Ben and Becs: A Novella

Chapter 3: Family Time

Bec’s POV

The annual party is in full speed. Everyone is here! My babies have been keeping Eliza, her boyfriend Jake and Jordan’s niece, Lizzie busy all day. Ben tried getting the boys to go fishing with the men but they were having too much fun in the bouncy house. The grandmas are on kid duty, giving me and Carrie a break. “Still no sign of your brother slowing down?” I ask. We are sitting back enjoying the sun by the lake with a group of family friends. “Nope. I hope to God soon though. He’s been working like crazy with his night clubs and then preparing to takeover for dad within the next few years. Hell, he’s with so many women, you’d think one would stick.” Carrie shakes her as her gaze moves towards Jordan. “I think this is the year, Carrie. He’ll run into someone special real soon. I can feel it.” I smile. "Let's hope." She sighs wearily. 

I see Aiden walk towards his daddy on the little fishing pier the men built a few years ago. “Is Aiden okay?” Carrie noticed him too. “He’s fine. Aiden is such a gentle spirit. He’s so sensitive towards other people’s emotions that I think he gets overwhelmed. Some quiet time with Ben helps him relax and clear his sweet little mind.” Ben has the same affect on me too. I explain as we watch him walk up behind Ben and tap his shoulder. I see Ben turn his head and smile at our son. They exchange quiet words before Ben hands off his fishing pole to Jordan and picks Aiden up and kisses his head. My big strong bear of a man is so tender and loving. He carries him to the empty gazebo and sits on a lawn chair with our little red headed boy on his lap. Aiden rests against his daddy with one little arm wrapped around Ben’s back and his head on his daddy’s shoulder. It’s the sweetest thing to witness. Aiden will always have a safe space with Ben.

 I notice Eli part ways with the guys on the pier and head in my direction. He fits right in. Him and Ben’s dad have become best of friends over the last few months. “Hey, Rebecca. Can I steal you away from a few minutes?” He asks quietly looking around. “Sure, we can walk through the trails.” I offer. It seems as though he wants privacy. I think I know why. We walk side by side in silence until we enter the woods. “Rebecca, your family is truly amazing. Especially you’re mother. I know you and her have been through hell and back and I do not want to cause any disruptions to your lives now that everything is peaceful again. But I see you and your husband as the children I never had. Your kids bring a joy to my heart that I thought I would never be blessed to have in my life.” He speaks slowly choosing the words he wants to say. “Eli you are family now. We all love you. Including my mom.” I speak up. I want this to happen. “You are far from a disruption.” I take his hand and squeeze in comfort. “Thank you for saying that. I do truly love your mother. I would like to ask for her to marry me, with your blessing.” Eli is a distinguished older man with salt and pepper hair. He is handsome but has a jolliness to him that the kids love. “Of course, there is nothing I want more for you and mom.” I tear up a bit as we hug. “Thank you, Rebecca.” I hear his tears in his voice. “Thank you so much.” He lets go of me and reaches in his pocket. “Did I do okay?” He opens the little box and shows the prettiest diamond ring. “Its perfect, Eli. Mom will absolutely love it.” I smile so big at him. This is right. “I have one more favor to ask. Your mom told me about the infamous food fight you had here years ago. She always wished she could’ve witnessed it.” Eli had a sparkle in his eyes. “Say no more. I have your back.” I laugh. This is turning out to be a great weekend.

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All the adults are lined up to start the pie eating contest. Jordan is announcing the rules this time. The kids are all cheering from the sidelines as we get ready to start. My job is to the start the glorious chaos. Like clockwork Ben rips off his shirt and throws it at me. “That won’t work, buddy.” I tease. “Oh, but it does babe.” He says with a smug look on his face. He flexes his muscles to try to prove his point. I turn away to keep my focus. Jordan blows the whistle and we race to the tables holding all the pies. No one trips anyone up..yet. By some miracle I get to the table first and grab a pie. “Mommy’s cheating!” I hear Grayson laugh. I turn in perfect time to smash the pie right into Ben’s face. Once he got over his shock, it was on. All hell breaks loose when the kids decide to run and join in on our all out food fight. Ball’s in Eli’s court now. We all laugh and chase each other until the last pie has been thrown and the couples share their messy kisses. I see Eli take my mom’s hand and I get those around me to quiet down. As soon as Eli dropped to one knee, everyone’s attention was on him and mom. “Lily Sampson, You have blessed my life the moment you stepped foot into it. You are a dream come true for me. Please let me shower you with love and adventure. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?” The smiles, the tears, the whipped cream that is coating them head to toe is perfection. “Yes, Eli. Yes I would love to marry you.” My mom cries as she flings herself into his arms. I don’t think she even saw the ring yet. Ben takes my hand and kisses it. I smile up at him. He’s happy. I look around to see everyone just simply happy for my mom. They finally pull away enough for Eli to slip the precious ring on her finger. “Its beautiful.” She cries all over again. I walk up to the newly engaged couple and hug both of them. “Congratulations mom. I am so excited and happy for you two. I love you both. Forever.” I am bursting with joy. Ben comes up next and hugs them. Everyone else follows until its only the kids left. “You are our grandpa now too?” Carter asks. Eli looks to me to confirm. I nod happily. “Only if you want me to be. But I would love to be your grandpa.” Eli kneels down in front of all my children. Just like that all four cheer and jump on him in a huge hug. Ben wraps his arms around me and rests his chin my shoulder as we watch our family grow once more.  

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Ben, Jordan, the grandpas and uncles are all in the lake swimming with the kids as the ladies clean up the mess. I had the men grab a kid and throw them in the lake to wash the pie fight away. We are almost done with the mess when all of a sudden I am hoisted up in the air and flopped over Ben’s shoulder. His wet hand coming down on my ass in slap. “Really!” I shout as everyone laughs. “I’m still dressed!” I wiggle and playfully hit his back knowing damn well it will not do any good. I hear him chuckle loudly before he takes off down the pier and jumping off the end with me in tow. I break the surface to everyone still laughing even my own kids. “Jackass!” I splash at Ben. He laughs and reaches for me but I try to get away. It’s a vicious cycle every single time. “You love it!” He argues while pulling me into his chest. He steals a kiss before I push him under water and swim to the shore to take off my shorts and blouse. Thankfully I’m rocking my super sexy...sarcasm implied... one piece swimsuit underneath. Ben is back to horsing around with Jordan as the other men keep an eye on the kids. Living by the lake, we taught our little creations water safety from a young age. They all know how to swim on their own as well. I walk  up to the big tree that is right off the water’s edge and take the long rope. Might as well join in on the fun. I take a running start with the rope in hand and launch myself allowing the rope to take me high over the water before I cannonball right next to Ben. Serves him right though he loves when I try to get him back. He whips around and grabs me lifting me out of the water and tossing me back in like a rag doll. “Do me next, daddy!” Poppy doggy paddles over with grandpa Matt hot on her trail. Ben and Jordan end up tossing every kid there into the water over and over again making the best memories.

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Ben’s POV

Yesterday was a success. The kids conked right out when we tucked them in. Our home is full but quiet first thing this morning. Everyone must still be asleep, which is good for me. Becs used my chest as a pillow all night. Neither one of us moved an inch, we were so tired from the days’ festivities and excitement. “Becs, baby, wake up for me.” My voice is gravelly this morning. “Babe, I need some help.” I chuckle when she lightly grunts. She is still sleeping. “Rebecca wake up.” I gently poke her side with my arm that is tucking her into my side. “Hmm sleeping.” She says softly. I let my free hand wonder her body. That definitely wakes her up. She looks up for a kiss as I continue to touch her. Then I take her hand that is resting on my abdomen and place it over my raging hard on. “Wanna jump on board the Benny train?” She cups me through my boxers and goes in for another hot kiss. “I’ll take that as a yes.” I drag her on top of me. “Is the door locked?” She goes to get up but I stop her. I need her right now. “Yes.” I nod and help rid of her pjs and underwear. She slides my boxers off of me and tosses them on the floor with her clothes. Moments later she is riding the hell out of me. “That’s it baby doll, f**k you feel good.” I reach up and give her pretty boobs a nice squeeze before she lowers herself over me. She moans into my lips as we kiss. I absolutely love feeling her against me like this. She's so soft compared to my hard edges. She places her dainty hands on my chest to raise herself back up as she continues to ride me. “Ben, please.” She moans quietly. I take her hips and help her impale herself over and over again on me setting the tempo. I feel her tremble and squeeze that f**k out of my buddy. “f**k, Becs.” I spill into her when suddenly I hear Poppy. “Stop it, mommy! You’re hurting daddy.” Caught red handed. “s**t, Poppy go back to your room.” I sit up and cover Becs in a hug. “Please close the door.” Becs shout whispered into my neck. “But.” My little girl starts. “Poppy Seed, give mommy and me privacy. I’ll be right there. Go to your room.” I say a little more sternly. Poppy pouted but did as she was told, thank f**k. I still hugged Becs close to me. “Door was locked, huh?” She said. Her face was beat red. “Well, I thought it was.” I smile innocently. “I can’t believe we were caught.” She hid her face in  my neck again. “Hey, it was bound to happen some time. You can’t keep you hands off of me.” I smirk. She lifts her head up to look me in the eyes. “Yeah but when we have a house full of people?! And you’re the insatiable one bucko.” She retorts. “Bucko?” I laugh as I caress her beautiful blushing cheeks. “Yes, bucko. Now lets get up and do some damage control. Four years old is way to young for the s*x talk.” She sighs. We get ourselves cleaned up and dressed quickly.

We find Poppy in her room looking through her picture books. She looked like an angel sitting on her bed. “Hey Poppy Seed, did you need something earlier?” I ask as we sit on either of her. “I had a bad dream but I waved to the monster like you said and it was better.” She explained. “That’s wonderful, baby girl.” Becs said giving her a hug. “Why were you hurting daddy?” She asked. “Poppy, mommy wasn’t hurting me. She was making me feel good.” s**t, this is hard to explain. I look at Becs for assistance. “Sweetie, mommies and daddies need alone time sometimes so they can physically love each other with lots of kisses and hugs. Mommy would never ever hurt daddy.” Becs explained. “And I would never ever hurt mommy either.” I added. Poppy had a thoughtful look on her face as she took in what was said to her. We’re in trouble. “Is that how mommies and daddies make babies?” She is way too smart for her own good. “Yes baby.” Becs answers. “Did daddy put a baby in your belly?” Poppy looked up to Becs with hopeful eyes. “I’m not sure yet. Maybe.” She smiled down at her. “Why do you have scratches?” Poppy asks. “Scratches?” Becs repeats. “Yeah.” Poppy lifted her mommy’s shirt up just a bit and pointed to Becs’ stretch marks. “Oh, those are stretch marks from being pregnant with your brothers and then you.” Becs explained. “I like to call them tiger stripes. They look cool on mommy, don’t they?” I piped in. Time to teach my little girl about body positivity. “They are pretty purple.” Poppy nodded. “Can I see more mommy?” She tugs on Becs shirt again. “Sure, baby.” Becs lifts her top up a bit more. Poppy traces the tiger stripes with her little fingers. “You see these ones?” I trace a few on both of Becs side. “Mommy got those from Aiden, Carter and Grayson. And these ones here, are from you girlie girl.” I trace a few on Becs’ stomach. “Mommy’s tummy did a great job making sure you and your brothers grew big and strong for the world.” I rest my hand over Becs belly and gently rub in circles. “Thank you mommy for helping me grow.” Poppy threw her arms around Becs. “Poppy, you and your brothers are my greatest accomplishments. I am so happy God gave you four.” She hugged her back. Just then all three boys came traipsing in her room after hearing us talk. “Head downstairs guys, I’ll be down in a minute to make breakfast.” I said. They headed back out without complaint with their sister close on their heels. Becs turned towards me. “How did you know which ones came from the triplets and which ones came from her?” Becs asks when we were alone again. “Baby doll, I know your body better than I know my own.” I lean in and kiss her cheek. She shakes her head with a giggle and we head downstairs.

Breakfast is well underway with the whole family scattered around the kitchen and living room. Eating outweighs the side conversations until little miss Poppy decides she needs to make an announcement. “Mommy has big boobies. I saw them when daddy was putting a baby in her.” I spit out my drink as Becs dies a thousands deaths.