"Do you love my mom?" Hannah asked me.
I swirled my fingers lazily across the bare skin of her back. She rested on her stomach cozied in next to me on her bed at Deana's, where she'd been staying more and more often in the month and change since Brandon's death and the start of our strange three-person relationship.
Or maybe it was our bed. Apart from one or two nights near the beginning of my stay at Deana's, I hadn't spent much time sleeping in Brandon's room. I either slept with Deana or Hannah, usually the latter at her mother's insistence. It was nice waking up to someone. It had been too long.
"You know I love the both of you," I said.
"I know, but like... love love?"
"Yeah. I do. We've talked about that," I said. "Why?"
"She's going to ask you to give her a baby, I think."
My head rose up and I gaped at her. She was very still, looking at my chest and not my face. "What?"
"She talked about it sometimes before Brandon got so sick. I mean in general, not with you. One more kid, maybe two. She misses it. And I found some new pregnancy kits in her bathroom. Have you two been careful?"
"Um."
No, we really hadn't. Deana asked me to come inside her the first time we slept together, and probably one out of three times after that. I should have asked her about the pill or the shot by that point, but the sex was so fucking incredible I shut that part of my brain off. I wasn't stupid. I knew what it could and would probably lead to. But I just didn't acknowledge it on a conscious level.
Hannah finally pushed up and blinked at me sleepily. "You haven't, have you?"
"No. I guess we haven't."
"Do you want a kid with her?"
I took a deep breath. "Oh jeez."
"What?"
"Nothing. I just... I went from barely hanging on to suddenly thinking about being a dad. Christ, I'm not father material."
"That's not true. You'd be the best dad."
"I don't know-"
"I do. You were there for Brandon. When he needed help taking care of himself and there was no one else around, you were there."
"He told you about that?"
"Yes. He did. And I've seen you with my cousins' kids. You care, Nick. And that's all the support a kid needs. You. Care." She settled back down and nestled her head on my arm. "You would not be like our dads."
Not exactly a high bar, that, but I kissed the top of her head. "Would you be okay with that? Me having a kid with your mom?"
"Yes," she said immediately. "I want her to be happy. And it wouldn't come until long after I was done with college and it would be fun to be an aunt and live here again." She looked up at me again. "Would that be okay?"
"Are you asking me permission to live in your own home again?" I shook my head. "What is with you tonight?"
"Rachel's flying in tomorrow. I just... the two of them, and you, and... I'm just kinda wondering if I can fit into all that."
"What do you mean, the two of them and me? Of course you fit in. Hannah, I'm not going to be happy with just you or your mom. I said it before. I want both of you. I mean that. I want it all."
"And Rachel?"
"If she fits into this, sure." We both knew Rachel was talking more and more about a move away from Philadelphia, and that part of the reason she was coming that weekend was ain interview half an hour from Evanile.
"Good," Hannah said. She chased my nipple with her lips and sucked at it for a moment before beginning a slow, lazy crawl down my body. "Because I overheard them. They're planning on fucking you dry this weekend."
"What?" I asked, laughing.
"Mm hm. And I'm going to finally do it. I'm going to come out to my mom tomorrow because I kinda want to play with Rachel too, if she's interested."
I thought about the looks Rachel had given Hannah when we met her, and almost told her I didn't think there would be any doubt the blonde was eager to have fun with her too. But then Hannah had my cock in her mouth, and for a while, there was just the two of us.
* * *
"Do you really want a kid with me?" I asked Deana the next morning.
She froze, her eyes scanning me with a look like a deer in the headlights. Her throat worked and several sounds like she was trying to cough out a hairball emerged from her before she squawked, "Hannah! Get down here!"
Hannah hurried down the stairs. The relentless winter was finally sliding away, and she was dressed like it was ninety degrees in long flaring shorts and a short-sleeved top. "Yeeeessss?" she asked as she came into the kitchen, an enticing bounce to her boobs.
"Did you tell Nick I wanted to have a baby with him?"
Hannah was good. She didn't flinch, but stole a muffin from a plate between the two of us at the table and said, "Wow, look at the time, classes start in an hour-"