And you can strut around with that sexy tank of oxygen

[demlovato]

Characters: Cemi (Cody and Demi)
Setting: Demi's rehearsals for her concerts

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Demi and I walked back to her dressing room as a couple guys were kneeling next to Alex. Needless to say, the guy was fired. I moved over to the sink to clean up my hands so that I could without getting blood on my food. I was still running on adrenaline so the pain wasn't even registering. I sat down at the table, feeling like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders as I grabbed a taco and took a huge bite. Demi returned to sit next to me and told me to eat with my left hand so she could ice my right hand. I held out my right hand to her as she placed the bag of ice straight on my hand. I sucked in air through my teeth. "That's cold!" I laughed as I grabbed a few napkins and placed them on my hand before she pressed the ice bag back to my hand. Demi started to say how she didn't do anything and I let her finish, not really wanting to have that image in my head anymore. I nodded as I placed the taco back on the wrapper. Now that the adrenaline was fading, my sensitivity to my senses was returning. I felt Demi's hands shaking in mine. "Yeah, baby, I'm fine. I'm sorry if I frightened you. I just.."

I took a deep breath and looked in my lap, "I wanted to hit him back when you told me he kept hitting on you. When I saw him kissing you and trying to touch you.. I'm sorry, baby, I couldn't control myself. I was going to stop with the one punch but I saw he was coming back and I couldn't let him get to you." As I sat in her room, the pains in my body slowly started to make themselves known. "I know you didn't do anything, by the way, baby. I'd have to be crazy to think you wanted that. I'm sorry he did that to you." Demi eyes were still glassy from when she had started crying while I was fighting and it broke my heart. I leaned forward and pulled her into my lap. "I really didn't mean to scare you, baby. I know you don't like me fighting. Don't be mad at me? Please?" Demi had wet a few napkins with the ice and started to gently dab at my face, asking me what hurt, "My side and stomach a bit. Like an aching pain. I have a headache now and my hands hurt," I told her honestly. I looked down when I heard Landon make a cooing noise and I froze. "Did he see anything? Did he see me afterward?" I was such a poor influence.

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Cody kept apologizing to me before pulling me into his lap. He told me that he knew that I didn't do anything or lead him on. "I'm not mad at you, babe," I said right away so that he wouldn't think I was. I knew that's what he felt had to be done, and I can't complain because I kicked Mariah's ass for a similar reason. "No, he didn't see it. His carrier was facing the door that you walked in through, plus I stood in front of him so that you guys wouldn't fall on him accidentally or so that Alex wouldn't try to harm him." He didn't see anything, baby," I told him as I grabbed one of the wet napkins and slowly started wiping the blood on his cheek. I think this was where Alex had kicked him. Who even kicks someone in the face when fighting? What the fuck. Cody groaned and pulled his head back, away from my napkin. "Babe, I have to clean it! I need to first of all make sure that germs aren't going into the cut and second I need to see how deep it is and if I have to take you to get stitches." I knew how he would react before I said that and sure enough he proved me right. He shook his head and told me that he didn't need any stitches, that he was fine. "Okay baby," I agreed just to quiet him so that I can continue cleaning him up. I put one hand on the side of his face that had less wounds and I cleaned up the cut on his cheek and eye brow.

After finally cleaning up all the blood from his face, I saw that the cuts weren't too big or deep. They would probably heal within the next week on their own. I grabbed Cody's half eaten burrito from the table and brought it to his mouth, taking a big bite of it, I put it back on the table. I leaned in to kiss his forehead as he chewed his food. After swallowing, he told me that he brought me a lot of food, to dig in. "I can't, baby. I'll reheat it and eat it for dinner. If I eat right now, it'll come right back out," I was so worried about what we'd do now with my show just two days away. We'd have one dancer missing and the routines just will not work with the uneven amount of dancers. Do I scrap the dancing altogether? Do I hire a new dancer and make him learn the dances in uh... less than 48 hours. I had too much on my mind to even think or want to eat right now. "Keep the ice on your knuckles," I told him as I stood up from his lap and walked over to Landon. I undid his buckles and picked up a half asleep Landon as I cradled his face between my breasts. The breasts that Alex touched. I felt so disgusted just thinking back to that moment. I sat back in Cody's lap, now the weight of myself and of Landon on top of him. I dazed off, replaying that scene over and over in my head until Cody interrupted my thoughts and asked what I was thinking. "It's just freaking me out. What would have happened if you hadn't walked in at that very moment? How far would he have gone? He pinned me against a wall and I was able to push him away but no doubt if I tried running or walking away, he would have overpowered me. He's much stronger than I am." I let out a worried and frustrated sigh as little Landon let out a yawn, oblivious to what had just gone on.

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Demi continued to dab at my face but it hurt so I pulled away until she reminded me that it had to be cleaned. "No, I don't need stitches, baby." She agreed but I figured it was just to placate me. Well maybe once she cleaned up the blood, she'd see that it wasn't that bad. Or maybe it was, I guess. I couldn't see my own face. Demi picked up my burrito and placed it next to my mouth so I took a bite and chewed. I noticed however that she wasn't eating so I told her to dig in. I frowned, "I'm sorry that I made you lose your appetite." I looked down at the ice on my hand until Demi stood from my lap. I watched as she picked up Landon from the carrier and cradled him against her chest. She returned to my lap and I wrapped my arm around her waist then rubbed gently at Landon's little back, hoping to help him fall asleep. Demi was really quiet and I worried she really was angry at me. "Baby? What's on your mind?" But something much more troublesome was on her mind. I shook my head as she spoke then reached up and pulled her face so she looked at me.

"Don't worry about what ifs, baby. The point is that I was there. You were a few steps from the door. Once you were outside, even if he had tried to power you back inside, someone would've heard." I gently pushed her hair from her face, "You know how we talk about being soulmates and being meant for each other?" Demi nodded slowly, "And you know how we say we saved each other?" She nodded again so I continued, "I think that no matter the situation, I was meant to save you. I've failed a few times by my own stubbornness and naivety. Nobody will ever do that to you again, baby. And if they do, they'll turn out worse than Alex did." I kissed the tip of her nose and gave her a small smile. "I'm the only one that gets to touch you like that." I pulled her to me so that I could hold her tighter. "And don't worry about your concert, baby. When the first incident with Alex happened, I feared my temper would get the better of me with him. So I hired a few back-up dancers under the pre-tense that they would step in should one of our dancers gets 'sick.' Your choreographer has been getting paid overtime by HWR to teach these dancers. He'll know to give one of them a call now" I grinned at her, "I'm not such a bad tour manager after all, huh?"

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Cody told me that he was meant to save me, that destiny brought him there at that very moment for a reason. He also told me that he hired back up dancers who'd been working with the choreographer, so that one of those would fill in for him. "You're an amazing tour manager," I leaned in to kiss him right next to (but not on) his cut, hoping my kiss would send some type of power into the cut and heal it. "I just want to go to New York already. Things will get so much better once we're there. And Landon finally gets to see New York, one of my favorite places in the whole world." I sighed. If it was up to me, I'd live in New York. Unfortunately neither Cody nor I's family lives there and it's not easy to work from New York. I am hoping Cody or I get a Broadway opportunity in the far future where we have to move to New York for a few months. That would be such a dream come true. "Your cut isn't too deep, by the way," I informed him since I know he hasn't looked in a mirror. "That was such a pussy move on his part. What a freaking loser."

I rubbed a hand up and down Landon's back every little while so that he'd feel my warmth and know he was still on me. When I put him down in his crib or the bed, he wakes up screaming and crying cause he knows he isn't on top of Cody or I anymore. Cody finished up his taco and took a sip of what I imagined was Cherry Coke. "I have a question, baby. Don't get upset, okay? Did you take out some of your frustrations from the past month out on Alex, too. Or was that all anger from what you saw today?"

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Demi pointed out that my cut wasn't too deep so I nodded. Demi called Alex a loser and I shrugged, "Playing to his strengths, I guess." My head was pounding an my stomach was aching and whether it was from being hit there or from hunger, I didn't know so I tried to eat a little. I looked down at Landon and saw him sleeping peacefully. I doubted Demi would ever admit to it, but he relaxes so much faster in her arms. I understood that feeling because when I held her or she held me, I was much quicker to relax as well. Demi threw out a question and I shrugged. "I think it was some frustrations from earlier. I mean, all the anger was definitely from what I saw but it was like because of everything recently, I have less control. I've never beaten up a guy until he knocked out." I frowned, feeling embarrassed that I lost that control. "But at the same, I feel like that loss of control kept me safer just because I was able to focus on not getting hurt so I could hurt him more. Did that make any sense? I'm not looking to justify myself really. I know that I can't be doing that now that I'm a dad. I don't want to teach Landon that it's okay but at the same time, I felt he needed to get it that he had crossed the line and a verbal warning may not have done it."

I reached up and pushed Landon's feathery hair around on his head. My head was positively pounding but I didn't want Demi to think I was in pain. Which meant I had to eat more and I had to act more energetic. I picked up another taco and took a big bite out of it. I love Taco Bell with all my heart but it didn't taste right since I wasn't hungry. I set the taco back on the table then reached up to touch at my face. I could already feel that it was swollen. "Landon's going to think some stupid, ugly monster replaced his dad." I laughed but honestly I was worried he wouldn't recognize me and not like me. I looked at the clock on the wall and saw that Demi's break was about over. "Do you want to continue rehearsing today or call it a day?"

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"And we aren't going to teach Landon violence, but we are going to teach him to protect his parents and his siblings and himself. I don't want him to sit there and get his ass kicked by bullies, either," I responded to Cody, agreeing that a verbal warning with Alex wouldn't have done it (seeing as Cody had already given him a few before today.) I watched as Cody ate and I was surprised he wasn't making me eat, or at least take a bite. Cody made a joke that now Landon would think he's a monster. "Oh hush, he will not!" I quickly snapped back. "Even with his eyes close he would recognize you, solely by your voice. That's all he heard from both of us for an entire nine months. Plus the cuts are small, baby." I immediately shook my head at his question. "Enough rehearsing for today. I can't go back on that stage right now, I'll mess up all the lyrics and dances and notes and chords." I got off of Cody's lap and with my free hand that was not holding Landon, I packed my stuff into a bag. Cody cleaned up the Taco Bell mess as I suggested that we head back to our hotel to relax for a while. We both needed it right now, especially him.

I grabbed the car keys from Cody's pocket with my free hand and passed over Landon to him. "I'm driving, buddy. Put Landon in the car seat and I'll go starting up the car." As we walked out of my dressing room and to the parking lot, I looked around cautiously. I'm not sure what I was scared of seeing. I didn't want to see Alex again but I was also scared the other dancers would be upset at me for doing that to him. I turned on our Texas car and put the a/c on full blast, as I adjusted the seat to my height and watched Cody strap Landon into the backseat. I drove back to the hotel, knowing my way from the rehearsal space to the hotel by heart now after driving it back and forth every day for the past two or so weeks. We got to the hotel and while I carried all my bags, Landon's baby bag and the Taco Bell bag, Cody carried in Landon's small, but heavy self. He placed him in the portable crib we built next to our bed, for the nights he doesn't sleep between us. "Wanna take a bubble bath?" I spoke low to Cody so that I wouldn't wake Landon as Cody was putting a blanket over his tiny body.

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I cradled Landon against my chest so that his face could nuzzle against my neck. When we reached our room, I gently laid him in his crib with his favorite blanket over his shoulders. I nodded at Demi's question. Anything to soothe my aching body. I stroked Landon's head before walking over to the bathroom where Demi was filling up the tub. I leaned over the sink and turned my face from side to side to see it. My cheek was swollen as was my eyebrow but not so bad that it was swollen shut. I grabbed my shirt by the back of the neck and pulled it over my head to avoid bothering the areas that Alex had kneed and punched. Thankfully, we were staying in one hell of a nice hotel so our bathtub was more of a jacuzzi. I kicked off my shoes as I undid my button and zipper. I pushed my underwear over my hips before I climbed into the hot water. I let out a long sigh at the relief. Once Demi had stripped down, I held out my hand for her to grab so she had some extra support. She slowly sunk into the water and sat between legs, partially because I was pulling her to me. Knowing her, she was probably scared to lean against my battered body. I wrapped my arms tightly around her waist then buried my face in her neck.

Without asking for permission, I moved my hands to her side and gently pushed my fingers into her skin, massaging her sides to her back. I kept kneading my hands into her back, feeling knots in her back as I went. I pressed a gentle kiss against her neck making sure to keep my hands rubbing out the knots in her back. The nice thing about once I start giving her a massage, she tend to zone out and won't come out until my hands stop. Once I couldn't feel the knots in her back anymore, I wrapped my arms back around her waist. She made a fuss about me giving her a massage and I shrugged, "You had so many knots in your back, baby. I wanted to get them out. You can take care of me now, okay?" She turned around to face me and I leaned in and pressed my lips to hers. Those lips worked miracles. "And you taking care of me means letting me hold you tight." I grinned as I pulled her into my lap and wrapping my arms in a vice-like grip around her.

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Once we were both in the jacuzzi tub, Cody pulled me against his body so that my back was against him. Either he must have not been in pain in that part of his body or he was just pressing me against him despite the pain. He started pressing his fingers into my back while kissing my neck, and goodness did it feel amazing. So amazing that I stayed quiet and closed my eyes, letting myself enjoy his magical touch. But once he was done, I did my usual bitching about how I needed to spoil him today. I turned around in his lap and although I was straddling him and our unclothed private parts were touching each other, it wasn't sexual at all. We were being cute and romantic... well for now at least. Surely it would escalate in time as it always does when we're naked around each other. I went from kissing his lips to softly kissing my way down his jaw and to his neck. I placed three kisses on his well-defined collarbones before pulling away and instead I began rubbing at his shoulders and chest. I kneaded my fingers up and down his tense shoulders and arms until my fingers were starting to hurt. I grabbed one of his hands off of my body and brought it to my lips so that I could place a kiss on his now swollen knuckles. My poor baby is all injured now just so that he could defend me. "What do you think Landon is going to be like when he's bigger? Do you think he'll be an athlete, like a jock or whatever? Or he'll be more of a marching band type of boy? Or will he be studious and very into his school work? I try to picture him as a teenager but I just can't get the image in my head. Or what if he's a drama kid or in choir and glee club and eventually wants to get into the whole Hollywood scene of singing and acting? Would we want him to get into that world?" I played with Cody's hair while I spoke because I know that relaxed him and made him feel great. "One thing I do know, is that he is going to be very handsome and breaking girls' hearts left and right," I grinned.

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I closed my eyes while Demi's lips pressed against my skin, helping me to feel better. After she stopped kissing my chest, her fingers began to massage my chest and shoulders. It felt amazing because I could already feel them getting sore. She picked up my hand and kissed my knuckles. I leaned my head back against the tub as my hands rubbed at her sides and back. Demi asked me what she though Landon would be like and I looked up at the ceiling in thought. Demi's fingers wove in my hair and I could feel my body quickly resigning into relaxation. "Hmm," I murmured, letting my eye lids get heavy. "I know he's going to be a good kid. He'll respect his momma and look out for his siblings. I picture him not liking his school work but working his butt off so that he can get far in a life." I slid my hand down Demi's back to rest at the top of her ass. Even when we were being lovey dovey, my hands still found her ass. It was like a magnet. "I hope he gets into sports. Not because I'm a man and most dads want their sons to be on teams but it gives kids something to motivate them and unite them in high school. Sports players have to have certain grades to be on teams and then they come together to win. But I'm not sure if he'll be a jock really. He's so little so it's hard to decide from his personality or what he likes to do."

I laughed when Demi said he'd be breaking hearts. "I'm not sure. You and I weren't heartbreakers. I'm more worried about him getting his heart broken, I guess." I saw the worried look dawn on Demi's face and I shook my head, "Baby, he's going to be okay. He has two extremely supportive parents who will always be around to help him through anything." Demi settled down so that she was laying on top of me, her head on my chest. "I'm more worried for the girls he dates. They have to go through you." I did a fake shudder causing Demi to playfully smack my chest. I cringed causing Demi to panic, "No, you hit my nipple! That shit is sensitive!" Demi dissolved in a fit of giggles and I frowned playfully. "Oh sure, it's funny!" I leaned down and pressed my lips to hers. "You know what I picture when I picture Landon as a teenager? I think we'll have a littler one even when he's in high school. And he'll be teaching his little brother how to play sports or giving him advice on something. Chad was in high school when I was 8. He was always giving me advice and teaching me things." I zoned out as I remembered my brother. It still didn't feel real that he was gone. I rested my head on Demi's head and mumbled, my voice going weak, "I bet Landon will be just as amazing as Chad was."

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Cody and I had huge grins on our faces as we spoke about Landon... until he brought Chad up and the smile on his face faded away. "Of course he'll be as amazing as Chad, baby. After all, he is a Linley. He's going to be just like Chad in the sense that he'll be giving his younger brothers advice and looking out for them in school. And he's going to be funny and have a huuuuuge heart, baby. I'll bet Chad is looking down at us right now and giggling about the fact that we're talking about him while naked and on top of each other," I leaned forward and placed a kiss on the tip of Cody's nose. I always felt like I was walking on egg shells when we spoke about Chad because I had no idea what would get him upset or what was considered crossing the line. I leaned the side of my head against Cody's chest and I placed lazy kisses around his bare skin, just enjoying the feeling of our bodies against one another and the warmness of the water relaxing our muscles. I was really surprised that Cody and I have last this long naked, on top of each other, and touching each other without having gotten sexual. Well... aside from right now that Cody's hands were rubbing at my ass cheeks, as I felt his head leaned against mine. But I know he just grabs my ass out of habit and in a territorial way all the time.

After a few minutes of us just quietly cradled into one another, our thoughts surely going a mile a minute, I finally spoke up. "You know... you really are a superhero. Or at least my superhero. I was thinking about it the other day, and you have saved my life or saved me in general from different things so many times." I pulled away from his chest to look him in the eye. "Including today. Who knows how things could have ended if you hadn't come in and saved me. This angelic light beamed all around you and it felt like you really were my guardian angel, baby bear." I knew he would try to downplay his amazingness or his good deed, but he had saved me more than he knew. I know for a fact I would have killed myself long ago if he hadn't come into my life. "My superhero deserves a big kiss," I told him with a huge grin on my face, as I leaned forward into his mouth, pushing my tongue into mouth. My hands rubbed at his biceps as his tongue began to move against mine, and my body softly rocked against his hips out of habit. One of my hands moved away from his bicep and went across his chest and down his perfect stomach, feeling every crevice of his abs and pelvis cuts. His hands gripped my ass tighter and pushed me closer to him so that I was leaning against his penis. I guess I spoke too soon when i said this is the longest we'd gone without getting sexual....

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I smiled when Demi said how Landon would be like Chad. Her joke about Chad laughing at us talking about him while naked and on top of each other had me laughing. Demi started to kiss my chest and my hand rubbed at her ass cheek. I could feel myself falling asleep since Demi had rubbed at my chest, played with my hair and was now kissing my chest. All my favorite things. I was just letting mysef drift to dreamland when Demi spoke up. I looked down at her then laughed, hoping I wasn't blushing. She looked right at me as she told me that when I came in there was a bright light shining around me like I was her guardian. "Oh baby.." I always said that when she said something that no matter how much I showed her the truth, she'd see it differently. But if I thought about, maybe I wasn't a superhero, but maybe I was her guardian angel even though I'm on earth. I gratefully receive her kiss, pulling her closer to me. I gripped onto her ass while her fingers trace every single line on my abdomen. I knew she claimed I was never scrawny but I knew damn well that she paid a lot more attention to my stomach. And she's always held onto my arms but since they've gotten bigger, she lets me carry her everywhere and even asks for it.

I pulled away to catch my breath and grinned, "So does your not-so-super hero get repaid in sexual favors for getting all bruised up for you?" I pressed my lips back to hers, letting her push her tongue into my mouth. Her hips rocked softly against mine to an unheard rhythm. I pulled her sexy, full bottom lip between mine and sucked on it before growling against her lips, "I can't believe that stupid fuck thought he could touch you." I leaned down and sucked on her neck. I wouldn't leave a mark considering her concert. I lifted my mouth up to speak in her ear, "You're all mine." I slipped my hand between our body and pushed my finger against her clit but from there, Demi practically did all the work. Her hips rocked harder and faster against my hand. I reached between us to grab my dick and push up into her. I groaned as Demi lifted herself up then slammed back down. Thank god my legs were a-okay! Demi continued to ride my dick but once her thighs started to cramp, my hands moved to her thighs to massage the cramp out of them. I sat up and pressed my lips eagerly to hers just as she held onto me tighter. I loved it when Demi was on top but I knew it hurt her legs to do it all the time. All she had to do is say something and I'd switch us around so her legs could relax.

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While I moved my clit harder against his finger, the sneaky little snake moved his dick to my entrance so that when I moved back down, I fell onto his dick, causing my to let out a loud moan. I pressed my lips together tightly, hoping I didn't wake up Landon, because I needed this orgasm. I guess Cody could tell in the way that I was moving that my legs were starting to hurt so he kneaded his fingers into my thighs, helping ease the pain a little. When he moved his hands away and instead brought them to pinch at my nipples, I rest my knees on the bathtub floor and instead moved my hips in circles to give my legs a break. I was determined to get through an entire session with me being on top because I almost always end up giving in and asking Cody to switch positions. I adjusted my body so that I was leaning back and grabbing on to his legs behind me as I started moving up and down on his cock again. As I slammed down on it, I felt him hit my g-spot at this new angle. "Oh my fucking god," I muttered aloud as Cody raised his hips to meet me every time I was taking him in whole. Without any nipple or clitoral stimulation, I felt my body tense up and began to spasm on top of his cock. My legs locked up and they were in pain, not to mention my knees on the hard surface, but all of that was the last thing on my mind right now. Cody grabbed my hips and continued to move me up and down on top of him since I gave up riding out my orgasm. I tossed my head slightly back and enjoyed the sounds of our skin smacking against each other and the water splashing every time he pushed me back down onto him, as he groaned himself. As my orgasm subsided, I let my tired, sore, pained body lean against Cody's. That is... until a minute later when I remembered that he was injured. I quickly sat up and got off from his lap, instead moving to between his legs. "Sorry, baby. I keep forgetting you're hurt," I said in a low voice, still too tired from our sexcapade. It always takes me a few minutes to get back to my normal self.