Meryl and Don-Love and Only Love Chapter 31, Part 3
Don and Meryl were sitting in the restaurant with the kids. His mother had called and said she was running a little late. Meryl understood she had people at the house, but she didn't like when people were late when she was sitting in a nice restaurant with her 3 kids. Don was trying to keep the 2 youngest busy as Henry was reading a book Meryl allowed him to bring. He wanted to bring his new Game-Boy he had gotten for his birthday last month but that didn't pass with Meryl. Meryl was looking at the menu, in particular the bar selection. "What I wouldn't give for a stiff drink right now." She said quietly to her husband.
"What I wouldn't give to get you drunk." He laughed earning a warning look from his wife. "I like how horny you are when you're drunk." Don whispered in her ear causing her to laugh.
"Pregnancy hormones and you make me even hornier." She whispered back as she placed her hand on his thigh dangerously close to his crotch.
Don looked around. "Where is my mother? Let’s get this show on the road!” He said impatiently looking around causing her to laugh.
"Daddy, why aren't we at Grandma and Grandpa's?" Mamie asked as she was coloring in her coloring book.
Both Don and Meryl exchanged glances. "We talked about this sweetheart, we thought it would be fun to have dinner with just Grandma. Maybe tomorrow we can even swim here at the hotel.” Don pointed out.
"Swim?" Little Grace said.
"Yeah, sweetie. The hotel has a pool. It isn't often you get to swim on Christmas." Don pointed out.
"Cool." Henry piped in not taking his eyes off his book.
Don looked at Meryl and saw she had immediately tensed up. He then looked around and saw his mother coming towards them. He reached over and took her hand in his and she smiled at him. "Hi, Mom." Don got up to greet his mom.
"Darling." She said accepting a kiss on the cheek from her son.
"Hi Jane, thanks for joining us." Meryl said smiling at her mother-in-law.
"Thank you for inviting me." Jane said, a little uncomfortable at the situation.
"GAMMA! GAMMA!" Grace said excitedly.
"How are my angels?" Jane asked kissing each one before sitting in between Mamie and Henry.
"We get to swim tomorrow." Mamie said excitedly.
"Swim on Christmas? Well now, that sounds exciting." She said.
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Jane could tell her son and daughter-in-law felt uncomfortable and her heart broke. Yes her husband was an ass, but she made vows and stood by him. She could tell Meryl had been crying and her eyes were puffy. All during the night she watched her son take care of his wife and children and could tell that they were still quite upset. She hated that they were staying in a hotel and eating Christmas Eve dinner in the hotel restaurant, but she still got to spend the evening with them so she wasn't complaining. She hated this happened to them over and over; but James was her husband. They ordered their food and had a nice visit. The kids of course were monopolizing most of the conversation since they had their grandmother's undivided attention. As the meal was wrapping up and they were walking out with the kids Jane decided she couldn't ignore the huge elephant in the room.
“Meryl, could I speak with you for a moment?" Jane asked.
"Mom, I don't think that's a good idea. She has been through alot today." Don said. His concern made Meryl smile.
"No, it's okay. Will you take the kids upstairs and I will be up in a minute to help get them down?" Meryl asked trying to reassure him as she tenderly kissed his lips.
"Okay, kiddos. Say good night to Grandma. You will see her tomorrow." Don said.
"And Grandpa?" Mamie asked excitedly.
Don cringed but couldn't let his daughter see how upset he was. "Yes." He said tightly as Jane kissed each of her grandchildren.
"Let's sit." Meryl said pointing to the couches in the hotel lobby.
"Meryl dear, I am really sorry for what happened, even though I don't know the details." Jane began.
"The details don't matter. It is best for Don and our family if we stay here. This isn’t anything new. We have given him chance after chance. I convinced Don to come here and now am wishing, kind of, we didn’t for his sake.” Meryl stated.
"I know my husband is an ass but he really does love his family." Jane said.
"Jane, you love your husband, and I love mine. He has broken my husband down brick by brick and today was the last straw. I hate that this happened, but it has, and we all have to deal with the consequences." Meryl explained. "I can't stand to see my husband go through this hell, so whatever we decide is best for our family we have to do. I am sorry if that hurts, but that is how it is. We still want you to be a part of our family, but will only allow limited exposure with James. I hope you can respect that." Meryl said.
"Yes, of course, I understand. Meryl I am very glad my son has you. You two compliment one another perfectly." She said.
"I am pretty lucky." She choked thinking about how Don had taken care of her that day.
"Well, you better get those little ones down so Santa can come. See you tomorrow?" She asked standing up.
"Yes, you will." She smiled as Jane embraced her.
"I love you." Jane whispered in her ear.
"We love you too." Meryl responded as she pulled back and watched her mother-in-law leave.
Meryl took a deep breath and headed upstairs. It had been an extremely long and emotional day and all she wanted to do was relax in her husband's arms. It was Christmas Eve and they had three children, so she had a feeling rest and relaxation wouldn't happen for awhile.
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Meryl came back up to the surprise of her life. ALL 3 children were getting ready for bed. "Don?" She called out when she walked in and she didn't see anyone.
"In our bathroom." He called out.
Meryl smiled when she walked in and saw her husband giving their youngest a bath. "This is a nice surprise. Where are the others?" She asked.
"In here, Mom." Henry called from the shower in the corner.
"Well, there's two." She laughed.
"Mamie is in the other bathroom taking a bath." He smiled.
She smiled and leaned down to kiss his head. "This is the best Christmas present ever." She laughed.
Don pulled her down further and whispered in her ear. "Just wait." He said with a kiss to her cheek and slapped her ass.
"Well, in that case I will get their pajamas out and speed up this process so Santa can come." She smiled.
"He won't be the only one coming." Don said.
"DON!" She gasped looking at their youngest who was just smiling.
"Who coming mama?" Grace asked.
"That's right, mama." Don laughed.
"Donald." She warned. "Santa's coming baby. So hurry up. Because the sooner you get to bed the sooner he can come." Meryl said.
"The sooner you can as well." Don winked.
"You, I don't know what to do with you." She laughed.
"I do." He winked as he was eyeing her up and down. Laughing and happy he was able to take his wife's mind off things.
"Okay, I am leaving now." She laughed leaving Don to tend to their youngest while she went to check on Mamie.
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Meryl and Don walked back into their bedroom after they put all the kids down for the night in the other room. "That was almost too easy?" She laughed as she sat down to take off her shoes.
"Tell me about it." He said laughing as he closed the door and locked it.
"Well, we should probably wait a couple hours before we put their presents out." She pointed out.
“I need to give my wife her present." He smirked as he pulled out a black box from his bag and walked to her kneeling down in front of her.
"What did you do?" She asked.
"Well, open it and find out." He said giving her the box.
She gasped as she opened it. Inside was a gold O-slider pendant. Inside the pendant were 4 cut out Australian Quartz hearts. One was Citrine, one stone was Peridot, one was Emerald, and the other was Alexandria. "Don, this is beautiful."
Don took it out of the box and held it up for her. "The gold circle pendant represents our wedding band and the hearts are all of the kids birth stones. It's a mother's necklace, but I like to think of it as a family necklace. The gold pendant that represents our bands is holding the birthstones, just as our love is the foundation for this family." He said.
"It's just, I love you." She choked not finding the words. "Will you put it on me?"
Don smiled and sat down behind her to put the necklace on. "There perfect." He said as she turned around to face him.
"Just like us." She smiled as she leaned forward to kiss him.
When they pulled away she gazed deeply in his eyes and leaned forward to place another kiss on his soft lips, this one was longer and deeper. She ran her tongue across his lips signaling she wanted more. He opened his mouth further and let his tongue play with hers. They stayed like that for sometime, just exploring one another's mouths. They wanted more, they needed more. As they continued their passionate liplock Meryl's hands trailed to the buttons on Don's shirt and unbuttoned it one button at a time. Her mouth trailed from his mouth to his jaw to the chest she loved so much. She kissed every inch of skin as it was exposed. Once she took his shirt off and she reached his waistband with her mouth, then he brought her mouth back up to his. Nibbling and sucking her lips. It was his turn to unbutton her shirt. Just like she did he kissed every inch of skin as it was exposed. When he reached the swell of her belly he stopped and looked up at her. Then he went to place delicate kisses where their baby, a product of their passionate love, was growing. He was being so tender that it brought tears to Meryl's eyes and she threaded her fingers through his hair, tugging hard, signaling that she wanted more, she needed more.
"Lay back baby, and relax." He whispered.
She did as she was told. He unbuttoned her jeans and ripped them along with her underwear off her body. He kissed his way from her ankles to her knees then back up her body as his mouth made love to her breasts. "Oh, GOD, DON!" She moaned.
He had his hand on her belly and felt it quiver. "I need you, baby. I need you so much." She said pulling his face up to hers and crushing his lips to hers.
"I'm right here, and I need you too." He said as he felt her hands go between them and unbutton his jeans. She pushed them down as far as she could then used her feet to push them and his boxers all the way down to his ankles so he could kick them off. Her hands went between them and stroked him hard as she felt him pulsating in her hand. Don lifted himself on his hands and looked deeply into her lust filled eyes. "God, you're beautiful." He said as he pushed his hips forward and she helped guide them into her.
"UHHHHH!" She moaned. "God, this feels good." She said as she sucked on his shoulder and he thrusted inside of her.
"You feel so, good." He moaned.
Meryl raised her legs and wrapped them around his waist as tight as possible. It seemed to go on forever. Staring at each other. Him moving within her. Both of their hearts and bodies swelling with love until they couldn't take it anymore. "God, Don, I'm there, baby. Yes, Yes, YES!!!" She screamed as her orgasm ripped through her entire body.
A few thrusts later and Don moaned as he spilled everything he had into her and collapsed on top of her. Once their breathing returned to normal she raised his head off her chest and placed several kisses on his lips.
"You are the only one I want to know me like this. You are the only one for me." She whispered.
"You are my heart. I would love to stay like this forever. I love you." He said as he placed a kiss on her lips.
"I love you." She said in his mouth as he kissed her.
Their private moment was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Daddy! Mommy!" Grace called.
Both Don and Meryl smiled. "Well, at least her timing is getting better." She laughed as he pulled out.
"Thank God for that." He winked as he put on his boxers and a t-shirt and Meryl pulled the sheets up to cover her naked form.
"What is it, baby girl?" Don asked as he opened the door.
"Did Santa come? I heard something." She said looking at her father.
"No, honey, not yet. Mommy was making noises in her sleep again." He said winking at Meryl who laughed.
"Night, baby. Get some sleep." Meryl smiled at her daughter as her husband put her back to bed.
Ten minutes later Don came back to bed to find his wife had changed into her pajama pants and tank top. He got into bed and held her. "So, Gracie thought Santa came." Meryl laughed.
"He didn't but we sure did." Don joked earning a slap to his chest from his wife.
"You're so bad." She laughed.
"I thought that's how you liked me." He joked.
"Very funny. So, should we wait a little while before we put the presents out?" She asked.
"Yeah, want to watch It's A Wonderful Life?" He asked as he reached for the remote.
"That sounds wonderful." She laughed as she curled up closer to his side.
They wrapped themselves in one another's arms and watched their favorite Christmas movie as they waited to put out their children's Christmas presents. They enjoyed the peaceful calm feeling that finally washed over them after the days events. Both dreading seeing his father the next day.
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