Chapter 127

Monday morning started bright and early, for the kids. It was just past 7 am when Melody heards three little ones creep past their door and down the stairs.

It was when they were in the kitchen that the noise got obvious, thinking they wouldn't be heard.

She could hear a chair's legs scraping over the hardwood floor,a box fall down, followed by a slam of a cupboard door. They obviously hadn't heard of lifting up a chair or being quiet at all.

Melody was amazed that Jon slept through it but he'd sleep through anything. She couldn't only hear his snoring but her own breathing too. A little annoyed she got up and went to the bathroom to look where Jon got the painkillers from.

She finally found them in the cabinet above the sink. She took two pills instead of one, making sure Jon wouldn't notice how she really felt.

In fact she was getting fed up with her cold, it had been over a week now.

When she got back to the room Jon was up, searching for clothes.
He turned towards Melody as she walked in then walked to her, adding a kiss. "Good morning."
"Good morning." She said when he let her lips go.
He raised his hand to her forehead instead. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine."
"See, that's what painkillers are for." He unknowingly pointed out.
Melody simply nodded.

In the kitchen they found a spilled box of cereal, the box and bag open with the cereal all over the floor.

Melody bent to pick it up but Jon stopped her.
"They made the mess, they clean it up." Knowing teenagers wouldn't be up yet, he called all three of the youngest children.

Five minues later a whole box of cereal lay in the trash can, what a waist.

The kids claimed they had breakfast already so Jon and Melody had their own. Jon baked a few slices of bacon while Melody toasted bread and got drinks.

When she was sitting across of Jon she was sure she could do that every day, have a nice and peaceful breakfast with him.

That's how they spent the rest of their day too, peaceful.

The older kids got up closer to noon but each did their own thing, not showing much interest in being a family.

The three other ones were clearly already getting bored of being around the house.

It was a nice sunny day, the first of the summer holidays which gave Jon an idea. He suggested his youngest boys to go to the beach. Of course Romeo and Jake instantly got excited and Jon told them to spread the word around the house, they'd leave in 30 minutes.

Melody was excited herself, never a bad thing to see him in swimming shorts. She followed Jon upstairs and after changing in to their swimsuits she helped him pack towels to take with them.

Surprisingly when they went back downstairs they found more children than the three they had expected.

"You're all going?" He asked suprised.
"We'll go on our own though." Stephanie said quickly.
"It's a family vacation." Jon pointed out, a little annoyed that his older kids rather weren't seen in public with him.
"We have to drive two cars anyway." Stephanie smiled.

The beach wasn't as busy as they had expected for the first day of summer. They found a spot to put down their towels and watched the older kids wander a little further away from them.

The little ones went off playing by the water and Melody and Jon both lied down on a towel in the sand.

It was the middle of the afternoon and the sun was hot, making the sand even hotter.

"I think you need sunscreen before you burn." Jon said excited.
"Probably not a bad idea." Melody agreed and turned to lay on her belly.
"Hey gotta do the front too." Jon stopped her.

He took the bottle from their bag and squeezed the sticky cream on her belly before spreading it out with his hands.

Melody relaxed to the feeling of his warm hands on her, a moan escaped her.
Jon's hands went higher, under the rims of her bikini.
Melody looked up at him, surely he wouldn't do anything here.

"Gotta make sure you don't get burned." He smiled up at her.
"Maybe you should try it too then, remember last month?" She asked.
"I provided lots of fun for everyone else."

He had, the kids had a lovely time of laughing at him, even his band had.

He leaned over for a short kiss before applying the cream to her chest.

Melody's breathing hitched when he touched the outsides of her breasts. He made very sure those spots got enough cream; her skin felt so soft, he couldn't stop touching her. Her stiffening nipples under the bikini top showed that she enjoyed it too.

"Kids Jon." She reminded him.
He let go of her and sat back on his knees before shifting to sit down as he put the bottle away.
"What? I don't get to do that to you?" Melody asked disappointed.
"Don't you want to go swimming instead?" He asked, he didn't need sun screen.
"Afterwards." She reached over to the bag to retrieve the sun screen.

She moved to push him back down on the towel. When he was lying on his back she moved to sit on top of him.

Jon groaned when she did, public beach, he reminded himself.

Melody could feel him stir underneath her, giving an extra wiggle to tease him.

Then got the sun screen and did exactly what he had done. She touched every part of skin that she  could, massaging the cream into his skin. She started with his abs, when she moved to his abdomen, he groaned again.

She moved on to his chest and shoulders, making sure he wouldn't burn like he had in Hawaii.
"Can we go swimming now?" Jon asked when Melody finished.
Melody was still sitting on top of his and he held his hands on her hips, his thumbs tracing the outsides of her bikini bottoms.
"What's gonna happen when we get in the water? We can't do anything." She reached down to kiss him. "You have to wait 'till tonight, love."
"I'm happy with you right here." He answered her.

They spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach. Once in a while the kids came over to tell them what they were doing but each time they went back to their games.

The beach started cooling down and soon enough the kids wanted to go. So they helped packing and bring everything back to the cars.

Stephanie followed Jon with her car, when they didn't turn at their street they got confused.

Jon didn't want their family day to end and suggested going out for dinner.

At the restaurant it took the host a while to arrange them a table for ten which made Jon make a mental note for a good tip. After all the trouble they finally found seats for everyone.

At least it was more structured then it was at home, the kids behaved well and surprisingly they didn't complain.

Jon and Melody sat in the middle with all the kids around them.
"See, it is nice." Melody said like she had the night before.
Jon took her hand. "I wouldn't change it."
She was glad he wouldn't cause she wouldn't either.

It took longer than usual to get dinner but with the added people that only made sense.

After dessert the waitress brought them their bill. Melody said she'd pitch in but Jon waved it away.

He paid the bill, adding a nice tip for their waitress that had gone through all the trouble.
Finally they were on their way home.

Before everyone could run to their rooms, Jon stopped them, telling them they were all going to watch the movie this time.

With a few grunts and groans they finally relented and helped getting everything ready, making bag after bag of popcorn and finding potato chips. The little ones got all the blankets and comforters they had slept on to sit on the floor.

They came off the stairs, dragging everything behind them, Jake and Romeo showed Faith where they'd watch tv.

The rest grabbed all the bags of popcorn and chips and followed Stephanie and Jesse to the room.
Steph and J sat on one couch while the three other boys sat on the opposit couch.

Jon and Melody walked in as last. Jon finally made the projection screen appear, making four kids go wow.
He gave them a few options and amazingly they all agreed on a movie to watch.

They watched the movie peacefully without any comaints, it amazed both Jon and Melody.
After the movie they left the mess and everyone went to their rooms. Faith still didn't want to sleep on the other side of the house. Which gave Jesse and J a task of dragging a mattress to Jake's room. Romeo didn't want a slumber party this night and slept alone in his room.

Finally Melody had time alone with her Jon.

After a day at the beach, they quickly showered together and got in bed.

For soms reason he looked even hotter when his hair was soaked. Melody pushed his hair from his face and kissed him. "So pretty." Melody sighed.
Jon chuckled. "Pretty?"
"Oh whatever. Hot? Sexy?"
"Mmm"

He kissed her back, smoothing away her own wet hair.

Melody's breathing got faster when he pushed in to her. Touching her skin, letting his hands roam over her. The breathing hurt more than it had all they but she wanted Jon.

His hand slid between her legs, playing with the wetness he found, sliding his finger in her.

Melody gasped but was glad Jon didn't notice she fought to catch her breath again.

She moaned when he moved his lips from hers to her chest, finding her soft breasts, he kissed a way to find her nipple.

"Jon" Melody moaned. They'd been waiting all day, she wanted more. Him and now.

He reached back up and kissed her as he moved to settle between her legs.

Melody's breathing quickened, in anticipation, Jon thought. He gently moved inside her. He had waited all day, he wanted it to last.

He made his strokes long and slow, making it pleasurable. He leaned down on her and continued to kiss her, noticing her breathing getting even more laboured.

"Jon." She moaned again or so he thought. "Jon." She said between breaths. "It hurts." She finally managed. "Stop."
Jon held still and stretched his arms so he could see her. "What hurts?" He asked confused, looking down at where they were joined, she couldn't possibly be hurting there even if she did have a miscarriage, two days ago she was fine.
"Breathing."
"What?!" He looked back up at her.
"It hurts" She repeated.
Jon got off of her. "Come on, sit up." He helped her up.

Melody was breathing heavily, feeling painful stabs with every breath in and out.

Jon got up from the bed, found his clothes and put them back on, then found Melody's.

"What... Are... You... Doing?"
"Whaddaya think? Taking you to a hospital." He almost snapped with annoyance.
"Don't... Need... Hospital."
"You can't breath." He said annoyed. How could she think she didn't need a hospital now?

He helped her to get dressed, then to get up.

"Can you walk?" He asked worried.
"Yeah."

When they reached the bedroom door she was already out of breath.

"Just wait here. I gotta tell Steph we're going to the hospital."

Melody watched him walk down the hall and quietly open a door.

He returned a minute later. "Come on." He picked her up, sure she couldn't manage the stairs.

She was breathing heavily in his ear, usually he loved that, now, it scared him to death.