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I blink, stunned. “For me?”
Stepping up to them, their hands come to rest on my lower back, the three of us huddling together a bit. I’m just gazing at them in awe, speechless and perplexed that they’d do this for me.
“The traditional first year anniversary gift is paper,” Jess says. “But paper is boring.”
“Yea, and we’re not traditional,” Ryan adds.
“I can’t believe you did this,” I breathe, turning over my shoulder once more to look at the setup. It’s beautiful, exotic, secluded.Perfectfor the three of us. “When did you do this?How??”
They both laugh. “We had some guys come in last week and prep the area while you were at work. Then they did the patio and installed the hot tub over the weekend.”
“So while we were at Pride, you had guys over here working on this?” I grin. “You’re crazy. That’s… awesome.”
“You love it?” Jess squeals, and I nod.
“Yes. Yes yes oh my God, this is so cool,” I chuckle, pulling her face to mine, kissing her lips slowly. Then I turn and do the same to Ryan. “I love you two so damn much.”
“We love you too,” Ryan mumbles on my mouth.
“I can’t wait to play in here with you,” I tell them.
Jess makes a little mewl sound and Ryan shivers. I can already tell this was the point… Something sexy for us to use together.
“We’ll have to wait until this weekend to use it together,” Jess says. “I can have Rachel come over to watch Ethan. Or maybe Hailey will do it when she’s here.”
I nod, keeping myself quiet. Little do they know, I have my own anniversary surprise for the two of them. And it’ll definitely ensure some grown-up time alone.
I love my son more than anything in this world, but I’m gonna need at least a couple baby-free hours with my spouses in this sexy hot tub.
Grabbing both of them, one hand on each of their faces, I pull them to me and the three of us kiss together. I love doing it, because as uncoordinated as it is, it’sus. The trifecta.
Ben, Ryan, and Jessica forever.
Jess whimpers and my dick stiffens. I would love nothing more than to keep this going, but I don’t like leaving Ethan alone so far away, baby monitor or not. So we manage to pull off each other and go back to the house, waving bye bye for now to my anniversary gift.
It’s okay, new friend. We’ll be back.
* * *
It’s late.Almost two in the morning. And surprise surprise… I can’t sleep.
Insomnia is something I’ve been dealing with for a long time. Honestly, I think it started when my parents died. After that, I was always afraid something bad would happen if I fell asleep. Like someone I loved would be in trouble and need my help, and I’d be sleeping through it. It’s an irrational fear, but one that definitely seemed to surface after the accident that took my parents.
And ever since, I’ve had trouble sleeping.
When you have a newborn, it’s not too bad. I was all too happy to tend to Ethan and let my husband and wife sleep. But he’s been sleeping through the night for a couple months now, and I continue my restless nightly routine.
Slinking out of the bed, I go downstairs to the kitchen to get some water. And then I contemplate going down to the basement to watch TV or something. But instead, I go outside.
To the shed.
Inside, I rummage around, making my way to the backdoor. It leads right out to my new patio, which makes me smile.
They really thought of everything.
Wandering through the door, I turn on the overhead twinkly lights, bringing a dulled glow that gives it this almost mystical forest ambiance. Like I’ve been transported out of the Southwest and deposited deep in the woods somewhere. Checking out the plants and flowers, I feel such a severe love for my husband and wife, in my bones.
The fact that I have people in my life who would do something like this for me… People who love me so much and so hard that they care enough to surprise me with something so special… It’s thrilling.
