Zach & Haylee

valentine’s day 2020

Haylee

I can’t believe this is our sixth Valentine’s Day together and our first one as a married couple. Life has been so crazy between our wedding, honeymoon, preparing for Dani and Kyler’s wedding and well just life in general that I had to get a little creative with tonight’s plans. Typically, Dani and Kyler will watch Emme so that we can have a date night but Kyler actually surprised Dani with a special weekend getaway to Philly to get the wedding madness. Luckily, Lauren and Kate had no plans and didn’t mind one more girl tagging along.

“Thanks. Have a nice evening.” I say to the delivery guy before closing the front door. I walk back into the kitchen and set two bags from Alessio’s, the new Italian restaurant in town. We haven’t been there yet, so I cross my fingers that this will work. It’s no surprise that I can’t cook, I mean I’m getting better these days but the house smelling of burnt food or setting off the smoke detectors again is pretty much the opposite of the romantic vibes I was going for.

Emme coos and giggles from her high chair as I unpack the containers on the counter. I scoop out the sausage and spinach orecchiette from their container into one of the fancy serving dishes we received as a wedding present. I then place it in the oven to keep warm. I then do the same with the Caesar salad and place that in the fridge. Pasta and salad seem like two rather simple dishes that I could potentially not actually fuck up while making. To hopefully ensure that Zach doesn’t figure out my plan I throw away the containers in the trashcan and type the bag up. I’ll remember to take that out before he gets home.

I walk over and lean down to her. Her baby blue eyes that match mine and my brother’s sparkle when she looks at me. “Shh, this will be our little secret, won’t it, baby girl.” She giggles before shoving a cheerio in my mouth with her slobbery hands.

“Are you going to have fun with Auntie Lauren and Auntie Kate tonight?” I ask and she claps. I don’t know if it was the sweet baby voice I said it in that got her excited or she understood who she was hanging out with tonight. This will be the first sleepover that she has had with someone who wasn’t our parents or Dani and Kyler. And mama is a little bit of a nervous wreck. Not to mention trying to pass this meal off as my own.

As if on que the doorbell rings before immediately opening. “Honey we’re home,” Kate shouts before shutting the door.

“We’re in here,” I reply as I unhook Emme from her seat and bring her into my arms. I laugh at the amount of cheerios that fall out of her lap and wonder if any actually made it into her mouth.

The Lawson twins enter the kitchen and stop abruptly before they both begin smelling the air and looking around. There is no denying the delicious Italian aromas that fill our kitchen and I can see the questioning expression on their faces as to how the house smells this good with me cooking. But I just smile at them instead. Yep, I totally spent all afternoon making these wonderful smells that fill our house. Uh huh, that’s the story and I’m sticking to it.

“Thank so much for taking her tonight. You sure you don’t mind doing this?” I ask adjusting Emme on my hip.

“Not at all. We’re gonna take her out to the bar later and tell men that all three of us are looking for Daddy’s.” I stare at Kate blankly, honestly unsure if she is joking or not. “I’m kidding. Jeez Hails take a joke.”

I relax and look back towards the kitchen. “Sorry, I’m just nervous about tonight.”

Lauren approaches scooping Emme out of my arms. Emme loves her Auntie Lauren so she reaches right for her and rests her head on her shoulder.

“There’s nothing to be nervous about. Whatever you have cooking in there smells divine and we’ve got this little one. Unlike the ridiculous plan that just came out of my sister’s mouth, we plan to just binge Disney + and have a good old-fashioned girl’s night. Right Emme?” Lauren looks down and tickles Emme’s belly. She giggles and I swear my heart grew two sizes. I wish I could bottle that sound up and keep it forever.

Kate grabs the overnight bag and car seat from the couch. “Emme is in good hands. You and Zach have the house to yourselves to …" she twists her mouth to the side in thought, “...well do whatever it is you married folk do when alone.” She winks before walking out the door.

“Say bye to mommy.” Lauren holds up Emme’s hand and waves at me.

I walk over and kiss Emme’s forehead. “Bye Baby, Mommy and Daddy will see you tomorrow.”

I remind Lauren that there are bottles in the bag and that she just had cheerios for snack. Once secured in her seat, Lauren and Kate pull out of the driveway with me still standing in the doorway waving.

I clap my hands together and reenter the house. First thing on my list is to take the trash out. Last thing I need is for Zach to discover the restaurant packaging in the trashcan. Then after a quick shower, I through on a flirty dress that dips a little lower than I typically wear these days, but hey it’s Valentine’s Day. I want to look good for my hubby.

Zach should be home any minute. The table is set and the candles are lit. I grab the salad bowl from the fridge and pasta dish from the oven and set them both on the table. My stomach is already growling at how amazing this food looks. I relax my shoulders content with how everything turned out. I can’t hide my smile knowing how surprised Zach will be.
The sound of the front door opening and closing has my heart racing. Calm down Hails.

“Wow, something smells delicious in here.” Zach calls from the living room. I rub my sweaty palms over my dress. Showtime.

Zach

I open the front door and am instantly hit with a delicious aroma that has my stomach growling before I have even shut the door.

“Wow, something smells delicious in here.” I shout, unsure where anyone is. I kick the door shut with my foot. With my free hand I set my work bag down on the chair and go in search of not only my girls but the source of the yummy smells. “Hails?” I call entering the kitchen. I find her leaning up against the table with her hands fidgeting together.

“Hey,” she looks up smiling at me. This woman’s smile seriously makes me weak in the knees.

“Happy Valentines Baby.” From behind my back, I present her with the bouquet of Gerber daisies, her favorite, that I picked up on the ride home.

She brings them to her face and inhales. I can tell the petals tickle her nose by the way she scrunches it. I step closer to her and wrap my arms around her pulling to me before dipping my head down to capture her lips with mine.

I break the kiss not letting my hormones take over. I glance over my shoulder at Emme’s high chair and find it empty. I begin to search the room in a panic. “Where’s Emme?”
I turn back to face Haylee who has a devilish smile spreading on her face. She closes the distance between us and links her hands behind my neck.

“She’s not here.” My eyebrows shoot up hoping that she explains. “Kate and Lauren took her for the night.” My shoulders sag disappointed that I don’t get to give her the teddy bear I bought her. I stick my bottom lip out in a pout and Haylee smirks.

“Wait, did you say they are keeping her for the night.”

“Yup,” her lips making a popping sound on the “p”. I imagine her making that same sound with her pretty little lips making that same sound on my cock later.

“The whole night, huh?” I grip her hips and pull her closer against my body and she pushes her pelvis against my groin.

“Mmmhmm,” she hums as I run my nose along her neck and inhale her sweet scent.

“What did you have planned, Mrs. Jacobs, because I can think of a few things I would like to do to you right now.” She shivers at the feel of my breath on ear. I spin her so that her back is to my front and brush her hair off to the side. I begin to kiss her starting on her shoulder and then up her neck to her pulse point. She leans back into my body rubbing her ass against my growing erection.

She rolls her hips in a circular motion against me. “First I made dinner.”

“Is that the delicious aroma I smelled when I walked in?”

“Uh huh,” she barely gets out as my hands trail down her body. “And then I thought we could have dessert.”

“Baby, as long as your dessert, I’ll do whatever you want.”

Haylee reaches back to play with the hair on the back of my neck and slightly tugs. I groan at the movement. I place my finger under her chin and tilt it upwards to face me so that I can claim her lips. My stomach growls pulling us both out of our haze. She wraps her lips around teeth to try and stifle her laughter.

“Guess your stomach wins over...” Haylee giggles while looking down at the outline of my cock in my pants.

I exhale in defeat and shrug. “Afraid so. But we should probably eat something anyway to have energy for later.” I wink as I lead her to the beautifully set table. I pull her chair back as she takes a seat before walking around to my chair across from her. I snap fingers, oh shit I almost forgot.

“Where are you going,” she asks.

“Give me one second. I need to grab something.” I run to the living room where my work bag is and grab the card and box that I have been storing in my desk at work. Haylee is known for her snooping and there was no way I was letting her find this one.

I set them down on the table in front of her before taking my seat. This dinner smells amazing.

“What’s this?”

“Why don’t you open it?” I smile while scooping out this fancy looking pasta dish and the salad on my plate.

She rips through the wrapping paper and opens the long jewelry box. She gasps and her hand flies to cover her mouth. I had a custom necklace made with hers and my birthstones along with Emme’s. When we decide to have more kids, we can add their birthstones to it as well.” The look on her face was worth every penny of it.

“I love it, Zach, thank you.” I reach across the table and take her hand in mine.

“Well I love you.” I squeeze her hand across the table. I let go of her hand and focus on the plate of food. I take a large bite and holy shit! “Hails, this is incredible. You seriously outdid yourself babe. Look at you!”

“Yep.” She looks down at her plate and her smile takes over her entire face.