Baby Love(131)

Nigel had come over after we had finished dancing. He asked if he could borrow Trey for a few minutes to discuss a matter. I decided to get my drink freshened up. When I came back into the main room, Gina was sitting talking to Tess on the sofa. I joined them.

“Did all of our men dessert us?” I asked sitting down with them.

“It appears so,” Tess replied sheepishly.

I wasn’t sure what that was about. Tess was abstaining from alcohol as well.

“Are you feeling okay Tess?” I asked.

“Oh yes, I’m fine,” she replied. “I was just getting to know Gina. I’m delighted that Tristan found his mind again.”

I burst out laughing and both Tess and Gina looked over at me.

I straightened up in my seat and looked over at Tess.

“So how is everything in California, Tess?”

“Everything is great. This will be our last trip back east for awhile. Nigel and I will be busy the next few months trying to realize our dream.”

I wasn’t sure exactly what that meant; I had enough alcohol in me to not care about being nosey.

“Are you going to share your dream with us?”

"Ty," Gina said in a rather admonishing tone.

"No Gina - that's quite alright. We've already told both sets of parents and Tylar is family; Gina I suspect you will be soon as well so I would love to share this good news with both of you."

My curiosity was definitely piqued now.

"Gina, I'm not sure that you know this but an accident some years back made it impossible for me to carry a baby. I can conceive, but would never be able to carry a baby after the first trimester. Unfortunately when Nigel and I married we learned that he was sterile for all intents and purposes. We recently have explored surrogate options. I've had several of my eggs harvested and stored. We are going to have my eggs artificially inseminated and have located a surrogate through the agency who will have the fertilized eggs implanted into her where hopefully they will attach to the uterine wall and she will carry the baby to term."

"Oh Tess!" Gina and I both said in unison.

"That is great Tess," I said hugging her.

"You go for it Tess," Gina encouraged, "I really wish you and Nigel the best with this."

"Thank you," Tess replied smiling.

Even in my extremely buzzed state I felt as if Tess was holding something back. It was probably my imagination as I tossed down the rest of my drink and went back to the bar. Trey was still nowhere to be found and I wanted so much to dance.

Just then I saw Trey, Tristan and Nigel come back into the room. I scurried over to him, pulling him by the hand onto the dance floor as the DJ announced the next tune by saying, "It's electric!"

Trey was clearly at a loss trying to follow the steps of the electric slide. I was having a blast other than knocking into the couple next to us several times.

When that song ended, the DJ asked for requests. I shouted out "Disco Inferno." It happened to be a dance I had seen Maggie do a million times growing up. I had no clue as to what I was thinking.

The song started and I was going through the same moves that I had seen her do many times. Again Trey was not in his comfort zone with this. Then some random guy that was with the DJ saw me out there on the floor with a partner that totally hadn't a clue as to how this dance worked. He was in front of me in a second and we danced to the song as if we were Travolta and Gorney from "Saturday Night Fever."

Trey gave me a dirty look as he sauntered off the floor. The dance finished and I realized that as I left the floor I was still spinning. The DJ was starting the next tune which was a classic ACDC tune called "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap."

(Oh Sweet Jesus - the 'Adios Mother Fuckers were kicking my ass!)

I made a hasty exit to the deck; I stumbled down the two steps that led out into the yard. I traipsed quickly over to the side of the house where no one could see me from the deck. I felt my stomach start to heave.

Luckily I made it over to the line of oleander bushes that were dried up for the winter and tossed my cookies over them unceremoniously.

It had only been a figure of speech when I had told Trey earlier that I had planned on partying until I puked. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. I wasn’t sure that I was done tossing just yet.

"What the hell!"

I heard Caroline's shrill, drunken voice from the ground on the other side of the bushes.

"Oh shit! Landon I think someone just puked on me!"

My glazed eyes adjusted to the darkness and I could see Caroline's body sitting atop Landon in the grass, both of them half-naked.

(Holy shit!)

I quickly staggered away not wanting to be recognized. As I stumbled back across the yard toward the house I met Trey who had obviously been searching for me outside. Just as he reached me, I spewed all over the front of him.

"Jesus Christ," he hissed. "Are you happy with yourself Tylar?"

He pulled me behind him and took me around through the front entrance of the house; he halfway carried me up to our suite. Once there he planted my ass in front of the toilet where I continued to heave. I heard him running the shower to get it warmed up.

Trey somehow managed to peel my clothing off along with his and pulled me into the shower with him where he proceeded to try and get me sober. Afterwards he dried me off and dressed me in my pajamas.