A New Family

With Alan’s blessing given and with our secret revealed the chains of guilt and shame had been unshackled. A new sense of freedom washes over me and I could tell Evelyn was feeling it to. The future was ours. Nothing in this world could separate us now. Together, as one, our spirits soar.

After a nice long feeding, equal time on both nipples as always, Evelyn pulls me away and daubs my wet lips with a tissue then sits me up beside her. As she dries her breasts of milk and saliva I take a deep breath and lean into her shoulder. “What a day.”

“Mmm. What a day.” She says happily. “Put me away?”

“Yes Ma’am.” I smile and obey. With the gentlest of touches I tuck her soft breasts back into her bra and arrange them so they looked good.

“Thank you my Prince.” She says as she buttons up her shirt.

I slap my knees and giggle. In the aftermath of so much fear and stress feeling good again had me positively giddy. “Oh wow, I needed that!”

She smiles. “Silly man.” She combs my hair with her hands and smooths out my clothes. “You need to talk baby?”

I shake my head. “No thank you. I think I need some time to just process it. I just…I want to forget it right now.”

“Alright. But when you’re ready we’ll need to talk about today.” Taking me by the cheeks she looks me in the eyes. “Okay?”

“Yes Ma’am.” I reply softly. “I’d like that. A lot.”

Evelyn kisses me. “Good boy.” She looks to the closed door and shakes her head. “That husband of mine.”

“I see why you love him.”

“He’s only ever wanted to see me happy.” She sighs. “I really don’t deserve that man.”

“I think you’re both pretty lucky.” I say. “So…uh…how is this going to work now?”

“I have no idea.” She laughs. “I guess we better go find out.”

Together we head downstairs. As we hit the main level voices and laughter dance down the hall from the kitchen.

“…so there he is screaming and crying, a tiny yellow speck bobbing up and down in the middle of the lake. Evelyn’s freaking out and everyone’s looking at me to go get him!”

“Ha ha ha!” Kitty giggles. “Of course, you’re his Dad.”

“I couldn’t even swim back then!” Alan chortles. Chortles! Alan! “Since Eugene was in the dinghy all I could find was this damn inner tube. Tucking it under my arms I dove in and started swimming.”

“What a hero!”

“I swear it took me the better part of an hour to reach him” His deep booming laughter rises to fill the whole house. “The poor kid! He was as red as a lobster!”

“No! Ha ha ha ha!”

I look at Evelyn, surprised by Kitty and Alan’s open jovial banter. Evelyn was staring down the hall with a big smile on her face as she relived the moment Alan was retelling. Taking my arm she leads me onward.

We enter the kitchen to find the pair of them at the counter. Alan had on a blue apron and in front of him were a quartet of thick, juicy rib-eyes seasoned simply with just coarse salt and freshly ground pepper. Kitty meanwhile was slicing watermelon and laying out the pieces on a platter.

As Alan sees us he quips. “Hope you saved some room for supper Donny.” A joke! Alan just cracked a joke. I think I was going to like this new Alan.

Kitty skips up to me. “You got a little dribble there bro.” As I look down she snaps her hand up to flick my nose. “Gotcha.” She giggles. “Alan told me what you two were up to up there. I just knew you were a freak.”

“Shut up!”

She laughs. “Just teasin.” Her face goes serious as she reaches out to touch the slice on the belly of my shirt. “You stupid…stupid…” Grabbing me by the shoulders she pulls me in for the hardest, tightest hug she’d ever given me. “I love you kid.”

With Evelyn and Alan looking on I hug her back. “I love you Kitty.”

“Did that bitch hurt you? She hit you? Are you okay?”

“I’m okay Kit.” I say. “Evelyn made it all better. And you?”

She steps back with a rather proud grin and holds up her pink, swollen hand. “Sore knuckles.”

“You’re a beast!”

“Never forget it.” She winks. “I can still kick your butt if I ever need to little brother.”

“Have mercy!” We laugh and hug again. “Wait, you called me brother.” I look to Alan. “You know?”

“Kitty just explained it.” He says, putting an arm around Evelyn and pulling her to his side. She happily snugs up into him. “That story you all cooked up…you’re crazy, you know that?”

Kit chuckles. “That was all Evelyn.”

He rolls his eyes. “Crazy!” He gives her a squeeze. “Well, it certainly makes what we have to tell you a lot easier.”

Kitty turns to face the others but keeps her arms tight around me. She was absolutely beaming with joy and brimming with excitement, way beyond anything related to the Thunderbird would inspire. Kitty looks at Alan with a telltale glimmer in her brown eyes. And I see that same glimmer reflected in his gray eyes as well. I look between the two of them and suddenly that easy flowing and upbeat conversation we’d just heard clicks into place. They’d spent a fair bit of time together fixing up that old car. Clearly they’d been doing more than just turning wrenches!

“No!” I say. “You two!?”

Kitty giggles ebuliently. “I told ya Donny. When the husband’s away the wife will play.”

“What? You two have been…” Evelyn was stunned. “I…I’m not sure how to take this.”

Alan looks down at her. “Forgiveness for forgiveness, I hope.” He says warmly. “Sound fair?”

“Uh…yeah. I guess.” She shakes her head. “I still don’t know…wow!”

“It was only after he found about you and Donny.” Kit says.

“Kit.” He warns. “No more lies. No more secrets. Not anymore.”

“Sorry.”

“Kit and I were working on the car and, well, things happened.” He confesses. “And then they kept on happening.”

Evelyn looks at me, then slowly nods. “I understand.”

Well that helped explain Alan’s chill reaction to being cheated on. The old dog wasn’t quite the pillar of manly virtue that I thought he was. He was human too. It only made me look up to him more.

“Wow…I always thought you hated Kitty.” I say.

“I knew Daddy liked me! He he he.” Kit titters.

“Daddy?”

Alan squirms and blushes. Blushes! “Ahem.” He clears his throat. “Anyway.”

“Yes, anyways.” Kitty says. “That’s not the big news we have to share.”

“The big new…?” The words catch in Evelyn’s throat. Her eyes bulge. Her mouth hangs open. She looks to Kitty then to Alan and then right back to Kitty again. “NO!”

“Mmm.” Kitty nods as her joyous smile shines like the sun.

Dumbfounded Evelyn looks up at Alan.

“Mmm.” He smiles and nods.

There is a moment of silence before…

“OHHHHHH!!!” Breaking from her husband Evelyn rushes toward us and wrenches Kitty away from me to take her into a great big hug. She smothers my sister in kisses. “My girl! OHHHHH!!! Congratulations!”

“Thank you.” Kitty peeps, grinning like a fool as she is peppered in motherly smooches.

Alan stands tall looking as happy and as proud as I’d ever seen a man.

I, meanwhile, stand there completely lost. “What is happening right now?”

The three of them look at me…and then whole house erupts with laughter. “You’re going to be an uncle!” Evelyn cheers. “And I’m gonna be a grandma…i-if that’s okay?”

“More than okay.” Kitty puffs out a breath, looking overwhelmed. “I’m gonna need all the help I can get!”

“And you will get it!” Evelyn hugs her tightly.

“Uncle?” I mutter. “Uncle!” The light goes on. “NO!”

Alan chuckles. “I might have accidentally knocked up your ‘wife’. Sorry about that.”

“Alan!”

He holds out his hand. “No hard feelings son?”

I look up at him…and jam my hand into his for a firm shake. “Congratulations.” I turn to my sister. “Congratulations!” Coming in from the side I throw my arms around the two most important women in my life. “I can’t believe it.” Alan steps in and joins the big family hug, his big arms encircling all of us with little Kitty right smack in the middle. Kitty and I look at each other laughing and smiling. “I just can’t believe it! You’re gonna be a Mom!”

“I know!” Kitty laughs, happy as I’d ever seen her. “I know! I just took the test yesterday but I already…” She stops. A look of concern suddenly crosses Kitty’s face. Looking back to Evelyn and then slowly downward she asks. “Um, Evelyn….what is that!?”