Post by Addisonsgirl on Jun 22, 2014 8:45:28 GMT -5
"Three... two... one... Happy New Year!"
A choir of cheering voices reverberated through Terri's and Richie's house which was crowded that night with the Addisons and their extended family - Terri and Richie with their two kids, David and Maddie with Jade, Agnes and Bert with LB and Mad-die's parents. David Sr. and Stephanie were celebrating the New Year at her family's this year.
A lot of hugging and kissing was going on, and once more the three younger couples marveled about how kind the last few years had been to them - not that long ago every one of them had considered themselves a loner, each in their own way; neither of them had had real friends, and surely none of them had believed they would find the love of their lives so soon and have a family too; although both Maddie and David had hidden their feelings for so long deep inside they both knew they had met their soul mate in each other. Now, each year the family - and extended family - was getting bigger and bigger.
This year, everyone was impatiently awaiting the arrival of the newest addition to the baby bunch - Maddie's and David's boy who was expected any day. They had half hoped it would be a Christmas baby, but obviously, the bundle of joy wanted to stay a little longer right where he was. Maddie couldn't wait to give birth to her second child, although her eager anticipation was mixed with a little anxiety; surely it wouldn't be easy to be a mother of two small children - an infant and a toddler. Terri had tried her best to encourage Maddie and had told her not to worry too much - basically, the same thing she always said - but Maddie knew that her sister-in-law was probably an exception to the rule. Nothing seem to upset her that much.
Maddie had never seen a person that was as sunny and optimistic as Terri; she was usually always smiling and always eager to see the bright side of every dilemma. No obstacle she encountered had ever been able to throw her off track. Also, Nate, Terri's firstborn, had been an easy child from the day he had been born - and his baby brother, Richie Jr., was even sweeter, if that was possible at all. He had inherited Richie's incredibly blue eyes and Terri's curly hair - which was why his father and uncle called him Curly most of the time - but neither little boy had inherited his parents’ more difficult traits such as Terri's quirky temperament nor Richie's wise-ass attitude. So, it wasn't really a surprise that Terri told Maddie being a mother of two was really a piece of cake. Maddie was worried her piece of cake would harbor a file inside.
Maddie had an inkling that she wouldn't have it that easy - with positive reinforcement, tough love and the help of the English nanny, Edna, she and David had managed to reign their temperamental little Bean in, but Jade was still very hard-headed and at times could be a bit ornery and at the age of almost two she was about to enter her phase of defiance. Jade required a lot of attention - something that she would have to divide with her baby brother soon. As long as the baby was inside Maddie, she seemed to be fine with it, even proud that she was going to be a big sister... but Maddie was afraid that was going to change once she would see what it really meant not to be "number one" any longer. And that had her nervous. She had tried to convey her worries to David but of course he poo pooed her concerns which she admitted irritated her slightly. He naturally told her things would work out, everything would be wonderful. She prayed he was right.
It didn't exactly help Jade that her Uncle Richie had teased her a few times about having a new brother take her place and had told her she might have to have to move out to make room for the new baby - "happened to me!" Richie joked; “your daddy pushed me out of the favored spot so fast my head spun.” Jade had brushed him off with a sharp "Poo poo, Itchie!" - she loved to bicker with her uncle - but maybe she had kept it in mind. Although Maddie thought that Jade didn’t really understand what Richie was implying playfully - but who knew what was under her daughter’s blonde locks which were so similar to her own. But even David was annoyed at his brother for putting such ideas in Jade’s head; Terri told Richie to stop teasing Jade about the baby, and when Richie realized David was seriously annoyed he immediately stopped.
David wrapped his arms around Maddie's mighty bump and whispered into her ear: “Happy new decade!”
Maddie leaned slightly into him and smiled. “Same to you, Addison,” she whispered back.
“Happy?” he asked looking deep into her eyes with twinkling emeralds.
When she opened her mouth to tell him that she couldn't think of a moment in her life when she had ever been happier, a sharp pain shot through her lower body, and her water broke.
***
Maddie looked at the clock and sighed heavily. Only 2 in the afternoon, but she felt as if it should be near midnight. And of course that was understandable after being up most of the night with a hungry two week old and a cranky toddler... Maddie felt as if she hadn’t slept a wink. David had offered to help, but since he needed to be up and out by 8 for an important meeting with a new client, Maddie had let him sleep. Now she sorely regretted it.
She didn’t know how she was going to make it through the rest of the day with two babies demanding her attention. Unfortunately, her parents had taken off for Chicago for a few days to attend the wedding of the daughter of their close friends, so it wasn’t an option to ask for their help – although Maddie tried not to take advantage of her parents there were times – like a day like today – that she would ask for a hand. But this time they were not around. And with Edna gone for a couple of more days things looked bleak.
Maddie sighed deeply again and ran a hand through her uncombed hair. She looked down at herself with a grimace. Worn-out yoga pants and a baggy t-shirt with stains of milk and some others of an indefinable color. Not what you'd expect to see on a former super-model,and Maddie hated to look like that; it only added to her frustration. But with the hectic day it had been she hadn’t even had time for a shower. Jade was fighting to give up her morning nap and the baby was still not on any sort of schedule so it was difficult to even take a breath without one or the other crying for her.
And Jade had been particularly unruly since the baby had come home from the hospital. She and David had tried everything to make the transition for Jade from only child to big sister easy, but so far it didn’t seem to be working. Throughout the whole pregnancy Maddie had been anxious to include her firstborn in everything, had let her massage her baby bump with scented oil, showed her ultrasound pictures of the unborn and encouraged her to talk to him; one evening, before going to bed, Jade had snuggled up to her and suddenly started to sing one of the lullabies David sang to her when he tucked her in. That had reduced Maddie almost to a sobbing mess, and she had been so optimistic that Jade would be so happy when the baby would finally arrive. Well, she had been royally mistaken.
Jade had started waking up at night, demanding a bottle after she hadn’t had one in almost a year, and acting more babyish than she had in months. David waved Maddie’s concerns away at first, saying that it was just a phase, and Edna had agreed to that... but he wasn’t home day after day with an impudent, stubborn toddler and a crying newborn, and Edna was still on family duty in Boston. The competent jovial woman was sorely missed by Maddie.
Today had been one of the worst days so far. From the moment she had opened her eyes this morning after a restless night, Jade had been on the warpath. At some point, Maddie lost count of how many times the toddler had burst out in loud cries. And when Maddie fed the baby, Jade had histrionics throwing her little body on the floor kicking her feet. With every tantrum the little girl was throwing, Maddie felt her ire rise, bubbling in her throat like bile after a too heavy meal.
Maddie had just put down Jade for a nap and thought with relief that she could now feed DJ in peace. The baby was whimpering with hunger as Maddie heated up his bottle. She had just sat down on the cozy armchair she had begun to use for his feedings when she thought she heard a thump from upstairs. Not again, she thought in exasperation and looked over her shoulder into the hall. Suddenly, she saw the blonde head of her daughter sidling down the stairs on her side one step at a time. Maddie watched Jade with her mouth open. Her first thought was that she needed to tell David to raise the bars on her crib and the second was relief that Jade seemed unharmed.
“Jade!” she exclaimed. “What are you doing?” Throwing her daughter a severe glance, she put DJ on his stomach on her lap to burp him. Jade watched her mother with troubled green eyes. She kept wondering when this loud thing was going to leave, so she could have her mommy and daddy back all to herself. She didn’t like this tiny visitor who took up so much of her mommy’s time. Like now. Jade wanted her mommy to play on the floor with her like she always did, but instead she was giving that baby thing a bottle. She wanted that bottle.
Maddie looked away from her daughter and was just going to put the bottle back in DJ’s mouth when suddenly a little hand came out of nowhere and batted the bottle out of Maddie’s hand; it landed on the baby’s face with a little thump. DJ began to scream, his little hands flailing in the air.
In a moment of fury Maddie put the baby in the bassinet and grabbed onto Jade who was now screaming along with the baby. Almost out of her mind with rage, Maddie pulled down Jade's pants and diaper and began to give her daughter a resounding and well deserved spanking. “Jade Elizabeth Addison!” she yelled. “You did a bad, bad thing! You could have hurt the baby!”
David had decided to leave the office early; he could see the exhaustion in his wife’s eyes when he left for work this morning, and he wanted to get home quickly so she could take some time to rest. He knew that it wasn’t easy being home with two babies all day, and he tried his best to do his part when he was home.
As he neared the door, all he heard was the sounds of crying and screaming. He hurriedly walked into the house and stopped short at the scene before him. Maddie was holding Jade by her elbow and slapped her naked butt while the toddler was crying hysterically. His wife looked like a woman possessed, and for a horrid moment David had believed she had lost her mind. He immediately ran to Maddie and pulled her away from Jade.
“What the hell are you doing?” he shouted as he looked at Maddie with green lasers. Jade was clinging to his legs, sobbing with misery. The baby was screaming in his bassinet, and Maddie was looking at him with tears pouring down her face.
“What the hell am I doing?” Maddie cried fists at her side. “Fuck you, David!” She sat on the chair and dissolved into tears, leaving David feeling confused and scared. He had never seen Maddie like this.
He ruffled his hair as he approached his wife after peeling Jade off his leg while pulling up her diaper and pants. The toddler began to whine and follow behind him woefully. “Okay, tell me what happened?” David couldn’t believe that Maddie would hurt Jade for no reason. He knew his wife was a good and usually patient mother.
Maddie shook her head and put her head in her hands. She looked up at David with two blue pools of anguish.“Oh, David. I’m a terrible mother!” She hit her thighs with her fists. “Horrible!”
David knelt in front of her and took her hands in his big ones. “You’re a wonderful mother!” he contradicted.“Tell me what happened.”
In short words Maddie explained what Jade had done. “She’s been acting horrid lately. I don’t know what to do?” she sobbed, “I try to get her involved with caring for the baby, but she doesn’t want anything to do with him! I don't understand!” Maddie’s voice dropped to a whisper. “I think she hates him.”
“No, honey, she doesn’t hate him!” David told her firmly. “Bean is just jealous.” He nodded. “It will get better in a couple of days once Edna gets back. She will be able to lift a bit of pressure from you, and also from the Bean. It's a big deal of a change for her, too.”
“You think so?” Maddie asked hopefully. “I try to spend time playing with Jade, but DJ is always hungry or needing a change…”
David shushed her. “Babe, you don’t have to explain things to me.” He winked. “Lis-ten, honey... why don’t you go upstairs and take a long, luxurious bubble bath and I’ll tend to the monsters?” he suggested.
Maddie tilted her head. “I don’t know…”
“I do know.”
Maddie smiled through her tears. The fact that David was home now and under-stood her, had made her already feel a little better. She reached out for Jade who was watching her with wide green eyes. Her daughter immediately ran into her mother’s arms and snuggled up to her. “I think I’ll take my first baby up with me. Jade and I miss taking our bath together. Don’t we, Beanie?” Maddie kissed her daughter on the top of her damp head. Jade nodded and held on tight to her mother as Maddie headed for the stairs.
David smiled and patted Maddie on her backside. “Great idea, Goldilocks.” He winked, “it’s gonna get better.”
But it didn’t. The next weeks were still filled with turbulence in the form of one 25 lb blonde firecracker. Maddie was beyond discouraged and exhausted and even David had to admit that things were spiraling out of control. He didn't know what to do to improve the situation which frustrated him...and he had to admit he was also frus-trated in another way. After enjoying a sensational and satisfying love life he found himself having to take matters into his own left hand...
***
David let the ice cold spray of the shower rain down on him, hoping to curb the hot blood that had gathered between his legs. He had already jerked off twice that day – In his office bathroom behind closed doors and feeling like a horny 15 year old again who badly needed to get laid. It had taken the pressure off of him for a bit, but hadn't really satisfied him at all.
But now his rock hard boner was back, and this time he felt as if it could crack ice. His hand involuntarily moved to his cock as his mind wandered to his wife and how hot she was... or used to be. Of course he understood that she had just had a baby and that their life had hardly been a fairytale lately with the sleepless nights and Bean’s tantrums, but the thing that had him losing sleep was that his wife seemed to have lost all interest in sex. He tried to put aside the horrible unwanted thought that Maddie no longer lusted after him and craved their once frenzied amazing sex life.
The idea that he had turned icy Maddie Hayes from a prudish, slightly inexperienced woman into a wild, shameless and always ready sex partner always had filled David with happiness and made him feel more than a little smug, so the belief that maybe his incredibly horny bed partner was gone almost killed him and made him doubt himself too. His only hope was that this blip in their once sensational sex life was only temporary; David could not fathom the notion that his hot and horny Maddie was gone forever... and deep down he was convinced that everything was going to be alright again. But the uneasiness in the back of his mind remained. Even though their love and relationship was not based solely on sex their astounding sex life was a big part of their life together. David had never felt so aroused and then so satisfied with any other woman. Maddie seemed to have been made to love him and him to love her….
David was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he didn't hear Maddie opening the door of the shower stall; he only noticed that suddenly the cold water was turning warm and opened his eyes. Maddie had sneaked into the shower stall behind him, and when her long fingers wrapped around his still erect dick he almost jumped out of his skin. Then he felt warm breath on his neck as her hot fingers gripped his dick, moving up and down in that age old motion.
“David...” she breathed into his ear.
“Maddie.” For a minute David was hopeful that Maddie was actually horny for him, but when he tried to snake his fingers up her leg she quickly moved away from him.
“Just let me make you happy,” she purred into his ear as her tongue nipped at his neck. “I can feel how much you need this.” Her hand was moving faster and faster up and down the shaft of his boner.
Despite David’s annoyance that Maddie didn’t want his hands on her, when she fell to her knees and replaced her hand with her mouth he was lost in a haze of lust. He did need this, and his cock took over for his brain as he laid his head back against the shower wall. The warm water rained down on them and helped him relax; he placed one hand behind her head, moving his dick deeper into her mouth while the other tangled in her wet hair, pulling it harder and harder as he thrust forcefully in and out until he came with a cry and a roar. But as soon as hecame the uneasiness he had felt before slammed back into him full force. David was sad and annoyed.
Maddie ran her hands up David’s chest but he grabbed her wrists in his big hand and pulled them over her head. “Stop, Maddie,” he told her firmly. She was surprised to see his green eyes were hard.
“What’s the matter, David?” she asked with a twinge of insecurity in her voice that almost broke his heart. “Wasn’t it good for you?” She only wanted to make him happy. Just because she was feeling less than amorous these days, that didn’t mean that he had to suffer and go without sex. But from the way he was looking at her, he didn’t seem happy at all. “I do something wrong?” Maddie left the shower and pulled on her short silk robe.
David shook his head as he followed her out of the shower. He grabbed a towel to dry his hair and another to wrap around his waist. He ruffled his hair with the towel, trying to put into words what he felt without hurting his wife or starting an argument.
“No no, baby, you haven’t done anything wrong,” he sighed, “but you just doing things to make me feel good while you don’t feel anything... is not making me feel good.” David shook his head again and threw the wet towel into the bathroom.
Maddie ignored David throwing the towel on the floor; there were more important matters at hand. “So you don’t want me to touch you?” Her voice was filled with hurt and a bit of ire. She belted her robe severely.
David shook his head again. “No, just if you’re only doing it for me.” He sat on the bed and pulled her on his lap. He nuzzled her neck. “I want you to want it too.”
“I enjoy making you feel good,” she tried to reassure him.
David ran his hand slowly over her curves, “I want you to feel good too, honey, but I can tell you’re not at all feeling it.” He moved his hand between her legs where she was only wet from the shower. “Am I wrong?”
Maddie felt the tears at the back of her eyes; she blinked them away. “Maybe not as much right now, but I still want you,” she lied, not wanting to admit that she wasn’t anxious for anything sexual at this point in time. She really didn't want to blow this out of proportion as she was sure it was only a momentary thing that would go by as soon as things with the children began to run more smoothly – but when?? the little voice in her head asked in a panicky undertone.
David gave a short laugh. “Not really,” he saw the cloud pass over Maddie’s face and wanted to reassure her – and maybe himself. “It’s fine, babe. I know you’ve been having a tough go this time around with the baby not sleeping that great and Bean-ie’s behavior.” He stroked her hair lovingly with his long fingers. “But soon I’m sure that the old feelings will come.” He kissed the top of her head, then moved his mouth against her ear, “and so will you, over and over again. Just the way you love.”
Maddie nodded, hoping that David was right; he was secretly wishing the same thing.
***
The next day, Maddie was taking the baby to his scheduled check-up; with Edna still away, her mother had gladly volunteered to accompany her to watch Jade while the doctor examined DJ. The little girl was excited because she loved her pediatrician. Jade ignored the fact that her mother had explained to her a few times that she was not the one who was visiting the doctor, but that it was the baby who had to be examined today.
As Maddie had feared, Jade started to whine and complain when she was told again that the doctor was going to see DJ. Afraid that the girl might even disturb the exam-ination, she decided to not even take her into the examination room with them. Jade started to throw a tantrum, and Virginia had to take her outside, leaving an agitated, desperate Maddie behind.
An hour later the examination was done; the pediatrician told her that DJ was doing excellent and developing just as it should be. Maddie lingered even after the doctor had given her the news about DJ’s development. She sensed that something was bothering the mother holding her infant in her arms with a tired expression covering her face.
“Is there anything more you want to discuss Maddie?” Dr. Jones asked with a concerned expression.
“Jade is becoming unmanageable!” She blurted out before she could stop herself. “I think she hates the baby.” Maddie explained the situation to the pediatrician.
Dr. Jones shook hee head. “It is normal for a child not yet 2 to be jealous an angry when a new sibling enters the home.” She explained patiently. “I’m sure that Jade is only showing her feelings the only way she knows how – with tantrums and regressing to when she was a baby.”
Maddie looked at the doctor hopefully, “so it’s normal?”
Dr. Jones nodded. “Perfectly. And since Jade is so temperamental I’m sure her behavior is even worse than most toddlers.”
Maddie nodded along with the doctor's words, then she looked at him with a question in her eyes, “what’s the answer?”
The pediatrician shrugged her shoulders. “Each child is different. It takes time and patience.”
And of one Maddie knew she had little left….
Maddie and her mother went to the park where Jade could act out some of her energy. DJ was sleeping in his stroller, and Maddie and Virginia were sitting on a bench, watching Jade running around.
“What am I going to do?” Maddie suddenly blurted out in a desperate voice.
Virginia turned to her with concerned eyes; she didn't heed to ask what her daughter meant. “It will get better,” she promised.
“Yes, everybody says that!” Maddie exclaimed in frustration. “But when?” She tucked her hair behind her ear. “Even the pediatrician doesn’t know when Jade will stop her monstrous behavior!” She tossed her head. “Time and patience was her answer when I asked her advice. And maybe I’m out of patience.”
“I’m sure you have some patience left dear.” Virginia put her hand on Maddie's. “I'm sorry I can't offer you any advice on Jade,” she apologized, “maybe you could talk to Terri about that? Maybe she had similar problems?”
Maddie snorted. “You know Nate, mom.” She shook her head. “He's been the sweetest baby ever since the day he was born. He never made any problems when Little Richie came into the picture. Terri always has good advice, but on this one... no.”
Virginia sighed, she always felt bad when her daughter went through rough times, and especially when she couldn't do anything to help her relieve the situation in any way. “And what about your father-in-law?” she suggested finally. “Maybe Richard didn't take it too lightly either when David was born?”
Maddie shrugged. “Yes, I guess I could ask him.” She didn't sound too enthusiastic; she doubted that David Sr. had that much advice to offer. This was one of the occa-sions when she really wished she could have gotten to know David's mother.
Jade's shrill voice ripped her from her thoughts. “Mommy!” she yelled angrily. “Look!!! ME!”
Maddie sighed and rubbed her eyes wearily.
***
After leaving the office, David dropped by Richie's and Terri's to pick up some of the baby stuff Terri had packed together for DJ. When he rang the bell and Richie opened the door, his brother stared at him with raised eyebrows.
“Holy hell, bro, you look like shit!” he drawled in his blunt way.
“Sums it up pretty much,” David growled and walked past Richie into the house. David hated to be told by his brother what he already knew. He knew he looked tired and worn out and it was just like Richie to point that out to him. David swallowed his annoyance at his older brother.
Richie threw the door shut and followed him into the kitchen where Terri was feed-ing 10 month old Little Richie – who looked like a tiny blueprint of Big Richie – while Nate, who was a little over 2 years old by now, spooned macaroni with tomato sauce in his mouth pretty neatly and skilfully for so young a child.
“Uncie Day!” Nate exclaimed excitedly, and Little Richie began to coo happily and flap his arms in welcome.
“Junior!” David replied. “Curly!” He took his time to greet his nephews who both adored him; then he kissed his sister-in-law on the cheek and flopped down at the kitchen table with a sigh.
“What's up, David?” Terri asked and continued feeding the baby. “You look tired.”
“Like s-h-i-t, I say,” Richie repeated and opened the fridge. “Beer?”
David was even too exhausted to throw a snarky answer his brother's way. “Bring it on,” he replied. Richie threw him a can of beer, and he opened it and took a big gulp. “I'm dreading what I'll find when I get home,” he admitted with a shake of his head.
“What do you mean?” Terri frowned. “The baby?” She shook her head. “It will get better, you'll see. He's still very small.”
“Oh, it's not the baby,” David replied. “DJ is great, in fact. I mean he doesn’t sleep through the night yet and he loves to eat at all hours but he’s not the problem.”
Richie pointed his finger at him. “I bet it’s the blonde kooky bird,” he said with an amused twinkle in his eyes.
“Hey!” David barked. “Maddie is doing her best, okay? She's still hormonal, but...”
Richie chuckled. “I wasn't talking about the big blonde,” he clarified. “I meant the Bean.” Richie tossed his head. “The little blonde kooky bird.”
“How did you know?” David sighed.
His brother shrugged. “Dave, you know she's a hard-headed one, and she was never easy to handle. Did you really think she was gonna be happy to be playing second fiddle?”
"It's awful!" David blurted out, confessing which everyone knew complaining and airing his dirty laundry wasn’t his usual style, and ruffled his hair. "It looks like she hates the baby!"
"Ah, don't be dramatic, bro!" Richie waved him off. "She doesn't hate him."
David glared at him. "Easily said, Rich!" he growled. "You guys never had these problems with your boys, did you?"
Terri shook her head, not really knowing what to do or say to help her brother-in-law who was obviously kind of desperate. For once, she didn't have any clever advice for him. "No," she replied. "Nate was very protective about the baby from day one."
"You bet the Bean is protective, too," Richie said and stretched his long limbs under the table while he sipped his beer.
"She knocked the bottle from Maddie's hands, and it fell right on his head!" David told him in exasperation. "Protective my ass!"
"Little bitch." Richie grinned.
"Not funny!" David snapped.
Richie shook his head. "Easy, bro. That doesn't mean shit."
David slammed his beer can on the table angrily. "I don't know why I even bother to tell you anything," he pressed through clenched teeth. "Obviously you give a..."
Richie leaned forward. "What really counts," he said slowly, "is how she acts when she thinks you're not looking."
David had been about to get up from his chair and leave in a huff, but now something in his brother's voice made him freeze in mid-movement. "What do you mean?" he asked a little harshly, but sank down in his chair again.
"She doesn't hate the baby," Richie repeated his earlier words. "She only hates that she has to share you and Maddie."
"Yeah, well, we got that," David grumbled. "No groundbreaking insight here. Since the day we found out we were having #2, we tried everything to explain it to her, to involve her... and she seemed happy about it before DJ was born!" He ruffled his hair again and shook his head.
Richie grinned. "Have you tried telling her you understand her?"
"What?" David frowned. "What are you now, a damn kids' shrink?"
"No, asshole!" Richie snapped back. "But I had an annoying little shit invade my life too when I was small!"
Terri grinned to herself but said nothing. She couldn't help it, she simply loved the way that her husband and his brother interacted; she hoped her own sons would develop a bond as strong as theirs.
David raised a questioning eyebrow but said nothing. Richie finished his beer. "Being a big brother is something you love and hate at the same time," he explained. "And that frustrates the hell outta you, especially when you're too small to really understand." David was listening closely and knew better than to interrupt the older one now. "I tried to feed dirt to the neighbors' kid when he said you looked like ugly vermin." He shrugged. "Then I went home and smashed your rattle." David laughed, and Richie ran his hand through his hair. "And one evening, after feeding you, mom sat on my bed and made a very serious face. She told me she knew exactly what I was feeling, because she was feeling the same." David raised his eyebrows again, and Richie continued with a little laugh, his clear blue eyes drifting far away for a moment. "Mom... she put up quite the show. She said she was thinking of 'returning you' and asked my opinion." He shook his head with a smile.
David was fascinated by his brother's tale. "And what did you say?"
Richie punched his shoulder. "You're still here, jackass, aren't you?"
***
David pondered a lot about what Richie had told him, and the thought that Jade really didn’t hate DJ gave him some hope. He was aware that Bean was not even 2 years old yet, but David also knew his daughter was smart and understood every-thing that was said to her, so he decided that maybe their first father – daughter talk was in order.
When he came home that night to yet again an exhausted Maddie and a teary, obstinate daughter he took matters into his own hands. He quickly clued Maddie in on what he was about to do and took his daughter by the hand leading her out to the yard where they had spent many a happy day frolicking in the pool.
Maddie wasn’t so sure that a talk with Jade would really help, but at this point she was desperate and thought that whatever David tried, things couldn't get any worse. As David led their small daughter out to the yard Maddie slumped on the couch with DJ in her arms and said a silent prayer.
David ruffled his hair and sat down on one of the patio chairs after he lifted Jade on to the one across from his. So far the little girl had not uttered a word, she was just searching David’s face with his identical eyes. A sudden feeling of overwhelming love for this tiny person that he had helped in creating gripped him, and for a moment David was too choked up to speak, but then he determinedly got his emotions under control. He put a serious face on as he gazed at his daughter.
“So I guess you’re unhappy with the arrival of little DJ.” David shook his head as he kept his eyes on Jade. Her eyes opened a bit wider but she only stared back at her father. “So maybe it’s time we send him back.”
Jade’s mouth dropped open and her eyes opened wider. “No Baby?”
For a minute David felt a sinking feeling in his stomach that his plan would backfire and that Jade would be more than happy to send the baby away – but he had to go through with it and see the outcome; there was no turning back now. He swallowed the uneasiness.
“Of course, me and Mommy only want for you to be happy... and,” he trailed off a bit, “we can see that you’re not happy soooo we’re thinking of returning him – sending him back.” He waited for Jade to react.
Jade shook her head. David was happy to see tears form in his mirror eyes. “Noooo, DJ stay!” she cried waving her hands in the air frantically. “No bye bye baby!”
David hid the smile that threatened to cover his face. He hoped that this talk would turn Bean around. He raised his eyebrows. “So you want DJ to stay here? With us?”
Jade looked at her father with serious eyes then nodded. “Baby mine,” she told him quietly.
“But you know he is a small baby and needs lots of attention from mommy and me too.”
Jade nodded again, very eagerly this time. “Me help!”
David allowed the smile to emerge. “That’s a great idea! You’re the big sister! You’re going to be the best helper!”
Jade smiled. “Yessss.”
David stood and reached for Jade who flew happily into his arms. “Let’s go tell mommy that DJ can stay!”
Maddie looked up with nervous eyes as David walked into the room carrying Jade but when she saw the happy twinkle in his eyes and his lopsided grin on his face she knew that the father-daughter talk had gone well. Damn that man, how he had a way with people from the eldest to the youngest, she would never understand.
David put Jade down next to Maddie and the baby. “Tell mommy, Beanie.”
“Me help!” Jade pointed to herself with a chubby finger as she climbed on the couch next to her mother and brother. “Love you, baby,” she murmured as she kissed DJ on his fat arm.
Maddie looked up at David with happy tears in her eyes. David winked at her as he sat on the floor next to the sofa which held his little family. “Bean will be a big help and the best big sister!” David praised his daughter as she looked on proudly. Hopefully, this would be the end Jade’s jealousy but only time would tell for sure.
***
After David left for the office Maddie sat down with a cup of coffee. DJ was happily dozing in his baby swing, and Jade was in her booster seat munching on cheerios and playing with the toys that were attached to her chair. A smile covered Maddie’s face as she realized that maybe – just maybe – things were settling down into some semblance of normalcy after the tumultuous month that followed little David’s birth. Jade seemed to finally have accepted her baby brother, and most of her tantrums had stopped. David had never told her what he had actually said to their stubborn toddler princess in their little heart to heart talk a few days ago, but after that daddy/daughter powwow Jade seemed to behave differently. For once, Maddie didn't inquire further; she figured it had something to do with some specialg Davidism thing – or maybe David had even looked for advice from his own broth-er which seemed quite reasonable – she couldn't have helped with that anyway, and she was just glad it obviously had worked.
And the most wonderful thing of all was that this morning when David had come downstairs wearing his dark gray suit which was one of her favorites, Maddie had felt a welcome stirring between her legs. It had been so long that she had felt sexually aroused, and it had really begun to worry her. Since she had first sampled the loving of David Addison, there had been very few days that she hadn’t wanted to get her hands on him – and his on hers. But for the last few weeks with everything going on with Jade and getting used to having two small children, the last thing on Mad-die’s mind had been sex. She just hadn't been feeling it.
David had been patient with her, and although she had taken care of his needs now and then, he had told her that it wasn’t as pleasurable for him if she wasn’t 100% into it and that he’d rather wait until she wanted it too.
Now she felt it again – she wanted it and badly. Her mind wandered to what was under his clothes, and she felt damp; and how she was welcoming that sensation! She couldn’t wait for the evening to arrive – suddenly she had big plans.
Luckily that day was an easy one, even though Edna was off on a mini vacation with a friend and hadn’t been in for a few days. Jade had gently played with DJ and had even given him a few soft kisses on his cheek. It was wonderful to see her older baby acting lovingly to her newborn now. But even though the day had been harmonious, Maddie decided to put the babies down early that night. She needed to be alone with David.
All day Maddie had had one eye on the clock as she took care of her daily routine. David had said he’d be home a little later than usual, so after the babies were soundly asleep Maddie jumped in the shower. She giggled to herself as she donned one of her sexiest nightgowns. She felt a glow warm her body as she realized David had never seen this outfit since she had bought it on a lark shortly before DJ was born, and had never got to wear it. The outfit was two pieces – a see through flesh covered top which barely covered the sheer crotchless panty. Maddie felt her juices flow as she pulled the panty up her long legs. Her fingers lingered on her swollen nub and she almost gasped with her need. She needed her man badly.
David came through the door tired and hungry. He was surprised to find the house quiet and the downstairs empty. It was normal that the kids were asleep by now, but where was his wife? Before he could worry he heard Maddie’s voice beckoning him from upstairs.
David turned his head upstairs and saw Maddie standing there with her legs splayed wearing one of the sexiest nighties he had ever seen, throwing him one of her sultriest smiles.
“Hey there, fella,” she almost purred. “Missed me?”
Immediately his dick came to attention as he sprinted up the stairs two at a time in a hurry to get to his wife. Maddie giggled, then turned and ran into the bedroom with David hot on her heels. When he caught up with her he pulled her into a close em-brace and covered her mouth in a ravishing kiss that took her breath away – at the same time her hands were traveling wantonly over David’s hard body, ending at the massive tent pushing out the front of his pants. All of his worries that his wife no longer wanted sex disappeared as his hand snaked up her leg and he felt the evidence of her arousal on his fingers though her crotchless panties. David’s dick jerked with his own arousal.
Hot long fingers slowly unbuckled his belt and pulled down his zipper as she fell to her knees in front of him. Maddie took him deep into her mouth; David grabbed on to her hair as he pumped greedily into her hot wet mouth. Her moans were turning him on; it had been such a long time since he'd heard them. The way she was playing with his balls sent him over the edge, and with one hard thrust David came with a roar. “Oh God Maddie!” He cried as he fell over the edge into a monster climax.
Maddie wasted no time; she was too horny and on the verge of her own long await-ed orgasm. She took David’s big hand in a demanding gesture that left no room for objection and placed it on her swollen nub as she fell back with her legs spread onto the carpeted floor. David dropped down beside her as his fingers made slow circular motions over her throbbing core. His voice purred in her ear as his other hand reached around her and under her to cover her hard nipple which was poking through the nightie.
“Yeah, baby, you need to come for me,” David whispered his voice melted caramel, “Let go baby,” he demanded as his tongue moved over that spot catapulting Maddie into a bucking, wild orgasm that she felt all over. David muted her loud screams with his lips and tongue until the waves of passion subsided. David chuckled as he pulled her into his arms. “Sounded like a good one.”
“A great one,” Maddie whispered breathlessly as her hands feverishly undressed David until he lay beside her in all his naked glory. David’s hands played over her curves until she was begging him to make her come. Since it was still a couple of weeks from Maddie’s 6th week check-up, neither wanted to take the chance with intercourse – not knowing if she was completely healed; so David moved his hardness all over her quivering hotbox – over her hard nub – all around her sodden core – back over her nub until she was coming and coming, crying his name over and over.
David chuckled as he pulled Maddie off the floor and toward the bed. He playfully pushed her down on to their bed, then stood over her holding his massive boner as he leisurely stroked it.
“Ya like?” he purred, licking his lips, “so happy my greedy hussy is back.”
Maddie moved up on the bed spreading her legs in invitation. Her hands stroked her hotbox as her eyes were fixed on the slow strokes of David’s hands over his huge erection. “I love,” she whispered as she neared yet another orgasm.
“I missed your hot pussy,” David told her as his hand moved faster up and down his cock. “So wet for me, honey.” He moved next to Maddie on the bed and began to move his cock around her body, settling on her breasts. He took the head of his dick and rubbed it over her breasts and nipples while she continued pleasuring herself, until she cried out in the throes of another orgasm which pushed David over the edge as he came so hard he thought he would black out. “Oh Maddie.” He cried hoarsely along with her screams of ecstasy. David jumped up to get a towel which he gently used to clean the evidence of his climax off his wife's chest. He tossed the towel away then planted loving kisses on Maddie's breasts and chest.
Maddie smiled a sated smile at David as she wrapped her long legs around his waist. “I missed you, big boy.” She snuggled against his muscular chest while her fingers played with the hairs along his treasure trail. “And I missed your huge cock,” she purred as her tongue flicked over his nipples.
David was in paradise as he cuddled his wife in his arms. His wanton witch was back, and he was loving every minute. “I knew you couldn’t stay away from my charms forever. Once you got a taste of the Big D you were hooked.”
Maddie chuckled at his playful smugness and played along with him. “Why of course, Addison. I am a-dick-ted to you.” She giggled.
“Ha ha.” David moved his hands all over her body until she was squirming against him. “Let’s see how many ways you can use my cock, you horny hussy,” he purred against her mouth.
And they did all through that night.
***
A few weeks later Maddie and David had a big party for Jade's second birthday. They invited all the same people who had celebrated Jade’s first birthday and Christening with them. Although David wanted to make Jade’s second birthday extra special especially since she had been acting like such a great big sister to DJ David had really tried to refrain from overdoing it this time - like he had on Jade's first birthday - but even Maddie was mostly okay with his efforts to make this another special day for their special little Bean. She still thought that he had gone a little overboard again when she saw the men setting up the ballpit and slides, but she also agreed that with her new baby brother being only a few weeks old and Jade just having gotten over the jealousy issue, it was more important than ever to make her feel really special, and to simply make it her day. Things were going much better now with her and DJ, and when Edna had finally returned home from her family duty, she was pleasantly surprised to see how the stubborn little girl seemed to have changed during her absence and seemed to really accept the new family member now.
It was a pleasure to see how the kids had grown, and to watch a bunch of toddlers being happy and having fun warmed everyone's heart. Of course, that never went without the occasional little skirmish - kids were kids, after all, and Jade was still Jade - but that was absolutely fine since no one excepted the daughter of the volatile Maddie Hayes and smartass David Addison to be anything but a handful. Most of the men were playing along with their kids and even seemed to have even more fun than their offspring. The moms kept a careful eyes on the kids and their men but were also relaxed enough to just leave them be for the most part.
Maddie, Terri, Agnes and Stephanie watched with amused faces a verbal sparring between the Bean and Junior about whose baby brother was better, and secretly, Maddie's heart sang when she saw and heard how Jade claimed that of course DJ was the best baby. Nate remarked proudly that Little Richie was bigger than Little David, but Jade dismissed that with a determined "Itchie stinks."
Terri nudged Agnes who said beside her and winked at Stephanie. "Number 2, anyone?"
"Oh no," Stephanie laughed, "I have all I ever wanted. If I feel the need for more babies, I'll just come and visit you or invite you all to a family barbecue."
"Oh yes," Agnes replied, "definitely. But not just yet." Then she shook her head making her earrings jingle, “although Bert wants to start trying already.” She shrugged, “we’ll see.”
The ladies smiled at Agnes and teased her a bit in their sisterly way. Agnes loved the attention and friendship she enjoyed with her new found family. All the women thanked their lucky stars for the their sisterly bonds – even Stephanie had become a sort of den mother to the women even though she was only a couple of years older than Maddie.
Jade and Nate quickly forgot about their argument and started to run around the yard chasing LB who was screaming with mock fright. The women watched the children for a few minutes.
"So like Jade has finally accepted the baby I see," Terri remarked and threw her sister-in-law a sideways glance.
"Finally," Maddie sighed with a now. "I don't know what David said to her in their little father and daughter conversation, and frankly I don't even care, but he did it. But since the talk they had, she's a different kid."
Terri chuckled. "My guess is - he asked her if she wanted him to return DJ."
Maddie frowned. "What?"
Terri laughed and told her the story Richie had told his brother on that evening a few weeks ago, and how that had changed his own perspective on the "annoying little shit" that had invaded his childhood home.
Maddie shook her head. "Sometimes I really regret that I never got to meet their mother." She motioned to David and Richie, and Terri's gaze followed hers.
"Yes," she nodded and added fondly: "I'd want to thank her. She did a damn fine job with our guys."
After the cake was served and everyone had their fill of food, cake and ice cream it was time for Jade to open her gifts. Maddie had given the other children small gift bags filled with small toys and candy so they would not feel neglected watching the birthday girl opening the absurd amounts of gifts she had got.
After all the presents had been opened, Maddie watched Jade dragging a teddy bear which was bigger than she was.
"Where do you think you're going, young lady?" she asked her daughter.
"Deeday," Jade said and pointed her chubby arm towards the stroller where DJ was sleeping soundly; Maddie had just put the baby down after feeding him.
"No, Jade," she shook her head, "the baby is sleeping. We'll wake him up later. Let him sleep."
But Jade just shook her head stubbornly and continued to drag the huge stuffed animal towards her brother.
"Jade..." Maddie warned.
"Mommy!" Jade replied in exasperation and stomped her foot. "For baby!”
David came over and stood beside Maddie as he looked down at Jade. “What’s up, Beanie? Why are you dragging this bear near DJ?”
“For Deejay!” Jade insisted, “love baby!”
David laughed as he picked up his daughter who still held in tightly to the huge bear. “You want to give your brother a present too, Beanie?” David kissed Jade’s cheek. “You really are a great big sister!”
Jade grinned happily and nodded her head. “For baby!”
Maddie smiled at Jade with loving eyes. “Yes, you are a wonderful sister,” she took the bear from Jade’s clutches, “how bout if I take the bear upstairs and he can stay in DJ’s room to watch over him when he sleeps?” She suggested.
Jade nodded, “yay see baby! Love Deejay!”
David and Maddie smiled at each other over their daughter’s head. Things were going to be okay – more than okay – great great.
and sibling rivalry is a nightmare!! Is it too soon to upload another chapter? Lool xx