Twisted

Part 9

The morning came quickly.  Probably from all the sheet burning that went down the night before.  The birds were chirping as if they sensed the good mood the two lovers were in.  It was 5am and Carson was still asleep which was a new habit.  One she didn't dare get used to. 

Sam and Mia just lay there holding each other, not talking. Their bodies fit together like to halves of a whole they were so perfect for each other.  Mia's fingertips were stroking his thigh and his hand was caressing her upper arm, just basking in the glow of each other.

It was the day of the benefit party for the tornado victims so Sam had made sure everyone had the day off from repairs and such.  So basically, she got to spend most of the day with him near and she couldn't be happier.

"We should get up..." MIa suggested.

"Yeah probably..."Sam responded but didn't move a muscle to do so.

"Carson is still asleep though..." She commented.

"Yep..." He said popping the "P".

"Oh whatever shall we do to pass the time..." She asked pretending to think about it.

"Hmm...I could think of a few things..." He said slowly.

"Like what?"

"Umm...laundry?" That earned him a poke in the ribs. He grabbed her finger and rolled her over, staring down into her eyes.

"Now that wasn't very nice. I was just trying to be helpful." He said grinning down at her. Before she could respond, his mouth was on hers in a slow grinding kiss and then he showed her many many ways he could be helpful.

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People were showing up by the boatloads. One of the fields designated as the parking area was already filled up and the stream of cars was as far as you could see.  People really came together in a crisis like this and it was great to see.

Mia was busy slathering sun screen on Carson who protested very loudly.  Poor Julia was running around like crazy but refused to let Mia help any.  Julia said if she wanted to help then she could go around and introduce herself to everyone and play host.  Well hmmppff.

Sam came out of nowhere and hoisted Carson off her lap, gave her a lingering kiss and took off. She could have sworn Carson gave her a triumphant look.  Two peas in a pod is what they were.  Not that she minded.  It was nice to have someone she trusted to look after the baby once in awhile.  So with nothing else to do she started greeting people and getting to know everyone.  There were kids everywhere.  The city council had rented several of those moonbounce things and they were busy jumping and sliding and screaming, having a good time.  Mia could smell the BBQ food being set up on tables and it smelled wonderful.

Soon it was time for Julia to give her speech urging everyone to pitch in where they could even if it was not a donation and everyone heartily agreed.  Then she announced it was time to "grub" which got many cheers and a mob dash towards the tables lined up with the food laid out.

Mia stood back and watched the different people around her and was in the process of looking for Sam and Carson when she heard,

"Well hi there gorgeous.  We've missed you, haven't we Carson?" Sam said, coming up to stand beside her.  "Having a good time?"  He leaned in and gave her a slow sweet kiss. 

When she got her voice to work she said, 'Oh yes.  Everyone is very nice. I just hope I can remember everyones names!"  She took Carson back and was making faces at him.  He actually smirked at her,  Gave her a proper gummy smile and Mia realized then and there that despite all the heartache the last year had brought, life right now was damned good.  She couldn't remember ever being happier. She felt Sam wrap his arms around her waist from behind and rest his chin on the top of her head.