The Kids Grow Up by Trish Hanan (novel24 .TXT) 📖

everyone loved them. They tasted like the strawberry ones but even better.
The newly married couples danced together and beamed at each other and everyone else and played with the children and gushed over their costumes.
“Harry, who made your costume, did Fran make it?” Linda asked. Harry shook his head.
“I made it Linda, I made Jake’s too,” he said with a big grin. She laughed.
“You should give sewing lessons, I’d love to sew my kids some costumes,” she admitted. Harry smiled.
“I’ve got an instruction video, I’ll make a copy and send it to you,” he promised and she smiled.
When Max announced he had the winner of the most original costume everyone turned around and looked at the big eggplant.
“And the winner is Harry the eggplant, come on up, Harry,” he said and Harry walked up and got his prize, the box of chocolates he had donated. Everyone laughed.
“Hey, Harry, how do you taste in parmesan sauce?” Carl asked and everyone giggled as he blushed when he realized what he had said. Harry giggled.
“Jake and I have never tried that, Carl, but we’ll do it and get back to you,” he remarked and everyone laughed. Max laughed so hard he choked and Harry had to pat him on his back.
“That was a fun party, but your folks stayed way on the other side of the room didn’t they?” Harry grinned as he rubbed butter cream on his belly to prevent stretch marks. Jake took the cream from him and took over the job. Harry sighed and lied back on the pillows.
“You have magic hands, honey,” he said softly. Jake smiled then he gasped as the baby kicked. He laughed and bent down low.
“Go to sleep Jackson, we’re tired,” he said and Harry laughed as the belly moved again.
“I think he wants to play basketball tonight, he’s been moving around and kicking the shit out of my bladder, I have to pee every half hour,” he complained and then with a sigh, he got out of bed and walked to the bathroom. Jake laughed and went to join him. Harry looked at him.
“Sympathy pee,” Jake said and they both laughed. Then they washed their hands and went back to bed. Harry sighed as he climbed into bed. Then he glanced over at Jake looked so relaxed and comfortable and decided to get him unrelaxed. He rolled over to face him and moved his hand slowly over Jake’s chest and stomach. Jake rolled over and smiled at him and caught the moving hand in his and kissed it.
“Feeling a little frisky are you, babe?” he asked teasingly. Harry grinned and nodded.
“Well, since Jackson is already up and moving around, we won’t be disturbing him at all,” he said and gave Jake that sexy slanty look. Jake shivered and he felt himself grow hard when he was just a few seconds ago, nice and soft and relaxed. How did Harry do that to him with just one little look? He leaned forward and they kissed. He let go of his hand and moved his hand to the back of Harry’s neck and moved his head closer. Then he felt fingernails running up the inside of his thighs and that caused tremors to race through him setting him on fire. He moaned.
“Oh, God, Harry, what you do to me,” Jake whispered against Harry’s mouth.
“Oh, Jake, honey, I need you so much, please,” Harry whispered and he rolled over and climbed on top of Jake and smiled down at him, his purple eyes half-closed and all sexy. Jake reached up and caressed that round belly where his baby laid, his dark brown eyes open wide and not missing anything. Then Harry lifted up and he was inside that hot, tight body and Harry began to move and they both groaned. Jake used his legs to help, he had nice strong legs and Harry held onto straps they had put into the ceiling just for him to hold onto.
When they fell asleep, Harry was curled up on his side with Jake curled up against his back with his arm wrapped around him. It was their new position since Harry had become too big to sleep on his back. The dogs jumped up and took their usual positions and everyone fell asleep.
In November they built the helo dealership and Chan and Sarek offered free lessons to buyers and a great deal of only five thousand dollars for a helo that on Memphis would have cost twenty thousand. Everyone who didn’t have one rushed to buy and everyone who had one and didn’t know how to fly rushed in for lessons. Soon the whole community was in the air and having a great time exploring Eden and flying to Hawaii for tropical fruit and vacations.
Thanksgiving week was very exciting. Harry couldn’t go hunting because he said there was no way he could possibly kill anything while he was carrying life inside of him. So Jake took both dogs and went without him. He bagged an amazing thirteen birds and David Marshall blew his one to hell as usual. Jake brought home his six turkeys after he ran them through the butcher shop sparing Harry the sight of all that blood and gore. He knew the sight of all that would have probably made him sick and Harry figured he was probably right so he kissed him for it.
For the formal Thanksgiving dinner at the center the two married men sat with Kate and Barb and Harry’s brothers and sisters. There was four and a half year-old Tracey, three and a half year-old Travis, two and a half year-old Alex, one and a half year-old Allison and eight month old Kent. It was a very happy and noisy table. Kate was extremely happy that Harry cooked the damned turkey instead of her and everyone loved his cornbread stuffing.
Dr. Jackson and Sissy sat at their table and glared at the happy Talbert table and asked Abby a million questions about the baby and Jake’s new life. She was only too happy to inform them of all the happy details and rub their noses in it. She hated the fact that Jake had managed to get away from them and she was stuck sitting with them and making them as miserable as she was, was the only benefit.
“The baby is due around Christmas and it’s a boy, Mom,” Abby said and ate a piece of turkey; she could see both of her parents flinch and thought, score one for Abby.
“They know it’s a boy?” Sissy asked and she looked at her husband. “You hear that Jackson, our first grandchild is a boy,” she sounded so happy. He grunted.
“It’s going to be one of those fishy freaks like Harry, I don’t want one of those fishy freaks for a grandson, I bet it doesn’t even like human,” he stated and both women laughed.
“Of course it’ll look human, in fact, there won’t even be much of Harry in it, it’ll be Jake’s and that woman who donated her egg,” Sissy insisted. Abby rolled her eyes.
“It’ll still be one of those things, God damn-it, Sissy, we need to hit that boy over the head with a brick or something to get some sense into him, he’s ruining his life,” Dr. Jackson declared. The two boys laughed. Their father smiled at them.
“At least I got two more boys to give me beautiful black grandchildren,” he stated. Then he looked at Abby. “When are you going to get married and give me some normal grandchildren?” he asked. Abby shook her head.
“I’m never getting married and I’m never having children so you can forget about grandchildren from me,” she said firmly. Her parents looked shocked. Sissy laughed.
“Oh, Abby, you can’t mean that, look at your brothers and sisters, aren’t they the sweetest little things, now don’t you want some just like them?” she asked. Abby looked at the little children like they were rats or roaches or something, the look on her face said it all.
“No, Mom, I don’t think they’re sweet, I don’t like children and I don’t want any,” she said. Her father grunted.
“You should have been one of those nun things and helped the poor,” he told her. She laughed.
“Oh, God, no, I love sex too much, I could never be a nun,” she said and scored another point when they both looked appalled again. Then she ate more food, maybe this Thanksgiving dinner might not be so bad.
Harry and Jake laughed all the way home.
“I counted six shits and four damns, how many did you count?” Harry asked and giggled. Jake rolled his eyes.
“Your sister Tracey is a real potty mouth, she said fuck, I swear Harry I heard her say fuck,” he declared. Harry grinned.
“I wouldn’t be surprised and you know where she gets it from don’t you?” he asked and Jake nodded.
“Kate,” they both said at once and laughed again.
“Well, I know I’m never leaving her alone with any of our children, that’s for sure, they’ll be cursing before I turn around,” Harry said. Jake grinned.
“Barb must love that, every time Tracey said shit, Barb giggled and Kate flushed red, it was so funny, I almost peed myself holding back,” he declared. They drove into the garage and were attacked by dogs.
“Hey, Bo, hey, Gertie, how’s my babies,” Harry cooed and Jake brought in the leftovers because he didn’t want Harry lifting anything heavy. Which Harry thought was the cutest thing ever considering that he could lift it with his mind, but he let Jake play macho man and do all the heavy lifting for him. It gave him a purpose and made him feel manly and he liked Jake manly.
“Next year will be better when your parents and family join us, then everyone will be together,” Harry said and Jake snorted.
“That’ll be the day,” he said and Harry grinned.
“I tell you, honey, once your dad gets a peek at this grandbaby, he’s going to turn into a big, giant teddy bear, you just wait,” he predicted. Jake hugged him and laughed when Jackson kicked him.
“Our son agrees with you, you two are ganging up on me already,” he teased and they laughed.
December came and brought with it the heavy snows and Harry went out in his Jeep and shoveled and poo’ed his mothers who had bitched and complained about doing it when they were pregnant. But it must have been a girl thing because all of the pregnant girls insisted they couldn’t stand being in the car shoveling snow because it made them nauseous. Harry giggled and thought them silly and helped Jake because he felt fine.
“Are you sure you feel okay, babe, because I can do this by myself,” Jake said for the fifth or was it sixth time. Harry laughed.
“Jake, honey, I feel great, really, if I didn’t I’d tell you, honestly,” Harry said. Jake laughed.
“Okay, I won’t ask you again, I promise,” he said.
“That’s what you said last time, you goof,” DJ said and everyone laughed.
“I can’t help it, he’s carrying my baby,” Jake defended himself. DJ laughed.
“Yeah, and you said that last time too, man I hope I’m not such a goof when I’m going to be a dad,” he said and all the soon-to-be’s laughed.
“Oh,