Saving Us (27 page)

Amy wasn’t like other girls, who dwelled on having this humongous wedding. She wanted things to be as simple as they could be. Even though she wouldn’t let me see her dress, I knew it wasn’t anything fancy. We agreed on it. In fact, it was hard enough for me to not wear a baseball cap. The only reason I’d done it for Colt and Randa’s
services was because my mother paid me fifty bucks. At the time, that bought a lot of booze.

Most guys get nervous on the big day, but not Conner Healy. Yeah, I
referred to myself. I wasn’t nervous because I knew without a doubt that this was exactly what I wanted to do. Every single time I looked into my daughters eyes I knew that her mother was my forever.

On that big day our familie
s started rolling in, taking their part in our service.  Colt surprised us and took some class to become an ordained minister, so he decided that I was to be his first marriage. It was pretty cool, so Amy and I didn’t even think about saying no.

She’d been pretty secretive about something and I knew it had to do with the big day, so I couldn’t wait to see what she had in store.

She was going to be pissed, but I wore my best jeans and my cowboy boots, along with a white button up shirt. Ty told me that it would look fine with what she was wearing, so I knew she was going to look hot.

It was about that time, where she would come walking out of the house and take my breath away, except when the music started, she didn’t come out of the house. Instead, she came walking
around the side of the house, pulling a decorated radio flyer wagon. Inside was the prettiest little thing just looking up at the sky. Her mother took my breath away. Amy had curls mixed with little white flowers stuck throughout her hair. She was wearing a little white sundress with my favorite cowboy boots. She had a bouquet of white daisies and a smile that was bigger than I had ever seen. In that moment, it didn’t matter who was sitting in all those chairs. The only thing I saw was my girls. When she reached me, I pulled her into my arms and kissed her right away.

I could hear the crowd of family laughing at my rudeness. Colt tapped on my shoulder. “I know this is my first ceremony, but I’m pretty sure that comes last, cuz.”

I pulled away and looked right into Amy’s eyes. “You’re so beautiful.”

She smiled and looked into the crowd. “Sorry!”

Colt grabbed the fabric of both of our clothes and forced us to turn around and look his way. “Did ya’ll want to be married today, or stand around and make out.”

I looked down at Amy and she smiled. We looked back at Colt, and at the same time we said, “both!”

The crowd laughed. “Let’s get this show on the road. I have a hot date tonight.” I winked at Amy and the crowd started to laugh.

Colt started commencing the service. He read from his book and did a pretty damn good job. When it got to the part where we were to say our own vows, he sat down and gave us our moment.

Amy looked right into my eyes. Her’s were watery, but she was doing a good job holding it together. She started to talk, but Cammie began to cry. My mother ran up and grabbed her, so that we could continue. I held her hands and rubbed them with my thumbs.

“Conner. You came into my life like a big fat jerk. I will never forget the first thing you said to me on that day we met. You told
me that if I ever wanted a ride from a real cowboy, that I should come to you.”

We could hear people making sounds like they were shocked.
I looked out at our family. “Hey, I was just bein’ honest.”

Amy shook her head and started talking again. “There was a time in my life where I was in trouble and as much as I tried to avoid it, you were always there, keeping me safe. I don’t know when the exact moment was that I fell in love with you, but once I did, I knew that you were all I’d ever want again.”

I leaned down and kissed her again. When I started hearing comments, I looked out at my family. “This is my wedding and my damn yard. If I want to kiss my woman, I’m goin’ to.”

Some people started laughing.

I cleared my throat. “I thought about us saying our vows, and to be honest, I didn’t want to. The idea is just crazy. We all know why we’re here.” I shook my head and smiled. Amy looked like she was going to kick me and those boots would hurt. “Here is my best rendition. “I knew when I first saw you that I wanted more. I waited a long damn time for you to give yourself to me, though. You had all these excuses on how it was never goin’ to happen.  I fought so darn hard for you. Hell, I even took a bullet for you. Now, you’re all mine and that’s just the way it’s goin’ to be. I love you, Blaze. I’ll always love you.” I slipped my mother’s ring onto her finger and she looked up at me, shocked.

She threw her arms around my neck and pla
nted the biggest kiss on me, including tongue. At first our family and friends were quiet, but once they realized that we weren’t stopping, they began to clap.

I guess Colt gave up. “Okay, obviously they are married.
Let’s get this reception started.”

My family always knew how to celebrate. They drank and ate. We didn’t want any of those traditional things that most weddings had. We just wanted everyone to party with us.

Once it got dark outside, we lit a big bonfire and played some country music.

Our family was growing and our bonds were becoming stronger. I was real proud of that.

A little later, I couldn’t find Amy. I knew she was probably putting Cammie to bed, so I went looking for her. When I reached the hallway, I saw her closing our daughter’s bedroom door. She held her finger up to her lips and I nodded.

I grabbed Amy’s hand and pulled her into our bedroom. I took my boot and closed the door, before pushing her up against it. She bit down on her lip and wrapped her arms around me. “Wives are supposed to please their man.”

“I plan on it.”

“I think you should start right now, because if I have to wait another damn
minute to get you undressed, I don’t know what will happen.”

Amy kissed my lips slowly. “We can’t have that, can we?”

I picked her up and wrapped her legs around my back. “Hell no!”

Amy reached down and unbuckled my belt. I felt my jeans loosen and her hand reach down inside. As soon as she had a hold of my
cock, I knew we were going to get right down to business. “What about everyone outside?”

“We’ll have to make it quick. Now s
lide them panties over and let me in.” I kissed her hard, not holding back my pent up desire. I wanted her and I was going to have her, right here against this door.

As soon as it was in position, I thrusted myself inside of her. She gasped and found my lips again. I steadied my hold on her body, making sure she was sliding down. The door was making a banging sound each time I pushed my hot erection into her. We didn’t care. We were too caught up in the moment to care about anything other than ourselves. I’d be
en fighting this erection since the moment I laid eyes on her coming around the corner of our house.

Amy licked at my ears and bit down on the lobe. I could feel her nails digging into my shoulders and the more it hurt the more
I thrusted. She was fueling me to pick up the pace and give her all I had to give.

I found her lips and kissed her roughly, letting our tongue
s meet and mingle. She put her arms over her head and let me kiss and suck on the base of her smooth neck. I could feel my hot release getting ready to happen. She wanted it too. She looked directly into my eyes. “Do it, Conner. I want it so bad.”

I lost myself in her words and filled her
with two final thrusts. I placed my head against hers until I could catch my breath and then gently set her back down.

While both of us were getting cleaned up, I turned around and watched her watching me. “What?”

“It’s nothing.” She smiled but kept looking. “I just can’t believe that we’re married. I’ve never been so happy in my entire life. I don’t know how or why you stayed by me, but thank you. Thank you for this beautiful home and our beautiful daughter. Thanks for this beautiful life.”

“You don’t ever have to thank me. There is one thing you can do for me.” I walked over and pulled her into my arms, while standing next to the dresser.

“Anything!”

I grabbed her birth control pills.
“Throw these away. I don’t want to see them anymore. We have plenty of room to fill this house up.”

She grabbed them out of my hand and tossed them into the trash. “That is the best idea I think you ever had. I’m going to love being you
r wife.”

I kissed her slowly. “You better, Blaze. I’m countin’ on it.”

Epilogue

5 Years Later …

Amy

“Happy Birthday!” I climbed into bed next to my beautiful daughter who was having her fifth birthday today. Another little body came running into the room and smacked right against the side of me.

“Happy Birfday, Cam.” Little Josh climbed up into my lap. “Daddy gots a suppize.”

Cammie sat up and smiled. She’s recently lost one of her front teeth. “When is Christian and Addy coming, Mommy?”

“They won’t be here until later. You know they have a long drive. Uncle Ty is coming over soon with Jake and Jax though. You can play with them if you want.”

She put her hands across her chest and pouted. “They are meanies! Maybe Bella will want to play with me.”

“She has dance practice and won’t be here until later. Grandma and Pop are here
. Maybe you can get them to play one of your new games. Get your slippers on and come into the kitchen.” I stood and grabbed Josh. He would torment her if I left him in there with her.

Conner’s mom was sitting in the living room with John. They were watching some travel show about China and having some in depth discussion regarding the cultures there. I walked right by them and found Conner in the kitchen where I’d left him. Sitting on the island was a very cute little two year old, still in her pajamas. “
Babe, you can’t let her sit on here like that. You know how she likes to climb around.” I held out my hands. “Callie, come to Mommy. I will give you a pancake,” I said in a baby voice.

“Pakes Pakes.” Every one of our kids called them that.

Conner blew on one before ripping it into pieces and putting it on her tray. She grabbed two handfuls and shoved them into her mouth. “Slow down, little woman.”

He leaned over and handed me his cup of coffee. It was no sense making my own cup when it just sat somewhere getting cold. I was totally fine sharing his anyway. “Thanks. So, what do we have left to do today?”

“I think we’re good. You sure you trust my sister with the cake?”

“You saw the one she made for Addy. I’m sure it will be beautiful.” I gave Conner the eye. The one I gave him when it was time for him to trust me.

“You didn’t stay in bed long last night.” He grabbed me and wrapped his arms around my waist. “Is the baby keepin’ you up again?”

Out of habit, I rubbed my belly. “Yeah, this little guy doesn’t like me to ever be comfortable.”

“It’s only one more month.”

I rolled my eyes. “Don’t remind me. I have too much to do before then.”

“I will do it all. Go put your damn feet up and learn about the Chinese with my mother.” I stared at him for as long as I could before bursting into laughter.

Callie started screaming when she saw her big sister walking in. Josh came following behind her. “Hey, how come her gets pake pakes, furst?”
He put out his bottom lip and just stood there.

“Quit complainin’ boy. Get up at the table and I will give em’ to ya.” Conner filled
the plate and buttered them up, before sliding them over to our son.

Cammie walked right over and grabbed Conner at the waist. He picked her up and kissed her on the nose, like he always did. “I can’t
believe you’re five. So does this mean you are movin’ out and gettin’ married?”

She laughed and shook her head. “No, silly. I’m only five.”

He pretended to be relieved. “Shew, I was all scared for a second.”

“Thanks for making me pake pakes, Daddy.”

He sat her down and handed her a plate of them. “The birthday girl always gets pake pakes in this house.”

I looked around the kitchen at the huge mess Conner had made and then I looked over at him sitting down at the table with the kids. He’d given us a beautiful life and was the best father I could have ever wanted for my children. His own dad would have been so proud of the man that Conner had become.

I was so glad that I let that Cowboy give me a ride, because he was right. My life would never be the same.

The End

Look For Book Seven in The Mitchell Family Series, Summer 2013 (Told by Colt and Savanna)

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