Wrapping Up (Mitchell Family #4.5)(16)
Author: Jennifer Foor

While a security officer approached my husband, Conner made a beeline for the electronics department. I knew my brother and he came for one thing only.

Video Games.

The crowds of people got thicker and Colt wasn’t taking any chances with his pregnant wife. “I think we’re going to grab a few things and wait for ya’ll outside. The lines are already pretty long.”

With them heading in the opposite direction of everyone else, I felt a tug on my arm and my body began moving past carts that were already full. Men and women of all ages were hauling flat screen televisions in shopping carts and grabbing things off end caps as they made their way to the registers.

“Ty, wait! Where are we goin’?”

He started grabbing random toys as we past them and finally stopped at the jewelry counter. An older woman leaned on the other side. “Can I help you?”

“Yeah, I need to get a pair of earrings for our daughter.”

As sweet as he was being, I knew he could have got something like that any day of the week.

The woman showed him a couple pairs and we made a choice quickly knowing that Van and Colt were outside somewhere waiting on us. I thought it was funny how he was the first person to give up on the crazy idea of shopping.

Ty leaned over the counter in an almost flirty kind of way. “Do you think we could get these few things here at your register?”

“Sure thing.” The woman started taking the items from Ty. One thing caught my eye and I was shocked when I saw it. There was this pink hair cartoon character that Bella loved and I had been checking the internet for weeks trying to track one down.

I looked to him and he winked. “It was just sitting there all by itself. Ain’t that cool, Baby?”

I put my arm through his. “You are such a good dad.”

“Yeah, wait till she wants a convertible or a tattoo.”

Conner’s big head caught my attention and we waved him down. He held up a bag and smiled as he approached us. “Let’s get the hell out of this place.”

We made it about fifty feet and were stuck in a herd of people that weren’t moving. I honestly felt like I couldn’t breathe. Ty turned around and looked at my brother. “Give me a boost, Dude.”

“What? No!”

“Just do it. I have a plan.”

He reluctantly lifted up my husband and held him piggy back. “Make this shit quick, Peckerhead.”

Ty started waving his hands around. “They are giving away a free iPod touch to the first fifty people in the electronics section in five minutes.”

Half of the crowd disappeared like flies on shit, making it easy for us to make our exit.

Our all night shopping spree ended there and I swear that I was so overwhelmed by it that I hadn’t been shopping since.

Van and Colt were laughing as we got back to the vehicle. “You made it out alive. We grabbed two things and someone let us cut in front of them, bless their hearts. I think it was my belly.”

Ty chuckled. “Barely made it out alive. Conner and I had one hand on our wallets and the other on our dicks.”

Van and I spat out a laugh. She couldn’t help but ask. “What for?”

He pointed toward the store, while my brother stood beside him with his hands on his hips. “Did you see it in there? If any of those crazy ladies knew what we were packing, they would be fighting to the death.”

Colt put his hands on his wife’s shoulders. “Should have left that one alone, Darlin’.”

She cringed. “You got that right!”

Chapter 2

Ty

I reached over my wife’s still sleeping body to shut off the alarm clock. Ever since our Black Friday adventure, we hadn’t been shopping and were running out of time. Christmas was nearly two weeks away and we were so behind.

I had gotten this bright idea of waking up and driving to the city to Christmas shop and I was suddenly feeling like it wasn’t the best of ideas. The fact that our sons hadn’t woke up before the alarm clock made me even more frustrated. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they were still sleeping, but that meant that I could also still be sleeping.

I sat up and kneeled over Miranda’s sleeping body. One of her hands were to her side while the other was over her face. I reached over and grabbed my pillow, trying to contain my laughter as I held it over my head and got ready to plummet her with it.

Out of nowhere, she opened her eyes. The pillow went flying across the bed. “I wake you up with kisses, while you plan vicious attacks.” She flipped me over and licked my cheek. “I shall punish you with morning breath.”

I whined and attempted to free her hold on me. “Gross! Let me go. You have same-as breath.”

“Same-as?”

I started laughing. “Yeah, where your breath smells the same as your ass.”

She scrunched her face up and came in for another physical attack on my fragile body. “Don’t hurt me with your claws, woman!”

She stopped moving and looked down at me. “Tell me you’re sorry.”

I started laughing and shaking my head.

Her eyes widened. “Tell me!” She held both of my hands above my head with one of hers, while the other traveled down my abdomen. I could get free easily, but I liked the game. “If you don’t say it right now, you will be sorry.”

I still hated how awake she was in the mornings. Every day she woke up with a smile on her face. She claimed it was always because I was next to her, but I think she was just naturally a morning person who thought kissing up my ass with sweet comments was going to earn her some kind of sexual extras.

“If you tickle me, you’re the one who will be sorry and I will make you take the boys shopping without me today.”

She let go and held up her hands. “You win!”

I climbed back over her to head to the bathroom and she held on to my butt. I couldn’t help but make a joke about it. “Whoa! By touching my ass you do realize what you’re implying?”

She rolled her eyes and put her pillow over her face.

I pulled the pillow away. “Get your hot ass up before I decide to climb back in bed and make you scream my name.” I started walking into the bathroom. “Seriously, Baby, get up so we can get going. I promised Iz that we would go get a tree later tonight.” I didn’t wait for her to reply. The boys would be up any minute and be screaming for breakfast. They had just started eating baby food and cereal and boy did they love it. Jake always favored the breast, but Jax tore up some cereal with bananas.