

"But enough money talk." he said as he walked to her and held her in his arms. He looked her in the eye and kissed her. A gentle loving kiss, "I've been wanting to do that all day" he said with a smile.

 

[slippedhalo]

"There's something I've been wanting to do all day but couldn't do with an audience." she said, a wicked smile on her face as she pushed him into the bedroom and closed the door behind them. She made quick work of his pants and soon had his cock out, down on her knees, licking and sucking his cock hungrily.

 

[schmoe_128]

"There's something I've been wanting to do all day but couldn't do with an audience." she said, a wicked smile on her face as she pushed him into the bedroom and closed the door behind them. She made quick work of his pants and soon had his cock out, down on her knees, licking and sucking his cock hungrily.

"Yeah, you probably shouldn't do that with an audience" he managed to get out between breaths. "God, that feels so good" he whispered. "I hope the kids take a long nap." He felt his knees begin to shake slightly, "I think I better sit for this" he said and went to the bed, sitting on the edge. Before she resumed sucking his cock again, he reached down and pulled her shirt up over her head. As she took him in her mouth again, he reached down and gently kneeded her breasts. Feeling her nipples hardening, he gently rolled them between his fingers.

 

[slippedhalo]

"mmmmf," she mumblied as her tongue wrestled with the cock in her mouth. "We have time for a quickie." she said between sucking her new fiancee off and playing with him with her hands.

 

[schmoe_128]

"Then let's kill two birds with one stone" he said and laid back on the bed. Taking his hint, Tara stood up and quickly striiped out of her clothes. She positioned herself over him and was sucking on his cock again before he knew what was happening. Not wanting to waste any time, John quickly pulled her already wet pussy down to his face. He lcked lightly first, but quickly picked up his pace. He found her clit and sucked it into his mouth, flicking it with his tongue. She moaned a little, and the vibrations felt great on his cock. They kept at it until John was ready to explode. He pulled his mouth from her "I'm going to cum" he said.

 

[slippedhalo]

This led Tara to change tacts. She positioned herself so she was straddling his thighs with her own and the head of his erection rubbed against her opening. "Then, cum inside me." she said, sliding onto his cock.

 

[schmoe_128]

The feeling of entering her was all it took. He came inside her in torrents. He could feel it running down his balls onto the sheets. However, he did nt lose his erection. He rolled her over onto her back ad started thrusting in and out of her. Base to tip, over and over. He could feel the muscles of her pussy contracting around him. He continued and his pace quickened as he neared another orgasm. This time he didn't say anything, he just shot his load deep into her.

 

[slippedhalo]

Tara had to hold the pillow against her mouth to muffle her cries of pleasure. She was cumming just as John did for his second time. He felt so good to her, but she didn't want to wake or frighten the kids with their noise. She contracted around his cock, over and over, riding both of their orgasms down until they were entangled in bedsheets and one another's limbs, breathing heavily, spent.

 

[schmoe_128]

They held each other for a while, just enjoying the feel of their naked bodies entangled in each other. He gave her a kiss on the cheek, "I think we better clean up before the kids wake from their nap, don't you agree?" he said. "Plus, I have a plan for tonight that will require me to run a certain errand before we eat. It won't take long."

He got out of bed and headed for a quick shower. When he came out, Tara was still curled up in bed, with a smile on her face. He dressed quickly, walked over and kissed her. "I'll be back in plenty of time to go and eat." and he headed out the door.

 

[slippedhalo]

"Ok, John. Don't be away too long, love." she said, feeling more content than she could remember feeling in a long time. She dressed, takin gher time and emerged from the bedroom to see little Bridget had awoken and had erected a tent made from blankets and chairs in the dining area of the suite. She was inside playing happily with her My Little Ponies. Tara could see by the child's demeanor that she hadn't heard the lovemaking of her mother and John, and if she had, had not been alarmed in the least bit by the noises. She was relieved. Getting down on all fours, she crawled under the blanket to give Bridget a kiss on the head. "Hey Cuteness, how long have you been awake?"

Bridget shrugged.

"Are your brother and sister up yet?"

"Keegan is awake and he's playin with his video game. He won't even let me try it." complained Bridget.

"It's a big kid game, Bridg, but I'll talk to him for you." replied Tara. "Did you like the zoo today?"

"Yes, I liked the tigers and the baby giraffe." answered Bridget.

"Me too." replied Tara smiling, "Baby, what do you think of John?"

Bridget stopped her playing and looked up at her mother quite seriously for one so young. "You like him a lot, don't you mommy?"

"I do, but I want to make sure you kids like him too otherwise he's history." said Tara hoping it was something her little one could understand.

Bridget considered this, "He's nice. He's not mad all the time like daddy. You want me to like him, mommy?"

"I want you to like whomever you choose to like."

"I like him, but does that mean I have to like him more than daddy?"

"No baby, you get to like daddy and John both as much as you want. There's no contest between them. "

"Then, he's good enough." answered Bridget in a way that made Tara laugh. She ruffled the toddler's curly blonde hair and kissed her again before getting up to see how the other two were doing.

 

[schmoe_128]

John's errand was quick. The store he needed to go to was just a block down from the hotel. He picked out his item, paid in cash and headed back to the suite. "I'm back" he called as he came in, noticing the little tent in the dining area. He smiled and let out a little chuckle.

Not seeing anyone around, figuring Tara was getting the kids ready, he went into his room to dress for diner. Nothing to fancy, just a sport coat and tie. "I hope they have clothes for dinner" he thought. He loosened the tie and left it around his neck and carried the sprot coat out of his room. That way he could quickly match whatever Tara and the kids had on. It didn't matter, the resturaunt would let people in dressed in almost any fasion.

 

[slippedhalo]

Lily and Bridget were both wearing gingham dresses, Lily's was lavender and white and Bridget's was pink and white. They sat together in the fort, playing Ponies while they waited for the others. Tara was now busy getting Keegan to take off his sneakers and put on the loafers she had been asking him to put on for the past twenty minutes. Keegan was refusing until he saw what John had on his feet. "No sneakers... hmmm..." muttered the boy as his mother (dressed in her simple black dress and pearl jewellery) finally caught up to him, taking off hsi sneakers and replacing them with more dressy looking shoes. Keegan sighed, "I hate ties." he complained, loosening the tie his mother had just had tied perfectly a moment ago.

 

[schmoe_128]

OOC: Well halo, I am proud to announce you are the recipient of my 300th post.

IC:
When John heard Keegan's comment about ties, he slipped his off too. "then we won't wear them" he said and slipped his sprt coat on. He looked at Tara. "God, that woman is beautiful." He walked to her, kissed her on the cheek "You look wonderful" he said to her. The kids all giggled. "Shall we" he asked and ushered everyone out the door.

They took the elevator down to the main floor and went to the resturaunt. Everyone ordered their meals (Tara ordered for the kids of course). The kids were talking a blue streak about the zoo and wondering what other adventures were to come. "If only they knew" John thought. Their food arrived and everyone was basically quiet while they ate. After words, they left the resturaunt and went for a little stroll throught the hotel trying to make more room for the ice cream.

Whe they got back to the suite, John asked "Who wants ice cream?" which of course brought screams from the kids. He asked wha teir favorite flavor was.