The Doctor Is In
Chapter 2
Ethan was asleep in bed before they were done, I showered and was in bed reading when Kim darted from the boys room to the bathroom, still naked. Must have been the shadows, or maybe what Kim had been sitting on but it looked like her ass was red...
Kim came to bed, crawled between the sheets, leaned against me and kissed me, holding me. Then smiled at me. "I am really glad your home Jeff."
When she felt my cock stir against her thigh, she pulled back. "The boys... they're right here in the room...we shouldn't... I can't... maybe tomorrow I can make arrangements to have some alone together time?"
"Sure honey. That will work."
I laid back, breathed deep and let it out slowly. Kim acted like "everything was awesome", cheery and smiling as she pulled a set of ear pods out of the drawer.
"Something new?"
"Yeah... I'm sorry honey, these are part of Chris' suggestions to help me sort things a bit. It helps me get a good night's sleep... nice calm music."
"Can you hear Caleb if he wakes up?"
"Absolutely... I would not do anything that might hinder that, it's just background, she calls it white noise. It helps me go deep when I sleep, but allows me to keep my "mom" antenna tuned to the boys."
"Alright... I don't know anything about it, but if it has been helping you then I am for it."
Kim settled in, pulling the blankets up and around her, and was asleep, breathing deep and steady in minutes. It took me longer, but I was tired and so I followed her to dreamland.
While at work the next day I had a lot to think about... hard to do most days, I have to have my attention focused on everything going on around me if I wanted to go home healthy and whole at the end of the day.
Working hard, sweating, giving my all in a physical way, helps clear the mind, at least for a time, but it does not solve problems or create solutions... I was no more near the answers to my questions now than when I went to bed last night.
No one was home but a note explained. Kim had gone to meet with one of the ladies from the baby milk group, and Chris had gone along for moral support and curiosity. Jeni had the boys at my mother's house and the girls would swing by and get them on the way home... not to worry. So, being free from any other responsibility or munchkin distractions, I got to work and made some real progress on the bay window, buttoning up the outside siding and trim.
Kim pulled up with both boys but no Chris as I was cleaning up my mess. Ethan ran to me as soon as he was out of the car, and Kim called for me to help by getting Caleb. She stood up from the trunk with an armload of tubes with odd looking cups attached and a big boxy looking electronic affair. She was all smiles until I leaned over to kiss her. Her eyes got big, she pulled back, then got embarrassed but not a blushing sweet kind. The fear factor was back behind her eyes. She looked down and kind of collapsed in without really collapsing at all. I pulled back, tried to smile a nice, friendly smile, and said, "I'll get the boys in.. no worries."
Kim nodded meekly, scooted around me and went into the house with her new "laboratory".
Caleb, usually wanting a tit right after a ride in the car, seemed to be sated... so the three of us played outside while we could still see. Problems would always be a part of life, but little kids never ever stay little. Moments pass too quickly to burden their hearts with problems meant for adult shoulders.
Kim was elbow deep in dinner prep, but Caleb smelled food and wanted his now. I got him a spoon and some strained peaches along with mixed veggies quick as a whistle and Kim just kept on cooking, unaffected by his cries. One more thing to ask about later.
By the time he was done, dinner was ready and Chris was home. Since I was already taking care of Caleb, I let them sit to table and gave Caleb his bath and pajamas. I walked him and sang little lullabies, patting his back until he was snoring hard then put him down and tucked him in. My dinner was left out, the rest already put away, and Ethan was sitting, thumbing through his favorite picture book.
Kim and Chris were already in her room, I can only assume, talking. My food was already cold, so Ethan's bedtime story was run up to first priority. Cold food was nothing new to this infantry Marine...
Ethan was bathed, changed and asleep on the couch, I was spooning a second helping of a very good Shepard pie when I heard the second bedroom door open and Kim's feet hurry into the bathroom. I kept eating... remembering her reaction to me wanting a kiss when she got home, it did not seem likely that I was going to be welcomed in the shower for a repeat performance.
The water was running and half a plate gone when Chris came out of her room heading to, I assume, the kitchen. I guess she had not expected me to be at the table still because she was wearing her robe, and just her robe, and it was open. Our eyes met, our eyes both went to her open robe, her nakedness, and then both met again as she gasped, blushed and threw the robe closed, clutching the two sides together. She had absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. She was very nicely proportioned and preserved for her age.
I went back to my plate and, after a pause, she went onto the kitchen and came back to take a seat at the table with a glass of ice water. She looked like she had worked up a sweat... especially considering how quickly she downed the water.
"I'm sorry Jeff..."
"Don't be... I'm not."
She blushed and then we both chuckled.
"I, obviously, did not think you would be out here still eating dinner."
"No reason you should. Don't worry about it... it's a "roommate" hazard. Nothing to be worried about."
"No... I suppose not, still..."
"We should probably not make a habit of it though..."
Chris smiled, blushed again and said, "Probably not..."
I took another bite, chewed and looked at her while she drank another few gulps of water.
After swallowing I asked, "Do you mind if I ask a question?"
"Its too late if I did, as you just asked one without knowing the answer..."
"Touché"
"Ask away? What can I tell you?"
